Ruth Cruger's Body Found in Cocchi Shop Cellar Pit
The body of Ruth Cruger, an 18-year-old, was unearthed yesterday afternoon in the cellar of Alfredo Cocchi's motorcycle shop at 127th Street. She had been killed by a blow to the skull and concealed under debris and scrap iron four feet below the concrete floor. Police, aided by Mrs. Grace Hamiston, are continuing the excavation with detectives and diggers uncovering a hidden hatch and a concealed chamber in the shop.
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Alfredo Cocchi
BA West 127Th Street
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Coceni
Ehack
Mia
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Jules
Cruger
McAntee
Epistle
Keon
Solon
Edison Urges Hard Work to Win War at West Orange
Thomas A Edison told workers at his West Orange New Jersey plant that the nation must all bear the war burden. He said democracy’s defense is an obligation shared by every citizen and urged each person to work harder and produce more to meet the nation’s duty.
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Thomas A. Edison
West Orange, N. J
President Asks Hoover to Begin Saving of Food
President Wilson grants full authority to Hoover to organize voluntary food conservation efforts nationwide. He urges immediate action, highlights harvest time and waste elimination, and calls on women and men in food distribution to join the food administration with zeal to support troops and Allies.
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Washington
Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
Plan For Food Administration
Food Administration
Woodrow Willo
Women Followers of Reds Clash With Police At City Hall Park
Five hundred women followers of Emma Goldman rioted in City Hall Park to protest conscription. Police faced kicks and hatpin stabbings. several women were arrested. Goldman and Berkman were later held on conspiracy charges. Abbott was detained after attempting to aid them. Police raided an anarchist printing plant, seizing materials and arresting 26.
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Ile Leonard D. Abbott
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Mitchel
City Mall
Hannon
Cee Tannon
James M. Wilson
Bertha Amor
West 7Th Street
Wilson
Yiddieh
William J. Moore
Sacha Hemmel
West Farms Road
Bronx
Hemme
Rutgers Square
Alexander Borkman
Federal Building
United States
Hitchcock
McCarthy
Heiiman
George Daite
Iid Fifth Street
Madison Square Garden
Wame
Sunday Tribune Features Warfront and Celebrity Pages
The Sunday Tribune runs features on Rudyard Kipling’s war tales from the Austro Italian front and a review of Billy Sunday exposure in New York. It surveys fashion shifts, advertiser scrutiny, and essays on Sunday journalism across Port land and broader markets.
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Billy Sunday
New York
Evangelin
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Russia Urges War Aims Tied to Free World
Amsterdam dispatch June 18 reports a German view of President Wilson note to Russian governments. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung argues Wilson shifted from anti autocracy to fighting for liberal Russia, condemns U.S. autocratic power, and urges publication of wartime treaties to reveal Entente aims. It claims Wilson seeks to mediate peace but failed before reelection. The piece analyzes Allied plans for Asia Minor and alterations to Serbia, Bulgaria, and Russia.
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Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Berlin
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France
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Rhine
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Italy
Serbia
Bulgaria
House of Cards
Russia Rejects German Peace Bid Over Grimm Expulsion
Petrograd reports fresh German peace overtures to Russia, leading to the expulsion of Swiss citizen Robert Grimm, a Socialist Internationalist. Hoffmann’s dispatch claimed Germany and allies would begin general peace talks. Grimm denied any such negotiations and condemned the maneuver.
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Switzerland
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Hoffman
Federal Council
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Hofman
Germany
M. Tseretelli
M. Skobolem
Innssmuch
Berne
Stockholm
Alliances forge American support for Russian liberty
Elihu Root presented the American Mission to Russia to the Council of Ministers in Marinsky Palace. President Wilson’s republic speaks of freedom over wealth as Kerensky and Terestchenko express shared democratic aims. The two nations pledge to fight tyranny and stand together for liberty, with Russia ready to wage war alongside the United States.
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Russia
Mpassodor
David Re Francis
Root
Marinsky Palace
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Mr. Root
M. Terestchenko
United States
M. Tersatchenko
Council of Ministers
United States of America
Democratic Republic
Eople
Humland
Peace Offer Reported From Swiss Mediation To Russia
Stockholm June 16 The Social Demokraten reports Germany has sent a peace offer to Russia via a Swiss Federal Council member The telegram dated Berne June 5 and signed by Hoffman authorizes a nonoffensive policy while seeking an accord with Russia and an entente on Poland and Lithuania including restitution of occupied provinces and return of Austrian land.
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Social Demokraten
Germany
Russia
Federal Council
E. Odier
Petrograd
Berne
Ny’ “Hoffman
Poland
Lithuania
Sourland
Austria
German Teachers Told To Keep Kaiser's Merit Before All Children
Amsterdam dispatch notes Berlin Socialist paper Vorwärts reprinting a Prussian Education Ministry circular guiding teachers to stress the Emperor’s merit and the nation’s indebtedness to the Hohenzollerns, warning against enemy agents sowing distrust. The publication condemns the circular as a blunder.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Vorwierts
Germany
Vienna Confirms Russian Activity Ahead of Expected Attack
Official reports from Vienna and Petrograd indicate rising allied pressures on opposing forces though no major front shift yet. Russian operations are concentrated in Volhynia and East Galicia with big guns active, while German divisions are redeployed to reinforce the West front. Oil passes show artillery fire at multiple points and surprise bombardments near Shelvov. air forces are busier with raids behind lines.
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Volhynia
Galicia
Brusilov
Germany
West Front
Shelvov
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