Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-22
BIB EXHIBITION 2. IF SAFETY sIAlEI
 FIRST HAD
Government, Under the Lead ership of Bureau of Mines, is Holding Big Show of Life Saving Plans.

" every aCtlFlLy or the government
 il the conserving Of human life is de- i scribed or demonstrated in the Safety
 First Exhibition opened in the United
 States National Museum today to con
 tinue a week. It is the first exhibi-
 ton oi its kind ever held by the gov
 eTnment and shows what the various government departments and other
 organizations are doing in the way of . Safety First movement by rendering ] less dangerous many industries, mak-
 ing travel on land yhd by sea less
 hazardous and in general instructing
 the public in the essentials of the
 movement. The idea originated with the Bureau of Mines which already i has done so much toward making the
 lives of workers in the mining indus 1 try more secure.
 Cooperating in the exhibit are these
 government and semi-oficial bureaus and organizations: The Bureau Of Standards, Coast and Goedetic Survey,
 Bureau of Lighthouses, Steamboat h. spectiCn Service and Bureau of Navi- gation of the Department of Com i nerce; the Bureaus Of Medicine and Surgery. Bureau of Steam Engineer : ing Department, Bureau of Ordnance and Bureau of Construction and Re pairs, of the Navy Department; The Weather Bureau and the Forest Serv- ice. of the Department of Agriculture: The Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Children's Bureau, Of the Depart melt of Labor; The Bureau of Mines. The Reclamation Service, The Indian OAice, The Geological Survey, and the Bureau of Education, of the Interior Department; The Public Health Serv- ice, and the Coast Guard Service, of the Treasury Department; The Medi- cal Service of the War Department; The Interstate Commerce Commits sion; The American National Red Cross Society and the Police Depart ment of the District of Columbia.
 Life saving apparatus used by the Coast Guard Service in rescuing per sons from shipwrecks is shown and explained A brooches buoy worked by coast guards exactly as the device is used in taking people off wrecked vessels is one of the interesting exhi- bits. Guns used in throwing lines across wrecked vessels are shown. to- gether with liieboats Of the old surf boat type, and the modern motor surf boat, practically uncapsizable and self bailing.
 The exhibit of the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Navigation in- cludes models of wireless used on ! ocean-gOing vessels as well as ashore
 A chart accompanying this exhibit shows that during last year 25 vessels clearing from United States ports and required to carry wireless apparatus met with disaster, but that only two lives were lost.
 The Children's Bureau exhibit shows the relationship existing De. tween infant mortality and poor living conditions.
 Tn it's exhibit the Steamboa- h. spection Service points out :har by reason of the efficiency of it's ihspec- tors in 1915 only one life was lost out of 2,S72,41 passengers carried on the steam vessels of the United States. in- land and coastwise as. well as ocean soing. The work Of the Coast Goodetic is shown in models and charts. au.Ins the models being one of the unique wire drags devised by the Survey sor | locating sunken wrecks and submerS- ed rocks that might prove menaces to navigation. How the lighthouse Bureau protects and conserves human life is shown by means of models of lighthouses. light vessels, buOys, submarine bells
 aud fog signals, such as the Bureau maintains at dangerous points.
 The work of the Bureau Of Ctand- ards in educating the public in regard
 to fre-proof and Ere-resisting materi- als for construction is illustrated by
 a comprehensive exhibit with accom-,
 panying charts.
 The Bueau Of Mines demonstrates
 the liie-saving apparatus, such as the
 pulmotor. for reviying victims from
 smoke and gas, masks for protection
 against mine gases and the smoke in
 burning mines. The bureau has
 taught first aid to more than 1.00C0JJ : miners iR the country. the result be- , ins a notable reduction in the death
 rate among miners.
 Instructions as to pure water sup
 plies and their location Is one of the
 contributions of the Geological Survey to the Safety First movement of the government; and this. with other acti-
 vities ol the Survey along the line of | conservation of human life, is includ- I ed in the Surveys exhibit.
 The Reclamation Services work in developing vast tracts of arid lands
 iI >the West and converting it into
 fertile and cultiyable farms by means
 Of immense irrigation works is shown lin maps, models and pictures.
 Inst how fine Weather Bureau works