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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY A dispatch from Calcutta describes a mutiny of Sikhs taken back to India after being refused admittance to British Columbia. Sixteen of the Hindus were killed. Fifty-four ships aggregating nearly a quarter of a million tons, worth approximately 5,000,000. have been added to the American merchant marine since the new ship registry law went Into effect. With the understanding that the government shin-ping bill be considered immediately upon reconvening. President Wilson gave his consent to an adjournment of congress until after election. The council of generals representing all elements in Mexico will convene at Aguas Calientes, Oct. 10. It will, for the first time, bring together a full representation of Villas adherents with those from Carranza and Zapata.
