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New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
MORTARS TO BE TESTED
Warnings Sent to Those Living
Near Fort Totten.

For the first time in years battery OF
mammoth mortars hidden in the depths
Of Fort Totten, at Willetts Point. Long
Island. will engaged in proof firing to-
morrow morning. and Colonel Adelbert
Cronkhite. commanding the coast artil-
lery at that fort, has sent out notice
To the residents of the North Shore 10
get ready for the disturbances, when
will shake up the different villages.
Every mile of territory within range OF
the big guns in Fort TOtten and Fort
S,ocum. over on the Westchester eide, Is
plotted out like the squares on a checker
hoard and. with their range finders and
searchlights. experts In big guns declare
thev can drop bomb shells weighing sew
eral hundred pounds in any designated
square with mathematical accuracy.
While other countries TO a great extent
have abandoned The mortar as an ef-
fective engine of war. United States ord
nance officers say their efficiency, so far
as Uncle Sam is concerned. remains un-
questioned. Dummy shells will be used
in the proof firing"
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
LOSES $4,000 IF SINGLE
Charles Corbin Must Disclose
Secret on Saturday.
fRv Telegraph to The Tribune

Hartford, Conn, Dec. la-f Charles
Corbin. the only son Of the late Philip
Corbin, Of New Britain, who founded
and was first president Of the Hardware
Trust. can prove TO the judge of the
New Britain Probate Court on Satur-
day. the date of the distribution OF the
millionaireis estate. that he is married
he will get Sl5O,OOO; otherwise he Will
collect only one-half that amount
Charles Corbin was married once, but
his wife. who was Lillian Blakeslee. OF
New Britain. secured a divorce from nm
while he was living in Oak Bluff, Mass.
According to the terms of his fathers
will he will get $15O,OoO if married on
December Ii, or one-half If single. He
refuses 10 discuss the case, but his
friends declare that he is still single.
The administrators of the estate will
make their report at the hearing on sat
urday. and the millionaire's estate then
will he distributed.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
WATER ENTERS CABINS
Royal Ladies Literally Dropped
and Caught in Small Boat.

London. Dec IA Tangier dispatch
10 "The Times" says: The royal
marty had not even time 70 dress. Some
wore night dresses. with such coats as
they were able TO pick up IN the hurry
of the moment
The vessel listed shortly after strik-
ing Water entered the lower cabins.
Great difficulty was experienced in get
ting into the boat; the royal ladies had
to he literally dropped and caught.
When the boat was still some way
from the shore the breakers began 20
I'll her
Before reaching the beach she filed
and sank. The whole party had
strapped on life belts and they hoated
10 the surface where they were ter
ribly buffeted hv the waves
The Princess Alexandra disappeared
for moment under the towering waves
but she was seized by a friendly hand
and with the others, after all had been
washed off their feet several times was
dragged to safety up the shore"
the Tangier correspondent OF Ihe
Daily Mail" says they landed below the
soignal station and had to walk over the
rocks TO the lighthouse, where the Span
ish guardians gave them some sort OF
dry garments.
Some Of the other passengers canpeu
on the beach and still others rode or
walked into town.
A Gibraltar dispatch 10 The DalIy
Mail" saws that the Delhi, in the fog
mistook the Spartel light for another
Tight. The vessel struck gently ana
most of the women abroad gathered in
the music room. with lifebelts on. one
Of the men played the piano TO Keep
their spirits up. and when it was FOUND
that danger was not imminent. the pas
sengers packsd their belongings ana
ascendcd 10 the deck where they waited
for several hours for help. THIS aP-
neared in the shape Of the cruiser Fri
ant
The royal party We're perfectly clam
and went among the passengers Amuse-
mont was caused by gentleman
who gave one Of the young princeses a
lucky ring. assuring her that no harn
could come 20 the owner while wearing
il. The princess Immediately put the
ring on her finger
The royal party refused 10 leave the
ship on the first French boat that came
but went ashore attended by Admiral
Craddock. when close to the beach The
boat capsizcd All waded through the
surf. after being tossed about for sew
.rei rYfUutsg
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
70 CELEBRATE TREATY
Centenary of Pact Signed at
Ghent To Be Observed.
tBy Gable to The Tribune !

