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STATE AHEAD IN fire phoiegtm 4U < . NORTH CAROLINA 20 YEARS IN VAN OF MOST STATES IN PREVENTING FIRE. ? l -? naieign. North Carolina li 25 years ahead of moat other states of the Unioh In the ?tandard offlre protection, according to Stacey W; Wadei Commissioner Of Insurance of this Bute. The cdmmls ?loner stated thathe based ha j^ser tlon on the dato.dtf Played at the Fire Marshals' Association of- America .?y convention recently held In Detroit, y and upon statements by fire marshals of other states, who were present at the . convention al alone does N<ftth ' Carolina ex cell in the pretention of flre by natur al caulses, tl was pointed out but also in the suppression of incendiary con flagrations. The department h a h pros ecuted several cases .within the past year and suoeeded in -finding the guilty parties. It now has several cases pending. As a result of these standards. North Carolina, it was- said, has a low er insurance rate than most States of y. the JEJnlon and her sister State, South Carolina. has ordered. an investigation as to why there is such a difference tn the rates of the two states. The authorities in South Carolina have recommended the State following such . standards as are now maintained in . North Carolina. , , ? . ?" Boom Times inr Furniture Trade. North Carolina ranks tenth among i the States of, the .Uiilon In the manu facture of. furniture, according to the ' bi-ennlal report Of M. L. Shipman Commissioner of Labor and Printing - , which is now hi process of preparation 7Ajor presentation to the General As sembly and the Governor In January. : The report on the advance of the fur , nltuTe industry in North Cardlina ? shows that it. has made remarkable &? forward strides in the, past tpo years , until it has taken a rank of one of the leading Industries of the State. \ ' The manuQicture of furniture rih North Carolina as com pared" with ail }? other furniture manufacturing states of the Union is sat dto rank, tenth in number of establishmenti; eighth in . ?he average. number 0f wage- earners; tenth In the amount paid wage earn >; ?**?' ?'?hth 10 cost of material; ninth if# the' value of iU pH>ducts and tenth in value added, by manufacture. Guilford, Davidson, and Caldwell '? are 'given-; aa "the leading counties In the State In which thOy. mjuiafacture ? vt furniture is now., being carried on. The City, of jHigh Point, being ,the center of this Industry, has become known 'In circles of this industry throughout the' United States. Mr. ' Shipman attributes the proximity of material as one of the mate grounds for the rapid" growth of the business in this State; ? ? ? '? Capital stock ia**fct?d in the ?nctnre of furniture in florth Carolina in 1924 was given **1:12,784,849 for the 99 factories reporting, while in 1922 there were 107 factories reporting with an Invested, capital of 19,52^,102, an increase of almost 50 per cent tn , the past two years. : The' preseni value of the 99 plants' 1a' assessed at $10, 805,846. while the "value bi the J07 plant* tWo years tigo was given as ? $8,384,560. ' The yearly, toatfeut of the/ combined . products of these factories Is now placed, at $41,619,806, showing an in crease or more than eleven million dollars during the past two years as ? ? the value of the yearly output in 1922 'was shown to 1>e $30,288,761! Horse-power required to operate the V factories haa also Increased. Methods . used consist of steam, electricity and -Fnter power. Total horsepower ir 1924 was given as 14,941 as 'compared with 12,791 in 1922. i.v The employment. situation is a )cey to the growth of the Industry In* this - State. ^ In 1924 'the 107 factories re porting employed. 8,?97 persons, of which 8,3?4 werb ment, 274 were wom en, and 69 were children. In 1924 with eight less factories reporting the hum ber of employes was set at 11,181 of which number 10,759 were men. 287 were women and 135 were children. This shows an Increase In employment of 2,425 men, 13 w6men and 40 child v ren. ? Other indications of the growth of the furniture manufacturing Industry in North Carolina are showns in the increase of pay. The total annual pay -roll is now $7,799,901, while In 1922 it waa $5,467,614. The pay per day in f>fr*l922 for men was $Shighest and $1.91 v lowest; for women $2.58 and $1.18, while today the pay per day for men Is 5.75 highest and $2.00 lowest and for woman $2.70 highest and $1.92 lowest. .Complete 8urvey of Route. Final surveys by the State Highway Commission on the Mllburnle Road for which the Wake county, commis sioners appropriated $41,500 are being completed and the contract for paving the road will probably be let on the first letting following that on Novem ber 26, it was announced by Charles M. Upham, state highway engineer. Approximately $250,000 has been set aside out of the funds of the fourth District to be nsed In the con struction of the road under the present Wood issue. It la understood. X ? $2,000,000 bridge across the I'incntuquir . river, connecting Portsmouth, N. H.. ahd. Klttery, Me., erected us a memorlul to the war dead of New Hampshire nod Maine. 