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Declare War On
Senate Secrecy
Ooen Opposition Aqainst Time
Honored Executive Sessions
Led Bv Senator Kenyon. Res
olution Introduced
OPEN SESSIONS ON ALL
EXCEPTING TREATIES OR
BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT
Trouble Brewing For Borne
Time. But Action on Re«
elution Hardly Probable at
This Session of Congress.
Washington, O. C.—Open war wn* *l*
Glared In th«* Ffittod Ktwt** ssnst* today
afulnat th* t|me-hot»r*d rul* *«•<»•**«•>
re.tlnn to prrnr* <llr»icn In •locutlva »«*•-
•Mi*
FViltnwlnit tlies defliince exprswsrd by
*•'«»! f-tnntor* In doMd session yViday
**|ti»lr>*t »»if*f»rer‘«lrq: debut «• «*n lb* roll*
fit motion of Wlnthrop M MonSel* of
N*w .tersely. ns a member of the Infer
*t«te oommefixi • oimnlssion, artuat hun
itlitf* j* i r«xn when Henntor Kenyon, of
lona after ft vonferrnce with thn** of
bin eoll«nKUf | i, who are lending tn tha
mfvetiiii t to lift the ban on fnibtlr
Utility, Introduced a resolution to t*'»-
xtiie for open *♦ eskma on *ll matters
except treaties, unless otherwise direct
e! by unanimous *nsent of the Semite
To Amend Rule*.
T he reso utton proposing to amend th**
rules and which WHS referred to the
committee on riiles, reols:
t'Rf-olved, Tbitt it is the judgment of
fht sennte that all t*eeutlve sessions
sh ill hisr* after l** open to the public,
t%<ej i when trestles are considered <■»**
when the somite, by unanimous ronsnt
ortlers r»th*rw **•, and the committee on
r«J.s is dlrWlol io prepare such smend* j
ment* to the present rules, or to pre
pare new rules, or both, as may h«*
ns cs r> to carry out the terms of this
resolution Mild present the same to the
senate for action thereon."
11 was submitted with the barking if
Pens ‘ore !** Fo iett*. Cummins, Oron
ns. Borah. Clapp Jones, Bristow. Nor
ris snd Poindexter who fTopose, ss they
yr ft not ice Friday to discuss frsa'v
ewcciitl\e sessions debate on the quail -
fie I lions of nominees for public office,
whenever the\ feel that the public
should b* Informed regarding them.
Shouldn't Be Punished.
Keen senate's whof ndhere to the most
strict Interpretation of the senate rules
admitted that the senate could not pun
Ifrti members who disclose Information
r«l «t ng to presidential apiadniinentr
sßrftrlng that secrecy was a matter for
fir dr vidus I conscience."
Administration lenders and Heptihllesn
eepst«»rs who have long cherished the
dig In It v of semte procedure expressed
tin \ ew today tint no action would be
taken <t this session of congress at
least If senators wish to make public
det<&!es concerning presidential nomi
nees. it was stated, they would be pri
vileged to do so without endangering
the scats.
Trouble Brewing!
,Trimble has been brewing for mam*
IWoutha over executive session secrecy
and an upheaval was threatened re -
centK during de' «te on the gener >1 ar
b|tr.» inti ti«*uty with On »t Britain In
the detail Henstors Root and
ins o engaged In s wordy controversy
«»v* tb« pur|>oseg of the Carnegie Kn
do wo lent for International Peace What
she sen,>(.’»* said on this point was
wid«d published, and in a subsequent
egccftittve session a resolution was In
tro*! u* ed by Senator Kern, the majority
leader directing an Inquiry by the for
eign relations committer Into the man
ner In which Information regardng se
cret proceedngs is mads public. It was
referred to th* rttleg commlttes, where
it since has reposed
Kvr since that resolution was sub
mlt teed there has been a suppressed un
dercurrent of feeling against secret pro
ceedings.
UNITED STATES
WILL GO SLOW
ON RECOGNITION
Washington, D. C, Anticipating a
per* ill devoid nf important engage
ments In Central Mexico, whore
VtUa's army rests after tt» rapture
of Torreon the Interest of officials
here centorr on how (sr rules of elv-
Dined warfare sill be observed In the
treatment of federal prisoners.
