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Evening journal., 1915-07-02

lima. aged twenty-seven. Charles Car
roll, OF Maryland lived to be the last
survivor as he reached his ninety
sixth year.
One may gain some idea OF the
signing from the painting known as
THE Declaration Of Independence"
one OF the famous pictures by John
Trumbul. which hangs IN the rotunda
OF the capitol at Washington. The
picture shows the room in which Con-
gress was held as It appeared at ths
time Of the session. The costumes are
also copies Of those worn by the dele
gates. John Hancock, the President
sits at the table and before him stand
the committee The painting was
planned at Jefferson's home In Paris
where the artist went 10 paint por-
trait OF the statesman who was at that
time Minister TO France. A number
OF statues OF the signers dot the halls
OF the capitol as well. the two best
ones being OF Thomas Jefferson and
John Hancock.
The Famous Liberty Bell
The famous old bell TO which sc
much sentiment Is attached Is pre-
served in a glass case in Independence
Hail II was cast in England In 1881
hv Robert Charles. a noted bell foun-
der "Ordered by friend across the
sea n was to weigh two thousand
mounds and was to be made by the
hest yorkmen. and the enormous price
~ $500. 10000 was TO be paid for /,
delivered IN America" There are sew
arai inscriptions on the bell, one
"pv order Of the Province Of Penn
s,,lvsnia for the state House In Phila-
delphia. MDCCLII," while beneath Il
is the singulariy appropriate inscrip-
ton
"Proclaim liberty throughout ths
land unto all the inhabitants.
The bell fulflled this prophecy OF
its motto on that July day one hundred
and thirty nine years ago when 1t
rang out the glad tidings Of independ-
ence for the thirteen states.
When the bell reached Philadelphif
in 1852 Il was apparently perfect. but
when tested It cracked at the nrst
stroke of the clapper and was recast
several times by Isaac Norris. OF Phil
adelphia. who found difhculty IN get
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tolled in 1895 for the funeral Of John
Marshall It cracked again and al
though experts have tried In many
ways to restore its tone they have
never succeeded. Later II was re-
/ moved from the steeple and placed IN
the hall. afterward hauled about the
country and exhibited at exposiuons-
Recently a new crack was noticed or
t rather. an extension Of the old crack
! and those who understand the temper
OF bells declare that to move II asaln
o Will be little short Of sacrilege as tne
crack will surely widen and extend IN
e jolting. .a..,,-
These are only few Of the incidents
I surrounding the great event "n,on
! proclaimed 10 mankind the birth or =
new nation. which was destined =.
, taEe front rank among the powers OK
The world and which was the "ork
~ perhaps the greatest the most nn-
-el6zh and the most determined set oi
men who ever met together in the
interest Of liberty and humanity
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lingly," and at once wrote Charles
Carroll. Of Carrollton." thus adding his
address as well. This was done in
order to protect a cousin OF the same
name-a resident OF Maryland. who
he feared might suffer in his stead
I'm case punishment should fall on the
heads OF the members OF Congress
There goes a few Millions" said one
delegate as Carroll signed, and the
members all agreed that the Mary
lander had more az stake than any
other member Benjamin Harrison,
who is described by John Adams as
"a luxurious, heavy gentleman"
seemed to be impressed with Frank
Inns joke about hanging and after he
had signed he turned to Eldridge
Gerry. who was very small OF stature.
and said. When Il comes to hanging
shall have the advantage, for you
will be kicking in the air when II is
all over with me-" Matthew Thorn
ton. Cesar Rodney and Thomas Nc
Kean did not sign until September.
Mexican being the last 10 affix his
name. His absence was due TO the
fact that as the colonel OF regiment
he was unable to get away from his
duties for some time. Many OF the
signers came forward with solemn
faces and afixed their names. Han
cock. who seems to have been in a
particularly jovial humor. kept up the
spirits Of the men who seemed a lit
tie uncertain as TO how the British
Government would act on the receipt
Of the Declaration.
Not Made Public Until July sth.
on the following Monday after the
passage Of the Declaration, July sth
the text of the document was read
publicly for the first time, a cop,
signed by John Hancock as Presiden
Of Congress and Charles Thompson a
Secretary. being used. A platform
had been erected in independence
Square, Philadelphia, by David Rit
tenhouse who. with a party OF scien
fists. intended to observe the transi
OF Venus, John Nixon. a member o
the Council of Safety Of Pennsylvania
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had been selected as the reader on
account Of his splendid voice A large
concourse OF people had gathered and
when he finished somebody in the
crowd shouted-"Now's the timel"
and the old bell which for a quarter
Of century had been summoning
these people 70 assemble under a for
eign monarch rang out the pean OF
Liberty. People began to shout and
dance for Joy and the entire night
was spent in parading the streets and
singing songs.
The chronicle OF the day relates
that early IN the evening "our late
kings coat OF arms was brought from
the hall Of the State House and burned
amid great rejoicing" Similar scenes
were enacted throughout the States
and pretty soon "the Declaration" was
read aloud by some prominent per-
son In every village and hamlet.
Washington was at New York City
with HIS army az the time, and II was
read 10 HIS soldiers by one OF his aides.
Virginia had the name Of the king
erased from her prayer book and
Rhode Island did likewise and in ad-
dition imposed one thousand pounds
fine upon anyone who prayed for him.
Where the Declaration Is Kept.
The Declaration signed by the dele
gates was engrossed on parchment
and ~ Is assumed was kept In Phila-
delphia until the seat OF government
was changed to Washington I'm 1900,
when with the other State papers II
was taken 10 the new capital In 1914
the. British burned the capitol and
other public buildings. Before the
destruction. however. many OF the
government papers were taken across
the river to save them. One of our
historians tells how Mrs. Dolly Madl-
son, whose husband was az that time
| President. "snatched up the precious
! Declaration and with her husband and
sister ned TO safety IN Virginia" A
very pretty story but fictitious. for
! General Pleasonton assures us that the
Declaration was taken with the other
papers Of the Department OF State 70
the Virginia side OF the Potomac. In
1924 It was IN the State Department
and John Quincy Adams. Secretary
. OF State, ordered an exact fac-simile
engraved on copperplate and two hun
dred copies struck of. These were
distributed to different of1cials After
time for some unknown reason II
was taken to the Patent ONCE. but in
1877 was again returned to the State
Department after II had been exhibited
at the Philadelphia Centennial in
1875. II was then enclosed In a cab
met and shown TO visitors up until
1894, when 1t was discovered that 4
was fading rapidly. It now rests n
a steel safe while a fac-simile occu
pies its place in the cabinet shown e
the public.
Nearly half of the signers wer'
members Of the legal profession
! Among the other signers were eish
! merchants. six physicians, five farmer
! or planters. two soldiers Zone being Z
} generaD. one minister. one sailor ons
= shoemaker and one printer
The oldest man to affix his name
I was BENJAMIN Franklin. who was IN
Z his seventy-hrst year, and the young
est Edward Rutledge. OF South caro-
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as describing our political situation.
Scenes at the Signing.

