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GUARANTEE Your Money Back If You Want It. 5t?e Editorial Page, Fit at Column. Nm ?totrlc a?r?mne WEATHER PRORABLT FAIR TO-PAT A.TD TO? MORROW. T-atertlatr'a Temperaturetl Dich. S". Low. m. Full report on Par? ?. First to Last ? the Truth: News - Editorials ? Advertisements V?l. 1 XXV No ->.07T. i<-..?.ii,!.? ru-. n.? Thr I ni..in,- ?,..... mtl..n | WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1915. * ? .?, -,??1-11 In I It? of New York, >et?a-,rli. Jeraer 'It- and Hiboken. PRICK ONE C KN I nAnraniTwocmi BECKER BELIEVES UST.MYSTERIOUS HOVE WILL WIN Lawyers Plan Sudden, Sensational Turn in licht for Life. FAMILY CONFIDENT AFTER PRISON TALK Counsel Visit Albany, but Keep Silent on Results- New Help I- Ixpected. ^ M 'urn in the rase of v to come jj, ft ? hi fact that Becker's ttJpr, c unusually and ve particularly vaa lerdav thera is reason for entertain ? belief that Pecker's he la condemned to ??i two weeks from to-dav. is more ' than at any time since he was indicted as a slaver of Herman ithaL Of thii it is not ros?ib'.e to eive de ? Yfjtcrdav Martin T. Mant?n, of coun ffl for Becker, and Joseph A. Shay, ?hose areimcnt before the Court of n Wecker a second trial, ?oat to Albany. Wh.it their mission thtre i nt explana!:on. Thev Mid to The Tribune's Albany corre fnor.c? ' ' ' ey were at the . matter that wa? not asso tiated f>f the m ? they ?eat ? Judge ? ? sr.d Mr. Mar.ton left ure-s, entrai Ter 10 p. m. Mr. Mant?n was ? n it arr: ? ? irtlett, lid he kid not j time Mr. Mant?n ind and did not come i Central Terminal in?, robably at 126th ? rutinp Mr. Shay w< nt to Syi Mysterious Trip to Albany. ?ro to Albany to vernor Whitman trai in n during their short stay in t Manton'a associate, W. Bourkc leading the legal light ent te ? noon ?? con. ? .- til ,r) p. m., an ', their ve r?f ? exe ? ? during iho row very recent de ry i he ? for a writ ?>f of tne at ? about that. T heir n th'a and ? ? Conference in Death Uonae. ? the prison lowed . .-, the eon ? y Sing ? er visitors yes terda;. of the State Prison i with him When thev had lolph F. Diedling, of T. Murphy, ol tunced that they had ? ? that he would ??h. Mine, fi imed' him ' I tell the at hia trials < even the Plitt'a teati lii mployed by the man t ? Becker looks **'? *i I to have much faith r',d to save him from ..r." DUMP TO DECORATE DRIVE Court Denies Injunction Against Garbage Enterprise. denied the ? ? .mil maintaining ' .entv eirhth f ?mpany owns an 'P?rtra. ? at Riverside Drive *nd S? th Street, and aliened :??* " aid be u nuisar.ee to lrif n? and work injury to proper*. WOULD GIVE* BABY AWAY Mother Unable to Support In? fant Son, Asks for Help. th old baby bov, Hia father was mui 2?,|? I nny came into the . living ? bring ,'m u? to give him ??n> ' n who will adopt him. Was i M'"-v H,*,ey< ? janitress, of "? IntervHle Avenue, The Bronx, is j*nnK f"r the Infant until some child in ?kp*rfnt!< arf four"' who want a baby 'n tlieir home. The mother will see any oa< interested at HAILSTORM HITS JERSEY "estfleld in Darkness and Streets Are Impassable. ?to^'stflrld'N-J ? Ju,>'is- Th?" *ormt i>? i! has V1!,"?''i this place in ???, ?. ' hfn' ,hl* afternoon. As a ?v?n th' town ?? "? ?larkness this . . "]*? The trolley lines are crippled J"? the stretts practically imp? !.. *u,n? and other traffic. Cellars ' oooded and wires down. Folly for U. S. to Fight, Warns Orville Wright Two Years and 2,000 Planes Needed to Put Nation in Shape for War, Says Inventor. (Copyright IIII ?v N?, York Tribune > Orville Wright, th? toorld's fore most authority on aviation, in The Tribune to-day u-ritrs his first neu-s jwper story. Onl)i after a great amount of persuasion, and in vieu of the critieal position of the United States, did he consent to give his opinion on trie problem of aerial de? fence, which is vexing military and naval authorities. Ry ORVI1 I E WRIGHT. Il would K? folly for the United State? to engage m war today with any of the European powers, owing to our utter i,- ,.ss ,? -?,,, ijnp oi aeronautical equipment Two years would bo required for this eoui ; acquire the aeroplanes needed to as i sure