The conduct of coßstltutloualleU In
their hour of triumph Is being glveu
close attention by officials whose ad
vise may have touch weight In de
termining the future policy of the
United States
for Recognition.
it was said today at the state de
partment that constitutionallata be
lieve consideration of their claims to
recognition cannot he delayed much
longer. The statement attributed to
the rebel b-aders at Torreon that thcv
were awaiting news of Ihe political
effect of their victory on Washington
also ts taken as a sign of general
expectancy that the foiled States
government will recognize their
claims.
Conditions i recedrut to political
recognition in such cases always have
teen regarded as Involving the estah
lishmem of a regular government at
some capital, and the possession of
one or more sea jiorts, through which
the new government can cimmuni
cate with the outside world. Recent
reports assert that Tampico Is about
to surrender to the constitutionalists
without further fighting. In that case
It will remain only for General Car
ranxa to locate a capttal and appoint
a cabinet and other administrative of
ficers to claim recognition.
To Go Slow.
•be United States however Is
likely to slow in admitting this claim
Already the Constitutionalists,
through the lifting of the embargo on
arms and munitions of war have re
ceived substantial advantage and
some authorities on international law
are suggesting weightv objections to
actual political recognition at this
stage
BURNING BODIES OF THE DEAD AT
TORREON; PATIENTS tN HOSPITALS
PALE—'VILLA TAKES NO PRISONERS’
Work' of Clearing Away the
Wreckage Begins in Capiured
City. When Velasco Fled He
Left 200 Wounded With But
One Nurse in Military Hos
pital
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS
PRIOR TO HIS FLIGHT
Retreat Brought About by Near
Mutiny Among Garrison. Fed
eral Soldiers Fearful of Villa's
Cruelties on Wounded Pris
oners.
Torrson, Mexico, April 3—(Vis El
Paso, Ttxss. April 4.y~ftflffa's rebels to.
day occupied Torreon from which (ton
«Tal Refugio Vfiasco and most of the
uninjured of his command fled yester
day. Immediately the work, of burning
bodies of the de id. clearing away the!
wreckage of shell-shattered adobe walls,
street Iwtrrhjtdeft and barbed wire *n
tanglsments was begun.
Velascos Tscnpe.
Velgsco escaped from the Canyon In*
Hu.rache with u considerable proportion
of Ids force. He was pursued last night
by (Jen llernsndex who today reported
that he had fought a small rear guard
engagement with the retreating force,
and later Hen. Villa with reinforcements
left h«T« to make nn attempt to cap
ture or nnnililiate It.
Non-combatants here with whom Th#*
Associated Press correspondent talked
today, estimated Velasco's garrison did
nor number mure than five thousand
men. of whom 1,600 were killed nr
wounded.
When Velasco fled he left In the mil
itary hospital two hundred wounded.
When Ihe rebels entered the place they
found only one nurse in attendance. Hhs
said that the other nurses followed the
army.
Excitedly Anxious
The patients were excitedly anxious
for they had lean told Villa took no
prisoners. However, they were re-as
sured l*y If. S. furiard-('tirnrnfns, Brit
ish vlce-roiinsnl «t Comes Pslgcio, who
announced that Villa told him mute of
the wounded would be harmed. Those
who had the strength raised themselves
from pallets on the floor and from their
cots and cried a feeble "viva Villa.” The
nurse was soothing a thing patient who
with his Inst breath joined the cheering,
than sank back dead
With lam« Bullet.
Persons who sty eve wit
nesses declare Velasco summarily exe
cuted three Spaniard* whom he accused
of firing on his troops The wife of one
of them attempted to shield her bus-
AS WAS EXPECTED, GOV. SLATON
DECIDES TO ENTER SENATE RACE
VILLA TOOK BUT
30 PRISONERS
ALIVE AND WELL
Juarez, Mexico. It is estimated fisrs
that the relists now huve a fores of t, -
SOfl men In pursuit of the federal gar
ris-'n which fieri front Torreon Thursday
night.
fighting hot ween the two forces at
San Pedro was reported yesterday an«
the day before hut nothing now on the
subject wras received today.
