The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-11-14
Kenosha Has One Wonder
full Day and One Wild
Night as People Show
Joy at Wars End.
BURN KAISER IN EFFIGY
Saloon Men Show Safety First Idea
When They Close Places Voluntarily
and Others are Closed by Orders
Of the Chief Of Police.

Kenosha woke up just little groggy
this morning but still in the arena and
still wearing that smile which Won I
come off. After a wonderful day and
a wild night of celebrating Kenosha
was digging herself out rom under
the confetti and the snow and try
ling to get back to work again.
| It would be hard to describe all
that happened in Kenosha on Monday.
/ It was a wonderful day and that tells
Iit better than anything else. The
lstory of the thousands upon thousands
who marched and, rode in the big par
ade on Monday morning, the take Of
the thousands more who celebrated in
merry romping on the streets on Mon
Iday night is one that can not be told.
It was one Of those things which Unjust
be seen to be appreciated. =
| The parade Of Monday set a new
record among the record parades of
Kenosha.l The bedlam which prevailed
| drring the day was the greatest bed
lam that Kenosha had ever known
There may have been premature cele-
brations Of the end of the war but
these did not interfere at all with the
real joy Of the people when the real
time came for the real celebration.
For the most part the crowds were
orderly and Kenosha got away with
her celebration with only small mum
Der of accidents.
! The morning parade gave lot of
people chance to get their enthusiasm
worked up to the place where it was
doing extra service in the afternoon
ard evening.
The night was one of the most not
able in the history of Kenosha. Bells
We're ringing, people were marching up
and down the streets, the red fire was
burning and at nearly every corner in
the down town district there was a
constant display of fire works. The
celebration at night may have lost a
little of its pep on account of the fact
that the people were tired out from
the exertions of the day but it was
some celebration. There were parades
galore, there were bon fires and i'm
promptu patriotic meetings at which
the people sang and cheered. Bands
were working all over the town and ev-
cry band had its parade. There was a
great general gathering on Market
Square and there was the biggest bon
fire that Kenosha has had in thirty
years and when it was in its glory the
remains of the Kaiser were duly
brought along and burned amidst the
cheers of thousands of people.
/ While the crowd was boisterous it
did not get overly rough. Kenosha peo-
pie wanted to make. noise. They
wanted to hug and kiss each other but
they were careful that they did not
hug and kiss the wrong people. There
was plenty doing but it was done in
a way which did not require riot calls
to the police to keep it in bonds.
Saloons in the city were all closed
after six o'clock in the evening. It
can be said that some Of the leading
saloon men of the city closed their
doors as early as noon on Monday and
others closed up during the afternoon.
This action was entirely voluntary on
the part of the men in charge and show
ed their desire to keep things from
getting disorderly. The few saloons
which had not closed Of their own ac-
cord up to six o'clock were ordered
closed by the police at that hour.
While the police were kept busy there
was not large number of arrests and
| in most cases warning was all that
was necessary to stop roudyism. While
a few celebrators continued the iolli-
fcation until early morning a majority
OF the celebrators were off the street
by midnight.