Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-01-17
Child Labor, Pure Food and Pure
Drugs to Be Considered.
ovERNoRs CONFERENCE BEGINS
State Executives Called to Washing
ton by President Taft,
aARNER's GOOD ROADS BILL
Texas Man Proposes TO Have Ten
Millions Distributed Among
states by Federal Cow
ernment.

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Representatives
OF every phase OF the complex citizenship
Of the United States will assemble In con-
ference tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednes-
day under the auspices OF the National
Civic federation at the Belasco theater for
the purpose Of devising ways and means
to bring about uniform laws relating to
marriage and divorce, child labor and pure
food and drugs.
Labor and capital will Join with lawyers
and business men. educators and politicians
clergymen and soldiers, scientists and
Z srt.sts. IN Discussing problems vital to the
home and society.
Coincident with the conference of the
National Civic federation will be the meet
ing of governors called by President Taft
for the purpose of considering uniform
laws looking to conservation and all mat
ters relating to conservation, whether of
the forests or OF the waters Of the country.
President Seth Low of the Civic fedora
ton will call the conference to order to-
morrow, the opening address to be de-
livered by President Taft, who in turn will
J be followed by Judge Alton B. Parker of
New York and Governor Wilson of Ken
lucky.
Expedition TO Antarctic.
An expedition to the south Atlanuc ana
the Antarctic oceans in the interest OF
economic and scientific work by the fish
commission steamer Albatross is under con.
sideration by Secretary Nagel of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor. 1t was
suggested by Henry F. Osborn president
of the American Museum Of Natural His.
tory. at New York.
Mr.. Osborn says he has received conf
oI inf FROM NUh
returned from the Antarctic that there still
remain on certain remote islands herds Of
southern fur seal in such numbers as tt
promise commercial Importance. The def
mite location of these herds, the discovery
; OF other herds. The geenral distribution o.
the species and the approximate number
become desirable, he says records fol
future scientific and industrial work.
Mr.. Osborne says at least four distinct
: species of whale inhabit the Antarctic, ant
that he is informed that large numbers o.
sea elephants also exist in the Antarctic
region.
Good Roads Bill.
The latest contribution to proposed legis
: latlon for highway construction in th'
United States is a bill by Representative
. Garner of Texas. appropriating 100000
among the states and territories. pro-rata
!, according to mileage of the Travelled publi
= roads in those respective jurisdictions.
The fund, according to Mr. Garner
ideas should be apportloned by the secre
tary of agriculture after certification o
the governors as to the amount needed
etc. and the amount allowed each stat
is not to exceed the states own appropri
( alton for road maintenance Within tn
last week Mr.. Sulzer introduced a posta
: savings bank bill. designed to produce ac
cording to his scheme of figuring, $500 900,
900 Of deposits from the people In the posta
banks, $10O 900, 900 OF the amount to be spen
l. on road construction. Mr.. Sulzer figure
Il that this plan would bring into circulation
e millions OF dollars of boarded gold and re
e store to work @tens and tens of thousand
e of idle workmen."
p Trouble for Navy Officers.
"a Trouble is looming up before the hundre
Ie naval officers, more or less, who failed I
take the physical tests durin gthe las
% calendar year and who were not excused
Is The report has reached some of them tha
le Secretary Meyer is going to make the ties
le cumulative. Hence, instead OF being re
he quired to walk fifty miles in three day
ir they win be required to walk 100 miles
IN six days, when they fail to comply with III
n regulations for one reason or another.
The question of some action in regard
the physical tests, in view of the !ars
number Of officers who failed to take then
is being consineder by the Navy depar
High Price for Land.