I PRAISE HITtII BOIWER. " Hundreds Honor Dead Chief Eulo gized by Priest at Funeral. An impressive tribute was paid yesterday to the I -' firemen of the city by Father John J. Kcan. offl i?, dating at the funeral of Fire Commissioner Hugh >■ Bonner in the Church of taw Holy Name of Jesus. i Amsterdam avenue, and 96th street. Although Father X'>. :. mentioned the fact that it is unusual to "eulogize the dead in the Roman Catholic Church. I he referred to the life of the fireman and the sol ■',. dier in drawing a parallel of vocations attended *■ •witli constant danger. In . Tiding the tribute Father Kean referred to the firemen who had been killed in action, and then cpoke of Hugh Bonner's career from the time he entered the Fire Department and later took charge of the Manila fire fighters till his return to assume the charge of the New York department. «^- — _^^.— .— ■^■—^— — .^^— .— — riREMEN 1 HAVING THE CHUKCH OF THE HOLY NAME OF JEST'S AFTER THE FUNERAL- OF HUGH BONNES. Then Father Kean declared that Bonner was a credit la ■■• firemen, to this city, to the nation and to GoQ. The church w^s m crowded that lines at police had to be formed around the street, where hun dreds had gathered to take part in the service?. A similar crowd lined the streets as the cortege left the Bonner home, at No. OS West End avenue. At 9:30 o'clock three battalions of firemen formed et the headquarters of Engine Company SS. in &3d tt»eet, near Columbus avenue, from where members cf the mounted police, beaded by Inspectors Thomp son and Walsh, led the honorary escort. The po lice band followed the Breaaen. and twelve com panies of firemen headed by Chief Croker were di rectly in back of the line. A battalion of Brooklyn firemen and two other battalions ware led by Dep uty Chief Thomas Laßy and Deputy Chiefs Duane and Binns, who had both worked under Bonner. As the coffin was being carried from the Commis sioner's home the police band played "Nearer, My God. to Thte." Many civic and veteran associa tions followed the cortege m car as ZM street and Broadway, where the procession disbanded. As sisting Father X' an in ctlebrating the requiem mass were Father ...... as deacon and Father feaanfti as subdeacon. Father Rafter was assist ed ay Father Si Elmo Smith as master of cere monies. The pallbearers and the members of the Bonn*: family, including a son who had come *rom ldalio. followel the body to Calvary ceme tery. OPPOSED TO PLAYWRIGHT Weatcheater Democrats Don't Want ih Mr. Thomas as Delegate. WA fight is brewing among the Democrats of \VestcheEter County oxer the supposed ambition of Augustus Thomas, the playwright, who lives in Mew Rochelle. to represent the party at the na tional convention in Denver. It is .vaid that Mr. Thomas would like to - . as a delegate so that he can make the jspeecil nominating his friend, Will jam J. Bryan. Mr. Thomas took a leading part la the campaign in New Roclitlle last fall, where the local Democrats elected a Mayor and city admin istration for the first '.' ■• ill ninr years. He also made the speech nominating William Popham Platt, who ran far ahead of hhl party and was elected county judge. Mr. Thomas's fritiids Fay that there is no doubt that these Democratic victories were due largely to his eloquence and leadership, and if he desires to pa to Denver as a delegate it would not be asking t«o much. On the other hand, many Democrat?. While aurcJ:.i^ .'-r. Thomas, are opposed to him for the reason that they regard the nomination of Bryan as absolutely suicidal to the party. In this latter class are about four-filths of the leaders mho wil! control the Assembly district conven tions ill" will name the delegate. It is said that ii M; Thomas's own district a combination has been formed which will control the convention against any candidate who favors Bryan. The primaries are to be held on March 31. when the matter will l>e fought out. The opponents at the playwright are «-»ven opposed to having him go as a c>legaie to the stab convention, as they say Thai he njigiit sway the convention with his elo quence into an indors-ement of Bryan. EXTENDS POPULATION EXHIBIT TLMI -.■. . - . • t of the Amerlcsn ■ ?..'..:■ main on % lew «■-■_. ' '. 