New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 3, 1915, Page 6

3 COMPANY. excepted) at 4:15 p. m. ing, 67 Church St. [Post Office at New Britain Class Mail Matter. 0y part of the city Cents a Month. paper 4o be sent by, mail 60 ‘Cents a adval o § 'fi’. year. R "M\'m‘nmg medium in fon books and press to advertisers. jer ' to fWeek. 8 found.on sale at Hota- ‘'142nd St., and Broad- d ..9025 ‘928 LY DEED. i /of an ‘archdemon mb’ which wrecked tion roén:x in the pitol building at dastardly - deed' rks of work usu- inless anarchist,— led, wretched mis- pverted mind has been by the furious storms NPT ope ‘that the des- ' eapitol. fanatical from this station all the information about outgolng merchantmen has been, given to commanders of German | submarines. If these charges are true | the plant should .be closed down or! operated by the United States govern- ent. There is a sort of censorship ex- ercised at Sayville now, but experts claim the men in charge of the plant have given out a fake code and the censorship is ’u.s,eles. Under the censorship originally im- posed on the Sayville plant no cipher /messages, except’for foreign embas- sles, have been permitted to be sent, and _such code messages were de- spatched only after approval by the State Department. The sending of certain messages ‘phrased .in . plain English are the ones questioned, It i§ said these messages may have had ‘hidden meanings. Officials of tha Navy Department claim .they can have no absolute securily against vio lation of neutrality until they get con- trok ®f the wireless keys at Sayville. The Department of Commerce has gathered evidencé of alteged viola- tion of neutrality by the wireless plant. It is with this information that Secretaries Redfield and Lans- ing have conferred on the advisability | of taking over the plant. Their de- | cision will be made public in a day or 80. If the charges against the Sayville management are true, that they have ‘base of hostile operations, they should be' compelléd to stop this trafic. The | United States was not long in stay- . Walnut Hill celebration, July 4, “Americanizatfon Day.” That is, a day on which all persong no mat- ter where they were born can be bap- tized anew in the waters of liberty and freedom. It is not the purpose of Americanization Day to draw a line of demarcation between the citizen of the United States and the alien. On the contrary, it is the purpose of this day for all true Americans, native or foreign born, to show to the cosmo- politan gatnering within our land the value of true citizenship. We should pe proud we are Ameri- cans. We should wear the Red, White and Blue in our lapels tomorrow, and, on the day ‘following, when the cele- bration' is held on Walnut Hill, -every man, woman, and child should at- tend. If it is impossible to get to the there are other places to'go. But' wherever ‘Americans gather, there should be displayed the American flag. Every merchant should let ® Ola Glory waft from his place of bysiness. Every municipal building should be decorated with the National emblem. Every private home should have the Stars and Stripes draped from its windows. Every Man should wear a boutonniere of Red, White and Blue, Kvery woman should Dbe with ribbons of the three great colors. Every child should proudly carry the national insignia. To those of us who were bred and reared in other lands it is no 'easy malter to be oft with, the old love. But before we are off with the oldj * we cannot be on with the new., Before bedecked | | FACTS AND FANCIES. | The worst is yet to come. Walt. till the Teutons besiege Mszczonow.—Bos- | ton Journal. Whatever else has been mot up to standard, the crop of June brides has | been normal.—Meriden Record. { If you are intimate with the aver- age family vou will learn it is hard up.—Atchison Globe. Emperor Willlam says he didn’t want this war. And that makes it unanimous.—Bridgeport Telegram. The state department appears to be receiving and sending about as many notes as a young man in love.—Fall River Herald. President Wilson provably spends at least an hour a day in thanksgiv- ing over the fact that Bryan is no ‘longer a member of his officlal family. ~—Ansonla Sentinel. ’ That prophesied general.wno is to come out of the East and sweep all before him till the war is ended seems tc be biding his time.—Buffalo Com- mercial, We await with unabated breath the announcement that The Commoner— g meaning the paper, not the talker—is scon to issue an edition in German.— Binghamton Press. Dorando, the Italian runner, is now vith hig country’s forces at the front. Buch legs as his ought to be used to dittinct advantage, either in a charge or retreat.—Westerly Sun. There will be quite a reunion in the death house at Wethersfield on July Fourth. Montvid, Williams, Roe and Dossibly a few more will attend the meeting.—Hartford Post. ness secton is concerned, it would be possible to rely on' the city supply by hLaving the feed pipes entering the | bullding large enough.