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The Penn's Grove record., 1913-07-04

The bell echoed the hopes Of the peoples hearts
and it's melodious Bon Voyage" sounded over the
Delaware as he sailed away.
When the planning and splitting mills were
closed and the manufacture of iron and steel prod
ucts was prohibited by acts of parliament in
Pennsylvania and the kings arrow was affixed
upon pine trees and the trade of the colonies in
all parts Of the world restrained, the bell was
again tolled to assemble the people in the state
house yard to protest against such %outrages.
Thus did the bell, long before the Revolution,
become the beloved symbol of truth and freedom,
reinforcing with pugnacious and violent peals, the
cry of determined citizens, in the largest political
meeting held up to that time in the state house
yard, that none Of the ship "Polly's detestable
tea" that had just been brought into the port.
should be funneled down their throats with par
lament duty mixed with it,"
When the port of Boston was closed in May,
1774, and the heart of the country was growing
heavier with its a~ffliction, the bell was once more
carefully mufled and tolled in a solemn and pro-
phetic manner, both to announce the closing OF
the port and, a little later, to call a meeting to
relieve suffering in Boston on account of the
restriction of its trade.
AS the conflict with England approached the
bell was rung more and more; its. use became a
matter of course, and then, on April rs, 177t,
just after the reports came to Philadelphia OF the
Battle of Lexington, it rang wildly to assemble
5000 people in the state house yard and to in
6plre their souls 10 a reSOlut1On pledSlng t0elr
all to the cause Of liberty.
1t rang also to assemble the Continental con-
gress to its daily sessions. both at Carpenters
hall and independence hall. and, finally, its crown
ing achievement, the one wild, defiant and joyful
ringing that, more than all the previous reverbera-
tons 1t made, gave it the sacred name of The
Liberty Bell" occurred on July 8 (and not the
4th, as is generally believed, after the Declare
ton of Independence had been adopted.
This greatest of it's jubilees called the citizens
together in the yard to hear read in the stentorian
tones of John Nixon the first public proclamation
of the Declaration, and never did the old wooden
rafters of the state house steeple rock and trem-
BILE with more sympathetic vibration than at this
time.
When returned to the old state house steeple
again one of its first uses was to ring upon the
announcement OF the surrender of Lord Cornwall
lis, in October, 1881, and in the following month
to toll in welcoming Washington to the city. A
year and a half later it helped to proclaim the
treaty OF peace with Great Britain, and in Deem
Der, 1899, it was muffled for the first time In many
years, though not to mourn for lost liberty or
over tyrannical deeds, but to lend its almost
hushed music to the funeral solemnities of Wash
ington himself.
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Despite the fact that the Liberty Bell Is one
of the most treasured Of national relics, it is not
originally an American product, but a foreign i'm
portation; and imported from England, too, where
1t was first cast according to the order given in
October, 1851, by the superintendent of the state
house of the Province of Pennsylvania-now indie
~pendence Hall.
Thomas Lester of White Chapel, London, cast
the bell, and by August, 1852, it arrived in Phila-
delphia and was erected on trusses in the state
house yard. While being tolled and tested early
In September of the same year it was cracked by
the clapper, though by no unusually powerful
stroke. Concerning this accident, Isaac Morris
wrote, March 10, 1853:
Though the news Of our new bell cracking is
not very agreeable to US, we concluded to send it
back by Captain Budden. who had brought it from
London last August, but he could not take 1t on
board, upon which two ingenious workmen under
took to cast 1t here, and l am just now informed
they have this day opened the mould and have
got a good bell, which, l confess, pleases me very
much, that we should first venture upon and sue
coed in the greatest bell cast, for aught know,
In English America. The mould was finished in
a very mastery manner, and the letters, l am
told, are better than (on) the old one. When we
broke up the metal our judges here generally
agreed 1t was too high and brittle, and cast sew
eral little bells out of 1t to try the sound and
strength. and fixed upon a mixture of an ounce
and a half Of copper to the pound of the old bell,
and In this proportion we now have it."
Herman Pass, from the Island of Malta, and
Jacob Stow, a son of Charles Stow, the doorkeep-
er of the assembly, were the two ingenious work
men referred to III the above letter. After the
second casting of the bell it was again hung and
tested in the spring of 1853. More defects we're
soon found, however. The American casters,
Pass and Stow, who were not bell founders by
trade at all, had put too much copper in the metal
80 that its sound was impaired. Disappointed
with that failure and also nettled at the gibes of
their townsmen concerning it, they asked permits
sion to cast the bell a second time. Thomas Les
ter, the original maker of it, also offered his
services, but the authorities decided to allow
Pass and Stow to proceed again. and thus the
third and present casting was made. and again
the bell was raised; this time in the state house
steeple itself. That operation was completed by
the end of August of 1853, when the American
casters were paid ESQ 13s. 3D.. for their labors.
Then began it's chimes, August 81, 1853, when
1t called the assembly together, ringing out the
old, ringing in the new; sounding its melodies for
innumerable public and private events during
more than fourscore of years.
The first individual for whom 1t rang was Frank
lin; sent home to England" to ask redress for
the grievances of the colonies in February, 1857.
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whether on a certain occasion he was
angry with his wife.
Il have new been angry with my
wife In my life,y witness replied.
Judge Cluer-You say So; but I
could not honestly do so.
Mr.. Preedy-Did you bully her?
Enthusiastically not. Is that .
usual thing to do?
Judge Cluer-Do not talk such non
sense. Lots of men bully their wives;
and lots Of wives bully their hus-
bands. Uaughter.) There il 9 little
Of each.-London Chronicle.
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BLUE AND GRAY
HONOR The DEAD
Soldiers of 1863 Linger in Get
tysburg's Historic Cemetery
REBEL GRAY is POPULAR
"Yanks'' and "Rebs" one-Arm in
Arm, onetime Foes Search out
Spots Where They Fought Half
d Century Ago.