9 tt the Bi- Special days will be arranged for various organ-* lzatioi:s ' and classes from the high schools, colleges and universities and private schools of the city to insptct the c-xiaibtu A series of lectures Is also being arranged for the evenings of this •week and next. Arrangements Ear private in spections may be mud? through the oemmittee on congestion of population. Room €-3, Xo. ICS East M street. j^^For Griddle Cakes f of all Makes ( Karo I CORN SYRUP It's the crowning joy that makes a feast of a flapjack. It spur? the lazy appetite; it surprises by its exquisite flavor. Fine for baking best for any use from griddle cakes to candy. j lOc, 2Sc and SOc fit mlr-Uahi tin*. [ COJLN' PHODL'CTS MFG. CO- WESTCHESTER ELECTIOXS Xorth Pelham Again Chooses Village Blacksmith for President. James Rellly was re-elected village president in North Pelham yesterday by an increased major ity, lie had been elected twice on an independent ticket, defeating both the Republican and Demo cratic candidates, but this time he headed the Republican ticket and swept his colleagues into office in spite of the fact that the village is heav ily Democratic. The vote was the largest ever cast. Reilly's majority over Davyi B. Algie was eighty-six. Those elected with him were: William Edinger, treasurer; Robert Scott, collector; David Lyon, trustee. Reilly is the village blacksmith. In Pelham the Republicans elected their ticket as follows: President, T. 1-. Jacques; treasurer, Arthur L. Buckhout; collector. Klbert H. Kings land; trustee. Henry F. Tidemann. The Republicans of Pelham Manor ejected with- out opposition this ticket: Charles EL Pond, presi dent; Alfred H. Hammett, treasurer; I^ar.gdon Pope I . collector; W. P. Brown, trustee. Tuckahoe went Democratic, William Rubly being elected president for the third time; Otto Helmecke, treasurer; John McGuire, eoUeetar; John Mona ghan, trustee . Bronxv 4 Republicans elected W. P. H. Bacon president. W. H. Atkinson, treasurer; U. M. Hoc;" 1 , collector; Pressley Bisland. Jacob Steuhl, Warren J. Hoysradt and E. "W. Dusenberry. trus tees. After one of the liveliest elections ever held in the vJßase 0* Mount Kisco. Isaac W. Turner, the Citizens' candidate, was elected village president by 84 majority. The old board of trustees was re-elected. Townsend Matbews ran on an hide* pendent ticket against Mr. Turner, who was op posed by persons against the proposition of hav ing the city of New York co operate with the Mount Kisco authorities in arranging for a sew age disposal plant. W. I. WARD MAY RETIRE. Friends Urging Him to Remain Member of National Republican Committee. The a!i-.:o-jncem« nt thai v U Ward, National Republican Commttteeman, would probably retire at the e::d of his j resent term, has caused some of bis political friends throughout the state to urge him to leave the mwstian open until the national convention meets i:; Chicago. Mr. Ward could not \r si . :i yesterday in regard to the report, as he. is confined to his bed at his home in Pert Chester with the grip. A close friend said that he doubted if Mr. Ward had reached any definite decision in [to tl • affair, as it i.- not yet time for the I"«si;ion to be offered to any one. "Mr. Ward is in the happy position of being above faction." be said, "and !.•> <■> upiea a strong d in the confidence of business men. if It were urged upon him by his Republi an friends in the state that he was the most available man to lo.'k after the interests of the party in the ap proachmg Presidential election, I do not see bow he could very well refuse his services, which proved so valuable in the Roosevelt campaign." ONLY FOUR IN DEMOCRATIC RACE. Denver, March 17.— Active political work on be half of candidates before the Democratic National Convention has already begun in this city. Head quarters have bout rented at the leading hotels and political workers are on the ground looking after the interests of the men they represent. The campaign seems to have opened about two months earlier than usual. There an- now half a do* candidates represented in Denver by political workers with headquarters here who are busy in terviewing all who arrive from the various states to secure headquarters for their delegations in July. Friends of W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska; George C Gray, of Delaware, Stuyvesant Ciianler, of New York, and Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota state positively that their names will go before the convention as nominees. A number of other candi dates are mentioned, but ncne appears to have de veloped strength enough to make bis intentions of Interest to those who are really m the race. As the convention is being held in this state, and more than $100,000 is to be spent in the entertain ment of the delegates from oilier states. th« Colo rado delegation