—Burlington Free Press, ] COMMUNICATED, | Bditor Herald:—Will = you please state in your paper in what dictionary the word gunman- appears ana tine meaning of the word. Thanking you in advance.—E. C. 8, & Funk and Wagnalls New Stendard: one of unruly class given to free use of firearms. d e The Boy at Play (Torrington Register) da'flxe tratning ' of ‘the youth thess 16 seems to be carried on upon the g v“ that the boy and gir] have ne nventive genius of their own, and even the Oopportunity to play must be P"’Vid';: or there won't be any pla us self-reliance is being dis ;:°“l‘ll’ed and dependence upon_others ';hnllde & part of the unfit in life. e right training of youth must put self-reliance as the very first consid- eration. Those boys of a former gen- eration, who used to contrive all their playthings ana originated their awn devices for having exercise and fun, are today the captains of industry and the great iraders in the world's trade. ‘Will the boys of today be the leaders of enterprise in the .next generation? ;I;here are some reasons for doubting A boy’s play is the best thing in | his' life, and nothing should stand in | Its way, hut where older hands are supervising it and telling him how it is to be donc and providing the ways and means the very soul is taken out of it. A few years ago thé boys used .to do all the stunts that the colleges have appropriated and changed to somber art or classic tricks. In those WHAT OTHZIRS 3AY Views oun all sides of timely . questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald office. Making Munitions, (New: London Day.) There has been considerable specu- | lation as to what is going to happen to those cities now booming under | the impetus of munitions manufacture | when the war is over. In Bridgeport | especially the situation is interesting | because there are many thousands of | persons engaged there in the makin;\ of arms and ammunition who mu.(_t inevitably experience the loss of their present occupations all at the same time and probably without much warning when the day arrives when Europe shall need no more such sup- plies. But it .is by on means inevitable that the end of the war will mean the dismantling ahd abandonment of the | i | | | plante nor the disorganization of the industrial units which are engaged in this class of work. Such plants and such-organizations possess the quality of convertibility. The forge that can beat the plowshare into the sword can beat the sword into the plow- shares, the machinist who calipres & gun barrel can use his calipres with equal effect on a printing press gear. The home that shelters the loader of cartridges will serve as effectually the straightener of needles. A When the war is over and the world returns to the pursuits of peace and industry shall devote itself to more useful productiveness the factories, the machinery, the skilled labor and the ready housing of such towns as Bridgeport will constitute an asset, in MCcMILLA New Britain's Busiest Big Store. “Always Reliable.” STORE CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY, JULY 5th, Seasonable Wearing Apparel You'll Want for the Holiday. WHITE WASH SKIRTS 08¢, 81.98 to £3.98. White Linens, Repps, Gabérdines Cotton Corduroys Wool Serges and Palm Beach Cloths. WOMEN'S OCOOL SUMMER DRESSES, $1.08, 8$2.98, $3.98, $4.98 cach. Voiles, Crepes, Rice Cloths, Linens, etc. ‘WOOL CHALLIE DRESSES For Women, special at $5.98 each, trimmed with Leces, silks and but. tons, SHIRT WAISTS AND BLOUSES. Come see what we are offering 97c each. Waist values to $1.50. VESTEES AND GUIMPES 49¢ to 98c each, Made of dainty laces and nets, THE NEW OOLLARS At 25¢c and 49c each. Emb, Organdies, net top laces, ete. BELTS AND BAGS For the Holiday. New Belts at 235c and 49¢ each, Silk Girdles 69c and 98¢ each, Silk Hand Bags 98c to $1.50. LONG WHITE SILK m‘s days the boys jumped bars, skinned | cats, threw big boulders, ran raccs, | turned handsprings, just for the fun | of it and never thought' of - getting | their names in the papers or display- ing/ their athletic shins. it " ing Huerta’s designs. The same | we stop prating about the land we methods should be used in all ca.sea.‘. have forsaken, we cannot bragiabout | the land we have adopted,—or that , has adopted 'us., Now is the time to | shake oft the cloak of other days. | This is the time to dress in the Rar- ments of today \ on o The next two. days should be set aside solely for the purpose ebrating our independence. ‘Tonight, when the stars come out, and we ‘stop awhile and ponder over tiie terrible terrors taking place in other pafts of the world, every man on Amfirlcan soil should take off his hat and thank a Devine Providence he' is in the land of the free,—give thanks he is an Am- erican. And then when the sun comes bidding for new enterprises, against which no competition can stand un- til they are absorbed. Those towns which are busy with war orders need not worry much | about reaction to come. They will suf- fer from none that is not general and the dollars that they are piling up now will be extremely comforting things if there should come, as some gloomy souls anticipate, a world-wide period of depression after the war. to ’Ayneflcan the nation in An Ind: university professor as- iserts that'there is not a brain in the world that is working to its full ca- pacity. This is going to make several prominent persons peevish.