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TWO CDRPOHATSOf! BUREAU REPORT Last Statement Made by Gov't Dep't Prior to Its Absorbtion By the New Federal Com mission. Washington, D. C.—Commissioner Joseph E. Davies made to Secretary Redfleld today, the last report of the Bureau of Corporations. At the close of eleven years work. It soon Is to he absorbed by the new Federal Trade Commission which will carry forward Its activities and develop new fields according to the act of congress which created It. Commissioner Davies reports that before the bureau Is absorbed by the new federd commission. It plans to complete additional and final reports on tobacco, farm machinery associa tions, taxation of corporations, oil, trust laws and conflicts of cortsiratlon laws end leave Its force ns free as possible for the new work of the trade commission. During the last few months, the re port says, the bureau has been making a general comprehensive survey of the whole Industrial field with the view of having Immediately available for the Trade Commission the general facts of the processes of manufacture or ganization and dominant, financial cen tral of any line of Industry. The report this year contains a very eomprehanslve review of the law tin der which the Trade Commission will work. The new body, It explains, will have, not only those functions of Inves tigation and publicity which the Bu reau of Corporations exercises, hut also other functions of publicity In vestigation and recommendation and powera which are quasi-Judicial which distinguish It In a marked manner from the huresui of corporations. It will have much broader discretion and will act, when requested to do so by th ecourts. as master In chancery In the preparation of trust decrees. In view of the Impending merger of the Bureau of Corporations with the Trade Commission, Commissioner Da vies makes no recommendations as to policies or plans for the future, and In addition to a lengthy review of the functions of the Trade Commission, his report Is confined to a review of the year's work In his bureau which has been previously disclosed from time to time In partial reports upon Investigations at vartoua stages. CHEUPER SUGAR RATES, GEORGIA Interstate Commerce Oommis sion Today Hearing Com plaint on Rai| and Water Froight. Washington. The federal ftuitar Keftnlnx Company of Now York brunn In-fora the Interstate Commerce Cum mission today procredtnKa attacklnn ocean end rail frelpit ratea on subim from New York City to Athena, At lanta, Columbua. Macon and other points In Oeorula, which are aonthern dlatrlhntlnn cent -re. The complaint a were directed aya lnet the Ocean Hteamahtp Coinpiuiy, Old Dominion Btearnahlp Company, Clyde Steamship Company, Southern Hall way, Senhoard Air Idno Hallway, Central of Genryta Hallway and Oeor ala Kntlroud They allege preannt rates of SS eenla a hundred pounda on sugar from New York to the (leorala points named nre exceaalvo and dls rrlmlnatory a* compared with the rale of 10 rente to IttrmlnKhnnr. Ala. The commlaalon waa naked to fix n rale not exceeding SO cents to the Georgia points. PRES'T ILSON IS 58 TODAY Recipient of Many Letters and Telegrams of Congratulation. Spent Quietly at White House Washington, D. C. —President Wil son waa fifty-eight years old today. There were no special celebrations marking the occasion the President spending the day nuletly surrounded by hla family. It waa the first time Mr Wilson had eelebrnted his birthday at the White House. Hast year th\ event was observed In the quiet at mosphere of the cottaae whleh the I ’resident and hla family occupied dur ing their vacation spent nt Peas Christian, Mias President Wilson received numer ous letters and telegrams of congra tulation* today. Some of them wen from personal friends In all parts of the country w hile others came from the ruler* of the world's nations. AH brought a feeling of happiness to the President as he read them. In continuation of Ills plans to get as much rest as possible during tli* holidays. President Wilson contem plates seeing few callers during ths week. Ills plans call* for a confer ence with Representative Cnderwood, of Alabama the majority leader of the house, on the administration's legisla tive program and a reception to a delegation of Sunday school pupils from New Jereey. JUST 299 CABEB. Atlenta, Ca.