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“es th LO Cee wer ‘German Sweep to Polish | NEINAL a or PRICE ONE Md ENT. Conran, 191 ‘The Press Co. ie, York World). t Publishing YORK, THURSDAY, ‘JULY 29, 1 915. 14 aE re eegrrp apital Held in Check WEATHER—Showere Probable To-night and Friday. + a - PRIOE ONE sae | MRS. BECKER PLEADS WITH WHITMAN TO REPRIEVE HUSBAND UNTIL OCTOBER ) VON NACKENSEN REPULSED. IN THREE FURIOUS ATTACKS: TOWNS TAKEN, SAY RUSSIANS Desperate “Fighting Reported on Whole Line Between Wieprz and Bug Rivers. RETAKE LOST TRENCHES. Petrograd War Office Says German Wave Is Breaking Fruitlessly on Russians. PETROGRAD, July 29.—Russian arms withstood three furious attacks by Field Marshal von Mackensen's German troops near Hrubtesof, and by @ ‘brilliant counter offensive swept | forward irresistibly recapturing three villages from the enemy. The offictal war office statement to-day related this incident to show that the German wave was breaking fruitlessly on the solid rock of Russian defense. The enemy continued to attack practically throughout the territory} from the Wieprz to the Bug. It was on Wednesday night that the Rus- eians captured the villages of Rako- lupy, Majdan and Ostrowsky, with a total of 1,500 German prisoners. Con- tinuing the War Office says: “Persistent enemy attacks continue north of Stepankowitse. We repulsed three furious attacks designed to break our front, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. “Bouth of Sokal (Galicia) we re- pulsed the enemy, who crossed the Potourzhitse on Wednesday morning. In these actions we took numerous prisoners. The enemy has brought up reinforcements. “Fighting of severest intensity con- tinues on the Upper Bug, marked by heavy artillery firing, Along the Narew the enemy is attacking also with heavy artillery, “In the vicinity of the mouth of the Iskwa a portion of the enemy cap- tured our trenches, Counter-attacking with bayone: charges, we repulsed dim. “On the right bank of the Narow the enemy's offensive is fruitless.” The statement added that there were no material changes elsewhere along the front. —-——_ GERMANS REPORT _RUSSIANS-BEATEN | ALONG THE NAREW BERLIN, July, 29.—The following report was given out to-day at the War Office: “The situation north of the River Niemen remains unchanged. To the northeast of Suwalki, along both sides of the railroad to Olita, our troops have occupied @ portion of the enemy position, capturing 2,910 pris- oners and two machine guns. “Last night the Russians delivered repeated attacks against our front south of the River Nafew and south of Nasiclsk, All these endeavors failed with heavy losses to the en- emy. To the west of Novo Georg!- evsk, on the south bank of the Vistu- la, we captured 128 Russians. “In the district to the southwest of Gorakalwarya Russian forces on the night of July 27 attempted to ad- vance in a westerly direction, Yes- terday we attacked them and drove them back. “In the southeastern theatre of the war the situation with re: German troops ts generally obanged.” N0 CHANGE IN HEALTH OF CARNEGIE, SAY FRIENDS! a He Golfs, Motors and Sails, Is An- swer at Bar Harbor to Report of Serious Illness. (Special to The Evening World.) BAR HARBOR, Me., port has been circulated here for sev- eral days that Andrew Carnegie was seriously tll here. not been seen in public for days, In- quiry at the home of the millionaire , has been met with the reply that he was as well as he had been since coming relative to his condition, howe to Bar Harbor, At the present time he is not re- ceiving visitors, | his yacht several times lately, harbor, while he has motored several times lately to various tea houses and | taken luncheon, Stormy weather to-day compelled the Vanderbilt party, of which Mr. | Carnegie is a member, to remain in- doors. Yesterday, however, the Laird |of Skibo played a round of golf and |later enjoyed a motor trip, returning just before dark. TAX FIGHT MAY HALT Effort to Make Transit tions Pay More Causes Threat | to Stop Trains. clash between the City Administta- tion and the railway companies run- ning to Brooklyn by treasury than they now contribute. Under existing contracts, the Brook- lyn Rapid Transit and “annual rental.” Kracke believes they jought to pay the tolls for cars and at the same time not Interfere with |the franchise tax. He introduced clause to that effect, Williamsburg Bridge. OMgials of the railway Bridge franchise expires, Aug. 31 M’ADOO BABY TAKEN SICK. Pre Dr. Grayson to Attend Child, WINDSOR, Vt, July