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GUARANTEE Your Money Back If You Want It. S?re Fd-.iivi i?i Page, Firat Column. Nm i0tl( atibune First to Last?the Truth: News - Editorials - Advertisements WEATHER PABT1.Y rtOI'DY AND rOOI.rTR TO PAY AM) i" M'iiikh? , num. All?.Y MIUHKRi. Yaalanlaxr'a T?rop*r?lnr?i : High, 83; I "? 71. Full report 00 P?g? 8. y0l. LXXVa.a.Na 25,096. |( "|'?rl?hl. IIH.?., Bi Thr Tiilmiir \?a?irlittlnn | MONDAY. AUGUST 2, 1915. ? * PRICE ONE CENT rp In CSSy of New York, Nrwark. Jersey flty ???4 lloboheav. BMKWUKMM TWO CENTS. BECKER M?RDER PLATE TAKEN OFF COFFIN BY POLICE Widow's Protest Silenced by Threat of Crim? inal Libel. CHURCH BAN PUT ON INSCRIPTION Prosecutor Soys Action Would Not Need Whitman's Aid? Burial To-day. ?e on the coffin of CSatUn inscribed. "Charlea Beck?: 7 30, 1915, by ?eTer an," was removed at p.30 1 - night by Police In rot and Captain ?adit* '?'.-.- Becker protested niter it had been to her that ?he would sub -rosecution for crim ul Mrs. Becker per : r.ot have been -.he Church 1 I r Road Avenue, .eld at 10 o'clock this wa5 fact yeeterday. that a high requiem ovr the body; rill be low. tman, at Albany last make any s tat '.:: plate. It was It Mr. Whitman had any way - - ? ? followed a inference afternoon - - Attorney Francis J. v I'cputy 1 I ;, , ? aptair. Faurot Just be s- Mr. Martin said to ? ? a case of criminal fro ahead and prose aking a comp.? : not be necessary for .n to move a ringer." Widow Guards Coffin. -inference had ended and B taken off, Mr. Mar ? any action would ? "i c?:i say nothing about that to ? Hied. ? phone talk with :ay?" r.e respond ? d last night at - - ? r, Jor.n Lynch. vt-re refused ?. . room. Lynch, who stood who denied that the moved, told rep - ok at tr.e ( the hallway > far as you may '.it was not pc ? - r?ate was oa or off greri ' ' sUy whel <? was : - ere," Lynch re : ? ai ' L\n?h Iiefiant Over Plate. .he Church would be ? ? t, Mr. .".ers and, be removed. Itea niter 7 rol ard < aptain rent to the the parlor, - Faurot ? lid. tion by tiv ..... had been innocent -e. his death in the murder. ?ra? per? che ? . ? overcome the I undoubt - ? nally ' ? ector Faurot rht ?crew ? lid in ? the houa?. I r Mrs Becker's m ? gym . ... ' -ndemna prob Id have been interred ? rough Mrs. ? :ulat . , doubt -irtlir.g in ? d in ? -vice. andre? of ? waa sad thai I Murph? ? : vices r? ? irn from Philft ?? he now is. in time. It is - - Whelan. one of -tunt?, will be in a great deal of ??? cam '? "f this," In the first i be taken for grant ould permit a cothr. I lu- brought into i not have tuuimueii 00 a>?8? 8. column S GEN. TRACY UNIMPROV Former Secretary of Navy Critical Condition. General Benjamin Tracy, SoetOi ? of the Navy m der Pr?sident Harri va? r?-port.-.l to he- in a critical < dition last night nt his hoin<>. 14 r Siv: e:h Street. It wns said at midnight that no on- had been noted iince : urday, when the first effects o paralytic stroke became apparent. CUIDIAN APHRODIT FOR JOHN D. HEF $75.000 Work of Ad Will Rei in Temple of Love al Pocantico Hills. After many travel?, the ' ' aid Aphrodite" was unloaded yesteri from the Cunard hr.cr Saxonia. Sunday in its wooden box fronl . f the customs inspecte booth. This particular Venus is neithei vaudeville star nor a "movie" quo but a status which many art authc rk of the Gr< Rockefel for it. and when the c toms ail d wheti it is free from duty aa a work of re than a cer.tury old, thi will be in tailed in the Temple Love in I he aunki ? on 1 ?ntico Hill is believed by tome to be Pr i 'ra?- - hibiti in tl ? Museum in IS on the ground thai it was not 1 lieved to be gei STOCKING ROBBED, SHE FINDS DIAMON Weeping Maiden. Who Lost $ Comforted When $200 Gem Drops Out of Shoe. A laid her nar Ryan, and gave an a dress ::. West Seventy-second Strei which proved wrong;, attracted the a tcntion of a number of men last nig! he sat crying on a bench on tl et subway pla form. "Are you in trouble, little girl*" kind man asked her. "Ye?, kind sir," she said. "I ha?. beer: I wo men in the subwa were look . and jostling m but I didn't pay any attention. Whe I got off here I found that my stocl in?