protection, even in time of peace. The principal reason for this is our pri sent inability to huid the quantity and type of motors required. Planes v?e can turn out quickly, but the ?tep, 1 which have been taken toward per? fecting motors are feeble, to sav the least. We have but a few aeroplanes in commission. A conservative estimate of the number of machines needed by the navy nlone, based on information given by naval officers, places the lig? ure?; somewhere around 1,000, Some of the best informed otficors have told me that 1,300 would be required. I'. S. Needs 2.000 Aeroplanes. Allowing that the navy needs the higher figure, and by estimating the renient* of ?he army at 700, tno United States ?hould have, to insure -?.ble protection in time of peace. These vvoulil su:1 a guarantee of safety, in case of sud? den war, whilo we brought our equip FARMERS SEE "AURORA" Jersey Borealis Proves To Be New Edison Searchlight. ? :\ ? T-l'.tn.r 1 Rurlington, \\ J.. Ju'.v 1'!. Harts of ?hat one moment swept the skv, \ the next threw into relief buildings a ! mile distant, and a second later dax- ; zled with its glare, startled hundreds ! on the Columbus Road last night. The ? le was thought to be a midsum? mer display of Aurora Rorealis. The mystery was explained this af-i m. Demonstrators were trying ? ut the new Edi.?on searchlight. FEAR MOB MOVE TO FREE FRANK Three Companies of Militia Called Out at .Macon? Roads Guarded. [Bj t '.--.' ? n Macon. Ga., July 13. Reports that a | mob was on the way to Mille dgevillc | to release Leo M. Frank from th? . farm caused the calling out of three companies of state militia at Macon this evening. A special train is ready to take them to tlie prison. At Milledgeville all was reported quiet. Warden Smith said a heavy guard was still on duty. While a leg islative committee was investigating the farm this afternoon it was repoit Police Headquarters that nine armed men had seized Frank. "Absol itel) false," said the warden. "We have Frank and no armed mob can get him." Governor Harris i? on his way here. but Macon is his home and his trip is ? d to have no bearing on the Frank case. Military men hero were Tht y would not discuss a rumor that Frank would he released on a writ of habeas corpus and their duty would be to protect him. Roads to Milledgeville from Atlanta, Marietta and other towns are guarded . t by county police. ?.-??a-?? GUGGENHEIM NO CAST-OFF Father Denies Disinheriting Son for Wedding as Catholic. iry Park, N. J., July 13. Daniel Guggenheim denied to-day that he hn 1 Disinherited his son, M. Robert Gur j genheim, because the latter had em? braced the Catholic faith to marry , Miss (largaret Gibhs Miller Weyher. "He didn't marry with my consent, offence has got to be much ] more serious than marrying out of h.s n to warrant disinheritance," said the father. "I should be ashamed of myself even to think of it." ARMS PLANT STRIKE HALTS SHIPMENTS Construction Work on New Buildings for Remington Company Stopped. Rridgeport, Conn., July 13. Ship? ments of war munitions from the aims factories her > have be? n cur? tailed by the labor trouble? at the Remington Arms Company'.?! plant, which th-eaten to lnv??iv? son? 5-.000 machinists and iron workers tl tough out the city. The iron workers employed by the instruction Company Oil new buildings at the Remington plan! did ?port for work to-il.iy. Ti.y will remain out until a i-ettlement is reached whereby he millwrights are ? forced to join their otganizati.m or ?that of the machiniM?, instead Of the i carpenters' union, with which they ar? ' now affiliated. A general strike of machinists will be m sympathy with the iron work? ers unless a deciaion i? reached by Friday. It was said Ihm Samuel Gom ? pera, "president of the American Fed , of Labor, nicht come to Hndgeport to arbitrate the difficulty. A report from Washington la?t even? ing stated that Mr. Gompers had re? no formal invitation as yet to ?arbitrate the trouble, and if he does he will ask that the matter-be brought I to him in Washington for settlement. 