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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1915)
THE MORXING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, JULY 1G, 1915. SCENES AS PORTLAND THOUSANDS VIEW LIBERTY BELL AND CELEBRATE THE EVENT OF ITS VISIT -W-V "1S 4 r-.S- gdh VJ rv" ?r-,.A A v'v ',1 . - : V'-.j --itY:'r- r:- J. . - - vi r v .K;'-"-? . ,yf ' J 'iwAr , : A .f L0I1G PARADE HELD UJ.'.''lfli U:'.. IN HOBOBf BELL j ' . " llMffiMsJ Crowds Pack Streets Along Line of March of Great Patriotic Spectacle. CHEERS GREET MARCHERS Hundreds of School Children, Vet erans of Two Wars, Militiamen, City and Qounty Officials . and Others Take Part. Portland's most pretentious demon stration in honor of the Liberty Bell was a. maiuilficent military and civic parade, exemplifying both a spirit, of intense-patriotism and a true toch, of Western enthusiasm. The parade attracted the attention of an immense crowd that packed the streets along the entire route and wa the subject of general interest that was second only to the Interest displayed in the bell itself. Hundreds of -uniformly dressed school children, the whole Third Oregon Regi ment of the National Guard Just re turning from the annual encampment. veterans of the Civil and " Spanish American wars, city and county offi cials - and many patriotic citizens formed a mile-long column that passed through great masses of cheering peo ple. . The procession was delayed a few minutes after the appointed hour of 10 o'clock on account of the difficulty in getting the school children to the start ing place. Militia Comes u Special. The National Guard came up from the camp at Gearhart on a special train and . waited patiently until the others took their places. Adjutant-General George A. White had general charge of the ar rangements. The police detail for the parade was In charge of Captain Circle, while Cap tain Moore was in command of the men at the platform upon which the bell was exhibited. A squad of mounted police under Sergeant - Crate rode at the head of the line, followed by H. L. Pittock. grand marshal, in an automo bile, and accompanied by Senator Lane, of Oregon; Senator Smith, of Arizona General James Jackson, representing the United States Army; Judge Ganten bein, chief of staff, and Representative McArthur. Playing patriotic airs with Just as much fervor as if they were about to start on a Joyous vacation instead of returning from two weeks' hard work in camp, the Third Oregon Band headed the military section that filled many whole blocks of the route. Gandimea Are Applauded. The men of the Third Oregon ap peared tanned, healthy and happy, and displayed no lack of spirit because of their camp work. They carried their full marching equipment knapsacks, blanket rolls, rifles and all. Colonel C. McLaughlin and members of his staff rode in advance on the horses that they have -used in the field. The hospital corps brought up. the rear." The uards- 1 Crowd lined up at lO A. M. await low: a chance to pass over the Bell vlnt- fornu to see and 'touch tae relic a; rood jtlankiri car at bead off the parade. II. L. Pittock, grand marnh nl, In front seat! Representative C. N. McArthnr at left and Judge Ganten lirin at right la center scat) United States Senator Marcus A. Smith, o f Arizona, at left. Colonel James Jack son in center and United States S enator Harry Lane at right In rear seat. 3 One of the groups of school children drilling; In parade. 4 Xvro of the thousands of young aa d old who sought to touch the Bell as they passed by it. men were vigorously applauded everywhere. Captain Inskeep had charge of the platoon of police officers who stretched across the street in front of the police band. Followed then the Sons of Veterans. commanded by Charles J. Schnabel. and large companies of Grand Army veter ans, George A. Harding commanding, and C. J. Williams, adjutant. Russell Chamberlain was the proud flagbearer. Conspicuous at the head of the Lin coln-Garfield Post of Grand Army men was R. A. Wolfrath, in the uniform of the Civil War period, carrying the flag of the post. 0 - Line of Veterans Follows. A long line of veterans followed with sprightly . step, but some of the feebler ones rode in automobiles. Members of the Women's Relief Corps marched with the veterans, carrying flags.. . -. One unit of the parade that won much applause all along the line was the boys' drum corps, composed of the sons of Spanish-American war veter ans. They marched in advance of a big body of their elders from Scout Young Camp and the Women's Auxiliary of Scout Young Camp. A tableau representing the Spirit