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OMAHA, ..TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1918.
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ALL OMAHA 'TEARS LOOSE" AND
STAGES GIANT CELEBRATION
OVER DOWNFALL OF HATED HUN
Victorious Commander of Allies
Si-
Dense Mass of People March, and Shout in Parade With
All Sorts of Noise Makers; See Kaiser Burned '
At Stake and Watch Show Staged by
The Bee.
Omaha tore loose" last night. That is the only ex
pression that describes the orgy of joy into which the city
olunred wth an abandon rtroduced bv the news of the sterl
ing of the armistice of Germany.
Never before wa such a spectacle seen on the streets of
Omaha. And, it is quite safe to say, never again while any
' of us shall live will such another spectacle be seen. '
Convention was thrown to the winds. Anything "went.'
Streets and sidewalks were one dense mass of people,
so thickly packed that it was almost impossible to get
through. And these people were yelling, laughing, blowing
horns, rattling "rattlers," hammering tin pans, tooting "toot
ers," pounding tambourines, drumming drums, dragging
bunches of tinware on the ground, hammering trolley poles,
throwing confetti and doing a hundred other things to make
a noise and thus in some degree ex-v
pressing the flooding joy that well-
led up within them because the great
, war is over and the kaiser and his
evil powers lie in abject surrender
at the feet of the free people of the
world. ; 1
.Burn Red Fir. ....
The center of the density of this
crowd was the court house square.
There a platform had been built and
on it was a funeral pyre. About 8
o'clock, away down Farnam street
many red lights began to appear
above the dense crowds As they
camt .nearer they were seen to be
the head of the parade. They were
flares carried by marchers." Red fire
was burned from many torches. At
the head marched the Fort Omaha
band and a detachment of soldiers.
. t Then came , the "hearse" of the
most hated man in the world. Yes,
this was the funeral of the kaiser.
The "hearse" was an old garbage
wagon, drawn by two ancient
horse. The wagon bore a sign:
"International Garbage."" The body
of Bill Hohenzollern, late kaiser of
Germany, lay on top of the caskef.
The shining helmet was on his head
and the high black boots upon his
feet. The very face was his face.
Place Kaiser on Pyre.
' On each side of the slowly-moving
wagon marched 10 red devils
with horns and spiked tails. -They
carried three-tined forks. When the
wagon came opposite' the pyre, it
' stopped and the devils yanked the
casket and body from it. They bore
it up on the platform and placed iH-
upon the pyre.
The crowd sent up ' one mighty
cheer, which continued, and finally
reached a sky-piercing climax as the
devils quickly set fire to the body.
The' flames leaped up and soon all
of Bill Hohenzollern, damned here
and hereafter, was being consumed.
The devils leaped from the hot plat-
form and, while the body burned,
executed a, ioyous dance in a circle.
And behind them stood a posse of
citizens, who fired into the burning
body with Jheir rifles. '
Bands Drowned Out.
These citizens had followed the
"hearse" up Farnanf street shoot
ing volleys every minute and adding
to the bedlam of torpedoes, fire
crackers, pistols, shots and a score
of other noises. Several bands were
in the crowd, but so great was the
(Continued on Face Two, Column Three.)
Jtalians Celebratel
Armistice Declaration
With Big Celebration
Little Italy celebrated the signing
of the armistice last night.
There were songs and there were
speeches, and everywhere the Italian
flag, was seen displayed with the em
blem of the United States.
' The greatest meeting was- at 1202
South Twentieth street, -where a
crowd of aver 1,000 was addressed
by prominent speakers.
The committee in. charge of this
meeting was composed of F.-Mauro,
Abraham 'Sitian, Frank Periotore,
Sam Mrco, K-P Pane. Jm Mau
Pete
THE BEE STAGES
BIG SHOW DURING
PEACE MIGHT
tlvo Fine Films Enthusiastic
ally Received by Scores
of Thousands Out to
Celebrate.
The Bee gave a show, a real hon
est to goodness picture show, with
a band in place of an orchestra and
the most enthusiastic and the larg
est audience that a motion picture
performance ever obtained before
in this city. ' 1 '
With the streets crowded with
thousands and thousands of people,
autos lined up for blocks and the
courthouse' lawn, steps, and side
walks black with numbers, the first
flash of the film was received with a
mighty cheer.
And. for alrriost two hours the. au
dience, stood and .cheered and
watched the-films thrown against the
Omaha National bank building from
the offices of the North American
Hotel company.
Kicks Bring Cheers.
. The first picture on the program
was the Universal Film company's,
"lhe Geezer of Berlin, lhe play
is a comedy riot, in which the Kais
er, his generals and the crown prince
are shown in all their true ludi
cruous poses and in which they find
it a tougher world than mere man
wishes at any time. And at every
kick at old Bill. Hohenzollern and
his crew there were more and more
cheers. '
And as awindup of the evening's
entertainment, there was brought
forward the Paramount's five-ret,!
