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Show PEN IS IN MIDST OF BIG CELEBRATION I Many Thousands Are Participating Par-ticipating in the Great Peace Jubilation. Special to Tho Tribune. 0GDEN", Nov. 11. The peace celebration, celebra-tion, which broke loose early this morning morn-ing and which bids lair to continue for live (.''ays at least, is the biggest thing in the Malory of this city. riotilandB of Ogden city and Weber counvjculzens are participating. ' t0we has been no fixed program. It iijhas been a spontaneous celebration, in which the main object was the ringing out the liberty of the world with the greatest possible noise. The jubilant celebrators carried out their designs with the greatest success. From the moment that the whistles of industrial plants announced an-nounced the news the streets began to fill There has been no cessation of the celebration up to a late hour tonight. The indications point to its continuance for an indefinite period. From 5 o'clock this morning the Southern South-ern Pacific band, Ogden Municipal band. Ladies' Military band and the the State Industrial School band have been furnishing furnish-ing music, which was practically drowned, however, by the thousands of noise-producing instruments. The supplies of fireworks fire-works which have been stored in the city have been exhausted and the celebrators have had to rely largely upon their lungs. Every branch of Industry in the city has remained closed all clay, with the exception of the drug stores, soda fountains foun-tains and cafes. Street car traffic was suspended at noon, when the motormen and conductors were dragged from their cars and placed in a large auto truck and joined in the parade. In one or two cases some clothing stores In the west part of the city at first refused to close. The proprietors of the stores finally decided that it would be the better policy to close when several sev-eral hundred young men gathered In front of their establishments and began organizing or-ganizing to make a raid. The members of the French, Italian and Greek colonies In the city mingled with the celebrators. The flags of the allied nations were used In abundance by marchers, on autos and on build- '"fu dark tonight several large bonfires were started In the parks about the city and the kaiser, who had been hanged m effigy during the day. was cremated amid the cheers of the enthusiastic people. |