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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
2
President Wilson assures Sweden of worthy peace in a message read in both chambers of the Swedish Parliament. The communication emphasizes allied support and a focus on postwar stability and reconstruction. The report notes formal parliamentary reception and public interest in Nordic diplomacy.
President Wilson speaks on a revised foreign policy urging the League of Nations and freedom of the sea as core aims. The message stresses international cooperation, disarmament, and a united European peace, with references to ongoing diplomacy and Allied wartime mobilization.
The German fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, opposite Coblenz on the Rhine, has been occupied by American troops. Reports say the German authorities are turning over large quantities of war material including 760 large caliber guns and nearly 200 machine guns. The Third Army may return home via the Rhine with Second Army relief planned around February 1. Berlin reports German troops clashing with Bolshevik forces as the Bolshevik advance continues.
News service reports Ebert government gains control as soldiers and workers councils concede power to the new regime in Berlin. Krupp directors among those detained. congress assigns supervisory authority to soldiers and workers until a national assembly acts.
Paris dispatch summarizes President Wilson urging delegates at the peace conference to seek a world-wide, just solution that safeguards future wars. He stresses that the people, not governments, must guide decisions and notes cooperation with the British navy to secure communications. The interview notes Wilson’s reluctance to visit Versailles himself and underscores a shared effort among nations for common ideals.
Two electricians died and a third injured while working on a 2000 volt power line near Vindlentor treene HH bit. MacMahon of Goldfield and Edwards of Vie tor buried to death. Mancarrow of Vietor fatally burned. Coroner J J Schmalaried seized the bodies. Other notes mention Krupp textile factory use plans and political events.
Paris dispatch notes President Wilson pursuing informal preliminary sessions to build ground for the peace conference. He aims to acquaint with delegates, avoid antagonism, and reach an acceptable accord before adjournment while health and coordination with Lansing and the American delegation continue.
Western Newspaper Union dispatches report threats against William Hohenzollern and allies for brutal wartime atrocities including the Lusitania sinking. A Rome Epoca claim says East Prussia seeks independence from Germany, while U.S. draft figures show Colorado sent 24 086 men to camps before armistice. President Wilson to address troops on Christmas Day about peace aims, with Paris opening dates debated. Berlin cites Bernstorff as foreign minister pick.
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg plans a new front six miles behind the armistice neutral zone. The German government seeks an explanation. two active regiments may move to Frankfurt. A Zurich dispatch alleged counterrevolutionary backing by Scheuch, von Hindenburg, and Lequies. 649,000 Germans killed in the war is officially announced. Greece’s king decorates Gen March, Col Cordier, and Lt Col Davis for services at Athens.
John Parks and his brother Charles Parks, both lifers for murder, bound and gagged the jailer and fled the Grant county jail. They were likely carriaged to a waiting car and headed for the Mexican border, after having previously killed deputy sheriff B. Lehrim at Hachite in October 1917.
New York report describes daring escapes from the Tombs with various methods. Max Schalk is credited with slipping into a pastry wagon leaving the warden’s courtyard, amid a basket of goodies. The driver departed and Schalk vanished, later recaptured after several blocks.
In Pittsburgh a tailor named Hiraddock was duped by two men who offered a gold disk for $2,500. A third man posed as a jeweler, convincing the tailor to hand over the money, leaving him with only a brass "disk" and a $1.50 box of brass sings.
A Cleveland woman, with two husbands and a Toledo marriage license, presented to police in a bid to choose her partner. The case, labelled bigamy, has the three parties awaiting court action as they seek a resolution to the unusual marriage tangle. In Atlanta a thief steals a Salvation Army car and in St. Louis a stranger snatches a man’s watch after a polite request for the time.
A garbled late market listing shows Butter Creamery and dairy prices across regions including Denver and Kansas City. It notes cattle values at Chicago packers, various poultry and meat figures, and grain and produce quotes, with scattered farm and market locations and figures from Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa.
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