(Continued on Pfe Two, Column Four.)
JOY! JOY!
OMAHA IN
FURORE AS
WAR ENDS
Whole City Takes Half Day
Off and Joins in Pa
rade to Celebrate
9 Victory.
It was our turn to cele
brate and we did.
Omalia just , turned itself
loose for a day by rejoicing
over the signing of the armk
stice by the Huns, the domin
ion of human, liberties over
autocracy, and the downfall,
of the Hohenzollern war ma-!
chine.
There was enough noise to have
jarred any war-mad monarch from
his throne and there is no doubt
but that the din reached the af
frighted ears of the late head of the
Potsdam palace.
Hosts of Democracy March.
The official parade of the day was
a demonstration which never will be
forgotten by those who participated
in the mighty concourse itself, or,
by those who lined the walks along
the route. The hosts of democracy
marched to the tunes of victory,
with thousands of flags sun-kissed
in the afternoon breeze. Women
who had never before marched in a
parade joined the revelers with as
much enthusiasm as the boys and
girls. MenV carried their infants,
some were observed on crutches;
there were men in overalls and
women in feminalls; all joining in
the tumult which proclaimed that
victory perched upon the banners of
the Yanks and their allies.
All Shouting Glad.
The , parade covered Douglas,
Farnam and Harney streets at one
time, with countermarching on Far
nam, making four lines, which of
fered a magHificent view for those
who were favored with vantage
points of observation. It was the
best-natured crowd ever gathered in
Omaha. Everybody was thankfur
and. proud and relieved and a few
other things, which left no time for
petty' annoyances which many en
countered during the period of con
gestion. . ,
If there are any methods of mak-
(Contlnurd on Face Two, Column Two.)
Mauro, and
rr.
Charley. Maaro.
Speakers were: Joseph' Lovely,
Dan llorrigan, C. C. Doorwood,
,and others.
4'Tho.tf5ands of Italians attended
and it was one of the great pa-a
- triotic celeorationi pi tnj oay
BANNERS EXPRESS OMAHA
OPINION OF KAISER BILL
What Omaha thinks of Kaiser
von Hohenzollern, as expressed on
banners carried in th peace parade:
'"Oh, -boy, ain't it a grand and
glorious feeling? ' .
"Let's cheer over here; they hear
it over thre."
"And we will be glacf when Johnny
comes marching home."
"That is the kaiser's ' funeral
march." ,
"Thirty-one thousands of picked.
American shotgun men started the
celebration at Chateau-Thierry." I
, fTo hell with the kaiser 1"
"Here is what is left of the kaiser;
not quite dead, but a damned sight
wiser." . ,
No,
"Celebrating Bill's vacation?
he lost his job."
"The kaiser has gone to hell."
"Is Gott mit you now, Bill?"
"Who . tied te can to Kaiser
Bill"
"How far is it to Berlin?"
"Lost, one crown, badly battered.
Finder please return to Kaiser Bill."
"No more Germans now."
"Bill, the last of his kind."
"How far is it to Paris, Bill?"
"We eat double eagles raw, feath
ers and all." -""Teddy
lied to me, Bilk"
.. "How do you like Paris, Bill?"
"Kaiser Bill, now emperor of hell."
"Hohenzollern hunts hole in Hol
land." . -'
"Liberty bonds will be on sale in
Berlin soon."
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REVOLUTIONISTS
GAINING GRIP Oft
HUN GOVERNMENT
: ' ; .
Soldiers' and Workers' Councils Being Established Ev
erywhere; Change Taking PlaceWithout Appreci
able Disturbance of Economic Order or of Blood
shed; Red Flag Flying Over Potsdam.
BULLETIN. ,
London, Nov. 11. Field Marshal von Hindenburg has placed him
self and the German army at the disposition of the new people's govern
ment at Berlin, says a dispatch from the German capital by way of
Copenhagen.
The field marshal asked the Cologne soldiers' and workers' council
to send delegates to German main headquarters at once. Field Marshal
von Hindenburg said he had taken this action "in order to avoid chaos."
BULLETIN
London, Nov. 11. (1:27 P. M.) Revolution is steadily progressing
throughout the empire, says a Gel-man wireless dispatch, from Berlin.
Soldiers' and workers', councils are being established everywhere.
In general, the change of government, the message said, has oc
curred without appreciable disturbance of economic order or of blood
shed.
BULLETIN.