10 NtoNiA AbiAh 'tA H'AA'i'oA SiNN"Ni'hs
Scenes at the Signing.
While all the signers realized the
seriousness OF the signing Of the paper
there were some humorous instances
connected with the scene. John Han
cock. that sterling advocate OF liberty
from Massachusetts, who was the
President OF the Congress and who
always wrote a bold hand, is said to
have affixed his signature with some
dignity and then turning 10 the others
he said. There. John Bull can read
my name without spectacles, and may
now double his reward Of five hun
dred pounds for my head. That is
my dehancei"
While the other members we're
signing Hancock remarked. I'VE must
be unaninous-there must be no pull
ing different ways. We must all hang
together" YES" replied Benjamin
franklin. I'VE must. indeed, all hang
together, or most assuredly we shall
all hang separately" The signature
of Stephen Hopkins. OF Rhode Island.
was infrm-a fact which gave rise TO
a report that he trembled with fear
This, however is untrue as the gen
tleman suffered with palsy and rarely
signed his name. Charles Carroll Of
Maryland. was perhaps the wealthiest
Of all the signers, and when asked
by Hancock TO put his name TO the
instrument he answered, Most will
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Three days we're spent In debate and
during that time Jefferson was NOR
titled almost beyond endurance at the
manner in which his lofty sentences
were assailed and called a mass Of
platitudes taken from various au-
thors." During the entire debate JET
ferson remained silent. His voice was
weak and his pride was so wounded
that he felt unequal to defending his
labors. John Adams. however. made
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Some Curious Incidents
Connected With the
Writing and Signing
of the Document So
Dear To the Patriotic
American History Of
the Liberty Bell.

