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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
4
The Republican State committee in Concord announces cancellation of in-person campaigning for the November 5 election due to influenza conditions. Campaigning will continue via newspapers, circulars, and mail letters.
The Senate finance committee revised the war revenue bill striking out House provisions taxing the salaries of the President Supreme Court justices and state officials. It rejected taxes on state and municipal bonds. The panel deferred surtax discussion due to Senator Lafollette's absence.
The four mast schooner Francis L Taussig was launched at Boothbay Harbor Maine today for Boston parties.
Citizens express fear as the Liberty Bond campaign faces strong opposition and rumors spread about security and financial risks. Officials call for calm while arguing the bonds support national defense amid public unease.
Lieutenant Lloyd A. Hamilton of Pittsfield, an American aviator credited with downing 20 German planes, is reported missing in action since August 24 after a mission against a German sausage balloon. He is the son of the Reverend J. A. Hamilton formerly at the First Methodist Church of Pittsfield.
London reports Abdul Baha, leader of the Bahai sect, found at Haifa by British troops. He arrived in the United States in 1912 for religious and educational work and is said to be in good health under guard.
Washington reports congressional leaders reached a plan to recess on October 29 and reconvene on November 12 with a joint resolution to formalize the schedule. Chairman Simmons said the revenue bill will not be taken up in the Senate before the elections and aims to finish the measure around October 29.
Miss Eva M. Miller principal of the grammar grades at the Essex County Training School Barre died at Emergency Hospital from influenza this morning. Seventy five percent of the students at the institution were sick. she contracted the illness while caring for them. She had taught there two and a half years and is survived by her parents a brother and sisters, all of Barre.
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