Amsterdam, Nov. if. Armed workers and soldiers stormed the
prison in the Alt-Meabit street in Berlin, but at the request of Deputy
Baechner they released only those incarcerated as "war victims," includ
ing former Captain von, Beerf eld, who was concerned' in the distribution
of the memorandum Prince Lichnowsky, which accused Germany of
starting the war. , . . N
BULLETIN.
Amsterdam, Nov. 11. News has been received in Berlin and for
warded here that the garrisons at Doeberitx and Potsdam are in the
hands of the soldiers' and workers' council.
Copenhagen, Nov. 11. King
Friedrich August of Saxony, has
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Deen aetnronea, accoraing 10 an oi-
facial telegram from Berlin.
Copenhagen, Nov. ,11. -Theyrevo-lution
in Germany is today, to all
intents and purposes, an accom
plished fact.
The revolt has - not vet sDread
throughout the whole empireJut 14
of the 26 states, including all the
four kingdoms and all other im
portant states, are reported securely
in the hands of the revolutionists.
Present Situation.
Paris, Nov." 11. The situation in
Germany today, as far as it can be
ascertained from news" arriving
through Switzerland, may be
summed up as follows:
In Prussia the emperor is gone
and a socialist government in an un
determined form is in powers ' In
Bavaria and" Wurttemburg republics
have been proclaimed.
- The royal family of Oldenburg
has fled and a revolution is reported.
Frankfort, Cologne, Essen, Muel
heim, Ex-La Chappelle and Emerich,
as well as many other cities are in
the hands of the revolutionaries.
GERMANY STRIPPED OF EVEN
MEANS OF DEFENSE BY MOST
DRASTIC ARMISTICE TERMS
-
OLDER SON
OF KAISER
REPORTED
AS SLAIN
Details, However, Lacking;
German Navy Called Upon
to Resist Conquerors;
Move Not Unexpected.
London, Nov. 12. The
former German crown prince
is reported to have been shot,
according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to the Central NeWs.
Details are lacking.
German Navy in Plot
London, Nov. 11. The admiralty
has intercepted a German wireless
from "the command and soldiers'
council on the cruiser Strassburg"
to "all ships, torpedo boats, de
stroyers and submarines in the
North sea,"
The message refers to the terms
of the armistice and declares:
"This would entail the destruction
of us all. German comrades: De
fend our country against this un
heard of presumption."
"Strong English forces are re
ported off the Skaw. All sub
marines in the Baltic, except those
on outpost duty, assemble imme
diately at Sassnitz harbor."
Sassnitz is a watering place on
the east coast of the island of Rue
gen, Prussia.
Will Occupy Hun Base. ,
London, Nov. II. A supple
mentary declaration to the armistice
terms was signed to the effect that
in the event of the 6 German battle
cruisers, 10 battleships, 8 light
cruisers and 50 destroyers not being
handed over owing to a mutinous
state, the allies reserve the right to
occupy Helgoland as an advance
base to enable them to enforce the
terms. '
Means Absolute Prevention of Recurrence of Hostili
- ties; Defeated Enemy Must Give Up Vast Stores of
Military Supplies; Navy's Strength Cut Away; .
Precautions Against Rebellion. , y
By Associated Press.
, Washington, Nov. 11. Analysis of the terms imposed
upon Germany shows them to be even more drastic than
those being enforced against Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey.
From a military standpoint alone they have been strip-
ped even of the means of defense.
The object sought -absolute prevention of a recurrence
of hostilities is the same in each case. In general, the same
character of concessions was required, though in Germany's
case there was no necessity to provide for future campaigns
against a remaining enemy.
The surrender of 5,000 cannon, 2,000 airplanes and
other war material in proportion, military men say, means
that for years to come the German states Will be unable to
think in terms of armed force against any of the powers as-
sociated against them.
Navy's Strength Cut.
Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey are
News of PeacelS pread
Like tyjldfire Along
Great American Front
With the American Forces on
the Meuse nT Moselle Fronts,
Nov. 11. (12:50 P. M.) News
that the armistice had been sign
ed spread like wildfire along the
American front from the Moselle
river to the region of Sedan..
Reaching the various headquar
ters early in the day the news
passed by wire and wireless to
division and regiment and finally
from mouth to mouth to the boys
in the forward lines.
It was among the boys in the
foremost lines who had been un
der sheilfire for days that there
was the most genuine rejoicing'.
There had been so many rumors
of peace lately that the boys in
the front lines were not inclined
to believe the report of the sign
ing of the armistice Vmtil their of
ficers informed them that it was a
fact. Then there was general re-t
jolcing.
On Sunday both sides kept up
an intermittent artillery fire as a
remainder to ea'ch other that the
order to cease hostilities had not
been received. With nightfall the
duel became weaker, each side
awaiting the final word as to the
set hour for desisting all firing of
guns,
JOYOUS JUBILEE WITH
PANS, MULES AND GOATS
The grain firms of the grain ex
change use little tin cans for grain
samples, but that was not what they
used them for Monday. Every
marcher in the grain exchange sec
tion carried two of these tin pans,
using them for tambourines and if
the folks in Berlin didn't hear the
noise of this aggregation they
weren't listening.
