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Show Child Labor Is an Issue in 40 States held at the general election on November No-vember 4 resulted In a decisive defeat of the proposition and Is expected to lead to rejection by the Massachusetts legislature. The 38 states whose legislators will have the child labor amendment before be-fore them are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Ida-ho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Min-nesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, WASHINGTON. After considerable consid-erable preliminary activity the tight between supporters and opponent of the child labor amendment has opened, with 40 state legislatures in session. Thirty-eight of the legislatures will have before them the question Of rut I-Bcatlon I-Bcatlon of the child labor amendment to the federal Constitution, which wns proposed by congress in the last session. ses-sion. Under the terms of the amendment congress is given the power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons per-sons under eighteen yenrs of age. Numerous Nu-merous labor, women's, civic and other organizations are banded together In Support of the amendment. These Include In-clude the American Federation of Labor La-bor and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Strong opposition is being organised by the Sentinels of the Republic, the National Manufacturers' association, the American Farm Bureau Bu-reau federation, and others who re- gard the proposal as of a dangerous , character. Five states thus far have considered ratification, four through legislatures and one by a referendum with the legislature leg-islature still to act. Only one state, Arkansas, has ratified. Three states-Georgia, states-Georgia, . Louisiana and North Carolinahave Caro-linahave refused ratification. In Massachusetts an advisory referendum New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Dako-ta, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Ithoile Inland, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Those opposing the amendment declare de-clare that 40 of the 48 states already have excellent child labor laws and that the federal amendment Is not necessary nec-essary as a preventive of child labor. The amendment. It Is declared. Is a serious encroachment upon the rights of the states and of the Individual citizens citi-zens and Is a step toward socialism. The opposition Is much better organized organ-ized than was the case when the amendment was under consideration in congress, and hard-fought battles in practically every state are In prospect Opponents already have commenced the use of radio as well as other means of spreading their propaganda. To Show Uncle Sam's Capital Activities THE government's Industrial activities ac-tivities In Washington, such as the bureau of engraving and printing, the government print- tng office and the naval gun factory, ara expected to be exhibited at the Chamber of Commerce industrial exposition, ex-position, to be held In the New Washington Wash-ington auditorium March 21-28. "This will probably be of more Interest In-terest to Washlngtonians than anyone else," It. P, Andrews, of the industrial exposition committee, said. "Many of us have lived here all our lives and never have seen the wonders of the bureau of engraving, for Instance. To demonstrate all the Intricate processes in making money, guns and government govern-ment bonds and pamphlets will be a liberal education." Plana for holding the exposition have been completed, and during the last week meetings of subcommittees have been held at which reports Indicated Indi-cated the affair will be the most Interesting Inter-esting of its kind ever held In this sec- tlon. "It will be the first time the people of Washington have been Introduced to their local Industries, which have contributed more than $70,000,000 an-nually an-nually to the clty'a prosperity," Charles J. Stockman, committee chairman, chair-man, said. "The exposition will show in the two magnificent halls of the Washington auditorium the whole history his-tory of Washington' Industrial achievement." Arrangements are being made to have' a' number of entertainment features fea-tures dally, afternoons and evenings, throughout the exposition which will rival the best In current theatrical attractions. at-tractions. At the request of some of the exhibitors, ex-hibitors, special hours will also be arranged ar-ranged for allowing to picked guests of the heads of local Industries. Oovernpient officials, the district commissioners and members of the Fine Arts commission have been given special Invitations to attend. They will be shown to how great an extent the local Industrie"! are responsible not alone for the comfort, prosperity and well-being of the city, but also for Ita I continued beautlfication. Army Doctor Began War on