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. / MAD MEN, The shooting of J. Pierpont Morgan £ is_another one of those rash acts at- Crown . ‘Frince 4 E c/.,'f“l; ana | tributed ‘to fanatics. It is to be de- plored the assailant this time admits ;,,‘y qtind w'fl:\p he is ‘of German descent and ready ,‘u““lfi .« | to risk his life to end the war. This {“the ;“g,l ston | Mman firmly believed zha_heud of the % bitol Tast wu;rld’a /biggest banking nouse held ’Q . [‘tno'his hands the balance of fate and 3 could have stopped - the Kuropean struggle at any time. No 'matter what the man's nation- ality he is but a poor demented crea- ture; one of the class which elps to nian youth the heart of Acting on Our Sympathies. (Waterbury American.) Dr. Meyer-Gerhard was sent over to Germany to tell the German govern- ment the exact facts as to government 'purpose and popular feeling in the United States. His first public state- ment has just been published in a Berlin newspaper, in ‘which he says that there is a strong feeling in Amer- ica against .furnishing the Allies with munitions of war. There is no doubt Atlantic City has a censor for bath- ing suits, and it will not tolerate for a minute any of these abbreviated af- fairs, Annette Kellerman may get away with cone, but nothing doing at the public beaches.—Bridgeport Post, If Orville Wright ghould accept that offer to ‘'become chief supervisor of airship - construction and tactics, we may expect to hear something un- pleasant from Germany .about our ccntribution to the comfort and effec- tiveness of her foes.—New Haven Climate and Tuberculosis. (Bridgeport Standard.) In days past it has been very much the custom of friends, relatives and medical attendants of persons suffer- ing from the various forms of tubers culosis to use Horace Greeley's mous formula. “Go west young man” Full 16-button length, Paris | embtoidered backs, special at 75c pair, . Made coat styles. Special at ent is favoring n. tljle present ope. These e Unifed States about condi- jare tired jof the ons which have to it, £ of any of us do we care European sit- the American el 1l time without i ~ ‘There is noth- | (ot possess or § country. Each one £ states is an empire ‘may be found the ‘and conveniences country on the and South, weare | ever assembled ' Our people finy erown, we 0 mondarch, We humanity can be mong us who sa- '_ of government “to get out. hile sensational, d effect. Rather reast of all pa~ r love for their to tire the flame etter ' citizens. eve the bomb tal dome in there by any S0 enthusiastic lies beyond the "p\, ‘would un- he country and or dead, in the e way true love Atself. The lover le. He does not keep the world forever in a state of ferment. Spurred on by the belief they are suffering because of condi- tions controlled by others, tnese peo- ple take thelr revolvers in hand and go forth to wreak vengeance . upon thelr-innocent: victims. With'the two happenings merntioned’ ‘In today's news despatches,—the ex- /plosion at the United States Capitol, and the shooting of Morgan,—it is. time the public awoke to the dangers besetting the entire nation, It req‘ulres no stretch of imagina- tion to change the two scenes depict- ed in the news of the day. Instead of the capitol building being the mark of ‘an anarchist’s bomb, the White House might have been ‘the target. Instead of the two shots going into the body of a private individual, they could have ended the life of an offi- cial high in the government. Threec times have the people of this nation been plunged into the depth.of sor- row by asgsassins’ acts, May we never know the fourth experience. With such people at large as the | two miscreants who have stirred the entire nation by thelr acts, the lives of our higher officials are not safe. A shot at this time might be the be- ginning of a war. Who can tell’.; The | entire world seems to have gonec In- sane. 'Madmen are prowling about in the dark, invading the revered se- clusion of the home and designing against the most sacred Institutions known to our nation. | No one is safe from the fiends who concoet such schemes. Not one thing | built up by the hand of man butl would be torn down by these arca criminals. There {s notiaing sacred to the builder of the bomb and the wielder of tae gun. THE FOURTH OF JULY. ~the dome of the Some neutral na- ly proven thit reless station has vs of neutrality, temporarily tak- Btates govern- of the govern- take over the ‘operate it for com- holding the pro- yWners. The pres- n that owns the the . state- g ‘anlre, For “weeks there against that it is| Before the stores of New Britain close today every man, woman, and child should see to it that an Amer- ican flag, or a tri-colored ribbon of Red, White and Blue, has been se- cured for tomorrow, the Fourth of July. On every Anierican' breast there should be