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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY DAYPARIS PARIS December 14 I am sure that I shall look upon the ruin wrought by the armies of the central empires with the same repulsion and deep indignation that they stir in the hiarts of the men of France and Belgium and I appreciate as you do the necessity of such action in the final settlement of the issues of tiie war as will not only rebuke such acts of terror and spoliation but make men everywhere aware that they cannot be ventured upon without the certainty of just punishment declared President Wilson today in reply to Presi ¬ dent Ioihcares formal welcome to the American executive to France The needles vcre made at an official luncheon at the Elysees Palace PalaceWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 14 Government own ¬ ership of wireless telegraphy now standing its sec ¬ ond trial before the House merchant marine com ¬ mittee will be openlv attacked by its opponents next week it was learned today They will take the stand next Tuesday and launch an attack that is based on their contention that the wireless move is the forerunner of a socialist wave to sweep all American public utilities into government monopoly monopolyPARIS PARIS December 14 I am thinking of all he can do still and of the thousands of Frenchmen who were snared by the entry of the United States in the war declares Marshal Joffre In a letter of welcome to President Wilson published here today I join with all my soul in the shout of all France today Long live the United States and their President LONDON December 14 President Wilson favors the view of Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau that the former kaiser and his satellites should be punished according to an Exchange Telegraph dis ¬ patch from Brest today President Wilson has ac ¬ cepted King Georges invitation to visit London on his homeward journey the dispatch adds addsLONDON LONDON December 14 The Geneva Tribune to ¬ day published details of a nlot by agents of Nikolai Lenine and Loon Trotzky the Russian Bolshevist leaders against Premier Clemenceau of France de ¬ claring that two Bolshevists were apprehended as they were crossing the French frontier according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch dispatchLONDON LONDON December 14 I consider the occupa ¬ tion of Berlin by the allies as suggested by the Spartecus group as most unsatisfactory asserted Chancellor Frederick Ebert in an interview from Berlin today Such action would only temporarily suppress the terror which would flare up with greater intensity at a later date dateWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 14 General weather forecast Following the unsettled condition in the Lake Michigan region and Illinois today generally fair weather is indicated for this entire forecast district for the next two or three days vith moderate temperature for the season seasonLONDON LONDON December 14 The armistice has been extended for one month to five oclock a m Janu ¬ ary 17 1919 and will be further prolonged until the conclusion of preliminary peace subject to the consent of the allies according to authoritative in ¬ formation from Treves today todayNEW NEW YORK December 14 The New York Stock Exchange seat of the late D R Land was sold yesterday to A Thurber for GO000 which is 3000 over the price paid at the last previous sale This s the highest price at which a seat on the Stock Exchange has been sold this year yearLONDON LONDON December 14 The Austrian govern ¬ ment has apnealcd to the allies again for food supplies stating that there is only sufficient on hand to last a month according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch received this afternoon quoting the Vienna Neue Freie Presse