VERY school child In the United
States learns something OF the
causes which led to our separa-
N-A ton from the Mother Country.
The Stamp Taxes. a refusal to give
us representation and the claim Of
absolute sovereignty over domestic af-
fairs without our consent are familiar
to all But there are many incidents
somewhat trivial when standing
alone, though full Of significance when
taken together, not generally known
which not only reflected the policy
Of the English Government but also
indicated the temper of our people
and a growing determination to have
a voice in the regulation of our in
ternal government. These incidents
extended over a period OF nearly two
decades. Although the colonists had
suffered in so many ways everybody
still openly professed loyalty 70 "our
gracious sovereign" but there was an
undercurrent of resentment at the un-
Just treatment by England and a feel
ing that independence was the only
way out OF the dificulty.
Early Patriots.
Few, however. were bold enough to
speak openly on the subject. Patrick
Henry's biographers declare that he
was the first of all the leading men IN
the Colonies TO suggest declaration
Of independence and that his patri-
otic outburst on this subject in 1913
although It startled the colonists by
it's very boldness. set them to think
ing.
Another historian asserts that ever
before Henry had made his patriotic
speech a man named christopher
Gadsden had in 1854 made etirrinf
address to a large concourse Of people
in which he declared that independ
ence was the only solution TO th'
unconstitutional taxes levied on tn,
colonists by England.
Both John Adams and Thomas JEFF
ferson believed that a perfect inde
pendence was the only way in which
the people could get any sort OF jus
tice. Adams became very unpopular
with the proprietary gentlemen on &C
count of his views and for a time wa
practically ostracized by Philadelphia
society Jefferson said little but h
felt deeply on the subject for the germ
OF patriotism was dropped into his be
ing by Patrick Henry many years be
fore. He had met this reckless youni
advocate OF liberty while a school bo,
and soon became an intense admire
of Henry's courage and oratory, an,
by the time the Continental Congress
came in existence Jefferson was fairl
stepped in enthusiasm for liberty.
Despite the fact that nearly ever
member of the First Continental Con
gress felt that the crisis with Grea
Britain was near at hand they too
no action whatever toward declarin
independence, the discussions bein
more along the lines of an America
union.
The Mecklenburg Declaration.
In the meantime the people of on
Of the counties of North Carolina de
cided to take things in their ow
hands, so on the twentieth Of Ma,
ITS, the citizens of Mecklenbur
County set forth a declaration of In
dependence from Great Britain. Tn
battle Of Lexington was still fresh 1
their minds. and the wrongs of thes
patriots who died on that fieid. wer
told with great feeling. They furthe
declared that King George was a ty
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VERY school child In the United
- States learns something OF the
causes which led to our separa-
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The Washington herald., 1915-12-13


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The Washington herald., 1915-12-13

Dillon Too Small to Bid
For Jess Willard's Crown

We have seen the spectacle Of the
bantam weight champion fighting the
feather weight champion, when Kilbane
and williams clashed in Philadelphia
some months ago. Kilbane. for the
first time. showed his entire wares.
and the fans were delighted. 1t is a
question IL Kilbane can perform so
sensationally again. Coulon thinks
Kilbane cannot repeat that perform
ance, and for that reason little Johnny
has no fear OF the feather weight boss.
A match with Coulon has not been
suggested to Kilbane as yet. Coulon.
himself has withheld that information
from Kilbane. He is desirous of TAX
ing on a minor bout first, to see II
he still retains some of his old wizardy
before entering into the arena to be
made a show of by Kilbane. Coulon
always fought for the love of winning,
and that desire has never quenched.
Coulon has not fought since his
knock out by Johnny kid" Williams
nearly two years ago. The veteran
campaigner, although he is still young
In years. has rested most of that time.
and added ten pounds to his lighting
weight of 115 pounds. He will make
no effort to reduce more than a few
pounds. He Is content to be listed as
a feather weight, so long as he gets
that chance at kilbane.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-13
BASEBALL MOGULS TO
HOLD BIG MEETINGS

