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Ruth Cruger'sBody Dug frompitUnderShopRemain» of l8-Year-OldGirl Buried BeneathCocchi's Cellar Floor

Police ReservesHalt Morbid Mob

Woods Will Investigate De¬

partment's Apparent De¬

linquency in Search

The tod«/ of Ruth Cruger '.van un-

r.rthíd jeeterday afternonn in the

re'.itr of Alfredo Cocchi's motorcycleshop. 542 West 1'JT-h Street It was in

thii »hop 'hat the girl was last seem

»live on February 13. Cocchi hat tied

»Italy.Hutu Cruger had gone to his shop to

hire 1er ikutaM sharpened. Four Hoibelow the concret* floor of the machine«hop, in which the emery wheel for

»harpening skates still stands, the

digger« employed hy Mrs, Grace Humls-

ton, course', forth? Cru-er family, cameupon the body.

F.ftccr. minute« be'ore the«e men ex¬

humed the body detectives of the 4thBranch Bureau had beer, laughing at

their e,r.-irt-i, a« they have laughed over

unce the determined woman lawyer, be-,jan h- .- .it Tuesday.Ruth Cruger had been killed by a

blow on the skull, just above- the rightear. Her murderer had bound her arm»

and legt and had jammed her body head

first into the hole in the cellar floor.

Above the body clothing had been

packed. On top of this ".here had been

dumped about a quarter of a ton of

scrap iron. The dirt at UM top of the

Bud been smoothed lovel and the

board flooring had been replaced.Body Found by Accident

The body of the eighteen-year-old| rl was not discovered in the hole

upon which Mrs. Ilumiston's employe?have bren working for the last four

I he woman lawyer was hot uponthe trail, but it was almost by accidentthtt the actually achieved the polution

'. ry. If Mrs. Cocchi had not

be> husband's t'nop at 2 o'clock. lay afternoon the case of Ruth

t ruger might have remained forever

rh of an enigma as are those of

Dorothy Arnold and Charity Ros.

gil sited bei Mm.Cocchi has been trying to sell the one-

ttory 1 tile «¡hack in which he had run

his butiness. Yesterday afternoon she

comple'f-d the deal ami Edward Lind

i.nd ( hariet Grecnbaum, of 8M Broad¬

way, became owners of the place.immediately turned over the

place to Mr?. Humi«tonandre Sergeant McCee, who was

I hiT work at the directiontf Coan - '.'? '? . Pi I

McAr -n Spittle, the tu o .'. v-

tinued 1 work upon the.. < itreei ide of the

cellar the others determined to inves-

the machine shop at th«has remained locked sine««

the la t police inspection of the prem-

aj\. Solon, superintendent of the

Oand «entrai Terminal, where Mr.waa nidii | Mit

rd ?v'« rdny. Hevamination of the ma-

Ti-.om was stale andist lay thick upon the skate

- tools were

'he place, filmci a 11the I '' . igii et A workman'- Iwas fastei wall af the «turk

.- ! tWo toe] -1' « », waa

that'-' .' level

Metal I a> Abu o Rod>Ht e | Ml a> 'I Jules

Jam»' r. -, ,. orn.

II Bailly. W.th the.hleJ the 1 they lifted theaUttaUUI »wa- | )j(.,,n rr,vorini,

r, about 2 by I feel", ssnrad away and

if fe Benth" arly.

. i «. ad not

B-....-. I keawaa UMI nad a!«o be»r, harked away,

«Paning kaid-pa« 'AnteeBad || >.. » «.. ..

1'. was hard digging,'r *' «Jewuwurdaloa angle af nhaul . ramrima nantie >< . -, .,. ftr .r,.,r> wss

with terag In'' --

, ,'." -' to eaaaaar, eavPair,

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Edison Says AllMust Work Harder

To Help Win War

Thomas A. Fdison In his laboratoryat his West Orange, N. J plant yeuto»day said:

This nation has assumed an obli-pation which practically amountsto this: We have agreed to save

democracy from despotism, no mat¬ter what the cn«*, mav be The na-

ti"n is not a third person-the na¬

tion is oursehi -,

The nation's oblipation is our

obligation, and each of us shouldwork a little harder than he hasever worked before and produce a

little more than ho has ever pro¬duced before, in order that he maybe the better able to discharpe his¡«hare of the obligation which thenation has assumed.

