Murder of Judge Knowles Shocks Johnston Rim
Judge Knowles was killed near his home after returning from Providence. Police probed motives tied to his crack down on liquor and war on game law violators. A reward was posted and investigators traced a possible lead to a man named Edwards with links to a dance hall near Lake Mousamshut.
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Edwards
North Scituate
Lake Moswanshut
Knowles
Worcester
Judge Knowles
Horace G. Knowles
New York
Harry T. Bodwell
Wardell
Post
Scituate
Johnston
Cranston
William S. Knowles
Hopkins Avenue
North
Scituathe
R. I
Maine
Cambridge
Providence
William Watson
Fontane
Hoe
D. P. McDonald
Murder of Judge Knowles Sparks Cape Cod Investigation
The killer fired into Judge Willis Sidney Knowles as he faced the attacker in the bushes. Police, including Representative Bodwell and Chief Kimball, searched miles around while crowds gathered and families worried about the judge’s sister and father in Ohio.
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Bodwell
Hiram Kimball
Johnston
George W. Rhoades
Eighth District Court
James B. Cuff
Cranston
Demand for Austrian Ambassador Recall Garners Washington Attention
Washington weighs Dr Dumba’s alleged indiscretion as urgent explanations follow. Dumba travels to explain to Secretary Lansing how Archibald carried a secret Austrian dispatch, warning of using Austro Hungarian subjects in US munitions plants to disrupt war output. The episode sparks debate on ambassadorial prerogatives and diplomatic lines amid German and Austrian interference claims.
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Washington
Dumba
State Department
United States
James F. J. Archibald
Europe
Lusitania
Wilson
Germany
Dumta
von Bernstorff
Archibald
Dumiba
Lenox
Mass
Lansing
New York
Burian
Vienna
London
Count Bernstorff
Jews Favor Holding of Congress in American Jewish Group
The Associated Young Men's Hebrew Associations of New England at their fifth annual convention in Worcester voted to adopt a resolution backing an American Jewish congress on a democratic basis. The proposed congress would represent all Jews in America and discuss Jewish problems.
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Robert Silverman
Boston
Albert Hurwitz
Maurice Caro
Chelsea
J. Robinson
Samuel Markell
Jacob Wiseman
Nathan Soderson
Congress
Committee On
United States
Louis D. Brandeis
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Congress of the Jews
New England
Asolation
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Louis Goldberg
H. H. Rabinovitz
Jacob Ashur
Worcester
Samuel Barnett
New Bedford
Charles Goldberg
Lynn
Benjamin J. Shoolman
Malden
David Oppenheim
Lawrence
Abraham H. Klubock
Maurice Baumstein
Manchester
N. H
Myer Wausserang
Nathan Yomins
Fall River
H. H. Levenson
Hyman Rosenfield
Woonsocket
R. L
Saul Abramovitz
Brockton
Emanuel Tucker
Jacob L. Wiseman
Young Women's Hebrew Association
Sadie M. Lipner
William J. Reese
Lottie Krichstein
Providence
Ida Miller
East Boston
Anna R. Grossman
Quincy
Lillian Stopler
Bancroft Hotel
American Jewish Congress
Associated Young Men’s Hebrew Associations of
America
Wealthy Boston man linked to cigar smuggling case
A yet unnamed Boston man faces possible U S court action after customs at Charlestown nabbed cigars hidden under his vest as he tried to exit a docked steamer. He arrived by Hoosac docks aboard a costly car, described by Inspector Frank Woods who noted his sudden fullness and recovered the contraband and vehicle details.
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Boston
United States
Charlestown
Hoosac Docks
Frank Woods
Wood
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Kimball of
The
Justice
Berkel
United States Tire Co
Commonwealth Ave
Cape Cod
Willis Sidney Knowles
Hockingport
Athens County
Ohio
Horace
Sophia Huntington Knowles
Ohio University
Simon Savis
Rhode Island
Johnston, Foster and Scituate
Horace Knowles
Grace Humphrey
Horace G
Park Avenue
New York City
Benjamin
Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn
Brandeis
Murad
Murads
Bellans
Democracy
BY Benjamin Freedman
National Biscuit Company
Elgin
Waltham
Andrews
Gale
Everus
Ats Teen
Inc
Ieee Cean
Union St
Washington Street
Washington St. Jefferson Bldg
Brookside
Yorkshire
Mason
E. Z
Henfield Fresh
Brookside Bacer
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