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Show A ;'; ' THE BINGHAM NEWS I w Philadelphia Fencibles Take in Mr. Coolidge V 'Mmw e sgs l: v; vi " V feiv ajscr 1 vt 1'V. - rA ;; f II President Coolidge was made a member of the Infuntry battalion, State Fencibles of Philadelphia, when a delega-tion of that organization, founded In 1813, visited the White House. Mr. Coolidge Is the first President elected to hon-orary membership In the organization. The visitors wore the picturesque dress uniforms of the War of 1812, the Civil war, the Spanish-America- n war and the World war. Child Labor Is an Issue in 40 States held at the general election on 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 be-fore them are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Ida-ho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Min-nesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, WASHINGTON. After supporters activity and opponent of the child labor amendment has opened, with 40 state legislatures in session. Thirty-eigh- t of the legislatures will have before them the question Of rut of the child labor amendment to the federal Constitution, which wns proposed by congress in the last ses-sion. Under the terms of the amendment congress is given the power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of per-sons under eighteen yenrs of age. Nu-merous labor, women's, civic and other organizations are banded together In Support of the amendment. These In-clude the American Federation of 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 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 leg-islature still to act. Only one state, Arkansas, has ratified. Three states-Geo- rgia, . Louisiana and North Car-olinahave refused ratification. In Massachusetts an advisory referendum New Mexico, New York, North Dako-ta, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl-vania, Ithoile Inland, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Those opposing the amendment de-clare that 40 of the 48 states already have excellent child labor laws and that the federal amendment Is not 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 citi-zens and Is a step toward socialism. The opposition Is much better organ-ized than was the case when the amendment was under consideration in congress, and hard-foug- 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 government's Industrial THE In Washington, such as 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 ex-position, to be held In the New Wash-ington auditorium March 21-2- "This will probably be of more 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 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 Ind-icated the affair will be the most 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 to the clty'a prosperity," Charles J. Stockman, committee chair-man, said. "The exposition will show in the two magnificent halls of the Washington auditorium the whole his-tory of Washington' Industrial achievement." Arrangements are being made to have' a' number of entertainment fea-tures dally, afternoons and evenings, throughout the exposition which will rival the best In current theatrical at-tractions. At the request of some of the ex-hibitors, special hours will also be 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-bein- of the city, but also for Ita continued beautlfication. Army Doctor Began War on Hookworm RESPONSE to Inquiries, the; IN department has given nn 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 activities, the War department aald In part: "Ordered to Porto Rico for duty with the American troops In the Spanish-A-merican war, he was In Sun Juan at the time of the San Francisco hur-ricane, August 8, 1809. After the 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 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 un-known and all treatment had been without avail. As a result of scientific studies, Colonel Ashford reported, 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 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 per-sona one-thir- d 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 di-rectly due to the discovery of the para-site by Colonel Ashford." Colonel Ashford served In France In the World war as division surgeon of the First division, and later as com-manding officer of the army sanitary school In Langres. He is now sta-tioned In San Juan. Third Attempt to Make Five-Fo- ot Lens t I 'UVICE" in the last five months t have scientists and workmen at . L the bureau of standards en-deavored to produce a h 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 disk was once brought Into existence, and Dr. G. K. Burgess, di-rector of the bureau, will continue nntll success crowns his labors. Then he will Jiave a prize, Indeed, and an American university will be provided with a flve-fo- 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 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 or visual obstruction. Fur-thermore, it must be unified, of a sin-gle density throughout. The Ingredients are mixed by ma-chinery, given their primary 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 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. 