—The longest session of the police court ever held In At lanta ended late Saturday night after iwelve consecutive hours of trying Christmas drunks, fireworks shooters and other offenders who had celebrat ed too exuberantly. Just J»9 cases came before the new recorder, George Johnson, and all hut twelve got a fine or a stockade sentence ONLY ONE "Bromo QuWne." that b | ,axat?ve Rroroo Quinine ** ***' -**' Curat a Cold In Ona Day, vr I Si ■ Supple at Sixty Age and ripe experience merit hap piness ar.d usefulness when mental and bodily powers are preserved by keeping rich blood in the veins. Nature's nrre nourishment In Sco't’a KmuUion create* rich blood, warm* the body and alleviates rheumatic tendencies. Its oil-food Imparts strength to both body and brain. ft ia NourUhmoni —no* Alcohol. BIS ATHLETIC ASS'lf MEETING National Collegiate Directors and Coaches Representing 180 Colleges and Universities Oather. Chicago.—Athletic directors and coaches representing 180 colleges and universities throughout the nation be gan arriving here today to attend the ninth annual convention of the No tional Collegiate Athletic Association which opens tomorrow. Intercollegiate rules covering four branches of sports—football, baseball, swimming and basketball—will be placed before the convention for pos sible revision. Amateurism will be the chief topic of Interest. Professor I.eUaron Briggs, of Harv ard College, president, will preside at the opening session of the N. C. A. A. tomorrow. Addresses are scheduled by C. W. Savage of Oberlln; Dr. D. A. Hargent, Harvard; Dr. J. E. Ray croft, Princeton; Dean Anderson, Yale; Percy D. Houghton, Harvard and others. A meeting of the Athletic Research Society was to be held today at which a more drastic definition of an amateuf in college sports was to be discussed. New; jfhinp Midwinter Souds. (Copyright, 1914, by tin* McOurt New»j*p*r Hjmrfi CAtf.l Roup may veil be choMn for th<* main dlwh at luncheon In winter. It 1* easily eaten and, If not too rich, is easily di gested It Is warm and stimulating. It Is economical. For the school child and for tho man home for luncheon from business it Is an Ideal luncheon dish. To be sure. It Is not easy to prepare, but if Its making ts systematically attended to, It Is not very troublesome. <* begin with, first consult the list of left-overs In your refrigerator. If there Is a ham bon«* plan to have pea soup. If there Is an end of beefsteak and a lit tle scalloped tomato, boll them together with a sliced onion and a couple of car rots. Mtrnln the result, add a few noodles, and serve this broth In cups. If there •re Mts of left-over vegetables, make a delicious vegetable soup. Cut whatever vegetables there are Into convenient pieces Into the soup put a soup bone or n bone from cooked meat or a few' slices of 1 mcon and cold water, from a quart to two qunrts. according to the amount of soup desired. Then add two raw po tatoes. two diced carrot* and a minced onion Hlinmer gently for an hour or two. Add then If you begin with two qunrts of water—a pint of tomato and some •talks of celery. Simmer another hour, remove the celery, add any cooked vege tables string or lima beanH, canned pens, little pieces of cauliflower or shreds of cooked cabbage simmer very gently for half an hour and serve. Any left-over vegetables can be utilised In this way. with different results according to the kinds of vegetables used Here are some recipes for soups not made necessarily from left-overs. ri.FAH TOMATO SOUP--This requires a quart of soup stock. With a little of it. cold, mix the white of an egg and the shell and beat well. Heat a quart of l soup stock, a pinch of celery salt and three thin shavings of lemon skin. Add the egg and bring to the boll, stirring! constantly. 801 l ten minutes, remove from the Are. add half a cupful of cold water, and stand aside for ten minutes. I Htratn through a colander, add a quart of rooked tomato pressed through a Steve, bring to the boiling point and serve SAVORY RICK BttlTP This can be made either with two cupfuls of stock or with the contents of a half-pint can of bouillon or with two beef bouillon cubes dissolved In a cup ml of boiling water. The bouillon snd elites are richer than ordinary stock. To this add a cupful of cooked rtce a little celery salt, a slice of onion and a l>ay leaf. Add wator to measure a quart and simmer until the rice Is very soft. Rub through a fine sieve and heat, seasoning with salt and pepper. Thicken with the yolks of two egus beaten smooth in half a cupful of rich milk or cream. DRIED BEAN SOUP—-Wash a pint of dried white beans thoroughly and cover with cold water Soak over night and the next morning drain and cover with two quarts of cold water. Bring to the botltng point, drain, and add two quarts of boiling water and a saltspoonful of bicarbonate of soda. 801 l till the beans are a pulp and then press through a col ander and a fine wire sieve. Return to the Are. season with a teaspoonful of salt and pepper to taste and stir In a tablespoonful of butter. Heat and serve. TO PRESERVE LAST OF GOTHAM’S BELL TOWERS New York.