Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-12
J0y!JOY! omaha
IN FUR0RE AS
WORLD WAR ENDS

ing noise which were not employed
i in Omaha's peace parade, it would
take master mind to think of them
Men ordinarily serious with the
cares of big business beat on all
sorts Of contraptions, and sedate
matrons likewise became as chill
dren in their demonstrations of joy.
Make Terrible Din.
Many dragged large cans and
scrap metal at the rear of their au-
tomobiles and others dragged in
struments of tortuous noise by their
hands. The canteen workers played
tunes on tin whistles. In the Wes-
tern Union section was a steam en-
CINE dragged by 20 men and which
sounded as if it had been imported
from the regions below. Everybody
yelled and sang, bands played. and
altogether it was the most satisfy
ing jubilee ever seen or heard by
Omahans.
1t seemed as if the wrath of the
universe was vented upon Kaiser
Bill, who was hanged, carried on a
rail, dragged through the streets,
held by ropes and given a general
mauing. A placard over one of the
Hohenzollern scaffolds read, Good
by, boys, I'm through" The Ne
braska Power company announced
that it had $4,000 volts of electric
ity to spare for the particular pur
pose Of stopping the respiratory or
gans OF the man who changed his
boarding place to Holland. The
South Side contingent announced
their readiness and willingness to
can the kaiser according to the most
approved methods known to cam
ners.
South Side on Horses.
The crowd from the packing town
was there and over with vocaliza-
tons, the like of which cannot be
excelled by habitues of the big city.
A group of horsemen from the
stock yards shook the earth with
their yells. The, South Siders join
ed the main parade at Twenty
fourth street and St. Mary's avenue
and was headed by w. B. Cheek.
Employees of Brandeis stores dis
played figure of Uncle Sam OH a
float with a sign which bore the
word: THE news was too good
We closed the store T. P. Red
mond and Louis Nash headed the
Burgess-Nash section. Haydens
and all of the other stores, as we'll
as other places of business, were
represented Hundreds of store
girls wore red, white and blue paper
caps and carried small parasols with
! the national colors.
Walk Until Weary.
The Central Labor union division
carried a banner which read. I'VE
lproduce killing energy" 1tal-
ians carried flags of the allies. Vet
Grams of the Grand Army of the Re-
public rode on an automobile
truck. There were Boy Scouts,
high school cadets, Red Cross work.
ers, soldiers from Fort Omaha, Vic
tory Boys and Victory Girls, and
many others in an almost reverend
ing stream of celebrants. who
walked until they were weary of foot
and shouted until their lungs were
| hoarse. I'll
Col. Jacob w. S. Wuest of Fort
Omaha was marshal of the day. E.
Buckingham was field marshal. On
the committee which arranged the
great parade were: Mayor Smith,
c. c. George, H. H. Baldrige, Ran
dali K. Brown and John w. Gamble.
Assisting we're: Capt. c. E. Ad-
ans, John w. WEIGH, Walter w.
Head, Gould Dietz, H. NJ. Christie,
]. A. Linderholm w. B. Tagg, How
ard Goulding, c E. Black, c. R.
Docherty, ]. H, Millard, T. P. Rey-
nolds, w. w. McHugh, T. C. Byrne
and ]. H. Beveridge.
Everyone Has Holiday.
Insofar as it was possible, the day
was made a general holiday and was
so declared in a proclamation by
| Mayor Smith as soon as he reached
his Office Monday morning. Cele-
! brations were held in the morning
in public and parochial schools and
the children were dismissed for the
! day.
The celebration was started with
in few minutes after receipt of the
news shortly after a. m. Before
o'clock Farnam street was filled
| by motorists and pedestrians whose
emotions could not be restrained.
| Negroes made quite a showing.
The Knights of Pythias band of ne
gro players, led by Dan Desdunes,
won applause.
| Fort Omaha Joins.
| Col. Jacob w. S. Wuest Of Fort
Omaha was marshal of the day. He
was accompanied by staff and fol-
lowed by troops from the fort.
Every interest and activity of Oma-
ha were represented in the parade.
There were high school cadets.
ministers, Red Cross workers, Boy
Scouts, Rotary club, Home Guards,
Grain exchange, Real Estate ex-
change, Live Stock exchange. Cen.
trail Labor union, Council of De-
Tense, Creighton university cadets
and many others.
| And the noise they all made was
heard around the world