The Oregon statesman., November 13, 1921, Page 14, Image 14

SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1921
SAFETY TO BE
Nation-Wide Contest Put on
' by Auto and Transport
Associations ,
EDUCATORS 'FAVOR MOVE
Winning Teacher Will Re
ceive $500 and Trip to
; Washington, D. C.
Relieving tliat the school room
Is not only ; a logical place to
spread the gospel of safety first,
but that it zilso ehould prove a
fruitful source of new Ideas for
making the streets and highways
of the courtry safer for all who
use them, ihe American. Auto
mobile association has entered j in
to active participation in the con
test Just launched by the High
way and Highway Transport Edu
cation committee to induce school
children to write essays on the
subject and to encourage gram
mar school teacher8 to promote
such erforts among their pupils.
lYizes Are Dazzling
The contest, which is being con
ducted by the highway and high
way transport education commit
tee and which is endorsed by the
United States bureau ot educa
tion, carries a dazzling array of
handsome prir.es provided by the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce. The grand national
prizes consist of first, second and
third prizes for grammar school
teachers, and a like number of
awards for their pupils.
For the child writing the best
essay on "HoW I Can Make the
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will not make; a special TdrdJ battery,
the regular Willard Battery (Ford size)
.would cost a. lot more than others, but
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minutes, if you'll come in
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Auto' Electricians '
238 North High. Phone 203
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Highways More Safe" there Is
an award ot a gold watch and a
trip to. the national capital. The
second prize is a gold: loving cupi
and the third a silver loving cup.
Tent he Has Opportunity
lot the teacher producing the
best classroom lesson for the
grammar school grades, the first
prize is $51 end a trip to Wash
ington with all expenses paid.
The second award is $200 in gold,
and the third $200
In addition to these grand na
tional prizes there are state priz
es numbering neirly ."00, rang
ing from bronze medal? and $5 in
Cash up to $15 and a gold medal.
According to the rules of th
contest, any pupil of . grammar
Kthool grade, 1 I years old or un
der, may compete. It is stipulat
ed that the essay be on the topii
"How Can I Make the Highways
More Safe," and be of approxi
mately 500 words in length. It
may tell about traffic rules, how
to cross streets, why children
should not play on the road, or
any other mans that would
make the highways less hazard
ous. Kach essay should be illus
trated; by a drawing or photo
graph clipped from a newspaper
oi magazine, or made by the con
testant.. The contest will end on
December H, on or before which
'date the pupil must hand in his
or her essay to the school princi
pal. Utiles Are Summarized
tlules governing the; participa
tion of th teachers provide that
(I) any teacher of a class in
the grammar school grades in
the United States territorial pos
sessions may compete; (2) the
prizes will be awarded for the
best lessons teaching children
Bafety oft the highways: (3) the
lesson need not be on the subject
safety alone, but may be brought
In as 4n integral part of a history,
arithmetic, geography, ' or other
subject lesson, and (4) it may
take the form of a lecture, reci
tation, game, drama, manual
training, or. any other form which
the teacher considers best pre
sents the subject.
It is proposed that the con
cluding week of the contest
December 4-10 inclusive be de
voted to special observance of the
rules of safety in every section of
the country. In furtherance of
this feature of the contest, the
American Automobile association
is asking the co-operation of its
700 affiliated club. Through
these organizations it is hoped to
persuade the governors or the
several states to Issue proclama
tions declaring the week Decem
ber 4-10 "Safety Week" and ask
that it be specially observed as
such by all the people.
Onto Stimulate Interest
A.A.A. clubs will also act to
stimulate local interest in the con
test among the school children
and school teachers and at the
same time make plans for the ob
servance of Safety Week.
In advance of Safety Week, to
the end that every good idea
evolved by the various clubs for
the promotion of safety lessons
may. be passed along for use by
others, the national headquarters
of the American Automobile asso
ciation at Washington will act as
a clearing house for ideas; that is,
each clab secretary has been asked
to forward to Washington all the
ideas to be used in the local ob
servance, while a special statf ap
pointed by the A.A.A. will clear
these ideas to other clubs, thus
creating an interchange of
thoughts, which it is hoped, will
result in producing everywhere
safety lessons that stand out
prominently, function impressive
ly, and in the end serve to mini
mize traffic accidents.
A complete list of the organiza
tions cooperating in the! contest
are the National Education asso
ciation, the Mother's Congress of
Tarent-Teacherg association, Gen
eral Federation of Women's clubs,
National Grange, National Autcn
mobile Dealers' association. Motor
and Accessory Manufacturers' as
sociation. National Safety Council,
Playground and Recreation Asso
ciauon ot America, and the Amer
ican Automobile Association.
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GAS DEADLY
Motor Vehicle Officials
Of Four States to Meet
At the suggestion of R. Frank
lin Hart, superintendent of the
motor vehicle department of tne
state of Washington, representa
tives of the motor vehicle depart
ments of Oregon, Idaho, I'tah and
Washington will meet at the Im
perial hotel in Portland Friday,
November 18, to discuss uniforoi
regulations for the testing and
approval of mechanical signal de
vices. "The motor vehicle laws ot
each state require mechanical
signal devices that have been ap
proved by the Several depart
metns to be used on any motor
vehicles where hand and arm sig
nals cannot be seen from the
rear, and permit the use of such
signal devices ns are approved by
the departments on other motor
vehicles instead of the hand and
rrm signals," says T. A. Raffety,
thief state traffic officer.
