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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY DAYPARIS PARIS December 16 Tlie United States en ¬ tered the war not only because they were moved by a conviction that the purposes of the central empires were wrong and must be resisted by men everywhere who loved liberty and right but also because the illicit ambitions they were entertaining and attempting to realize had led to practices which shocked our hearts as much as they offended our principles declared President Wilson today in responding to the state reception given him at tin Hotel de Ville VilleWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 15 Indications are that government ownership will continue to loom large in the deliberations of the House this week Resumption today by the House of its consideration of the 359 57577 postoffice appropriation bill for the 191920 fiscal year is expected to again pro ¬ voke debate on the proposal of Postmaster General Burleson for government purchase of the countrys telegraph and telephone systems as an auxiliary of the Postoffice Department DepartmentNEW NEW YORK December 10 Johnny Evers the baseball player who sailed for France as a physical instructor with the Knights of Columbus returned on the Lorraine with many stories of the work done In France by ball players He was attached at different times to New Jersey Illinois and New England troops He told of visiting Joe Jenkins the White Sox catcher who is a lieutenant under shell fire in newly captured enemy trenches near Verdun VerdunAMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM December 10 William Hohen zollern the former Gorman emperor the Telegraaf says it uhdprstands has refused to leave Holland after official representations had boon made tlmt his continued presence in Holland was likely to involve the country in serious difficulties The former em ¬ peror the paper adds was told that his free de ¬ parture would be a matter of gratification to the Dutch government governmentNEW NEW YORK December 1C The greatest num ¬ ber of American troops to arrive here from a num ¬ ber of transports including the giant liner Levia ¬ than formerly the Vaterland were held up outside the harbor by a heavy fog Altogether almost 12000 troops are expected to arrive the Leviathan alone bringing 9000 officers and men and a number of civilians connected with war work workWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 15 Confession of er ¬ ror iu two cases involving the constitutionality of the espionage act thus practically setting aside conviction of nearly a score of persons in South Dakota was made by government attorneys in the Supreme Court of the United States this afternoon The government action did not affect other es ¬ pionage cases before the court courtWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 1C General weather forecast Unsettled conditions are Indicated for this entire forecast district with probably rain or snow except the northwestern portion The temperature will fall somewhat in the plains states tonight and is far east as tlie middle Mississippi Valley Tues ¬ day but no cold weather is yet iu prospect
