Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-05-10

new fissure refuses to allow bis name
to be made public. bat another met.
allurgist, A.. Il. Outerbridge, Jr, a
prominent member of the Franklin
institute, yesterday declared, after an
examination of the bell on Tuesday,
that to remove the relic from It's place
in Independence hall would be at
tended with serious consequences.
There is grave danger in removing
the bell said Mr.. Outerbridge. The
bell should not be removed from its
stand at all. There would be danger
in removing Il to any part of the city,
much less 10 the exposition
Mr.. Outerbridge declared the bell Is
suffering from what metallurglsts
term strain disease" Speaking Of the
great spider which has been inserted
In the bell, he said il would hold IL
together should it break apart during
the journey to the exposition.
II made n suggestion to the Archi-
tects' club some time ago, said Mr..
Outerbridge. (which understand WAS
conveyed to Chief BAN. Of the bureau
of city property, | suggested that
while ON exhibition, the beil should be
mounted as telescopes are mounted.
on solid stone or masonry column
or pedestal. This would keep all vi
bration from it, Such n column
should be buried in the earth about
six feet, mt its base thus insuring a
solid foundation, and il should not be
part Of the building in which the bell
is exhibited. Thus the vibration
have no effect upon the relic'
Urge Change in Case.
"The Liberty Bell and other sacred
national relies must he taken out of
the hands of politicians and placed
in the hands of patriots il they are
to be preserved Mrs. Thomas Pot
ter, regent of the Philadelphia Chap
ter of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution with these words in
an adrdess before the meeting of the
chapter recently formulated the oam-
paign to be conducted by the society
in the future TO urevent the Liberty
Bell ever again leaging Independence
hall. Efforts by the society TO OBJ
tain an injunction preventing the re-
moval of the bell have failed. The
of the society, in cooper
alton with all other patriotic societies
in the United states, in the future
will be centered on taking tho con-
troll OF the destiny OF the bell from
the hands of local politicians.
A commission appointed by the
national government and composed
of patriotic citizens was urged by the
local chapter as custodian to take
control of the Liberty Bell and the
in Independence Square,
with their contents A committee to.
promote this idea was appointed.
All patriotic societies in this city
and IN the United States VIII be
asked to cooperate in this movement
to preserve the national relies at one
central point rather than shipping
them about the nations like a side
show.
An excited throng Of men and
women gathered about Independence
Hall yesterday while workmen were
placing the skids which rest under
the truck upon which the bell now
stands in position These skids are
so constructed that when in place
they form a runway for the truck
holding the bell IT was the general
belief. while the workmen were plac-
ing the saias IN place, that the beiii
was to be moved into the yard. It'll
developed, however, that the skidsi
were being tested They are of wood,
with sheet-iron.
Route Is selected.
Councils special committee on thel
Liberty Bell trip made quick work
in executive session in de-
termining the general route of theI
relic across the continent from Phil
A delphia to San Francisco. Thel
adopted route had been previously
worked out from the information
furnished by the PENNSYLVANIA and