The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1913. BURNING MONEY BY TEH MILLION.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 April 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1913. BURNING MONEY BY TEH MILLION.

Tliey certainly do tilings on a big sealo in America, whether it he business or burglary, creating cities ot mammoth build-ings, or wiping them out with flood and lire. In the current issue of Lile. it is noted that New York has more iires annually than all the capitals of Kuropc, put together. The annual fire loss of the Unlted States is £53.000,000. and it is asserted by the writer that one-half of the (ires are intentional • --iu other words, are crimes committed for insurance. "Tn a word." .says the writer of this fascinating article, ''arson has become America's national crime." This article is perhaps the most striking feature of the .May number of Life, hut there are several others of great value. Mr Carlyle Smythe contributes one of his series of "Little •Tourneys with Famous men." and in a chapter devoted mainly to the I Australasian visits of Santlfiv and 'the iTallcs. In- manages to outline the musical education of Australia. There is also an interesting article on tlie ''.Spirals.'' and a description of a trip inio the crater of Vesuvius. On the fiction side is a coninionuense business story humorously illustrated by Charles "Nnttall, «nd a detective story dealing with the career of an incendiary known in common slang a.s a firebug