0RV1LLE WRIGHX. ment up to the proportions demanded by the occasion. I do not advocate the acquisition of too many machines because 1 happen to be in the aeroplane bu fact, I believe that the possession of too much military equipment leads to war. The evidence of that is in Eu rope. But I do believe that this coun? try should have enough war parapher < ??ntlniiril on pnifr 4, column 3 DR. P. VAN INGEN INJURED IN AUTO Mrs. Cornelius N. Bliss Bruised by Long Island Crash. Dr. Philip Van Ingen, a N'ew Tort specialist, of 128 Past Seventy-first Street, was severely injured, and Mrs. Cornelius N. Bliss, jr., was bruised when the automobile in which they were ruling yesterday afternoon was hit a glancing blow I, another ear, throuirg their machine agai-ist a tele? graph pole near Roslyn, P. I. Pr. Van Ingen'a head was knocked through the window of the machine. He badly cut about the face and re ceived a concussion of the brain. The driver of the ether car put on all power and fled, i At a narrow turn in the road a car came up behind Pr. Van Ingen'*, and tried to pass it. It skidded, and its wheel struck the front one of the Bliss car, making it swerve from the road. Jt landed with a crash against the telegraph pole. The driver of t.ie other machine gave one frightened glance behind and then opened wide the throttle and disappeared. C Oliver Iselin, of Brookville, Long . who was passing, took Pr. Van Ingen and Mrs, Bus- into his ?ar and ?! to the Nassau Hospital. By th?- time he arrived there the phvsician ha 1 revived sufficiently to direct what New York physicians should be called llltation on his case. Specialists, on their arrival, ?'ecided that it would be si fa to move the in? jured man to his home in Manhattan. l?r. Van lucen was ? nken there in a N'as au Hospital ambulance. Mrs. B!i-~ was pbfe to return to her home at Wheatlcy Hills. I)r. Van Ingen ha.? been prominent in the work of th" National .'.-?socia tion for 'he Prevention of f/u: ercu losis. He ?? also attending surg.' ?n at the Will,ud Parker and SI Mary's Pree Hospitals. -? RICE COUP NETS HIM $2,000,000 Electric Boat Company Presi? dent Reported to Have Sold Stock. About $2,000,000 is reported to have | been made by 1-aac !.. Rice, president 1 of the Electric Boat Company, in Wall ' Street within the last few days. It is rumored that he made a coup through the sale on the curb of 16,000 .shares of stock of the Electric Boat Company. Some of the stock, it is known, was bought by Mr. Rice some ago when it was as low as $10 a i share. Within the last fesv months the : stock has gone up rapidly, and was selling on the curb yesterday for $18u a share. War contracts for motors held by the company is said to be one of the reasons for the lur.h price paid for the ? r had the stock trans? action been announced yesterday l'un the report followed that it had 1 c.i bought by German interests. This was ?1 by a representative of H. P. Goldschmidt & Co., members of the Exchange, who purchased the stock._ JUSTICE "dELANY DYING Strcken in Court?Uraemic Poisoning Follows. Hope was abandoned last evening u" Justice John J. Pelany. of the Supren? Court ill ?t ni* home in the CleartieM, tide Prive and 103d Street. The family and Pr. William T. McMannia, of 612 West IT'.tth Street, were at the bed iide prepared to remain until the <?nd ' came. Justice Pelany was stricken in court Ma) 14. UraamU poisoning developed. Since the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church were administered la?. i Sunday he has been in a scmi-comatos.? I condition. ALIENISTS CLASH; THAW HYPNOTIST, SAYS DR. FLINT Paranoia and Mental In? feriority Theories Divide State's Doctors. TESTIMONY ENDS; CASE TO JURY TO-DAY Plaint Against Thaw's Gaze Amazes Judge- Slayer Roams About Courtroom. The state brought its case against Harry K. Thaw to a close yesterday with its own nlienists at loggerheads as to the sort of insanity he is afflitrted with. Dr. Austin Flint stuck to his theory that Thaw has out and out para? noia and that it is an absolutely incur? able form of madness. He was followed on the stand by Or. Amos T. Baker, who gave it as his sworn opinion that Thaw was not a plain paranoiac, but was constitutionally in? ferior with a paranoiac trend. He said this was a distinct form