* had been cut and $" taken. Ouch Something hurts my fe?, -it stick She took off her ?hoe. and when sh ? ! it over a ({littering object fe out 01 form, "A kind man frien said. "It's worth $200, if it's wort h cent." "I bet it i r the bad man's han when he cut n r 1 notice diamond rings ( ? er." she sair. "Any man car. rob nie of $7 if he wi] leave a $200 diamond." Fo ? ay rejoicing, an did n< i to the po ? had. DOG DIES IN SAVING GIRL FROM SNAKE Reptile Killed, but Gives Colli? Fatal Bite Was About to Strike at Child. S .1 Aug. 1 Don. a collii M ?lier, of I rfieldAvi ip h.s life this afternoon t< ? ? t from K killer everal houi I n inflicted by I r\gnes Miller and hei tl - I'lara were out for a romr ifternoon with Don, when they ap ??.I a clump of woods not fai from I The dog, who was heeling:, suddenlv . i with a grow] and pounced aki l'on tore the ? RIGHTEOUS BOYCOTT HITS SUNDAY MOVIES Long Branch Church Workers Call Sabbath Film "Perver? sive of Morals." ?i?i Long Branch, N. J., Aug. 1. Con? tinued fa,: police to put an end to Sunday motion pictures caused the church folk to inaugurate a "right i boycott' of auch showhouse?.. At to day's services city worship? pers penned their signatures to an not to attend any motion winch open on . on? day. An organized effort is to be made to ob1 ral hundred pledges. These brand the Sui day .-hows as a olation of the state law, ? . roachment of the sanctity of day and perversive of the morals of the community." movement to boycott the law ow placea originated with ? MAID FOILS BURGLAR AT SOUTHAMPTON Screams Drive Intruder from Home of Mrs. W. P. Douglas. Near Scene of Necklace Theft. Southampton, I I, Ausr 1.* An attempt was mode last nicht te roh m mer home oi Mn ?V. P Doug? las, of New York, m First Neck Lane, rear Agawan Lake. ? :c the theft of the 150,000 pearl .re from the home of Sherwood ? bave 1 een vigilant. ? the munis ?n the Douglas home . ? | an.! raised tha window, calling for hi . Pi reman r in time to see .:? down the .Meet. He fou.id that one of the window? had beer? forced and that the thief had been* exploring the house, when be tr.r.ptd over some furniture, arous- j in? %%n cnM. ' Hundreds of Thousands Throng Beaches in Flight from City's Heat and Humidity ? Island beach at its most crowded hour vesterday. It was estimated that half a million people jammed the bathing beaches there yesterday ?n their ficht to escape the heat. CROWD RIOTS ON CONEY BOAT AT CRY OF FIRE Scream Turns Grand Re? public Passengers Inio Panicstricken Mob. A timid woman's cry that the boat was afire sent panic running like wild? fire among the passengers of the Iron Steamboat Company's steamer, the Grand Republic, ?ister ship of the ill fated General Slocum, yesterday after? noon. In a moment after she screamed a seething riot was in full swing on the deck. Women shrieked as they were knocked down by the mob that ?urged about the lifeboat?.. Men fought each other madly for life prea? One man went insane through sheer fright. Wien the steamer reached the (oney Island pier, a white faced, terrified crowd stormed down her gangways to land from a vessel that was as safe and free from actual danger as .-i church. Dr. Alexander Brown, of the Pt: Education Department of Teachers College, '?Id last night of the wild uproar that raged among the pa gers on the boat. The vessel was al? most opposite ' oney Island when the cr.e.s of a fooligh woman, suddenly turned the orderly crowd into a mob. An altercation on one of the lower decks began the trouble. The woman, who was clinging to her escort's arm. mistook the cry of "fight" for "fire" and her face went white. "Oh, God! The boat's aiire," she screamed pierc? ingly. Through the minds of the passengers flashed the memory of the K?i disaster. In a second they stampeded like cattle. There wa? a crash of overturning camp chairs and a hun? dred women lifted up their voices in shieks as the crowd rushed toward the rail Men fought with fi I boot to reach the lifeboats. V. were knocked down, children trampled under foot. Life belts were torn from their shelves al ? 