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Show I.FHI FREE l'REKi l.pW. The 4$ ofjuvj0a I1 IT A II of Skyways Clipper Ship, Marvel II II ; 1 ""1 I ft I cloTZT 1 No. 7 is truly a symbol of the ahead which have beta raade la traiA continental air travel. FranPe u Ing up even its most dletant colonies with the French capital Ly means Z ships of this size, one of which has already been completed, the Lieut d. Valsseau-Paria- . This ship ls tiie ja,. est seaplane la the world, wita wlngstiread of nearly 50 B i,!erg nfl engines which develop more than 5oo horsepower. It weighs 37 tons and ha4 a crew of eight It has several jrst. class cabins, each with two Ltda ai a private bath. v'V . free to keep of the engine is entirely ia . C Uie snip s engineer. Kear!, aiI JJ J many instruments, gages. diaig .Dd7 dicators are banked in the enV room, which U in the center of 'wf Vi It if officers "'U. I V TV ;X. iT ideal of government "with the consent of the governed." So, July 4 became the day we cele brate because It was not until then that the congress was ready to go be fore the Judgment of the people and of other nations with a candid statement of the causes that Impelled them to the severance of the ties that had long bound them to the mother coun try. The act was not consummated without long and careful deliberation, The idea of Independence had been The fashioning of the long great document that bade defiance to the king and proclaimed a new nation was not as smooth and easy a task as It may appear from a reading of the beautifully engrossed transcript In the old freedom and equality archives at Washington now accepted GOOD bwn with us bo long In as "the original Declaration of Inde United States and who pendence." thai deny that we have them? that The idea of a declaration of Inde It has become a "property of easiness" pendence had its birth 15 years prior and we are prone to forget, with all to July 4, 1770. James Otis, the "fiery the Independence days we have ob- tongued orator," sounded the first note served since that far day of the first In the state house at- - Boston In 1761. ne born of the spirit of 76, Just how Nearly a month before the writing of It all came about It has been some the formal declaration, Richard Henry time since we have heard a "Fourth Lee, as spokesman for the Virginia f July Oration or heard the "Dec- delegation In congress, Introduced his laration of Independence" read at the resolution which, so far as the record fair grounds. So, let's take a mo- was concerned, finally became the ment's pause and do a little looking formal declaration. It precipitated a backward and recover, perhaps, a few serious debate, for there were many forgotten thrills, advises a writer In who "were not ready for the ques the Kansas City Star. Hon." On June 11, a committee was The hall In which our freedom was appointed to prepare a suitable decbom Is still standing there In Inde-pendeuce Square, Philadelphia, little changed with time. Some of the chairs the delegates sat In and the desk upon which the president of the confess wrote his "John Hancock" are there. Portraits of the signers look down from the walls. But who today can recall the actual happenings of those fateful years of June and July, 15!) years ago, when our Independence was In travail? What actually happened on July 4, the subsequently dedicated day? When was the immortal document proclaimed to the nation? Was great step taken amid a tumult , the g g and of shouting and of cannon, as It came to be celebrated In after years? Glorious In legend as was that first Fourth 159 years ago, It was a day of deep and cautions solemnity. They Reading Declaration of Independence who assembled were not From Balcony of State House. to launch a new nation "dedicated to the proposition that all men are cre- laratlon of causes. In support of Lee's ated equal." The day fell upon a rainy resolution, composed of Thomas JefThnrsday. In Philadelphia's old State-hous- e ferson, John Adams, Benjamin Frankthere was no stately ceremony. lin, Roger Sherman and Robert LivNo crowds were waiting ouslde as yet ingston. to hear "the Joyful news." In fact, The taslf. of formulating the causes there was an atmosphere of grave un- and writing the document fell to the certainty In the hall as to the fate of facile pen of Thomas Jefferson. But the great charter of American liberty. It was not finally accepted wholly as There were a good many minds that Jefferson wrote it Many passages were not fully made up as to the wis- were stricken out and several amenddom of the declaration. ments attached to It But on July 4, To state the historical truth, by the Jefferson's final draft of the "form of record. Independence Lad already been announcing the fact of separation" declared July 2, two days before. It was formally adopted and ordered was on that day that Richard Henry printed and distributed to the assemLee's resolution, introduced In fhe blies, conventions and councils of congress some weeks before, was safety throughout the coldnies. This passed by a bare majority, declaring printing had only two signatures "that the United Colonies are, and of those of John Hancock, president, and Eight ought to