London, Dec. 14-Preparations are
now being made in this country to cele-
brats the centenary Of the Treaty or
Ghent Earlier i'm the year Parliamen-
tary committee was formed 70 promoH
arbitration between Great Britain ana
America, with Sir Philip Magnus as
chairman, and this committee has now
decided 10 form a larger body wnlch
will proceed 10 consider what actual
shape the celebrations should take.
The opening meeting will be held In
Caxton Hall. Westminster, to-day, when
IL will he proposed to invite Lord Grey
to become member of the British COM
mittee. An executive committee will be
appointed and the work OF the organl-
zation will begin with the new year.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
LINER S STAY TO BE BRIEF
Lusitania, Delayed by Bad Weather
Will Have Only 80 Hours in Port.

Having run at an average speed Of only
twenty-five knots up 10 noon yesterday. the
Crnard liner Lusitania scheduled 10 leave
port for Liverpool at p. m. Saturday, will
not arrive here before tomorrow morning
The big nyer, which on her next eastward
vovage will bc making her seventeenth
round trip for the year. Is held back by
bad weather. being 7S5 miles east Of Sandy
Hook at f:35 p. m. yesterday. She will have
Only thirty-two hours I'm which 10 dis
charge and take on her cargo ana M her
b,.nkers with GONE seven thousands tons ot
coal
The vessel, which has as westbound cabin
raasengers. VIII leave port on Saturday
with 800 travellers anxious 10 spend tn,
bolldays IN England The Lusitania takes
the place Of the Mauretan!a. which has
been eliminated from the Cunard schedule
urfu February The Mauretania grounded
recently IN the Mersey, ana when put into
d,vdock for repairs IL was decided To give
the vessel her annual oNerhauling
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
INSIDE REALTY AT TOP PRICE
Dr.. Kip's House Brings $780,
600. or S193 a Square Foot.

The home Of the late DR.. Isaac l.. Kip,
at No 44S Fifth avenue. between S9th and
doth streets. has been sold for about 100000.
The sum Is said TO be the largest paid in
the city for property not on corner. The
buvers Of the site are F. V. and j. H..
Burton. large real estate holders in that
part OF the city.
The house was once the home Of william
Y Brady one Of the early mayors or TINS
CITY. whose heirs have owned the property
for nearly a century the original posses
sions OF the family including all the Fifth
avenue block between $9th and fOth streets
with the exception Of the Wendell home
stead. at the northwest corner OF Ssth
street
The price at which the property was pur-
chased shows a rate Of Sl9S Tor square
foot. which is the highest known record TOT
inside property in the city. Ihe pest coil-
narison of the rise Is furnished by the SAFE
=, 1oos of the columbia Bank property to
Folix Isman. who also acquired az the
same time the adjoining southwest corner
OF i9d street. paying at the rate OF Fl"o Il
enuare foot for the inside piece. Last year
tho Farmers Loan and Trust company
,.id tiS001O for a lot l96x9S feet AZ the
southwest corner Of ilst street ana flih
av.nua. and the Bixhy estate sold the
northwest corner Of ioth street ana Fltth
avenue FIVE years age 20 NJ. knoedler ior
S500 0D0. or 500 a square foot
r.. house is "A four story and basement
e,ructure. with a frontage Of SO feet in the
.,,op,e and extending hack 10 feet Al the
rortb of the property Is the Clark estate
,,t,cb uas leased last year 10 the Whit
.o,,b prass ned Company. which subse-
a,,.,,,,,, leased il 10 the Mirror Candy Com
~ and adjoining that and forming the
a,,,,h,,.e, corner Of 10Th street Is ten
story building. owned by Edward NJ hho''
This site. which measures '"Nllo ieet' ""9
purchased by Mr.. Knox In 1901 TOT N"'"V'
The sale was negotiated ny IucHer' Spey-
crs 4 co.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
TRAIN KILLS TWO IN AUTO
Atlantic City Express Crashes
Into Machine at Crossing.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune J

Camden, y. j., Dec. 13-Walter A
.Junge. OF West Berlin. y. j.. and Will
lam Young, Of Philadelphia, were in
stantly killed when an Atlantic City
express of the Reading Railroad struck
an automobile at Lawnside, about seven
miles from Camden, this evening. The
automobile was wrecked and then
burned. making it impossible 10 dis
cover its make or number.
The crash occurred at Browning Lane,
considered one of the most dangerous
crossings along the line Of the railroad
II is guarded only by an electric alarm
hall
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
LAUGHS HERSELF TO DEATH
Merry Story by Old Friend Brings
Fatal Seizure TO Woman

Mrs Aimee Spcrber hfty-two years old
OF 80. l2o Pearl street. went calling on her
friend. Mrs. Catherine Phillips, at her home
40 BAG East 2)th street last. night They
were old friends, and many pleasant mem
ories Of other days were recalled. one oi
the incidents related amused Mrs Sperber
and she laughed so heartily she was unable
20 stop
After a few moments Mrs Phillips no
tiCcd that Mrs. SpcTber had grown pufpl"
in the face and she went out 20 the street
and asked Paroiman Conlon. Of the East
22d street station % Call an ambulance
Or Wcafne responded from Bellevue anu
fOunh Ms Snerher was dead.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
BUFFALO MAYOR ACCUSED
Council Charges That He Put
City Money in Own Ma ,e.