1 on with ? Member? of the crew h-id to aaa force to keep the fear-crazed passen rum rlingmg themselves "ver the rail into the sea. Dozens of women fainted. An officer with drawn revolver kept frantic men from launching the lifeboats. Dr. Brown said he saw lying on the cabin floor a do'en or more women and young girls who had been overcome in the press or who had lost conscious om fright. Ir. <pite of the assurance of the cap? tain, the panic continued, am! the boa' I docked at the ? on?", Island pier. Shuddering women and men with their clothes torn from the Struggle poured down the gangway to the land. A few with cooler heads re main? d aboard. The Grand Republic left Rockaway at 6 o'clock. It was T o'clock when thi? panic took place. The boat hud bee . jammed to its full capacity of l.WK) t left. At least half of these de? serted her at Coney Island. No one was seriously injured, al? though many were bruised and scratched. When the boat rti re, the end of her trip, a of overturned chairs. bmk?n lunch ba? i.ats and wearing apparel be? ber deck. Edward Carman, captain of ti.e steamboat, explained the cause of the punie by saying that the crie? of "Fight" arose from some men on the lower deck, all of whom were the worse for liquor. When he saw that there was going to be trouble he ?unir: the crew and ordered them to do all they could to maintain order. Finding that the people were becom? ing uncontrollable through fright, he ? then told the pilot to head for the | Continued on paar ?. ro?ame 8 _ ' ??????? Rain in Evening Merely Aggravates Suffering of Swel? tering Millions and Bars Tenement Dwellers from Sleep on Fire Escapes and Roofs. Three deaths and scores of prostra tions was the toll of the sun yester? day from the city's sweltering millions While the temperature did not climh as high us Saturday, it was elevated tc an extent to cause discomfort to prae ; tically everv one and actual misery to many. The hottest part of the day was between 11:30 and noon, when the ature was 83. An immediate break in th? hot wave is not to be expected. So far as the Weather Bureau could tell laut night, to day. while it promises to be clear. 1 will be hot. The storm last evening failed to make much of an impression on the i thermometer. A gentle rain in most Of the city caused the sun-baked pavements to give off wisps of steam that added to the density of the at rre. While the temperature went down to 71 shortly after 9 o'clock, the humidity increased by leaps and bounds. Last night prohahlv caused more suf . on the Hast Side and other tcne tricts than anv during the present siege of heat. The rain wet the roof.? and i, and lie? ping out of doors, impossible. A- i iney island the crowd? that occu I vied the beach on Saturday night were driven back to their stiflinc homes. Half Million at Coney. The largest crowd the island ever ?aw was jammed into it? precincts yea? ter day. At least 50,000 remained there ' over Saturday night, half that number ?deeping on the beache?. while the o-.hers sought the coolness of electric fun? in the resorts that remained open tor their enteitainment. Fully (00 na visited Coney Island and Brighton yesterduv. the no lice estimated. As earlv as 5 o'clock in the morning there wete long lines of expectant bathers in fror.t of the bath? houses. At the municipal baths, which did not open until m o'clock, the police were called in numbers to avert dia? i order. There was more work for them last nli,'ht when the blockade occurred on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit lines. A shower drove thousands to the elevated station on Surf Avenue iust as the tie up occurred. Mrs. Helen Cohen, of 211 l'? Avenue, Brook :? i . will probably die from injuries she received in the Brighton Baths. She was at the top of a flight ? when preaaura of the crowd caused her to lose her bal? ance and fall. She was taken to Coney Island Hospital with a t'ra/tured skull. Never w-ns a cool breeze, ace nied by a gentle fall of rain, more welcome to New York hotels than the zephyr which sprang up about ? o'clock Continu?'! on pu;? fi. relama 3 WILSON PAYS TOLL AND GREETS KEEPER Aged Connecticut River Bridge Tender Sees a President for First Time. Cornish. N. IL. Aug. 1.