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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1916
Page
2
Former President Taft told reporters at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel that he is now in a respectable profession and hopes to live and die a professor. He indicated he will not seek public preferment again, signaling withdrawal from practical politics.
Four men were killed and three injured when a boiler exploded at John Hurley's sawmill near Salisbury Maryland. The dead include William Phillips Webster Robinson Charles Seabrease and Emory Coulbourn, all residents of the mill neighborhood.
The first foundation for promoting Jewish philanthropy in Boston was launched yesterday at A. C. Ratshesky’s office, president of United States Trust Company, which donated $100,000 for the fund.
A seven member board selected by Mr Ratshesky governs funds for the A C Ratshesky Charity Foundation. Officers named include J M Herman president Ferdinand Strauss treasurer and A Ehrlich secretary. The foundation, created Dec 15 1915 by a $100 000 gift, marks the first Jewish philanthropic body of its kind in New England.
The donation sparked immense enthusiasm among Massachusetts Jewry as the first major single contribution to New England Jewish charities. A Board of Trustees will oversee the perpetual foundation with immediate activation and soon plans for its operation, a movement of wide national interest.
London officials said there was no truth to reports of a British special envoy being sent to the United States to settle the blockade dispute. The idea likely stemmed from an editorial suggestion by the Manchester Guardian that Viscount Bryce or Arthur J. Balfour might be dispatched with full powers to resolve the clash between Britain and the United States.
Richard Harding Davis, back from the front, strolls Manhattan in gray spats yellow gloves and a bamboo cane. A Post reporter tags along as Davis discusses interviews and war coverage while noting how the city trembles with progress and the allure of syndicate writing.
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