The Washington herald., 1916-02-13

| What the Federal government Is do
/ ing in the conservation of the lives OF
the citizens of the United States Is to
be shown in a great national Safety
/ First Exposition 20 be held In the
Smithsonian Institution next week. un-
der the auspices OF twenty-five bu-
resus representing six different de-
| partments, the American Red Cross
Society. and the District police Depart
ment.
The general theme OF life saving. in
which all six departments are engaged
in one way or another, is to be illu-
strated by lectures. motion picture
talks. models Of apparatus used by the
different services and in many In
] stances. the apparatus itself.
Not only win the people Of Wash
| ington and members OF Congress have
an opportunity OF witnessing the most
unique exposition Of its kind ever
held anywhere, but manufacturers and
/ other pUbIic-spirited citizens are to be
! invited to attend. Arrangements are
also under way TO have the city school
/ children, especially those Of the upper
! grades, attend in large groups.
Lane Wants United support.
The idea for such an undertaking orig
mated with the Bureau OF Mines and
| Immediately gained the warm support
and assistance Of Secretary Of the In
terror Lane at whose suggestion com
| mittees from the different departments
were named A meeting Of the general
| committee was held recently TO perfect
the arrangements
/ Secretary Lane. who addressed the
meeting, declared that this was an op-
portunity to interest. not only the Seo-
pie of the District, but also Of the United
| States, in the greatest OF all conservs-
tion movements The Secretary said that
! It was truer today than ever that 10
| have a strong nation II was necessary to
have strong individuals, and that this
WAS the work upon which several OF the
bureaus were engaged He urged all 10
I help in this constructive movement 20
ward of the public dangers.
II was not Napoleon who was the great
hero of the last century, he Said, but
rather Pasteur, who discovered the germ
theory He thought the public had an
idea that the Federal government was
more interested in the conservation OF
the grosser material things Of life, and
he wished TO emphasize that the great
est interest was in the conservation Of
human life. MAI. William Lyster, Of the
Army Medical Corps, the chairman Of
the general committee. thanked Secre-
tary Lane for hts encouraging words
Preliminary arrangements concerning
the exhibits were made. Surgeon Charles
G. Smith, of the Bureau OF Medicine and
Surgery. Navy Department, explained
that his department would illustrate first
aid in war; caring for the wounded. ex-
hibits Of nfe-saving at sea- particularly
Iife-buoys and life-bosts; safety devices
used in fire and engine rooms, in connec-
ton with ordnance and With transports.
tion OF injured at sea.
Lifeboat Has Record.
Lieut. H. H. Wolf. Coast Guard serv-
ice, Treasury Department, explained that
his service would have on hand two
boats such as are used by the Coast
Guard stations, one an old type which
has a long record OF wrecks attended and
people removed to the shore, the othel
a modern power. self-bailing surf boat
There will also be a beach apparatus
wagon containing gear for getting lines
to a wrecked vessel and removing peo-
pie to the shore by means OF a breeche.
buoy. II practicable. a breeches-buoy
apparatus will be rugged up to show meth
OF OF operation.
T J. Fitzgerald. assistant chief clerb
Of the Department Of Commerce, told Of
the intention of his department TO CO
operate in a substantial manner. W. p
Peabody, OF the Coast and Geodetic Sur,
vey, Department Of Commerce, said that
his service would have in its exhibit q
hidden dangers to navigation, and thu
methods employed IN making the charti
for the use Of the mariners
H. 5. Phelps, Bureau Of Standards
Department Of Commerce, said that thu
exhibits Of his bureau would include il
Illustrations of what the bureau Is doInG
with regard to the electrcal-safsty code
gas-safety code, the question OF protec'
tion from lightning. a national building
code, and the strength OF certain mate
rials upon which safety depends, such as
structures. c. c. J. Norris, Steamboa
Inspection Service, Department Of Com
merce, will have an exhibit Of life-sav.
ing apparatus consisting Of models oi
life boats. life RATS. self-rIghting life
boats, model Of cola psible life boats snd
various types OF life RATS, fog horns
buoys. submarine bell. standard life pre-,
servers Of cork and one or two defec'
tive kinds that have been condemned.
To show Mines Apparatus.
Morton F. Leopold, representing the
Bureau OF Mines, Department Of the In.
terror. said that the bureau would be
represented by a complete exhibit Of the
life saving apparatus used by the resCu'
ers of the bureau in time OF disaster al
mines This Will include apparatus that
ena bles the rescuer to breathe in places
filled with poisonous gases, also resusi.
tstion devices used in restoring uncon.
scious miners, and types of safety
lamps.
w. n. Terrell. Of the Bureau OF Navi.
Patinr TE~~~-.Ds--* ~ Commerce said
that his bureau would have on eKhibi.
ton a comp, ~ rduIJ transmitting and
receiving apparatus, such as have in re-
cent years resulted in the saving Of hun.
dreds OF lives OF persons on distressed
or disabled vessels
c. A. Lindstrom, Forest Service, De-
partment of Agriculture. promised that
his bureau would show. by means OF
models, charts and maps, the WORK
which the forest service Is doing in
preventing loss of life from forest fires
which, in recent years, has amounted 70
more than 5000 lives. There win be
models of fire lookouts and hre-hght-
ling equipment. The exhibit will also
| show how the various forests keep the
water supplies of the large western
States and how the establishment OF
i national forests in the Appalachian and
II White Mountains will accomplish the
same purpose.
! w. S. Deffenbaugh, Bureau OF Edu-
i cation, Department OF the Interior, an
nounced that the exhibits OF his