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TFin nnOOKTTX DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. MAHCTT 101: MISCELLANEOUS. COMMERCE BOARD' NAMES SUGGESTED FOR BRITISH POST CONTROL OF SENATE MiscriiAxrcvs.

Diamonds Set While You Wait and in Year Presence A cf nd Uk go'J settings on hand FOR EASTER WEDDING GIFTS and SOUVENIRS A. A. WEBSTER GO. Jewelers and Silversmiths. 440 FULTON ST.

also EASTER CARDS. moderate Fine WaUh and Clock Repairing; a Specialty. I. P. ROSOW 1229 Bedford Ave.

Bet. Fulton and KJttj it. Est. 1S87 SENATE SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE LARGER Taken Out of List of "Inactives" and Increased From Time to Time. SOME ACTION IS LOOKED FOR.

Constitutional Amendment GiviiiJ Women the Vote May Come Before Congiess. Washiugtuu. Muivh 13 -A constitutional amendment giving women Hie right to vote for Prosiilonl and Vice President probably will be brought formally before Congress, wiib the indorsement of a comuiiicee, before the end of the present year. In the reorganization of its committees today the Senate took its woman suffrage cuinuiiliee out of the list of inactive committees, where It has remained for many years; increased its membership from five to nine, the majority of whom tiro advucaies of suffrage for women; ami gave its chairmanship to Chairman Thomas of Colorado, a suffrage State. Stanlor Thomas paid tonight he had accepted tho chairmanship with the understanding thai iliero would he active steps taken in this Congress to submit a suffrage amendment to the people of the couuiry, for their approval.

Senator Thumas will confer rirst with national leaders in the suit rage, movement, to determine what steps they desire to take. It is expected that the committee will begin the consideration of the suffrage iucsiiou soon after the extra session convenes in April. Representatives of the National American. Woman Suifruge Association made ii rangcnienls t'Hiiy lor a conlereuce with President Wilson at o'clock Monday forenoon, when they wilt urge hlui to recommend in a message to Congress an amendment to the Federal Constitution women to the ballot. Whether or 1101 President Wilson makes such recommendation, activity in Congress will begin at.

an early date. Tile Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage had heretofore been known as a 'minority committee." it has not met for liKiny years. Democratic leaders notified the Kepuiilii'ans early today that ihfty proposed to enlarge the committee and take over the chairmanship. As un.illy orgauc-ed by the Senate, the committee includes tne following; Senator Thomas. Colorado, chairman; h-'enators Often, Oklahoma; Ashurst, Ari-itfiti; Kansdell.

Louisiana; llollis. New Hampshire; Ckipp, Minnesota; Sutherland, Jones. Waahingiou, and Catron. New Senator Jones is chairman of the special committee now investigating the fwilure ot the police to properly protect the croat ruffi-agp parade in Washington, March 3. "The proposal to give women the right of suffrage tlirou-jn a constitution amendment is becoming r.

(juef tion of constantly growing imporian said Chairman Thomas today. "1 have taken the chairmanship of this committee because I believe I can do sume eifeeiive work for tiie extension of suffrage to the womeii of tho country." VETS REVIEW SOLDIERS The 23d Regiment Drills and, Afterward, Guardsmen Get Medals and Trophies. The members of the Twenty-third Regiment were revciwi-d bsi night at the armory. Bedford avenue aud Dean street, by the Veterans Association, after which service medals r.nd marksmanship tro-phits were lwaided. Major Charles K.

Waters was the chief reviewing officer, and about liju members of the were oa the reviewing staff. The feature of the night from the drill, was the presentation or the prizes. Companies A and I were the fa-urrd ones, and these two companies wets in ircbcd our to tile tent.r of ihe big armory floor after the review lo receive the trophies liuy had won in tho State camps and on tbe State ranges. To Company A went first prize for the best record achieved at ihe Peekskill rifle range last summer. The trophy was the bronze figure of a crunching Indian.

Second prize, also a bronze Indian figure, went to Company I. Company A got the Veterans Association trophy for mariii-mansiiip once more, thus retaining it. in their possession. Company I received tho sharpshooters trop'tv for the greatest percentage ot sharpshooter to qaulify on the Slate range during Altogether it. was a gala night for Company for its captain.

Richard V. Dawson, received the medal signifying the completion of iwenty-five years in tho service. Two others also received Ihis rovetpd honor. They were Captain John H. Ingraiiam oft he stuff and Musician Andrew W.

of Company B. Three got the twenty-year medal, Captain Robert S. Cooke of Company Battalion Sergeant Major Harry Ilopson of lie non-euniniisHinni'd officers staff, and Private William Bryant of Com i ABVEIlTISrSirXT. For Freckled, Rough or Spotty Complexions trot. tut l'c Th freckling-.