6 Only Thirty Prisoners.
Chihuahua, Mexico.—When rJeneVa!
Villa took Torreon he took only thirty
prisoners alive and unwottnded, accord
inn to Information received hero today.
Whether this means many were execut
ed. or that General the
Federal commander, escaped with ne.iV
ly all of hIK army not dead or disabled,
could not tie learned. However, It la
known that he mud the first few miles
of lue escajs- on troop trams, which he
abandoned when he canto to tire first
place where the rails had been removed
This circumtsanee Is construed In favor
of the reporls that h- g t away with
Ihe remnant of his srrny Intact.
Piled High.
A dispatch from an Italian armv of.
fleer with the rebel artillery, recetvd
today from Torreon sa.vs.
"Mead horses and dead men are piled
high tn the streets and plaza and the
ruins of the city are spattered with
blood It Is Impossible to estimate the
number of feileral dead, hut superficial
Inspect on of public places would Indi
cate that not less than f.OOt) bodies are
scattered about. It will bo a task to
gci rid of the dead, but a gigantic fun
eral pyre probably will be buPt and the
tHalles of men and animats Incinerated.
Threw Down Arms.
"Among the dead are some of the
peked Vurallsts who F light against F-i
--psta tn the routh who were sent norm
'o attempi to click Villas victorious
mart'll When Villa entered the city
old} the thirty who were made prison
.-is remained to tell the tragic story ot
their defeat During the close of'the
f ghtlng Thursday, when the fed.' .1
garrison saw defeat was certain they
threw down their arms and took to
f Ightd*
The Italian's account T>f the number
of dead Is not rolled on here.
Consular Agent Powers, of Parra!
who wns arrested charged with passing
counterfeit money, still Is under charg.s
but is at liberty on parole
5 FATALLY INJURED.
New York. A twenty ton steel gir
der broke ha.se from u derrick and
'■rushed through three floors of the
framework of the new ffiqultable
Pudding on lower Dtoadway today,
carrying alx workmen with it. Five
of them were injured fatally.
PRIMARY AUG. I9TH;
ENDORSE REPEAL
hand and the same hul et killed both.
Three hundred ami fifty Hpsnlards, In
cluding women and children, took refuge
In ti hank building under the protection
of American Contul I'liner, who re
mained In town throughout the battle.
Tbs Insurgents have shown no disposi
tion to harm those Hptmt.irds who are
known to have remained neutral. Other
foreigners including 66 Chtnefs, Hyrtdns
and Austrians and !<• Americans were
unharmed, *o far as could ha learned to
day.
Velasco Wounded?
It was reported that Oen. Vekisco
himself was wounded, hut this report,
like the one that he went Insane In th»
trenches, could not be confirmed, ami
the Impression prevails that he Is still
at the head of his troops. Two federal
generals were killed and three wounded.
It Is said here that Velasco’s retreat
was brought about by his losses In the
tehes night assaults and indications
that hlx - soldiers worn out by the pro
longed righting and fearful of Iho cruel
ties which they were told Villa prac
ticed on the wounded prisoners, were
on the verge of mtuiny.
House to House.
In house to house fighting rebels and
(federal* frequently Mine within talking
distance of each other, and In some
cases got on such friendly terms that
they reused firing entirely. In most of
these cases the federal* were persuaded
to remain when Velasco retreated and
then he enrolled under the rebel banner.
At least a fortnight and probably a
longer p#Tiod will be required to re-or
gardse the army before the expected
campaign against Saltillo and Montaray
ran he made.
Federal artillery was superior to that
of the rebels, many of whose shells
proved defret I ve.
VIM* Was There.
Villa was the soul of the battle When
things were going wrong he would gal
lop along the buttle line encouraging or
repritim riding.
"Well done!" hr said to the gunner
whose shell hud fallen true. "Men like
yon will redeem Mexico.” He compli
mented a wounded man who remained In
the firing line.
