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lawyers. and served with distinction on
the Judiciary Committee. and for many
years had been the ranking member In
the Democratic membership of the For
eign Relations Committee
Although he was opposed to the plan
for the direct election of Senators by the
people, he was the first Senator 20 %
chosen by that method His term In the
Senate would not have expired unua
March 3, 1913.
II was said yesterday by nsemoers OF
the Georgia delegation In Congress tnat
he was the only man elected to the
United states Senate from Georgia for the
fourth consecutive term. He was NIT
elected in 1894. and reelected each time-
His last two elections followed nominal
ton at direct primary.
In Confederate Army.
Senator Bacon was one Of the few men
in the present Congress who had seen
service in the civil war. He entered the
Confederate army in 1861. as adjutant for
a Georgia regiment and later served as
m captain on stan duty. He participated
I'm the campaigns of Northern Virginia.
Following the war he practiced law al
Macon. Ca. served as a delegate to State
and national conventions. as Presi-
DENTAL elector, and for fourteen years as
II
sentatives, and for ten years as speaker.
He was a candidate for governor OF
Georgia several times. but WAS never sue
cessful.
Senator Bacon was a Senator of the
old school. Prior TO the reorganization
of the Senate by the Democrats. Senator
Bacon held the leadership of his party
in that body when it was in the minority.
He presided over the party caucus. and
VS. Lea he II
was deprived of the leadership of his
party when the Senate reorganized and
the Democrats took control. Senator
Clarke. Of Arkansas, was chosen as pres
ident pro tempore, a position of leader
ship that had generally been conceded
&c Mr. Bacon. The Senator from Georgia
was unwilling that any campaign should
be made for him for the position.
His last conspicuous public service was
in connection with the Mexican crisis.
He gave President Wilson most loyal
support throughout the affair, up to the
very day he was seized by his fatal ILL.,
ness, while presiding over the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations.
The State of Georgia has provided fol
the succession in the Senate by author.
izing the governor to make an appoint.
ment until the people shall elect in due
course. 1t is the opinion of Georgia
Democrats in Washington that Gov
Slayton viii appoint either Clark Howell
OF the Atlanta Constitution. or former
Gov. Joseph Brown to fill the vacancy
until the regular election, which will &C.
cur next October.
1t is expected here that Gov. Slaytor
will be a candidate at the direct election
and that whoever Is appointed ad interim
will accept the commission with a per.
sonaI pledge not to be a candidate against
Gov. Slayton.
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and one little annoyances incidental TO
travel, come back 10 me now'as horrible
dream.
But am still on the road and 1
am told that I play in so many theateEs
in one day, as a screen actress that l
would have to travel continually for sew
eraI life times to appear in them as l
used to when I was tripping over the
boards in musical comedy or playing III
the so-called legitimate drama"
Miss West is well remembered for her
delightful performances with Raymond
Hitchcock Emma Carus. Sophie Brandt,
and other stage favorites before making
a name for herself with the yitaSraph,
American, Pathe. and Majestic companies
as a clever pantomimic artist.
Exceptional Bill. First Time Pie
lures today, Colonial Thea. 92f Pa Ave.
ADV.
Washington now has its own motion
picture news system"
The third issue OF the Washington Ri
Weekly. the production of the Colopial
Film Company, is nov being projected ir
the various theaters of the city. and has
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SONG RECITAL FOR THE BLIND.
William May to BE Heard at the
Entertainments. -....

The entertainment for the blind at the
Library of Congress, Tuesday evening.
at Sis o'clock, in pavilion seven. Will
consist of the following song recital by
William Mayo, with Miss Pearl Waugh,
accompanist:
Absent Metcalf; The Dawn" De
Hardelot: "One Heart Divine" Rosewig;
II Hear You Calling Me-" Marshall: 20.
Dry Those Tears" Teresa Del Reigo:
"a Dream" ]. c. Bartlett; ''oh. That
We Two Were Maying." f. Nevin: The
Lost Chord" Sullivan: Daddy" Beh-
rend; u Perfect Day." Bond.
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TO GIVE MANICURE LADY"
Musical Farce viii BE Presented
Next Thursday Evening.