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treated by a simple solution of powdered saxollte, on ounce, dissolved in a liaif pint witch hazel. the fate In thi produces a truly mar-ve'ou transformation. Ail v. U.P.-S. P.

DISSOLUTION PLAN IS ABANDONED Railway Attorneys Must Devise Another Scheme to Fulfill Supreme Court Decree. TIME LIMIT EXPIRES MAY 10. Is Expected That Third New De vice Will Be Laid Before Court During April. t. Louis, March 13 The Union raciflc Southern Pacific dissolution plan, which contemplated a traffic agrecmeut between the two roads, for the use of the Bcuicia short line between Oakland and Sacramtnto, was abandoned in the Federal court today by the railroad of ficers, and it now devolves on the railway attorneys to devise a new arrangement carry Into effect the dissolution de-ree of the United States Supreme Court.

The dissolution decree, which was cer tified to tho District Court of Utah on February 10, gave the railroads three months to submit a satisfactory plan to lower court. This time limit will expire on May 10. No date was sot by the judges of the Eighth Federal Circuit, sitting as tho District Court of Utah, today, for the rehearing of the ca3e, but It Is expected that a new plan will be laid before the court some time In April. What arrangement the railway companies contemplate was not indicated by Chairman Robert S. Lovelt of the Union Pacific system, who auuouaccd the abandonment of the sec ond plan in court today.

Mr. Lovett and other officers and attorneys of Ihe Harrlman lines left St. Louis for the East on a special train this afternoon. United States District Attorney Houts, who represented the Attorney General in the proceedings today, has no information as to the further course contemplated by the railway representatives. Abandoned Plan Is the Second That Has Been Proposed.

The arrangement which was abandoned today was the second device dratted by the railway attorneys in an attempt to comply with the dissolution decree ot the Supreme Court. The first plan, which was submitted to the Circuit judges on February 24, was modified because the California Railroad Commission objected to a clause, providing for a lease of tho Southern Pacific short line from Oakland to Sacramento to the Central Pacific, which in turn wts to be taken over by the Union Pacific. The California Commission held that there should be no exclusive use of the short line by the two Harrlman roads. The modified plan, abandoned today, provided for a traffic agreement between the Southern Pacific and the Union Pa-cifls for tho use of the short line instead of a lease. The abandonment of this plan came as surprise, as Mr.

Lovett and his assistants came here expecting to present the new dissolution arrangement to the Circuit judges for approval. After his arrival in St. Louis, Chairman Lovett received a copy of the protest against tho new plan filed by the California Railroad Commission with the Attorney General. Asserting that the approval of the California commission was necessary to validate the proposed lease of the Central Pacific by the Union Pacific, which, in turn, was necessary to satisfy certain French banking interests, Mr. Lovett announced that ihe Union Pacific could not go on with tho plan.

He asked the court to leave tbe final dissolution decree in abeyance. Chairman Lovet, in his address to the court, did not mention the guarantee which the Union Pacific had given Kuhn, Loeb and Company, the banking firm which was to handle the stock distribution features of the dissolution, but it is said that by the collapse ot the plan the Union Pacific forfeits more than a million dollars commission to tho banking syndicate. News From St. Louis Causes a Slight Flurry Here. The news that the United States Circuit Court at St.

Louis had rejected the dissolution plan of the Union Pacific- Southern Pacific railways, while causing a slight rlurry, did not entirely dissipate the hopes of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb Company, tho syndicate managers for the underwriting of tho stock of the Southern Paclfln held Illegally by the Union Pacific. A member of the bank Ing firm said: "The syndicate has not given up hope that a satisfactory dissolution plan may yet be approved by the Government. A great many things can happen between now and midnight." The contract of the syndicate expired at midnight last night. 'NOTHING TO SAVE MULRANEY' Governor Sulzer Will Not Grant Stay to Convicted Murderer. Albany, N.

March 15 "Nothing is going to save Mulraney," declared Governor Sulzer tonight when asked if he Intended to grant the request of John Mulraney, sentenced to died In the electric chair at Sing King Monday, for a stay of sixty days to Bubm.lt new evidence. Tho Governor said he had not received Mulrancy's letter. Ho further declared that ho would pet In cases of this kind only upon the request of the trial Judge and the Dlfih'ict Attorney after tho evldenco had boon submitted to them. "Thi3 was one of the most brutal murders In the history of New York," the Governor said. "I am thoroughly familiar with It, and nothing is going to save Mulraney." OLD NAVAL OFFICER DEAD.

