War May End in 1918 Root Tells Russia
President Wilson’s ally policy and Mr. Root’s remarks outline Allied aims and the expected American manpower. He predicts 2 to 7 million Americans in service and notes strength of the fleet against German submarines while urging Russia aid and reparation for Belgium and Serbia. The American mission visits the War Industrial Committee as Russia requests locomotives and cars for transport.
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Russia
Root
Heth
Belgium
Serbia
Ameria
War Industrial Committee
America
Russia Needs From US Two Thousand Locomotives
The article discusses Russia's demand for 2000 locomotives and renewal needs. It mentions Asia's negotiators, revenue concerns, and government policy affecting freight orders and railway operations amid wartime disruption and German occupation impact.
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United States
Rusia
Asia
Lomonosoff
Policablure
German Propaganda Busy in Russia Fascinating Intrigue
A wary report by Herbert Bailey from Petrograd describes German propaganda activity in Russia during the American War period. It notes German intrigue, the Nevsky and Winter Palace centers, and the perception of agents shaping public opinion, with debate over the reach and purpose of German influence and espionage in the chaotic political scene.
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New York
Petrograd
Kerensk
United States
Nevsky
Winter Palace
General Scott
Rabie
Geria
Russia
Germany
Duma Asked to Quit Tauride Palace in Petrograd
Premier Looff requests the Duma evacuate Tauride Palace for imminent government reforms. Rodzianko notes delays. news from Washington cites Allied discussions and plans for a future regime. Deserters in Crimea, arrests, and shifting powers accompany the broad political maneuvering.
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Duma
Tauride
Ministry of Supplies
Crimea
Priest Confession Details Tie Cocchi Case to Italian Trial
The New York Times reports Father Morretto in Washington says Cocchi confessed after a February interview. Officials note Cocchi was agitated and left without stating his destination. The State asks Italy to send Cocchi’s confession and a U S extradition decision hinges on trial venue.
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New York Times
Washington
Alfred
Sta
O Cocchi
Department
Cocchi
United States
Italy
Vidals
Cocchi Reveals Murder of Ruth Cruger in Bologna
In Bologna on June 25 Al fredo Cocchi, who confessed to killing New York schoolgirl Ruth Cruger, told police his motive lay in jealousy and a desire to join a former lover. He described smothering Cruger, hiding the body in a cellar, and later expressing remorse while claiming he did not intend to kill.
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Bologna
Italy
Alfredo Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
New York
Cocchi
Sterward
Parti
Kempe
Athos
Ruth Cruby
Terence J
Ee Bae
Commission
Pear
Dooling
Severa Tomers
Web
Swann
Cruger
John G. Dyer
Ason
John R. Fitzpatrick
Justice Ford
Brady
Blady Seeves
John Blady
Edgewater
Koltschak Defies Mutineers Amid Sea Fleet Turmoil
Admiral Koltchak refused to surrender after mutinous sailors demanded his resignation and seized part of the Black Sea fleet in Petrograd. He discarded his sword into the sea and vowed to continue the war, while chief of staff faced arrest as counter revolutionary actions spread through the force.
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Koltschak
Petrograd
Koltchak
Port Arthur
Pershing to Attend Paris Opera Event
Major General John J. Pershing commander of American forces in France will attend a Paris Opera event with his staff on Wednesday. The occasion and attendees are noted in Paris dispatches.
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Pershing
Paris Opera
Paris
John J. Pershing
France
Iven
Murderer Alfredo Cocchi in Bologna Jail Sends Message
Alfredo Cocchi, who killed Ruth, the New York schoolgirl, remains low and sullen in Bologna jail. He will not answer questions, but says he will justify himself at trial. His family is denied access, a source of griev ances, and he repeatedly asks the jailer to see his father for a final message.
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New York Times
Rome
Alfredo Cocchi
Ruth
New York
Bologna
Ruth Cruger
Mr. Cruger
Brown
Helen
York
New
Mr. Brown
George H. Goeer
Boston
Kilpatrick
Fourth Branch Bureau
Cocchi
Jenne
Cruger
Lagarenne
Art
Donnelly
Satur
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West 125Th
100Th Street
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Bureau
Olberman, Danbrook & Co
Police hearings reveal Cruger family claims of police bias
Miss Helen Cruger and her father testified before Commissioner Wallstein about detectives clinging to a theory that Ruth Cruger left with a stranger in a taxi. They described missed opportunities to detain Alfredo Cocchi and delays in pursuing leads to Cocchi's shop and residence.
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Ruth
Henry D. Cruger
Leonard Wallstein
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John L. Lagarenne
Alfredo Cocchi
Rype
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Fourth Branch Detective Bureau
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Cocci
8Stein
Lagan
Wall
Jenne Miss Cruger
Neighoor
Miss Cruer
Miss Crager
Police Huarters
Ruth Cruger
King
D. I. McKay
Iris
Woman details drugging kidnapping and shut window escape
Mrs. La Rue tells Polyclinic Hospital of a May kidnapping in a famed hotel, a cellar confinement, and a murder of a young woman. She implicates a gang of foreigners in white girl enslavement and ransom plots to South American cities, with police and prosecutors tightening the investigation and pursuing several suspects.
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Faurot
Polyclinic Hospital
New York City
la Rue
Tors
5Ed Com
New York
David Rose
Weat Eightieth Street
Jose A. del Campo
Mobile
Polyclinic
Mega
Her & Tment
Central
Olice
Agnew
South
Mercedes Espenosa
Hotel Indicott
Weat Eighty-second Street
106Th Street
Central Park West
Alfredo Cocchi
Cocchi
Dennis Mahoney
Hamiston
Argentina
Hmiston
South America
Excited woman sends false New York air raid warning
A well dressed woman on a Baltimore bound train in June 95 urged a boy messenger to relay an airplane raid warning to New York officials and residents, including Mayor Mitchel and Mrs. Sparks, offering a $5 payment. Police investigated the incident as a hoax.
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New York Times
Baltimore
New York
Union Station
Mitchel
Pullman
Washington
Chicago
Benjamin Sherr
New York Bequests Annulled by Court
Zanesville Ohio June 3 The court refused probate on the will of John Hoge a millionaire of unsound mind when written stating bequests to the Actors' of America and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Properties valued at about 1 100 000 were involved and the case centers on the challenged validity of the bequests.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Ing
John Hoge
New
Mystery at Newark Hotel Ends in Tragedy and Uncertainty
Alexander Scholz of York reports a man named Alexander and Louise E Jones connected to a Philadelphia hotel incident. The man was found dead on a couch with no visible wounds. authorities ponder natural causes while the woman is believed to have vanished or harmed herself amid conflicting tales of a marriage plan and Navy associations.
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Council of
Eman
Van
Kuael
Duma
Caar
Inter
Council of Empire
Pointees
Csar
Varietie
Aunes
Conference of Allies
Uni
Philadelphia
Penn
Alexander J. Scholz York
Alexander
United States
Louise E
Scholz
Newark
Ton
Ander
Tives
Louise Jones
Alexander Schols
States Navy
Norfolk
France
Phiterday
Miss Jones
Albanians Here Callers Reach Across United States
Albanian residents nationwide report representatives dispatched to act at once to the seaboard. Additional crews are being sent toward North Africa to handle developments and rope in support.
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United States
Seaboard
North Africa
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