will probably go into the conven tion uninstructed. A. F. OF L. FORMS NEW DEPARTMENT. Preliminary steps were taken \n this city yester day to form a New York branch uf a metal trades .ient of the American Federation of Labor, in coiifoi mity with a resolution passed at a na tional convention of the unions in the metal trades. A second convention will be held in a few days to elect officers. The constitution provide! that no local union can 6irik<~ or sanction a strike with out the approval of the departnu nt. NEW-YORK DAILY TRTBUNE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1908^ •LITTLE TIM* BECEIVES "Nothing Too Big to Tackle on a Dai/ Like This" Says He, Acting Mayor ."Little Tim Sullivan was "on. the job"' again yesterday behind Mayor McClellan's desk, in the City Hal, ready and willing to deal with any problem that came along. None of. the big problems had the temerity to present them selves, or they might have been solved before they knew it. "Nothing is too big to tackle on a day like this." ■aid Mayor Sullivan, looking at a small green flag surmounting the Mayor's desk. Irishmen of all ages and conditions— some of them in a slightly suggestive condition— made Hieir way to the City Hall yesterday to shake hands with the Irish Mayor. One young caller, who blinked rapidly and held tightly to the back of a chair, reached out his hand and said: "God bless yez. Tlnimy This is the day I've long bin waitin' fur— to see yez sittin". right there In the Mayor's chair. 1" . . "Say, Tommy," said the 'chief magistrate of th« city, locking hard at his caller and refusing the proffered hand, "do you know what will happen to you If you take anotner drink to-day? I'll take you to the front steps. of the City Hall and kick you clear across to the poslofh'ce.-. I told your mother you had quit drinking, and here you are. at 10 o'clock in the morning, all lit up. Chase your self, now. I don't want any speeches from you. The internal revenue people will raise money enough without your drinking ail the Irish whiskey below Uth street." "Ain't be great— ain't he on the job!" exclaimed 'Tommy' excitedly as he reached the outer cor ridor, joyful even over threatened chastisement. 'Asked what he would do if he had a chance 'Tim' ■aid: "If I were Mayor I would go to William G. bvb- Adoo, the Jersey tunnel builder, and say to him: •Mr. McAdoo. the « ity of New York has got a transportation problem on its hands that would strain Ajax to carry. I want you to lake a fall out of that problem. Name your own price.' Any salary ho might name would bo cheap. Under hi? control the transportation problem in New York would melt like snow in the sun. McAdoo has hit New York an awful blow in ■ way. He has opened up a territory across the North River that has hardly been touched. Unless we get into action In a hurry the McAdoo tunnels and the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels are going to drain us until we feel It." PROBIXG BRIBE OFFER. P. S. C. Hears of Attempt to Get Property (haters to Refuse Consent Henry Krugman. wiio has been active in getting the consents of property owners to the building of a Station on the elevated line at Columbus avenue and 99th street, reported yesterday at a hearing before Commissioner Eustis. of thu Public Service Commission, thai aa attempt was being made to get the property owners to refuse such consents. '"I don't say that this young man represented the railroad company." said Mr. Krugman, "for I don't know anything about it. He said he repre sented a Park Row law firm, and toid the property owners there would be money in it for them if they would withhold their consents. 1 understand that onu n;an received an offer of J3.CM) to withdraw a consent already given." Commissioner Eustis said he would have a sub poena served on the young man making the offers. "I think," he added, "it will be found he repre sents some assessment lawyers who are looking for contingent fees on any damages they might get." . '- E. P. Bryan, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, said he had not instigated such an action and knew nothing about it. He said the station in question would cost $150,000. that the receipts of the company were steadily decreasing and that the present financial conditions might last for some time. Mr. Krugman said he had obtained the. consents of owners of 175 feet of the 300 feet of property that would be involved in the construction of the station. ACROSS BRIDGE TO-DAY. BlackwelTs Island Structure Ulll Connect