displayed the colérs of the nation. This year the Fourta of July has a double meaning. It takes on added significance at this time when other natifons are at each others’ throats. The birthplace of Old Glory is the one great nation in the uni- verse today. Now ig the time to te- new the spirit of patriotism. We have icome to the dividing of the ways. Some of us are Ameri- cans, others there are who profess allegiance to other lands. This true,—No man can serve two mas- ters. Either one thing or the other, We are American or we are not. Either we must bow to the dictates of a king, or be part of a government made by our ®wn hands, The entire natlon has united ' this vear in an effort o make tomorrow, is up on the morrow and the dark night has passed away, the American péo- ple shall unite in rejoicing thaey are citizens of the grandest-republic the sun has shone on. ) A ‘Single Presidontial Term. (New Haven Journal-Courfer.) It is-not-at all surprising that the rumor should gain-eurrency that in his own good time Mr. Bryan will re- vive the ggitation of a single ‘term for a presidential occupant. We shall be assured that.he {s not insisting upon the recognition of. that plank in the Baltimore convention out of poli« tical animosity to his dear old frieda ‘dnd chief, but out of a sacred prin- ciple, p By no stretch of reasoning can the declaration of the Baltimore conven- tion, in favor of legislation providing the limitation of the presidential of- fice to ons term, place upon Presi- dent Wilson, should his party desire him again to hecome fts candidate for that high office, the burden of a sacrifice. It s perfectly 'consistent for him to be a supporter of a single presidential term and yet be a can- qidate for a second term. It would be a Don Quixote performance for him to unficipate a provision of the federal constitution forbldding a se- cond term and extending the term of the oMice to six or seven years. Mr. Bryan has a perfect right to agi- tate for such a provision of the con- stitution, but it awould be in wretched taste for him to undertake to com- pel he democratic convention to put the theory into independence practice. Of all periods this is the least promising for the consideration of the next presidential campaign. The wheels of the world are going around so rapidly that no single man o gingle political party can keep up with their distracting and nerve racs. ing achicverments. There is still much water to go over the dam before iis quality and quantity can be deter- mined. Mr. Lansing and the Frye Case. (Providence Journal.) The quality of our new secretary of state is shown in his note to Germany on the case of the sinking of the American ship William P. Frye. With equal courtesy and firmness, Mr. Lansing demonstrates to the Ber- 1in, government that the destruction of this heat-laden vessel in the Pacific ocean was in violation of the existing treaty between Prussia and the United States, and therefore cannot be sub- mitted to the decision of a German prize court. The case is plainly one for direct diplomatic negotiation, not for the judgment of an ex-parte tribunal over which Germany, but not the United States, has jurisdiction. The new secretary is at his best in this dispassionate and convincing com- munication. The note hows the disci- plined mind and hand. The country has every reason to rejoice that there is an experienced dipl ‘mat at the head of the cabinet instead of a merely rhetorical politician deficient doth in training and temper for the niceties of {nternational negotiation. T.egister. The disturbing announcement Is made that the Maryland apple crop hag been seriously damaged by frost. FHowever, as long as the Georgia peach crop came through unscathed we may | take ' heart of hope.——New Haven Union, The eéncouragement of the Ameri- itan merchant marine goes bravely on. The Panama act i{s driving rafiroad- owned steamers from the Great Lakes and the La Follette legislation |is forcing our Pacific ships 0 change their flags.—Providence Journal. The charm of a perfect June even- ing, with the odor of roses in the air and a cloudless summer sky, added the final note of exquisite harmony to thie appointments of a sweetly simple wedding last night at Grace M. E. ckurch which united in the holy bonds of marriage Miss Edna Nichols and Howard Bateman. One of the inter- esting features of the groom’s part in the wedding was the fact that the sus- penders which he wore had peen care- fully” embroidered seventy years be- fore, by his grandmother, for his grandfather's wedding day.—Joliet Herald News. ' In New York there is a man who Was born of a feeble minded father and mother. He Is confined in a state institutions and the cost of the iast eight of his 32 years under the custody of the state. Five of his brothers and sisters are confined in stae Institutions and the cost of the maintenance of these defectives has been roundly $10,000. This is the feeble minded problem in a nutshell, It is a mighty serious one, and the New York example opens up a vista | of ‘unlimited expense in the future if effective preventive steps are not tuken.