Buffalo. Dec. 13.-Charges We're made I'm
the Council to-day that Mayor Louis u.
Fuhrmann. Democrat. had deposited 200
of the city's money TO his personal account
The money was said To be part OF $4,000
appropriation for investigating the cost OF
electric light and power 10 the city.
\ special committee. Councilmen Bull
I>orr and Seigrist presented resolution
calling on the Mayor To give complete ac-
c"unting OF the money intrusted TO him 10
conduct the investigation, which ne himself
nrcposed The resolution was adopted
unanimously
MaVor FuhTmann, VINO Is also a Demo-
cratic state Committeeman. is seriously III
In his home. and no direct answer To the
charge could be- obtained from him. His
friends say he courts the fullest investiga-
tion and they are confident that the viii be
cNonerated.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
EloHT.FooT SHEETS LAW VOID.

Norfolk, Dec l3-The law passed by the
Legislature Of Virginia requiring hotels to
furnish sheets az least eight feet long TO
all beds was to-day declared TO be uncon-
stitutional by Police Justice duncan OF
Norfolk. before whom test prosecution
was brought. The state appealed
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14

sene for Holiday Price lst Of Wines
Special Assoriments for Christmas
II r Dewey " Sons Co. l3S Fulton ST. \. !
-AGvt
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
Ey-CHAPLA|N ACCUSED
Of '|NST|GAT|NC CRIME
Soldier in Confession Involves
the Rev. Mir. Brewer in Fort
Riley Explosions.
GIVES REVENGE AS MOTIVE
Prisoner Says He Blew Up
Bridge, Stables and Water
Mains at Brewers Sug-
gestion-Woman
Also Held.

Junction City. Kan. Dec. 13-The
Rev. Charles VI. Brewer. formerly a
chaplain In the United States Army, now
n nastor OF a Baptist Church in Olustee,
Okla. has been accused In a confession
by Private Michael Quirk of implication
in a mysterious series of explosions
which have baf1ed military authorities
1T Fort Riley for six months.
Brewer was arrested at Olustee to-day.
Mrs. Anna Jordan. of Kansas City. also
implicated I'm Quirk's confession. was ar
rested to-day in Kansas City, following
a telegram to the police.
Army officers at Fort Pilev tonight
said that additional arrests might be ex-
rected. It was said the PERSONS under
surveillance are prominent. The investi-
cation has been going on some time. but
il was not until to-day. after the arrest
Of Brewer and Mrs Jordan. that Colonel
Eli d. Hoyle 9Th Field Artillery, COM
mandant at Fort Riley, gave out the
confession Of Quirk
Ouirk In his confession said he blew UP
the bridge across the Kaw River June u
last. and the cavalry stable June 80
when twenty-five cavalry horses were
burned to death. He said also that ne
blew up the water main which supplied
the post with water. Quirk declared ne
committed these crimes at the instiga-
ton of Brewer. who sought revenge be-
cause he had been court martialled and
dismissed from the service for conduct
unbecomng an officer and gentleman
Mrs. Anna Jordan, implicated by
Ouirk. Is the wife of a convict in the
federal penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
worth. She was arrested here several
months ago for aiding her husband 70
escape from the guard house, where he
was confined on charge Of stealing
He was recaptured and sent 10 the fed
eral penitentiary. Mrs. Jordan was re-
leased.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14

ONLY ONE NIGHT OUT TO FLORIDA
,ia Atlantic Coast Line-the Standard Rail-
,ya, OF the South Limited Trains Daily.
i1.lG 4. NJ. 1888 and $50 l. NJ. l2is B'vay
-AdVt.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14

eovAL BLUE LINE TO WASHINGTON
Maximum sxrvlce In Minimum line,
Five Hours n Washington. four to BAL
tim re Quickest from Downtown-AdVt'
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14

Audemair opera Glasses-powerful, distinct
definition. Spencer, importer, Maiden Lane
-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14

Cut fruits. ieles. water.ices ma InnaT q !, ae
icious with ANGOsTIhA bi EH''
Advt
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14