"The Manicure Lady, a tabloid musl-
cal farce, arranged by Robert c. Tracy,
with special musical numbers by Edison
e. Browne, will feature the vaudeville to
be given at Business High School, Rhode
Island avenue and Ninth street north
west, next Thursday night, under the
auspices of the Alumni Association.
Miss Ruth A. Stokes will appear as
The Manicure Lady" supported by
harold X. Davis, B. II. Amos, and Henry
Kruger. The chorus will include Misses
Margaret Shane, Ethel T. Shane. Anne
Garden. Verena f. Schmid, and Esther
Bell, and William G. Moore. Clarence
Eiseman, Rosser l.. Hunter, and Samuel
Tompkins.
Lanigan, Bresnahan, Miss Mary Minnix,
the Marine Quartet, Stevens, Telmagc.
and Tracy. Miss Mabel E. Roberts. and
Efsenbeiss
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FAIR CoNvICTs DO THE TANGO.
Women I'm Auburn Prison Given q
Valentine Party.

Auburn. N. Y. Feb. Livery kind Of
dance from the Virginia reel to the tango
was on the program at the first annual
Valentine party for the women convicts
of Auburn Prison held here this evening.
There were one-steps. two-steps and side.
steps. The lock-step alone was barred
The recent arrivals were the only ones
versed In the new steps. and they taught
the older inmates the tango and other
modern steps.
Mrs. David I'll. Osborne. daughter-in-
law OF Thomas Mott Osborne, was a
patroness of the dance. Men were
barred from the entertainment
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one-night stands have lost all their
horrors for Billie West, the pretty little
actress seen with the Majestic players
in Mutual movies
Il just used to hate Them says Miss
West. The long journeys in stuffy
sleeping cars, the early morning Jumps
following DAYS when ia matinee and even
ing performance had made good night s
sleep a real necessity, and the thousand
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SENATOR HUNToN's WIDOW DIES
Wife of Former SoIon from Virginia
SuccumSs Here.

Mrs. Rebecca Adams Hunton. of the old
Tauquier County CVaD family, and sis
ter-in-law of the late Gen. Eppa Hunton,
for many years Senator from Virginia,
died yesterday of heart disease in her
apartment at the Alton, lis Thirteenth
street northwest.
Mrs. Hunton was a resident of Warren
ton before coming to Washington six
years ago. Funeral services will be held
at Delaplane, Va, tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock
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QUAKE SHAKES MONTREAL.
Earth Tremor Felt Throughout the
Province of Quebec.

Montreal, Feb. H-An earthquake o
sufficient violence to rattle furniture anc
awaken hundreds of sleepers shooI
Montreal and the whole province o.
Quebec, early today. Reports from
Lewis. Bale st. Paul, and L'Islet saiC
that the shock was felt there. Seismic
graphs registered the disturbance NJ
serious damage was reported.
The shock was felt in this city at ga
O'Clock.
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REPORT CRACKS IN EARTH.

New Bedford. Conn, Feb. 1I-Local
farmers report finding long cracks in
the earth, which are attributed to the
earthquake last Tuesday.
The cracks, which are about tive
inches wide, run parallel. east and
west, for several hundred feet
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SENATOR HOKE SMITH
PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS
LATE COLLEAGUE

Atlanta Ga, Feb. Ex-senator Hoke
Smith, when informed of the death of
Senator Bacon. of Georgia, this after
noon. said:
He was a great Senator, an able con-
ftitutionaf lawyer, a splendid business
man, a master Of parliamentary law. He
was equipped as few men are for parlia-
mentary service"
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NEW RECORD FOR BALLOONS.
German Aeronaut and Companion
Fly 1,77O Miles.

Berlin, Feb. H.-A new long distance
record for balloon flights has been estab-
lished by DR.. Korn and two companions
who Travelled Ito miles.
Setting out from Bitterfield. the aero
naut and two companions landed near
Perm. Russia. The old record was 1,5os
miles. made last year by L. Rumpel-
mayer.
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ject destined to be guided bs the sweet
strains OF the selection. The incidents
Of rather turbulent career of a student
of art in Paris are most wildly por-
trayed. AS whole the subject is re-
garded as a gorgeous masterpiece. March
8 is the release date
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HUNDREDS BAR GAIN SALE
With Hazel soap.