of insanity from the absolute paranoia of I>r. Flint's diagnosis, but agreed with Flint to the extent that it is incurable. This difference of opinion was sun? shine for John B. Stanchfield, Thaw's chief counsel, and he made hay with It in his roughshod cross-examination of the two alienists, upon whom the sti'e eiepeiidod as mainstays for sending Thaw back to Matteawan. The court also took a hand again in the examina? tion of Dr. Raker vvhen it cropped out in his testimony that he differed with Dr. Flint. "Dr. Flint said that Thaw has para? noia nnd not constitutional inferiority with a paranoiac trend," Justice He.i drick snid. "And you say he has con? stitutional inferiority with a paranouc trend. Is there any way of reconciling these two? How is expert testimony going to help me arid the jury make up our minds if the alienists on one fide disagree among themselves?" Court Rebukes State Lawyer. Alfred L. Rocker, assistant stitc counsel, began to make an expplana tion. The justice's ire was up in a moment. "What right have you to testify here, Mr Becker ?" ho exclaimed. "With the court's permission I was going to make a suggestion," Beckir said. '?Well, what is it?" Justice Hendnch asked. "A man may he tick in bed with a very high fever ati?l two doctors may examine* him and say he has different es, but he is a very sick man just the same," Mr. Becker contributed. "I see; go on," the court said, and Mr. Stanchtield resumed his examina? tion of Dr. Baker, who was formerly , medical superintendent at Matteawan while Thaw was there. "In your testimony before Justice Keogh at White Plains in 101J ymi faul fiat-footed that Thaw had para? noia, and you say you have not seen him since that time, and now you elim mate paranoia and call it a different disease, constitutional inferiority, do you ?" "Vi.?." said Dr. Baker. "Is that based on your observad 1.1 of his conduct in court during this trial ?" said Stanchtield. "Partly," the doctor replied. ? A he sat here in the witness ohvr 'did you notice anything abnormal?" Stunchiield pursued. Thaw'? Answers Criticised. "He showed bad judgment in answer? ing questions put to him by counstl f.ir tie other side in spite of your ob? jections," Baker replied. In response to further questions Dr. Baker agree?, that plain paranoia was t. progressive diseuse, with delusions that grew until they possessed the vic? tim entirely and finally changed h s personality. "Ami is it not true," Mr. Stenehfleld ? went on, "that constitutional inferior? ity has a tranfitorv delusion tl n.mates in some great event, and thea the delusion disappears?" "Yes, the delusions may disappear ,'ftcr that," Baker said. "Well, the killing of Stanford White - Continued on page 9, column 3 RUSSIANS DRIVE AUSTRIANSBACK ACROSS BORDER Geneva Says Retreat on Entire Polish Front Is Contemplated. ARCHDUKE HOLDS COUNCIL OF WAR Report Capture of Two Hun? garian Battalions in South Poland. London, July IS. Trm myater.' ?hat has fallen over the "Hilary situation in Southern Poland, ?her? offic.-l re? ports from both sides record no seri? ous fighting and General von Mack ensen and his vast arm> have dropped from view after their tremendous suc? cesses, was deepenel to-night ty an unofficial dispatch from Geneva which declared the Austrian* had been so severely defeated that the whole ad? vanced line was in danger. According to this dispatch, the com? munications of the Archdukj Joseph Ferdinand's army had been cut, and it had become Impoealbll to get supplie? . to it. The Archduk?, it said, wus go? ing to Cracow for a council of war, as reinforcements which wer2 being rushed to the frint vcre unaLle to check the Russian advance. An equal mystery la !'ne persistent silence maintained by Field Marshal von Mackenscn, who, apparently, is making no effort :o resume the Ger? man advance on Warsaw. Petrograd reasons that this inaction ' is due to fear that vn Macr-fnsen's ; left flank fould be etpoaed while the Auatriana were on the defenaive. But a suggestion is made by Londcn ob? servers ihi't the brilliant German mili? tary commander il planning an unex? pected coup. Petrograd reports lively er.