"It is the intention of the meet
ing to b-e held in Portland to s
cure, if possible, the .approval in
all four states of the signal de
vices In order that the motorist
who purchases a device valid in
his own state may find it a legal
protection when he tours in oth
er states.
"Time will he giv -l the
meeting for the investigation of
and devices whose manufacturers
have representatives on hand."
tale Professor Explains
Why Carbon Monoxide
Is Fatal in Small Space
VENTILATION REQUIRED
Army Gas Mask is No Pro
tection Against Fumes,
I Caution Advised
A French student of the hirthl
rate says that the human race will
perish unless the plan of artificial
selection Is practiced. Tn that
case it would be necessary to abol
ish the swing porch and the elec
tric light that can be turned out
in the parlor by touching a button
Hi the wall. The French Idea
sounds a41 right; but, like the
tramp, it won't work. The old
fashioned way la best.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 11.
Running the engine of a car, to
warm it up, in a small closed gar
age, is one of the most dangerous
things that a man can do, accord
ing to Prof. Yandell Henderson, of
Yale university. It is almost as
dangerous as blowing out the gas
before going to Jed, Professor
Henderson says.
"The exhaust gas from an en
gine, and city illuminating gas
both contain large proportions of
carbon monoxide," says Prof.
Henderson. "A small car pro
duces a much carbon monoxide
in a. minute as a gas burner will
flow in three or four hours, and
a large ear produces even more of
this gas.
"These facts have been shown
recently by Mr. A. C. Fieldner and
his associates of the U. S. Bureau
of Mines.
Explained Ry Science.
Professor Henderson, consult
ing physiologist of the bureau of
mines, has shown that' if the ex
haust gas is diluted with enough
fresh air it Is practically harm
less. Three or four volumes of
carbon monoxide in 10,000 times
as much fresh air can be breathed
for an hour or more without any
ill effect, he says,
cause a slight headache, nine vol
umes a severe headache and nau
sea, and 14 or 20 volumes in 10,
000 of air will produce uncon
sciousness and even death," he
states.
Air Contaminated
' A' car produces one cubic foot
o- more of carbon monoxide per
minute, sad Professor Henderson
calculates that in a small closed
garage (10vl0x20 feet) the car,
when warming up, contaminates
the air to a deadly concentration
within three or four minutes.
4 "Many people lose their lives
every winter by running their en
gine with the garage doors and
windows closed," he points out.
"The only safe way is to open the
garage doors before startfng the
engiae. or to slip k piece of hose
over the exhaust land so deliver
the gas oat of doors.
"These investigations were Tar
ried out for the New York and
New Jersey Tunnel commission
which is constructing a vehicular
tunnel under the Hudson river.
The tunnel will be large enough
for two lines of passenger cars or
titucks each way, and will relieve
atomobilist3 of the delay invol
ved in crossing the river on the
ferries. Elaborate plans are beins
made by the engineers for prop
erly ventilating the tubes to keep
them clear of smoke and gas."
The standard fori maximum con
centration of carbon monoxide in
air for safety recommended h
Professor Henderson has been
adopted for the tunnel, and not
ing through the tunnel will not
involve appreciably more risk due
to bad air than driving along
Fifth Avenue in New York City
on a crowded afternoon.
"Many people believe that gas
oline vapor is the cause of the un
pleasant feelings that they some
times experience in a large badly
ventilated public garage, says
Dr. Henderson., "Dr. H. W. Hag
gard, working wtthime, has shown
that these symptoms are not due
to the gasoline vapor but to the
carbon monoxide gas which results
when the gasoline1 vapor is ex
ploded in the cylinders of an en
gine. "Carbon monoxide combines
with the red coloring matter of the
blood, and this prevents the blood
from carrying aa adequate amount
of oxygen from the lungs to the
brain and other parts of the body.
But we find that soon after the
affected person comes Into fresh
air again, the carbon monoxide
begins to leave the blood. The
restoration of the blood to its nor
mal condition can also be assisted
by inhaling oxygen.;
"These Investigations are of
importance not only to autOmobll
ists but al6o to everyone who
takes care of his own furnace. If
enough air is not supplied to a
coal fire, large amounts of car
bon monoxide are formed and
some of this gas may leak out
into the air of the j house. They
are of importance; also to city
firemen, for the smoke of a burn
ing building nearly, always con
tains large amounts of carbon
monoxide. It is not the stinging
visible vapors which! overcome the
men trying to enter the burning
building, but the invisible, oder
less carbon monoxide contained
In the smoke.
"In numerous instances fire
men In different cities have tried,
to use army gas masks in fight
ing city fires, not knowing that
these masks do not protect them
against the deadly carbon monox
ide. As a result of the investi
gations of the chemists and phy
siologists of the Bureau of Mines
and the chemical, welfare service,
masks are now being developed
to protect against carbon monox
ide." , i
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