LIBERTY BELL GALLED FRAUD Never Was Rung to Proclaim Independence In 1776. HISTORIAN JACKSON'S CLAIM, He Says the Famous Relic Was Crack ed In 1833 at the Death of Chief Jus tice Marshall Produces Data Sup porting His Ststement. Six hundred thousnnd lo.vnl Ameri cans on Mi average lmve traveled hun dreds of tulles annually, shed numer ous tears and believed themselves to be looking at something wonderful when they gazed upon the Liberty bell, which Is on exhibition In Inde pendence hall, Philadelphia. Now. Joseph .Jackson, a well known Philadelphia historian, after years of study and research conies forward with the statement that all those pretty sentiments repirdlnc the cracked hell are myths and that for years the old bell simply has been foolhiR the public. Not only have thousands come to visit the old bell, but It has been Iur god around the country to numerous exhibitions, It has had a bodyguard, and It has been treated as a member of the family. According to Historian Jackson, the old bell never proclaimed liberty throughout the land, a little boy never stood at tho foot of the tower and yelled to the gray haired old man In the tower, "IUng, grandpa, ring," as tho Declaration of Independence was proclaimed. This, too, according to Historian Jackson, is another beautiful mytli, and he produces tho data to prove his statements. He takes everything up In chronolog ical order and one by one shatters the dreams of other historians who have accepted all these dreams about tho Liberty bell without question. History of the Bell. Historian Jackson starts his denial with an explanation of how tho bell first happened to be made. The rec ords In his possession show that a res olution passed by the house of repre sentatives on Oct 10. 1752, instructed the superintendent of tho statehouse to procure a bell for the use of the assembly and that on Nov. 1 of the same year a letter was dispatched to Robert Charles of London ordering a bell of about 2,000 pounds which was to be cast with the following words, "well shaped In large letters, round it:" "By order of the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania for the Statehouse in the City of Philadel phia, 17o2." And underneath: "Proclaim liberty through nil the land to all the inhabitants thereof. Levit. xxv, 10." Mr. Jackson takes up tho alleged ringing of the bell and the claim that It proclaimed liberty on July 4, 1770. So far as he has leen able to discover after years of research, tills misleading statement is directly traceable to "Wat son's Annals of Philadelphia," which was published In 1S30. Prior to the publication of that work the bell was known as tho statehouse bell and not the Liberty bell, and noth lng had been said about Its use In pro claiming Independence. Even as late as lS3Q.it yvpji known.as tho statehouse bell, oven artor tnnt building had ceased to bo tho assembly and title had passed to tho commonwealth of Philadelphia. "So little was thonrlit of the bell." says .Mr. Jnckson, "Mr t during tho dis cussions in city ctiv.i'r! m in 1S2S re garding the restnnitiiti of tho state house and the liHni liictlon of n clock in a proposed tower a new lcll was ordered, and tho old one the now fa mous myth liell of liberty was to be given in part payment." How It Was CraekeJ. Mr. Jackson takes up the crack In the bell, whlh reently lias widened so that the old piece of metal no longer may be taken on trips around tho conn try. as It was for several years. He declares that the bell was cracked when It was taken from Us quarters In tho old tower and tolled for the death of Chief Justice Marshall In 1833. Mr. Jackson quotes nn entire chap ter from the work of George Llppard. a Action writer, whom he blames for many of the historic myths, in which tho story of the ringing of tho bell is told. lie then retraces his steps nnd makes the assertion that tho bell was not rung on July 1. 1770. Ho gives ns his authority Thomas McICean, who declares that the draft of the Declara tion of Independence was not adopted until very late in the evening of July 4, 1770, and It was not until twenty four hours later that it was decided to make known the fact of the adoption of tho Declaration. "Therefore," says Mr. Jackson, "It Is not reasonable to supposo that tho bell was rung on July 4, 1770, wheu very few persons knew anything nlwut the adoption of tho Declaration until July 5, 177C. Had the bell been rung on July 4 every person in Philadelphia would have known of tho action taken by congress." Not satisfied with this, Mr. Jackson also quotes from the diaries of Charles niddlc and Mr. Deborah