^Rpe ajienti along the East Prussian iront, I in th? i Narew regions, and further to tr.e sou'hw.-st, between the and Roaoga rivera There also ! has been lighting in "he Przasr.ys?. re ! gion along the ?in? north of Warsaw. The Berlin official ?tat? ment to-night "The situation in the eastern and : so'itheast.'rn theaties of the wur re , mains unchanged." The otlicial communication issued at Vienna at] a: "The general situation in the Rus ; sian war '.heatre is unchanged." Action Near Ossoweii. The following official communication from General Headquarters was issued to-night in Petrograd: "Local actions continue on the Rohr and Narew fronte. A lively artillery !ire occurred near Oaaowetl and Jed wabno from the evening of the 11th to the morning of the lL'th. "In the ralleys of the Skroda, Pissa and Skwa rivers there has been only rifle tiring. Hostile infantry in small force on the night of July 12 made at? tacks In the region of the villages of Tartak, Olchine and Groudousk, which were successfully repulsed. Geneva, July 18. A dispatch to the ? "Tribune :1e Geneve" from Int.?'>rurk fays: "ArchduKe Joseph Ferdinand is ex? pected to-day at Cracow to preside ? ??? ? r a war council. "If within the m Nt few dr.ys the Auatriana cannot ??op the victotious Russian advance the whole irs.ns. must retreat. Since the loss of tn.> BOai tions south of Lublin the r?jvictual? ling of the armies has become impos sibTe. Large Austrian reinf'.rcements have been hurried t;> 'he province of Lublin, out the Russiana, '.hough fighting .vrainst superior forets, con ? tinue advancing. "The Auatriana have been returning to Galicia since July 10, and are now at Wr/av.y. Th ? Russians defeated the Austrtans at T?amoac an! sur rounded and captured two Hungarian bal ta! "It is imported from Pemberg that an important council of war wa.- held there July 10 and that a number of superior officers were disgraced." Wr/.awy is in the valley of the San, eleven mi'es southwest of Krasiik. It in the tip of ->n< of the wedges Galicia forma in Ru/sian Poland. Dr- Shaw to Let Auto be Sold; Calls Seizure Act of Tyranny "Antis," with $500 in Pocket, and Suffragists. Resources Unknown. Prepare to Battle for "Eastern Victory" at Auction Next Tuesday. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw's little p yellow automobile, Kastern Victory I r.nme, still languishes in the pound Media, Perm., or wherever they tal confiscated motor cars, and on Tuesds p? xt will be sold away from its hapr ii??me to meet the tax ??tsessrnenl which its mistress refuses to pay. l'p to the hour of going to press D Shaw ha?l remained stony hearted to .' piteous condition, and insists that i v.ill be placed on the auction block fo all of her. The facts are these: Del? j ware County, Penn., says that the erst i while owner of Eastern Victory ow?, $120 in taxes in Moylan, near Media j where she formerly had resided. Dr Shaw says she doesn't. Matters rested at this deadlock foi some time, and then a tax collect?: sneaked into Eastern Victory's boudoir when everybody's back was turned one night, and eloped with the machine. Hi thought, in his crude, masculine cunn? ing that Dr. Shaw would bail out East . ern Victory, for it was a present t > I her, given by a number of suffragist admirer? in the hope that in it their i leader would be able to pursue the voto more fleetly. I Not only has Dr. Shaw fooled the tax officials by leaving her motor in dur.?-,! vile, but each and every one of then would be extremely peeved if he cou'i read the things she says about them in 4. four-page statement of her case, is? sued last night. She is now in Pitt? field, Mass., but the statement was given out here. "These men, living on the soil made sacred by the blood of heroes and neroines who fought some of the fierc ?tles agajnst the tyrannny of tax ation without representation, hid caught so little of this heroic spirit themse.ven that they thought it Ws? dead among others," is only part of I?, But the heroic spirit isn't dead, take it from Dr. Shaw's statement, which somewhat resembles Magna Charta in tone. To the innocent byitander it would eppear that the irate suffragist was about to secede from