be, Free and Indepen- Charles Thomson, secretary of the dent States, snd that they are Ab- congress. On July 19, congress orsolved from all allegiance to the Brit- dered the declaration to be "fairly enish Crown, and that all political con- grossed on parchment," and It was nection between them, and the State of not until August 2, 1776, that the great Great Britain Is, and ought to be, to- sheepskin was unrolled In the prestally dissolved." In effect that action ence of the Continental Congress. was severing of the political tie be- Fifty of the fathers signed the docutween the colonies and Great Britain. ment on that day. Six did not affix Why, then, Is not July 2 the "day we their signatures until a later date. celebrate V And one, Thomas McKean of DelaBecause those fathers of the Repub- ware, did not sign It until five years lic recognized the gravity of the step later. they were about to take and that It But with the signatures of Hancock meant war and bloodshed. They were and Thomson, the document became of.practical, methodical and Just men, ficial, so far as the outside world was and men bred In the parliamentary concerned, on July 4. Ou July 8, usages and constitutional law. They Washington had It read to the army, recognized that more than a mere res- and to the public from the balcony of olution was necessary to Justify their the stntehouse, a day that became one action to the world, and that "a decent of public rejoicing. respect for the opinions of mankind required that they should declare the causes which Impel them to the sepaWeight of Liberty Bell ration. They were determined not to THK LibertyIn Bell, which Is still CO before the world as mere "revoluIndependence hall tionists and rebels," but statesmen in Philadelphia, weighs 2,080 pounds. new representing a Just cause and teletofel hJBL " fir-lu- noise-make- rs pll - .... '- " mi? 11 ' I' h f "i i r t- - 4 n a fi WWW X "" ft g , w--- ' f T f. wart i. V Give Me liberty or Transatlantic Plane Planned In Germany. Right, Above, Artist's Conception of Which Crashed, Killing 48. Ship. Below, Maxim Gorki, Russia's Larjjest Plane, Give Me By WILLIAM C. UTLEY world, with America In the ls entering a new and era of transportation. It might be called the Era of Realization of the Fantastic. Not so many years ago in fact within the memory of children still In school covers of magazines of the THE DeatK" "science" and "invention" type orator bad it definite place were filled with artists' startling conthe building "of America. In ception of great flying palaces, then Eighteenth century oratory weird in appearance, which were to tie was a fine art and not the lost one that together the far ends of the earth In Blase passengers were It is today. Therefore, writes Elizathe future. beth Elllcott Poe, In the Washington shown reading newspapers, playing while their Post, the place that Patrick Henry held chess or even shuffle-boar- d and holds in the affections of the peo- great winged carriers cleft the clouds ple for the part he played before and far above the vast expanses of ocean. Novels of highly Imaginative fiction, during the American revolution Is on that cannot be tot typified by the "Mars" stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs, bristled our highly estimated. Hanover county, Eplnes with high jinks on other planets Va., which has giv- where the members of scientifically suen many notable perior civilizations flew about the men and women to faces of their respective planets In the Old Dominion's spectacular hops of thousands of miles Hall of Fame, has at a time. Such wild literary entertainment we every right to be were wont for fear of appearing too of the proud achievements of silly to our neighbors, to leave in upthis Henry of Stud-le- stairs bedrooms, reserving the space As early as on the library table for Dickens. 1763 he was sound Thackeray, Edgar A. Guest and the ing the keynotes of freedom In unmis- family Bible. And while deep In our takable tones. He was a country law- hearts we thought It was "swell" readyer who had made an early marriage ing, we knew that it was really "imrather foolishly and was struggling to possible stuff!" Yet before the year ls out, regular keep a growing family in the necessities of life when, In 1763, he became scheduled passenger service will be In aroused In behalf of what was known effect between the United States and as "The Parsons' Cause," concerning China. Not flying palaces, perhaps, the right of the clergy to receive the but at least flying hotels will soon link same price for their tobacco as other the newest and most progressive of the Colonists. In 1765 Henry was elected great powers with the oldest and most to the Virginia House of Burgesses. mysterious of nations on another side From time he took his seat he Intro- of the world. Surprising enough, the duced act after act defining the rights giant ships of the air look very much of the colony, especially In the matter like the artists' conceptions which of the obnoxious stamp tax and, graced the sensational press of a few against great opposition, carried all of years back. Most surprising of all. his resolutions through the sheer force we accept the real tiling