Hookworm IN RESPONSE to Inquiries, the; War department has given nn outline out-line of the work done by Col. Bailey K. Ashford, medical corps, U. S. A., health adviser of the Porto Itlcan government, It was Colonel Ashford who began the campaign agnlnst hookworm in Porto Rico which led to the discovery of the disease In the southern states. His work formed the basis for extensive efforts toward . , eradicating the disease carried on In this country. Discussing Colonel Ash-ford'a Ash-ford'a activities, the War department aald In part: "Ordered to Porto Rico for duty with the American troops In the Spanish-American war, he was In Sun Juan at the time of the San Francisco hurricane, hur-ricane, August 8, 1809. After the hurricane, hur-ricane, It was necessary for the army surgeons to care for many civilian alck, and in this time Colonel Ashford became interested in a condition known as 'tropical anemia,' which affected af-fected a large part of. the laboring class of Porto Rico. ' "For generations this disease had been widespread among the Porto Rlcans and was the direct cause of much loss of life. Its scause was unknown un-known and all treatment had been without avail. As a result of scientific studies, Colonel Ashford reported, November No-vember 24, 1899, that 'tropical anemia was produced by an Infestation with hookworm. It was determined the parasite was a new species, which ultimately was named the nocator Americanus. "In 1904 Colonel Ashford was appointed ap-pointed president of a board for the study of hookworm disease In Porto Rico, known as the Porto Rico anemia commission. From 1904 to 1910 this commission treated about 300,000 persona per-sona one-third of the population of Porto Rico for hookworm disease. "The result of this work Is shown by Its effect on the death rate from all causes, which decreased from 33 per 1,000 a year prior to 1904, to 21 per 1,000 In 1910, due largely t the control of hookworm disease. "Control of hookworm disease In Porto Rico has had an immeasurable effect for good on the economic status of that country, all of which Is directly di-rectly due to the discovery of the parasite para-site by Colonel Ashford." Colonel Ashford served In France In the World war as division surgeon of the First division, and later as commanding com-manding officer of the army sanitary school In Langres. He is now stationed sta-tioned In San Juan. Third Attempt to Make Five-Foot Lens t I 'UVICE" in the last five months t have scientists and workmen at . L the bureau of standards endeavored en-deavored to produce a 60-Inch dlBk of perfect optical glass, and twice have they failed to accomplish this very difficult task. Undismayed, they are preparing for the third effort. It can be done, for in Germany a 72-lnch disk was once brought Into existence, and Dr. G. K. Burgess, director di-rector of the bureau, will continue nntll success crowns his labors. Then i he will Jiave a prize, Indeed, and an American university will be provided with a flve-foot reflector about which to build a wonderfully efficient teler scope for astronomical observation. To cast such a disk calls for 5,000 pounds of raw material compounded ..'.with absolute exactitude. Each Ingredient In-gredient . must be absolutely pure ; glass, silicon, sand and chemicals. The peculiar property of optical glass is to transmit light rays absolutely without distortion, i When finally evolved It must be clear of every clouding dls-coloratloa dls-coloratloa or visual obstruction. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, it must be unified, of a single sin-gle density throughout. 1 The Ingredients are mixed by machinery, ma-chinery, given their primary coalescing coales-cing ta (be preliminary furnace, and ' -, ' ' k . '. I ..(!- ; i i" ? .VV. then for five weeks are passed from furnace to furnace, under graduated heats, and never even momentarily un watched. When ;he Ingredients have reached a maximum of heat and fusion, the first cooling begins. The unborn lens, tuhlike In shape, Is examined -nd tested and then there Is a further reheating, re-heating, softening It sufficiently to be oozed into a mold. - In the two previous attempts the workers have got It Just to this stage. Then the clay caldron which has had to go through the heats with its glassy content haa " failed. 1 Te first' 'rue ture was too weak, and the glass flowed out. The next container was too strong. It refused to crack away In the cooling period at the proper point and the glass inside it cracked instead. ' . The previous attempts, although i failures from the standpoint of the ultimate goal, have produced Urge quantities of very usable optical gluts. Out of the spoiled but crystalline lump there can be taken and prepared hundreds hun-dreds of tiny lenses to he used fr gun tights, range finders, hiiinciiiarn, small telescopes, earners s and micro scopes, : |