The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-11-15
GREAT WORLD WAR
COMES TO AN END
GERMANY ACCEPTS TERMS OF
VICTORIOUS ALLIES
News Came Monday Morning and
Brought Fourth Enthusiastic
Celebration in Clio.

After the peace fiasco of last week
Thursday, people throughout the United
States were looking with keenest in
terest for the decision of Germany.
whether for peace or war. which all
knew must be matter of few hours
the most momentous hours, perhaps,
in the history of our country. This
suspense was ended most gloriously
Monday morning when over the tele-
graph and telephone wires of the land
was flashed message telling of Ger
many's unconditional acceptance of the
terms of an armistice laid down by
Marshal Foch, the commander-in-chief
of the allied armies.
This message, telling that the blood
lest war In all history had been brought
to an end, that might had been van
quished by right, that Belgium was
free, that France was to reap the re-
ward of her heroic resistance and re-
gain the land taken from her by ruth
less invader, that Poland was to regain
her identity among the nations of the
world, that Armenia and the Holy Land
were to be freed from the rule of the
murderous Turk, that autocracy had
made its last stand and lost, and that
the peoples of the world were to es.
tabIish free governments wherein abili-
ty to serve was to be the only real title
to nobility, above all, the thought that
the slaughter of our heroic American
boys had been brought to an end and
that we might anticipate their return
home, brought forth a response that
was worthy of the great occasion. All
over the land flags waved, bands play
ed, guns doomed, bon fires burned, pat
riotic songs were sung. monster par
AIDES monopolized the streets and busi-
ness was suspended while enthusiasm
ran riot. Flint. Saginaw and other
Michigan cities were seething caldrons
of humanity from early morning until
late at night.
Clio gained its first knowledge of
what had happened when the engineer
of the early train, entering the village
at about 4:l5, pulled the whistle wide
open and one prolonged shrek told that
the hoped for glad tidings were at hand.
Morning newspapers confirmed and
gave details During the morning
hours flags were displayed from almost
every home and business place in town
and in the afternoon big, impromptu
parade was staged, led by the band,
and stretching from the Masonic Temp
le to the p NJ. station. In this parade
were old and young men and women,
boys and girls and kids of all sizes, all
enthusiastically cheering the triumph
of justice and peace, and making the
circuit of Vienna Street several times.
A number or ladies wearing very unique
costumes and masks, with base drum
and other alleged musical instruments,
showed their patriotic spirit and helped
to make the fun. In the evening the
proceedings were started off with the
bearing along the street of casket
containing an effigy of KAISER Bill
and frequent exhibition of the remains.
The casket was contributed by McCor-
mick & Conlee and was fixed up with
all the regulation ''trimmins. Elmer
Yeaster acted as undertaken. Then a
big bonfire was started, at which place
the band played and the crowd congre
gated. Warren Hof and E. w Hymer
gave emphasis to proceedings by 9
mighty firing of anvils. McCrady &
Miller and Harvey Cummings hauleo
loads of bowling youngsters up ant
down the street, and Masters Thomas
Reed, Will Eaton and Frank { ornell
dressed in costume, created no end OF
merriment. When the fire had burned
down to great bed of Goals, the re
mains of "Kaser Bill" casket and all
were thrown upon them, with becoming
ceremony, and quickly went up in flame
and smoke, amid the cheers of the
multitude.
Following the bonfire big mass
meeting was held in the Auditorium,
during which the band played severa
selections, j. +. Wirth led in com.
munity sing, the editor made a brief
congratulatory talk and Rev. A. T.
Camburr gave short but fine address
Taken altogether. Clio gave a fitting
celebration to the death of German
autocracy.