Lieut. -Commander Greenlep.f (Retired) Passe3 Away at Chelmsford, Mass. Chelmsford, March 15 Lieutenant Commander Charles How Green-leaf, U. S. N.

(retired) died at his home hero tonight. Death was due to angina pectoris, and followed a brief illness. Lieutenant Commander Greenlenf was 75 years old. lie was a veteran of the Civil and the Spanish Wars. I TO PROBE RAILWAYS Government Commission's Task to Will Require Years for Completion.

COST WILL BE MILLIONS. Appraisenieut of of Inter-1 state Lines Will Be a Gigantic Undertaking. Eas'e Bureau. Fourteenth Street. Washington.

March 15 Within the nrxt few days the Interstate Commerce Commission will undertake the biggest task that has even been put up to it. other governmental agency In this or any other country has ever essayed such a work. In niarnUuue and perhaps In importance, it will compare nth the consiruction of the Panama Canal. It will reaulre is much time as Is being taken In the digging of the canal, and when completed Its effect upon problems may be quite as decided as that of tho opening of a waterway from the Atlantic to the Pa cific. This Job Is nothing less than to maka a complete valuation of all the railroads of the United States.

It was provided tor In the La Follette bill, which was passed In tho session ot Congress Just concluded. At the time of the enactment of the Hepburn bill for the regulation of inter state commerce, and agali at the pass age of the Elklns bill, amending tbe baslo law end extending the powers of the interstate Commerce Commission, prop ositions were advanced in Congress look ing to the physical valuation of railroads by a Government agency. At the first surgestlon the Idea was really pooh-poohed out of serious consideration. It was greeted with Jeers, and wben arguments were advanced against It they varied in scope, from a contention that the Government had no right to pry into the affairs of the railroad, and that such an undertaking would work grave Injury to Innocent holders of railroad bonds and stocks, to a declaration that the task was one that simply could uot be done. Law's Recent Adoption Shows How Times Have Changed.

Vet, at the recent session, the La Follette bill was passed by both branches of Congress with practically no opposi tion, and became a law with the President's signature, without creating more than a ripple. Thus have times changed! The new law requires that all the property of every railroad In the country shall be appraised In detail. There shall be a determination of its original cost, of its present value and of the present cost ot reproduction, with statements 01 depreciation that is charged off in reaching present valuation. The Commission Is directed to ascertain what property was donated to each railroad, what Its value was when donated and what Its value Is now; by whom the donations were made, whether by the national or State governments, In land granted, or by the Federal government. State governments or cities, In tho form of taxes or other subsidies.

Detailed anlyses must be presented of the manner In which the Commission galucd Its facts and reached Its conclusions. The blKEteBt feature of the task, In some respects, is tho requirement that the Commission prepare a physical and financial history of each railroad. Thin cnlla for a history of every corporation that ever built or operated a ralltoad, living all the organizations, reorganiza tions, receiverships, consoiiuuuons, eic. and all sales, issues and reissues of se curitles of all kinds. Years Necessary to Complete Task That Will Cost Millions.

Several years will he required tor the completion ot this task and it will cost the Government several millions ot dollars. A big staff of workers, including expert engineers, economists, statisticians, and writers, roust De gatnereu wsevum, and in addition hundreds of field workers, clerks, will, be needed, wnen in full headwav it is expeeted that the organization will rank as one of the biggest bureaus of the Government. yet, the commission lias done nothing more than discuss the big undertaking informally. No plan of operation has been determined upon, and It Is not known whether a sub-commission or a single executive will bo placed in charge. The commission, under the new law, has absolute freedom in determining all this; Congress simply called for tho work to be done and left the manuer of doing it to the commission.

Commissioners Hope for Co-operation of Railroads. Members of the commission hope they will have the co-operation of the railroads in tho work. Some of the big rail road men of the country have indicated they are glad the government nas unaer-taken the Job, and it Is believed that In most instances the railroads will assist In every way possible. That will make It Infinitely easier for the commission. However, there may be a protest from some of the roads when the full scope of tho inquiry is realized.

The commission Is empowered to require the cooperation of the railroads, but, there Is a question whether means were provided for enforcing this requirement, so there is a decided disposition to conciliate rather than antagonize the roads at tho beginning of the work. Somewhat similar valuations of railroads and other public service utilities nave been made in other countries, but never on such a scale as is now contemplated In the United States. Foreign valuations have been made preliminary to the government ownership of railroads, but they have been made In piecemeal fashion, and for -firopertles not comparable in extent with tbe great transportation systems of this country. Nearly half of all the railroads of the world are operated In tho United States, a statement which gives some Idea of the mag-nlturo of the task confronting the commission. Another phase of the work, which sddB to its Importance, is the requirement that the railroad property in each State shall be appraised and itemized separately, so that, every State will know exactly how much it holds in tho way ot railroad values.

