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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY WASHINGTON D C December 23 The Su ¬ preme Court of the United States today ruled that news is a commodity and that therefore a press association or newspaper can have a proprietary interest in the news it gathers The court readied this decision in sustaining the action of the lower courts in granting an injunction to the Associated Press restraining the International News Service from taking advantage of news tips printed in earlv editions or displayed on bulletin boards boardsWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 23 All re strictions against enemy aliens entering barred zones throughout the country and regulations gov ¬ erning their presence in certain prohibitive areas were today lifted effective Christmas day it was announced at the Department of Justice The order was issued at the recommendation of the Attorney General and was approved by President Wilson by wireless wirelessBRUSSELS BRUSSELS Belgium December 23 Great Britain has informed Holland that she intends to forward supplies to the British Army of Occupation by way of the Scheldt River and Limburg Province accord ¬ ing to an unconfirmed report in circulation here today The Scheldt Kiver passes through Dutch soil Limburg is a Dutch province provinceWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 23 The Rus ¬ sian Bolshevik has started an army of 100X men on the Narza front according to advices reach ¬ ing the State Department today from Helsingfors The situation in Esthonia is extremely bad the ad ¬ vices say due to a lack of Esthoniaii arms to police the territory territoryZURICH ZURICH Switzerland December 23 General Greener who succeeded Ludendorff as first quarter ¬ mastergeneral of the German army has sent an ultimatum to the Ebert government that he will occupy Berlin unless order is quickly restored according to information from the German frontier today todayDUBLIN DUBLIN Ireland December 23 Resolutions ask ¬ ing President Wilson to visit Ireland for investiga ¬ tion of conditions on the spot and to see how the country really wants solfdotenuination wen adopted by many Sinn Fein and Nationalist meetings in various towns in the south of livnnil on Sunday SundayPARIS PARIS France December 23 The American en ¬ voys to the peace confotvnoo tv tty authorized the statement that they huvo not y t considered the disposition of the German flwl lrvsittfiit Wilson will confer in the afternoon with William G Sharp United States ambassador to France FranceWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C Dcwmtwr 23 General weather forecast The indications are for general rain or snow over the middle plains states ami middle Mississippi Valley and fair weather in the northwest The temperatures will be somewhat lower in the middle states Tuesday TuesdayWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 23 Ships ag ¬ gregating 500000 tons are now on their way to South America where they will lie devoted to commercial trade between that country and the United States Secretary of Commerce Kedfield announced this afternoon