"What, boy, do you find the dancing
floor too rough?” he chided a soldier
who on some pretext was unking for
the rear.
Insults to Flag.
Rtorles are told here of alleged insults
to the American flag perpetrated by fe< f?
eral soldiers who were enraged by ru
mors that a large number of Americans
wrfte In Villa's army. As a mutter of
fact there were only nine None of
them was killed or wounded.
I>r, A .N. Farr, up American resident
of Torreon, was the only physician on
duty when the rebels took the town. He
transferred his services to Vllln and
the latter Instructed him to continue his
work In the hospital.
The formal entry into the city was
without ceremony. The victory his
greatly raised the spirits of the sol
dlers who have com* through a very
trying campaign and who now talk con
fidendy on taking of the national cap
ital Itself.
Announced Late Saturday
Niqht That He Would Offer
For Unexnircd Term of Late
Senator Bacon
WEST DECIDES NOT TO
RUN FOR THE POSITION
Governor Does Not Intimate
When He Expects to Resign j
His Seat. Gives No Formal
Statement, But Tells News
paper Mon He Will Run.
Atlanta. Ga. Oov. John M Slaton
late announced that he would
make tin- race for the United States
senate to fill the unexplred term of
the late Senator Itaron.
The governor did not issue a writ
ten announcement hut made n verbal
statement to a group of newspaper
non assembled at his office at the
capitol.
He had been conferring tvlth friends]
throughout the evening.
The governor's statement was glv- i
en out after /Senator West had Issued
s written statement to the effect that
South Georgia aa a whole did not gp.
prove of his candidacy, lie said fur- I
liter that tt would require more of his
time to make the race than he .amid
devote to It.
No Intimation was given hy Mr.
Nlntor ns to when he would resign as
governor.
LEXINGTON GIRLS
DROWNED IN POND
Lexington, S. C.-Mi.sm Jessie and
I'lowzlc Croat, agcl and tt! yy«i<,
were drowned this tftertion when the
male they wet,- driving daahed over ~
dam Into * mil pond drawing the bugg.
uni It* occupants Into the water. Ki
!>le Croat, aged 15. a brother of the
young women, wn.* riding In Ihe buggy
hut escaped by reach-og the hank. The
pond x almost in sight of the homo ot
the young women, fifteen miles fr on
this place. The young women were re.
turning from a nearby town whs-* they
had gore yesterday to spend the day
with relatives The bodies were re
covered.
DEATHS
BOWLBS, .lAMIE - The 4-vear-old,
son oT Mr. and Mrs 1. H. Bowles,
died at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon at the private
chapel of K. E. Elliott's under
taking establishment, at 3 o'clock ,
and the interment will be in the
City Cemetery.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
Georgia Democratic Executive
Committee Selects Date For
Selection of Two U. S. Sen
ators For Governor and Other
State Offices
CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT
UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION
Joe Hill Hall Opposed the
County Unit Plan Finally
Adopted. Convention in Ma
con on September Ist.
Atlanta, Ga.—f'ommpnilation of
ProKiclent WHhom’k Ktnnd with refer
*n< #' to thi- repeat of Panama Canal
toll* exemption act. pralac for hi* gtio
ce»tt in hi* campaign for tariff and
currency reform, and the selection of
•latex for Ci-orKla’* democratic pri
mary and mate convention were the
(fsturex of the meeting here Saturday
of the Btate democratic executive com
mittee. The primary for the selection
of two candidate!* for United Slato.<
senator, ax well as for governor and
other xtafe office*, will lie held Au
auat 19th. The xtate convention will
meet at Macon, September l*t.
Panama Tolls.
All waa hnrmonioux until the Pan
ama toil* exemption subject wa* In
troduced. The Injertlon of this, how
ever, precipitated a xharp context
when certain at the committee mem
bers criticised the position taken by
President Wilson, while others a,
warmly defended him. The resolution.
Offered by Joe Hill Hall of Macon,
commending the president, finally was
isissed, 24 to 7. A second resolution,
offered by Clark Howell, member of
the national democratic committee
from Georgia, congratulating the pres
ident upon the successful outcome of
Ills fight for currency and tariff re
form, was unanimously adopted.