President AsksHoover to BeginSaving of Food

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Nation Can Afford No Fur«ther Delay, He Says; Call»

on Women to Help

irrem Bl T-CfTine Burban!

Woêkitngton, June l^.-FuU au*

thority to proved with the orqntvza-

tion of the voluntary forces of theOt tittil"]) M o yjt'ii'in-iridc food con¬

servation propravnne nets given to-

'day in the foUauHng letter v-ritten{?i Prraidi-vr rTtaaMM to Food Con-'rroUer Herbert C. Hoover:

»It seems to mo that the inaugura¬

tion of that portion of the plan for

food administration which contem-,

plates a national mobilization of the

great voluntan- forces of the coun-

try which are ready to work towardsaving food and eliminating a

admits of no further delay.The approaching harvesting,

immediate neceaaity for wise use andsaving, not only m food, but in allother expend.tures, the many undi-rected and overlapping efforts being1made toward this end, all pruna for

ena] direction and inspiration.Whil* it would in many ways be. de-i rabie to wn;t complete legtelation<-'ablisV.ncr the food administration,it appears to me that so far as vol¬

untary effort can bo assembled, we

should not wait anv lontrer, andtherefore I would be very glad if youwould proceed in these directions at

once.

The women of the nation are al¬

ready earnestly seeking to do their

part in this our greatest struggle for

the maintenance of our rationalideals, and in no direction can theyo greatly ? lilt as by enlieting in

the service of food administrationand cheerfully accepting its directionend advice. By so doing, they willincrease the surplus of food availa¬ble for our own army and for exportto the Albos. To provide adequate"ipplies for the coming year is ofabsolut"lv vital importance to theconduct of the war, and without a

.. ry cor elimination ofwaste and very strict economy in our

sil latien we cannot hope to

fulfil this primary duty.I trust, therefore, that thi» women

f.f th" country will not only nto your appeal and accept the pledgeto the food administration plan'«arl eh you are proposing, hut that allmen also who ,- n the per-".'?'''1 dial ;-.,..)« v .ii eo-

'Torate, with the Mine earnestnessarid in the «am«- spirit. I grre youfull author.'v to undertake any stepsnecessary for the proper organiza¬tion and Itimnlntlon of »her efforts.

Cordially aid s-nccrely youri,WOODROW WILSON'.

^^ílhe c-Sunùaa «TribuneFeatures

I liri III Rudvard Kipling relafea another thrilling storv of trie war rm

¡'age 3 the mountainous Austro-Italian front.

I'a't I What Billy Sunday hal done fo New York and whal Newl'aie li York liât done to Billy Sunday; a review of the evangelist's

Baal undertaking.

Part II' ll.e military ipirit pervades the Long !«land and New Jersey/'nfc 4 5 resort».

Part III Anne Riftenh<-ii«r. l!,e famous fashion i ritir, says that theI'age I war economy iriea in clothes is giving way lo simplicity.

I'art I Saaanel Hopkiat Adams looki in on fortland, Ore., and dis

fuge 16 cvers an army ol '|ueslionalile advertisers. Bul the liveP< rtiand Ad. C lub knows how to wield a broom, and II

cleaning tilings up. One of Adams'i best storiei.

Port III 1 he r.'rram of nearly 2.0(X) years is about to he realized in the

I'ogt 3 Beofcol I' founding of a Jewish nation in Palestine after ihrwar. An unurually interesting article hy Isaac Don Levin*.

Pari t Had ( ross poster« designed by New York school children.Pate IO A surprising display ni j ivenile artistic talent

Part III ( . I T. .Srharp«. Automo'.ile F.ditor of The I ribune, makes

Pnjr H an analysis al exaggerated ill'i«trations used in somr auto

mot,ile advertistments.

'.rapine Mill's wonderful drawing» show whit "I's Mortals" dotri lion "Bateman ii,' Arts." Snappy irxirt costumes pictured in

graveure. f be war in American sculpture and six paget oflive news piclnre-.

And the

ßeto norn «Tribune i-ietoictoA Departure in Sunday Journalism

A LITTLE LATE WITH HIS SUGGESTION

Women Followers of "Reds" Fight PoliceAt City Hall Park in Anti-Draft Riot

Kirk, Bite and Stab After Failure to See Mayor-Emma Goldman and Rerkman Held

on Conspiracy Charge-Twenty-six Men Caught in Raid on Anarchists'

Printing Shop-Seditious Handbills Are Seized by Detectives

These were the important develop¬ments in the round-'tp of anarchii-t?and other anti-conscrlptlonists yester-day:

Five hundred women followers cfKinma «¡oldman rioted In City Ha.lI'.irk. l'oheemen were kicked, struckand poupiil arlth hatpin*. Threowomen were arrested.Kinma «"»oldman and Alexander

Hi-rkman, the anarchie lenders, ar¬

rested Fridav, were held in tSSfiOObail.

