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SIX The Sportiight of Last Season New York.—A fluke single made by Charles Mullen, first, baseman of the Yankees, ill the last game of the 1911 aeason. cost Frank Farrell, owner if the Yankees, exactly SI,OOO. An] earned SSOO for Mullen. Mullen was purchased by the Yan kees from the Lincoln, Neh., team In the Western 1-euKue early in the sum mer. Mullen ranked as one of the beat first sackers In the minors. When Farrell yet him there arose a differ ence in the price that Farrell was willing to pay and the amount that Owner Jones, of the Lincoln club, wanted 'Well, here’s a compromise offer," •aid Farrell to Jones. If Mullen fin ishes the season with my club and has a batting average of .260 or bet ter I’ll give you that extra thousand dollars. Otherwise. I won’t." Jones accepted the offer, and when the official averages were given out the other day it wad seen that Mullen had batted exactly .260. He made 84 hlta in 323 trips to the plate. Mullen made the. hit that shot hts average up to .260 In the last game of the year, when the Yankees played the Athletics. It was a puny grounder that Mullen beat to the bag because the Athletics, taking things easy, did not overly exert themselves going af ter It. Without that hit Mullen's ave rage would have been only .267. When Mullen wan about to leave Lincoln. Jones told him about that 11,000 that Farrell was to give If Mul tt:i hit .260 or better "If you deliver, Charley, and the 11,000 cornea to me, I’ll give you half," ■aid Jones. And Jones will keep his promise. Reports that Jimmy Collins, the greatest third baseman that ever play ed the game, is dying In Buffalo, re calls the greatest chapter In Amer ican Leageu history. Rack In 1903 Collins led his Red Box Into the world series battles with the Pirates. The Pirates took the first three games of the series In such easy A Company of Merry-Makers . , ?-• I a; l mk a! v'../ " - m'.i/- 1 gjpjp .StSß\'■*%%£.’ ”Zfr r m. Jr* ■ *?# The Ches Davis Musical Company now playing at the Bijou Theatre. A group of the best entertainers ever seen in Augusta. FOR PREVENTION GUN-DEAFNESS Emergency Committee Ap pointed in Britain for Inquiry Into Added War Terror. London.—Announcement that Iht British government Is to appoint no emergency committee to consider measures to prevent gun diafness nmirni.' soldiers end sailors calls at tention to an added war terror much discussed recently In military and medial circles. ‘‘The enemy may not deprive you ol life or llmh," writes a medical rorre spondent, "hut It is fairly certain that your own artillery will slowly hut surely make you deaf." Several officers who recently re turned on furlough were called up for examination and found to have suf fered more then a fifty per cent Im pairment In hearing, owing to the In ceasanl reports of thslr own guns The exact physiological reason was usual ly found In a rupture of the drum membrane with occasionally n shat tering of concussion of the aural laby rinth Both Ihc Frcn-h and American na vies have made special provision tot the prevention of gun-deafness. DECREASE FOOT BALL FATALITIES Danger Will Lessen if the Phys ically Unfit and Untrained Are Kept Out of Game. Chicago.—ls the physically unfit and untrained playere are kept out of football, the game will he free from danger, according to the opinion ex pressed In the report of the commit tee on fatalities tn football, submit ted to the Nnttonal Collegiate Ath letic Association’s convention here to day. Dr George W. Ehler, of the Uni versity of Wlscongin. chairman of the committee, autd In the report that the assoc nit lons should go on record to point dangers of the game that exist for the physically unfit and the un trained athlete Ha urgad that alt candidates for teams submit to a rigid medical and physical examination and the strict supervision of players Sensationalism. Investigation by the committee, the report stated, showed that the cause for outcry against the game as a "brutal and degrading sport cannot be maintained, and the sensationalism fashion that It nothing hut n miracle could win the world champion ship for them. To win, the Red Sox had to take the four remaining games. And they did, hecaune Collins, game to the core, h»-gg<-d and pleaded with his men to “come back." After the third straight heating, Ban Johnson and the club owners quit cold. They left town that night. To them It seemed a hopeless fight. And then it was that Collins gathered his men Ground him and, with tears in his eyes, said: “They've quit us. hoys -all of them. They think we're beaten. But there s a chance yet. There’s hope. So let us pull together. Bet’s get to going tomorrow arid we’ll heat ’em yet. Will you do this for me, hoys?” History shows that the “boys” de livered They went in and heat the I’irates next day. That gave them the necessary confidence and they took the next three and won the champion ship. It was the wonderful Collins courage tha‘ saved the day for the Red Sox. John McGraw has decided to give George Burns, his great outfielder a try at third basing job this spring. Burns used to play infield and he play