Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-04

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Atlantic Cable Exhibited.
July q, 1858, witnessed still another
tremendous step in the system OF COM
munications. which has aided so ma
terially in developing this country ana
promoting trade. when Cyrus w.
Fields Atlantic Gable was laid ana
message was sent by Queen Vic
toria to President Buchanan and
reply received. Europe and America
are now linked together for instan-
taneous communication by number
of such cables.
It was on July 4, 1861, that the two
houses of Congress were called in joint
session by President Lincoln. and
promptly declared that the Civil WaI
must he prosecuted in order to pre-
serve the integrity of the Union, with
all the resources of the Government
to be used to maintain the Constitu-
ton and preserve the union Of all the
States.
The terrible series of engagements
known as the "Seven Days Battles
closed VIGOROUSLY for the Union forces
on July 4, 1862. when Mcclellan won
his way to the James River and end
ed his Peninsula campaign, bringing
it's defense.
The backbone of the Civil War was
briken on July a, 1868, exactly two
years from the day Congress met to
AUTHORIZE the WARRIOR not only had
the battle of Gettysburg been won by
the Union forces in the East, but also
Grant captured Vicksburg, in the
West the Mississippi was opened and
the Confederacy was divided. In Az
kansas the Confederates attacked the
post al Helena on July 4 and were
badly beaten.
Peace-time Incidents.
| Peace-time calamities have also &C.
casionally come on our day OF great
national significance-for example, on
July 4, 1866, fire destroyed the center
of Portland, Me-, making 1000 home
| less.
On July 4, 1868, the Burlingame
treaty between the United States and
| China was executed.
! President Coolidge is today cele-
brating his fifty-ffth birthday ami
versary.
On July 4, 1881, the Nation was
again stepped in sorrow, for President
| Garfield had been shot down by
disappointed office seeker named
| Guiteau. But this sad event aroused
| the country more fully to the evils
| Of the Federal spoils system and two
years later Congress acceded to the
popular demand by passing the Pen
| dleton civil service bill.
On July 4. 1884, Bartholdis Statue
Of Liberty Enlightening the World,
which stands on Bedloes Island in
New York Harbor, was presented IN
| Paris by France to Ambassador Nor
| ton, who accepted it in behalf of the
| United States. This was created a
national monument by proclama ton
Of President Coolidge three years ago
On July 4. 1894. Hawaii, now so
much in the limelight because of the
| successful record-breaking. nonstop
flight over the Pacific Ocean by the
| Army aviators, was made republic,
and on July Z, four years later. 1t was
annexed to the United States.
Also, on July 4, 1894, our great
automotiye industry got it's starto for
on that date the first gasoline vehicle
was operated. This was the grand.
daddy of the more than 100000 au-
/ tomobiles and trucks now in operation
| in this country, and the pioneer and
pathfinder for our great automotive
| industry which furnishes employment,
pleasure and recreation to practically
every one of the 120000,0 900 inhabit-
ants of these United States. to whom
| 1t has become a daily necessity.
Nation Again Involved i'm War.
| And now we come chronologically
to another war period in which July
4 again doomed as the date of fate
for the American flag. During the
| Spanish American War the d ,fenses
| on the heights of San Juan and Ell
Caney were stormed July / to 8.
At the same time the Spanish fleet
! attempting to escape froIA the harbor
was destroyed by Admiral SIMPSONS
squadron. And on the eve of the
Fourth of July the fateful battle of
Santiago de Cuba was fought
1t was on July 4, "a years ago that
the cable between the United States
and the Philippines was completed and
message was sent around the world
in II minutes.
because it is recent tragedy we need
mention but with extreme brevity that
during the World War the battle of
the Somme was fought from July |
| to the 10th. We have many of the
heroes of that most recent and most
terrible of all wars still with us. and
In what more appropriately patriotic
way in which to spend 1.-The Glorious
Fourth" than in performing some lit.
tie personal work of love for the
manned victims of the war who are in
Walter Reed Hosnitalo
Victories i'm Aviation.
Now that we are gloating over the
succession of transoceanic flights by
Americans - Lindbergh. Chamberlin
and Byrd-we must not forget the
thrill we got on the Fourth eight
years ago, when the British dirigible
balloon R-34 was sailing across the
Atlantic. 1t left Scotland July 9 and
landed at Mineola July s, and four
days later started home again
And at the same time we were get
ting another thrill with the opening
up of airplane service between New
York and Chicago.
Six years ago we celebrated July 4
with extra fervor. for President Hard
ing had just signed the joint resolution
of Congress declaring peace with Ger
many and Austria.
Girl Claims Record Climb.
l. Wearing walking dress and high