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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
Says Lublin Capture
Cost Germans 10000 Men

Geneva, Aug 1.-The Tribune
prints the following dispatch from It's
innsbruck correspondent:
1.-THE capture Of Lublin cost General
Wovrsch 10000 men In killed, wounded
and prisoners. -Four miles north OF
Lublin the Russians arc fighting fierce,
lv. disputing every foot OF ground
while covering their retreat.
an an advance Of seven miles with
seven army corps Field Marsha! Won
Mackensen lost $4,000 men.
THE army masscd from Lowicz TO
Ostrowicc has begun al advance upon
Ivangorod and Novo Alexandra, the
evacuation of which was commenced
by the Russians Friday night, accord
ing TO the Germans ,.
"The Germans have dispatched more
than 100 trainloads Of ammunition
from Radon and Lodz toward WarSa"
since July %.
"The Russians who attacked south
Of Przasnysz killed 5000, wounded
8 ooo and took prisoner 1900 OF the
sth German Army Corps"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
TROOPS DISPERSE
RIOTINC STRIKERS
Called to MasSena After
One Man Is Killed
1000 Out

Massena, n. Y, Aug. Three com.
panies Of state militia from yslos.
and 0gdensburg arrived here to-day
and took charge Of the strike situate,
at the plant Of the Aluminium Compary
Of America after a riot last night, in
which one workman, who refused "a
walk out, was thrown into a canal and
drowned.
Colonel Hitchcock, of Biaghamou
commanding the LIST Regiment. is e1.
pected tomorrow TO take general
charge Of the situation. Thirteen a.
legged ringleaders Of the 1000 strikers
were arrested tonight.
Sheriff Thaddeus Day, Of St. Law.
renee County, who was called to Mas.
sena at the first outbreak. was unabl,
to subdue the strikers With depu.ie
and policemen he charged ,hem at
bridge entrance TO the plant, but ..ey
held their position.
Finding it impossible 70 control the
1000 employees on strike, Sheriff Day
called upon Governor Whitman or
troops. The strikers fed from their
barricsde behind the bridge at the frs;
charge Later the troops took posses.
sion Of the plant and established a "a.
troll
While there was promiscuous shoot
ing near the factory, the militia took
no part in il. A foreman named Gil.
lard, charged by the strikers as being
the cause of the trouble, is said to
have gone to Montreal
The mems demand for higher wages
has not been granted. No meeting
between strikers and officials OF the
company had been held up 70 lais
hour tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
Berlin Asserts Attacks to
Recapture Ground
Failed.
ALSACE BATTLES
GROWING FIERCER
French Repulse Night Attacks on
Peaks Around Approaches
to CO!mar.
lRr Obi. 70 The Tribune. ]

London. Aug. THAT the British
have succeeded in regaining part Oh
the line at Hooge lost two days ago
when the Germans attacked with hre
projectors, is claimed in an official
statement issued from the War Once
tonight. The Berlin report, on the
other hand, asserts that thte British
attacks were unsuccessful.
In Alsace the lighting around Muen-
ster, the key to Colmar, is growing in
intensity, and both French and Ger
mans claim the advantage. According
TO the Paris reports, the German night
attacks at Schratemennele and at
Reich-Ackerkopf were easily repulsed.
The reports from both Paris ana
Berlin mention great artillery duels
in the Argonne, but all are silent as
TO results and the damage done.
British Repulse Attacks.
The War Office gave out the fol-
lowing official communication tonight
Further fighting on July 30, after
the first German attack on our trenches
near HODGE, reported in our com
munication Of that date. resulted IN
the recapture by US of portion OF the
lost trenches west of the village
Yesterdays action was chiefly con-
fined to the artillery, but last night
we successfully repulsed two further
infantry attacks.
There has been no infantry action
to-day"
The Berlin official statement is as
follows:
"A British attack against our new
nositions near HODGE completely col
lapsed. Night attacks By the French
i~ainst Souchez also failed.
an the Argonne there has been a
heavy artillery duel. Late Yesterday
evening our positions on Reich -Acker-
kopf, IN the NSsges, were attacked.
The enemy was repulsed.
ain the fighting in the Argonne be
tween June 20 and July 20 we captured
125 officers, 6,6l0 men, 81 machine guns
and great quantity of war material.
Fighting At Hill 2l3.
In Paris the War Office issued the
following official report:
"An artillery action Of medium in
tensity has occurred in Artois and in
the Valley of the Aisne, it was more
violent to the northwest of Rheims in
the region of the Luxembourg farm,
between Cauroy and Louvre, and in the
western Argonne, in the region of Fon-
tame Aux Charmes and Hill 213.
Between the Meuse and the Moselle,
in the region Of La Haye, a German
battalion, surprised while assembling
in the village of Vilcmey-sur-Trey,
was subjected to rapid and very eff
fcacious fire from several of our bat
teries.
"Pont -a-Mousson and the village of
Maidieres have been bombarded, but
,he damage was insignificant.
German aeroplanes dropped on the
plateau OF VAUDEVILLE, near Nancy,
dbout twenty bombs, which caused
either losses nor damage.
IN the region of Artois, around
Souchez, some German attempts TO at
tack with hand grenades were repulsed
easily.
"In Alsace, in the middle of the night,
the enemy attacked without success our
positions at Schratzmannele and at
Reich-Ackerkopf, suffering heavy losses.
ION the rest of the front there was
no incident of Importance to report.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
German BattaIiOnS Lose
40 p. c. of Their Men