New York. Dec. 12-Paraphrasing
the somewhat famous epigram, we
might say, Life in New York is just
one durn thing after another" Just
as this city rid itself of the six-day
bicycle race a collection of baseball
ers gather in the offing primed to
descend upon us for another week of
raucous rioting: to squander quanti-
ties of loose talk and almost as loose
bank roles. We refer to the annual
meetings. of the International and Ma
tional Leagues.
Tomorrow, at the McAlpin Hotel, the
Internationals are scheduled to as
semble. Just what they intend doing
is being kept pretty much of a secret
Ed" Barrow. the president, insists
that the league intends to be in the
field next season. Whether any
changes will be made in the circuit
cannot be said with any degree of de-
finiteness at this time. Rumors of
all kinds in this connection are afloat.
Tuesday has been set aside as the
day for the beginning of National
League festivities. but there is reason
to believe that tomorrow's sunset will
find more than enough of the camp
followers taking up goodly portion
of the sidewalks of our main thor
oughfares. For a year or two now
the hue and cry of hard times has
been raised by every club owner from
Maine to California and from Seattle
to Florida. But you'd never think
hard times and baseball were asso-
ciated in business if you could hang
around with the troupe after business
hours"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-13
PIPING ROCK TO HOLD
INVITATION HANDICAP
Sew Race viii Be Notable Addition
to Program of Spring
Meet.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Piping
Rock Racing Association. which
brought many new owners into the
sport of racing by giving subscrip-
ton races. has announced another
event of this character which prom
ises to be one OF the most valuable
2-year-old fixtures in the East next
year. The entry blanks have just
been issued and the race will be run
at the next spring meeting OF Locust
Valley.
The new race Is to be called the
Piping Rock Invitation Handicap and
is officially styled a private sweep
stakes. so that the winner will not in
cur any penalty for stake events on
the regular tracks. This is big in
ducement for prominent owners. most
of whom are identified with the club.
to nominate the best youngsters in
their stables. The club has had cor
siderable success with this class Of
race and looks forward with con-
fidence to a stake of about $4,000. all
Of which will go to the winner.
The conditions, briefly. are: Private
sweepstakes for the 2-year-olds of Sl0o
each, to close January /, 1916. A fur
ther liability OF 800 each IL not de-
clared by April l, 1916. Starters to
pay $3.50 additional. All to the winner.
Weights to be announced three days
before the day set for the running of
the race. About five furlongs over the
straightway."
In addition to the members Of the
Piping Rock Club and Piping Rock
Racing Association other owners will
be admitted to this choice event on
invitation of the race committee. so
that it is not likely that any really
good e-year-olds iwll be missing when
the eld goes to the post. One
advantage a fixture of this kind has
over such big races as the Futurity
is the comparatively late closing of
entries. Trainers have some idea of
the ability of the yearlings in their
charge at present, so that nominations
do not have to be performances of
their sire or dam. The handicap con-
dition also gives each an equal chance
to take down the big purse. Entries
will close with Frank NJ. Bryan. II
East Forty-first street, New York City.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-13
Days of High Salaries
In Baseball Are Over

cult were so strengthened that they real
ly were superior to the McGraw squad?
II Reds Get Pitchers.
II Charlie Herzog gets a couple of good
pitchers during the winter his once-time
misfit Reds will bear watching in 1916
Herzogs crowd out-fielded every other
team in the National League in 1915.
Their hitting was nothing to get excited
about. but. just the same. 1t was hard
enough and consistent enough to have
won many ordinary battles II the pitching
had been just a bit better.
The Reds have a wonderful pitcher in
Toney. a good pitcher In Dale and a fair
pitcher in Lear. But that's about as far
as they go In real pitchers. Herzog Is
browsing around for a brace of first-class
twirlers and IL success crowns his ef-
forts those Reds will be in the 1916
fight.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-13
COMING TOWER
; Lands feature
Carroll Shilling's 3-YearO Old
Beats Classy Field in AL
Ages Handicap.
KOoTENAY IS SECOND

