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Show SMOOT BLAMES CIGARETTE SMOKER FOR CENSUS FIRE WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 Census Cen-sus bureau officials said today It would cost $2,000,000 and require from two to three years to copy off and thus save the ceasus rec-1 rec-1 ords damaged b fire last night in I the basement of the department of commerce building I'onvplete examination of the damage done by water and fire showed that the 1890 records were almost totallv destroyed. The records rec-ords Of 1 SCO. 1R70. 15go and 1H10 j were partially damaged by water ftgaret smoking was blame. 1 In the senate today for the fir In the commerce department. Senator Sen-ator Smoot, of Utah, declared ihat smoking during working hours In the government departmi nts should be stopped. He and Senator , POlndeXter. Republican. Wash- i Inglon. urged establishment of a federai archives building to protect pro-tect nuch valuable records as wore destroyed in the commerce department fire. |