At any rale, the work is to be undertaken, and it marks a momentous Btep In government regulation of rnllronds. BRAINERD. A liKUili milling Vim DrllcM'" 10 KMS, "f-'I 'f. IUiUiiI xxlnii "TlUA rh'OOF." II iiihI (ini'-cry Klore. Spoon rl(h cueli bottle I LUNCHEON GjL i WgULDEH'S j(l LA I fjf "TIF Makes not ft ft" Ufc CoM Ments Tasty I'll cf.

tan i tiie It and tho a Ke-t Declares Ecdy Will Be in Results r.s in Name. TILLMAN BOWS TO MAJORITY. Accepts Chairmanship of Naval Affairi Committee Wanted to Head That oa Appropriations. Washington. March 13 With the dee-Inrtluii from their leiuer.

Senator K.rn. that they proposed to make the Senate 'Democratic no: only in name, but in practical res tilts," tho Democrats todijf reorganized the committees cf the ornate and tock actual control of legislative altn.i's in that body. Factional dilieienees disappeared In the fliiul processes of organization. Senator Tillman, who carried up to the party caucus earlier ia the day his fight for the chairmanship cf the Appropriations Commit'ee voiced the flnal word of ha'' mony In the Senate, when he was given the chairmanship of the Naval Afirrs Committee. "I bow and cheerfully submit to that decision," he said.

In Its reorganized form the Senate is apparently entirely in the control of tho forces considered most actively in harmony with President Wilson. The light begun early in the last session, by the 1 so-called progressive forces, evolved today a change of committees, which gives the balance of power on all of the important committees to the forces which selected Senator Kern as party leader; and which are regarded as active supporters ot the policies advocated by the President. Steering- Committee's Assignments Stand. Tiie Democratic caucus, which began o'clock in tho morning, accepted without change the work of the "steering committee" as to tho assignments ot Senators to committee places. Another caucus Monday will upon the scheme of Senate control that is to distribute power and give a maporlty of the Democrats on any committee the authority to control its alfairs without regard to the wishes of the chairman.

Senator Tillman made a final plea In the caucus to have his own name substituted for that of Senator Martin as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, but he received little support. When the Senate luu-r adopted the committee lists. senator Tillman made a brief statement. the rules of seniority which have always obtained here, 1 was entitled to the chairmanship of the committee on appropriations," he said. "I asked for that committee; but my colleagues, in their wisdom and 1 recognize that every man on the steeriust committee that selected t'ne membership of this committee is my friend thought that 1 had better retire into the still water for a while and leave the battleships to go out In the open.

I bow and cheerfully submit to that decision." Gorman Heads Committee on Inter-Oceanic Canals. The personnel ot the Committee on Interoeemiic Canals, of which Senator O'fjorman was maoe the chairman, is such as to indicate that any legislation to repeal tbe Panama Canci tree tolls pro-v sion will meet strong opposition within the committee. Within the last Congress repeated efforts to have the committee approve a repeal bill defeated, largely through the efforts of Senators o'Gormau and Bristow. A change by the Republican managers at the last moment took Senator Burton of Ohio off the new Committee on Banking and Currency and gave the piece to Snator McLean of Connecticut. Senator Purton was returned to the Committee on Commerce, on hich he has been a leading figure.

Senator Owen, the chairman of the new Banking and Currency Committee, will begin immediately the work of prepara-Mon for currency reform, upon which President Wilson hopes for early action. HORSE PLAY BILES SINGER Temperamental Prima Donna Resents Interruption of Song. Miss Gertrude J. Van Deinse, the Brooklyn prima donna, whose singing proved to be the feature hit of the Brooklyn Food Show at the Thirteenth Regiment Armory, threatened to curtail tiie programme last night when two of the exhibitors tried what turned out to be horse-play in an attempt at comedy during one of her songs. Miss Van Deinse, who has a rich soprano voice, has been singing al the show every afternoon and evening during the past two weeks.