2 ? Airplane view of Hlk Hills naval oil. reserve, In California, leases to which the government seeks to cancel. 8 ? E. F. Allen of Washington In his baby plane, weighing 205 pounds and' cupuble of making <53 miles an hour. 4 ? : ? ? ; HEWS REVIEW OF I CURRENT EVENTS British Conservatives Win Big Victory ? Laborites and Liberals Beaten. . By EDWARD W. PICKARD D AMSAY MACDONALD and his La bor government went down to de feat In the British parliamentary elec tions, and the Conservatives won a great victory. They have a decisive majority in the house of commons, and at this writing it Is presumed that Stanley Baldwin, leader of the |>%rty will return to the office of prime min ister.,- Mr. MncDonald was re-elected, however, i and it is, said he and his cabinet may carry on until the Con servatives defeat them In the huuse. The Liberals were badly beaten, los ing a lot of seats, and It. Is believed they will go out of existence as a I separate party. Former Prime Minis ter Lloyd George was easjly victorious over his Labor opponent, but Mrs. As qnlth, leader of the other wing of the ! Liberals, was beaten by Mitchell, La bortte. In Paisley, which copstltnenc? broke. Its Liberal record ofi-92 years. This was a severe blow to the Jtotrty and likely will result in driving Its left wing Into the ranks of Lahorltes. - Oth er prominent men who won aeata were Winston Churchill, " Atisten Chamber lain, C. P. Trevalyan, Attorney Gen eral Hastings, Philip Snowden, Sir J. A. It. Marriott and Sir Hamar Green wood. Of the fourteen woman candi dates only four were elected ? Lady Astor, Conservative; Miss .Wilkinson.' Labor, Mrs. Pliillpson and the duchess of Athol. The gains by the Conserv stives were general throughout the country and even where tbey failed to elect their candidates they largely Increased their vote. On this side of the Atlantic the Canadians were especlslly Interested in the result of the British elections, and the victory of the Conservatives caused them to rejoice. This Is be cause they expect a return of the Mc Kennn duties by which Canada bene fited greatly, and also because they think a policy of Imperial preferences will be adopted, which ^ will help the Dominion. If the Laborites' defeat can be laid to anjr one thing. It is the' fact that they had been showing too much favor to Soviet Russia. SENATOR BORAH and his commit tee went right along probing Into campaign contributions and expendi tures. despite the fact that the cam paign was closing. It Is difficult to write about that Investigation without voicing disgust at the trivialities on which time Is wasted and nt the petti fogging tactics of many of those tak ing part in the "exposures:" Part of the committee returned to Chicago and there heard, among others, W. V. Hodges of Denver; treasurer of the Republican national committee. Being questioned about his connection with a %ugar company nnd his advocacy of the present sugar tariff, he reiterated his belief that the tariff Is all right, und produced letters to prove that this view wasi shared by Senntors Ladd and. Frailer of North Dakota and Sen ator Wheeler of Montana, third party men. Mr. Hodges said that to date the national committee had received s?2.7f>0,000 and had collected $7.10.1100 additional which had been returned to the states. Before the Washington part of the committee Attorney Frank Walsh brought out various charges of bribery, coercion and the hiring of labor men to speak for C'oolldge and Dawes, but showed nothing of especial Importance except that L. K. I.lggett. self-styled fiscal agent of the Republican party In Massachusetts, hod written a letter to several chairmen stating there should be no limit to the size of, contributions as "large contributions will he so di vided as to meet the full observance of the statutes." The witness admit ted the wording of the letter was un fortunate and that If he had known It wonld cause such a commotion he would not have sent It ai written. He ?tilted the plan was to accept large contributions, keep only $1,000, as llto Ited by law, for the ptate campaign and turn the rest over to the national committee. ' ? About the only result expected from | the Investigation Is a report from the committee /recommending that. - con .gresh puss legislation putting a limit to national campaign funds, tlie rouxl mniti ' sum probably being fixed at $1,000,000 for any one party. WITH General Feng YU hslang In control ' of Peking, General Chang, his present