London, Aug. 1.-The official casualty
lists issued by the German War Once,
says "Th. Daily Chronicle" show that
during May and June when Won Mack
ensen fought mis- way from the Duna-
ice to he San, some th,~ty-fye Of his
best u,antryy battalions lost on aver
age two-hfths OF their entire strength.
THEE battalons of fusilier guards
were almost annihilated and the IA
nous Emperor Alexander grenadiers
Jared little better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
Capt. Boyd Flees to Shore
Fearing New Zeppelin Raid
Harassed by Inventors, AntiGermans and Interview
ers, Attache Dodges Blame for Any Future Attack
on London-Retreat Couded in Mystery.

The most difficult man to reach in
New York. except Oliver Osborne and
the hardest man to interview except
the star boarder Of the Home for the
Deaf. Dumb and Blind is Captain Boy
Ed. naval attache of the German En-
bassv in this country. Should you pre-
sent yourself at his headquarters on
the eighth floor of the Bowling Green
building and ask TO see him. scru-
rulouslv polite but determined young
defender Of the Fatherland would IN
form YOU that "the captain is not IN. "
You NAV make your presentation a
continuous performance and the cap
tain will continue to be out.
And vet. It's said, that Captain Boy
Ed is one Of the busiest Germans in
the universe. not forgetting Won Hin
denburr's musketeers. whose JOB 1t is
70 prod the Russian Bear on the
double quick" Just when the cap
tain does his work is as much mat
ter Of conjecture as il is TO learn when
the captain will be in his Office. But
if YOU know him and his habits and
are in the confidence Of his encourage
YOU will find that the captain has mere
" disappeared behind the scenes to
escape the limelight of publicity which
his friends say he hates more than
German beer brewed in Belgium.
az really is shame the way he has
been treated" said his assistant a
Young officer. who consented TO talk
only on condition that his identity be
withheld. Nobody knows the amount
or work which falls on Captain Boy
Eds shoulders Since the beginning
Of the war he has passed upon more
than 5000 inventions Of all descrin-
lions. some good. most Of thin impossl-
HI. which have been submitted TO him
nv inventor cranks Of manu- nationall-
ties.
Inventors Annoy Boyd.
"Tbe routine work alone involved in
possing upon inventions is enormous.
Captain Boy-Ed passes on all technical
"details and decides the value OF me
IDEAS. Every letter is answered and a
q n record is kept OF all correspond
crce. Do YOU wonder why Captain Boy
sd and his staff are working overtime
, lille others are out in the country
cnioving vacqtions?'
According to clerks employed in the
office. CAPTAIN Boyd has received
many threatening litters since his
name was first connected publicly with
the passport frauds which resulted in
the conviction of several men.
destinations were made that he was
the head of a German secret service.
which is purely imaginary" said the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
VIENNA GETS GOOD BREAD
by Cable to The Tribune.I