Gettysburg.-In a sUn whose rays
beat down as fercely as did the lead
en- hail fifty years ago in the critical
conflict of the civil wal 10000 .veter-
amos of those stirring times, both blue
and gray, walked or limped from their
quarters to the big tent here to par
ticipate in the meetings of the semi
centennial celebration Of the Battle of
Gettysburg.
From the tented city, covering
many acres, in which they are housed
by the State of Pennsylvania, the
'Yanks" and Johnnie Rebs' strolled
arm in arm to hear their praises &C
claimed by statesmen, soldiers and
civilians. There were about twenty
five Grand Army men to every Con
federate in the great tent for the op-
ening OF Veterans Day exercises, but
the shrill Eye on zip vi" of the rebel
yell made the numbers of the latter
seem much greater.
The Rebel gray is a popular color
in Gettysburg. Any man who wears
it is sure of a tumultuous greeting
from all the old men in blue who can
get within gunshot of him. All
through the streets the same picture
was being repeated every moment
some old nan in gray coming along
and being instantly bounced upon by
half a dozen men in blue and being
borne off in triumph. 1t is a real re-
union, the genuine article.
OF the $4,000 Blue and Gray veter-
ans in camp only 5000 spent the day
with the Governors and Generals in
the big reunion tent, while fully 10000
devoted the day to the 1864 known
and unknown dead in the National
Cemetery on the Ridge Immediately
back of the camp.
No veteran found the grave of his
company mate without ~uncoyering his
head and failing m%iserably in his at
tempt to hold back the tears.
Around the statue of the Pennsyl-
vania leader of the first days battle,
General Reynolds, stood a crowd of
uncovered veterans. Indeed the Gene
terry was the greatest attraction to
the encamped veterans. Many OF them
neglected their mess call and stayed
at the cemetery under the trees firing
ing the soldier graves, dreaming all
day about fifty years ago.
The big meeting started at two
o'clock. Colonel J. NJ. Schoonmaker.
chairman of the Battle of Gettysburg
Commission, presided.
The invocation was by the Rev
George Edwards Lovejoy, Chaplain-in-
Chief, G. A. R. Secretary of War Gar
rison addressed the veterans, praising
the valor and extolling the unity OF
the United States.
Governor John K. Tener, of Pennsyl-
vania, spoke next. His speech a one
of welcome and of praise. AS he fin
ished General Bennett H. Young, Com
mander in Chief. United Confederate
Veterans, led a rebel yell for the Gov
ernor.
Alfred B. Beers, head of the G.. A.
R., and General Young also spoke.
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NO DIFFICULT FEAT AT ALL

was awarded a substantial amount.
When he received a bill from his law
yer, however, he was stunned again,
and as soon as he could get into
hustling shape he fastened to see
him.
Your bill is outrageous" exclaimed
the client to the legal one. "It is more
than three-fourths Of the amount that
l recovered"
Quite true" was the calm response
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of the lawyer, but you mustn't for
get that furnished the skill and legal
learning for the case"
yes, excitedly cried the client.
but l furnished the case"
"Oh. as far as that goes" wal the
scornful reply Of the lawyer, ANYBODY
can fall down a coal hole."-PhiladeL.
phia Times.
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sTILLWELL AS INFoRMER.
Ex-senator Will Lay Bare Albany
cas-. Ii. Eria,5. ir+i~.

