The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
Yesterday's Celebration
win Never Be Forgot
ten by the Citizens Of
Morgan City.
Was Staged on Proportions Un-
equalled By Towns Of SINH
lar Size in the State
or Country.

first universal holiday. It is :
very safe and conservative state
ment that no other city in thu
country, considering size ane
population, staged a more pre-
tentious one. Commencing pre-
cisely at the minute when con
firmation Of the joyful news was
received, Morgan City thought
of nothing else and acted accord.
ingly. Aside from the intense
spirit of patriotism that has al.
ways characterized war activ.
tiles of this community, the fes.
ti,jitids were given added inn
petus, and were carried out on a
larger scale by the participation
of about fifteen hundred war in
dustry workers employed by the
Union Bridge and Construction
Company - shipbuilders. They
knocked off for the day so far as
shipbuilding was concerned, but
if there was a shipbuilder who
didn't put in a busy twelve hours
in Morgan City yesterday, he
was sick in bed and unable to
crawl out.
The Emergency Fleet Band
added to their popularity in this
town yesterday. They were con-
stantly on the job from the time
the parade started from the
shipyard, about s o'clock, until
late last night. The splendid
music they contributed to the
joyous occasion was indispens-
able. The members sof this or
ganization may firmly believe
their united contribution was by
far the greatest factor which
brought to an overwhelmingly
successful conclusion a very per-
feet day.
About noon, dodgers were dis.
tributed among the crowds on,
the streets, announcing that the
Kaiser would be buried by Mr..
F. ]. Price, popular and patriotic
undertaken of Morgan City, at
3 O'Clock at the City Hall plaza.
The body was suspended from a
rope attached to the water tower
and at the time appointed it was
cut down and placed in Mr..
Prices hearse. Contrary to the
usual procedure at such solemn
occasions, the Emergency Fleet
Band during the ceremony played
only patriotic, ragtime and pop
ular selections. However, no.
body objected. The body of Bill
was taken away, where, nobody
seemed to know, neither, doubt
ess, did the driver. In about
aalf an hour the hearse returned
and Mr.. Howard Fleury, from
his lofty rostrum on top, an
bounced to the enthusiastic
that it had been de-
:ided by Mayor" Izzy Blum and
his most able band of retainers,
hat to place Kaiser Bill in the
BOSOM of old Mother Earth
would be an insult to that lady.
It was, therefore, his ruling that
Bill be burned-not cremated.
The body was returned once
more to it's casket and placed in
The Morgan City Livery morgue
for future reference. He was
not allowed rest for long this
time either. At 8 o'clock p. m.
the order of the mayor" and his
associates was carried out to the
letter, amidst the lusty cheers of
the multitude, the quick-time
music of the band, and much ex-
plosion of fireworks.
The Kaiser stunt, which
proved to be one of the most
successful and interesting fea-
lures of the celebration, was
largely due to the foresight and
ingenuity of the fire department
boys. 1t was their idea and they
furnished the funeral clothes
and most of the details that go
to make up a successful funeral
Of such impressive proportions.
They even were responsible for
The corpse! And old Bill himself
would be flattered if he could
have seen how well-known is his
to every Morgan
City firefghter.
After the crowd was thor