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Show I Liberty Bell Starts I Trip to the Coast H Patriotic Throng Braves Rain' In H Philadelphia to Bid H Relic Adieu H Philadelphia, July C Philadelphia H said goodbyo to tho Iilborty Dell to- H day. Escorted by tho First brigade, H National Guard of Pennsylvania, tho A old revolutionary relic passed be .twecn tho lines of thousands of per-sons per-sons to tho Pennsylvania railroad station sta-tion was hoisted on a specially constructed con-structed car and amid cheers left for tho Panama Pacific exposition. The boll Is being taken west on n special train which will make seventy seven-ty stops for local celebration boforp It reaches SanFrancisco on tho night of July 16. Six months will clapao before be-fore It will be returned to Us caso 1n Independence hall. ' Tho principal celebrat'on In this city of tho 139th anniversary of tho signing of the Declaration ot Independence Inde-pendence was planned to Ot hi with the ceremonies attending tho departure depar-ture ot tho boll. At dawn tho precious relic was. rolled roll-ed from its case Into Independence square.. There It was placed on a motor track In, a pouring rainstorm. The truck- and the hanger from which the bell was suspended were decorated decor-ated with theho'cest flowers. At 10 o'clock the Independence day exercises wero begun. They wero of the same character as thoso hold in the historic square from tho early days of the republic singing by the school children, patriotic addresses and prayers. Cone Johnson of Texas, solicitor of the department of stato, Washington, delivered an oration on Liberty. Departing from his set address tho speaker said: "Reading tho newspaper headlines I am struck with tho anarshlsm that Is abroad today. With halt the world deluged In blood, bombs placed to destroy de-stroy our beautiful capliol and attempts at-tempts made at assassination In the name ot pcaco it Is a fitting tlmo to como to this shrlno of liberty to take I sane and intelligent counsel of tho men who wrought horo and tako fresh Inspiration from them." A shower hastened the exercises and thousands of persons stood about Independence hall to see the boll start on its Journey. On tho first stroke of 12 o'clock tho englno ot the motor truck was started and amid great cheering tho bell was on Its way. Ab It slowly loft the historic precincts tho bell In the tower rang out forty-eight strokes, one for each Btatoin tho union. Tho old bell passed pass-ed within a block of the grave of Benjamin Franklin. Hats wore raised and cheers sounded sound-ed as tho histor'c metal was rlsed to the flat car. Tho car was attach-' ed to tho special train with Its coun-cllmanlc coun-cllmanlc escort and at 3 p. m. tho boll started across tho continent to bo viewed by millions of pooplo be-foro be-foro It returns home. |