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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
2
German forces accept President Wilson's terms as the Allied nations urge caution. Washington warns that Teuton's reply may not fully fulfill America's conditions.
Washington and Berlin exchange notes as Germany accepts Wilsons peace terms aiming for a permanent peace of justice while evacuations and a mixed commission are proposed. Reports describe the reply as a flexible diplomatic front with potential strain on allied unity.
In San Juan Puerto Rico on October 14 a 150 Ives were lost in Saturday's earthquake. Governor Yager estimates the toll and widespread property damage across nearly every town. In Washington Liberty Day celebrations boosted contributions to the war loan tally reaching 6.8 billion dollars.
The Otranto sank after a collision with the Kashmir in a gale in the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland. Of 699 American soldiers aboard, 310 were landed, 17 were rescued, and 17 were killed or missing. Rescue efforts by HMS Mormant and other vessels were hampered by weather as the convoy battled high winds and poor visibility.
President Wilson joined 25,000 New Yorkers in the Liberty Day parade along Fifth Avenue under a canopy of flags from twenty two nations. An American bombing expedition of over 350 planes dropped 32 tons of explosives near Verdun while aerial combat ensued. Draft lists with 17,000 numbers were mailed to over 4,500 local boards. Bulgarian troops were expected to join Allies in attacking Constantinople, potentially hastening Turkey's exit from the war.
U S note invites German people to topple Prussian autocracy. The move signals allied effort to reconfigure central European governance and curb autocratic rule, indicating a push toward liberalizing reforms and a new political order in postwar Europe.
A Turkish note sent to Washington asks the United States to foster peace by inviting belligerents to delegations and accepting as basis the President's peace program. It calls for an immediate armistice and seeks a general conclusion to hostilities to end bloodshed.
Western Newspaper Union Newserview Auburn reports Secretary Lansing declares this war period the beginning of the end at Auburn Theological Seminary anniversary event. He bids unity behind the President terms for a just lasting peace, urging fraternity, liberty and international responsibility to end the beastly aggression and materialism.
Washington announces a nationwide flu campaign with new headquarters for state efforts in Baltimore Columbus Richmond and Columbia amid a slight east decline and a west surge. Army camp cases fall to 15152 in 48 hours while pneumonia deaths reach 1612 since the outbreak began.
British French and Belgian forces push along a broad front in Flanders driving Germans back toward Ghent and Courtrai. Roulers falls to French and British with 2,500 prisoners. Zeebrugge and Ostend reports of German stores moved and fires. News from Laon Nis Serbia and Douai to Laon shows rapid Allied gains across northern France and Belgium.
President Wilson replies to Germany via the Swiss chargé d affaires, reiterating U S positions on armistice terms and the need for guaranteed military superiority and humane conduct. He cites the Jan 8 1918 address and warns peace depends on definite guarantees while Germany continues illegal submarine warfare and inhuman acts. Separate reply to Austria Hungary to follow.
Market notes list values for cattle hogs and lambs with prices for feeders stockers and fat cattle. Grain hay timothy and other feeds show per ton prices. Butter bottling and poultry quotes appear alongside hides and pelts values with regional price references and commodity names.
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