The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
/ LIBERTY BELL STARTS
ON TRANS-CO NENTA AL.
JOURNEY TOMORROW

mittee has made is that the bell will
not under any circumstances be tax
en- from the car for the purpose OF
parading it through the streets. Many
municipalities have been advised to
build movable platforms the height
of the fat car with an incline at each
end so that children may go up one
incline, pass the bell, touch tiff they
care to, and then pass down the IN
cline at the other end of the plat
form. Where these platforms are
provided, the railing on one side OF
the car will be removed.
During stops, booklets containing
the history of the bell, cards with
picture of the relic and buttons also
containing picture OF the bell and
the American flag, will be dfstrfbu-
ted to children. It will take hundreds
of thousands of these souvenirs to
supply the demand. To the COVER
nors and mayors. the history of the
bell in small bound volume. will be
presented. Governors have been in
yited to journey with the bell through
their respective states.
Movie Men Barred.
There will be no official souvenirs
of the journey except those dtstr1bu-
ted free by the escorting committee.
The committee also refused to make
any concessions to moving picture
concerns, virtually every such enter
prise in the country having applied
for the privilege of sending repre-
sentatives on the trip. The commit
tee, however, purchased a special
moving picture machine for its own
use Pictures will be taken through
the journey and films will be furnish
ed to public schools without expense.
In short the city council has placed
strict ban upon commerciallsm IN
connection with the trip.
The train will arrive in San Fran
cisco Friday night, July Is. and Sat
urday, July II, will be Liberty Bell
day at the exposition. Early in the
morning the relic will be conveyed, to
its place In the Pennsylvania building
on the exposition grounds where ex-
ercises will be held.
The bell will leave San Francisco
in November and will return by the
southern route, through Los Angeles.
San Diego, Arizona and Texas. The
details of the return trip have not
yet been completed, but it is virtually
certain that the special train will go
through st. Louis, Indianapolis and
Cincinnati.
After each return of the bell there
has been movement started to pre-
the city again. The crack in 1t has
been slowly extending and there has
been fear that in its journey the bell
might split in two, Opposition to
its leaving the city on this trip was
bitter, but city councils voted that 1t
belonged to the American people and
that opportunities to view 1T should
be given whenever possible.
Sending the bell to the western
Al oH{
$75, The escorting committee of
twenty-six councilmen Will pay their
own expenses.
The four policemen who will con-
stant1y guard the bell were spectal-
ly picked for their fitness. Each is
more than six feet in height. The
head OF the police department in des-
ignating the four men called them to
the front and impressed upon them
the following don'ts
Don't taste any intoxicating liquor
while away from Philadelphia.
Don't lose your temper at any time.
DON'T fail to uphold the reputation
Of Philadelphia policemen for cour-
tesy.
Don't fail to answer every cues
ton. however foolish.
Don't fail to at once read the his
tory OF the Dell SO lnaL you Eau an en-
swer questions accurately.
The first time the bell left Phila-
delphia was under different circum-
stances from those, which caused the
later pilgrimages from the Cradle
of Liberty" That when the Brit
ish army occupied the city Of Phila-
deiphia in 1777-1778 and George
washington with his Continental ar
my spent the winter at Valley Forge.
AS the. British approached the city
in September It was hurriedly taken
to Allentown, Pa. and was kept in
the Zion Luthern church Or That
place until June. 1873. when It was.
returned to Philadelphia. It's supse-a