of Liberty was a pretty- presentation by the Spanish - American veterans. A sturdy youth attired lit the costume of Uncle Sam carried a standard aloft, from which red, white and blue stream ers extended to the hands of little girls who encircled him. A youthful couple were attired in the. costumes of the colonial period. An automobile carried the following five Portland residents whose ancestors were active participants in the revolu tionary uprising that rescued the colonies from British oppression: Gen eral T. M. Andersonv C. H. Thompson, Colonel Henry C. Cabell, General Charles F. Beebe and Louis G. Clarke. Behind them rode County Commission ers Lightner. Holman and Holbrook in another automobile.- School Reads im Line. Superintendent Alderman and Direct ors Pfummer, Beach, Lockwood and Smith, of the Portland public schools, rode at the head of the long line of school children, who. doubtless, were the proudest participants in the patriotic pageant. Professor KrohnJs flag girls, recruit ed from the various schools of th city, provided an inspiring spectacle as they marched through the streets exe cuting their many pretty maneuvers that reflected much careful training. The girls were uniformly dressed in white and wore red ties at their throats and red bows in their hair. Each car ried a flag in each hand. They performed many pleasing move ments with the flags and danced grace fully to the rhythm of the music, form ing and reforming a- series of at t tractive figures as they, moved along. ine long lines or children were broken up by drum corps representing some of the city schools. Bands Add Music. Both the East Side and the West Side schools were represented, some of them wearing their Rose Festival uniforms. When not otherwise uniformed, the lit tle girls wore white dressed with red bows and the boys wore white waists and -black trousers. The firemen's band and McElroy's band added to the musical attractions of the pa-reant. The children passed over the review ing platforms so that they could view the bell to better advantage, but the Grand Army veterans and the adult marchers saw it from the level of the street, looking up reverently aa they passed. It must be said that the Civil War veterans displayed more reverence for the precious relic than some of the others. Invariably they removed their hats as they passed it. Some of them saluted. Many wiped tears from their eyes. "That's the old bell that freed us from England." they would exclaim. THRONGS TOUGH OR VIEW RELIC Ifl AWE Thousands File Past Bell From Early Morrv Until Depar ture Amid Cheers. CHUBBY HANDS REACH OUT la miO 2491 countlra In all the (tales et the Union showed 798 In which th rural population was less than 10 years previous. Cameras Bob Cp Everywliere and Policemen Willi Humor Keep Crowds Kcluctantly Moving Atong Patriotism Shown. Some passed along the platform by the old Liberty Bell with hands shield lng their eyes, as if the reflection of the glorious nistory that they read in the battered bronze blinded them others looked at the cracked relic with frankly curious eyes, which held no reverence; some patted the bronze lips with exploring hands, others stroked FACTS ABOUT THE LIBERTY BELL. . The bell was cast in London in 1752 by order of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, at a cost of one hundred pounds sterling. It was brought to Philadelphia in that year and at the first trial was "cracked by a stroke of the clapper without any other violence." Pass and Stow,' two Philadelphia "ingenious workmen." undertook the recasting of the bell. The first trial was not satisfactory., the Lib erty Bell being the result of the second effort. The cost was 60 SOs 6d (about U03). The bell was hunar in the tower of Independence Hall and used to convene the Assembly, call publlo meetings, and on July S. 177. it Tang when the declaration of Independence was proclaimed the Declaration having been adopted on July 2, and formally ratified as a publio expression on July 4. 1774. In 1777. when Philadelphia was about to be invaded, the bell was taken to Allentown. Pa. It was returned in the same year and rung on every occasion of note in triumph when Cornwallla surrendered at Yorktown. in sorrow when Washington was buried, in Joy when La fayette revlBlted America. I During the funeral obsequies rf Chief Justice John Marshall, of the Supreme Court, the great expounder of the Constitution, on July 8. 