Open forum movement Declaration of independence for the public forum. C: A. Beard. Community Center no 3 p 10-11 Mr 17 '17 Open forum national council was organized at * Organized freedom of speech for 50,000 people; Significance of the open forum movement, by A. L. De Jarnette. 12p '17 Congress of forums, inc., 12 W. 11th st., N.Y. The second address is reprinted from Fortnightly Bulletin of Columbia University, Jan. 26, 1917. Open v. closed shop Open and closed shop controversy in Stockton, Cal., and in Los Angeles, Cal. tables In United States. Comm. on industrial relations. Final report and testimony submitted to Congress, v 5 p 4771-909, v 6 p 5485-999 '16 Open shop and its relation to ship-building industry. F. T. Richards. Oregon Voter 8:42-51 Ja 13 '17 San Francisco, Cal.-Open shop, by R. N. Lynch; Rejoinder, by H. F. Grady. Survey 37:716-18 Mr 24 '17 Open-air schools Albany, N. Y.-Preventive treatment for Albany public school children. C. P. McCord. il Health News n s 11:311-20 D '16 New York (city)-Open air classes in schools. In New York academy of medicine. Public health com. Survey of its activities during five years of work, 1911-1916, p 29-33 '16 Open air school from view-point of a teacher. May Zubrigg. Crusader no 60 p 12-14 Ja '16 Richmond's [Va.] open air schools. J: H. Ferguson. Modern City 1:28-9 My '17 Open-air theater. See Theater, Open-air Optometry Legislation various New York (state)-Act amending sections, providing for annual application before June 1 to state board of examiners for license by persons practicing optometry and providing penalty for neglect to do so. (Ch. 176, P. L. 1917) Pennsylvania-Act providing for the licensing of optometrists. (No. 10, P. L. 1917) South Dakota-Act amending chapter 286 of 1913, relating to the optometry board, its duties, qualifications of those admitted by it, etc. (Ch. 321, P. L. 1917) Wyoming-Act regulating the practice of optometry. (Ch. 35, P. L. 1917) Orange, New Jersey. Health department 8th annual report, 1915. '16 (Public healthReports) Oregon plan. See State government-Oregon plan Oregon social hygiene society Shall prostitution follow our army? (Mim.) Ap '17 720 Selling bldg., Portland (Sexual diseases) Oregon society of engineers [Constitution and members, 1916-17.] '16 Box 973, Portland (Engineers-Association) Organization in industry Organization is important, by A. L. Humphrey; Organization for munitions manufacture, by H. L. Coe. Iron Trade R 60:1125-8 My 24 '17 dietetics at the University of California. 37p '15 Cal. state bd. of charities and corrections. Governors' messages, 1917 Oklahoma-Gov. Williams recommends converting some existing state institutions in the west side of the state into an orphanage, to be known as the West Oklahoma state home. Connecticut-Act amending G. S. 1902, sect. 4738, concerning license and registration for the practice of osteopathy. License not to be granted unless applicant shall have received a certificate of graduation from reputable college of osteopathy having a course of instruction which covers four college years of thirty-six weeks each; to be examined in certain specified subjects; reciprocity power given to board. (Ch. 238, P. L. 1917) Outdoor relief Brooklyn, N. Y.-Aftermath of public outdoor relief. T: J. Riley. In Nat. conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1916, p 336-45 '16 California-Public outdoor relief. In California. Bd. of charities and corrections, 7th biennial report, 1914-1916, p 60-8 '16 Chicago, Ill.-Public outdoor relief. E. T. Lies. In Nat. conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1916, p 345-55 '16 * Columbus [0.] associated charities board discontinues subsidy from city. 5p '16 Associated charities bd. Reprinted in part from Columbus Dispatch, Oct. 29, 1916. Public outdoor relief in Chicago, by E. T. Lies; The aftermath of public outdoor relief in Brooklyn, by T: J. Riley. Inst Q 7:2132 S 30 '16 Papers read at the National conference of charities and correction at Indianapolis, May 12, 1916. See also Charities Georgia-Resolution authorizing joint committee to investigate advisability of utilizing public domain for the cultivation of oysters. (1917) Legislation Connecticut-Act providing for inspection and regulation of oyster industry by state board of health. (Ch. 16, P. L. 1917) Maryland-Act authorizing the conservation commission to reserve and replenish tonging and scraping areas upon certain conditions and restrictions, and to set aside dredging area not to exceed 1,000 acres for experimental work in propagation and cultivation of oysters. (Ch. 12, special session P. L. 1917) P Pacific coast association of port authorities Report, 1916. '16 Harbor comrs., Vancouver, B.C. (Harbors-Conferences) Pacific mall steamship company. See Merchant marine-Bibliography Packing plants, Cooperative Cooperative packing plants. C: W. Holman. (Circ. 6) 17p '17 Nat. agric. organization soc., 340 Washington bldg., Madison, Wis. Pamphlets Care of pamphlet collections. T. I. Storer. Science n s 44:735-9 N 24 '16 Contribution from the Museum of vertebrate zoology of the University of California. Care of pamphlets and clippings in libraries. P. A. Dickey. 