Logan, nnd in neither of them is nny mention of the Liberty bell or the statehouse bell having proclaimed liberty or even hav ing been rung. Mr. Jackson declares that the Liber ty bell reccivud Its tirst real baptism in tho early seventies, during prepara tions for tho Centennial celebration. TAFT'S OLD HOME SOLD. House Where President Took Bride Brings $8,550. President Tnft's former Cincinnati home was sold recently at public auc tion, tho price paid being $8,500. It was In this home that the president, who was then Judge Tnft, and Mrs. Taft began housekeeping. The house, erected over twenty-five years ago, stands in a beautiful plot of ground on tho brow of a hill over looking the Ohio river, from which point an unobstructed view up the river as far as ten miles can bo se cured. Tho last occupant of the house was J. "W. Zarro, a constructor of the aters. The price paid for tho property Is considered good considering tho time it has stood. Shortly nfter it was ready for occupancy Judge Tnft took his bride there and started housekeeping. Tho dove of peace o'er Tripoli In awe a moment mine, And then It hurried on Its way. Just one word crytntr "Stung!" Baltimore! Sun. "My wife can't decide on n car.1' "Tliis model fa tho last word In tour- hig cars." "Tho last word, eh? Then she'U have it" Seattle Post-Intelligence. ij;piyESji rrr.HH faal I I it rTBSMlTHSONTAN TO HOLDS IN ANtf .POSITION. HE LOOP GIVES THE LEVERAGE. TPPEH EKA.HAM. FOR SALE BY G. G. Cr-A-ID-WIUST D.& n. CO. TlflE TABLE HONESDALE BRANCH In Effect Juno 15, 1912. 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P.M, 2 00 12 40 4 09 A.M 9 33 8 43 A.M. 8 03 7 51 7 50 7 30 7 33 7 25 7 19' 7 17 7 12 709 7 05 7 01 6 Bfi 6 65 LvlA.M, I'.M, A.M, 10 SO 8 45 7 45 2 55 8 13 P.M. 1 35 1 25 I 21 1 00 1 0.1 12 W 12 51 12 49 12 43 12 40 12 8fl 12 32 12 2D 12 25 8 12 P.M. 7 25 e 30 5 60 5 40 5 31 6 21 5 18 S 11 6 Ufi 6 04 4 68 4 S3 4 51 4 47 4 41 4 40 P.M.IP.M I', ai. SUN 10 50 00 7 15 12 65 12 05 P.M. II 25 11 II 11 10 10 60 10 61 10 45 10 30 10 37 10 32 10 29 10 25 10 21 10 18 10 15 A.M A.M. HUN' 8 12 P.M. 10 03 9 12 P.M. 8 27 8 17 8 13 8 00 7 64 7 47 7 41 7 i 7 32 7 30 728 7 22 7 19 7 18 BRITON WOULD RECLAIM THE GARDEN OF EDEN. P.M. Sir William Willeoeks Plan Would En tail $30,000,000 Expenditure. Plnns for the reclamation of the site of the Biblical 'garden of Eden hnvo been completed by Sir William Will cocks, who has estimated the cost of the undertaking nt $30,000,000. Speak ing before tho Iloynl Geographical soci ety in London, Sir William outlined his scheme. Ills theory is tlint the actunl garden lies in tho vast tract forming the delta of the Euphrates nnrt Tigris and that these two rivers must bo controlled by dikes and barrage. "The TIr," Hays Sir William. "Is tlt ioro difficult problem. Provision ally I have suggested to tho Turkish government to sacrifice the left bank of tho river to the Hoods nnd to create a very massive canal nnd dikes along tho right bank. On the other ImukI, nn escape could bo constructed. 'If wo could overcome the objections of the Shnmiuiir Arabs wo could utilize n salt pan southwest of Samara, in which, ns wo have discovered, tho river Tarthar terminates. We should have to raise the level of the Tigris in Hood by eight meters, nnd the two barrages and canal needed would cost $30,000,000. "But there would be n splendid re turn. The vnliu- of every acre of land in tho delta would be doubled; it would be a godsond to Bagdad and allow the Bagdad railway to traverse the culti vated land instead of tho desert. "Tho delta of tho two rivers would bo richer than tho delta, of tho Nile and a safer place for tho Investment of capital. Indeed, I should say that as the Egyptians are so eager to re turn to the protection of Turkey, Eng land would make a good financial bar gain to exchange Egypt for Babylonia. "Tho first direct irrigation works to bo carried out will be tho Foluja nnd nindio barrages on tho Euphrates nnd tho canals and drains dependent upon them. On tho Tigris the cannls to irri gate tho country northwest of Bagdad will bo taken off above tho proposed barrages near Niuirod's dam, which are, I hoie, to provide tho escape Into tho Tarthar depression. "The second barrage on tho Tigris will be made at Koot, to convert the Hal branch of tho river Into a perma nent canal. Farther down, at the Juncture, regulating work, dikes and cannls are proposed to reclaim tho land from Basra to Khor Abdalla." WYOMING SOON TO BE TRIED. New Dreadnought to Be Flagship of Atlantic Fleet. The now 20,000 ton Dreadnought Wy oming, the great all big gun battleship that