El Paso, Dec. 12-Running to his best
form and carrying lis pounds, Carroll
Shiliing's crack s-year-old Coming
Tower scored his fourth consecutive VIC
tory at the meeting when he easily won
the handicap for all ages, the feature OF
the Juarez card this afternoon. In to-
days race Coming, Tower defeated the
best field he has ever met and thereby
earned the title of the best handicap
horse at the meeting. He raced the six
furlongs in 1:12. =
Coming Tower was an overwhelming
public choice and made good from nag
fall to finish. winning by three lengths.
Kootenay ran a splendid race and finish
ed second after being almost knocked to
who was expected to give the winner a
battle. could never get close to the front
and brought up in third position.
Fayorites did not figure much in the
winning column, as Coming Tower and
Black Sheep were the only first choices
to score. Summaries:
FIRST RACE-Seven furionss. Black Sheep.
l@ to'Bien,. to L to 5. TO s. won: vtreo.
ios Carter. to L to 5. to 2, second; Amhd.
los tPickensl. Is to l, to !, to J. third Time
l8 Shefneh. Aswan, supsrl. Donwlsnd. Petit
Bleu Rooster and Klepper also an.
tns,. 10 to /. 4 to /, 2 to !. won; Penalty. los
CHaynes), to ], 2 to ). to ). second; Bermudan.
los (Hsrtweln, to l, 5 to /. ) to 2. third Time.
l,pls. Gallant Boz: Blooming, P0ssy. :. Nolan;
Cordie F., Mollie Cad, Airline Butterbsn and
Henry WaIbank also ran
THIRD RACE-Seven furlonss. Macuium. lcs
"a. Mottl, to ]. to S. / to 2. won: otdsmoble,
los (PooD, 6 to s. / to 2, to l. second: Sweet
dale l6 CMstthewsl, 8 to l, 3 to !, to 5, third.
Time, 1915 Charley McFsren, Lady Young.
Bertha v. and Boggy johnson also nn.
FOURTH RACE-Six furlougs. Coming Tower.
lis (B. Shihng1, to TO- to 4. out won; kootenay,
los tomes), to J. to s. out. second: othello
1l6 Moftl, to ]. to 2 out, third Time, liz
Seneca and Yorkve also ran-
FIFTH RACE-Seyen furlongs. Kid Nelson. 16
tGrossl. e to l, 4 to !, TO l. won; UPRIGHT. l0
tO'Brienl, 2 to !, to S. to ). second; OrtyI
100 (Morysl, 6 TO ]. 9 TO !, even, third. Tint
In Ceos. Willis, swede Sam, Augustus Heinzt,
Or. Dousherty and Sharper Knight also rsn.
SIXTH RACE-Mile and onehaf furionss- KRIS
Kringie. ss Uruuhart). to l. to 5. to 5. won; !;
John Grahsm, les (H- Shillns1. to ], to g.
l to ). second; Moonlight. 81 Cstearns) to ],
to 5, to S, third. Time, 1885. Mud Sill.
Mamie McDee and Anyport also ran.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-13
STATE WANTS TO HANDLE
TICKETS TO FISTIC SHOWS

Albany. Dec. 12.-The Horton commit
tee will recommend in its report that the
boxing law be strengthened in order that
the State may receive its full quota OF
percentages from admission fees to box
ing bouts.
To bring this about bills will be pre-
pared for introduction early in the leg
islatiTe session to provide that numbered
tickets be, issued by the State comp
troller and records kept in his office
Senator Joseph said that during its In
vestigations the committee had been in
formed that many boxing promoters had
made false returns to the State.
The committee also will recommend
that when a boxing license has been re-
voked from any clubroom or public hall
bouts may not be held on the premises
for a year.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-13
MAY BE GRDIRON
CONFLICT IN 1916

New York. Dec. Eff the Army and
Navy live up to the letter OF the agree
ment they made a year ago for the play
ing of their annual football battle, next
fall will see a conflict between the Army
Navy and Yale-Harvard games. It was
announced on Friday that the Yale-Har-
ward game would be played in the Yale
Bowl next fall on November ..
BY the Army-Navy agreement their an.
nual tussle is to be played on that Sat
urday in November nearest November
25. incidentally the games, in even num-
bered years will be played on Franklin
Field. Philadelphia. and in odd number.
ed years at the Polo Grounds, New York
Hence the service game next fall will
come on November g, the day of the
Yale-Harvard battle. the one being play.
ed in New Haven and the other in Phila.
delphia
The Washington herald., 1915-12-13
ROW BREWING IN
AUTO RACING CIRCLES

Indianapolis, Dec. 12.-Carl G. Fisher,
president Of the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway, and his associates are Of the
opinion that they have received one
beautiful Christmas present that savors
OF a double-cross by the powers that be
in automobile race circles.
Hot under the collar is a mild way of
putting II, and a general jam with the
Triple A" seems assured.
The trouble Is concerning the date that
appears settled upon for the Sheepshead
Bay Speedway in holding the Vanderbilt
Cup race on May Is. or Just seventeen
days before the annual 5O0-mile interna-
tional event on the Indianapolis course.