28p 25c '17 Wilson Thesis presented for graduation, Library school of the New York public library, 1916. Panama canal Can we defend the Panama canal in a crisis? il maps Cent 93:919-28 Ap '17 Panama canal and commerce. E. R: Johnson. 295p *$2 '16 Appleton A thoroly expert exposition of the precise contribution made by the Panama canal to the domestic economy of the United States and to the general commercial intercourse of the world. Panama canal and the business problem connected with it. G: W. Goethals. Econ World n s 12:861-3 D 30 '16 Address delivered at the Panama canal luncheon meeting of the members' council of the Merchants' association of New York, Dec. 20, 1916. lombia. (Price list 61 3d ed) 16p N '16 U. S. supt. of doc. Regulation Rules and regulations for regulation, management, and protection of Panama canal and maintenance of its neutrality. Woodrow Wilson. Official Bul 1:5 My 31 '17 Pan-Americanism Bringing the Americas together. L. S. Rowe. South American 5:8 J1 '17 Latin America's support of United States war policy. E: L. Conn. World Court 3:234-7 My '17 New Pan Americanism: pt. 3, Central American league of nations. World Peace Found Pam Ser 7:110-153+ xxxiii F '17 Pan-American cooperation in Pan-American affairs. F. A. Pezet. Am Pol Sci R 11:21730 My '17 Pan-Americanism a working program. Alejandro Alvarez. South American 5:7 Ag '17 Panics as Alaska and the paper industry. Alaska Rail- Brazil-Paper situation. A. L. M. Gottschalk. H. C. English production of paper textiles. France-Proposed remedy for French paper crisis. C. W. A. Veditz. Commerce Repts no 10 p 158-9 Ja 12 '17 Grenoble, France-Paper and pulp industry in How waste paper is treated to make new paper. T: J. Keenan. il Sci Am 115:574-5 D 23 '16 How waste paper is used in paper mills. Paper: its history, sources, and manufacture. The purpose of this work is to place within the reach of those interested a sufficiently comprehensive technical handbook on paper and paper-making at a price which will render it available to those whose opportunity of purchasing the more ambitious publications is limited. Paper industry in Australia and New Zealand. Commerce Repts no 52 p 841 Mr 3 '17 Paper situation. N Y Nat City Bank Circ Economic Conditions etc Ap '17 p 7 Paper situation. Warner Miller. 59:120 Mr 9 '17 Peruvian and Bolivian markets for paper. R. S. Barrett. table Commerce Repts no 84 p 136-8 Ap 11 '17 Am Econ Production of wood pulp in the United States. Econ World ns 13:339 Mr 10 '17 Russia-Paper industry in Russian Ural region. table Commerce Repts no 27 p 431 F 1 '17 Russia's wood-pulp paper industry, K. Leites. tables Econ World ns 14:9-10 J1 7 '17 Studies on paper pulps. W. H. Smith. tables US Bur Standards Technologic Pa no 88 13p 5c F 9 '17 U. S. Supt. of doc. Paper-Continued Sweden-Paper-making materials. P. T. Berg. Commerce Repts no 110 p 546-7 My 11 '17 *United States. Federal trade comm. Newsprint paper industry: letter transmitting in response to a Senate resolution of April 24, 1916, a report relative to an investigation of the news-print paper industry of the United States. (U. S. 65th Congress, special session S. doc. no. 3) 12p '17 Washington, D. C.-Campaign against the waste of paper is being carried on thru newspaper editorials and thru the active cooperation of children who are encouraged to bring old paper to school, where it is sold and the money used for recreational equipment. Newspapers are urging, particularly, economy in wrapping bundles in department stoes. The public is strongly advised to demand such economy. Ja 27 '17 Wood pulp industry. C. T. Anderson. J Geoggraphy 15:179-84 F '17 Investigations Federal trade commission has accepted a proposal by news print paper manufacturers that it fix a price for their product, and has named $2.50 a hundred pounds as a reasonable price. Higher charges were set for paper in less than carload lots and for sheet paper. An outline of the findings of the commission in its investigation of the shortage of paper is printed in the New York Times for March 5, 1917. Reports United States. Federal trade comm. Letter of submittal concerning report on the newsprint paper industry. 