Two Boroughs. The BlackweH's Island Bridge, from anchorage to anchorage, will be connected to-day about 2 o'clock or sooner. This does not mean that the bridge, even as It stands to-day, is completed. It will mean only that the main structure will be connected. City officials will be, there, and Mayor McdeUan is expected to be the first man to cross to the Qutens end. The Manhattan connection was made about a week ago. The Queens connection, which is thu final link, will be the feature of to-day. A great steel beam, or chord, as the engineers ca!l it. SO feet long. 2 feet wide and 4 feet deep, weighing nearly twenty tons, will be swung into place by a derrick on a traveller, by fifty men. There is a little difference in measurement of about three-quarters of an inch, but this will be easily ii- rcome, and when the great beam is in place the Mayor and the rest of the spectators will w;;lk across. On the beam Is a boardwalk, with a railing three feet high, boarded in so that none of those crossing may slip between the rails. It was said yesterday at the Department of Bridges that the structure would uot be completed until about January 1, 19(0. The contract called for completion of the work of the steel company in May. 190t>. but there have been strikes and other troubles which have gained extensions of time. Controller Met* said yesterday that the same tolls for automobiles and for general traftic would be charged on this bridge as on the other structures, as he understood it, bat BS the opening was still a rather long way off this, fact was not included in the programme of information furnished to the visitors who m re Invited to be present to-day. WANTS SUBWAYS BEGUN. Senate Urged to Pass Allied Real Estate Interests' Bill. A letter was sent yesterday to the chairman of the Cities Committee of the Senate relative to the Allied Real Estate Interests' bill amending the rapid transit act by "William Williams, former Commissioner of Immigration at the Port of New York, a lawyer, of No. 55 Wall street, who. in re ferring t.i the i •"• •nt formation of a transit com mittee by representative New Yorkers, of which the writer is chairman, says: This committee has no other object in view than to assist in bringing about such conditions as will result in the immediate- construction of further subways. Its members realize <1> that there is urgent demand for more. and (2) that none are being built. This may or may not be due to the fact that as the law now stands sub ways can be constructed only by the city. We believe thai this restriction is at least one of the chief reasons, if not the chief, why additional subways are not now being built; but. whether this be so or not. we perceive no valid reason why the law should be so framed as deliberately to prevent their construction through private en terprise while the city omits to engage in this work. Yon have before you a bill which, while in no way interfering with the right of the city to build its own subways If it be so advised, will enable the Public Service Commission to ask for bids in the alternative. Long before any new subways can be complet ed the Deed therefor will be far greater than it i.-* to-day, so that no time should Be lost in begin ning "their construction. •We believe that before this can occur such a bill as is now before you must be paused, and we therefore respectfully urge that you give this bill your favorable con sideration. "William It. ilk-ox v.ill address ■ meeting in favor of the Travis-Robinson bill to be held under the auspices of lh* Allied Real Kstate Interests at the Vesey Street Real Estate Salesroom on Thurs day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. MISSOURI LOCAL OPTION LAW UPHELD. Jefferson City, Mo., March 17 Ju.i^- Gantt, of tax Buprenn "nun. in ■■ opinion to-day upheld . :r the Missouri local option MAY LOUNGE ON STREET CORNERS. leffersota Oity. Mo. March 17.— The Supreme Court decided to-day that city ordinance? prohibit lag persons from lounging oi loafing on olivet cotatis ate unconstitutional & Food for thought . . W ■I Food for work 111 I . Food for brain I I Uneeda Biscuit | ■I The most nourishing of all wheat foods. 