four-months-old granddaughter, tary of the Treasury and Mrs, McAdoo. So he sent his personal physician, Dr, at North Haven, Me., from dietary trouble. Dr. Grayson wil physician now treating the child. Dr. Gray President of he returns Mr. Wilson will work in the. forencons and motor after lunch, July 29-—A re- | Mr. Carnegie has He has been out in one time sailing around the island and again down to the islands of the outer AkL TRAFFIC ON BRIDGES Corpora- At the meeting of the Board of Estimate to-day, Bridge Commis- sioner F. J. H. Kracke brought on a submitting a new annual contract under which the companies would pay more into the other com- panies using the bridges pay tolls for a relating to the companies threatened to shut down their ser- |vice unless the old contracts were re- newed. ‘This aroused the indignation |of Mayor Mite who said some caustic things about the ratlway companies. The matter was then re- ferred to the Transit Committee of the Board, The present Williamsburg jent Wilson Worrted, Sends 29.—President Wilson was worried to-day about his Ellen Wilson McA@oo, daughter of the Secre- Cary T. Grayson, to the McAdoo home to attend the ehild. ‘The baby is said to be suffering first visit Boston to consult with the SINCLAIR TOUSEY, MUCH IN LITIGATION, ISKILLED BY GAS Coroner Asserts Publisher Met Death Accidentally in Home in Yonkers.« WIFE FINDS HIS BODY. Had Gone Into Voluntary Bankruptcy Only Two Weeks. Ago. Mrs. Anna Raynor Tousey, wife of Sinclair Tousey, a publisher, found her husband dead at his desk in his study when sho entered thelr home at No. 596 Warburton Avenue, Yon- kerma, late yesterday afternoon. The Jet of a gas lamp above the desk was open and the room was filled with gas. Mr. Tousey’s collar and necktie had ben removed and were hanging across the key of the gas Jet. Coroner James T. Dunn found the key was loose ‘and gave a certificate of death from “asphyxiation, prob- ably accidental,” Sinclair Tousey filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy two weeks ago in which he stated his abilities at $140.56 and assets $565 cash and 250 shares of Frank Tousey, publisher, yalue unknown. The stock was held in escrey by the Lincoln Trust Com- pany as executor of the will of George Gordon Hastings as collateral for a note of $44,501 due in 1916, He had recently undertaken to launch a new humorous publication in this city. ‘A brother of Frank Tousey and a nephew of Sinclair Teusey for many years President of the American News Compang, most of Mr, Tousey's fifty~ four years were spent in the publish- | ing business. He was involved in the | litigation over the estate of Mrs, Mar- garetta Todd, mother of the wife of his brother Frank, who died in 1905 under circumstances which, he charged, suggested that she had been poisoned when there was a will be- queathing her property ou‘ ide of her family, Mr, Tousey was never able to establish that she had not died from natural causes, He had serious busi ness differences a year ago with hi niece, Miss Norma Hastings, who shared with him the ownership of the Frank Tousey dime novel publishing ears and deduct from the franchise bopnees: chee nee coaie We. _ successful » co) tax an amount which they figure as| SCCM Ney ness unprofitable #0 that he could not pay off the note held by her father's estate, a Dropped De Cecil Murra; ployed by Gimbel Brothe hattan, dropped dead as he was run- ning for a train near the Bay Side Station of the Long Island Ratlroad this morning. He lived with his parents on Bay Side Boulevard, A Reminder When planning your advertis- ing cainpaign do not fail tg remember that your advertise- | ment published’ in The Morn- | ing World gets 100,000 more circulation than the same ad- vertisement does if published in any qjher morning news- paper; and Again The World has demonstrated its ability to produce results for advertisers, which accounts for its extraordinary success b ag the leader in the field of advertising. THE WORLD! Results! Reliability! Readers! Rd 4 GAMBLING JOINT RUNS ‘WIDE OPN ON SUTH AVENUE Name of Becker Witness Is ; Said to Protect “Dollar John’s” Place. POLICEMEN IGNORE IT. Jacob Luban Said to Have Asked District Attorney to Prevent “Persecution.” ‘Two men who figured in the Becker case, one by offering to appear as 4 witness fo the prosecution and the other by remaining out of the juris- diction of the court when ye was wanted, have been conducting a wide’ open gambling house at No. 174 Sixth Avenue for weeks past, and one of them a