Leavenworth. Kan, Dec. 13.-Frederick
Jordan. military convict and husband OF
Mrs. Anna Jordan. talked about his wife's
arrest in his cell to-day. Jordan said II
would have been impossible for Mrs Jor-
dan To have been implicated in any way
with the explosions. He declared she was
at her home in 81. Louis. at the time Of
the explosion.
Jordan. Who is a soldier, was confined I'm
the guardhouse at Fcrt Riley for larceny at
the time OF the explosions. While thus de-
tanned his wife, II is charged, furnished him
with an army rifle and he escaped, He was
captured the following day. however. and
sentenced 10 the military prison here.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
"On Way to Blow Up a Bridge"

Ouirk In his confession alleged he met
the former chaplain and Mrs. Jordan in
an automobile on the road between
Junction City and Fort Riley. He said
Brewer told him they were on the way
to blow up the bridge, and asked him TO
go along. Quirk said he placed the ex-
plosive.
Ouirk has been in the guard house on
suspicion Of connection with the explC-
sion for nearly a month. Last night he
sent for Colonel Hoyle and made the
confession.
Explosions and fires here within six
months have destroyed government
property valued at 100000. A big
storehouse on the maneuvre grounds
burned, with a loss of S2OO,OOO. Since
Ouirk's arrest there have been no fires
II was said at the post to-day that
others have been implicated and that
more arrests will follow.
Brewer was born in Alabama thirty
four years ago. He became chaplain in
IN United States army in 1907. He was
u
toned at Fort Riley. until he was dis
missed from the army. June II last,
after conviction by court martial OF
charges of having been intoxicated It an
enlisted mems dance at the fort and
with behaving In an ungentlemanly
manner in the presence of enlisted men
and their wives on March 81 last. He is
married and has several children.
oklahoma City, Okla. Dec. 13.-The
Rev. Charles NJ. Brewer, charged with
implication in a series of recent dyna-
mite explosions at Fort Riley, Kansas.
was arrested at his home in Olustee.
Okla, late to-day. The deputy who
made the arrest refused to say where he
would take the prisoner when they
boarded IA train tonight. It is believed
Brewer is being taken 10 Fort Riley.
A dispatch from Olustee. a small town
in the southwestern part Of the state,
brought this information tonight. Mrs.
Brewer. wife of the minister. declined to
discuss her husbands arrest
Kansas City. Mo. Dec BIN the ma
irons room at police headquarters, where
she has been held awaiting the arrival OF
federal authorities from Fort Riley, Mrs.
Anna Jordan, charged by Private Quirk in
a confession at Fort Riley with completely
I'm the dynamitng plot AT the fort, heard
tonight why she was arrested. She had
not been permitted to read the papers to-
day, and when a reporter told of Quirk's
confession Mrs. Jordan laughed and said it
was ridiculous"
II never heard of Quirk." said Mrs. Jor-
dan. Il hardly knew Chaplain Brewer and
never was in a motorcar with him, as
Qurk charges | was In St Louis with
relatives at the time the explosions oc-
Cured"
New-York tribune., 1911-12-14

%rRtinued op second page.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-31
FUN IN FROLIC IF
MOTHER TAKESPART

1t adds much to the nursery fun II
mother or nurse dresses as a witch for
Halloween tricks.
a costume can be evolved in half an
hour. if one happens to have black pa
per or 4 pot of black paint on hand.
Make a tall cone from a sheet of paste
board and slip over the top a twO-inch
wide circle pasted together so II fits
tightly to the base of the cone to form
rim Of the witch's cap. Cover with
black paper or paint, and just above
the brim put a two-inch band of white
paper with red dots.
Slip over the frock long black water
proof or Mother Hubbard wrapper and
drape around the shoulders for a man
tie, red and yellow striped Roman
blanket. such as most households pos
Sess.
Let the hair hang loose under the cap.
make up the face with black and white
paint and a little phosphorus, and black
out some of the front teeth.
Over the shoulder carry a broomstick
and on the other shoulder perch a black
cat or your pet tabby. if she will con-
sent to stay perChed.
The imprOviSed witch can preside over
various tricks, tell fortunes and give the
children a glorious evening. II the make
up is good it may be a long time before
the disguise is penetrated, which adds
much to the merriment.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-31

son accomplishing the best change after
having the company parade in grand
march before the committee of judges.
Now that the weather is COOL dainty
sandwiches, hot chocolate or coffee,
olives and pickles. and little cakes make
a delightful lunch. If you want some
thing more elaborate you might add a
nice salad to this menu.
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manuscripts. They cover the entire
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envelope ! will gladly give you the ad-
dresses.
(2) The Washington Herald is not in
the market for short stories. You would
do better to submit them, when properly
prepared, to magazines.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-31
PRACTICAL USE FOR
AN OLD STEAMER