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 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 hun-dreds of tiny lenses to he used fr gun tights, range finders, hiiinciiiarn, small telescopes, earners s and micro scopes, Fairij tilo A MARy-GRAHAM BONNER ZOO ARRIVALS "Well, my name la Miss Shoeblll. It doesn't mean that I send bills for shoes or Unit I'm telUns any one named Bill to 'shoo' away. "Nor does It mean that my bill looks Just exuctly like a shoe, though It does look rather strange, I will admit. "Yes, I'm curious looking. I have gray feathers and my home used to be In Egypt. "I'm a lovely looking thing In my own opinion but few others agree with me. "They think I'm about as much of a sight as a creature can be and they don't mean a handsome sight. "I'm a large bird a member of the stork family and I find the looks of people JiJHt as strange as they find mine. "But tell us about yourself and your home and all." "I," said the Tawny Frogmouth, "am a bird from Australia. "I belong to the goat-suck- family and I can sit upon a tree and can hard-l- y be noticed for my coloring looks like the lichen or moss of a tree. "I have nice whiskers but they're not so very prominent as my mother always said to me, "'Young Tawny, be modest and sim-ple In your appearance. You will have more style that way. "In any event you will be safer.' "So I have followed her advice." "But you must see us," said Mother Black Neck Swan. Both she and Mr. Swan had long, beautiful black necks and white bodies. They were always spoken of as "that handsome couple," or as "that lovely little family." For there were two darling little white fluffy, soft swans, too, and they used to sit bet.ween their mother's wings when she and their daddy would go off for a water-strol- l. "We are from South America," said Mr, Black Neck Swan, "but this Is pleasant swimming, too. "Isn't It, my dear?" "Delightful," said Mrs. Black Neck Swan. . And the children didn't any anything for they were busy looking about to "I'm a Lovely Looking Thing." see everything, or at times they Just rested and enjoyed their mother's beautiful wings. "Well," said Miss Shoeblll, as she looked down upon the Swan family swimming along, "you're a good deal more graceful than I am but you haven't funny faces. "Now I've a funny face. Of course I said I thought I was lovely looking but, between friends, that was only a Joke. ' "I know Pm funny looking. . "But It cheers people up. "Now I am a new arrival at the zoo and they come here and see me and how they do laugh. "It Is not everyone who would be willing to cause amusement by having Just the kind of a face I have. "No. they would not all be so will-ing. "But I'm obliging. Oh, well, I find things all right, but I don't let any-thing worry me. "I don't believe In too much worry. I'm noi bothering about my appear-ance or whether I always look as neat-ly as I might. "But you don t go In for too many frills, either, young Tawny." "No, I think, among the new arrivals at the zoo, the swans are the ones who would take the beauty prize," said Tawny. "I'm sure I wouldn't," he added. ' "And I know I wouldn't," said Miss Shoeblll. "But I'm Just as glad. I'd hate to bave to live up to a beautiful reputa-tion. "... "It would be such a nuisance and such a bother. "Ah, I can't talk any more. Why? fWell, for the moment I've nothing else to say. You didn't think I'd say that, did you? "Well, the Shoeblll Is a surprise In more ways than one. It Is really a nrprise ta many tjiat there Is a cra-tnr- e such as I am. "But here I ami No one can deny If Writers of Sea Tales Making Long Cruise MM'yCIII ' l - ...d. i f r ininiliirniifllinin Aim t mfliWhaii1liri d Klchard Hatlett Matthews (left) and Dr. Henry C. ltnwlund, writers of sea stories, and their small schooner Mary on which they are making a trip from Boothbay, Maine, down the Atlantic coast, through the Panama canal and around to California some 5,000 miles. The photographs were made on their arrival at Gloucester, Mass. WORKS HARD AT 109 &ip , V ,- -' John Morron of Victory, Vt., who on New Year's day celebrated his one a cord of wood. The aged farmer Is hundred and ninth birthday by cutting even more vigorous than he was .a year ago and enjoys the best of health In every respect. Last full he dug over 125 bushels of potatoes alone. Croton Falls as Ice Palace If ''4rfS7vJ " - I l 'jar Jlf . ..' IF - ' " ' " ' " I $ ' '1 lie touch of winter on Crotou fulls, nenr New York, has changed it Into a veritable ice pulace, as this view of the spillway of the Hemlock , dam shows. t MAY RETIRE SOON Assoclute Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme eonrt la expected to retire In the near future. ' ' Warm Tribute Paid to M. Jusserand I ' Distinguished men and women of Washington, admirers of the French v I ambassador and Madume Jusserand through their more than 20 years o h service in the capital, entertained them at a dinner and there paid their per-- I; sonal tribute tcrthe retfrrng dan of the diplomatic corps. This niedul wm - presented as a r"ejt of thp people of Washington. t: Riddle, Wnat skin has no bones? A grape. Wnat baa bands but no arms? A clock. What to four feet In feathers? A bed. '"-- .T Why ta a buckwheat cake like caterpillar? Because It maket tha knfcerfly. |