Ex-senator Will Lay Bare Albany
Graft, His Friends Intimate.
New York.-Intimations that ex-
Senator Stephen J. Stilwell, who was
to have left the Tombs on Tuesday,
for Sing Sing to serve a sentence Of
not less than four nor more than
eight years for soliciting a bride.
would make startling disclosures
about affairs at Albany were made by
friends of the convicted man. At the
request of Stilwell, District Attorney
Whitman appeared before Justice Sea
bury in the Criminal Branch of the
Supreme Court and obtained a stay
of execution for n week. The osten-
sible purpose of the stay was to allow
Stilwell to clear up some OF his bust
ness affairs before entering upon his
term, but it is said that within a day
or two he will visit the District Attor-
ney and lay pare the system of graft
in the State Legislature.
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ILLINOIS WOMEN CELEBRATE.

Parade in Honor of New Suffrage Law
Going Into Effect.
Chicago.-Women of Illinois cele-
brated a new Independence Day" the
occasion being the day on which the
new equal suffrage law took effect, or
as the women themselves were
pleased to put it, the day upon which
they metaphorically attained their ma
jority.
The big feature was an automobile
parade in Michigan VENUE. Three
thousand women and men took part.
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Lawyers Explanation VIII Appeal to
Many As Containing Noticeable
Grains Of Truth.

In the lobby of a Washington hotel
he other evening they were talking
about big legal fees, when Represen.
tative Koenig cited-a case.
Some time since, according to the
Representative, a man fell into an
peu coal hole, sued for damages and
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SENATOR A BRlsE-TAKER.

Smith Of West Virginia Convicted o.
Accepting $4,000 for His Vote.
Webster Springs, W. Va.-State
Senator Smith was convicted OF
bribery in connection with accepting
$4,000 to vote for Colonel William
Seymour Edwards as a candidate for
the United States Senate.
After a prolonged trial the case
went to the jury.
Senator Smith is the first member
of the West Virginia Legislature to
be convicted OF such a charge.
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should be permitted to travel any more appears to
be about due, and just now, when the anniversary
Of the nations independence is upon us, is a rea-
sonable time for discussion Of the matter.
Wilfred Jordan, curator of the Independence
Hall Museum, measured the second crack before
the bells last journey and then measured it again
after its return. lie found that it had increased
in length to a slight degree.
No one knows just when this second crack
occurred, and opinions differ; but compared to
the old crack it is Of recent origin and is dis
tinctly visible. Mr.. Jordan, however, was the first
to call attention to a long and almost invisible
extension Of the second crack and finds that it
now reaches one-third way around the bell, from
the end Of the old original fracture, which was
chiseled out in 1916 in an attempt to make the
bell sound properly.
Putting an end to the bells pilgrimages would
In no sense at all be due to a disinclination of
the people or councils Of Philadelphia to allow the
west to view and possess the sacred relic even
for a short time. Indeed Philadelphia would be
only too glad to send it, for since the bell has
already helped by It's travels to lessen the Sec
tiopal feelings between the north and south, SO it
would help unite the citizens of our republic who
live on the Atlantic seaboard with those who live
on the Pacific.
Little do either sections realize how intimatel
the bell is connected with the of
our nation, early political ideals and with the
fondest of its impulses in Colonial days. This old
bronze relic not only helped to proclaim hide
pendence, but for years before 1776 rang loud to
celebrate the hopes Of the people and rang low
to intone their woes!
Upon it's sides is this inscription:
And proclaim liberty throughout all the land
unto all the Inhabitants thereof."-Lev. %, 10. A
strange Providence indeed wrote that inscription
on it's crown many years before its throbbing
Changers and melodious e%loquence had aught at
all to do with liberty!
Announcing p~roclamations of war. and treaties
Of peace; welcoming the arrival and bidding God
speed to departing notables; proclaiming some
accession Of the English royal family to the
throne and the secession therefrom of the Ameri-
can colonies! Its more customary use, however,
was to call the members of the assembly of Penn
sylvania together at the morning and afternoon
sessions and to announce the opening Of the
courts.
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Labor Denounces l.. w. w.

