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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
6
In Winchester New Hampshire early today burglars attempted to blow open the Winchester National Bank safe. They used nitro glycerine but misused the explosive and fled after a loud blast aroused the town, leaving behind $26,000 in cash inside the vault.
A bank in a brick town building suffered a tremendous detonation when burglars drilled a hole in the outer vault door and inserted nitroglycerin. They fled in an automobile, leaving tools behind as citizens and deputies investigated with little progress.
A blast at 1:30 p m shattered bank furniture and the outer vault door while the inner cash vault remained undisturbed. Five to six men were seen fleeing by two box factory workers near Keene. no pursuit was made. Cashier Franklin Kellom led nearby witnesses into the banking rooms.
In Washington on April 18 two bills were introduced in the House for highway reforms. One by Hughes of West Virginia would create a national wagon roads commission. the other by Campbell of Kansas would establish a bureau of public highways in the Agriculture Department. The commission would have three members at 5000 dollars yearly each, with road engineering experience, reporting to the Postmaster General and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Adam Racke, an alleged master counterfeiter with six prior arrests, was nabbed in Gary Indiana for producing fake silver dollars. The Secret Service calls him highly skilled. he had recently been released from an eight year prison term in Stillwater Minnesota.
Peter J. Pitts of East Boston reportedly claimed a $2800 fortune from an old sofa behind 195 to 205 Paris Street. Edward McCue’s contractors were tearing down houses for a new school when the sofa appeared. Pitts allegedly fled to New York after the find.
Workmen uncover about 2800 in a sofa used to haul bricks. English florins from 1850s hide inside, with 26 dollars earned from selling one coin. Pitts allegedly travels to spend part of the find as contractors resume work and the sofa is broken open for more coins.
Rabbi M M Eichler of Temple Chabei Shalom explains Passover as a seven day spring festival commemorating the Exodus. He emphasizes freedom as an ideal, the Seder rites with four cups of wine and matzos, the Passover symbols, and songs of thanksgiving. The article notes honey bread replacing leaven during the festival and orthodox observances.
Diverse congregations hosted Passover services with multiple rabbis leading readings and sermons. Temple Ivy, Temple Chabei Shalom, Temple Adath Jeshurun, Temple Mishkan Tefila, Beth Israel, North Russell Street Synagogue, Beth Jacob, Hadrath Israel, Kehillas Israel, Ohel Jacob and others held rites. Community events include mass meetings for a Jewish hospital and a Home for Destitute Jewish Children, plus a Hebrew school play and a Zionist mass meeting with Dr. Solomon Schindler speaking on a dilemma.
In Charlottesville Virginia on April 13 the 168th birthday of Thomas Jefferson was celebrated at the University of Virginia with Pounders' Day exercises. Jacob G Schurman president of Cornell University delivered the principal address arguing Jefferson would protect public rights against consolidated capital today.
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