with far less amazement than we did its Imaginative of his logic and his eloquence. forerunner. This made Patrick Henry the lender Now that the New Era is actually of the colony. In many senses of the upon us, we accept with little wonder word. the fact that German engineers are Patrick Henry came rightly by his planning the construction of a translove of freedom, his historical sense atlantic air liner that will carry l,f00 and powers of oratory.' For he was persons. This flying boat will be lita cousin of the historian, William Roberally a hotel on wings. It will sacriertson, of Scotland, and of the mother fice none of the comforts of the great of Lord Brougham. His mother was ocean liners, with their sport decks, a Winston of that noted English fam- entertainment facilities, etc. ily and his father saw to It that he had Ship Cars by Air. a classical education and every posThere will be elevators from deck to sible advantage In the way of proper deck. There will le room for travlearning. elers to take their own automobiles In 1774 Henry was foremost In the aeross the sea with them. Garages call to form a Continental congress will be provided for these ; special hoistGeorge Mason, author of the Bill of ing machinery will lift the cars up an himself author and patriot into the plane. Rights, of more than usual ability, said of HenThe ocean has its supply ry: "He is by far the most powerful of life boats steamship to tyni loose from the speaker I ever heard. Every word hi mother ship in case of emergency at says not only engages, but commandl sea, and the boat will proposed flying the attention, and your passions ar not ne in this respect, either, outdone no longer your own when he addresses for room will he provided to house them. But his eloquence is the small- smaller planes. These will est part of his merit He Is In, my take off auxiliary from the surface of the body man first the opinion, upon this con- of the great plane, being speeded on tinent, as well In abilities as In pub- their way over the sea by a lic virtues, and had he lived In Rome catapult which will assure powerful their getabout the time of the first Punic war, ting Into the air. when the Roman people had arrived al This ship may sound a little fantheir meridian glory, and their virtues tastic to us, but by this time we are not tarnished, Henry's talents must used to having fantastic new contraphave put him at the head of that glor- tions accepted as practical facts alious commonwealth." most overnight. The German designOf course, It was In his great speech ers promise us that such a flying ship famjllar to every schoolboy In which as this will be ready for travel over he shouted for all to hear kings and the ocean in the very near future. commoners alike "Give me lihertv oi Hnrdly less spectacular Is the Amergive me death" that ne rose to his su- - ican marvel of the skyways, Flying preme neiguts or eloquence and Cllpixr No. 7, which Is now'completcd achieved for himself undying and do as the first ship ever designed for transoceanic travel. It served fame. It Is said that many of his predlc will begin service, probably 0n the tlons as to the future of the federa' route across the Pacific, some tlmo government read like prophecy In tlx this summer, it is now finishing tests which so far have proved It to be light of subsequent history. to the bullying of the elements I equal nd the once forbidding distance be THE y. ' tween continents. With Its Inception Into service the period of pure experiment will be over. None of the comforts of rail travel need be sacrificed aboard the clipper. of all passenger comSoundproofing partments reduces motor noise so that It ls no greater than the unannoylng noise of a pullman car. The passenger deck, 43 feet long, has a celling f six and feet high, so that even tall men need not stoop In walkone-hal- ing. Thirty passengers and a crew of five can be carried. The spacious lounge and dining room seats 16 at a time. For sleeping, the passenger seats can be converted Into 12 single and six double berths; in case of a "full house" there are four double berths available in the lounge. So far It has not been decided how to apportion the available space to passengers and cargo. This may depend largely upon the popularity of air travel. For exwill It be possible with one ample, scheme of distribution to carry 12 passengers, the crew, and a cargo of 2,200 pounds on flights of non-sto- p 3,000 mUes. The clipper has four engines, whose horsepower can climb 0 1,000 feet a minute with a load of pounds. The plane's cruising speed at 12,000 feet is 163 miles an hour, but it can do 180 and more if necessary. It can soar more than four miles 3,200 developed 51,-00- high. Safety Clipper Watchword. Safety has been the watchword In the design of the clipper. If one of the engines should fall, the other three could finish the flight carrying the 51,000-pounburden. Even If two of them should go dead at the same time, the remaining two would maintain the altitude long enough to allow the captain and his men an opportunity to make ready for any emerd gencies. The sea holds no terrors for fills remarkable ship. It could make a forced landing In a stormy sea