ed it in style. That was in the minors. When he went to the Giants McGraw needed an outfielder more than he did an infielder. Ho he put Burns to work In the outfield and Burns at once developed Into the greatest outfield in the National League. “Some people may think it fool ish for me to play Burns at third” said McGraw “hut some people thought the JMrates were foolish when the transferred Bonus Wagner from the outfield to shortstop. “I’ve got more outfielders than I need. And I haven't a real third base man. If Burns shows he can play tho bag lie'll be the regular third base man next year. And I think he cal play that hag as well as any man In the game. lie’s a natural born, all around baseball player.” that has been attached to It should lease to exist.” Of the thirteen players reported to have died this year from results of participation In football games of practice, Hr. Khler said, only three were college men, and only one was a member of u regular varsity team All other deaths reported, he said, were boys under 20 yearH of age, who played on high school athletic clubs, anl Irregular teams. UNCLE SI TO PUBLISH PAPER First Number of the Daily Commercial Report to be Is sued January Second. Washington. To promote the for eign commerce of the United Stales, the government will go Into the news? paper huslm>ss January 2nd. when the first number of The Dally Com mercial Report will he issued by the department of commerce. It will pub lish all Important commercial cable grams received from the attaches of various embassies abroad and from consular offices throughout the world. It also will contain brief abstracts of (the findings of Investigators of the ' department In many lines of Ainerl -11 an enterprise, and w ill present to the business world each day the gist | of the business of the department of commerce for the preceding day. Up to-Date Dally. The plan for a live, up-to-the-hour ■ commercial dally was worked out by j Dr. K. K. I'ratt, chief of the bureau |of foreign and domestic commerce. The new publication will take the | place of The Dally Consular Report now Issued. Hereafter the long mall I reports front American consular of ficers reviewing business conditions and opportunities In their respective seettons, will he published as supple ments to The Commercial Report. K. A. Rratid. assistant chief of the bureau, who returned today from an extended tour of Inspection of the eight tew branch offices of the bu reau, rc|>orted that the branches were meeting with a cordial reception from business houses and were working to full capacity tn co-operation with the merchants and manufacturers. Of Great Value. •These officers have become a fac tor In American business life," he said. "They have proven themselves of great value to "the business world In furnishing relations with the agents of the federal government whose busi ness it Is to aid American enterprises seeking a foothold abroad.” The branch offices are located at New York, Boston. Chicago, St lamia, Seattle San Francisco, Atlanta and New Orleans This gives two offices to each geographical division of the country and no extension Is contem plated during the present fiscal year., DIET FOR IRE BRAIN WORKER American Association for Ad vancement of Science Told of Relation Between the Indi vidual and His Food. Philadelphia.—The Importance of a periodic examination to determine Whether there haa been developed a change In the relation of the Individual to hls food, which, he ftald, Is a danger that threatens the brain worker, was urged here today by t)r. Louis Fau geres Bishop of Fordham University, before the social and economics and science section of the American Asso ciation for the Advancement of Sci ence. "The life of a brain worker," Dr. iiishop said, should consist of forty years of preparation and forty years of faithful labor, but many leaders In thought are found giving out In the fifties; nearly all of the remainder In the sixties, with only a few enjoying active work In the seventies. “Of the Importance of rest, recrea tion and exercises in the prolongation of efficiency, too much cannot he said hut there Is a large group whose effi ciency and longevity depends upon diet. It may happen at any time to any brain worker, that he may develop an ldiosyncracy against some particu lar food which may start a process of degeneration In hls cells that eventu ally leads to hls loss of efficiency and finally to loss of life. "In the absence of a definite knowl edge of the food relations of the Indi vidual, safety for the brain worker lies In the avoidance of the abuse of laxa tives; In the limitation of the number of protein foods as much as conven ient; a study of the actual food re quirements of the body by means ot the splendid classifications of food values that Is distributed by the United States government; regular rest and exorcise and the development of a proper philosophy of life.” IF DECISION IS CONTRA, NOT TO GIVE OP TICOT Concluding Arguments in Mat ter of Augusta-Aiken Petition To Increase Fares to be Heard in Columbia. The arguments In the matter of the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation’s petition to raise the pas senger rate on the Augusta-Aiken line from one to two cents per mile will he heard before the South Carolina Rail road Commission in Columbia this af ternoon and tonight. Vice-President J. H. Pardee and Mr. J. P. Wood will represent the railway company and Messrs. 