County Unit.
Adoption by the committee of the
county unit plan, to apply to all offi
ces to be filled by state-wide vote,
was another Important feature of Sat
urday'* meeting. The committee also
We give and redeem Purple Stamps.
We pack and store furniture.
You Should Not Judge Furniture By the
Price High Or Low
If Hip prices were the criterion by which Furniture should he judged,
then quality would Tic a matter of figures.
Our Furniture is the kind in which quality is put in before the price
goes on.
Many prices are constructed of such valuable wood, and the thought and
labor on them are so artistic that the actual value, which is the price, is
more than considerable. *
For bedroom, dining-room. living*room or library they are a sincere ex
pression of good taste, and their perfect workmanship and dependable wood
make them pieces which will Tic for your children’s heirlooms.
This haphazard list of attractive offerings on our floors should be of
much interest to you.
MAHOGANY BED
ROOM SUITE
Four pouter Red, eavred piece
apple top.
Dresser, carved piece apple
top.
t'hiff , curved piece apple top.
Was $225.00, now 8125
$1 25 Costumers, in oak
and mahogany 90 ( '
Sewing Tables
In Rolid mahognnv,
from 811 to 835
Sheraton Gircasion Walnut
Bed Room Suit
Cane panel head and foot
Dresser
Toilet Table.
Old English brass trimmings.
Was $175, now 8102
Ladles Desks
Solid mahogany, golden oak
and maple . . 87 to 850
KARPEN TURKISH BROWN
SPANISH LEATHER
ROCKER,
Was $55.00.
Now 838 OO
Bailie-Edelbut Furniture Co.
THE QUALITY STORE-710 712 Broadway.
adopted a rule which provide* for tlte
•election of a candidate In case of a
tie vote in the state convention. This
rule provide* that whenever there is
a tie, the candidate who (railed th*
highest vote in the state-wide primary
shall be declared the party nominee.
Jo* Hill Hall Opotsd.
While the adoption by the commit
tee of the county unit rule was not
unexpected, a majority of the com
mittee having announced previously
that they favored the Idea, opposition
developed when the time earn*' for nr.
tlon Saturday. Chief opponent to the
plan was Joe Hill Hall of Macon, who
contended that the county unit rule
a* applied to senatorial contests was
directly In violation of the federal
amendment providing for the popular
election of senator*, ti. K. Hutchins
of Floyd county, however, spoke In
favor of the plan, which finally waa
approved over Mr. Hall's protest.
Entire Vot*. •
Under the provisions of the county
unit rule, the candidate pulling a ma
jority of the votes cast In any county
at the primary is entitled to the en
tire delegate vote of such county at
the state convention.
The committee. In thi* connection
ruled that It would he proper for con
gressional district conventions to de
cide for themselves whether the nom
ination of candidates for congress
should be governed by a majority or a
plurality of the votes east.
BREAKS UP SIDESHOW
SATURDAY NIGHT
A\ about a quarter to ten Saturday
night an amusing disturbance took
|4a*e In a ''Statue Show," or “Art
Mwa '' on McC'attap. street.
Buck ~ Tudor, a White man well
known about the town, went into the
place as a spectator. He is alleged to
have been “In his cups," if not exactly
drunk. The show consists of a se
ries of living statues, —young ‘ ladles
who turn to marble forms and marble
forms which turn to young ladles.
Tudor is said to have become so
enamored of one of these fair actress
es that he arose In the midst of the
performance, and, not even stopping
to get his hat, slipped round to the
side and crawled under the tent into
the dressing room. The young lady's
husband took exception to this, and
expressed his disapproval by a well
aimed blow on Tudor's head with a
stick, which left a considerable bump.
Tudor downed the man at one blow
and was proceeding to deal likewise
with several others who came to the
SPECIAL SALE
OP
KARPEN
LEATHER
FURNITURE
A Mahogany Sheraton
Dining Room Suit
Old English brass trimmings.
60-in. Sideboard.
40-Inch China Closet.
88-inch Serving Table.
4Sx4Meet Round Pining Table.