Leonard D. Abbott, friend of theanarchists, was thrown out bodilyfrom the Federal Building. Ahbo'twaa denouncing the» authorities forthe arro«t of Workman and Ilia««?oldman.

Police rained an anarchist printingplant. Twentjr-BlJJ men were arrest¬ed. Tresse?, tv pe and 20.000 hand¬bill«: were sei/ed. The«e denouncedthe state registration and urged at¬tendance at the anarchist BBOOtlagscheduled for Saturday in MadisonSquare.

East Side Wnmrn fn Kiot

The women who took part in the CityHall riot -most of them unable to speakFnglish were for the moet part fromthe Fast Side. In F-mall groups theydescended on City Hall a little after 1

'o'clock. With them came self-styled

I leaders who wanted to present a peti¬tion to the Mayor.They moun'ed the marble steps of:

the City Hull and wer" metbj «'apt amWilliam H. Hannon, of the ElisabethStreet precinct. He was handed tho

petition when he Informed the women

the Mayor «ana cut of town.

It was sigr."d by Helen M. Fisher,44"i Weet l«Md Street; Aim- Hutchin¬son, address not given, nnd JosephineCampbell Nixon, :>" West Ninety-sixthStreet.

Protest Against Draft

It ..

Mr. MitchellWe ha re come to ion ai M ij at

of our city to pi regie«trntion.As women, aj the ereatora of

life, ve «re Büti-IBÍlitaristS, op-BOBOd tn the d' -r ruction of fe.Al arorhine c!a^ i international-

ls| ' we feel thal th« ??. of «me

country have rio quarrel erith thepeople of any other country.And, finally, ai women, who havts

had no voice in the makin-,' of InWe,we de not feel mir eh ; nhjeei toreaietral IWe therefore demancl your sup¬

port in th« lepeal of this unjustand unconstitutional law.Then they left, and tho women who

came with them, who wore clothes thatWetU cheap \et rich in color, yellow»and reds and greene predominating,with big picture btttl "f another sea¬

son showing well in the sun, tried to

mass in front of ti te City Hall.The police <!ro\ a moe! of them off.

Othera, witii bnbea ia theil arms, saton the bench« -, and left only Hfter a

.struggle.The more belligerent of the lot made

n ni « h fur the one part of City HallPark left ungunrded the little patchnear the old I "urthouso. There theymassed ar.d defied the police. Several

?ned them.Cuptaifl Hannon, ifl plaifl cloth's,'

d with a al teem« d io be hpleader«-. When he I aiahed «me woman

kicked his thii"Thanks, madam," said Captain Han¬

non. "Hut yon might be t.. ".or en-

gaged. <!o horne or I'll arrest \ou."Sho disapiAt BBOth« r «nil of the mob Sergeant

.lamen li. Wilson tras erging thewomen to rvi home Mrs. Hertha Am¬per, of 106 Wes! li i'h Street, waved a

bouquet of carnal ander hi« i.o»e,declaring that it WUI a public place andshe had a l i^-ht to

Sergeant Wilson placed her under ar¬

rest. Immed ately tome woman set upa yell iri Yidd: ii. Thu :? t tool up th«cry. In-an in.-tarit iii«« policeman andhis prisoner were surrounded. Whenhe tried to moví« the wnaaei neare«t1 im, with unintelligible yells, borelinn to the ground. Other policemenrushed through 'He crowd and helpedhim to hie feel

Patrolman Mitten and Stabbed

Patrolman Hi nry H Wagner, one oftho«,. who rushed to Wilson's aid, waa

totten on the Iii imli and itnbhod in theleft leg with a hatpin. Another puliré-man, lohn McConnell, wni attached by1half H desea whee he tried to arrest

Mi« Jannia Baron, of «S9 Willett Street.Ker fifteen ram old daughter, who was

'wah h'r, clung te bei rhil hi una

carried, yelling, a hundred feet or more

to the polic« station.Patrolman William J. Moore, who

tr «-d to use moral suasion on Mrs.Badls Hemme!, of 1171 West FarmsSA ..ni, The Bronx, was striKK cn thajaw. Ho arrested Mrs. Hemmel.

