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Show SIDELIGHTS-UPON BIG CELEBRATION OF FALL OF HUNS all litigation bring dropped for the day. "No session today" wan the announcement an-nouncement pouted on Ihe door of the Halt Iake stock exchange. The testing test-ing waa done by Hecretary Altree after a conference with President lane, but so fur am known no broker operating on (he exchange read the not ire. They merely remained away, takina- It for granted that the utock exrhanite waa not to be outdone by other orRanlXHtlonn, civic or otherwise, other-wise, in r.elebratinK the worlil victory. The hanka of the city celebrated the victory, but not officially. They did not announce, aa utual In euch canen. that the hunks were cloaed on account of a holiday. becHU It la not a holiday In the official wrne they merely drew their blln'ls. "Thla man tried to work today." read the ulicn pinned to a dummy drag-jred alone the aide walk by a couple of Joyoua workmen. I One email hoyr n full of enthunlaKm and patriotism that he eeemed ready to explode, draRed through the street! hi mother's nice new wah I boiler. Hope was exprensed by I spectator! that whut usually Is crm- sldered an uniiardonable crime by u i a;ood housewife will in this case be charged wholly to patriotism. COIXKOK "pep" snd vigor that has been stored up for months let loose on Main street this morning when several hundred boys and girls formed a snake dance which waa more than a block In length. Old college cheers and aonga which uaed to fill local high school auditoriums audito-riums or university grandstands during dur-ing football seasons were rendered with enthusiasm. "Kaiser Rill" figured fig-ured most prominently In the yells and songs composed In the heat of patriotism pa-triotism and to the ears of college men and women the noise, college flavored, which ensued was reminiscent of pre-I pre-I war days. . A traffic cop at Second Bonth and Main street along about noon waa seen to throw up hla hands In disgust and beat a hasty retreat to the safety of the pavement to save hlmwelf from flying cans and pit which were mo-blllxed mo-blllxed by automoblllsts to aid In the celebration. SINGING FEATURE. At one of tha local musical lnstru- ' ment companies on North Main street a Vlctrola was placed on the pavement pave-ment In front of ths door and volunteer leaders beat time while several hundred hun-dred patriotic citliena sang national airs or popular trench aonga with abandon. Not satisfied with tha "hullabaloo" "hul-labaloo" raised by thousands of the Halt -Lake clttsenry, an electric piano waa commsndeered from a local store and Installed on a truck In front of the tTtah Power and tJght company, whera more songs and demonstrations took place. Patriotic profanity" was one of the most common forms of celebration today. to-day. Iractlcally every automobile windshield carried soma appruprlats Inscription. "The Tevll Abdicates in Favor of Kaiser Rill," "Kalaer Rill Got ths Yankees' Pill," "The Kaiser Is on His. Wsy to Heir were some of Ihe most common Inscriptions ! Along tha entire length of Main street today the air was filled with bits of falling papers, and wartime literature. If a flock of aeroplanes ! had been dropping some sort of prop- I agenda over the city the amount off material distributed ami the general i effect would not have been surpassed.! "Bill, here's yeur bat, what's your) hurry. reads a notice pinned on a door of a court at the city and county i building. Judges and lawyers Bp- peared for a few minutes at Ihej building thla morning, but quickly turned their thoughts to celebration. |