The ideal soap for your skin or
the baby's; softens and beauties.
No skin so poor but Ii win aid in
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already carved niche for itself in the
hearts OF movie" patrons.
The bi-weekly. showing events and per-
sons OF Importance and interest to Wash
ington. was begun merely as an expert
ment. a dozen local views being made
into one split reel, to be shown as a spe-
cial feature for three or four theaters.
However, it was found that there was a
demand for more similar reels. and the
film is now produced each two weeks. and
Is shown In more than a third Of the city
motion picture playhouses.
- Fight for a Million" Great! .'The
Awakening at Snakeville." Scream. To-
day, Virginia. Feb. 20. "Kathlyn." Pt- 4.
ADV.
1.-The Call of the Traumerei," gorge
our three-reel feature by the Flying A.
company. under Lorimer Johnston, has
been evolved on the basis Of Schuman's
''Traumerei" The action Is immense and
the interest is retained throughout the
production.
Vivian Rich represents the Nymph of
the woods and sydney Ayres u the sub
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2so pe.r,oxide Cream. Ice.

This standard toilet requisite is
In great demand: the best grease
less cold cream on the market
today. This sale. per jar. .fsc
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Coupon.

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DEATH Of BACON
SHOCKS SENATE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
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Exceptional Bill, , First Time Pie
lures today, Colonial Thea, 92f Pa Ave
ADV
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.gUBtRNATGRIAL FETt
TRULY DEMOCRATIC

f'Tho Governor Of Hawaii hegs to
announce that he desires the presence
of the people Of Hawaii that he may
meet them generally. at the reception
and ball to be given by him on New
Year : Eve, December 81 1914, at the
National Guard arnofy,' says a. notice
from tho Executive Chamber.
Invitations have bean sent so far
as lists have been obtainable. Should
any fail OF delivery or omissions occur
he trusts the above invitation win be
accepted, :, s2 ~
Governor Pinkham win be assisted
by General and Mrs. Carter, Admiral
and Mrs. Moore, Dr. and Mrs. &. b.
Cooper, Secretary and Mrs. w. w.
'Thayer and Captain and Mrs. James
D, Dougherty In receiving at this. New
Years Eve reception. The reception
viii be followed by a ball, to which
three Thousand Invitations, in addition
to the general invitation, have been
issued.
r. h.
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WARNING lMlXlCANS Il
AGREE no WITHDRAW
FROM BORDER LINE

tAssoeiated ffess By Federal wifeless)
wAsHTNaToN, Decembsr SEC
efetary Of state Bryan has, been I'M
oihsiAily informed that the plans to
prevent further 6fihg ACROSS the border
into American territory By tine Mexican
forces engaged In battle, have been
agreed TO by an factions,
These plans were formulated and
proposed to che Mencan leaders BY
Brig. Gen. Hugh 1. Scott, chief u star
Of the army. He had been sent to Naco
as the Representatives o. the President;
to use his personal influence with the
Mexican commanders to refrain from
causing further complications.
According to the information receiv-
cd by Secretary Bryan yesterday, the
plans agreed upon include the evacua-
ton Of Naeo by Colonel HiI's com
rnand, which Is to be allowed to pro-
coed unmolested to Asha Prista. Cen
eral Maytorena giving his assent to
this movement. The town Of Naco will
DO considered I'll future by both sides
as neutral territory.
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WIEI FfTfi WI ff7WS
BRITISH TORPEDOEe
BOAGEDESTROYER
GOES ASHORE, LOST
lA.sosIslsd fra.L 81 EslsT.I wIfsl..sI

