Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-25
"SAFETY FIRST" EXPOSITION ON
WHEELS TO START ON TOUR
NEXT WEEK.
WILL COME TO STATE
LATER IN SEASON
To Demonstrate What Uncle Sam Is
Doing in Way of Saving Lives and
Property - Will Travel Over Trunk
Lines of State and Nation-To Garry
Mine and Other Exhibits.

Washington. April 2J.-The safety
first" exposition. housed in twelve
Commodous steel cars which IS &c
visit Iowa later in the year. will be
started on its tour into the cities Oh
the United States on next Monday. BY
means OF the travelling exposition
millions Of citizens turnout the coun
try VIII be gwen glimpse of what
Uucla Sam is dong in the way OF
saving lie and property. each car con
tanning exhibits which Will portray IN
a dramatic manner the various actiVl
Ties in runSerl .ng life and limb by the
government bureau.
Over Trunk Lines.
The safety tram Will go first over
She lines Of the baltimore and Ohio.
completing It's trip over this line. the
tram Will he taken IN charge by all
the other trunk lines OF the country.
thus assuring III" people IF Iowa and
other western and m!dd ives; ern
states Of opportunities to have first
hand information as 10 the methods
employed by the federal government IN
safeguarding life and property
In the exposition VIII be every known
prlCtIra VI the federal life say crs.
The public health service. department
Of the treasury. VII show 10y models
and charts what this service is aC-
NompNshirg for the health of the peO-
pie How epidemics are attacked and
era dictated will be shown and how the
death rate from preventahle diseases
is continually being lowered in the
cities by proper education by the
health service Will be demonstrated.
Mine Exhibit.
OF particular interest 10 1owans Will
be the exhibit Of the bureau of mines.
All its apparatus for the saving of life
in the mines and how the death rate
already has been lowered by the CO.
operation of the bureau with the states
viii be exhibited 4 unique exhibit
will be the appa ratus invented by one
of the engineers of the bureau which
permits the wearer 10 enter places
filed with poisonous gases and rescue
any miners who might not have in
hailed sufficient Of the poison for dis
solution.
The interstate commerce commission
will be represented by three model
cars. fully equipped with the safety
approved by the United
States government and Will show the
marked decrease IN the number OF
trainmen killed since these appliances
were adopted.
Weather Bureaus Work.
The approaches Of storms and floods
are determined by the weather bureau.
and this saving agency OF the govern
ment will have a display to demon
strate how in time of stress millions
of dollars worth OF property have been
saved by the timely warnings given by
the scientists connected with the
bureau
The coast guard service. which last
year saved 1907 persons on the oceans
and great lakes from untimely deaths
and also saved property valued at
s11 900 900 will exhibit life boats. rap
Id firing guns for throwing life lines
to ships in distress. the breeches buoy
for saving life at sea. and wireless out
fits for use with boat expeditions or
for setting up on shore or wreck to
communicate with the revenue cut
ters
The government safety first special
is expected TO travel over the lines Of
the Chicago Burlington and Quincy.
the Milwaukee. the Rock Island. the
Illinois Central, Great Western and
Northwestern roads thru Iowa