Berne dispatch TO 1.-The London
Morning Post"), Aug Since yester
day Vienna has had two sources OF
profound satisfaction. one being that
its population is no longer obliged to
eat bread with an admixture OF maize
-four and the other the fall of Lublin.
Considerable quantities Of German
wheat -four have arrived lately and the
price Of -four is now lower in Vienna.
Rejoicings over the fall of Lublin con-
tinued all yesterday and late into the
night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
GERMAN AMERICANS
GATHER ON C0ASI

San Franciso, Aug. From all parts
Of the country delegates arrived here
today 10 attend the eighth annual con-
vention of the National German Amer
lean Alliance. Sessions begin to-nor-
row and will continue through Friday
Interest was manifested by the dele
gates in a possible expression by the
Convention Of it's attitude toward the
present relations Of the United States
and Germany. Officers said that un-
doubtedly resolutions for that purpose
would be introduced, but that strong
"sht would bo made TO prevent action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
AUSTRIANS MOVE
MUNITIONS PLANT
OUT OF TRIESTE
Dismantling of Factories
Believed to FOreShadOW
Evacuation Of City.
ITALIAN OFFENSIVE
ON TRENTINO FRONT
Dalmatian Regiments Lose 60
Per Cent of Their Electives in
Attack on FreikOpf.

London, Aug An unconfrmed re-
port comes from Rome tonight that
the Austrians are preparing for the
evacuation of Trieste, and have already
removed the machinery of the NUM-
tionS factories.
Geneva. Aug. IA dispatch from
Laibach to the Tribune de Geneve,"
says:
"A general Italian offensive was be-
gun yesterday on the Tyrol. Trentino
and Carnia front. forcing the Austrians
TO evacuate some Of their strongest
positions. Dalmatian regiments which
attacked Freikopf lost 60 per cent Of
their electives. The Italians have
pierced the second Austrian line on
the Carso Plateau, taking several miles
of trenches"
Rome (via Paris, Aug. 1.-The fol-
lowing official statement was issued by
the Italian War Office last night:
an the upper valley Of Camonlca
during the night Of the Both of July
the enemy renewed their attack. They
failed in their fifteenth sally against
our positions near Refugio Garibaldi.
The energetic action of our advanced
posts was alone sufficient TO repulse It.
"The same night in Carmia hostile
detachments twice tried attacks on
Mount Freikofel and were twice
promptly repulsed. During the day our
infantry, solidly supported by artillery,
began in the zone of Palpiccolo an au-
dacious offensive, which resulted in the
capture of a strong line Of Austrian
trenches.
"The enemy suffered very important
losses, leaving in our hands several
prisoners. Nevertheless, during the
evening, having received reinforce
ments, they counter-attacked around
the foothills of PalpiccolO, but again
were repulsed with serious losses
THE lsonzo operations. with a view
TO developing the PLAYA bridges, pro-
ceeded successfully. After destroying
larbed wire entanglements we en-
larged toward the southeast war zone
Of occupation, along the slopes Of
Montkuk and around Zagora.
in the Carso at Cave p our troops
struck a second and strong line Of de-
Fence prepared by the enemy as far as
there. After efiicacious preparation.
especially in the centre. we began an
attack on a new line, making sensible
progress. especially in the centre,
where our troops captured some in
trenchments, made 334 prisoners, of
whom fifteen were officers. took three
machine guns, many guns and much
munitions"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
Berlin Public Ignorant
of Warsaw Evacuation

Rotterdam, Aug. No German pa
ners have vet been allowed to state
that warsaw has been evacuated or
that il was the intention of the Russian
higher command t. leave the Polish
caTital. Nothing less than the capture
of the city by storm will really suit
the Berlin public taste. This con5um-
nation, therefore, is apparently being
deliberately worked by The headquar-
tiers staff and will be followed by
state entry Of the Kaiser into the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
NEW PAPER IN BRUSSELS

Brussels VIA London. Aug. THE
first daily newspaper TO be published
here in the German lanuage appeared
to-day. The newspaper is financed by
private parties. although It Is expected
to be supported officially through the
advertising Of official announcements
In this connection many sharp laws
promulgated against the expression OF
national Belgian sentiments are taken
in some quarters TO indicate the inten-
ton OF the Germans 10 retain Belgium.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
NAMES WARSHIP
Won HINDENBURC
Kaiser Honors His Popular Gen.
eraI When German Battle
Cruiser Is Launched.