GAssoslsfed rresA ~ FEDERAL wlfsisssl
IoNp5N, Dscesnher Is Rspor 70
ceived last hight from the Scotch SEA-
port town Of St Andfews II that a
British tor3edp boat destroyer wen
ashore * miles southeast ana was
lost The crew was saved,
The wreck Is ascrlbsa to the losing
Of bear.n5s h tho darkness, and the
absence Of the customary coass iish.s
The name Of the destroyer is not
given.
Arstces from Scarborough report the
arrival there last night OF the British
collier, Caller IN damaged condition
as the result Of striking r.ne IN the
North Sea-
The Caller reports that the Dutc-l
steamship LeersuIh also struck a sub
marine ;:.iiie. ana was blown. lp sni
euhk. only two nser.bers Of the crew
Of the Dutch steamer were saved.
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Surcose and Tons To the Acre
Greater Than AN Previous
Estimates

Y ~ u
PETROGRAD, December l5.--Dusi-
ness az Kien Is reported 70 be 81 d
limited character, particularly for spo:
goods. ANY transactions Of the kind
are small ana simply for the satisftr-
tion Of Immediate wants. Further, any
fresh purchases Of any kind in the WAY
.of large parcels Of crude for future de-
livery on the part of spectators and
wholesale dealers are scarcely known
particularly on account of the iadef-
hite tone Of the market, and want Of
coHliaencesin the ability Of the manu-
factnrers to use the railways when the
lue time for delivery arrives.
As for the general rim OF the sugar
campaign, according TO information re.
eeiyed. from various quarters, the pro.
luction in the various factories Of the
s1uthweat district il going on very
smoothly. The harvest of beet root par
dessiatine has proved to be rather bet,
ter than had been originally estimated,
and the same can be said Of the sugar
content Of the root. On the whole,
ftom the producers point of view, the
feeling Is quite optimistie and il Is be-
lieved that the current campaign, fail
ing the unforeseen, will result very
satisfactorily for them. E sn
There is no difference Of Importance
to note in quotations, which remain
practically as before. The expoEt fg
ures from the begiuRiHg Of the cam
paign till FIRST fourteenth Of November
amounted 10 06,D9s pools against 992,-
62T pools In the corresponding period
OF last year FOR crude; and 2i5,257 pools
.sgeinst 4ls,a3l pools f9r. refined sugar.
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ASSOCIATED Press by rsdsfai wireless,

5 SAN FRANCISCO, December g.
A supposedly demented Hindu mystic
exploded bomb in the apartments
used as temple by members OF the
sect here last night, killing himself, in.
turing four other persons. and wreck.
ing the interior of the building.
The name of che dead man Is Louis
Vavera The persons wounded by the
explosion are Swami Trigunatitia, two
American women ana one man. va.
vera approached the Swami in tho
temple and threw hat which con.
tanned the deadly bos-b at his feet
Nothing happened, SO before hnyono
present realized what was occurring
Vavera picked up. the bomb ana
bounced it in the platform twice moro
without result. The third time II OK
ploded.
No reason can be found foF>the act
Of the Hindu, and it is ascribed TO tho
workings Of a deranged mind which
caused him to attempt the life Of tho
leader Of the sect for some real or
fancied grievance,
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/NNE FACT sTAND3 BEFORE ALL REPORTS OF sue
~ eesn and fanprcs tha batuehelds Of
laf Fppna That M n efeatest
fict pgtss Win accompaniment; Of wholesale Pushtef
under consi indqtins suffering. a. q
onlf remotely fearful destruction has
been wrought hose marehed
the henafai his great France Mature no les,
thfp mans hipieenp os dosth
larger hep s State 81 bodies
tiny viii hi ptridsz
Some lied by the enemies
sotted from Hhs BY msno thrown 6tsssm fsmt
from the M scmo merely tsiF marching
End inS lay down ftf Resi- stayed lons ~
Two h1nard hgpaha the Lowest
the battles near 1odz
Il emo raTd th9ana nd age
eoqnnaF naes and ccHn eion a Omeers
rom Rorn wore
eappfed when the Katsr los occurred LODI, i M "a
Thqe Estimates
lpdz No hepros available
hundred lighting des
petate IN character as that q the eenttai point Of contact
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UNNECESSARY WORDS.