with more ease than the gray gull it resembles. It can land or take off In a sea with waves running five feet high. Former clipper ships have been assisted In the water by pontoons suspended from the wings. No. 7 has a supporting device, new to American design, which is called a "sponsoon" and might be likened to an additional wing. This sticks out a short distance from each side of the body at water level. It serves to house the fuel tanks, also. The No. 7 ls larger in every respect than the clipper ship which recently flew from California to Hawaii and back again. The latter's four engines are each of 700 horsepower, totaling 400 less than the No. 7. It has a wing spread, weighs 10,000 pounds empty, 40,000 pounds loaded, and its maximum cruising range Is 3,000 miles. The new clipper's wings are 130 feet from tip to tip. It weighs 23,100 pounds empty and can add a useful load of 27,000 pounds. Its maximum range is 4,000 miles. If mileage between stops were reduced, the ship could carry 24 passengers and a pay-loa- d amounting to several tons to Europe over the route made famous by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. With normal stopping periods Included, a ship of this tvpe could fly from New York to London in about 33 hours, averaging 1C0 miles an hour. That Is less than the time required to go from New York to Chicago and back by rail. The traveler could leave New York late Saturday night and be In London In time to start the business week first thing Monday morning. Instead of a pilot and like our land transport planes have, the clipper ship has a captain and a navigator, for It Is an ocean-goinresseL Automatic Flying, Most of the flying is done by an automatic pilot that leaves these two 114-fo- ot Clipper Service has already started between the French capital and points la French Colonial Africa. The Netherlands have ordered new Douglas planes for transcontinental lines. Service bat been going along on schedule for gome time between the United States and various South American points served Airways. The Graf by Zeppelin is so regular in Its schedule between Germany and Brazil that no one mentions Its arrivals and departures any more. Use Isolated Islands. Since early this year, American 6hips have been busy carrying supplies of all kinds food, clothing, cows, chickens, tools and building material to once Isolated islands In the Pacific ocean, so that they can be converted Into habitable landing stations In the most important of all the new sea routes, the one from the United States to China. The longest hop on this Journey will be the one from California to Hawaii a distance of 2,400 miles, to be covered in a little more than 17 hours, as the clipper commanded by Captain Musick covered it a few weeks ago. From Hawaii, the planes will hop to Guam, Wake, MiCandway, the Philippine islands and ton, China. Strangely, the Chinese government has not yet agreed to let the Amer-, ican planes have a terminal In CanThis China. In ton, or anywhere else difficult', which probably arose from the Chinese fear that the Japanese government will expect the same privbeilege, ls expected to be ironed out fore the landing stations are all completed and the route Is ready for service. There Is good reason for Japan, as well as several other nations Important in the world of commerce, to be alarmed. For the completion of the air route to China will probably nieaa the beginning of a new dominance of the China trade by the United States. It will bring the Chinese market closer to this country than even the European market air England, France and Holland services have attempted to lay the but plans for air services to China, have been stopped at the Chinese Germany alone of the European nations has been able to get in with air lines. We hold this advantage: Is P0 rapid and uninterrupted flight sible across the Pacific, while land China flights from European nations to for face the obstacle of frequent stops inspection when crossing International boundary lines. Russian Marvel Crashes. ' With all the clipper ships considered, all the perhaps the most unusual of n fated ill was the of the air giants weighea It ship, the Maxim Gorki. 42 tons, carried 63 persons, had elgat engines of a total of 7,000 horsepower, flew 150 miles an hour and cost H" 350,000. In it were a complete photplnnt, ographic studio, a Prlnt'n rotary driven an electrically ,w" press capable of turning out nowsnnnors an hour, a radio uiv.". equip casting studio, talking movie10 'e' restaurant-lounga ment, phones, an observation saloon, otisi"" offices, sleeping quarters and It was used, oi amplifier system. pur course, for Soviet propaganda poses. tne The crashing of the Gorki, with n loss of everyone aboard, during ms neuvers over Moscow, was some of a shock to the builders of ail inr, ouw It must be polnieu airplanes. ' wa however, that the accident a of A pilot fault of the ship. ran m plane, stunting against orders, The Insubordinate It head-on- . was himself killed In the crash. . Not even the sensational mag" "m" predicted such unbelievable as a flying newspnper plant. Studio and moving picture theater. e Wetern NewpPr UnionDor-de- r. Kus-sia- photo-engravin- g e, - |