—Norwich Recora, Our banking institutions are en- lérging the fleld of their usefulness so fast that stock exchanges and other security markets are being subordi- nated to them. The investing public is depending on the banks rather than on the regular brokers and bond houses for advice regarding the employment og their savings and accumulated wealth. This has gone so far that many in the emaller cities and towns are wonder- ing whether stock exchanges are needed, now that the banks buy and sell bonds so extensively, In New York city itself the larger banking in- stitutions sell and distribute most of | the mportant bond issues without the | help of the stock exchange. A single trust company sells over the counter more bonds of a certain class than | ,change hands on the floor of the stock | c¢xchange when they are listed.—New York Commercial, The latest and most effective means «f protection against the spread of a conflagration from one building to an- other is the “water curtain”’ When a fire starts in one building the ex- terior walls of an adjoining structure rrovided with this means of fighting fire can at once be transformed into a' minfature Niagara, no matter whether it is a skyscraper or a two- story building. This flre curtain is rroduced by the laying of pipes with cutlets at each window, through which water can be forced, and in large | structures In order to secure the best [ effect it {g necessary to nave water tanks in the upper stories. In a city like Burlington, whch nas tremen- dous pressure in its water system through gravity, so far as the busi- such sentiment among German sym- pathizers, but it would not do to in- terpret it as meaning that anything like a majority of the American peo- ple feel that way. On the contrary, the Allies all the munitions that can be made here, not because interna- mnational law and treaties with foreign governments allow 1, but because it .is a duty to aid the worfd in penning up and overcoming this interna- tional mad dog. It we are prevented by sufficient reasons from joining in the war, it is not only our right but our duty to do what we can to aid the belliegerents whose cause we regard as Just and with whose fortunes we are sympathetic. ¢ A Big Savmg. (Meriden Record.) Through new contracts for envel- opes and stamped ernvelopes for the post office department, which go into effect today, the government will ef- fect A saving of some $340,000 each vear for the next four years. This is the estimate made by the department of the economy contracts. For printing some 9,000,000,000 en- velopes, the government effects a sav- ing of $300,000 a vear. This contract covers all the stamped envelopes sold | in the United States, and delivery will | begin today, the contract runnjng for | four years. The envelope-making plant is located at Columbus, O. Eight millions a day must be turned out to meet the government needs. Another contract. in effect today for four years is for the supplying of 400,000,000 official envelopes and reg- istered package envelopes. $160,000 will be saved during the next four years on this contract, for not only has the cost of manufacture been reduced, but the weight of the paper has been lowered, and there will be a saving in the annual) mail and freight transport- ation’costs borne by the post office de- partment. A Bit of War. (Waterbury Democrat,) “On the ground from the Loretta Heights to Neuville and the Laby- rinth,” says a German general, as quoted by an American correspond- ent, “are perhaps 10,000 unburied or | partly buried dead. The stench is pestilential. By means of a hose we have thrown oreosote or quicklime upon those nearest our trenches. As a matter of self-preservation both sides appear lately to have come to an unspoken agreement to bury those nearest them at hight. It’s ghastly beyond imagination Words, can’t portray to the mind that picture—by day and night white eyes staring out of faces burned coal-black by the sun. There are places where there are veritable piles of bodies. As the days and weeks go by they. shrivel and shring together like little heaps of old clothes. Those silent heaps are more wierd by moonlight than by day. 1 wish those who cause and make war with indifference would | be put into that ‘hell of death’ be- | tween Neuville and the Loretta Heights for a little while.” That's the way they all talk now. All the belligerents have learned what war is; and whether naturally pacifists or miitarists, they're sick of it. The pity of it is that they didn’t realize it last July. we think they believe in supplying#to | varying it as the subject may have been un old man, a young or a woman. In too many cases the well-meant advice was given when it was all too late for ‘any change of at- mosphere or scens to be of use, and it very often seemed as if the patient would have d¢ne better to have re- mained at home,.near to his friends and the comforts which :&‘mun-.ul necessity give up when g« among strangers. A recent report of the United States Public Health Service states that 10,- 