London, Aug. 2.-According to a
Reuter- dispatch from Berlin, by way
Of Amsterdam, the battle cruiser which
was 70 have been named Ersatz -
tina and which was launched yesterday
at Wilhelmshayen. was christened. by
order OF the Emperor, Won linden.
burg.
This new battle Cruiser is Of $4,000
tons. She was laid down in July. 1913.
and was to have been completed in
1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02

are still under negotiation" but re-
marked that combined action by the
separate states. while not at first wei
organized. showed now that the forces
of each state were being employed 10
the best advantage in striving Tor a
common end.
NJ. Sazonof referred amid cheering
TO the participation in The war OF Italy
These people," he said. long have
wished TO free their fellow countrymen
from foreign yoke. If the example
of Italy had been followed BY othe.
states it would have contributed to the
speedy conclusion of the war. Never
theless. the time for supreme de-
cisions has not passed, and 1t is to
be hoped that advantage will be taken
Of the time which still remains by
those neutrals who cannot otherwise
find a solution for their national prob
Ions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
DONNA HEARS
MINISTER DEFEND
RUSSIA'S POLICY
M. SazonOff Tells of Co
ordination of Effort
Among the Allies.
CITES TO BALKANS
ITALY'S EXAMPLE
Assembly Shows No Disposition
to Place Blame for Skater
ing of Recent Hopes.

Petrograd (via London), Aug. L.
The first sitting OF the Douma, which
opened to-day, holds out promise u
work with the object CO promoting the
production Of military supplies and
meeting the military requirements
rather than oratory. denominations or
effort to discover those responsible for
the failure to realize the earlier high
hopes.
The temper Of the Deputies was
moderate, party differences were MIN
imized and there was an entire absence
either of gloom or OF Fictitious en-
thusiasm.
The 5; eeches Of the President Of the
Chamber. NJ Rcdzianko and the MIN
listers were well received and reward
ed with applause from both the Right
and the Left. The Polish people, the
Allies, the Ambassadors and General
Ruzsky, the commander IL the Gallclan
campaign, were cheered heartily.
Cars Pledge to Poles.
The outstanding feature of the ses-
sion was the declaration made IN the
name of the Emperor by the Premier,
VI. Goremykin, that the Poles shall re-
ceive autonomy.
Announcement that an amnesty had
been granted to Vladimir Bourtzet, the
revolutionist, who returned here from
Paris for hospital service but who was
Immediately arrested, was well re-
ceived.
The Douma was opened by imperial
ukase in the presence Of brilliant
assemblage, including the Cabinet min
listers and the members Of the dlplo-
matte corps.
Michael Vladimirovich Rodzianko.
president Of the chamber. in converting
the session said the more terrible the
war became the more Russia was i'm
bued with the firm and unsuitable de-
termination TO bring it to successful
issue.
This" said NJ. Rodzianko. "necessi-
tates complete unity of all classes and
the development of the productive re-
sources Of the empire
VI. Rodzianko asked the members Of
the chamber TO make suggestions to
the government as to how this could
be effected. During his address he
greeted the diplomatic representatives
Of the Triple Entente powers, who
were cheered by the members of the
chamber and by the public in the gal
leries. The demons ration reached its
climax when, in the name OF the entire
Russian people, NJ. Rodzianko thanked
"our new ally. the brave Italian ma
ton" He then spoke Of "our brave
Polish brethren, who had been the first
to receive the blows of the abominable
enemy"
To Work for the Army.
"The army" said NJ. Rodzianko in
concluding, sets US brilliant eX-
ample how to fulfil our duty 20 the
country. 1t is now our duty to work
day and night to supply this army with
everything which it needs, but TO do
that it is necessary TO make many
changes. We will fight until the COM
plete ruin of the enemy is accom-
nlished."
Sergius Sazonoff. the Foreign Minis
ter. who followed VI. Rodzianko. after
reiterating that all the evidence showed
that neither Russia nor her allies were
responsible for the war, gave a re
sumo of the political situation. He
warned his hearers that it was diff
cult to touch upon problems (Which
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-30
ERApIcA1lNa CERTAIN WEEDS
Clean Cultivation VIII Kill chIcory.
Dsndsiion and Plantains-Pre-
vsnt Seed Production.
(By R. q. wEArHERsToNE)