111 1 ill at in ***** **&*' II I] WL moisture proof packages. vj/ M Never sold in bulk. » i NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Ji HUMMEL FREE TO-NIGHT Penitentiari/ Sentence Expires at Midnight — Mb on- Saturday. T!i<^ leave taking of Abraham H. Hummel from the Blackwell s Island penitentiary to-night will be carried out with as much secrecy as his admission to the institution a year ago, when he began his sentence after a conviction on the charge of subor nation of perjury in the Dodge-Morse divorce case. At midnight the former lawyer's prison term ends, and be will be privileged to leave BlaekwelTs Island either on the boat departing for East 521 street or that for East 26th street, but Commission er Coggey, of the Department of Correction has given orders that no private boat will be allowed to dock at the island and take on a passenger. While the prisoner has be^n confined to the hospital ward for .some months he lias been plan ning his future and according to Deputy War den Murtagh he will find plenty of diversion in the city until Saturday, when he will sail for Europe in an endeavor to forget the year spent behind the prison walls. Hummel would not discuss his plans yesterday when he was making final preparations for his departure after he had received word that the 5500 fin- which was imposed in addition to the prison term would be paid promptly. No* clothes have been made for 'he prisoner, and. with the exception of a slight nervousness, due to heart trouble, from which he suffers, be will appear in the same condi tion as when he left Broadway. According to the official announcement at the penitentiary. Hummel is to leave the island to-mor row morning at 7 :30 o'clock, but it was said posi tively that he would ask to be allowed to go on the last boat to-night, which leaves the island wharf at one minute after midnight. Although the penitentiary authorities assert that they have allowed no special favors to Hummel, it was said by others in the employ of the Correc tion Department that Hummel has had a rather easy time in the institution. His condition was re ported several times as being so bad that he was forced to stop work in the bakeshop, but this, it was declared, was done so he could be Sent to the hos pital, where there is no work and where a prisoner receives the same privileges accorded a patient in a city hospital. It was stated definitely yesterday by a close friend of Humm<-1 that he would make an ef fort to gain a pardon after his release, and that he might ask for reinstatement to the bar. Similar efforts were made by Robert Ammon, the lawyer who was sent to Sing Sing for his connection with the Miller syndicate. As In that Instance, friends of Hummel expect that District Attorney Jerome will oppose an application for a pardon. The prison workshops were deserted yesterday, as the men had a half holiday to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Songs and speeches enlivened the supper hour before the prisoners were taken to their cells for the night. Hummel did not take part in the entertainment, as he said he feared any undue excitement might bring on more acute heart trou ble. He also dec-lined to see callers. | CALLS PERJURY COM M OX. Judge Green Denounces Witness and Sends Case to Jerome. Following Justice Guy's announcement of the great amount of perjury in divorce cases a few days ago, Judge Joseph I. Green, in the City Court, de clared yesterday that in almost every ease tiled in the civil and criminal courts of this city perjury is committed daily. "People seem to have lost their reaped for the sanctity of an oath," be declared, "and consider th" solemn vow to tell the truth but a panoply for the more effective detail of matter /or the side they wish to succeed." The judges statement was prompted by a suit for alterations in a lower East Side building. Judge Green decided that the suit could not be adjudicated without a physical examination, which he mail*' witli all thosti concerned. The evidence submitted caused Judge Gfeea 10 decide to put the case before the District Attorney and to add a long memoran dum to his opinion. "The Court feels." he said, •that tho time his ar rived in which something radical must. be done to stem the torrent of perjury wMd) la ♦■ngultir.g the ffferfs lo adminis'er justice in the courts of our community." He said that fals^ swearing: or perjury is commit ted in nearly every cape in the courts. No one rac» or creed was tirsl in this dishonor, be said, for all shared it equally. •In the cas-- at bar." be continued. "I have awarded a money judgment to the plaintiff because the Court fscls that, as a matter of l.tw. it was compelled to do so, hot 1 cannot suaaclsntly express my condemnation of the conduct of both plaintiff and defendant in giving the false testimony they ilit.. This Court desires to make clear its position in this matter, and so far as it lies in its power it will do its utmost to stamp out perjury in the fut ure. The exhibits in thia case will !