Finally the mob was driven from the

park. it collected again in Rutgers.-square, whore an indignaMon meeting«as held.Some of these women w on duty

at ft o'clock when Emma (¡oldman ardAlexandtt Borkmaa were taken fromthe Tombs. When Miss Goldman cameODt from the prison they set up a shoutof approval sad followed her to th*sFederal Building, «There sho and Bork¬maa were arraigneil before 1'nitedStates Commissioner Hitchcock.

I ountr>--»idr Plot AllegedHarold A. Content, As«l«tant United

Attorney, informed the Commis«sinner that the authonties had discoe-

d D the papera seised at the office»of "Mother Earth" and "The Blast" evi¬dence of a country-» nie plot to opposethe Boleetir« draft law."Both the défendants," he said,"have

boon continual disturbers an«! offenders-. the pataca. Berkiran has served

a pr.-on term for an attempt to muid'-rand Mis« (¡oldman has Barred a termfor inciting to riot. Both are knownthroughout the country as offendersngainst the criminal law of all Jurisdic¬tions.""The hysteria of the prosecuting offi¬

cer*' b, gan Harry Weinberger,counsel for ! <. seed I« .!.

Commissioner Hitchcick silenced hisattack and held the defendants in ÎL'."»,-

iil saeh on a charge of conspiracy,«i'spito Weinberger's pira that a bondol' $5 would be sufficient.

I.-oi.ar«l 1». Ahbo't, «ho has contrib¬uted to the magazines published byBerkman and Miss (¡oldman and who Ispresidí n» of the Free Speech League,went out to get bail for the two. Onhis return, he said :

"This is an outrage! It is « travestyi'pon justice."

Abbott Pushed to StreetHe said something else, and two dep-

u".- marshals, acting on instructionsfrom Marshal McCarthy, seized Abbott,,and while others tried to clear the cor¬

ridor, rushed Abbott headlong to the?treat,At -J o'clock no satisfactory bail hav¬

ing been produced, Miss Goldman andBoil man were taken back to theTombs.Toward evening the police, headed

1'V 1,.1'Utonar.' GoOttJO D. Barnitz, ofthe llnmb Siiuad, entered a secret print¬ing shop, at 534 Fifth Street, and ar-

r**-ti'd twenty-six mon. Eleven wc-re

hold for court action. Some were

printers. In the basement were twopresses. On the wall was a lurid bannershowing » mau stripped to the waist.n the act of hurling a lighto«! bomb,I ndrrtieath was -«/ritten:"The anarchist."

Handbills Protest Draft

The handbills on the presses whenthe palie« entered urges all to atten«!the anarchut meehi g next Saturday atMadison S«iuar«' (¡«iden the time «st

hy Berkman for the beginning of the"social revolution"- ard warns all «rhohave not registered to remain away.Some of the prisoners arr«sted ipoke

Fngluh Moat ,"ul«l only speak Yid«!i«h

Russia Will Fight by SideOf U. S. Until World Is Free,

Minister's Pledge to RootBerlin Says WilsonTries to InflameNew Republic

"Nothing to HinderSeparate Peace"

President Backing theAllies' War Aims IsOfficial Comment

Amsterdam, June 1«.-What evidentlymay be considered the official Germanview of President Wilson's note to theRussian government Is published to¬

day by th« semi-official "NorddeutscheAllgemeine Zeitung," of Berlin, andtelegraphed abroad by the official Ger¬man news agency. It opens with a ref¬erence to the alleged mutations whichPresident Wilson's attitude has passedthrough, and say« he haa completelyabandoned his f'irmer assertion in now

declaring the I'nited States enteredthe. war to freo the worlil from attacksof autocratic power."According to his own earlier deda-

rations," the newspaper continues, "the

sly ground for war was the endanger¬ing of American shipping by the unlim¬ited I.'-boat campaign. Now, when it

is a question of winning the patronageof liberal Russia, it Is absolutely inade¬quate; hence tilt- big words that Amer¬ica went into the war to do away with(¡orman autocracy.

Calla Wilson an Autocrat"This Is a contradiction of facts, and

comes the more strange from PresidentWilson's lip« whin it i4 considered thatin bringing about the declaration ofvar he exorcised a degree of autocraticpower the like of which was hardlypermitted to the late Emperor of Rus¬sia."