(By R. q. wEATHERsToNE.)
Chfcory. dandelion, and the plap
tains. when growing In farm lands.
can be easily eradicated by clean col
tivation. The flrst two possess tap
roots and the plantains have shallow
crowns with fbrous roots, so that
none of the weeds spread rapidly
from their underground parts. In
good farming region. especially whe-s
short rotation is followed, these
weeds are not much in evidence, ex-
cepting where buckthorn plantain is
seeded with clover seed. Care should
be taken that only clover seed free
from the buckthorn II sown. especially
where . crop Of clover seed is to be
harvested
The handling Of weeds along road
sides and fence rows, il . problem IN
itself. All the aforementioned weeds
are inclined to grow In such situa-
tions and their complete eradication
there is rather dif1cuft. Usually It
does not pay to attempt complete
eradication in such situations, since
they do not spread to the adjoining
farm land II It is well farmed. About
all that needs to be attempted In such
places Is to prevent seed production.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-30

By June 9Th. twenty more were up
from the one-inch depth, and nineteen
from the two-inch planting.
At the end of five years the remain
ing seed were dug up. OF the three
inch planting. onefourth grew; one
sixth Of the five-inch seed; one-fourth
of the seven-inch. and nearly one-half
of the ten-lnch seed terminated.
From this it is plain that the best
way to get rid of mustard seed is
to get them within an inch or two
of the surface, SO that they will germ
mate. and then kill the plants while
small.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-30
KING ALLIGATOR is DEAD
Porker's Leg Tied to Tree Lures
Wary Old Beast to His
Death.

Atlanta, Ga--The king alligator OF
Georgia has been killed at Hutchin-
sons pond at Adel by NJ. l. Crowley,
after the beast had eluded hunters for
twenty-five years. The alligator meas
ured ten feet four inches and had thir-
ty-seven notches on its tail, which
shows that 1t was thirty-seven years
old.
Many have been the attempts to kill
the sly old creature, but always until
now It has escaped the bullets aimed
at 1t, and has scuttled safely back to
its cave. 1t was the gators appetite
for hogs that proved its undoing.
Mr.. Crowley. who for twenty-five
yeare has been hunting this beast. tied
the leg Of . porker to a tree near
Hutchinson's pond, and hid himself.
The wary old gator slid out of the
water, through clump Of bushes, and
was just reaching for the bait when
Mr.. Crowley fred. The bullet took the
beast in vital spot and killed 1t In
stantly.
The Ordway new era., 1915-07-30
WILL CUT GASOLINE.
United States to Reduce Price
With New Device.
Secretary Lane Says Rittman Process
viii Be on q Commercial Working
Plane Very soon-eonxol
Price to Be Less.

Washington.-Secret Lane Of the
department of the interior is trying to
preserve for the people Of the United
States the processes devised by DR..
Walter F. Rittman, chemical engineer
of the bureau of mines. to procure
gasoline and benzol at q much lower
cost than that they are now obtained.
Excellent progress u being made
In the development Of the Rittman
process" said Secretary Lane, "and
there ls every reason to believe that
both the gasoline and the benzol proc
esses will be on commercial work
ing plane within . reasonably short
time. am informed that the gaso-
line process is now ready for large
scale industrial applications and the
hope Is expressed that the benzol proc
ess will be ready soon.
THE benzol process IL being devei-
oped In cooperation with the Aetna
Chemical company Of New York.
which company has entered into an
agreement whereby all patentable
equipment. processes and ideas avail
able a. result of the cooperative
work win be turned over % the depart
ment to be Dedicated d the public.
"The department stands ready and
II anxious to enter into similar agree
ments with any other companies in
the country that will agree to the
same terms-that all processes and
ideas patentable in the development
Of either process shall be turned over
to the department for the use of the
public.
THE department is willing for all
who are desirous of making use of
the processes to do 30 to the fullest
possible extent consistent with the
proper protection of the processes in
order that the public may derive the
greatest measure Of benefit there
from. 1t looks as II 1t would be only
q short time before the complete me-
chanical equipment necessary for the
practice of the processes has been
worked out and the Inventions COW
cred by patent applications.
"The department considers that all
those, desirous Of employing the proc
esses should agree to contribute to
the public in the same manner that
Doctor Rittman has done with his
basic patents. all patentable ideas that
may be conceived as q result Of the
employment Of these processes.
This is the only condition that
the department imposes, and its rea.