Last night being the closing night, the armory was filled to its capacity, and the music lovers were enjoying the soloist's best endeavors when the incident happened that ruined her feel ings. During the aria from "Lucia," in which the range of Miss Van Deinse's voice was well brought out, two ot the exhibitors mounted a high ladder on the armory floor, pretending lo reach the high note of the selection. As they did so. the ladder tottered and the would-be comedians clammered down, norrowly escaping injury to themselves and olners. Mifs Van Dcir.se and the music lovers who were enraptured with the prima donna's singing were very Indignant tor a time, and the disturbers were threatened with ejection.

The soloist prevailed upon the audience, however, and the programme continued without further interruption. Tho Mansgenn-nt of the Panama Exnu-sltlon for 1913 has engaged the Brooklyn prima donna to flng during the continuance of the exposition at San Francisco. This will be the first time that a Brooklyn soloist has won such distinction. Trading was brisk up to the last minute last night of the closing day of the food show that has heen in progress at the Thirteenth Regiment armory for two weeks. When the doors finally closed last night on the exhibition It was an nounced that 200,000 persons had attended of Brooklyn showed In I lie exhibition.

The exhibitors were likewise highly satisfied, the show giving a great impetus to business. MRS. THAW MAY SEE S02T. Xnwburgh, N. 1,1 Supreme Court Justice Joseph Morschauser today issued an order permitting couinel for Harry K.

Thaw, and Thaw's mother, to visit him at the Matteawan Asylum and consult with hlrn privately. The order In hut temporary and Is in force only tint 1 Tuesday, when Justice Tomi k'ns pa 's dually on the ruling of the rit. 1 1 Prl -oti Department which barred Mrs. Tha.v rt Thaw's iiinsel from private to' with tiie Olney's Declination Leaves Ambassadorship Matter Open. WELL-KNOWN MEN ON LIST.

President Will Keep In Frequent ferenee With National Chair- man McCombs. I Washington, March 13 President Wilson received with regret today a letter from Richard Olney, of Massachusetts, former Secretary of State under President Cleveland, declining for "family reasons" tbe office ot ths post ot United Ambassador to Great Britain. Anxious to fill that post quickly as pas-1 eltile, the President probably will mak; an appointment within a few days, but i It was said he had not yet definitely da-1 elded upon any Individual. He wishes, however, to All this important post before he settles any other diplomatic mission, and is said to favor a man ot literary as well as diplomatic reputation. Though Co names came forward conspicuously today It was thought the President might choose a man hitherto mentioned for other European posts.

These Include David R. Francis of Missouri; Thoma Nelson Pago, of Virginia: Augustus Thomas ot New York, Judge George Gray of Delaware: William Church Osborn of New York, and Edwin A. Alderman, presi-, dent of ths University of Virginia. Chairman William F. McCombs of the I Democratic National Committee told tho President some ot the details ot the pre-conventlon fight in various states.

While President Wilson is not making his appointments on the basis of pre-convention support, it was said that the alignments of divided Democracy before the Baltimore convention was a better indication of what Democrats were progressive than In the campaign that followed when the i standard bearers were given united sup port everywhere. President to Confer Frequently With National Chairman McCombs. Ths President Is to be in frequent conference with National Chairman McCombs until some of the most important appointments are disposed of. Then, it is believed, the national chairman will, take a trip abroad for rest, though it is not yet settled whether he will accept President Wilson's offer of tho post of ambassador to France. Dudley Field Maloue of New York It became known, will not accept public office.

He was prominently considered for collector of the port of New York, but decided to devote blmBelf to his law practice and continue his activity in New York State politics. It was said at the White House that the President would Issue a statement next week "setting forth the high grounds" on which Mr. Malune declined to take public office. The President heard an argument on the water power situation at Niagara Falls and the question of preserving the great cataract. J.

Horace McFarland and Richard B. Watrous of the American Civic Association sought to enlist the President's sympathy in the movement to prevent the diversion of the waters of Niagara tor power purposes. When the newspaper correspondents were received by the President today, he mado a brief speech to them. He said he recognized the press as the best friend of the country. "I don suppose anyono who has entered this office has been as generously treated." he said, "as I have been; more generously than I deserve.

"I am trying to get the threads of the National business together," he continued, and added, with a smile: "As a novice 1 am trying to get onto my Job." Tho President reiterated that he would maintain an open door policy. "I hope you have found the doors open everywhere here," said the President: "and If they have been shut, It has not been In exclusion, but merely for the facilitation of business." HAZERS TO JAIL FOR DEATH. Three University of North Carolina Students Guilty of Manslaughter. Hillsboro, N. March 15 The three students of the University of North Carolina, Ralph Oldham, Will Merrlman and Aubrey Ratch, were found guilty this afternoon ot manslaughter In connection with the death of a tellow student, Will P.and, while tho latter was being hazed last September.

