The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-12
KAISER BILL
PROMINENT IN
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VICTORY \ | |. .FETE ].
Effigy Of Former Emperor Is
Marched About City and Then
Burned at the Stake
CAPITAL HAS BIG DAY
CAPITAL HAS BIG DAY
Everyone Rejoices in Triumph
of Yanks-NO Accidents
Reported Here T .-

Ex-kaiser Bill was present in per.
son to fittingly cap off Bismarcx's
Victory day celebration. His imperial
nibs, crowned by q real German hel.
met, with characteristic moustaches,
and all Of the unbending dignity
which has been associated with the
former great military lord, with Wal
ter w. Mcmahon, Frank Snyder VII
liam X. Markham as an escort. head
ed a wildly enthusiastic parade which
early Monday evening tiled through
the streets, the hotels and other pub.
lie places and finally wound up at the
corner OF Fourth and Broadway,
where, while the Bismarck Ellss' band
played and appropriate dirge, the ma
jesty: that was Billhelm slowly went
up in smoke. '"- '.~
The effigy was a remarkably clever
caricature of William Hohenzollern, as
he appeared in the role of command
er in chief Of the imperial German
armies, before he became plain Bill
Hohenzollern, private citizen. The
kaiser made his debut with Frank
Snyder walking in tie leaa, holding a
rope, which ended I'M q moose embrace
isa ,ih.isyrorall aapHans " st eth.
er side OF the kaiser, marched Messrs.
Mcmahon and Markham. Soon a shout
ing, hooting crowd had lined up and
q parade was formed. After the kaiss
er had been duly exhibited, he was
strung up to a pole, at Broadway and
Fourth, and a torch applied. The
devil should be given his dues, and it
must be admitted that the kaiser
burned WE'LL LAll that remained Of
his I imperial highness s;afier a very
few minutesffwas the gun-metal, he'll
met, which today will be presented to
the North Dakota State historical mu-
scum. ........
The helmet actually did belong TO
the kaiser, once upon time. Then
Victor Elomgren, former Bismarck
letter carrier now serving over there
as stretcber bearer, rescued the he'll
met from a dead German who har
stopped some Of the Yanks' machine
gun fire. The helmet was about all
that was left of the hun that was
transportable and B1omgren carried 1t
WICK ~ MS OWA liuCo hAu LhSA N'S
patched it to Frank Snyder, who
saved it for last nights glorious occa-
sion, with the intention of ultimately
placing it in the state historical n,u-
scum, where it will henceforth pos
sess a double interest for patriotic
North Dakotans. +.
IA -.-.., 11.11-11"
'Twixt headache spasmsm super1n-
duced by too early rising and over ex-
element, a Bismarck young woman
found inspiration yesterday in the fact
that the close of the most tragic chap
ter In the worlds history had come on
the eleventh hour Of the elevent day
of the eleventh month. This sequence
of "11's" is nodd coincldnce in which
sotthsayers doubtless will find much
satisfaction. e..
The fact was mentioned last night
in a group Of celebrants, one of whom
CHANGED to recall the fact that q
month or two ago one Indian woman
crossing from Mandan to Bismarck In
Northern Pacific train after telling
the lady whose seat she shared the
contents of her purse and then per.
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