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Is Are Killed In
Riot At Singapore


LONDON, Feb. 24.-An official an.
nouncement given out by the bureau
OF information says that riot at
Singapore in the Fifth Light Infantry
over promotions has been quelled. The
loss OF life in the proceedings was
somewhat serious"
The text OF the announcement given
out by the bureau follows:
News has been received from Sin.
gapore that owing to some jealousy
and dissatisfaction concerning recent
promotions a portion of the Fifth
Light Infantry refused to obey orders.
This caused o serious riot which tne
local and neighboring forces, with a
detachment OF the Thirty sixth Sikhs,
assisted the authorities In quelilng.
AaAstanee was rendered also BY
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CURIOUS FACTS.

San Francisco is now operating
municipal street cars in Van Ness
avenue.
Warships taking refuge in neutral
port are liable to be disarmed after
"a hours. :
The little town OF sabetha, in Kan.
sas. possesses a citizen by the name
Of H. Rider Haggard. Nor is this all.
Robert Louis Stevenson was reported
the other day In the Sabetha Herald
as having paid visit to his grand.
mother, Mrs. Fannie Brannigan.
Percival G. Baum Of Lakewood, o.,
wishes his property assessed at a
higher figure. He appeared at the
office of Deputy Tax Commissioner
John D. Fackler and complained that
his home is on the tax duplicate at
a lower price than those Of his
neighbors.
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Warrington. NEWS


Manager Pool Rose OF the United
Soccer team has arranged a game
with the East Liverpool Grands fol
Thursday. February rs, at Hough's
Park.
The date for the game was made
with the view Of giving the business
men an opportunity Of seeing the con
test, all previous games having been
played on Saturday.
The local boys are the recognized
Champions OF West Virginia and have
defeated all corners, while the visitors
last year won the championship OF
Ohio. Kickoff at 3:45 p. m.
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SESSION IN FAIL
.ISV|L.S0N'S' IDEA
Presid lent Reserves Final De.
cision Until After Ship
Bill Fight.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.-President
Wilson Is holding in allegiance his
final decision on the question OF an
extra session until after the last last
grapplel OF his stalwart Senate Demo
Gratis with the shipping Bill, begin.
ming February q. Three days will
tell the story, and then the Presi.
dent will tell the country what he
will do.
There comes from source usually
as accurate as an official report. q
statement that the President plans to
call his extra session about Septem.
Der is or October 1.
1.-THE Presidents thought" says the
informant lis to give full time for
the whole American people to real.
ize thoroughly the Urgent need OF an
American merchant marine. The Pres.
tdent does not believe this war will
be speedily concluded. And during
the Summer-under his eloquent ap.
peals and this daily object lesson OF
the countrysS necessities-he thinks
there will come a national sentiment
80 strong as to sweep aside the cap.
tious and technical distractions Of
the filibuster and to make swift and
easy passage for his Ship bill to the
statute books.
Moreover, the President would be
glad to make a radical and permanent
change in the sessions of Congress.
ITO summons Congress, by costume,
during the first week OF December,
and adjourn 1t about December %.
merely gives time for appointing
committees and putting the machinery
in motion for real work. beginning
the first week In January. This
leaves only about two months for the
lawmakers to do the country's work
BY March IA and frequently results in
an extra session running far into a
sultry Summer.
This custom was born Of the dom.
mating Influence Of the old Southern
planter statesmen, who fixed the SEES.
sions OF Congress to suit the exigen.
Giles OF harvesting their crops.
ut has been borne in upon the
President by many Congressman how
inconvenient and disastrous this Gus.
tom has come to be.n
Kstti lasts, says Charles Adamson.
OF Georgia, chairman OF the House
interstate Commerce Committee, "few
of us can expect to remain in Con.
gress.""
For sixs Summers Of extra sessions
my Congressional duties have kept
me from meeting my constituents.
Something ought to be done to remedy
this condition"
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.Buckley's Condition
Considered Serious

Deputy Sheriff T. v. Buckley, in
jured in the strikers riot near Farm
ington, is in more serious condition
that at any time since the fight. He
lay all day today in his home at Ill
High street in a stupor.
A consultation was held between
DR.. ]. ]. Durrett and several othe,
physicians for the purpose OF devils
ing means of relieving the injured
man, and 1t was decided to consult
with Baltimore specialist. In addi
ton to injuries to chest and body Mr.
Buckley is suffering from conclusion
Of the brain, and it is feared by the
attending physicians that blood clot
has formed. on the brain.
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COMING YOUR WAY!

AS usual, there will be an extra
eight-page supplement, 1.-THE Pictorial
Weekly Review of Events" with every
copy of next Sundays New York
World. FUN" the big weekly joke
book. will also be there; and there
will be another Of Charles Dana Glib.
sons famous drawings; and 2O.page
magazine crowded from cover to
cover with fascinating articles, beau
tifully illustrated in colors; and a
comic section that is a whole circus
in itself, etc. So be sure and order
next Sundays World from your news.
dealer in advance. Edition always
limited.
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Haystack Fired
Two Are Arrested

vincenze Bartolucci and Casimir
Piegiovanni, were arrested today by
Constable Charles Satterfield on a
warrant from Justice OF the Peace r.
Leigh Jennings office, charging them
with setting fire to haystacks at the
Buchannon and Northern Railroad
Company's camp last night.
The fire was on the property OF H.
B. Meredith. The prisoners will be
arraigned before Justice Fleming.
They were trailed by the Musgrove
bloodhounds. rt
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turned their guns on us, and we
sought the shelter OF the woods again.
Those who reached the east bank,
only few, were taken by our pickets.
THE gunboats began to descend the
river cautionously and again passed
our mines without explosion. Ncsh-
ing was seen of the Cairo above the
water until low water stage in the
spring of 1868.
"Mr. Weldon claimed that the Con-
federate government had offered $780,
600 for the first boat sunk by mine
or torpedo, but learned that for some
reason he never got his reward. As
the Confederate invented the ram and
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War Coal Orders I
To 0pen Big Mines