Labor Denounces J.. w. w.
The Industrial Workers of the
World have again been repudiated by
the Central Labor Union of Mercer
county. The Central body has decid-
ed to refuse financial assistance to
the Paterson strikers because they
union also censured julius Scarcer-
faux, a delegate from a local, because
of his activity in behalf Of the l w.
w. The Industrial Workers were
characterized as 'pernicious" and at
tention was called to the expensive
manner in which leaders travel.
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KOREANS HIT AT JAP PROTEST.

Declare Those Expelled from Helmet,
CAL, Were Not Mikado's Subjects.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of State
Bryan received a letter from the presi-
dent of the Koreans Association of
America, informing him that the Kor-
can laberers expelled from the town
of Hemit, Cal, are not subjects of
Japan inasmuch as they were in the
United States before Korea became
Japanese territory.
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Girl Wins Hunger Strike.

The hunger strike" of Margaret
Ditchfeld, II years old, was success
full, and her release from the Mercer
county Jail was ordered by Judge
Mar, the committing Magistrate.
The girl has beer in Jail about Ave
days and has not taken q morsel o.
food. Her condition was becoming
serious wher her mother prevailed
upon the Judge to release her. The
girl was placed in charge of her moth
er and the probation officer. She was
sent to jail for three months after
having been caught in q raid.
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Cars on Clay Street Bridge.

Cars on Clay Street Bridge.
The State Board of Utilities Com
missioners continued its inquiry into
the value to Public Service of a fran
chise to run its cars V e the Clay
street bridge. A few years ago the
two counties demanded $4,000 a year
for the privilege and Public Service
offered $4,000. President Thomas N.
McCarter, testified before the com
mission, and said his corporation was
induced to make 1t because reform
was rampant at that time and Public
Service became h~ysterical He added
that privilege was not sought.
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At Summer Capital.

At Summer Capital.
Governor and Mrs. Fielder formerly
opened the social aso of the Sum
mer Capital" at Sea Girt with a lunch
con in honor of the formers associ-
ates in the Senate of New Jersey.
This was the first Of a long series of
Little White House during the sum-
mer, and about forty were in attend
ance About two thousand cards of
Invitation are being issued to people
Of the neighborhood to the open
nights" at the executive cottage. Re
oeptions to be on Tuesday evenings.
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Domestic BuIIIes.

A case was being heard in the
Shoreditch County Court. when Mr..
Preedy, barrister, asked . witness
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-28
PRELIMINARY STEPS TAKEN At
MEETING HELD At MARSHALL.
TOWN CLUB.
PRESIDENT MATTsoN, OF
STATE ASSOCIATION. HERE
With George II. eoyson, Also Of Cedar
Rapids. Mr.. Mattson Explains Ad-
vantaaes to Business Men = e. q.
Hamilton Heads Committee to Rec

That Marshalltown Is ready for an
ad club was indicated Monday night
ii, meeting held a, the Marshalltown
Club rooms, when local business men
met J. l.. Mattson and George II. Boy
son. of Cedar Rapids, who explained
the advantages that will accrue from
live ad club. not only 10 the city, but
20 business men as individuals.
The meeting was not largely at
tended. but those present were en-
Unused with the idea AS a result of
the meeting il was voted by resolu-
ton to organize CLUB. and Z. u.
Hamilton. of the Fair Store. was chos-
en- as chairman of a committee TO
perfect further the details and presen.
al n subsequent meeting constitution
and bylaws for adoption. Mr.. Hamli-
ton chose as members of his commit
tee j d Palmer. of the Andrews
store: j. b. Loeftel. Of Burch Bros.
Company. and James McNally. of the
Herald Printing Company.
Advantages Are Explained.
Nlessrs. Mattson and Boyson eN-
planned in detail the advantages of an
ad club as an asset to any city. and
the sources of personal benefit such
club might become TO business men.
MIR Mattson, who is president OF the
Associated Advertising Clubs OF Iowa,
is secretary and manager of the Den
ming Motor Implement Company. OF
Cedar Rapids. Mr.. Boyson is a drug
gist of Cedar Rapids. j. c. Young. OF
the Iowa Railway and Light Company.
whose business brings him TO this city
often, is treasurer CO the state organ
iZation. and one OF the moving spirits
OF the Cedar Rapids club. AT Cedar
Rapids the club started few years
ago with membership of four, and
now has a membership Of $50.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-28