12p Mr '17 * United States. Federal trade comm. Report on the newsprint paper industry. 162p tables '17 Legislation Italy-Government has issued a decree which prohibits the manufacture of certain kinds of paper and provides that up to 1,000 tons per month of the waste paper collected in public offices shall be placed at the government's disposal to be transformed exclusively into news paper. The printing or posting of bills exceeding a stipulated size is forbidden, as is also the distribution of handbills in the public ways. The size of newspapers is limited, with "special editions" prohibited and "extras" confined to two pages; and reviews and periodicals of all kinds must effect a gradual reduction in the number of pages. As a further measure of economy, prefects are authorized to regulate the use of paper for wrapping parcels or goods sold in their respective provinces. Ap 30 '17 Minnesota-Act establishing state forests composed of trees suitable for use in making paper and for the reservation of water powers, lands liable to be overflowed by the improvement of such powers and other lands suitable for producing woods used in manufacturing paper, and the leasing of such powers. (Ch. 360, P. L. 1917) Periodicals Paper is the title of a weekly journal devoted to everything regarding the manufacture, sale and use of pulp and paper. It is the official organ of the Technical association of the paper and pulp industry. $5; single numbers 25c. Paper, inc., 117 E. 24th st., N.Y. Prices Regulation, Federal National government and prices. A. R. Marsh. Econ World n s 13:327-8 Mr 10 '17 Reports • Markets for paper, paper products and printing machinery in Cuba and Panama. R. S. Barrett. tables US Bur For & Dom Com Special Agents Ser no 132 44p '17 United States. House. Com. on printing. Government paper mill: report to accompany American association of park superintendents. Conference, St. Louis, Sept. 11-13, 1917. R. W. Cotterill, sec., 533 City hall, Seattle, Wash. Parks American park systems, by L. V. Sheridan; Care of birds in public parks, by H. S. Richards. tables In Am. soc. of munic. improvements. Proceedings, 1916, p 162-84 '17 Chicago, Ill.-Area, density of population and distribution by wards of public parks of the city of Chicago, prepared at the request of Alderman Conrad H. Janke, member of the Chicago city council. 19p O '16 Munic. ref. lib. Chicago, Ill.-Beginning of the lake front improvement. E: H. Bennett. il Am City 16: 230-3 Mr '17 "Community day" for park and playground improvement. W. H. Manning. il Am City (T&C ed) 16:247-9 Mr '17 How Paris uses its parks. C: J. Storey. il Am City 15:642-5 D '16 Indiana's state park system. J. P. Goodrich. il Wildwood M 4:7-10+ Spring '17 Kansas City, Mo.-Park system. G: B. Ford. il Arch Rec 40:499-504 D '16 Milford, N. H.-Park and playground for a New Hampshire town. plans Am City (T & C ed) 16:132-3 F '17 New London, Conn.-Creating a breathing place. A. F. Muller. il Am City 15:386-7 O '16 Park grading by day labor. il fig Eng N 76: 966-7 N 23 '16 Parks and recreational facilities of Texas cities. W: C. O'Donnell. Texas Munic 3:11416 O '16 Parks, their design, equipment and use, with an introduction by R: B. Watrous. George Burnap. 328p il diag *$6 '16 Lippincott Written primarily for landscape architects and executives having the development of parks in charge. St. Louis, Mo.-Itinerary: three-hour tour through St. Louis parks and playgrounds. 7p '16 Munic. ref. lib., City hall, St. Louis This pamphlet furnishes a brief description of each park and playground in the city. Parks -Continued Washington, D. C.-Short history, and facts on "The park commission plans" (5th ed., March, 1916); prepared by the Committee of one hundred on the development of Washington. 4p Glenn Brown, chm., 806 17th st., N. W., Washington, D. C. See also Playgrounds; Recreation; Trees Election returns, 1917 Portland, Ore.-Charter amendment authorizing an annual tax levy not to exceed fourtenths of one mill for purchasing and equipping land for parks and playgrounds. Proceeds of first levy under amendment to be used for purchase, preparation and equipment of lands in Marquam Gulch as playgrounds. Adopted. Yes 31,257 No 15,422. Investigations Reports Je 4 '17 Lockport, N. Y.