Ludlow (WILLIAM an American military)
WILLIAM, an American military officer; born in Islip, L. I., Nov. 27, 1843; was graduated at the United States Naval Academy and appointed a 1st lieutenant in the Engineer Corps in 1864; served through the remainder of the war; was president of the United States Nicaragua Canal Commission in 1895; commissioned Brigadier-General of volunteers and was made chief engineer of the army destined for Cuba, in May, 1898. During the Santiago campaign he commanded the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, of the American army, and participated in the battles of El Caney and San Juan Hill. He was promoted Major-General of volunteers, Sept. 7, 1898; was military gove governor of Havana, from Dec. 12, 1898, to May 1, 1900; promoted Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Jan. 21, 1900; and appointed president of the War College Board, May 1, 1900. He was the author of "Exploration of the Black Hills and Yellowstone Country" and several military reports. He died Aug. 30, 1901. LUDWIG. See LOUIS.
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Ludwigsburg
a town of Württemberg, 8 miles N. of Stuttgart; formerly the second royal residence, and one of the principal garrison towns; has a military school and a castle, with picture gallery and splendid gardens. It grew up round a hunting castle founded in 1704 by Duke Eberhard Ludwig. It was the birthplace of D. F. Strauss, Justinus Kerner, Möricke, and Friedrich Vischner. Pop. about 25,000.
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Ludwigshafen
a town of the Bavarian Palatinate, on the Rhine, opposite Mannheim; has grown rapidly owing to its manufactures (soda, aniline dyes, wagons, machinery, bridge material, fertilizers, rs, etc.), and its trade in iron, timber, timber, coal, and agricultural products. It was granted town rights in 1859. Pop. about 85,000.
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Lufbery
RAOUL SERVAIS, American aviator; born in 1884 and spent his early years in New Haven, Conn. His mother died when he was young and he was adopted by a family at Bourges, France. At 13 he ran away and wandered in Egypt, Tripoli, and elsewhere, turning his hand to many trades. In Asia he met the aviator Marc Pompe, who trained him as assistant. Enlisted in World War under French flag, decorated with Legion of Honor, March, 1917, after bringing down 6 enemy machines. Killed in 1918 near Toul in combat with German biplane, after bringing down 16 airplanes in all.
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Lugano
LAKE OF, also called CERESIO (che-rāzē-ō), a sheet of water at the S. foot of the Alps, 889 feet above sea-level; length, 14½ miles; average breadth, 14 miles; area, 182 square miles. The depth varies very greatly, the maximum being 945 feet, while the average is only about 246 feet. The lake is provided with steamboats.
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Lugano
a town in the Swiss canton of Ticino, on the N. W. shore of Lake Lugano, 49 miles N. by W. from Milan; is in appearance thoroughly Italian, villas studding the lower slopes of the hills embosomed in vineyards, olive and orange groves, chestnut and walnut woods; the church of Santa Maria degli Angioli has interesting works of art by Luini; and an important cattle fair is held here in October. Mazzini and the Italian patriots made Lugano their headquarters for some time after 1848. From Monte Salvatore (2,982 feet), in the vicinity, a magnificent view may be obtained. Pop. about 14,000.
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Lugansk
Russia, a town on the Lugan, 240 miles E. of Ekaterinoslav. It was important before the World War as one of the larger manufacturing centers of the Donetz Basin, its iron foundries being over a hundred years old. Pop. about 60,000.
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Lugdunum
the ancient name of Lyons and of Leyden.
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Lugger
a small vessel, carrying two or three masts with a lugsail on each, and a running bowsprit, on which are set two or three jibs. LUGO (lögō) (Lucus Augusti of the Romans), capital of a province in the N. W. of Spain, situated on the Minho, 72 miles by rail S. E. of Corunna; has 1129-1177, a cathedral built in manufactures of linen and leather; is still surrounded with old walls, high and thick, with towers; and was celebrated as early as the time of the Romans for its warm sulphur baths. Pop. about 35,000. Also the province, a mountainous but agricultural region, drained by the Minho and its tributary the Sil, and rich in minerals that are but little extracted; area, 3,814 square miles; pop. about 500,000.
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Lugh
In Irish romance, son of Kian , and father of Cuchulain. He was brought up by his uncle Goban, the Smith, and by Duach, King of Fairyland. It was prophesied of Lugh that he should eventually overcome his father's old enemy Balor , his own grandfather. So instead of killing the three murderers of his father, Kian, he put them on oath to obtain certain wonders, including the magical spear of the King of "Persia" and the pig-skin of the King of Greece , which, if laid on a patient, would heal him of his wound or cure him of his sickness. Thus equipped, Lugh entered the Battle of Moytura, against the Fomorians, and by hurling a stone which pierced through the eye to the brain of Balor, fulfilled the druidic prophecy. Lugh was the Irish Sun-god; his final conquest of the Fomorians and their leader symbolises the victory of light and intellect over darkness. Balor was god of darkness, and brute force as embodied in the Fomorians. By his title of Ildanach, or " All Craftsman," Lugh is comparable to the Greek Apollo. He was widely worshipped by Continental Celts .
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Lugo
a town of Italy, 18 miles W. of Ravenna; has a trade in corn, hemp, wine, and a celebrated fair (all September). Pop. about 30,000.
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Lugos
a city of Hungary, the capital of the county of Krassó-Szörény. It is on the river Temes. Prior to the war, the vineyards were extensively cultivated and wine was the principal export.. There were also manufactures of lumber, linen and silk. Pop. about 20,000.
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Lugsail
a four-cornered sail bent to a yard, which is slung at a point twothirds of its length from the peak. LUIZ. See LOUIS.
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Luks
GEORGE BENJAMIN, painter; born in Williamsport, Pa., in 1867, he received his first art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Düsseldorf Academy, and then became a student in Paris and London. He was war correspondent and artist for the Philadelphia "Bulletin" in Cuba in 1895-1896, and has since turned out considerable work. He won the Temple gold medal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of the National Association of Portrait Painters. LULEÅ, Sweden, a port on the Gulf of Bothnia, at the mouth of the Lule-Elf. It was modernized after being burned in 1887; since then it has acquired importance as an export point for Gellivara iron ore. Pop. about 10,000.
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