With the marchers from South
Omaha there were three Billy goats
at different places in the line of
Kliarch. Over the goats were the.
playcards "We have got the kaiser's
goat." However, the goats didn't
play the part. They walked gladjy
aJong,head and tail erect, just like
good American goats celebrating
the victory for democracy.
he South Omaha cowboys on
their prancing bronchos, was a fea
ture of the great parade. The horses
seemed as proud as their riders, and
cantered along with anywhere from
one to three riders on their backs.
One delegation carried a large
frame scaffold, from which dangled
an effigy of Kaiser Bill. On the
front of the scaffold was a placard:
"Here's what is left of the kaiser;
pot quite dead, but a ; damn sight
wiser." On the other side it said:
'He didn't give a damn for Uncle
Sam. Now look at him." 1
The great parade was not all au
tomobiles, auto trucks, etc. A
happy drayman, seated on a high
elevated seat, holding the lines on
a trusty span of mules, and with
his family waving flag and shout
ing, kept their place in-Tlie line of
march for several hours.
During the parade W. I. Kier-1
stead ran up and' down Farnanft
street, yelling: "Hurrah fqj the
worm; tne worm is treei
- Just plain Billiam Hohenzollern,
fugitive from justice, was the goat
in Omaha Monday and it is a great
shame that he wasn't here to see the
funeral possessions in his honor.
Most of the parades carried caskets
marked, "The Kaiser," and many of
the banners which were carried were
addresseck to him. v Some of them
read, "Is Gott mit you now, Bill?"
and, "So the Yanks can't fight, eh,
Billy-Be-Damned?"
A dozen Indians staged a real war
dance in front of The Bee building
Monday afternoon in a frenzy of joy
over the great victory. ,,.
The big bucks wore real war
paint, feathers and Indian costumes
and the old Indian war days never
saw a wildjr jubilee than these war
riors celebrated as they shouted un
canny yells and danced about as
though mad.
in the same state as to military
essentials, even if the complete go
litical disintegration of Austria-
t-Hungary had not virtually disposed
of danger from that source.
The strength of the German navy
has been cut away by the agreement
to surrender 160 submarines, six
battle cruisers and ten battleships,
50 modern destroyers and many
other craft. At this single stroke,
Germany would lose virtually its
whole modern fleef. The ships
which remain are chiefly of the pre
dreadnaught days and other absolete
types.
It was noted by officers here that
Marshal Foch and his naval advis
ers had not lost sight of the mutiny
within the German fleet and the
possibility that this might interfer
with the carrying out of the armi
stice naval terms.
. Fleet Harmless.
Tlie supplementary condition, au
thorizing occupation of Helgoland
as, an advanced base by the allies
in case the specified ships are not
promptly surrendered,- is designed
to render the German fleet harmless
in any case and its destruction cer
tain in the end.
ll was noted also with satisfac
tion that ample precautions ' had
been taken in the terms against the
erection of any interior defenses
behind the Rhjne. The occupation
of the Rhine fortresses and of a
30-kilometer zone on the right bank
of the river, whereever a bridge-i
head is to be protected gives abso
lute domination of tne 40-kilometer
neutral zone established east of the
Rhine to the allied forces, even
without the garrisoning of any cities
or other points within the zone. The
way is to be kept open continually
for advance mto the heart oL Ger
many by a dozen routes across the
great river.
(Full tut of armistice with German
given on Page 12.)
Draft Calls Canceled ' "
And First Contingent
Gets Only Short Trip
0 General Crowder Monday morn
ing issued an order canceling all
November draft calls and the con
tingent of selective service men who
entrained at 10 . o'clock Monday
morning for Camp Kearney,-Cal.,
went only is far as Fremont, Neb,
wjien the order for them to return
to Omaha was received and the men
came back here Monday afternoon.
There , were nearly 300 Omahans
in the contingent and also quotas
from Saunders and Colfax counties.
This cancellation order also af.
fects the calls for men who were to
entrain for Camp Bowie, Tex., "on
Tuesday and Thursday. Nearly 500
men were, scheduled to go in each
contingent. ,
Orders' received at. local draft
boards Monday told the men to con
tinue the work of classifvinsr the
September registrants.
lhe contingent which entrained
'Tor Camp Kearny. CaL wanted to'
go. on to the California camp, they
were hilarious when the train started
westward, but when thev were told
at Fremont that they were to return
to umana they were disappointed
and it was a quieS crowd that waa
returned here. . -s , -