ally, advancing' toward that city from the north, and 'General Wu Pel-fu moving a considerable array against them along the road .to' Tien tsin, the prospects for a jgreat battle In the neighborhood of the capital were excellent. President Tsao Kun. seemingly, has neither resigned nor fled, but probably Is helpless. The | Manchurlans scored by capturing the town Of Lanchow and reported they had trapped the Chlhll troops that Wu had left at Shanbalkwan. The British In Peking, however, received word that Wfl's army at the great, wall was In tact. In one recent engagement It used poison gas for the first tlme. but the Mnnchurians bad gas masks ready. One . correspondent sends a ?tory that General. Feng ? he la the so-called "Christian general" ? has bfcen prom ised soviet support against Tsao Kun , and bAS received $3,000,000 from, Rub- | slan sources. Gen. W. D. Connor, U. S. A., became senior commander,- of for eign forces In Tientsin when General Ydshjoka of Japan developed a con venient Illness. Therefore It was np to the American to see that there was no violation of the treaty obligation that there be no. Chinese soldiers In that city. ? jt' '? i %?''<. v'jl NETTHBK Great . Britain nor, . Tur key was pleased with the decision of the League of Nations council In the Mosul dispute. The council ordered that .the statu* quo be maintained pending a final settlement of the ques tion next spring, when the rich oil ter ritory will be permanently allocated. O1 iL'R government Is Indignant- be cause only one of the murderers of MaJ. Robert Imbrle, American, vice consul In Teheran, has been executed, and has sent to, tbe Persian govern ment a protest that Is tantamount to an ultimatum, threatening that 'other meusures will be taken unless the known assassins are executed. PUBLICATION of Income tax lists In various newspapers, which has aroused a storm of protests, will be carried to court by the Department of Justice, according to an announcement by Attorney General Stone. He has avoided giving a definite opinion ns to the legality of such publication, Wit says It seems to be the duty of the de partment to obtain a "Judicial deter mination of the question. Whether a ' single paper will be singled out for the test, and where the cnse will be | brought la not known at tills writing. Oflicials of the internal revenue bu reau doubt the legality of the publi cation In newspapers of tlie lists. The i i new law provides for public inspection | of the lists and of the amounts paid, I but congress also re-enacted the sec ; tton of the old law making it a crim inal offense to print or publish In any manner not provided by law any part of an Income tax return. FllANK O. LOW DEN of Illinois Is being urged upon President Cool I idge f<?r the position of secretary of agriculture, made vacant by the death ; of Secretary Wallace. For the pres j ent Asslstnnt Secretary Gore is uct ! Ing secretary. He was the Repuhllc j an nominee for governor of West Vlr I glnln but dropped all his campaign | work to take care of his duties in Washington. THE week's death list contained several notable names. Among I them were James B. Korgnn. dean of 1 Chicago hankers and known through- i '? out the world as an suthorlty on I finance; Percy D. Hanghton. the fn mou* football coach ; Gen. W. R. Hnl- i | deman. commander In chief of the I United Confederate Veterans; Edward Rell. American charge d'affaires In j Peking, whose death was attributed to I mental strain caused by the conditions ; I In China ; France* Hodgson Burnett. | noted author and playwright, Laurn Jeun Libbey, novelist ; W. E. Lewis, publisher of the New York Telegraph; Albert H. Loeb, Chicago capitalist ; Thomas C. Harbaugh, writer of the "Nick Carter" tales, and Lew Dock sta'der, one of the most famous of American minstrels. FRANCE has at -last granted full recognition to the government of Russia, and the United States is now the pnly great power holding out against the sovlets. ' Jeon Herbette becomes French .ambassador to Mos cow and M. Rakovsky accepts the post of Russian ambassador to Paris, being transferred from London. It Is be lieved either Krassln, Kauieneff or Lltvinoff will be bent to England. Pre mier Herrlot issued an order seques trating all Russian government ^ea^ property In Paris to be held awaiting a settlement This includes, the pala tial Russian 'embassy i with Its store of art treasures which has been in the possession of Kerensky and his follow ers for seven years; ^nd als<? stocks, bonds, consulates and other properties that have been held in the name of the former czar and of the Russian state. RUSSIA is still furiously angry with Great Britain because af the pub lication of 'the alleged letter from Zluoviev telling English communists to. prepare for & revolution. The let ter Is declared by .Moscow to