11. K. Gyles. John f. Williams and E. F. Brigham will probably appear for those opposing the Increase. Judging from the apparent ‘‘lean ings’’ es two members of the commis sion toward the railroad company the result of the matter Is a foregone con rluslon, although the opponents of the Increase still have hope. The figures which Mr. 1,. J. Williams presented regarding the Augusta-Aiken produce*! n sensation at the last hearing in Co lumbia The opponents of the increase will not give no their fight even though a decision Is rendered against them. ENJOYMENT "AN HOUR OR SO OF IT, AT MODJESKA "The Girl In Question", "The Wtlrt man's Rand," “Was Ills Decision Right?" and “Our Mutual Girl" com pose the excellent program secured for the entertainment of Modjeskaltes for today and evening at Augusta’s most popular movie house- the Mod- Jeska. A great deal of interest Is being manifested in the Mutual Girl series, run once a week At the Modjeska. Praise Is voiced on all sides as to the goodliness of this production. tine lady parton was heard to say. “Why 1 keep up with the styles by simply following this picture. Then, besides keeping up with the stvles a pleasant time Is spent, for the Mutual Girl se ries not only shows these hut there Is a ’plot’ that keeps the Interest of the spectator centered on the picture, really making them observe the new est modes more keenly." Monday. Wednesday and Friday, the management of the Modjeska always have the famous Keystone jokesters to amuse their patrons. And judging from the crowds present on these days this variety of comedy Is Increasing In Interest and causing more laughter day by day In fact the minute the tttie es a Keystone Is flashed on the screen the audience slopes hack In their seat, issues a little chuckle and Is ready for a "reel" or two of amuse ment. There are always good, clean and Interesting pictures shown at the Modjeska. the kind that the movie fan never get* tired of. Try this theater once and you will always be a regular customer. Regular movte prices prevail.- 1.000 DELEGATES TAKE PART. PROHIBITION ASS’N Topeka Nearly a thousand dele gates took part today tn the national convention of the Intercollegiate Pro hibition Association. Two hundred and fifty schools and nearly every slate were represented. After ad dresses by workers In stale and na tional prohibition movements, si>eeehos were to he begun tn the biennial na tional oratorical contest of the asso ciation. The s|>eakers were winners in state and Inter-state contests and are students of colleges in Tennessee, California. Michigan. Ncbrsaka, Ore gon and Kutunua THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. CONGRESS IS IN SESSION AGAIN Legislative Calendars Crowd ed. Big Task Ahead After the Brief Christmas Recess. Washington.—With the reconvening of congress today after a brief Christ mas recess, both houses faced the big task of clearing up crowded legisla tive calendars. Awaiting the action of congress are the big appropriation bills and the ad ministration program. The supply measures have the right of way in both houses and while the house has passed two of them and some general measures, all are yet to he acted upon In the senate, in addition to the ad ministration program. The adminis tration ship purehase bill is awaiting action in both houses. In the senate the immigration bill was the order of business for today while in the house the postoffice ap propriation bill was the unfinished business. FOREIGN ENVOYS ASK ABOUT NOTE Ministers From Belgium and the Netherlands Request Copies of U. S. Protest to Great Britain. Washington.—The minister from the Netherlands called at the state de partment today to obtain for his gov ernment a copy of the American note to Great Britain. He conferred with Chancellor Lans ing, who prepared for him a memo randum giving the substance of the note. As the minister left the depart ment, he said, the information given him confirmed the published reports of the note. He said Holland had told Great Britain virtually the same thing, but he thought added weight would he given to the argument because of the vigorous position of the American government. Later the Belgian minister called at the state department to obtain infor mation about the not to Great Britain and was promised a copy of a memo randus which is being prepared. DEATHS HAYNIE, HAROLD HENNING—The 7-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Haynie, died yesterday morn ing at 11 o’clock. Funeral will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence of his parents, 1636 Walton Way. Rev. G. T). Stone, assisted by Rev. \V. T. Hamby, will officiate, and the interment will follow in the city cemetery, ; ‘ * 4a PARNELL, MRS MARY—Died yes terday morning at 9:30 o’clock In Hamburg, 8. ('., 1n the 72nd year of her age after an illness of sev - eral days. Deceased