They were each sentenced to four months In Jail. In charging the jury Judge Peebles said that whether young Rand fell off the barrel during the hazing or the barrel was kicked over, was not a matter for consideration. "If the three men under Indictment, masked, and with sticks in hand, as produced in the State's testimony, entered the room of Rand and laid hands on him and against his will carried him to the athletic field, then it is the duty of the jury to find a verdict of guilty," said the court. MYRTLEHARTSTICKSTO STORY Detectives Get Little to Work On in Story of Kidnapping. Detective Joseph Pucclauo ot the Bergen street police station yesterday interviewed Miss Myrtle Hart concerning the extraordinary experiences she had In being kidnapped in a taxicab from near the Long Island Railroad Depot at Flatbush avenue, to Manhattan.

Pucclano says he has not been able to get anything tnogible from the young woman on which to act, and he would very much like to have more definite detail. Miss Hart is the girl of 18 who had been anting as assistant to Mrs. Good-shaw. the blind reader of the Pacific branch of the Public Library. She dls-appearcd for a week, and during that time she says she was held a prisoner In a house in Manhattan, kept In a room without windows, and fed at Irregular Intervals with barely enough food to supply gastric cravings.

She told her Btory to a reporter of The Eagle, and she told the same thing to Detective Pucclano when ho called on her yesterday. SHAMROCKS FOR WILSON. President Receives Erin's Emblems From John Redmond. Washington, March 13 St. Patrick's Day in ii find President Wilson wearing In hla hat in approved Irish style a sprig of shamrock from the old sod.

From Ireland today there reached the White House for tho I'resldent a box of real Irish shamrock, the gift of John Redmond, a prominent Irish member of tho British House of Commons. The 1'resldent's secretary, Joseph Patrick Tumulty, with a Bmlle said he felt fiat he alone was qualified to receive Undoubtedly the President will share the little green leaves with his secretary. MEDICUS IMPROVING. Henry W. Medlcus, treasurer of the Brooklyn Baoehnll Club, was reported Inst night as making favorable progress et the New York Hospital, where he was operatj-VI on Friday evening.

Th-physicians are hc-rilul of his reco.ory. 1S54 1913 Our annual Spring beginning Monday, March 17th, and ending March 22d, will give you the opportunity of procuring your Easter piano at a great reduction. We have at our various Brooklyn and New York ware-rooms, new upright pianos, Bradbury, Webster and other high-grade instruments, the case designs which have been discontinued. These pianos can be had at a comparatively low figure. During the past Winter season we have taken in exchange as part payment on new Bradbury pianos and player-pianos a large number of upright pianos which have been thoroughly overhauled and rebuilt in the repair department of our Bradbury Piano Factory, and therefore are in excellent condition, some even better than when new.

A few of these instruments can be gotten for as little as $150.00. A complete line of Columbia Grafonolas on sale at our Flat-bush avenue wareroom. F. G. SMITH, Manufacturer.

BROOKLYN WAREROOM 1227 Broadway, 774-782 Fulton St, 60 Flatbush Av. N'ew York Salesroom -142 5th Av. CAPT. GREENHUT M8N0RED His Bravery at Gettysburg Has Just Been Recognized. The War Department of the Unltr4 States has signally honored Joseph K.

Greenhut, formerly captain of the Eighty-second Regiment. Illinois Infantry, for bravery during the Battle of Gettysburg, in the Civil War. It has just become public that ou of the last official acts of the late Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson was to matin amends for the Government's failure to recognize the bravery of this officer. The following letters, given out last night, explain the entire situation: War Department, Wellington, February 28, Genrrul Edward S.

Salouiuu, Sau FnnciaiMi. Cal. Drar General Salomon I have had tbe cans of Captain (iroenhut cart-fully looked' up br tiie General Staff, who liuvu cIvm it careful consideration, going tbrougli all the original records of the department. Tiie (ieneral Staff recommend that Captain Greenhut be given the honor of haying an official letter written him by the Secretary of War, thanking him for his most Talimhle tervfces. have accordingly written such letter to Captain ireMiliut, and 1 am very much obliged to you for having brought th' matter to my nrtentiwi ami thus enabling urn to render this tardy act of recognition for such groat services.

