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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY WASHINGTON D C April 23 Sailing of nine transports the cruiser St Louis and the battleship Nebraska all loaded with returning troons and rep ¬ resenting one of the largest single days sailings since the armistice was announced by the war de ¬ partment today Nearly 25000 officers and men are on board lie eleven ships shipsPARIS PARIS France April 23 President Wilson issued ah official statement today insisting that Flume be internationalized and made a free port instead of being given to cither Italy or JugoSlavia The president repudiated the pact of London on which the Italians have been mainly basing their demands demandsWASHINGTON WASHINGTON I C April 23 Unofficial re ¬ ports to the treasury today indicated tmt aggre ¬ gate subscriptions to the victory loan were ap ¬ proaching 500000000 although official figures still stood at 110077000 reported hist night nightGeneral General weather forecast Illinois Partly cloudy aiid miiih cooler tonight Probable frost in north west portion Thursday fair and cool with cooler in south portion Fresh to strong north to nortli Wost winds