the Cnited She cites the action of the Thirteen Original Colonies for prece? dent and accuses the 1'nited States in ;!, Pennsylvania in particular and Delaware County in person, of viol?t e Constitution. Here is her ulti "Dr. Shaw has always believed in the contention of the colonies that taxation without representation is tyranny, and has constantly protested along this line when paying her taxes. But when, in addition to imposing an unjust tax, the government demanded that she Continued on pace 7. column t President Tells Nation All His Time Is Devoted to Framing Reply to Berlin KAISER SEES PEACE IN OCTOBER; COMFORTS DEJECTED BANKERS London, July 14.?The German Emperor, according to "The Times," in a speech to a deputation of bankers who had insisted on an interview in order to point out the financial diffi? culties of the situation and the grave risk attending the pursu? ance of the campaign through another winter, stated that the war would end in October. The bankers are said to have declared that, even if the war was brought to an end immediately and an indemnity obtained, Germany's position would be difficult, but that, if the war was prolonged the German Empire would become utterly bankrupt. It was in reply to these representations, according to "The rimes," that the Emperor is understood to have declared that the war would end in October. CROWN PRINCE' ARMY CHECKE IN THE ARGONf Fort of Verdun Probal Objective of Next German Assault. London, July 13.--A check to army of the German Crown Princ the Argonne forest and the forced tirement of the Germans in the fac an energetic counter attack by French are told of in the latest Fro official communication. The Germans, it is asserted, attac with very heavy forces from the r between Dinarville and Vienne Chateau, as far as the region of Haute Chevauch?e, after a prelimin bombardment of a violent charac in which asphyxiating shells were u The French line bent at sev? places under the vicious attack, bu counter attack stopped tho Teuton-*-, compelled their retirement. Artillery duels on several ot sec'i.r.-t of the line in France an? bombardment of the French anil B i.?h positions in Belgium, when the G mans again made use of asphyxi?t shells, are reported in the French cc munication. The loss of the Souchez cemetery t adjacent trenches, while regrettai does not affect the principal defon. in this region, according to Frer military writers. These point out tl the Germans are visibly redoubli their efforts to capture the Fror fortress of Verdun. The outer wor however, in the opinion of the Fn?r military officials, are solidly guar? end are equipped with all neceas? means for reply. Further Damage to Arras. The following official communicati was issued by the War Office in l'a to-night : "In Belgium the Germans, in boi barding the French and British lin? have ma?le use of asphyxiating shells. "In the region to the north of Art tho cannonnad? has been particular violent. Further material damage Arras is reported. There was no i fantry action during the course of tl day. "In the Argonne the army of th" Gi? man crown prince has resumed the o tensive from tho road between Bina ville and Vienne-le-Chateau as fat the region of I,a Haute Chevauche ati'l has suffered a new check. After violent bombardment and a barrier ti with asphyxiating shells the enemy a tacked with heavy forces, l'.vo differ? regiments of the ltith Corps having a r? ;nly been id? Stifled. "At certain points to which our lii r,vl momentarily been sent energet counterattacks by us stopped the P") the enemy and compelled his r tirement. "Between 'he Meuse and the Mosel the cannonade continues, particular! in the forests of Apremont and I Pr?tre. Tunnel Engagements Reported. "Between Fay-en-Haye and the foi es? we have gained ground by engag? nu-nts with grenades in the tunnels." The statement issue?! earlier in th day in Paris is as follow?: "In front of our positions at 'th labyrinth' a German attack was al tempted last n.ght under the protectio >nt curtain of fire. The assail ants were decimated and Completel thrown back upon their lines. "There was a combat with hand gren ados and cannonading in the fore t o Apremont, in the region of Regni?vill? and in the forest of Le Pr?tre. "In the Vosges an attempted attac by the German? directed n' ? bridge hea?l occupied by us on the ea^' of the Fecht River at Sondernach wa ?ed." Germans Push Positions Across Souchez Cemetery Her?n i via London I, July II Th? German army headquart? ? ? ta IT ?."