In retard ta President Wilson's hintthat the war might serve to secure lib«

'eral inatitutiona ia Germany itself tho

"Mr. Wilson has enough to do in'combating plutocracy in Bia own coun-try and in taking care of the socialand political position of the A.nerican

Iworher. in dignified words tho Presi-dent of the German Reichstag a bodyelected erith the most democ-atic suf¬frage in thn world recently said thatWO |seena to ourselves the ordering ofour own affairs."Seeks ti» Influence Russia. Is ChargeComing to the President's remarks

regarding the causes of the war, thonewspaper states that here again hemakes assertions formerly foreign to

1lim in order to inflame the war pas¬sion in Russia. Regarding the Pre*i.«lenj's seeusatioas about the weavingof a ne' of Intrigae aimed i.r tho peace'and freedom of the world, the qut-s'ionis asked whence Mr. Wilson obtainedthis knowledge.

"It. tie course of the past year," thenewapaper continuos, "Mr. wilson re-

Hy leelarod that he desired to

mc liste for peace, but could not do so

lu fore his reelection wee assured."But even when this occurred, ho was

unable to arrivo at a docieion, althoughwe had facilitated his action in everyway bv our peace offer of Decemberis, ins."Bat so long as the interests of the

American shipping trade and so longas Groat Britain wore not monaco,!dangeroQBl** by the I'-boat war Presi¬dent Wilson knew nothing of the auto-eratic intrigues of German**, wheeopower must be broken m tho Interest«of peace and the freedom of tho world.He thefl declared lils readiness withwords, if not deeds, to restore peacefor the world, and thereby al=o forwicked Germaajr.

Agreement« Laang Known''The treaties of the Triple Alliance

an«i theil purely defensive characterare known to the whole world, ardwhen President \. ilson accentuates theBerlin to Bagdad plan we submit thn*-he shall let hs British. Russian andFrench allies enlighten him regardingthese open agreements, free from everyintrigae, which we made with Turkey'sBSBOat for the economic opening ofAsia Minor, or whare about to makewhen war broke out.

"Moveovrr. we Would urgently rec¬

ommend that Mr. Wilson at the same

time obtain from his allies an expo¬sition of the war gaina mutually as-'

... ! to the member« of the Entente.IIle will find that Premier Briand hadto su!,mit "recently in a secret sittingof the French Chamber that Franceami Great Britain have promised Con-|li k1 i.ople to Russia, ard in returnRvsi » has promised Franco not only\ MC« lorraine, but the left bank ofti,o Rhine."He will further find that the En*

tente has dratted a complete plan forthe partition of Asia Minor, but which

till mooting with difficulties be*Ieanse the Italian hunger for power dc-lirea moru than (¡..eat Bri'ain an IFrance will approve. Italy has been met

with all conciiiatonness in the promiseof further Austro-Hunganan land. Itwill be very interesting for the I'nitedStates further to learn that promisesat tne cost of Serbia were made to Bul¬gana as the price of its entry into thewat on the side of the Fntente.

1'rges Publication of Treaties"I* Mr. Wilson sets so much value

on the entire human race, knowing forwhat aims America is waging war, hemust urge that the war aims of theAllies bo made known to the wholeworld by publication of treaties. Onlythan wtll the whole world b« ah'.eto judge clearly whether the peaceableand liberal aim which Mr. Wilson pro-,claims is compatible with the aims ofthe Kattata. And then the house ofoardts of Germany's autocratic intriguesw ill collapse"New Russia has «leclared repeatedly

that such war aims were not hers. Rus¬sia ha« rather proclaimed a formulaof peace without ar.r.evat ans an 1 la«demnitio« as her wish. The CentralPowers and their allies rather de'ire,in tren and mutual understanding withRussia, to créât« a position whichhenceforth «hall be a guarantee ofdurable and peaceful neighborly «x«

latenc» il«le hy, side." I

Russia RejectsNew Peace Offer

From GermanyLxpels Swiss Agent Through

Whom Berlin's ProposalWas Made

Petrograd, June 16. Fresh sttemptson the part of the Germans to concludepeace with Russia have been exposed,with the result that the expulsion fromRussia has been ordered of a prominentSocialist Internationalist, a citizen ofSwitzerland, Robert Grimm.Two days ago the Provisional Gov¬

