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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1918
Page
2
Reports indicate Emperor Karl has abdicated and is preparing to intern Archduke Wilhelm Hohenlohe and his son, amid turmoil in European leadership. The move signals a shift in power as authorities consider immediate internment of high ranking nobles.
Mutinous sailors seize the German navy and the Reds control the great Rhenish Westphalian industrial region while Potsdam and Doebritz surrender to new revolutionary forces. Field Marshal von Hindenburg linked with authorities seeks delegates to headquarters as a broader upheaval grips Germany.
Paris reports final day fighting yields German armistice envoy distress at the news. Germany agrees to supplementary terms, Helgoland as potential base, British forces take Mons Belgium. Americans capture Stenay France. broader French front cleared to Meuse Alsace line. Draft boards halt work. 18 and 27 to 46 year olds exempt from questionnaires. central officers training admissions paused.
The admiralty announced that the British battleship Britania was torpedoed on November 9 at the western entrance to the straits of Gibraltar and sank within three and a half hours. Thirty nine officers and six hundred seventy three men were saved.
Governor Whitman declares plans to challenge the New York gubernatorial result, disputing Alfred E. Smith’s victory in the Democratic race. The move follows a closely watched contest and signals a legal challenge to the outcome.
The U S State Department reports Germany signed an armistice Monday morning, bringing World War I to a close. Major powers accept terms, signaling an end to hostilities after four years of global conflict. Allied leaders prepare for peace negotiations and postwar reconstruction efforts.
The world will end the war at six o clock this morning as German representatives sign the armistice terms at 2 50 o clock and 3 00 o clock Paris time. Allies demand German demobilization, disarmament, and occupation of key points plus fleet delivery. release of soldiers and civilians. and a guarded German surrender. Washington notes a possible workmen and soldier regime forming in Germany as armistice envoys wait within Allied lines. Denver declares a holiday with flags, and Schleswig Holstein is to be proclaimed a republic in a Copenhagen report.
November crop report from the Department of Agriculture indicates higher overall food value despite a smaller population. Wheat yield around 19,000,000 bushels, 106,000 more than five-year average. tobacco at a record 1,260,096,000 pounds. corn up about 30,000,000 bushels in indicated production, with quality improving. buckwheat damaged by early frost affecting yields.
An earthquake of considerable intensity started at 11:50 Thursday night and continued until shortly after 2 Friday morning. Seismographs at Georgetown University observatory recorded the event with maximum disturbance at 42 80, the distance from Washington about 5900 miles.
At 20 minutes after midnight Sunday the American steamer Sachia Mruck hit a mine twenty two miles off Ocean City Maryland and sank within twenty minutes. Thirty seven crew members are missing and forty seven were landed there.
Amsterdam dispatch says Prince Maximilian of Baden has been appointed regent of the empire officials in Berlin announce the move with authority, signaling a shift in leadership amid current political tensions and imperial administration.
President Wilson is made an honorary citizen of Barcelona Cartagena Cadiz and Tortosa in Spain. Cities name a street or public square after the American leader as a gesture of honor. World Tonnage Shows Increase in London reports the Admiralty. Output of world tonnage in the last quarter surpassed losses by about 600 000 gross tons.
A panicked dispatch details Marshal Foch rejecting Germany's armistice conditions and a German courier concealing terms. Reports from Rome and Venice note Italian occupation and Jugo Slav moves. U S and British election talk mix with wartime endings as Denver and London react to the armistice news.
The food administration issued regulations to curb lighter bids for Thanksgiving turkeys. Licensed dealers must not buy hen turkeys under eight pounds or toms under twelve pounds before December 7. Zapata reported dead. Carranza seriously ill with influenza as the epidemic grows in southern Mexico.
Sir Robert Borden premier of Canada will leave for England soon to represent the dominion's interests at the approaching peace conference, it was announced. Washington reports a general wage increase for railroad telegraphers by director general McAdoo, about 30 dollars monthly. Cracow announces formation of a Polish republic with Deputy Daszynski as president. Norway loses six vessels in October, with 34 dead and eight missing. Madrid reports Antonio Meura submitting cabinet resignation to King Alfonso.
In Germany at Kiel sailors seize ships as mutiny spreads amid unrest and public demand for peace. Strong expressions of chaos and upheaval surround the naval scene with civilians watching the turmoil unfold.
A chaotic war news roundup describes Allied advances on the Western Front with British capture totals, Meuse front actions, and hastily reported armistice terms. Reports from London Paris and New York recount German retreats near Sedan, Kaiser's ships seized, and U S draft suspensions debated as Italy's King visits Trieste.
In Chicago crowds salute armistice news with whistles bells and noise makers. Hotel guests awaken and join downtown demonstrations as celebrations spread through the city. In Omaha Regina Goebring dies at 85 leaving forty one grandchildren and twenty seven great grandchildren. Dr Friedrich Adler who killed Austrian Premier Stuergkh is freed from prison in Vienna per reports.
A frail elder, misreading income tax and military law, asks a clerk for a “Zempshun” believing the government will pay him $240 plus $100 for each child. A bystander notes the old man’s age exempts him yet no bounty awaits. He recalls past promises of a mule for Black families and laments unfulfilled hopes.
Policeman Phillips of the war emergency squad prowled a house suspected of harboring a blind pig in Portland Oregon. While probing a wainscot for contraband booze he pulled back a biting rat that had seized his hand. His fellow officers hurried to assist as the bizarre incident unfolded.
Albert R. White, 42, farmer from Rutland township, refuses to register claiming a divine vision. Despite pleas from his wife and eight children, he remains firm, was taken before the draft board, and later spent a night in jail before seeking to register again after a new vision.
Arnold Jacobs of Fort Worth Texas, a convicted murderer and escaped convict, surrendered to police saying he could not live with the fear of being pursued. He served ten years at Huntsville before escaping last June and sought imprisonment again to end the pressure.
Chicago report says Martin Zick stole a goat belonging to Mrs Lucerne Caroni used to feed her infant. He and the goat were arrested and while jailed the baby received its meal.
A dense late market snapshot lists diverse grain, feed, and livestock quotes. Prices for corn, oats, fats, veal, and various meats appear alongside city and regional references, with figures and traders noted in a brisk, period-typical market-brief style.
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