I that letter lo you to be delivered to Captain Greenhut by his old commander. Very sincerely tSigued) liEMty STIMSON. Secretary of War. War Department, Washington, l'Vhniury .11111. Mr, Joseph B.

tirmihut, formerly cupiain ffcd lti uliuent, Illinois Infantry: Dear nil I. Tho attention of the War Department having betu brought lately to iht distinguif lied wervice rendered by you to jour country on the second day of the linttle.of Gettysburg (July 2nd, wherein you wer specially selected by your commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kdwnrd S. Salomon, to lead body of tilmut fifty picked volunteers to dUlodge Confederate sharp shooters from the shelter of bouses about oim hundred yards in front of the Union line, ami from which they wen; picking off gunners and officers on mild line; that you did lend sabl volunteers and did execiito the movement with aueh great skill and bravery under lii'uvy tire of tin enemy, culminating In bayonet charge Je, by ymirstif and in such ft maimer that th houses were carried and the enemy driven therefrom. H. I therefore take great pleasure In ox pressing to 3'ou the thanks of the War Department of the United Slates fur tiie pal-lantry displayed by you, as pet forth above contributing thereby to the Dual success of this memorable but tic.

Very respectfully, (Signed) HKNItY KTIMSON. Secretary of War, SECOND NAVAL BATTALION TO HOLD SET OF GAMES. The Second Naval Battalion will hold its initial set of athletic games' in iU armory, at Fifty -secoud street apd New York Bay, on tho evening of March 27. Already the committee that is managing this meet has more than 100 entries In hand, and there is every promise that this number will bo more than before the night of tho meet. Among the crack board-floor performers who have signed blanks to date are Billy Kramer, who ran two miles at the A.

A. U. Indoor championships In 9 1 1 Harry J. Smith, the ten-mile champion: Harry Oltman, the new M. A.

L. L'00-jarU champion. Eddie Goodwin, the crack flat-floor bike rider of the Irlsb-Amerlcgn A. C. aud his rival.

H. Van den Dries, who sports tho Winged Foot of ths New York A. C. Ten teams already have entered the open relay contest, including fours from the New York A. Pastime A.

Irish-American A. West Side Y. M. C. and Knights of St.

Antony. In the bicycle race alone there are no less than thirty-two entries. All athletes entering the big "Navy" meet will be accorded training privileges in the Second Battalion Armory until the night of the games. WORLD'S RIFLE RECORD MADE BY BRIDGEPORT. Washington, March 15 A nev world's eeord for Indoor rlllo shooting, of 998 out of a possible l.oOO, was made by the Tarlc Club of Bridgeport, In this week's niairhes nf the National Shooting Competition.

This record means that five men tis nhois Inside of a circle the size ot a dime at 75 feet, using 22-callbr rllles. The Warren. Itlflo Club, however, won tho Eastern League championship and will shoot for tho championship cf the United Stales against the winners of Iho Western Leaguo championship, th linglneers Rifle and Revolver Club, Cleveland. Ohio. Brooklyn's scoro was SOD.

THREE RAPHAELS DISCOVERED. Perugia, Italy, March 15 Three works hy Raphael, the great Italian painter, have been discovered hero. One Is a large ornamental fresco, which Is considered sti undoubted early masterpiece of the artilt COMMERCE COURT IN CURIOUS FIX Congress Cuts Off Appropriation but Jurisdiction Over Railroads Remain. MONEY STOPS JUNE 30. The Remarkable Tangle May Straightened Out at Coming Extra Session.

Be Eagle Bureau, Fourteenth Street. Washington, March 13 la failing to appropriate fo rthe maintenance of the commerce court after June 30 next, the end of the fiscal year, Congress has produced a curious situation which, legal experts say, will Inevitably have to be dealt with at the extra session next month. Unless something is done there will be no court to which a railroad can appeal from an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and likewise no court, to which the Interstate Commerce Commission can go for an enforcement of Us orders. Technically, the Jurisdiction of the commerce court will remain and It will have Just as much authority as betore. But it will have no money.

It will be unable to hire quarters or employ help. The judges will continue to get their salaries, because they were appointed for life; but a money loss court cannot be an effective instrument. Congress cut off the money, but It did not really abolish the court. If the court can free quarters and volunteer help, It can go on; but not otherwise. The situation Is regarded as so Impossible by even the enemies that something will have to be done concerning the matter of jurisdiction.

There has been some talk among the Democratic members of Congress about a reorganization scheme, but it has not as yet erystai-ized. When the commerce court was created its particular duty was to hear appeals from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Before that, appeals wcer taken to the various United States circuit courts al lover the country. At the urging ot President Taft. this Jurisdiction was centered in tho commerce court and removed entirely fro rathe circuit courtB.