000 persons suffering from pulmonary diseases annually sti. “go west” in search of improved health. It is also stated in this report that the greater part of this large number die, away from me and friends and would have done better to have remained at home. There is a great difference in the various parts of “‘the west” as to their adaptability to the wants of the in- dividual sufferer when there is any chance that a change of locality may be beneficial at all. To one ‘ofly slightly affected any’ bracing outdoor air will be likely to give improvement, especially if the air is dry. Then again the dry atmosphera and almost unvarying temperature of some local- ities on the Pacific slope are favorable to certain stages of tuberculosis, but a knowledge of all the conditions and an exceptional ability to put the right pationt in the right place is needful to insure the desired results. It is of- ten a guess, in which the right answer may be stumbled upon, but is more likely to be missed. Under all the circumstances and conditions, the probabilities are in favor of the patient who remains at home, who has his condition diagnosed by a competent physician and then puts himself, still under medical care, in some of the home sanitariums where the best remedial agencies and the regimen best calculated to suit his case may be continually com- manded. So much progress has been made in the crusade against tubercu- losis tnat there is a fair chance, if the patiént can be taken in charge at an early stage of the disease, that a cure may be effected, and done as well in Conneecticut, under the present en- lightened and well-considered treat- ment, as in any other locality. ‘Why Business Balks. (Wall Street Journal.) Thot sands of intelligent people the | country over are still asking, "Why | does not business get on the jump, now that it is assured that the trend of decisions of the supreme court of | the United States is decidedly in its | favor " More than that, almost the whole world, outside of the belligerent na- tione of Europe, and all of them that can get to our markets, are begging us for goods. A big hotel in New York which a year ago had 20 com- mercial men in it as guests from South America, had no less than 400 on its register a few months ago. Business generally is not going to lay out plans and start on broad poli- cies so long ag this war in Europe is no neareg being decisive. But even with that war unsettled, business in the United States with its unmatched domestic market should bé much bet- ter than t is—but for one thing, the war which well-meaning but misled people are making against private property dnd personal responsibility on the promotion of enterprises of & each, 4 ;! Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases, largest 4‘ line in the city. o D. McMILLAN 199-201-208 MAIN STREET profitable character, It has come to be an issue between private profit and public ownership in the means of production. And the advocates of the revolutionary program, as ex- pressed in the hearings of the Indus- trial Relations Commission, assail alike private profit and personal char- acter, to accomplish their ends. N These tendencies are not spoken of much, but they are not ignored. With the single-taxer undermining private property in land, people buy fewer hémes. A property-less proletarist is being developed which may some day do all that the I. W. W. Jeaders pro- pose. Meanwhile taxes are piling. up to pay for things that people might better do for themselves. Insurance is charging higher rates as a result of rising risks. BEvery excuse s Jjumped at by legiglator and to overioad busimess with burdens, The wonder is that we have any buj ness at all. ' No one will stay lc:{ a house with this undermining ita corner stones. 1,373 SHIPS ADDED TO U. 3. MARINE | 147 Vesscls of Forcign Build Help to Swell Total of New Bonts. Washington, D. C, July 3.-—Mer- chant vessels built in the United States and officially numbered by the bureau of navigation, department of goms~ merce, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, were 1,226, of 215,711 gross. tons, compared with 1,291, 311,678 gross tons, for the fiscal 1914, During the past ten months, hows ever, under the ship registry aet of, August 18, 1914, to the American merchant t, 147 foreign-bullt ves- sels of 528,807 gross tons have béen added, making the total for the vear from both sources 1,378 wessels 744,618 gross tons. ' Thl‘u tonnage is the largest num:ll\, 5 rchant addition to the American me: fleet in the history of the United States. In 1908 the total increase was 718,683 gross tons, in 1907 it was 696,708 gross tons, and In 1856 it was llfi,llpm tons. : L The losses to the merc] * for the past year have not e n re- ported, but for the first monthe they number 1,062 v “of 195,058 gross tons. ” ——— WEBBER DENIES STORY, Passiac, N, J.. July 3.—Bridgie Webber at his home here last night denied that he had given Harford T, Marshall, his former attorney, ,‘, tormation ng Charles Beck “I told 3&1017 a triais," bber, R o the whole thing. thro a Y i 4