An Old-fashiOned steamer with holes
in the bottom and a tight-ftting lid
set over a pan of boiling water on the
simmering burner of the gas stove is a
most useful and economical adjunct to
the kitchen supplies.
In it l reheat any left overs 1 wish to
use, such as creamed potatoes, all sorts
of scalloped dishes and sweet puddings,
such things as would be ruined II
warmed over in the ordinary way. I put
them in the dishes in which they are to
be served. set them in the steamer and
forget about them until time to serve.
In preparing stews with dumplings,
set the dish containing the stew right
in the steamer and cover the steamer,
instead Of the pan containing the stew.
About half an hour before time to serve
/ uncover the steamer, drop the dump
lings in on top of the stew, cover the
steamer, and do not have to open It
again until time to serve. The dumplings
are always light, OF account Of so much
steam, and the stew cannot burn.
can also steam many puddings in the
same way that ordinarily are baked, and
to save the heat and expense Of the gas
oven.
Baked beans are delicious IL steamed
instead of baked, and then Drowned un-
der the broiler twenty minutes before
serving. Almost any dish which requires
long baking and therefore is expensive
on account of fuel can thus be prepared.
The steamer costs 80 or so cents, ac-
cording to size.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-31
BY DOROTHY DIX.

For the first time in the history OF
Columbia University a man has been en-
rolled in the department OF household
arts, and will take a thorough course in
houseWork
The name Of this Adam in the do
mestEc Eden is John B. Leeds. He is
an A. NJ, and he we'll get his doctor 5
degree this year, and he lives at Morris
Plains, N. J., where all proposals OF
marriage from single ladies, and d.
vorcees, and widows in need Of a good
cook, who can't give notice and quit, will
reach him.
Just as one swallow does not make a
spring, so one man who takes up the
study of housewifery doesn't inaugurate
a domestic millennium, but the example
Of Mr.. Leeds is. at least, a hopeful
prophecy of a better day coming in
which husbands will have some Compre-
hension of and sympathy with the tre-
mendous labor involved in making a
comfortable home.
The trouble heretofore with men in re-
gard to domestic affairs has been that
through colossal ignorance they have un-
derestimated the difficulties OF the job.
1t has seemed to them that keeping house
was in the nature OF a cinch, so dead
easy that anybody could do 1t with one
hand and no thought. Therefore. that
the woman who did It well deserved no
credit for 1t, and the one who failed at
1t was an incompetent fool beneath con-
tempt.
His Opinion.
or course, every man observes that his
wife manages to keep pretty busy for
about eighteen hours q day, but he sets
this down to her lack of executive abil-
ity. He also is of the opinion that her
mania for picking up things Off the floor
and putting them away and busting and
scrubbing is a sort of harmless insanity
common TO her sex. Likewise when she
complains of being tired and overworked.
he shrugs his shoulders in disdain, and
puffs out his chest, and says, Non
sense! Just suppose you had to work
like I do. I tell you l would think l
had a regular picnic If I didn't have
anything to do but just stay at home
and run house and take care Of a
baby or two
Occasionally the mans theory of what
a soft snap woman has as a housewife
gets a jolt, as. for example when he
undertakes to look after the children for
a Sunday afternoon. and ascertains that
one small, red infant can reduce a husky
able-bodied man to a nervous wreck in
the course of a couple of hours or when
wife goes home to visit her mother, and
he finds that after two days the house
looks as If IL had been in the path of a
Kansas cyclone, and that he needs a
search warrant to locate a clean shirt.
Then 1t begins to dawn upon him that
clothes do not automatically pick them
selves up off the floor and hang them
selves on their proper hooks: that laun-
dry is not self-acting proposition that
The Washington herald., 1911-10-31
A Sewing Room Necessity.

In every sewing room there should be a
large pasteboard box in which can be
placed the various pieces Of goods Of the
different garments that are made at home,
so that II there should ever be a hole
wear into the garment there is always
a place to go and find a piece with which
to patch or repair 1t. On these boxes
one can elaborate so that they lose their
crude appearance and look more like q
piece of the regular furnishings OF the
sewing corner. They can be covered with
a wallpaper of small design IL there be
anything in that line on hand, or better.
II can be covered in one of the beautiful
chintzes that are now on sale in most OF
the larger stores. The latest designs in
these are really decorative and make OF
this patch box an ornament as well as
making 1t more presentable in It's place
near the machine.