ernment received from a reliablesource a copy of a dispatch addressedby Hoffman, a member of the SwissFederal Council, to Grimm. Apart fromthe separata peace offer contained inthe dispttch, Hoffman reported thatGermany and her allies wera ready to

begin general and immediate peace ne¬

gotiations if Russia's Allies wers will¬ing.The Provisional Government appar¬

ently was informed that this dispatchhad been handed to Grimm by theSwiss Minister at Petrograd. The gov¬ernment requested 'he Socialist mem-

bora of the Cabinet, M. Tseretelll andM. Skobeleff, to demand explanationsfrom Grimm, who was their colleague,inasmuch as, though a foreigner, hewas beginning to play a prominent rolein Petrograd as the mouthpiece of theinternationalist pacifist propaganda.An official statement issued to-day

declares that Grimm denied to theCabinet members that the Swiss Min¬ister had transmitted to him such a

dispatch, denouncing the wholo affairas a clumsy German manoeuvre. Grimmadded that when at Berne and Stock-holm he had refused to enter into anysuch negotiations, and that as a So-cialist he refused to let himself bemade the instrument of imperialistplans.The two Russian ministers reported

to the Cabinet that Grimm's explana-j tion was unsatisfactory, whereupon an

I Immediate expulsion order wa« issued.

Peace Offer SentTo Russia Through

Swiss MinisterStockholm, June 16. -The "Soca!

Demokraten" says «.ermany has madean offer of peaco to Russia through a

member of the Swiss Federal Council.The newspaper to-day publishes the

translation of a telegram said to havebeen sent in cipher from the politicaldepartment of the Swiss Federal Coun¬cil to K. Odier, the Swiaa M;iii-ter atPetrograd. It is dated at Herne, June5, and says:

"Hoi: man, a member of the FederalCouncil, authorizes you to make toGrimm the following oral communica¬tion:"'Germany will no* undertake an

offensive so long as an arrangementwith Russia seem« poeeible. After eon-venations with an important person¬age, I am convince 1 that Germany aims

at a p«sace with RuOuia honorable to

both parties, with intimato economicand commercial relations and t'.nancialsupport to place Rásala once apain on

her feet; no interference in the do¬rn- stic affairs of Russia; an entt-ntecordiale on Poland, I.i'huania andCourland, in view of the relationshipbetween the peoples; restitution of theoccupied provinces, and Russia, on theother hand, to give back to Austria theprovinces which she has been able totake.' "

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German Teachers ToldTo Keep Kaiser's Merit

Before All ChildrenAmsterdam, June 16.- The Berlin So¬

cialist newspaper "Vorwaerts" reprintsa circular from the Prussian Mini'ter

( E iucation addressed to all schoolteachers in Germany warning themagainst "enemy agents In our midsttry ¡r.g to sow d;-'ru«t between thelip-man people and their Fmperor."The circular urges that all the teach¬

ers constantly hold before the eyes ofthe children the Fmperor's great mer-

l| and tho nation's, indebtedness tohim and twe Hohensollera family."Vorwaerts" charac'erizes the circu¬

lar as the "limit of blunder."

Vienna ConfirmsRussian Activity;Attack Is Expected

London, June 16. Official repor'sboth from Vienna and Petrograd indi¬cate an increasing activity in the op¬posing armies, though the fighting hasnot yet developed sufficiently to cause

a change of position. However, a cer¬tain pressure is being exerted by theRussian forces in Volhynia snd Fast-em Galicia and the big guns are once

more busy.This front wat formerly commanded

by General Brusiloff, and the best dis¬ciplined and equipped RttttBlttU troopsare supposed to be concentrated there.It is also said that Germany has re¬

cently «transferred several divisionswithdrawn to reinforce the West frontreserve. The German and Austrianpress professes to expect sn sttackfrom the Russians.Petrograd does not locate t_he sectora

of activity, but mentions "lively artil¬lery f.re" at several points and a sur¬

prise bombardment directed against en¬

emy reserves near Shtlvov. The in¬crease of activity is confirmed fromVienna. The tir forces aie also butler,and bombing raida back of the lineahave been carried out by both sidet.