be a forgery and the soviet government has sent to Ixradon several notes demand ing immediate apologies." The whole affair was closely connected with the politics of 'the British' election, and it is likely it will put an end to the plans for an Anglo-Russian treaty. Another statement /by Zlnovle*. whose authen ticity Is not questioned, is a prediction that a proletarian revolution In Ger many is approaching, "despite all the Dawses, Eberts and Noske*." ? ECONOMIC evacuation of the Ruhr and Rhlneland by France has been completed, every public building and public service has been . turned over to the Germans and some 30,000 ex pelled German railway workers have returned to their Jobs. The repara tions . commission declared thMt" the last part of the Davfres program had been fulfilled. Financial experts of the allied countries began preparing for the conference to partition the reparations payments, and on Amer; lea's request, her claims {or the cost of the United States army of occupa tion were placed first on the agenda: Owen D. Toung formally turned over to Seymour Parker Gilbert the offleo of agent general of reparations, J. Plerpont Morgan and thQ French government signed an agreement for the floating of a French loan on the American market, the amount being understood to be $150,000,000. From this the Morgan banking house will be repaid the (5100,000,000 credit extended i by It for market operations to , strengthen the French currency ex change value. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE HOOVER has called a conference on street and ? highway safety to meet In Washington December 15. Representatives from all parts of the country will take part. In a statement explaining the purpose of the confer ence Vr- Hoover declared that the death of 22,600 persons. Injury to 078. 000 persons and property damage amounting to $600,000,000 from truffle accidents in 1923 represent a national loss of so appalling a character as to warrant thorough consideration of the entire problem. THERE are signs of hard times ahead fur three of the "big men" <<f foreign lands ? President Ketnnl of Turkey. Dictator Mussolini of Italy and Dictator Prima de Rivera of Spain. A powerful revolt against J Rental's leadership has started and Its i chiefs are the most influential dlplo- ] mats anil army and navy officers of the country. Many Spaniards have enlisted In a movement to destroy the dictatorship of De Rivera, and scores of prominent men were arrested in Madrid when the police broke up n great meetinc of protest ac:nn>; his regime Mussolini's position is not so weakened as those of the others. that his power Is waning was indlcat- 1 ed by the relatively small numbers of i Kasclstl who turned out on the anni- 1 versary of the society to tsk? tb? oath I of loyalty to the kln? TEN KILLED IkS RESULT OE WRECK TWO SCORE ARE INJURED WHEN TRAIN HITS STREET CAR. Chicago.' ? Ten passengers were Wil ed and .two score Injured, some ser iously, when a Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt. Paul railroad freight train, backing into the yards here, wrecked a crowded street car crossing the tracks. Most of the victims were neighbors returning from a Halloween party and many wore masquerade costumes. The dead: Katherine Ituedhausen 21; Mrs. Mary Garrlty, 36, and foun year-old daughter, Anna May; Mr's. Elizabeth Burns, 40; unidentified wo man, 20; Patrick O'Malley, 57; Ben nie Cadalier, 30; William Welch, 45; Dr. M, Shenkln, 70; and Elmer Gal anfleth. . Mrs. Garrlty and her daughter were suffocated and trampled in the panic which ensude when the street) cat was shunted across the street and crashed lntq a watchman's tower, cor oner's physicians said. Police squads and firemen who ruBhed to the'scene found the passengers screaming and fighting in the darkness for the exits, Rescuers Used saws, axes and crow bars to break away the wreckage and extricate the victims. ?- ...' Joseph Brahe, 59, crossing wat<;h man, was ordered held for the coro ner's Inquest after policemen found the gates , which protect the crossing intact after the . accldedt, indicating) they said, that they had not been low ered to warn the car crew. 