6 chairs to match.
Was S2OO, Now $135
A BARGAIN IN A KARPEN
TAPESTRY DAVENPORT. 8
FEET LONG.
Was $126.00.
Now 59500
"Celebrated Ranney Re
frigerators"
Tn white enamel and porcelain.
25-lbs, ice capacity .. 86-25
f.O-lbs, ice capacity. $lO 85
75-lbs. ice capacity— llßso
100-lbs. Ice capacity, four
styles S2O to S3O
160-lbs. ice capacity. $7lO 00
200-lbs. ice eapacltv
from $35 to $65
50-lbs. ice capacity, box $4 35
rescue, when th* police arrived. There
upon Tudor look to hi* heel* and
reached the cornet of Broad and t'um
tii Ing *tret» before officer Watkins,
who pursued him a hack, waa able to
catch him He wa* taken to th* lock
up nmi will *n*wer a charge under
the fSDftth section before the
Monday morning
underwooF i I
mm ends
1
Birmingham, Ala.—Congressman O.
W. Underwood and Richmond P. Hob- ;
son. rival candidates for United States
senutor In Monday's democratic prl- |
mary, are in Birmingham and enorm
ous ralllr* Saturday night of thtlr i
follower* made a fitting close to the ]
most spectacular campaign In the state
for many years. Hobson’* meeting
was held In Capitol I'ark. while seve
ral downtown theatre* were utilized'
by the Underwood force*.
Friday and Saturday wer registra- !
tlon days for new voters and no less
than 9.000 were added to the list*. The j
vote throughout the stute Monday Is,
expected to he the largest ever polled.
Interest is heightened by the fact ‘
that h governor, members of a new
legislature and numerous other state
officials,are also to he nominated. Th»-
candidates for governor include form- :
er Governor B. B. Coiner, Charles Hen
derson, Reuben F. Kolb and Walter i
Seed.
Final Rallies.
Montgomery, Ala.—ln a series of
final rallies by the various candidates
for national and state offices, the
warmest campaign in recent years In
Alabama was brought to a close last
night.
Great interest Is centered around the ,
contest between Oscar W. Underwood, \
democratic leader In the national house
of representatives, and Richmond £’■
Hobson, congressman from the sixth ,
district, for the long term senatorahip.
The contest for the short term, the |
unexpired portion of the term of the;
lnte Senator Joseph F. Johnston, is |
between Captain Frank S. White of i
Birmingham and Hay Rushton of this j
city.
Every office in the state is to be |
voted on. The polls open Monday |
morning and close at sundown. >Be- :
cause of the length of the ticket count - j
ing Is expected to be very slow and |
the result inay not be fully determined
until Tuesday night.
We sell on the Club Plan.
Let us know* vour wants.
Karpen Brown Spanish
Library Rocker
Plain seat and back.
Was $50.00, now $27 50
COLONIEL
A fine mission Dining-Room
Suit. '
62-Inch Sideboard with mirror.
46x60 China Case.
48x6 feet Round Table.
38-inch Serving Table.
6 chairs, Read Leather seats.
Was $l4O.
Cut to 88600
A Solid Quarter Sawed
Finished Oak Dinning Room
Suit
50-inoh Sideboard, broad mir
ror back.
38-inch China Closet.
48x6 Teet Round Dining Table.
38-inch Serving Table,
6 Chairs.
Was $175.
Now 8115-
ppi
SUNDAY. APRIL 5.
D 0 M E
On Central Are.,
the Hill, I have for
sale a house and
grounds that is a real
opportunity for some
one desiring a home.
Tliis property con
sists of 3 lots worth
not less than SI,OOO
each and a hand*
some residence that
it would cost at least
SB,OOO to build.
You cannot appre
ciate the beauty and
solid comforts of this
place without seeing
it. The advantages
it possesses are too
numerous to mention.
See it and you will
want it.
*
This property is
well worth
but owner must sell
right away, so I will
sell to quick buyer for
$6,500. And you can
make the terms.
You will never have
such an opportunity
again.
Joseph
W.
Beasley
Phone .
6868-W
215 Dyer Bldg.