Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-11-11
CITY GOES WILD
AT,PEACE NEWS
Factories and Schools CIoSed--
Parades Form Throughout
City--WhiStles Raise Din
A MASS MEETING TONIGHT
Militia and Band Called Out for
Municipal Demonstration at
City Hall Park
A MASS MEETING TONIGHT

The Perth Amboy Battalion and
band of State Militia Reserve will be at
City Hall at 1880 tonight to head q
great municipal mass meeting and
demonstration which will take place
there in honor of the signing by Ger
many of the armistice.
Pandemonium has broken loose In
this city this morning. Whistles and
bells began their racket at about four
o'clock and have continued ever since.
Everybody who has a horn or some
other noise making contraption is
using 1t to the best Of advantage.
The high school band started of
and soon had a bowling contingent of
students in line behind them. The
pupils later formed in a snake dance
and wound up down the streets. The
Standard Underground Cable Works
had six trucks formed in parade line,
driving through the city filed with
cheering and shouting children. The
Roessler and Hasslacher Chemical
Company are planning for big pa
rade and demonstration for this after
noon.
Boys riding bicycles with tin cans
and boilers tied on behind, riding
through the streets, shouting at. the
top of their lungs: and children too
small to ride bicycles and peddling
their tricycles around with cans tied
OH. Two kfQdil+ boy bCOutS
q cart decorated with flags and carry
ing another small boy dressed up as
Uncle Sam. went through the streets.
One little fellow, who had neither bi-
cycle or other means of getting
around, tied several boilers and tin
cans together and ran around yelling
at the top of his lungs. dragging the
noise making instruments after him.
The Perth Amboy Battalion OF the
State Militia Reserves are ordered to
report in uniform at their headquar-
ters at 1880 o'clock tonight. This or
der includes the band. They will
march from their quarters and assem-
BILE at city, hall later.
The executive committee OF the
Perth Amboy Council of Defense IL
also requested to be on hand tonight
Municipal celebration.
The Raritan Copper Works Is PLAN
ming for monster parade which will
start from the factory at / o'clock.
The Italian band will lead the parade.
Nearly all the automobiles in the city
have been trimmed with flags and
bunting and are driving around blow
ing their klaxons and the people
within footing horns and making
noise in any way possible.
About 400 employees OF the Perth
Amboy Dry Dock Company and the
6hewan Shipbuilding Company form
ed in line and started their march
around the city at an early hour.
They bore many fitting epitaphs
about the kaiser and those who were
in authority with him. They march,
ed to the home OF w. Parker Runyon,
president of the Perth Amboy COM
pany. and he came out on the lawn
and made a speech to the men. They
then proceeded to the home of C. d.
Snedeker and Mr.. Snedeker an
nounced that there would be no work
today, which news was received with
great enthusiasm. The men carried
the tools as weapons and these same
tools are being used in one OF the
most essential of the war industries.
Freddie Lincoln, the little red
headed colored boy. whose auburn
locks have been rubbed by President
" Wilson, and many politicians for goo1
luck before election, attracted consid-
erable attention as he was being
driven about the city in an automo-
bile. Standing with his head barred
he was hailed wherever he went.