dena, Cal, as pioneer of the far west
in the year 1885. he was one OF Mar
shall county's leading citizens. Dur
ing his residence in Marshall county
Mr.. Arnold practiced law and was az
so a leading contractor and builder.
sMr. Arnold served the people OF
Marshall county in many ways, was
elected county attorney and county
treasurer. and filled these positions
very acceptably. He was elected ps
the people of Marshall county as re-
publican member OF the Sixth and
Thirteenth general assemblies OF Iowa.
He later represented Marshal! ana
Grundy counties as state senator 10Y
two terms, and was senator at the time
that the capitol was located at Des
Moines.
Mr.. Arnold was also leading ciil-
zen of Pasadena. and took deep in
,erest in the schools of tina; city. where
he was elected member of the, schooi
board He possessed one of the finest
collections Of minerals. fossils, sheiis
and co,rals ever gathered in Cali
fornia. which was valued at $4,000
and was presented to Leland Stanford
University.
..On the morning of Aug. 81. 1909. Mt
Arnold died at his home in Pasadena
TIC c:.- of Marshallt6wn, which ne
loved, still bears his name in one OF It's
public school buildings"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-28

AS member of the special com nit
;.e on the Iowa legislature, appointei
TO prepare a memorial for the late
Delos Arnold, pioneer member of the
legislature from this county, Represen
tative H. C. Lounsber-y today pre-
scented the memorial which was
adopted by rising vote of the house.
a copy of the resolutions vas ordered
spread on the journal OF the house, AMI
the clerk was directed TO forward 4
copy to Mr.. Arnoid's family.
The Arnold Memorial.
The Arnold memorial. which was
presented TO the house was as fol-
lows:
'Delos Arnold was born in Chen
ango county, New York. July y. 1880,
and was past 80 years Of age at the
time Of his. death. Mr.. Arnold was ed
ucated in the tornnion schools Of New
York and Fredonia Academy. and later
was graduated from the Albany Law
School in the year 1853. During the
same year he moved TO Marietta. Iowa
then the county seat of Marshall coun-
ty. and suffered all the hardships OF
pioneer in what at that time was the
great undeveloped west.
Mr.. Arnold moved to MarshalltoWI
when the county seat was relocated
and up to the time he moved To Pasa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-28
7AMA PIONEER DEAD.
Mrs. Warren Hartman, Sister OF late
% w. Norris, Dies a. Cedar Rapids.

Word received here Monday toid; OF
no death at Cedar Rapids on SUNDAY
of Mrs Emma V. Hartman, wife OF
,y,rr., Harman. Cedar Rapids at
,or,,e,. sister of the late D. W. Norris,
~ Gr;nneu and a pioneer Of Tama
county Mrs Harmans death vas due
20 ,nfl.mmatory rheumatism, with
which she had been sufferer ioi
many wears. The end was hastenea
bv an attack of grip, suffered lie"
weeks ago.
Mrs. Hartman lived as young wom-
an a, the home farm OF her lather'
Nimrod Norris, four miles east OF Ili-
man in Tama county. With her broth
or. David w Norris, and her sister
Anna she attended Iowa ooiiege'
where the brother and two sisters
we're graduated with the class OF ls'2.
Mrs, Hartman was native of Mary
land where she was born Dec. y, 1873
When a child her father brought his
family west and settled near Knox
ville Ill. There the family lived until
Simrod Norris homesteaded the Tama
county farm to which his family
moved
Following her graduation from io'i
College the daughter Emma became
teacher taught at Waverly for time
and then went to Cedar Rapids. thirty
| four wears ago. She taught In the Mon
| roe school for three years and IN 1881
+, became the wife Of Mr.. Hartman. MIS-
| Hartman had been memDer OF inc
| Conversational church during her earl!
life. but after going to Cedar Hapids
united with ST. Paurs Methodist Epis-
| copal church. in which she mad oeen an
earnest worker for many years.
| Aside from her husband Mrs. Har-
man is survived by two children,
daughter Alma, who Is teacher IN the
Cedar Rapids schools. and son Car
roll who is in the automobile repair
business in Minneapolis. A stepdausn-
ter Mrs. Blanche Clutter, lives in Den
yer.
Mrs. Hartman leaves also two sisters
and two brothers. They are Rev. Anna
~ Norris. of Boise. Idaho: Mrs. Ceifa
Van Kirk, formerly OF Marshaiitown
but now Of Nampa. Idaho; Joseph =
Norris of Boise. Idaho; and Jonn y
Norris of Denver.
Mrs. Harman's funeral was held this
afternoon at 2 O'Clock from the family
home. Mrs. Elizabeth Norris and mel
son. d. w. Norris. Jr, were presen'
at the funeral from this city. MRS
T. c. Cartwright. Of this city, q niece
of Mrs. Hartman, spent Monday u
Cedar RAPIDS with the bereayeds Fam
- ly