1835, it rang for the last time. Patriotic pilgrimages of the Liberty Bell were 18S5, New Orleans. World's Industrial Cotton Exposition: 1893, Chicago, World's Colum bian Exposition; 1895, Atlanta. Cotton States and Atlanta Exposition; 1902. Charlestoa.'S. C. Interstate and West Indian Exposition; 1903, Boston, 128th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill; 1904, St. Louis, Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The Liberty Bell weighs 2080 pounds. It measures 12 feet around the lip and 7 feet S inches around the crown. From lip to crown along in-curve of the bell the measurement is 3 feet, over the crown it is 2 feet T inches. The clapper Is 3 feet 3 Inches long. The main lettering about the crown is In two lines, reading: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the Inhabitants thereof. Lev. xxv:10." "By order of the Assembly of the Frovlnce of Pennsylvania for the Statehouse in Philadelphia." Below is the Imprint of the "two ingenious workmen" "Pass and Stow, Phllada, MDCCLIII." the metal caressingly; some voices passing held almost a note of awe. From 7:30 in the morning until shortly before noon the crowds filed past the bell by the thousands, orderly and obedient to the instructions of the good-natured policemen who stood on guard. ne out of every three of the passing throng reached out a hand and touched the bell. Children were lifted above the railings that they might stroke the famous relic. Babes in arms were held toward the bell and struck it with chubby fists. Throngs Lfare Res;rctf ally. Tha towering Portland patrolmen who stood by the bell R. L. Schad, IL A. Lewis. B. F. Wade and C. F. Hun ter Joked with passers-by and waved them on with Imperious hands. The tendency of those who reached the bell after waiting in the line that stretched for nearly three blocks down rourtn street was to stand and gaze their fill. nd this had to be discouraged by the officers, for there were thousands be hind them. Fully a thousand cameras put In an appearance during the visit oi mo bell. The best opportunity for tne picture-makers was early In the morn ing, before the west platform was in Dosltlon. Lined on this platform. about 15 feet from the bell, there were at one time, 42 men with cameras. The machines ranged from the power ful graflex to the vest-pocket eamons. The only noise from the battery or cameras was the rapid clicking oi shutters. "It s a nice, little' bell." remarked a pretty golden-haired girl of yeers to her mother, as she patted the relic with dimpled hands. "Huih," rebuked the mother sternly, as If it were sacrilege thus to refer to the emblem of American liberty. Crack 'ot Visible to Soase. Many curious remarks came from the passing crowds. To those who flocked upon the eastern platform, the bell presented a smooth surface, for the historic crack was visible only to those on the weat. Many on the east ern platform felt that they had been cheated that It was not the real Lib erty Bell, or that the crack had been repaired. "Hay. this here bell ain't cracked. Ye haven't got It mended, have ye?" In quired one querulous old gentleman of the blue-coated guardians. "Huh. that's not the real Liberty Bell. We're, being fooled. Where's the crack?"- was the remark of another unfortunate who could see but one side of the bell. "Aw. shucks, it's been patched up," came from another disappointed one. -Sarah, that's the same old bell I aw in Philadelphia," said a middle aged woman to her companion, estab lishing beyond a doubt the authenticity of the relic Officer StabVed fcy Flag. The stalwart police were not with out their troubles, for handling the crowd required all their courtesy and tact. "Step forward In the aisle, please. Plenty of good seats up front." came In a monotone, mimicking streetcar conductors, from Patrolman Lewis, as some carmen. In uniform, came up the incline. In helping to lift one youngster over the railing thst the child might, touch the bell Patrolman Scried was stabbed in the throat by the point of a .Tilded (pear at the tip of a flag held by an other young person who was ttrug- 1 gUns; to set near the ball. Tho injury was not most than a scratch, but in further first-aid work the officer took care that nearby flags were held in neutral attitudes. "Move on. now," came the command from one of th good-looking polloe men. "Tou've seen the bell and you've seen me. That's all the attraction there Is." "If you haven't touched the bell, touch my hand it will serve the same purpose." was the stock remark of Patrolman Lewis when pretty girls came along. Several took him at bia word. mind "" Pell by Tench. A pathetlo picture was that present ed by members of the school for the adult blind. led by J. F. Myers. With seeing fingers, they "saw" the bell and were brushed on by the