Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
CHANCE TO Be GIVEN
FOR VIEW Of RAD|UM
Commodity Quoted at Nine
Million Dollars a Pound Will
Be Exhibited Here.
SAFETY FIRST EXPONENTS
TO GIVE AN EXPOSITION
Federal Bureaus to Unite in Demon.
STATIONS at National Museum,
Beginning February FL.


view a portion of rare commodity
the market price of which is now quot
ed at $4,000 900 a pound will have an
opportunity at the safety first" ex
position which is to be held in the
New National Museum during the week
beginning February n. More than
twenty bureaus of six of the federal
departments, the District police depart
ment, the Red Cross and the interstate
commerce commission, are cooperating
with the bureau of mines in staging
this exhibit of the methods and appIi-
ances used by Uncle Sam in the con-
servation of life and property.
Owing to the universal interest in
radium and its use in the cure of GER
tain types of cancer. Van H. Manning,
director of the bureau of mines. has
arranged with it's Denver laboratory
that sufficient quantity of the pre-
cious substance be sent to Washington
for display at the coming exposition.
A darkened room will be arranged so
that 1t will be possible for all visitors
to note the glow or the ema ina tons
which the radium continually gives off
and which is supposed to contain the
healing properties in cancer cases. In
addition there will be on exhibition a
number of so-called radium signs,
which glow in the darkness. and which
are being urged for use in mines for
safety purposes.
Notable Event in Washington.
Safety first week" in connection
with which the exhibits are being ar
ranged. promises to be notable one in
Washington. Each bureau will show
In,
taking in safeguarding the lives and
property of the people of the United
States. With the exposition operating
six days. it has been decided to devote
day to each department represented
The opening day. Monday. will be In
terror Department day. with Secretary
Lane. whose initiative has made the
exposition possible. addressing the
visitors at sac in the evening. Tues
day, Washingtons. birthday anniver-
sary. Will be known as Army and Navy
Department day. with the speaker to
be announced later 1t is thought that
previous engagements may keep both
the Secretary of War and Secretary of
the Navy away Wednesday will be
Department of Agriculture day. with
Assistant Secretary Frooman speaking
on safety First in the evening
Thursday will be Department of Labor
day. with Secretary Wilson speaking
at $50 O'Clock. Friday will be Depart-
ment of Commerce day, and Secretary
Redf1eld. in the evening, will address
the audience on the safety first" work
Of his department. which includes the
bureaus of lighthouses navigat ton
standards and the steamboat inspec-
ton service.
To Open at 9 Each Morning.
The exposition will open each morn
ing at O'Clock. and the lectures and
motion pictures of the governments
activities will be given from 1 o'clock
to O'Clock in the afternoon. The
building will close at 4:3O O'Clock each
afternoon and open again at 1870 in the
evening, remaining open until II
o'clock. The exposition will be omen
the same hours Washington's birth
day anniversary, despite the fact that
it is a legal holiday.
The safety first exposition. unioue
in many ways, gives indications Of
bringing many visitors to the CITY.
especially those persons who are di-
rectly interested in safety first" in
the industries. Their attention called
to the exposition by the bureau of
mines. state mine inspectors and rep
resentatives of state industrial com
| missions from practically every state
, in the Union have arranged for a con-
ference at the National Museum Feb
| ruary "a. at which will be discussed a
uniform method of collecting accident
and injury statistics.