Is destined to be tho flagship of tho United States Atlantic fleet, will go to sea for her trials shortly and within the next two months, with her sister ship, tho Arkansas, will bo commis sioned and assigned to the fleet under Admiral O.sterhnus. Tho Arkansas takes the place of the Dreadnought Michigan in tho first division, and tho Wyoming supersedes the battleship Connecticut as tho independent flag ship of tho fleet Theso two vessels, the largest and rled on any battleship ever built for the American navy, will add 52,000 tons of fighting strength to tho navy, and each will carry twelve twelve-Inch guns as their main batteries two guus inoro of that typo thnn were ever car ried on any battleship ever built for tho government In addition to their powerful twelve inch batteries, each ship will carry a secondary battery of twenty-one flvo-lnch guua and about a dozen other guns of tho throo Inch, three pound and ono pound types. Tho Arkansas has already had her preliminary trials nnd, steaming over the Rockland (Me.) measured course, averaged a speed of over twenty-one knots an hour, which exceeds by a knot the speed called for In tho build ers' contract Thoso In charge of tho Wyoming during her trials will bend every effort to equal and to exceed If possible tho record of tho Arkansas. Tho addition of tho Arkansas and Wyoming will mako eight vessels of tho Dreadnought typo In tlw Atlantic fleet Theso eight vessols carry a to tal of eighty guns of tho twelve Inch type, every ono of which cas bo fired simultaneously in either the sturboard or port broadside. Tho total displace ment of tho Atlantic fleet Dread noughts when tho Arkansas and Wyo ming aro added will bo 107,0o0 tons. To man thoso eight Dreadnoughts 7.31S officers and men will be required. NEW INSULAR BUREAU CHIEF. Colonel Frank MMntyro Appointed With Rank of Brigadier General. President Taft has appointed as chief of tho bureau of Insular affairs, with rank of brigadier general. Colonel Frank Mclntyre, U, S. A. Colonel Mclntyro succeeds General Clarence R. Edwarda as chief of tho bureau, tho latter having recently been appointed a brigadier general of the lino of thjo army. Tho now chief Is a major in tho infantry arm and has bocu assistant to General Edwards since March 2-1, 1010. Ho fa n graduato of tho Military aendemy at West Point of tho class of 18S0 and reached tho rank of major of lufantry on July 18, 1003. King Is Richest Tho richest man In tho kingdom of Baxouy Is King Frederick August Ac cording to a statistical book on tlw wealthiest persons In Saxony, ho Is worth about WISO.OOO. nis Income, Including his salary, is $14250,000 a year. JUDGE H. W. ARCHBALD. House Committee Reports In Favor of His Impeachment Impeachment of Judge Itobert W. Arch bnld of tho United States commerce court "for misbehavior and for hlBh crimes nnd misdemeanors" Is recommended In tho re port of tho committee on tho Judiciary submitted to the houso of representatives by Chairman Clayton. The report Is signed by the Republican as well as the Domocratlo members. spencer The Jeweler ywould like to sec you if t you are In the market;: for - JEWELRY, SILVERS I WARE, WATCHES,! I CLOCKS, DIAMONDS, I AND NOVELTIES j 'Guaranteed articles only sold." -- 1 4 ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Wayne County avings Bank HONESDALE, PA., s 1871 41 YEARS OF SUCCESS 1912 BECAUSE we have beeu transacting a SUCCESSFUL banking business CONTINUOUSLY since 1S71 and are prepared and qualified to rentlerVALU ABLE SERVICE to our customers. BECAUSE of our HONORABLE RECORD for FORTY ONE years. BECAUSE of SECURITY guaranteed by our LARGE CAPITAL and SURPLUS of $550,000 00. BECAUSE of our TOTAL ASSETS of $3,000,000.00. BECAUSE GOOD MANAGEMENT has made us the LEADING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION of "Wayne county. BECAUSE of these reasons we confidently ask you to become a depositor. COURTEOUS treatment to all CUSTOMERS whether their account is LARGE or SMALL. INTEREST allowed from the FIRST of ANY MONTH on Deposits made on or before the TENTH of the month. OFFICERS : W. H. HOLJIES, PIIEU)EXT. II. S. SALMOX, Cashier. HON. A. T. SEARLE, Vice-President. W. J. WARD, Asst. Cashier T. B. CLARK, E. W. GAMJIELL W. F. SUYDAM, DIRECTORS : H. J. CONGER. W. B. HOLMES, C. J. SMITH, H. S. SALMON. J. W. FARLEY, F. P. KIMBLE, A. T. SEARLE, NOTICE TO i WATER CONSUMER The use of water for sprinkling lawns, gardens, streets, etc., is hereby prohibited EXCEPT between the hours of 6 & 8 a. m. and 6 & 8 p. m. 1 Honesdale Consolidated Water Co.
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