-Park commission urged by report of committee. Lockport [N. Y.] Union-Sun & Journal Ja 12 '17 p 6 Report of the special committee of the Board of commerce named to investigate the matter of protection of shade trees. Massachusetts. Metropolitan park comm. Report as to establishing camping grounds in the metropolitan district. (House no. 535) 5p '17 Laws South Dakota-Act to provide for the acquiring, establishment, improving, ornamenting, maintenance and government of public parks, parkways, boulevards or other public grounds by cities under commission. (S. B. 123) 33p '15 Sec. of state Approved March 13. 1915. Legislation Connecticut-Act authorizing the state park commission to lease camping sites and buildings on state parks. (Ch. 288, P. L. 1917) Connecticut-Act concerning public parks, playgrounds and recreation places. Cities and boroughs may establish and maintain public parks, playgrounds and public gardens, or they may grant authority to others to establish and maintain them. (Ch. 395, P. L. 1917) Indiana-Acts authorizing for the city of Indianapolis and contiguous territory a park district and a sanitation district. The new park law only goes into operation after a special election on petition on the subject. (Ch. 140 and 157, P. L. 1917) Indiana's new park law. D. N. Foster. Wildwood M 4:11+ Spring '17 Minnesota-Act authorizing certain cities to levy additional taxes for parks and parkway purposes. (Ch. 393, P. L. 1917) Minnesota-Acts authorizing cities of over 50,000 inhabitants to issue and sell bonds for improving parks and parkways. (Ch. 99 and 219, P. L. 1917) South Dakota-Act providing for system of parks, assessment for, etc. (Ch. 305, P. L. 1917) Texas-Act authorizing the legislative body of incorporated cities to levy a tax up to 5 cents on $100 assessed valuation for purchase, improvement and maintenance of city parks. (Ch. 79, P. L. 1917) Maintenance Cost Victoria, B. C.-Methods and cost of maintaining 30 acres of parks and boulevards. H. R. Ferris. fig Eng & Contr 23:17-18 Ja 3 '17 Ordinances New York (city). Dept. of parks. Ordinances, rules and regulations. 27p postage 2c '16 Reports Connecticut. Park comm. Report for the two fiscal years ended Sept. 30, 1916. (Pub. doc. no. 60) 32p tables '16 Detroit, Mich. Dept. of parks and boulevards. 27th annual report, July 1, 1915-June 30, 1916, inclusive. 42p il tables '16 * Indianapolis, Ind. Bd. of park comrs. Report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1916. 75p il tables map '17 * New York (city). Bur. of munic. investigation and statistics. Report on the maintenance and operation of the department of parks of the city of New York, for the years 1914 and 1915; prepared from the detailed expense statements of that department. (No. 16) 43p tables Mr '17 New York (city). Dept. of parks. Annual report, 1915. 324p il tables charts maps Weight 2 lb Enclose postage '16 St. Louis, Mo. Dept. of public welfare. Div. of parks and recreation. Annual report for the fiscal year ended April 10, 1916. 88p il tables '16 *Seattle, Wash. Bd. of park comrs. 13th annual report, 1916, with statistics and data covering entire period park administration, 18901917. 64p il tables '17 Parks, National Luring the people to their playgrounds: what the government is doing to introduce the glories of the national park system to its owners. M. E. Lazenby. bibl il Nation's Business 5:37-9 Je '17 National aid to recreation. bibl table In W: E. Walling and H. W. Laidler, eds. State socialism pro and con, p 536-45 '17 New national parks. G. E. Mitchell. il R of Rs 55:635-40 Je '17 Saving the dunes: the plan to establish a new national playground on the shores of Lake Michigan. il map Survey 37:263-4 D 9 '16 Spanish government enacted a law, December, 1916, providing for the creation of national parks. All exceptionally picturesque regions, forests or lands that the state may select for this purpose are to be considered part of the park system. Access to them will be facilitated by suitable means of communication. The natural beauty of the parks, their fauna and flora, as well as geological or water features of interest, will be protected from destruction, deterioration or defacement. Indeterminate sentence and parole; with discussion. E. S. Whitin. In N. Y. state conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1915, p 79-92 '16 Indiana-Operation of the indeterminate sentence and parole law. A. W. Butler. tables Inst Q 8:179-85 Mr 31 '17 Parole and probation: a symposium; with discussion. W. F. Spaulding. In Am. prison assn. Proceedings, 1916, p 458-77 '17 Parole violators: study of one year's parole violators returned to Auburn prison. F. L. Heacox. tables J Crim Law 8:233-58 JI '17 What probation and parole should mean. H. S. Bucklin. 