—The old boll tower on a huh hill In Mount Morris Park 1* to be preserved through the Initially, of Captain Monson Morris, Now hold Morris and other descendants of Oou vsrneur Morris of Colonial times. Th, old tower —the last of Its kind In ths city and containing the bell whleh last tolled the curfew here— was formerly one of It similar towers constituting the only means of ealtlnA firemen to fires The bell tower system was found In adequate In 1870 and the fire alarm bos made it* appearance How Ball Stars Romp in the • Winter lime I 1! This photograph shows (left to right) Mrs. George Tyler and George Tyler, "Rab bit "Maranville (shortstop of the Boston Braves,) Mrs. Maranville and George Tyler (Braves Pitcher) enjoying a ride on a hay wagon at Tyler’s farm near Dunstable, Mass, about four miles from Nashua, N. H. The photograph below shows Tyler out cutting down a tree on his grounds and incidentally keeping his throwing muscles in trim. Tyler bought the farm out of his income from baseball, but he expects to make it pay for itself, and more. He has three hundred acres and will raise cattle, mostly Hols teins, with the assistance of two "hired men.” Mrs. Tyler says she “just loves” the place. , THE WEATHER PROPHET OF GRIFFIN MADE GOOD Atlanta, Ga.—Once more Prof. Sni der, of Griffin, the famous goosebone weather prophet, has come through with bells on. He Is the nly man known to history who successfully and accurat. ly called the turn on the Christmas weather. It was Just three weeks ago today that the professor sent out a predic tion that Christmas l»ay would be dark and dreary and that snow would fall within a day or two after. Well, the big day was Just about as gloomy and dismal a stretch as ever was drowned In egg-nog, and the snow ar rived Saturday. True, there was very little of It, but it made the professor good. Professor Snider, It may be remem bered, barked np his 'prediction with a one thousand dollar bet, but unfor tunately l.e had no Inkers. Variety with Potatoes. (Copyright, 1914. by the McClure Newspaper Syiidl cate.) In »ptte of war find high price;*, oil of no can afford to indulge liberally in potatoes. Their price may soar, but it loco not soar out of reach. If white po tatoes are properly cooked, they can always he made palatable. When they are of good quality and large, they can be baked satisfactorily. The best way to do thin is to wash the skins thor oughly and then rub them with butter or a little oil, lightly, so that the skins will not become crisp. Make an open ing in two or three places in the skin to allow the steam in the inside of the potato to escape. Bake until mealy. Press in a towel to soften. Potatoes that are small, hut of good quality, can he served plain boiled. Re move the skins and plunge the potatoes Into bubbling:, slightly salted water. Poll rather gently until they are ten- Jer, drain, cover the saucepan with a cloth, and place on the hack of the stove for a few minutes. Serve plain, or with melted butter and chopped parsley. If the potatoes are not of first qual ity. first boll them carefully, and then reheat. Scallop them sometimes in this way: Chop them, when cold, and put them into a buttered baking dish. Sprinkle generously with salt and pep per. and ovei tin m pour milk until it shows around them. Sprinkle the tops with little pieces of butter and hake In a slow oven until they are creamy and have absorbed most of the milk. Creamed potatoes must be made from fine, good colored potatoes. easiest way is to heat rich milk, seasoned with butter, pepper and salt. Cut the po tatoes in squares and roll In flour. Add to the milk, and cook until thick In a double boiler. Potato puffs can be made from left over mashed potatoes. To two cupfuls add the yolks of two eggs and three tablespoonfuls of cream, with salt, pep per and a tablespoonful of butter. Stir over the fire until hot and light. Re move and add lightly the beaten whites of two eggs. Brown in buttered muf fin tins or in a buttered baking dish. Broiled potatoes are made with thick slices of cold boiled potatoes. Dip them in melted butter and then in fine breadcrumbs Brown on each side over coals or under a gas burner, sprinkle with finely chopped pa sley and serve very hot, WANT NAMES FOR TWINS. Atlanta, Ga. Anybody who knows goods names for boy and girl twins, "the very finest twins ever born In Georgia," will confer a favor by mail ing the same to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nations, of Dalton. Ga., who have yet to choose proper cognomens for their latest offsprings. There were already six ltttle Na ttonses running about the house and when the twins arrived the family had clean run out of names, according to the Dalton correspondents So they appeal to the publte for aid. EVERY MOVE A PICTURE. •'That movie star apenda all hia time in bed when he !