«■ impounded by the clerk of the court, and the testimony will i>.« transcribed and transmitted to the District Attor ney for such action as he may tliink the circum >\ arrant. " RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION DISSOLVED. Against the protest of certain elders the name of the old Westminster Prrsbyterian Church, in West 2.V. street, was stricken from the roll of the New York Presbytery yesterday afternoon. Differences over financial affairs four years ago disrupted the congregation, and worry hastened the .bath of the pastor, the Rev. Dr. John Lloyd I,ee. Three weeks ago the church was closed. The church property is valued at $300,000. The dissolution of tilt* congregation removes from office the Rev. Dr. Italian G. Mendenhall, who suc ceeded Dr. I- 1"'1 "' as pastor*, and .the elders and trus tees of the church. Six organisations attached to tin church and its Sunday school have been dis solved and their funds ordered turned ovrr to the trustees of the. Presbytery. Th- church «iii be opened for service .-li Bun day under the susptees it the Church Extension Society. Dr. Men-1. iihall, it i- expected, win preach. A new MOM tn.*y be given to the church and its work continued at a mission. MYSTERY IS BAIL BOXD. Magistrate Reluctant to Tell Who Freed Whiston Girl. Frank Garvan. Assistant District Attorney, was detained at his home yesterday owing to illness, but it was the general impression around the Criminal Courts Building that Raymond Httch co/s Court Is Going To Be Bl Judse Fawcett is address d to '•County Judg" Fawcett, County Court. Brooklyn, ' and underneath are the words, "would-be Presi dent." The note says: •"You wiil r«^ killed by on of our men who has been selected and is on the lookout for you." It is signed. "Anarchist Society, No. ■ West 29th street, New York City." JI.IFFEX OFFERS ADVICE. Witness Says He Told Him to Give "Thoughtful . i ushers." C. H. Graham, engineer in chars* of th» bureau of sewers in The Bronx, testified before J. P. Mitchel. Cominissione. of Accounts, yesterday, that Borough PresMvnt Ha.ff.en. whose office is belns investigated, had told ■*■ to give rthoughtful answers." Commissioner Mitchel was inquiring about the prevalence of allowing overtime on contracts when he suddenly switched. "What did the Borough President say to you at th. Saturday afternoon conference in ht.s office last week ■•" he asked. "I wasn't there Whoa the others were there?" replied Mr. Graham. "The president and his sec retary were alone." •'What did he say or do when you came In?" "1 think he did say something about my appear ing before you here aaj Monday." "What else did he say'" •'1 think he told me to be thoughtful and careful of my answers." Under a rapid in.- of questioning Mr. Graham ad mitted that in lan conversations with President iiatiYn lie lad gained the impression that he should "assume the attitude generally assumed upon the witness stand— be noncomirlttal " Mr. Graham was asked if there was any clause in contracts which would allow him la give allow ances for strikes and obstructions in ilm streets to contractors. "Perhapj not." replied th« .■nßi ne*r. "but I think thei.> Ii .1 consideration in equity." Th» witness admitted that if he were the engi neer on a private job ha would not allow things* that were tolerated in th* aanan bureau. For instance, he testified that he would not k»«»v> some inspectors whom he di<_ not seem to be able to get nd of. ORIENTAL AVI\S AGAK. Continued from first pas? of the appointment of th» receivers, and I agree that th«» order appointing the receivers was properly vacated. It is not the province of the court to advise the directors of a. bank with re spect to their powers or duties." Justice Laughlin said he thought the court should refrain from expressing any opinion on these questions: "Whether, on the re-delivery vt the assets to the bank's directors, the busine*» should be resumed; or, if unable to resume. if money may lawfully or should be raised in the manner proposed; or whether the bank should go into voluntary liquidation, as provided by law. That the decision was handed down o day. and not on Friday, as is customary, was ai" to the fact that the court aasWelpjai I ' sible haste, out of consideration for the bank's depositors. MEERITT DENOUNCES JACKSON Assembly Passes Palmer Bill Giving the Attorney General $80,000. (By