Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-12
DUKE CITY JOINS
IN CELEBRATING
END Of THE WAR
Practically Entire City Turns
Out to Make Merry Over
the News That ArmiStice
Had Been Signed By Huns,

In 4 celebration that began about
! O'Clock Monday morning and con-
tinued in one form or another almost
without INTERRUPTION until late hour
last night, Albuquerqueans. regard
less of age. nationality or sex, Joined
almost as unit in giving vent to
their feelings of jov over the signing
Of the armistioe by the Germans,
thus bringing to a close the great war
which ragged for more than four
years. cost millions of lives and en-
tailed property damage which cannot
be estimated in dollars and cents.
Celebrations may come and celebra-
tions may 60, but none will surpass
in enthusiasm the one held here yes
terday. And from the standpoint of
mportance--nothing in the future
can possibly equal it. Yesterdays
demonstration marked the end OF the
greatest war in all history IN to date
and il certainly shall not he the lot
of coming generations to witness an
other struggle of so great magni-
tude as the one that ended at
o'clock yesterday morning, Washing
ton time.
Armistice Signed.
1t was 12:4S o'clock Monday morn
ing when the telegraph instruments
in the Morning Journal office licked
off the words. "armstice signed"
Nothing more came for several min
utes, but the fact that the armistice
had been signed was sufficient. Fire
Chief Russell was the first man mott
fled and ere long he had the fire
whistle in action. Shortly thereafter
several Santa Fe engines Joined in the
chorus. the result that in a short time
practically the whole town was awake.
The Journal, phones were kept busy
by sleepy inquirers who wanted 10
know what all the fuss was about.
Some OF them when informed that
the war was over seemed to be peev-
ed because they had been aroused
from their slumbers at such an UNI
seemly hour of the morning. But
most of the people appeared to be
highly elated over the receipt of such
good news.
Crowd Begins to Arrive.
Soon the crowd began TO arrive at
the Journal office, everybody anxious
to get the details of the signing of
the armistice. People came on foot
and in autos. They were of both
sexes and of all ages from children
not yet in their teens to those who
apparently had passed the three
score years and ten" period of life.
1t was plain to be seen. too. that
lot of them had not devoted any great
amount of time to dressing. 1t is
divulging no secrets to say that many
of the women underneath their coat
wore a kimona or a bath robe. Fur
Their than this deponent hath nothing
more to say about how the women
were clad The men also showed
signs Of having donned their clothes
hastily. Ernest Landolfi. for instance,
in his haste to reach the Journal Of
flee, donned bath robe in place OF
an overcoat For brilliant colors and
the number of them. "Landy's' out
fit had Joseph's famous coat laid
completely in the shade.
A procession was soon formed and
after traversing the principal business
streets IL wound up at the corner OF
Central avenue and Second street,
where a bonfire was kindled and the
crowd danced. shot firecrackers and
made merry in various other ways
until sunrise.
Yesterday Holiday.
The city commissioners declared
Yesterday a holiday. The banks ana
stores closed and most of the people
Joined in the festivities. There was no
set program in the forenoon, but this
made little or no difference. Hun
dreds of automobiles and persons
afoot including several hundred Santa
Fe shopnen, traversed the streets,
shouting beating drums, tin pans and
doing everything possible to add TO the
din. An interesting feature of the
morning parade was the entrance OF
forty-siX two-horse wagons by the
Springer Transfer company, each
wagon loaded to it's capacity with peo-
pie ranging from street Arabs to So
ciety matrons,
A parade was scheduled for $3.50
in the afternoon and it got away
promptly at the hour set. 1t started
from the corner of entral avenue and
Second street and moved west on Cen
trail to Robinson park. The Indian
school band led the procession, which
! included members of the city COM
mission, pedestrians, automobilists,
| members of Ballut Abyad temple, San
ia Fe employees, members of the Chris
| TOPPER Colombo society and others
| The Misses Selma and Naomi Louden
! were given places of honor on horse
| back near the head of the line. The
| Misses Louden have a father and two
! brothers in France and a brother-in-
| law in Siberia.
! 1t would be impossible to say how
| long he procession was. 1t marched
| and counter-marched losing an auto
or two here and picking up three or
| four there. 1t seemed to be an end
less chain of cheering, bowling hu-
! manity.
\ Some Novel Floats.
I One float which attracted much at
| tention was Santa Fe baggage truck,
| on top of which was coffin Hastily
| DECORATED with tumble Weeds On
| the cloth which covered the coffin was
inscribed Germany is dead one
| now" Harry Strong had his hearse
in the parade, carrying banner with
I the inscription, death to autocracy."
| Long before the hour for the cere-
| monies to start, crowds had gathered
in Robinson park, where friend
! greeted friend as if years haG separat-
| ed them, all with the same joy. the
same happiness in their hearts "Our