§n’t acting." "Is the work then ao arduoueT* "No, hut he can’t hare to stand around in elegant poees that he len t being paid for."—Exchange. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. 4 DFATHS FROM FIRE: 238 SLEEPERS TRAPPED Cambridge, Mass,—Four deaths and the probable fatal burning of another Inmate in the fire which trapped sleep ing occupants of the city home early today, was definitely established when the officials checked up the register. Many others among the 238 inmates, mostly aged men and women, suffered severely from fright and exposure. Po lice, firemen and nurses assisted them downstairvvavs, fire escapes and lad ders while the building was burning. They were cared for by nearby resi dents. UNIQUE. Doting Mother—Our Willie’s teacher has paid him a high compliment. Sympathetic Friend How was that? Doting Mother —Why, she wrote me that Willie’s spelling was quite re markable, and that she had never known anything quite like it—Rich mond Times-Dispatch. THEIR GLEE. “He boasts that he came of a fine old family.” “Yes; and how they must have laughed when he left!” —Judge IT'S ALL IN THE WAY YOU LOOK AT IT Finest tobaccos, skillfully Blended-that’s the source of that rare aromatic flavor which has made FATIMA cigarettes famous ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE MEET; 1,500 ATTEND Philadelphia—More than 1,500 prom inent educators and scientists were In attendance «t the sixty-sixth annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science which opened here today. Papers embody ing the results of the past year’s re searches in almost every field of scien tific endeavor will be read at the 13 sections into which the convention is divided. Dr. Chas. Wm. Elliot of Harvard, acted as chairman of the general meeting. The sessions of the meetings will continue until Saturday. AT THE STRAND The offering at the Strand today is “The Bargain,” produced by Thomas H. Ince, for the Paramount Pictures Corporation. Mr. William S. Hart, the Broadway favorite, who has played more classic roles than any actor in America, is featured. Mr. Hart takes the role of Jim Stokes, the “Two Gun Man.” Sup porting him are J. Frank Burke, as the sheriff, “Barney” Sherry, as the father of Nell Brent (with whom Jim Stokes is in love), James Dowling as Wilkes, the minister, and Clara Wil liams as Nell Brent. "The Bargain” is a great Western story—western characters, western scenery—laid in the Grand Canyon of Arizona—and typical western situa tions. The title part abounds in situations demanding daring and courageous acting. Mr. Hart is at his best in this picture. Strand patrons are assured of a real treat. The shows will begin at 10:30, 11:45, 1:00, 2:15, 3:30, 4:46, 6:00, 7:15, 8:30 and 9: 45. Tomorrow will be shown the stu pendous six-reel masterpiece, “Julius Caesar.” The schedule of staring hours will be as follows: 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00. Parson—How is it I haven’t seen you at church lately? Hodge—l—l ain’t been.—Printer'3 Pie. _ Warden—Your wife is here and wants to speak to you. Prisoner —Oh, tell her I’ve gone out. —Main Lacht. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28. TOO BAD THE TENOR GOT AWAY. The Rosemary quartet did not g<*s its concert at the True Eleven hall last night because the bass was in Jail, —Lincoln, Texas, Recorder. v ■ A BETTER ARRANGEMENT. “I have invited a lot of brilliant guests for our dinner.” "I don't think it is a good plan to, invite too many brilliant guests, myl dear. We ought to have a few duil\ people to listen.”—Exchange. ' NOT LIKE THE TURKEY. I’m very fond of pumpkin pie; When fresh ’tis very ni-ce to try; And when the pie has gone to smash It never reappears in hash. —Exchange. ODDS TEN TO SEVEN ON MOTHER Mrs. Abby Bruce is spending an in definite stay here with her son, Robert Bruce, and was warmly welcomed by her many friends here. Mrs. Mary Bronson is keeping house for Robert Bruce indefinitely.—Bellows Falls, Vermont, Times. SMALL BY COMPARISON. “These war expenditures are simply terrible.” “Well, it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good,” opined the con gressman. “People won’t be so inclined to notice the little billion dollars wo appropriate.”—Exchange. CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT Cures Running of the Nose Cold, chlllv feelings, sniffling, sore throat, lung troubks oppressive feeling in the chest. Try Cheney’s Expectorant next time. You need a remedy for colds. 25c at drug stores.—(Adv.)