Overthrow of TyrannySought in Alliance

with America

Petrograd CouncilHears Our Envoy

Liberty, Without Con¬quest, Hope of BothRepublics, He Says

Petrograd, June 15, via London, JuneltV Klihu Root, head of the AmericanMission to Russia, was presented to¬

night to the Council of Ministers, anddelivered this message from the I'nitedStates:"We are going to fight, and have al¬

ready begun to tight, for yonr freedomas well as our own; and we a»k you to

fight for our freedom oqualljr with

jours."In reply M. Terestchenko, Minister of

Foreign Affairs, expressed the sttitudeof the Russian government towsrdAmerica and the war in these words:"The Russian peopln consider war

inevitable and will continue it. TheRussians have no imperialistic wishes.We Know that you have none. We shalltight together to secure liberty, fres-dom and happiness for all the world.

"I am happy to say that I do not see

any moral idea or factor betweenAmerica and Russia to divide us. Thetwo peoples Russia fighting tyrannyand America standing as the oldest de¬

mocracy hand in hand will show the

Way of happines« to nations great andsnail.''

Kerensky in Soldier'«» Garb

The American Ambassador. David R.Francis, presented the Root Mission to

the ministers ia Mannsky Ps'ace, ex-

plaining that the members of the mis-sion had come to Russia to learn howAmerica can best cooperate with its

ally in forwarding the fight against thecomm n enemy. I'ho presentation wat

informal, only a few Russian officialsand the members of ''ne American Em¬bassy attending. M. Kerensky, the

youthful Minister of War, just backfrom the front, wore th* khaki blouseof a common soldier.The ministers listened with rapt at¬

tention to Mr. Root's addrest, whichwas a powerful utterance, both in sub¬stance ard manner

M. Tere«tihenko ro»e from a sick-bedto attend the presentation, and re¬

sponded without notes, expressing great

Joy m welcoming the commission from

America. II- .«aid that Russia's rovo

lufmn was based on tho wonderfulword« Uttered by America in 177*5. HeMttd oart of the Declaration of Inde¬pendence anl exclaimed:"Russia holds with the United State»

that all men are created fro» andenual."

Two «.re.it Problems

M Ter'strhenko sketehed the hlstorrof tho Russian revolution briefly, say

mg that " Rus« ar.s, enslaved forcenturies, threw o;f all the old orderfoal Bl the wind blow« autumn leavesfrom the forest. Russia now faces two

problems, said the minster the neeee-

lity of creating a «trong democraticforce within i'« boundaries and thefighting of an external foe. Then h«declared for war and expressed un¬

bounded confidence m «hi power ofRussia to meet the situation.Mr. Root in his address said*.

"Mr. President and Members of theCouncil of Ministers.

"The musion for which I have th«honor to speak is charged by the gov¬ernment and people of the I'nitedStates of America with a message to

the government ami people of Russia.The mission comes from a démocratieRepublic. Ps members are commir-

sioned and instructed by a Presidentwho holds his high office ss Chief Bz-ecutive of more than 100,000,000 freepeople by virtue of popular election, in

which more than 18,000,000 votes wera

freely cast and fairly counted, pur¬suant to law, by universal, squsl, directand secret suffrage.

Freedom Before Wealth"For one hundred and forty years our

people have been struggling with thehard problems of self-government.With many shortcomings, many mia-taKes. many imperfections, we still havemaintained order and respect for law,individual freedom and national inde¬pendence, t'nder the tecunty of our

own laws we have grown in strengthand proipenty."But we value our freedom mort

than wealth. We love liberty, and we

cherish above all our possessions tneideals for which our fathers; fought and«u*Tered and sacrificed that Americamight be free.

?.We believe in the competence of thepower of democracy, and in our heartof tuarts abides fa.th in the coming ofa better world, in which the humbleand oppressed of all land» may belifted no by freedom to a heritage of]?;?. ce and equal opportunity."tho BOW! of Russia's new-found

fre« ¡urn brought to America universaltatilfaetion and joy. From all the landsympathy and hope went out to thenew sister in the circle of democracies.And the mission it sent to express thatfeeling.

A (.reeling of (.odspeed"The American Democracy tends to

the Democracy of Russia a greeting ofsympathy, ir.endship, brotherhood,(iod«necd. Distant America knowi lit¬tle of the special conditions of Rustíanlife which mutt give form to the gov¬ernment and law» which you are aboutto create. As we have developed earinstitution! to serve the needt of ournttionsl chsrtcter tnd life, so, wa at-sume, thtt you will develop yonr inati-tutions to serve tht needs of Ruiiisnchtrtcter and lift."A« we look tcrots ths tis« wa dis-