The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
UNCLE SAM OPENS EXHIBITION
 OF MOST MODERN DEVICES FOR
 CONSERVING HEALTH AND LIFE
Life Saving Apparatus of Coast Guard Service Devices Used By Bureau of Mines, and Many Other Features Sh1wn in National Museum.

unique wire drags devised by the Sur Vey for locating sunken wrecks and submerged rocks that might prove menaceS to navigation. How the Lighthouse Bureau pro- tects and conserves human life is shown by means of models of light houses, light vessels, buoys. submarine bells and fog signals, such as the Blu Tea.u maintains at dangerous points. The work of the Bureau of Stan dards in educating the public in re- gard to f1reproof and f1re-resisting ma teria1s for construction is illustrated by a comprehensive exhibit with ac- companying chats a
 The Bureau of Mines dem Onstrates it's life-saving apparatus, such as the pu1motor, for reviving victims from smoke and gas; masks for protection against mine gases and the smoke in burning miles. The bureau has taught first aid to more than 100000 miners in the country, the result being @ no table reduction in the death rate among miners.
 Instruction as to pure water sup plies and their location is one of the contributions of the Geological Survey to the Safegty First movement of the government; and this, with YOth- CT activities of the Survey along the line of conservation of human life, is included in the Surveys exhibit.
 The Reclamation Services work in developing, vast tracts of arid lands in the west and converting it into fer tile and cultivab1e farms by means of immense irrigation works is shown in maps, models and pictures.
 Just how. the Weather Bureau works in sending out storm warnings and warnings against floods, well as in it's general weather forecast, is
 
 work of the Interstate Commerce Commission is also shown by means of charts, models and diagrams. The Commission by compelling the rail- roads of the country to adopt safety appliances has brought about a tre- mendous reduction in the number Of wrecks. the number of persons killed in 4his manner last year being 222 out of more than l, 1000, ,0OO,OO0 passen- gers carried, a reduction of 16.2 per cent. from 1914.
 The Forest Service has an inter esting exhibit, showing it's system of fire patrols, fire 1ookouts, field tele- phone lines and wireless. by means of which the forest rangers are able to warn persons living in and near the national forests of fires many hours before the fires approach.
 The first aid of the American Ma tional Red Cross Society in the affairs of everyday life and the organ1za- tion's work in times of calamity are shown in a large exhibit
 The safety work of the Coast Guard Service, which includes the revenue cutter service and life saving service, in 1915, resulted in the rescue of more than 1,5OO persons imperiled at sea and saved property valued at $11,- 0OO.o0O.
 Preventative work of the Public Health Service in stopping the en- trance of plague and, other diseases at ports of the country; the anti-ty- phoid inocu1ation of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy which has eradicated typhoid from the Navy, similar work of the Army Medical Corps and the Safety First work of the Washington Police De partment are shown in models charts and diagrams.