-President :. remained at Harlakenden House -nomine and took an automobile ride in the afternoon. He passed over a toll bridge spanning the Connecti? on l?ver. which he previously crossed manv times. He always had paid the toll charge of 18 cents personally To? cay the tollkeeper recognized him for the first time. "Are vou the President of the United ' . ir year-old man I, ar Mr. Wilson leaned out of his automobile to hand him the monev The President smilingly icknowl his identity. The tollkeeper said he never before had seen a Presi? dent, and Mr. Wilson shook hands with him. New U Boat Total Wreck. London. Aug. 2 .12:10 ?. m.).?A Keuier dispatch from Copenhagen re? ports that fishermen rom L?beck sav a new German submarine, while on a trial trip between K..d and Fehmarn. was totally wrecked some days ago, of the en w being drowned. PEACE NEXT AUGUST IS MORGANS GUESS Banker Believes That War Will Be Ended in Just Twelve Months. r.-r far.;? to The T-" London, Aug. I. A elose personal friend of J. P. Morgan, arriving in Lon? don to-day from New York said to The Tribune correspondent: "I saw Mr. Morgan the day before I left New York. He assured me that, in his op.n ion, the war would be finally settled just twelve months from now." RUMANIA AWAITS RUSSIA'S COURSE Bucharest Hears Her Entering War Depends on Czar's Taking Offensive. [By r?;..? i?-. Th? T Bucharest, Aug. 1 i Dispatch to "The London Morning Post").?In well in? formed circle? it is declared that the entry into the war of Rumania on the side of the Entente powers is de? pendent on the renewal of the ?lan offensive in Bukowina and the arrival of munitions already ordered by this country from the Allies. The action of the yr n re? gard t-i intervention will not, it is asserted, be delayed by any cm ations a? to the pr?s? I "n in I Galicia and Poland. "The City" Ft was never more vital that Wall Street and the London market be kept in closest touch. FRANCIS \V. HIRST Editor of the London "Economist" has been engaged to write to American financial men through The Tribune's Financial Page. His articles are short and factful. One appears this morning. Page 1 I. ?The ?Tribune First to Last?the Truth: New* ? Editorials?Advertisemfnt; GERMANS WIN FIRST BATTLE OF AIR FLEET Six of Kaiser's Airme Engage Fifteen French Machines. I By Cable to The Trttiiuie ] London, Aug. 1. For the first tin in the history of warfare a battle i the air has been fought between squai rons of hostile aircraft, and to eel? brate the anniversary of the war tt Germans claim the victory. Six German aeroplanes, while reeor noitring over Chateau-Salins earl this morning, according to an officii statement given out to-night in Berlii challenged fifteen French airnii-n t combat, and succeedeil in putting se*. eral machines out of action. For forts inmutes the battle went on unt the arrival of reinforcements force the Germans to retire. Berlin say the aviators returned safely. Many other aerial ranis, directl ehiefl) '!?. ing cami plac- during I in which the Ger man on the Bril ground at St Pol-sur-mer which ' IHI -he vv II no daman Germans also dropped bombs on th French aeroplane shed? at Nancv s 'He French In turn raided th< German camp- at Douai and Dalheim and claim to have dropped six ?(jells 01 a military tram near Chateau-Salins. At Nancy, according to the Germai officia! report, IOS bombs were dropped of which eighteen were observed t? the hangars, but which, th< French assert, did no damage. bombs wen dropp? d in tl m. unsuccessfully, aceording << Berlin, while the French lost one ma whieh was shot down by a Ger man battle aeroplane. The official statement given out ir Berlin follows: "Greet aerial activitv was continu?e srday The British flving groun? Pol, near Dunkirk, was at) ?ombs beinir dropprd. "The German near Dcua' unaucceaafully bombarded bj s .iron here, and one ol ??ur I doa n an en? emy aeroplane. "On the French flying; gi Nancv '>ariv fh:s morning were dropped; eighteen hits wer.- ob? served on the tents. The enemy ma? chines, which ascended for defence, could not prevent attack. "Sis German aeroplanes attacked fif? teen French machines over < hateau Salina, and during tl ? ?? min? utes of fighting several of the hostile machines were forced to land. When cnemv reit ? . came up our air etreated without loss. the north of Saargem n French aeroplane was forced ' I, the occupants being eaptU'ed." French official report refers g? s ? 29 our aero? planes threw thirty shells on the av.a ? amp at Dalheim and also six shells on a military train near Cha ..:ns." a JOHN D. HAS CHRISTENING Children of Employes Get Names in Rainbow Pool. John D. Rockeftller's rainbow pool was used yesterday for a novel cere money, when the Rev. J. Homer Nelson christened Sarah Frances and Edward Tarnel!. Florence, Cecelia and Kathe? rine F-lizabeth Rowe; Launcelot Bur? ton? Clear and Arthur Eugene \.