surging crowd. "Now say vou't touched it." ex claimed one triumphant mother, as her jubilant offspring slapped the Lioerty Bell. "Look at it. children: look at It." commanded another mother, as she led her children past. "It's worth a million dollars to see that." said a patriotio enthusiast. "Don't touch it we Just wanted to see it." came from another, not quite so patriotic, speaking to her children. One child of about 4 years, a boy. reached frantically for the bell as the line carried him on. but his arms were Inches too short. He struggled his ut most, but the line surged on. carrying him with It. weeping copiously at his failure. When the hour of departure csme the train bearing the bell was followed down Fourth street by cheers from thousands of throats and the tossing of hats. FILM-MAKERS TO BE HEARD MR. KLK1S1III ACKF.U IS I'LEAJKD WITH roKTI.AXD OITLUUK. Council to Consider Objections Proposed Regulation. to Objections of motion picture film makers to a proposed ordinance reg ulating the construction of buildings used for that business will be heard by the City Council at Its regular Fri day meeting this morning. - The ordinance would prohibit a film plant for the storage, development or repair of films to occupy a building within SO feet of any frame structure. The measure also designates the method , of constructing storage vaults and work rooms, making them abso lutely fireproof. The film dealers. It is said, have objections to certain fea tures of the measure. DAIRYMAN IS FINED $100 Attempt to. Sell Meat of Diseased Cove Lead to Arrest. For trying to sell to butchers the meat of a cow that had died from "milk fever." William Klchterich. a dairyman of Hillsdale, was fined- 3100 by Municipal Judge Stevenson yester day. The arrest took place Monday nlrht following an Investigation by the "Citv Health Bureau and the State Dairy 'and Food Commission, siarnel Inspector Melton signed the complaint. Judge Stevenson remarked in Impos ing the fine that the case was an ag gravated one and that the practice was one that haa become too irejueni. Head of Northwestern Klcctrlc, Pitt or k HaUdlng Company and Other En terprises Gets flood Reports. Herbert Flelshhacker. well-known San Francisco banker and head of the Northwestern Electric Company. the Pittock Building Company, the Crown Wlllairette Paper Company and other local t nterprises. arrived In Portland yesterday for a visit of a few days -on busin 'Si H motored tip from San Francisco, accompanied by Mrs. Flelsh hacktr and ex-t.:overnor Anderson, of Califcrnla, and Mrs. Anderson. Mr. Flelshhacker raid that he Is well pleased with the reports of local busi ness conditions received after arrival here. He was Informed that more than 75 per cent of the floor jpace In the Pittock building, which was opened only a yenr a?, is occupied and that other local enterprises sre forging gradually ahead. lie had Intended to go to Ocean Falls, B. C. where the Crown Willamette Paper Company is about to open a new plant, but decided yesterday to remain in Portland. He and his rarty proba bly will be here until early next week. Mr. Flelshhacker says that the World's Fair Is entertaining tremen dous crowds every day and that the receipts are far above the expendi tures. He had been appointed chair man of the committee to handle the celebration attending the reception of the Liberty Bell at San Francisco on Saturday, but his visit to Portland made It Impossible for him to serve, lie waa largely instrumental In securing the consent of the Philadelphia city offi cials to send the bell to the Coast. TIMBER PATROL PROVIDED Central Oregon Owner Will Pay for Federal Protection. Between 75 and 100 townships of privately owned timber land in Cen tral Oregon will be patrolled by the Forestry Department this Summer. Frank A. Elliott, state forester, and George It. Cecil, district forester of the National service, will co-operate In giving these lands that are con tiguous to the National reserves , the protection required by law. Instead of maintaining private pa trols the owners of these claims have banded together and will pay their proportionate shares to the State For ester for receiving the services of the Government's wardens. Mrs. Crawford Passes Away. . Mrs. Mary Q. Crawford died Tuesday at the family residence. 414 College street. Mrs. Crawford was born June 1. 1845. at Plattville. Wis., and in July. 1859. was married to Mllo D. Crawford, who. with tbeir eight children, sur vives. The funeral services Wednes day were private, being conducted by Hev. John H. Boyd at the residence and at the grave in liivorvlew Cemetery.