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Show All Streets Tbronged As Citizens Parade In Delirium of Joy By AaaMiated Praaa. ' i SAN KKANC1HCO, CaU Nor. II. Thouaanda of men. women and children aroae from their beda lata laat nl(ht and tramped tba downtown atraeta for hour, alnflnc and rheerlnc In celebration of the Aaaorlated Preaa annminea. ment that the Oerman government had capitulated to the alltee. similar arenea were enacted In virtually every city, town and, village on the Pacific rout and In the mountain atatea. In thl. city convention, were thrown to the win da and etranaere linked arm. with atrangera In aolld 11 nee that atretched acroea the wide apace of Market atreet. the main thoroughfare The Aeaoclated Preaa bulletin wa. telephoned to 'Mayor Jamea Kotph at hta reaidrnce. He Immediately save order, that all whlatlee be blown. transmitted the official news, the orders to the patrolmen were rescinded and the demonstration proceeded unchecked. un-checked. In T a coma. Wash., shipyard workers coming off duty Joined wltn soldiers from Cim p Uewls In celebrating the event. Improvised bands led hastily organised parades through the streets, which a fnw moments before were dark and silent. SAILORS BREAK QUARANTINE. SEATTLE. VVash., Nov. 11 When Associated Preaa dispatches flashed the news of the signing of the armistice armi-stice terms by Germany, sevcisl thdu-1 sand sailors from the University of Washington naval -training station broke their Influensa quarantine and ruabed for the downtown section to celebrate. Headed by a band, with j flags flying, they paraded the streets i for hours. j DENVER. J ItENVER. Colo.. Nor. 11. Denver! either sleeping lightly or not at alUj seemingly sprang Into an Instant up- I roar when the first bomb announced the signing of the arm hit ice. Within J ten minutes an Impromptu parade waa ; wildly shouting Its way through the ' business ejection, growing by hundreds ' every minute. - - At i o'clock Mayor Mills announced t that today would be a holiday and aj ! call for all cltlsens to assemble In the , morning for a "Victory" celebration ; waa Issued. I OMAHA. OMAHA. Neb. Nov. 11 Fifteen i minutes after official word had been received that the armistice hadj been 1 signed, thousands of people were on the streets. Parades were formed in all sections of the city. Bonfires were built, whistles have been blowing constantly. con-stantly. Hotels are ablase with cheering mobs and martial music fills i the air from many bands. , I SIOUX CITY. Biorx CITY. Ia.. Nov. 11. All Htoux City awolce early thia morning ; when whistles shrieked the announce-' announce-' ment that armistice terms had been si gned by Uerma n y . Im prom pt u parades of pedestrians with noise making devices filled the principal street Red fire and other pyrotechnics pyro-technics featured the celebration. CHICAGO EXCHANGE CLOSES. CHICAGO. Nov. 11 The Chicago board of trade, the Chicago stock exchange ex-change and the Chicago livestock change a-1 declared a holiday today, and so, too, did the produce) trade. The livestock exchange requested that to avoid congestion all shipments of live stock for Tuesday's trade here be withheld. ; Then, going to the city hall, he completed com-pleted arrangements for a demonstration demon-stration at the exposition auditorium, : Within an hour streams of autotno-1 autotno-1 biles and shouting crowds were bound ffor the civic center. The mayor declared de-clared Monday a holiday. No New j Tear s Ere celebration In San Jr-n- I Cisco ever approached the enthusiastic response thst ensued. In Portland. Ore., the police started to curb the celebrants 1n the belief that- something premature was afoot, but when Chief of Police Johnson learned Uiat .iaw 4aoctated Preaa had |