Telegraph to Tie Tnbua« 1 Albany, March 17. — The Palmer bill specially ap propriating $80,000 for the Attorney General's of fice. Including $20,000 for expenses of the Hears: McClellan quo warrant© action, was passed by the Assembly to-day, accompanied by a scorching criti cism of Mr. Jackson by Mr. ilerritt. majority leader. Even Mr. Palmer, minority leader, who introduced the bill, did not talk on the merits of the proposition or defend the Democratic official, contenting himself by explaining that he. as Demo cratic leader, presented a bill for a Democratic head of a department. Mr. Merritt declared: Our Ways and Means Commute© did not report this bill from any admiration of the Attorney Gen eral or in approval of his conduct of his office, but because we believed in the line of duty of hH office he contracted certain expend justly charse able to the state. He must answer to the people for th« way h<-> has run his office; I don t belie v« there is anybody on this floor willing to take th» responsibility for it. . It was in the discretion of th« Attorney General to make Hearst a. defendant in th.- action and force him to give a bond for th* expenses. H- 1 chose not to d-> so. I think h-- erred and misused his discretion, but as an elected oißcer he exercised his right, and the state must pay the JSill. I trust we never again shall have in office a asaa who in so many instances strains his judgment and incurs great expenses in actions against th« advice o m any eminent lawyers in his own party. • MORSE TO FILE DEMTJItItEK. Former Banker Prepared to Fight Bank ruptcy Proceedings. Eugene P. Carver, attorney for Charles W. Morse, announced las: night that he would file to day in the United States District Court a de murrer in opposition to the involuntary bankruprcy petition. Two points are raised by Mr. Carver in his demurrer, in which he- holds that the petition in bankruptcy hi defective and should be dis missed. It is set forth by Mr. Carver that Charles A. Hanna. as receiver of the National Bank of Nortb America, one of the petitioners, is not by law au thorized, as such receiver, to join in a petition " have Mr. Morse adjudicated an Involuntary bank rupt without being specideally authorized to do so. As for Frank C. Pringle and Edward D. Shot-well, the other two petitioners, the demurrer says: "Tljsa' are shown on the face of the petition not to fee creditors at all of Charles W. Morse." It also holds that the Smith judgment acaizst iiaa is defective. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS LESS SEVER* Comparative Statement Shows little Varia tion in. Number. However. A comparative statement of accident* on the railroad lines within the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission for the Ist District in Decen bar. January and February shows Ml variation in the number but a steady decrease in the severity of such accident*. The total number of accidents ror February was 3.951. as compared with 3.9:21 and 2.993 for Jaau ary and December, respectively. Th" number oi persons injured la February was -.157. as com pared with 2,300 and 1.037 in January and Decem ber, respectively. The serious injuries, however. were only 13?. as compared witli ISS in January and 200 in December. Those dying from »uca in juries were only -'•'• in February, whereas there were 44 deaths 111 January and il in December. The answers of the constituent companies of tii* Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and the Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company to the con plaints against a 10 cent fare to Coney Island were referred yesterday by the Public Service Commis sion to Commissioner McCarrolL. Commissioner Kustis. on * suggestion tiaat the subway be extended from West Farm.-* out Morris avenue to Pelham Bay Parkway, has reported that such an extension would open up a new territory- The papers in the case were ordered on file, to &• considered In connection with future subway routes. CHARGES THEFT TO HOUSECLEANERS. The- wife of Dr. Clarence M. Baker, of No- » l Morton street, reported to the police of the Charl** street station last night that she had r^en robbed of a jewel box containing: jewelry valued at $**' The jewels, she said, were on her dresser when two negroes, John Henry and John Moore, of No. 21 Cornelia street, went to her home to do aoto* housecleaningr. She did not miss the jewels until after th. had gone. The men were Arrested. A most wonderful remedy for bronchial affections. Free from opiates, i a (***»• vat* j