short time ago sought the} 4 protection of District Attorney Charles A. Perkins for his venture on the plea that he was being persecuted by the police, “Dollar John” Langer, or Langerman, has been backing the place, and Jacob Luban, brother of Morris Luban, an important Beckes case witness, is the President of the club incorporated to conduct it, ‘The place has been operated from noon until late every night in one of the busiest spots on Sixth Avenic rere se6 oe " under the eyes of the police, and thousands of dollars have changed hands there every day. Yesterday| > afternodn four hundred men were in the place when an Evening World re- porter gained entrance, and until Jate at night the race horse gambling, stuss, poker and crap games oc- cupled the attention of the gamblers who floated in and out of the place continually. It is the frankly avowed declaration of the gamblers frequenting the place that it 1s absolutely safe from police interference because the name of Jacob Luban, a witness in the Becker case, appears as the owner of it and, to quote the words of one of them: “No cop is taking a chance nowadays by bothering one of the District At- torney's witnesses.” Asa matter of fact Luban has but very small interest in the place. “Dollar John” is the man who put up the money to start the place and he CALVIN D. VAY (ME ELECTED PRESIDENT ts backing it, Luban was brought in ak Thei for whatever protection his name Break Ther Dead Deadlock and Al- might give. dermen Agree Upon the Former Assemblyman. Although convicted of forgery as a second offender and under a sentence of twenty years in Sing Sing, Luban is not in jail. He is out ona ge cate of reasonable doubt, and but a ghort time after he acted for “Dollar| Calvin. Decker Van Name, former John” and other gamblers and incor- | A#semblyman, an organization Demo porated the club under which the|crat, a lawyer and a resi of West Sixth Avenue gambling house is being operated, he went to District Attorney Drisgtons was tosday'el dd Borough Perkins and attempted to capitalize | President of Richmond, as smeceasor hia value to the State as a prospective|to the late Charles J, MeCormack Becker case witness by insuring the| At the last moment Aldermen Charles gambling house against police inter- WP. Cole, John J. O'Rourke and Will ference. fam Fink agreed to forget whatever ASKED FOR DISTRICT ATTOR EY'S PROTECTION, differences existed at the three pre ceding meetings, when they Luban told the District Attorney| agree, and decided to mi the vote the police were persecuting him, 'n| or Van Name unanimous. The t the Sixth Avenue club, and gsired|ing took place in the Aldermanic Mr. Perkins it was a law-abiding| Chamber and was presided over by Place against which the police could} Mayor Mitchel. have no legitimate grievance. He was| Immediately after his election to given no encouragement there, but he! ine Borough Presidency Mr. Van was able to report back to “Dollar! Name was formally sworn in by John” that the place would not bel sravor Mitchel, interfered with, and it was then} ‘phe newly elected Borough Presi- opened wide, dent was born in 1857 in Mariners’ | Almost every police oMcer on duty| tarbor, He is fifty-eight years old in the vicinity knew of the operation| ize attended tho achocls of Stater aol - . ; Of the gambling house, and one de-| inna, studied law at the University tective admitted that there was no of the City of New York and was ad mitted to practice at the age of twen ty-one, Mr. Van Name was elected Assembly in 1900, and in 19; chance %f acting against it, because the policemen did not want to be under suspicion of rsecuting a 0 the ) He (Continued op Fourth Page.) ) 4 to} Wife of Condemned Policeman From Her Latest Photograph MRS. CHARLES BECKER, pervers B44 OEGRALIGE-8 POOF OOOOO9404 009969909 099OO9O0O introduced the bill fox the establish- ment of the municipal ferry between the Battery and Staten Island, As a lawer he has devoted much of his time to a study of docking and ri- parian Weties A OF RICHMOND BORO| KILL ALL AMENDMENTS TO CORPORATION LAWS | | —_— | Incorporation of Stock Exchange Among Proposals Rejected by Constitution Makers, ALBANY ‘ tions Committee of the Constitutional adverse amendments referred July 29—The Corpora- Convention to-day made an report of all the These included the proposition New York Btock Delegate Marshall de ntion of amending the feport to permit the consideration of |the proposal permitting cumulative | voting in stock corporations. The Banking and Insurance | mitt also Killed all amendments | pending before it. Among these were | propositions advocating leas strifgent | to tt to incorporate t | Exchange clared his in Com savings bank laws and giving the State Banking Department greater | power over private banks, pl stan BELGIAN SHIP SUNK BY A SUBMARINE; WIFE AND LAWYER ASK GOVERNOR FOR STAY PENDING. APPEAL 10 FilGhER wn Mrs. Becker Goes to Albany First and Is Then Sent to Meet Whitman at Poughkeep- sie Hotel. SING SING WARDEN READY FOR EXECUTION TO-MORROW (Special tq The Evening World.) ALBANY, N. Y., July 29.