Show prom from our correspondent at washington D C farm fire losses farm fires cost in 1918 of OE the fires that year 33 per cent were from causes classed as preventable 37 per cent from partly preventable causes and 30 per cent unknown but believed to have been largely preventable detective defective chimneys and flues took toll to the extent of sparks on roots roofs careless use of matches by smokers and others petroleum and its products and stoves furnaces boilers and their pipes the largest item listed on partly preventable is lightning actis in cities the wheels of justice in all the big cities are choked with criminal cases and washington D C where most of the laws are made is said to be the most lawless city in the united states bootleggers are doing s so 0 much business in the capital that the local courts are crowded with cases growing out of the illegal sale of 0 liquor and consequent disorders the robbery of 0 joseph letters private home of worth of wines and liquors and the holdup of a man and his wife on one of 0 the principal streets in the early evening were events of the wave of crime that came at about the same time recently debts of allied nations nation the debts of the allied nations to the united states amounting now to some will be the subject of debate in ili the senate during the consideration of the tax ta revision bill senator mckellar NIc Kellar of 0 tennessee democrat has offered an amendment to the bill which would woul d instruct the secretary of the treasury trease to collect the interest inhere A du due e on oil these debts amounting to about a year and in ili this way make it possible to reduce ta taxation in ili this country secretary mallon Niel loll of tho the treasury department appeared recently before the ways and means committee of the house urging legislation at this time for funding and refunding ng tho the foreign loans to the allies 31 lillion illion may hear presidents ad dress when Pies president ident harding pas tile the nations tribute to the unknown american soldier dead at arlington cemetery on oil armistice day his voice will be heard by the greatest audience that ever listened to a single man sound amplifiers will transmit the presidents words to tho the audience u at arlington and long Z distance telephone wire connected to similar amplifiers in other cities will carry his message broadcast the apparatus is i cw being hi installed stallEd by the engineers of the american telephone and telegraph comp rny rily with the operation cooperation co of the war department which was vas designated by president harding to assist in the work the plans have been approved by the president the voice amplifiers which will be used were perfected by the experts of 0 tho the telephone and telegraph company and were developed for public use wherever they may bo be of benefit and not for commercial exploitation when saul said lets go general pershing has been in europe for several weeks on oil a mission of courtesy to the foreign governments ern ments with whom we were associated during the war his purpose in fit going abroad was to place the congressional medals of honor on the graves of the unknown french and british soldiers in ili france lie ho was received with niti great abc acc acclaim laim the british lanil apparently not heard of general pershing ings mission though they were notified last kugust august so general pershing bolted patiently in ili france as long as he thought he should and then decided that it was time to return to the united states he cut out the trip to england and told his party lets go then england got excited and offered a number ot of reasons reason s chy no provision had been made for the ceremony incident to general ings trip the delayed was sent t to general pershing in great haste in consequence the american general went to england to carry out his errand changes in retail prices price of food the U S department of labor through the bureau of labor statistics has completed the compilations showing changes in the retail cost of food in ten tell principal cities of the united states during the month lioni august 15 to september 15 1921 there was a decrease in ili all but thice chico of 0 these cities in ili los angeles there was an ail increase of 2 per cent in ili newark an ail increase of two tenths of 1 per cent and in memphis an ail increase of one tenth of I 1 per c ent cent in ill boston the there thee e was war a decrease of 3 per cent in cleveland and detroit there was a decrease of 2 per cent in ili columbus indianapolis and houston alicie was a decrease detas tas se of 1 per cent in ja jacksonville arson there was a decrease of one tenth of 1 per cent for the ear period september 15 1920 to september 15 1921 there was a decrease of 29 19 per cent in ili memphis 27 per cent in ili cleveland per cent in ili detroit 25 per cent in ili indianapolis 24 per cent in ili boston hous houston toll los angeles and newark 23 per cent in ili columbus and 22 per cent in jacksonville |