'Two phy sicians who examined him shortly after the wreck said he had been drink ing, and detectives said an empty bottle smelling of whiskey had been found In the tower. The crews of the street car and freight train also were questioned, but were released after car company and railroad officials prbmlsed Coro ner Oscar Wolff the'y would have them present at the Inquest. Carl Olson, -conductor, and Robert Glenn, , motor man, of the car, said the crossing gates' were up as the car started across the railroad right of way. Physicians expressed doubt of the recovery of six of the Injured, among them two small children and several women. The unidentified woman tftarj . a masquerade coustome and had oVly an Initialed ring as a clue to her iden tity. Coroner Wolff and Morgan A. Col lins, chief of police, took personal charge o'f the Investigation. John Gaskett, a railroad switchman, told questioners the crossing gates had been lowered while some cars were switched on another track, but had been raised when the freight train was about 15 feet from the crossing. He said he shouted to the towerman to lower, the gates and signaled to the engineer of the freight train to stor but the collision occurred before he made, himself beard. OlsOn, the -conductor, said he saw the towerman raise the gates and ran to the crossing. He looked in both directions, he stated, but did not see the approaching train and signaled the motorman to proceed. .The first two cars of the train were gondolas and bore no lights. Investiga tors found. Walter Vincent and Nicholas Wledel, engineers of the two locomotives of the train, said Gaskett bad signaled for an immediate stop, but thp /mo mentum carried the . train, forward. Drif Three Days in Storm.' , Norfolk.? Adr!ft for three days In a disabled launch off the Florida coast, at the mercy of storm and chilling night, clad only in palmbeacb suits and without a compass to guide their tiny craft, M. J. Mabry, Miami news paperman; C. ,C. Stewart, Miami engi neer, and H. R. Cunningham, of Chica, go, were picked up by the Italian ship, Valentino Coda Wednesday.. The three men werg members of an ill-fated fishing excursion that nearly cost them their lives. Still showing the effects of two 'days and nights o( terror and hardships, they were out fitted with .new apparel at a local haberdashery. The original garments were in tatters when they were res cued and they donned clothing borrow ed from the crew. Indians Get Cash. Washington. ? Approximately 1,226 Klamath Indians of Oregon will share about J1 22.600 as a result of a per capita payment of $100 authorized by the Interiod department to help tide them through the winter. The money is derived front sale of timber belong ing to the Irdians which it is estimat ed will yield them at leas! J500.000 annually for the next 20 years. Department Can't Prevent Location. Washinpton? The department of agriculture has declared an opinion to the effe.-t that it is without power tc prevent th<- location in the South by the Chicago heard of trade of official places for the delivery of cotton pur chased on exchange. Senator N B Dial of South Carolina ccntendtne that the establishment of Southern points of delivery would re act deleteriously on the price of cot ton, expressed to the department hit contention that Southern deliver} points could not be legally established j Health is Your Best Asset Raleigh, N. C.? "After having a ?pell of bilious fiver. I became thin, , > was extremely llcrvoui, and weak, with no strength or am bition. It just seemed impos sible for me to, " gain any strength until I began to . take Dr? Pierce'* f-. Favorite P r cj^V scription. Theo-^V soon commenccd to feel stronger. I gained in weight, my nervous sys tem became normal and by the time I had finished taking the 'Prescript tion' I felt as well and strong as I ever felt in ?ny life." ? Mrs. F. G. Simon, 31 S. Swain \ St. Obtain this "Prescription" of your nearest dealer Tablets or liquid Doll* Resemble Owners Doll 8 made to look exactly like the little glr|v who motlie): them ore an In novation among this year's toys. Ar tists modQl the heads of clay, cover ? them with stockinette, paint them, and attach ' silky .goat's hplr. ? Popular Science Monthly, , Baby's Best Laxative is "California Fig Syrup" When baby Lb constipated; has wind colic, feverish breath, coated-tongue, or diarrhea, a half-teaspoonful of genu ine "California Fig Syrup" promptly^ moves the poisons, gases, bile, souring fo6d and ' waste right out Never cramps or overacts. Babies love Its delicious taste.. . i' : - Ask your druggist foe genuine '-Cali fornia Fig Syrup" which has full dlrec- ' tlons for infants in arms, and Children of all ages, plainly printed on bottle. 1 Mother! You miftjt say "California" or you may get an Imitation ayrttft. He Know a Her Weahnm** Mrs. Benhnm ? I suppose you thought I would borrow' trouble today, but I dldfi't.. Benham ? Were the neighbors all out of It? 1 ? ^ WOMEN WEED SWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never a aspect It. , ' Women's complaints often prove to be nothing elae but kidhey trouble, or the reault o{ kidney or bladder diaemae. If the kidneys' ari &ot !n a bealtby eom dition they may cauae the other organ* to become diseased. -f Pain In the back, headache, Ion of . ambition, nervousness are oftentimes symptoms of kidney trouble. ,?'**' Don't delay starting 'treatment. 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