—Mrs. Charles Becker and John B. John. to grant Becker a reprieve until October in to make plans for an appeal from Justice Ford’s ruling denying Becker's new trial. Gov. Whitman had started for the State camp at Beacon when Mrs. Becker and Johnston arrived, . Gov. Whitman agreed over the long distance telephone at 3 o'clock to-day to meét Mrs. Becker and John B. Johnston of Becker's counsel at the Netson House, Poughkeepsie, at 6 o'clock this evening. Mrs. Becker and Mr. Johnston will leave here on the 3.57 o’clock train, Mrs, Becker will not ask the Governor to commute her husband’s sentence. She will add her appeal for a reprieve to the arguments of Mr, Johnston. A plainclothes man was put on guard at the Executive offices in the Capitol to<lay, but the Governor was unguarded when hesteft ‘in an auto- mobile for Camp Whitman with his Military Secretary, Major Moore. Not Enough Time to Answer, Says Counsel for Becker _ W. Bourke Cockran, of counsel for Beeker, late this afternoon gave out a statement which he said was bis last word on the Becker case. Im it he complains that not enough time was afforded to him and Mr. Mantes to prepare an answer to the last brief filed by District-Attorney Perkins; , ajso that Justice Ford declared that no answer was necessary. Mr. Johnston of the firm, Mr. Cockran added, went to Albany to prefer these requeats: First—That Mr. Whitman reconsider his determination to dispose of this matter himself and that he take advice of some conspicueus citizen concerning the Executive action with respect to Becker which the Rigbenty interests of justice demand. Second—If this request be refused, then that the Governor Ce hear objections to execution of the sentence based on the record and om the additional facts embodied in the affidavits submitted to Mr, Justices Ford. Third—That a reprieve be granted for the purpose of enabling the court of final review to decide whether Mr. Justice Ford was correct in holding that the Supreme Court has not the inherent power to set aside a judgment of death which It had been induced to render through perjury, fraud or mistake, which he admits {t has to set aside a judgment for money secured through similarly corrupt methods or agencies, Becker Writes Statement; Never Offered Guilty Plea. (Bpecial to The Evening World.) OSSINING, July 29.—-Charles Becker completed this afternoon a long statement in reply to and denying statements in a despatch from Albany, . published In the newspapers, in which it was insinuated that there wae something suspicfous about the death of Becker's Arst wife, that he has refused to care for a son by his second wife, who divorced him, and that he offered at some period of the prosecution to plead guilty to murder im the second deg . Becker went clea. off his balance @—————_________._..... ’ this despatch In th when he regd this despate | his writing the prison physicians wie. morning papers. He asked for a sten- ited his cell, ‘They found him im eae , but this req! it tw id garepher, bu peak was turnec| cellent physican condition with @ down by Warden Osborne. Becker was] Cellent physlcan con then furnished with paper and a pen- Bae 2 | He admitted he was FOUR OF CREW LOST | as LONDON, July 2.—The Belgian | steamship Princesse Marie Jose, of | 1,958 tons gross burden, was torpedoed and sunk to-day by a German subma ring ‘Twenty-one members of the crew of liwenty-five were saved, EERE SE A tr kc at hee te ne 7 cil and started to write out what he . Martin T, Manton of Becker's cout wanted to say. +He expressed a desire to give It out] #¢l, by telephone from New York, and John F. McIntyre, also by telephone, | for publication at once, but was per- communicated to the orisoe ane suaded by Warden Osborne to sub tles just about wkat Becker Lee mit it to hia counsel in New York. While he wes ip the part of a) ee © 1 id, FINAL Z ‘a stom of counsel to Becket came to Albany to-day to ask Gov, Whitman) omder to permit the lawyers \ 7}