\ were children of employes of the Rockefeller estate. The croui'.u- were thrown open to the parents and friei . one I ? to use the rainbow pe d re? gret that he could not be present to witness the ceremony. / KAISER, WARSAW SURE, FORCES BUG DEFENCE; 229,208 PRISONERS CZAR, ON ANNIVERSAI SEES VICTORY IN E London, Aug. 1.?On the 4>cca of the anniversary of the decl tion of war Emperor Nicholai Russia has Issued an order to Russian armie? and navy, acci ing to Reuter'? Petrograd co ?pondent. The Emperor is <1U( as saying that, notwithstanding efforts which have covered the F sinn standards with fresh glory, enemy has not yet been broken that the Russian forces must lose courage in the face of the fr sacrifices and trials necessary restore property and life. Russia often has been subjec to painful trials, but on every casion has emerged with i strength and power, says the I peror. He expresses a firm h' and an unwavering faith in a for nate Issue of the conflict. In c elusion the Emperor asks for blessing of God on the armed for of Russia. TIRPITZ PARTY ASSAILS KAISE1 AS TOO GENT1 National Liberals Dema That War Go On witl Greater Energy. [By i'ibi? to Th? Trlt un? ] Zurich, Aug. 1. - Discontented < man Socialists no longer have a moi oly of attacks on the government. National Liberal party, which has , held a meeting at Cologne, critic the government in vigorous terms, for absolutely opposite reasons to rh which inspire the Socialists. The tional Liberalb declare that not enc energy is being spent on the war. Deputy Stressemann, in a viol speech, contended that the governm shows a lack of conscience that calculated to cause astonishment t anxiety. He attacked Count Monts i .admiral Truppe! because they had p posed an accord with America, and i pressed indignation that such porpos were approved in certain official c cles. Distrust, his party felt, was increas by the fact that leaders of the Sod ist party had declared that they w? supporters of the Chancellor and I policy and had not been repudiated him. Stressemann expressed satisfi tion at the collaboration of four grt economic associations in Germany, v industrial organizations and one agi rian body, declaring that the Is named had shown great understandi of the needs of commerce and industl Other speakers demanded that mi tary and naval operations be carri ont on a ?*:ll greater scalo. Deputy Hassermann, chief of t! party, declared that this was not time for reform of the Prussian ele nrial system. The spirit of Iiismar -,g the German people he d ciar, i to be wanting. In certain go ernment spheres the censor has givi free rein to democratic sentiment ai proposals for peace, while suppressir utterances of the National demand a policy of force devoid i all sentiment, As the National Liberal party is th; of the wealthy industrial classe though not one of the chief goveri merit parties, this violent attack C the Ch:ince!!or's policy has caused lensation, and is proof that the vo Tirpitz partisans are getting the upp* hand. As the party is against any cor ns to America on the submarin warfare issue, its hostility to the go\ ernment's policy will probably hav considerable influence. The "Voss.sche Zeitung" yesterda published an article which is probabl a feeler. The article states that th gorernment would not reply for som to President Wilson's note, bu that submarine warfare would be con th increase', energy. Professor Meyer, the ??-ell known his torian, writes that Germany has n need bv any action of hers to strength en Preaideni Wilaon's position, an. will continue the submarine warfar without troubling about what Amer.c; thinks. The "Morgen Post" declare that this attitude in itself constitute a reply. The Munich "Neueste Nachrichten' maintain that the American note doe; not prohibit a reply, bit need :.o v receive one. Neverthe>s the German government, may hav? something to propose. In any case, ii ? I pre?. should continue. The "Neueste Nach n" tliinki t would be well to re ? any case, in or.1er t.