Why waste words and advertising
space in describing the many. points.of
merit in Chgmberlain's Cough Remedy
The most fastidious are satisfied when
we state that II cures colds and eouohA
from any cause, and that II contains
absolutely no narcotics or injurious sub.
stances. For sale by all dealers. Ben.
son Smith 4 Co., agents for Hawaii.
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ALL WAR AID MAY CEASE

WASHINGTON. December jNs--Food.
clothing or any other commodity which
would in the slightest degree serve 10
prolong the European war, as well as
eontraband. viii be barred from export
Py bill introduced today BY senator
Works Direct prohibition Of exDnrt
would include food. clothing, supplies,
arms ammunition, horses Or war sun
plies OF any kind, whether he same be
cOntraband Of war or not. s,
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PRE- SlCJEhT WILL OPEN
SAN DEG EXPOSITION
AT THREE IN MORNING

4 WASHINGTON, December 14.-1'o
lush an electric hutton giving signal
'or opening the San Diego Exposition
N The beginning of the new year, Presi-
tent Wilson will be awakened before
thfce o'clock Now Years morning. He
viii pufh the button at midnight, Pa
inc Coast time, which is three a. M.
here,
principal parties that will be contest.
ing for the control Of the national gov.
eminent in 1916 The present cause
for irritation with the Wilson admin.
istration is not so much that IL is
either for no armament, or for little
armament, or for big armament, as
that il is neither for nor against any.
thing definite. While President Wilson
remains so strictly neutral that he will
not allow his own subordinates to dis;
euss not only the foreign military sihl,
alton but that Of the UBited States,
he refusesSto let the public know what.
II any, views he has on the matter OF
national defense. All that Congress-
man Gardner and the men who are
docking to- his support wish is a def
HA'N MUMMY HvihJ btAhitNiN fNHiNeoN't
Reason for Presidents Position
1t is possible that one reason for
the Presidents position Is his hack Of
trust in the army aud the navy. This
fiiistrust has been almost put lieiy ex.
dressed on several occasions, and W.
Of course, tremendously increased by
the Vera Cruz incident, when the Presi,
dent found himself. overnight. making
war for which be had no stomach and
which he did not intend TO be q war.
He wished for handful Of men 20
seize the custom house al Vera Cruz
10 prevent the landing Of arms con.
signed 10 Hnerta, and when the land
ing force was fred On and the oceu.
patton Of Vera Cruz became military
Necessity the blame went TO the navy.
II Is likely that there will be few
men sympathetie with the Gardner
movement who win see anything hut
subterfhee ~ the excuse thrt ron,
Fressman eiardfer should nol h 80
given piterancdito his anti German be-
liefs,
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Arthur Macarthur was born III Troy
in 1850. lie was educated IN Kew
York state and had published tho Troy
Northern Budget since 1878. He had
held various military appointments on
the stats Of Governor Levi p. Morton
end Governor Frank S. Blaik, and be.
longed to-~the Presbyterian Church,
Descended from an old family, he was
q member Of the Sons Of the Reyolu.
tiou and the Society Of the Second
War with Great Britain. He was a
thiftythird degree Mnon and held va
rious high Offices il the order, beeOm-
ing grand master Of the NewDYofk
Eneampment ip 1888 He had been
grand master Of the National Eneanip-
ment since 1918
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No further progress has been mads
by the police in inrayelling the mss.
terry which surrounds the death Of Nat.
su Hibatu, the ten ,year-old Japanese
boy, who was run down and Killed. fy
the unknown driver OF On ahto0olile
on Christmas Day Coroner Aseh viii
hold an inquest oyer the body Of the
child tomorrow afternoon.
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MISS GENEVIEVE CLARK
WILL MARRY AN EDITOR

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireiess)
WASHINGTON, December %, Tho
engagement Of Miss Genevieve Clark,
daughter Of Champ CLARK, speaker OF
the house Of representatives. to James
Thomson, editor Of the New Orleans
item, was announced yesterday.
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SUPPLIES RUN SHORT aN
ON ISLAND OF GUAM

SAN FKANcfsco.. December ga.
The Unised states navy fuel ship Mars
Is being loaded with supplies which are
to be rushed 70 Guam for the crew Of
the interped cerniau auxiliary cruiser
Cormorant.
There are more than $50 members IN
the crew Of the cornorant. outnumber-
ing the naval and marine detacnnsnts
on duty there.