-?la;, gave out the following official state ment: "A French hand grenade attack al the sugar refinery of Souches was re pulsed. In connection with the storm attack on the cemetery our positions were pushed forward across tho ceme? tery over a width of 600 yards, and the Cabaret Rouge, situated on the road to Arras, also was captured. "The number of prisoners has in? creased to three officers and 250 men. Several attempt?-d enemy counter at? tacks were subjected to our fire and their execution thereby prev "Between the Meuse and the M the enemy developed lively ar activity. He attacked our poi in the forest of Le Pr?tre four times in the course of the evening and the night. The attack?, broke down under our lire, with heavy losses, in front of our lines. LILLE LIKE STRASSBU French Will Drape Both M? uments To-day. Paris, July 13.--Attach?s of the ! nicipal Council who place wreaths crape on the Strassburg Monum each vear on July 14, the annivers of the fall of the Bastile. will decoi the Lille Monument in a similar \ this year. Strassburg is the capital c.f Als? Lorraine, taken from France by C ' many after the war of 1870. LilU the capital of French Flanders, oe ' pied by the Germans October 19, 11 ? BELIEVE NORMAND INCIDENT SERlOl Washington Officials S< Submarine's Act Is Grave Offence. (From ne TrV v ? H-?r?*?'i ] Washington, July 13. The State 1 partment has received no confirm?t r ?f the report that the American s Normandy was used as a shiel 1 by German submarine which sank the R sian steamer Leo. The first report Consul General Washington at Liv pool was meagre, and no details ? expected from him until he has ms ; an investigation. The use of an American vessel , cover submarine operations against enemy ship would be considered serious offence, officials say. Consul Washington's cablegram i 1 porte.l the Normandy had been stopp i by a German submarine and releas after her papers had been exaniirt and her cargo searched. The Nc mandy picked up three American su vivora of the I., ENGLISHWOMEN ASH FOR SHARE IN WA1 Will Demonstrate to Prove D? termination to Take Hand in Fight. [By (?lile to Tli? Tribun*.] London, July 14.?Women are cor ing from every quarter of the Prit? Kingdom to take part in a gre? patriotic croeeaaion through the We: Knd on Saturday to demonstrate I !.?>ii?lon and to the Minister of Mun tions ho.v strong la the determini tion of ths women if Krglanti to 'ak a share mi defeating th Germana. Th promise of the early days of r.l s oi ganizatiou that it was to be the hi? thing of 'he k:n I ever seen is b? ing maintained. Miss Annie K.nne [estimates that ther? will b? at thirty banda and >? hundred banner: as well as thousands ?it nennants. Mrs. Pankhurst will iead the prvcei sion, BELGIANS KILLED BY ELECTRIC FENC? Peasants Die Unwarned of Cur rent Charging German Barrier. The Hague, July Pi. -Reports fror the Belgian frontier say many person are being killed by a high voltage elec trie wire fence which has been con structed by the Germans along the en tire border. Ever* morning there are foum charred bodies of Belgian peasants including women and children, who hai attempted to ero<s the fence. FREE BOY RECRUITS, U. S. PARENTS PLEAD i Nine Youths Run Away to Enlist with Canadians?Britain May Discharge Them. [By C.lile tu Th? Trl'.un? ] London, July 13. Numerous parents ! in America have evidently suddenly d:?eovere?i that war apteals to youth. The American Embassy has received from the State P.'partment the names of nine youngsters who ran away to join Canadian contins The emba -y ? a?k the British .