is survived by several grandchildren living in Augusta and Aiken county. Fune ral services were conducted this morning at II o’clock from the Pino Grove church, Aiken countv. Rev. H. J. Hydrick officiating, and the Interment followed in the Pino Grove cemetery. JACKSON, MISS CROWF.I.LA Died yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock, suddenly, in the 15th year of her age. Funeral services will he con ducted tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock at the First Presbyterian church, and the interment will fol low in the city cemetery. CO VERT NOTON, MRS. GERTRUDE C. Died yesterday morning at 11:30 o’clock, at the residence, 147 S Walton Way, in the 42nd year of .her age after an Illness of five days. Funeral services were con ducted this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at the West View Ceme tery chapel. Rev. J. F. Roberts of ficiating, and the Interment fol lowed In the West View -emetery. ROSENQUTST. MRS. AGNES—Died December 26th, In Clpelum, Wash ington, 1n the 37th year of her age. The remains of deceased will he brought to Augusta for Inter ment. arriving here Saturday, and the funeral will be arranged for Sunday. LIVINGSTON, THOMAS P. -The in fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas l’. Livingston, Wheless Station, died this afternoon at 12:20 o’clock at the Wllhenford Hospital, tn the 2nd year of his age. Funeral an nouncement will he made later. LEO FRANK RESOLUTIONS. Fort Worth. Te^as. —Texas Zionists, holding their annual meeting here to day. declined action on a resolution of protest against the execution of T^eo M. Frank offered by Vice-President I. N. Mehl. He withdrew it when other members advised against It because the appeal is aenin pending in the supreme court of the United States. QTDAMII today only 01 nAnU CONTINUOUSLY George Klelne, Fllmdom’s Fore most Producer. Prescriks “JULIUS CAESAR” The mightiest spectacle In the history of motion pictures. It is ftlmdom's 42-centimeter gun It Is a colossal masterpiece, feat uring Anthony Novelll. and a supporting cast of 20,000. This picture is reputed to have cost 4355.000 und took two years to construct It. It Is greater than "Quo Vadts," made by the same producer, and features the same great star. It Is well worth a dollar you see it for a dime. Schedule of starting hours: 10:30. 12:00, 1:30. 3:00, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00. >10:30. Sams Prices—6c and 10c. THE BEST—SO COME. At The Grand "POLLY OF THE CIRCUS.” When a play lives more than a cou- I pie of seasons it is a positive sign i that it is deserving of longevity. ! “Polly : f the Circus" is considerably I older than a couple of seasons, but it |is just as fascinating as ever. Miss j Margaret Mayo’s lovely romance of | the sawdust arena is one of the most Popular pieces ever staged in any land and it will survive many more sea sons. With dainty Elsie St. Leon who by the way, is an accomplished circus equestrienne as well as a most charm ing actress, this romantic comedy drama is just about as interesting as it can be. The management has pro vided the youthful star—Miss St. Leon it: still in her teens—with a wholly acceptable support and it is assured patrons of the Grand, to which the play comes New Y'ear’s Dav, matinee and evening, that the performance will he thoroughly deserving of patronage. The circus features have been strengthened and this sensational act will prove of peculiar attraction to the children as well as their elders. Seats on sale tomorrow, 10 a. m. MISS MAUDE ADAMS. The appearances of Maude Adams at •the Grand Tuesday evening, are be :ing awaited with pleasure. As is | known the actress is to be seen in a ! double bill consisting of "The Legend lof Leonora” and “The Ladies Shakes- I poare." There is much interest in these plays and very much more in the actress herself for her popularity | knows no bounds. Manv people have i tried to analyze this popularity, but |it has defied analysis. Other player jfolk have become popular and then (faded into the background. They i were popular only as long as they j had popular vehicles to exploit. If | one harks back to the early days of | Miss Adams’ career he will find that she has always been popular. Her first concrete hold on the public came | in Barrie's charming play, “The Little (Minister.” And her biggest successes .since then have all been in plays from (Barrie’s pen. “The Legend of Leo jnora,” the latest long work by the (dramatist, is typical of its author in | the numerous pleasing qualities that lit contains. It is whimsical, it is (quaint and in the court room scenes j there is just a suspicion of broad | travesty. But like all real comedy it has its meed of pathos and when this begins to be felt the clever Barrie brushes it aside with a laugh. The | new play is in three acts and opens at a dinner party, where Leonora, in ia delightful scene is found to be a (blend of many women. "The Ladies’ Shakespeare’’ treats of one of the Bard’s most popular comedies con- Wlensed to one act of three scenes. Its (costumes are of the Elizabeth period and the atmosphere of Shakespeare’s Itime is faithfully retained. It is one lof the most amusing works that has I come from the Barrie pen. The sale (of seats for the double bill is to open (Saturday morning at 10 o’clock and it promises to he very heavy. Free list positively suspended during this en gagement. HITS MINE, SINKS. London, 3:10 a. m,—The Glasgow steamer Gem, a vessel of about 600 tons, has been sunk in the North Sea Iby striking a mine. Two of the crew were rescued, hut the fate of the others is unknown. VESSEL IN DISTRESS. Honolulu, T. H.