> rebut sucr of l''-1' lent Wilion'i affirmations a? are considered erioneous. since silence might seem an admission that they were just. IBERIA?T5SS COST 3 AMERICAN LIVES Boston Man and Two Others on List of Submarine Vic? tim's Dead. Queenstown, Aug. 2.?The official list of the dead of the British steamer Iberian, shelled bv a German subma? rine, ace lunts for six men three Amer.cans and three Englishmen. The Americans were Mar'r- WileyS1 of Bos? ton; John ?r,arro'.! and a man named The wou; ' Henry Hansbury and John lirawel!. Tnere are also, three British wounded, ___ Fresh Troops Attempt to Turn Russian Second Line. TO FORCE ISSUE ON GRAND DUKE Russian War Minister Announces Plan to Abandon Poland. PREDICTS RETURN Reminds Douma of Victory of 1812 That Followed the Destruction of Moscow. ; n? Cabs? lo Tba Tribune ] London, Aug. 1.?Indications be came convincing to-day that the Kai? ser's army, even before its jaws have closed on Warsaw, and while the es? cape of the defenders of the Polish capital is still in the balance, is al? ready grasping at the new line on which the Russians plan to make their next stand. The appearance of new troops drawn from the west? ern front and the advance of von Mackenser.'s army through Cholm to the eastward seem to show that the Germans plan to follow up the Rus? sians to the bitter end, rather than to turn to the drive in the west, which has been expected. Meanwhile some comfort is de? rived from the fact that the anniver? sary of the war passed without the Germans occupying Warsaw, which had been understood to be part of their programme. However, news of this climax to the Austro-German offensive in the east, which was be ' gun in the early days of May, is hourly expected, for what little in? formation is allowed to leak through is that the Rus.sii.ns for sever?! days , have been withdrawing to the Brest 1 line, leaving small forces to fight rearguard actions, so that the main armies might make good their re? treat. What practically is an official an rouncement of the abandonment of Warsaw was made to-day by the Russian War Ministor, If, Poli vanofT, to the Duma when he said: "At this moment the enemy is concentrating enormous forces against Russia and is successively enveloping '.he territory ami mili? tary districts of Warsaw, the strategic contour of which has always been the weak point of our western frontier. Recall? War of 1S12. "Under the circumstances wo shall perhaps yield to the enemy n portion of this region, falling back on positions where our army will prepare for the resumption of the offensive. "All's well that ends well; 1812 was proof of that. We shall to-day perhaps give up Warsaw, as then we gave up Moscow, in order to in? jure a final victory." Russian Courage Phenomenal. These rearguard BCtioni have devel? oped at many places into fairly large battles, as the Russians, whoso steadi? ness ha? been phenomenal in the face of defeat, are offering stubborn re?i?t ance to the German advance? and de? livering powerful cunte- Bracks. For example, they have prevented Field Marshal Von Hir.denburg from throw? ing more of his troops across the Na rew, repulsed German attacks to the northwe-t of W:,r-aw and ''.riven back to the river BOB? I ading troops who cro?sed the Vistula to thu sou'h of Warsaw. The Russians, according to Petro? grad, have stopped general Von Bm low's advance in Kovno Province, to? ward the Vilna-Petrograd railway. If Grand Duke Nicholas is to hold the Bres* line after his retirement from Warsaw it is absolutely necessary that Genera! Von Buelow's offensive should be arrested, for should he reach the he would seriously interfere with the Russian I .ions. I?; mg July, according to an official statement given out in Berlin to-r.ight, 95,0J3 Russ.an?, with forty-one guna, were captured in the fighting from the Pilica River and the Baltic. Included in the material in German hands were two heavy field pieces, four mine throwing howitzer? and 230 machine guns. Ruaaians Still Resisting. The Berlin official ?tatement fol? lows: "In the eastern war theatre, north of the Niemen, there have been local action?. Northeast of Rozan we have made further progress, the am ? counter-attacks have been repulsed. "In the month of July, between the . the Baltic, we cap 41 guns, among them ? ' ur mine I machine "In the ao w?r theatre our troops iea?d aero?? the Vistula i north of Uangorod repuUed heavy en lemy counter-attacka, Pursuing th?