6p Mass. comm, on probation See also Indeterminate sentence Examinations Probation and parole officer examination instruction: a practical handbook for candidates for civil service positions, for probation and parole officers in the service, and for social workers generally. 2d ed 167p $3 '17 Civil Service Chronicle, inc., 23 Duane st., N.Y. Governors' messages, 1917 Vermont-Gov. Graham suggests that a state probation and parole board be created. Laws Iowa-Parole law: the statutes of Iowa pertaining to the Board of parole, maximum indeterminate sentence and parole of prison Connecticut-Act amending G. S. 1902, sect. 1536, concerning parole of prisoners. When any such prisoner is allowed at large under parole the board of parole shall notify the state's attorney of the county wherein such prisoner was convicted with the terms and conditions of the parole; within one week after the close of each criminal term of the superior court the state attorney of each county shall send to the board of parole the record, if any, of each person sentenced to the state prison. (Ch. 122, P. L. 1917) Illinois-Act revising the law in relation to the sentence and commitment of persons convicted of crimes or offenses, and providing for a system of parole. (H. B. 1029, 1917) New York (state)-Parole and commutation bill for state prisons. In Prison assn. of New York. New day in prison reform, p 88-9 '16 Parole laws a mistake: conclusive statistics and judicial opinions proving the parole policy dangerous and unconstitutional. 2p (Typew.) 10c Ap 23 '17 Mass. civic alliance, 50 Bromfield st., Boston Legislation, Comparative Reports Indeterminate sentence, release on parole and pardon. Edward Lindsey. J Crim Law 7:492-4 N '16 Report of the committee to the American institute of criminal law and criminology. Reports Iowa. Bd. of parole. Report for the biennial period ending June 30, 1916. 113p '16 Kansas City, Mo.-Annual report, parole department, April 19, 1915-April 17, 1916. O. S. Ervin. tables In Kansas City, Mo. Bd. of public welfare. 7th annual report, 1915-1916, p 139-43 '16 New York (city). Parole comm. 1st annual report, 1916. 34p tables '17 Parsons, Mary Prescott, comp. Selected articles on non-resistance. (Abridged debaters' handbook ser.) bibl 35c '16 Wilson (Non-resistance) * Nostrums and patent medicines. tables N D Agric Col (Food dept.) Special Bul 4:195242 N '16 Patent medicine fakes. N D Agric Exp Sta Governors' messages, 1917 North Carolina-Gov. Bickett advocates a law making it a felony for any man to sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale any proprietary or patent medicine for any disease for which the North Carolina medical association and the American medical association declare that no cure has been discovered. Patents Address of the chairman [of the section of patent, trade-mark and copyright law], by R. H. Parkinson. Patent situation from the standpoint of the manufacturer, by Livingston Gifford; Some observations on modern accountings in patent and trade-mark cases, by Melville Church. In Am. bar assn. Report, 1916, p 698-730 '16 Invention and the patent system of the United States. F: P. Fish. Boston City Club Bul 1: 289-99 Ap '17 See also Bridge patents school of library science has prepared a bibliography on patriotism. Make direct application for copies and terms. Ap '17 Conferences Congress of constructive patriotism, under the auspices of the National security league. Meeting, Washington, D. C., Jan. 25-27, 1917. The purpose of the congress was to consider basic conditions of national security and the development of an efficient national spirit. Delegates officially attended from all states. Legislation Minnesota-Act providing for the teaching in public schools of exercises tending to promote and inculcate patriotism. (Ch. 108, P. L. 1917) Patrol service Ordinances Sacramento, Cal.-Ordinance regulating and maintaining a patrol service of system in the city. (Ord. no. 279 3d ser. passed Ap 3 '17) Sacramento Official Gaz 3:5 Ap 9 '17 Patterson, C. G. Business, politics and religion in Utah: the Utah-Idaho sugar company vs. the People of Utah and Idaho. 2d ed 10c '16 C. G. Patterson, Box 151, Salt Lake City ((Monopolies) Pavements City pavements. F. H. Newell. Univ of Ill Bul 15:64-71 Ja 15 '17 City pavements. G: W. Tillson. In Official proceedings of the 1st International road congress, 1915, p 30-7 '15 City streets and highways. il tables fig In A. T. Byrne. Modern road construction, p 113-87 '17 Dubuque, Ia.-Street paving. James Paul. |