—A wireless message from the Liner Sonoma, yesterday, said the harkentine Irmgard was in dis tress south of the Island of Oahu. A tug sent out to search, returned last night, unable to locate the vessel. Plans for 1915 Many times during 1914, as in pre vious years, you have promised yourself to start a Savings Account, and get ahead in the world. Each time you have put it off. Now the year is gone, and you are no better off than you were twelve months ago. Don't make any more futile promises. Even if you have but one dollar, come in and start an account. Make the start —that’s the only hard part—and then make your plans to save SYSTEMATI CALLY during 1915. 4 Per Cent Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits. _^g^||§ijSZo THE CHRISTMAS GIFT Hurd’s Fine Stationery, best made, in Christmas Boxes. Waterman’s Fountain Pens. Leather goods, as Lap Desks, Music Polls, SANTA, the infallible judge of Christmas Pres ents, would say: Buy at RICHARDS and SAVE MONEY. RICHARD’S STATIONERY CO. Kthis fine old dish. Yet its luscious charms would fade were it made without a dash IfUtf.l # I I Bjwjl of fine old Kentucky whiskey. ||m I.W. HARPER H WHISKEY has long been the favorite of the famous Southern cooks. Here you find the secret of tempting sauces, « puddings, pies—yes, and beverages too. For every B' / cooking purpose and every other need use the fam- R({] p Jhtl A JfS I ous old time favorite — f. W. Harper. p~A4_E!- fn V ltd ' Demand the wire bound bottle and the gold medal label S LI They assure the genuine— m the distiller sorigmal bottle. aS Best Dealers Everywhere THE JUNIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA TONIGHT New York. —The two-mile run, the sprinting races and the 600-yard run, which will be decided at the junior indoor championship of America at the 13th Regiment armory in Brook lyn tonight will bring together a num ber of high-class athletes and prom ises to be the feature events of the meet. In the two-mile race, Paul La Funa, of Philadelphia, Harold Weeks of Boston, A. J. Fogel and Pet Flynn of the Irish-American Athletic Club, of this city, will be among the start ers. The favorite for the 600-yard is Eddie Frick, the i 912 Metropolitan half-mile champion. The most prominent men entered in the sprinting events are McDonald, the Military Athletic Champion; Hor risey of Boston, Jones, the junior Met ropolitan champion; Setbbins, of Georgetown University, and Bowser of Syracuse University. Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Colby, Syracuse and Co lumbia are the colleges which have nominated men to compete against the crack club from the east as far west as Chicago. Men’s Letter Cases, Pocket Books. Bibles, Prayer Books, Hymnals. Books for children. Toys, Toys. Games, Games. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29. FIVE-FDOT HAWK. Atlanta. —A hawk which measures five feet from tip to tip isn’t often seen in Georgia these days, but that Is the bird J. F. King of Ocllla caught in a steel trap a few days ago. He used a dead sparrow hawk for bait and the big fellow came down to feast on its dead cousin, only to get both feet firmly in the trap. The big hawk put up the best fight he could, but couldn’t get in many blows with both talons in the grip of the steel jaws. “She gained 50 pounds on her trip. Says her experiences were broaden ing.” At BIJOU Today Ches Davis Musical Comedy Com pany Presents the Laughable Farce Entitled— “THE ISLE OF BON BON.” Scene: The Island of Few Men. This is a very mirthful farce in which there is an abundance of good singing, tuneful musical num bers and "nifty” dancing. The feature of the bill is the Imperial Quartet. These boys certainly can and do sing. Three reels of Those Always- Top-Noteh Motion Pictures from Bijouseope. Ask anybody about the “Worth-While” Bijou Pictures. Usual Prices—loc and 20c. Continuous Performance After 2:30 P. M. BE BIJOU-BOUND. Help Us Improve Your Service ft " If you permit your friends, neighbors and servants to use your telephone indiscriminate* ly, your line is liable to be re ported “busy” when there is an important call for you. It is easier JFor the operator to make the connection than to give the “busy” report When your number is called she in stinctively readhes for it with a plug. If your line teats “busy” she so reports it You may not be using the telephone yourself and may be unaware that someone else is using it ; The operator is not infalli able, but she has been thorough ly trained and is closely super-*, vised. Your confidence in her is essential for the best service. We ask your co-operation. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO.