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Show - . . , , .. . t PHILADELPHIA IS AWAITING ARRIVAL OF PETITION TWO MILES LONG ASKING THAT ; ? LIBERTY BELL BE SENT TO SAN FRANCISCO L , f The city authorities of Philadelphia lo5 f WdPW SM M are wondering what they u ill do with . VTO f rlgbti Wv M the monster petition that the school , NSJB ' A -tKGA f m children of x San Francisco have sent f " JSSfErW ' m asking that the Liberty bell be sent yi , 3iHmaSi m to the Golden Gate city for the Pan- , 'Hie'IEi W ama-Padflc exposition of 1916. SIgna- ft 'FlaTBfifii tures to the petition were obtained by kht . AMwJJBKia3 Wt i tho school children, and when pasted Mffii'' ' f' iMMHH!Bfl, 9 together the strip was two miles long. jfxg&iti ' " ItPSk m I It was wound on a huge reel made of gM&w'''M-' - MMBSl. M California oak and after a parade m&-4r WHmk, 9 through the streets of San Francisco MS t "y i' AVJilJ:? SaCtsSmT. M waB started on its transcontinental frffifoj..lT W Journey. The Philadelphia authorities ifej had decided Borne time ago that tho -o jb Liberty bell was too precious to be "Wtf &S&R yJ trusted to tho dangers of shipment FreUg;kur ViDiirrVrv r9w i and should never leave Independence tyjfifcCJLU LiOLH I U M 'M haa6ain. l-l g |