The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-11-16

ing each as the thousands cheered.
Next President Wilson came in for a
roaring cheer and the roll was finish
cd with three ronsing cheers for
Black Jack" Pershing. and his gal
liant fighters. N.Y. but that was a
rouser.
The speaker then gave a short talk
in which he called attention 10 the
fact that not one autocratic ruler re-
mains; that we have the best fighting
men on earth; that those in high
places who expect to fatten them
selves on dollars wrested from the
reconstruction will find an aroused
people that will get them; that our
fighting men have won three thin g
for us-Justice the abolition OF Spec
ial Privilege, and Opportunity for all.
II can see old Kaiser Bill at this
moment" said the speaker.
Where is he?" yelled the crowd.
"In hell, where he ought TO be, view
ing the millions who have died be-
cause OF his hellish acts" came the
reply and the roar OF cheering that
followed this sally gave proof OF tlie
satisfaction TO the crowd which con-
signment 10 the charred gates OF per-
dition for the Kaiser would bring.
BY this time fully 100000 people
we're on the streets: workmen from
all the factories came by the truck
load, cheering, blowing horns and
pounding on everything that would
produce noise. The most effective
noise machines were the brake drums
OF auto wheels and the back-hring of
automobiles. Hardly an auto or a
street car passed without a tin can
washtub, boiler or some other trailer
attached. Woodward avenue and /the
adjacent streets to the city hala got SO
congested with people th9t all traffit
was ruled off them, the enforcement
of that order being about the only
work that the police could attempt
with any degree 9f success.
Professions commenced 10 show up.
1t seemed to be the ambition of many
to head professions, the only neces-
sary requisite to a parade being a
bugle and drum. There must be half
millioni buglers and drummers in
Detroit.
Soon announcement was made that
profession would form at Woodward
boulevard at 800 o'clock. and from
&c O'Clock until noon II looked as II
the people were getting prepared FIR
the procession, and from about 1000
O'Clock until after IL there was no
increase in the number Of merry-mak
eTs All sorts OF grotesque costumes
were brought out and every thinkablc
thing and some uncomfortable ones
was done to Kaiser Bill" One boy
] came down town with "The Kaiser's
breakfast a big. black crow in a
cage
The crowd began to swell in NUN.
bers shortly after dinner and by =
o'clock IL was impossible to move
about on Woodward avenue, Campus
Martins and other streets in the vi
cini'y OF the city hall. People were
packed along the streets like sardines
in box awaiting for the procession
20 start.
Shortly after 800 o'clock five aero
planes appeared over the city. Tney
flew about performing all sorts OF
evolutions. Suddenly one of them
appeared low over the park in front
~ the Statler about one block from
where | stood. We were cheering
the driver enthusiastically and the
observer was waving his hand to the
throng when, like fla h OF lightning,
a wing OF the plane caught the rope
of a flagpole on top OF a high building
ing 81 block east OF the Fuller hotel.
We caught our breath as the plano
continued on its wa plainly in an
injured condition. ought that II
would surely collide With a church
steepel across on " iward avenue
but 1t cleared that | continued q
/ block or two when n idenly pitched
nose down and dis jared behind
some tall buildings
The plane crashed rough the root
of tenement build and set tn,
building afre. In ~ 4 few moments
q fire engine came ing down the
street, heading in ~ direction where
the plane fell.
The firemen scaled building, pu.