In cutting off the commerce courts money. Congress took no steps to restore the jurisdiction to tho circuit courts, which will be just as powerless as they are now to handle railroad cases. This will leave a railroad which is dissatisfied with a ruling fthe commission absolutely no place to go with an appeal. On the other hand, it will place the railroads in a position to refuse compliance, with the orders of the commission, in which case the latter body has no place to go. At present, the commission, to enforce an order, brings a proceeding through the Attorney General, who takes it to the commerce court.

The Attorney General will no longer be able to do this, unless the moneyless court decides to sit as a matter of charity. Then Judges of the commerce court were taken from the circuit bench, and their salaries are taken care of in the annual provision for thirty-four circuit Judges, but they will have no employes and no roof over their heads. There are five judges on the court. The warfare which arose between the Interstate commerce commission and the court was what led to the attempted abolishing of the latter. President Tatt defended his court scheme by vetoing a bill to abolish it, and tho best the enemies of tho court could do waa to cut off Its supply of money.

The court has teen denounced because It has undone so many acts of the commission. That Congress will be forced to make some provision tor the jurisdiction of railroad cases on appeal from the commission seems assured, because the constitutional right to appeal would be invaded otherwise. In making such provision, it. is also highly probable that some provision IU be made for shippers who want to appeal from decision of the commission. At present a railroad can appeal, but a Bhipper who has brought a complaint before the commission and who loses hiss case lias no right, or ap peal.

This is a discrimination in favor of the railroads in the matter of appeals. A fight will be made to give shippers the right of appeal. The legislative, executive and Judicial nppronrlation bill for the current fiscal year carried a commerce court eporo-nriation which expired on March 4 last. In orde to carry the court forward unvil June a sufficient amount of money was provided in the general deficiency bill this year. TO DISCUSS LIVING COST.

New Yorkers Appointed as Delegates to Conference. Albany. March 13 Delegates to attend the seventeenth annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science be held in Philadelphia on April 4 and were appointed by Governor Sulzer today. The delegates are: Don C. Seltz, Dr.

Thomas Darlington, Mrs. Elmer Black, H. J. Wright Rev. Madison C.

Peters, Mrs. Frederick Nathan, Pauline Goldmark, Mrs. Robert Fulton Cuttln, Mrs. eSth Low, Mrs. Doug-ins Robinson, Jacob Rlis, the Rev.

Thomas C. Sllcer nnd Everett P. Wheeler, all of New York. The meeting will be devoted to a dls-tusslon of the "Cost of Living in the United States." TELLS OF STAGE LIFE. Illinois Vice Inquiry Takes Up Life of the Chorus Girl.

Peovla, 111., March 15 Miss Janelte Fullertou actress, told the Illinois Vice Commlislon about life 011 tho etage here this afternoon. Tho women eni- cloves ol two shows playing hero he been subpenaed, but there was time only to Miss Ful'crton. The latter, from tho quiet tone ot her costume, might have been a clerk. she admitted that she was leading woman of a company now playing here. Fulb rton gave the average minimum wage et chorus girls as Those who "read lines," sho said, rarely receive less than $5 a week.

"Reading lines," Kite explained, means speaking parts. The average s.ilnry at actors and ictresscs "readmit lines" runs from t.o $7'.) a we-dc, she said. Tin re were ho ti'liries running Into tha ,11111 'r tui I tli tisnnds, pany u. rive got tne nrteen-year and in r.nc two wecin. twelve the ttnyeur medals.

The evening Charles H. Green, who managed the parad was led by Major Mynotte. Cap- show, pronounced it the best ot Its kind lain Clifford Lamonl headed victorious ever held In this country. He and the Company A. members of the United Relnll Grocers' The last review of entire reg'tnent Association of Brooklyn, under whose for the season will occur on April 12, at auspices the show was given, were en-which time Malor Ocnernl O'liynn and i Ihuslastlc over the Interest the people his staff will be tiie reviewing olficers.

KUFCKIK WINS TltOM BLANCO. i-: ial lo Tiie Kagle.) Havana. March IV-A. Kupcliik of New York and Rafae Blanco of this cliy met In tiie fourth c.ai;ie of tiieir chess match at the room cf the Club de de la Ilabana, at the Grand Hotel Plaza, today. Tiie York jraynr had the white pirces jin-l relucted the Ruy Lopez for hi eni'12.

piny ran along con-1 for fifteen moves, at which 1 1 i 1 1 1 inn to get a good grip Bianco was placed on A'it thirty moves Blanco ventioivi staee IT Upon t.n the 1I1 fe tapi: Blanc tche lull. '1 t'cci-e to date: Ktipchik.j 01 1. 1 ic iiJLIl gilUlO Ui 1 i'i lie phijfd tomorrow,.