-.mem to discharge the bo> ? be ? they are minors ?ho > I without their ?:arent?' consent. There I have been several similar I the government has always readily as? sented to the discharge?. Lansing Also Busy Says Wilson in Informal Note. HIS ADVISERS ARE UNANIMOUS Officials Forecast Next Word to Germany Will Be Final in Tone. NO DELAY IS LIKELY Chief Executive Engaged in Try? ing to Find Basis for an Understanding. [From Th? Tribune Rurf?u ] Washington, July 13.?An official statement from President Wilson, given out at the White House to? night, gives the first direct infor? mation as to his plans, and, in showing the care which he is taking to prepare his reply to Germany, in? timates how serious he conaidern the situation. The statement is given added emphasis by per?ist<>nt reports in high official circles thar, the reply will be practically final, stating the position of the United States clearly, and leaving no non for further discussion or evasion. The statement follows : "Referring to statements appear? ing in certain morning newspapers with reference to the attitude of th<* President toward the reply of th.' ? German government, Si>crctary Tumulty this evening gave out th? I following telegram which he had re I ceived from the President : " 'Please say that from the mo? ment of the arrival of the official text of the German note, I hav? given the matter the closest atten? tion, keeping constantly in touch with the Secretary of State and with every source that would throw light on the situation; that so aoon as the Secretary of State end 1 : have both maturely considered the situation, I shall go to Washington i to get into personal conference with ; him and with the Cabinet, and that | there will be as prompt an an? nouncement as possible of the pur? poses of the government.' " Crucial Point Reached. So far as can be gathered here, the ; President will find his advisers practi? cally unanimous in the belief that the I crucial point in the eorreapon ! with Germany over submarine warfare has arrived, and that if the American ?government is not to recede in previously announce?! position on the principles involved the next note must convey more or less pointedly the pur? poses of the United States in the event of further violations of American nghM : in the war zone. The general view here is that, irre ' spective of what course may b?* fol? lowed in the Lusitania eaae, a ment of the purpose of the United States to assert its rights, notwith? standing Germany's h use of belligerent ihipi by Americans, \ is likely to be made in the next note. i That -surh action would not ? lead to a rupture in relatu?: ' ally recognized, unless an overt act or ! flagrant violation of 'he principle! for which the I'nited States has been con? tending should ensue. To Shorten Discussion. Many officials ha\e expreaaed pri? vately the view that the next American note to Germany will have a d? tone of finality and will leave no op? portunity for further parle; Il ?s for this reason, they ?ay, that the i dent is excee? ingly deliberate in his , action, and will avoid giving any ex ?in of his views to the public un ; til his mind ib fully made up. Secretary Laming is devoting the major portion of his time to the prob? lem, but as yet has not ap| in its broader a II prepar? ing a detailed answer to the individual - raited hy Germany, an?! his con? clusions will be ' 'he Presi? dent on h.s return in the form of a memorandum ! together with any note-, the Preeident may have made in the meantime, will be care? fully revien ?? p la taken toward deciding the actual terms of the reply. iligh f.fficials believe the President is making every ell? ??' 10 lind in the German nota MRM bin! of a possible basis for an undo In certain ?luarter-, it thought, Germany's statements concerning her desire for the "freedom of the seas" should be taken at their face value. What I nited State? Might I)o. It is suggested that this government might propoae to Germany a cessation of submarine ??'tacks without warning, ? irn for wh'.ch the L'l I might ?. exert every effort ? > secure guarantees from ?ireat Britain it unlawful restraints on corn In this Aray ? af the om of the seas" for which Ger many dec!.?: ?? .tit 90) Many officials M I ?Id consent to such a: ?ven should ithis government suggest it, which is doubtful. It is pointed out that wer.? Germany iinctrely desirous o? achiev