BLUEFlELp. W. Va, Feb. 24.-It
is announced that the greater part Of
a million tons of coal, ordered for the
allied war fleets of Europe. will be
filled from the mines of the Poca-
hontas coal fields. This is good news
to this section. as it means big re-
sumption Of work In this field.
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Emmett ouirk is home from Wheel,
ing hospital.
Mrs. NJ. e. Burt and daughters
nellie and Laura left yesterday for
Pittsburgh and Cleveland, where they
will attend the Millinery opening.
DR.. W. L. Mitchell left yesterday
for few days visit at his home.
Mrs. II. B. Beatty and son are home
after visit in Parkersburg.
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Personals.

Miss Katherine Smith, Of Columbia
street, is able to be out after few
days illness.
Mrs. ]. w. Smallwood, OF East Fer.
ry street. spent Monday at Colfax.
Mrs. Charles Gould is I'll at her
home on Guffey street.
MIR. and Mrs. Luther Carpenter re.
turned last evening from few days
visit at Colfax. Mrs. Carpenters moth.
er, Mrs. Frankinberry, who has been
sick for some time, remains in very
serious condition.
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Hawkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver carpen.
ter. Jennie Keener. Mr.. Newton Nor.
row. Pearl Morgan, Mrs. Cora RACER,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Carpenter, Mrs.
Joseph Ford. Francis Ford. Doris
Hutchinson. Seiie Carpenter. Mr.. Law.
renee Curry, Mr.. Grover Curry. Mr..
Wade Curry and three daughters. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Houit and children.
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Entertained at Dinner.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. s. smallwood, Of
East Ferry street. entertained at
twelve o'clock dinner Sunday. The
guests were Mrs. NJ. H. Vincent and
children and Mrs. w. E. Smallwood
and daughter. Miss Edith.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hall, Of Pitts.
burgh avenue, entertained Mr.. and
Mrs. Alva Hall and Miss Adeline Pin.
nell at six o'clock dinner on Sunday.
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FISTu vi ouUPICIUNs
-Four men were taken of B. & O.
trains yesterday and one this morn
Ing and landed in the lock up.
-Four Of the men are foreigners and
one an American, and are suspicioned
OF being implicated in the riot al
Pennington Saturday.
The men were taken to Fairmont
on train No. 4 last night.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24

The deposits of the Savings Bank of
Garnavillo, Iowa, by recent report,
have passed the halfmillion mark.
The population Of EGarnayillo 10 342.
A locomotive has never blown o
whistle nearer than six miles. There
is no other bank In Iowa in a town off
the railroad with such agrecord.
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ding parties from Britiah and al.

landing parties from British and al.
he'd ships.
-The disturbance was accompanied
by alregrettabley loss OF life. Eight OF:
ticers were among the total of rs per.
sons killed. while others were wound.
ed.
"All is now quiet in Singapore, and
there has been no destruction OF prop.
erty." g7l
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ONE DRUNK.

Matt Ryan. Of Barracksville, was
before Mayor Bowen this morning
charged with drunkenness. He was
found guilty and was fined S. by the
mayor. He paid out.
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East Side News
Hers, for WeddIno,

Here for Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Curry. Of Graf.
ton. yene here for the Harris.C Curry
wedding which took place Monday
evening. Other guests at the wedding
were Mr. and Mrs. Perry Morgan, MT.
and Mrs. Harvey Woody, Mr.. and Mrs.
orytlie Holland, Mr.. and Mrs. James
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the ironclad they also invented the
floating mine. ] suppose It bears as
little resemblance to the present day
mine as the rapid fire rifle does to
our musket, but we claim to be the.
first to mine a waterway success
fully"
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Returned from unlontown.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Burdess. Of
Merchant street. arrived home Mon
day evening from Uniontown. Pa.
where they weer called by the death
OF Mr.. Charles Crawford. who was
killed in street car accident.
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Concert Saturday Evening.

The Male Chorus Of the M. P.
church at Morgantown will give con.
cert Saturday evening at the First N.
2. church on Market street. The ad.
mission Is twenty-five cents for adults
an dten cents for children.
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Entertained for Guests.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Carpenter, of
Pittsburgh avenue. entertained at din.
ner Sunday for Mr.. and Mrs. Ira WI.
liams and their guests. Mrs. Lille
Hess and daughter Freda. of Morgan
town.
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Light Skies. remember. differ radically from
types. This vast weight reduction involves I
\ changes, affecting nearly every part. The motor
designing, the materials are different And {
change brings up new questions for the road to ans
In the HUDSON they are answered. You have
( to ask some owner near you to know what 10000
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Soldier students at mess.

given three times. at periods about ten days apart.
Every afternoon retreat Is held at :, being pre-
coded by guard mount a half hour earlier. At retreat
the entire battalion assemble under arms and star-s
at present arms, while the band plays Tho Star
Spangied Banner as tn" Nag IS lowered. Several
men ar selected from each company every night to
mount guard. These men are on guard throughoN
the night and walk post for two hours and then rest
for four hours.
some of In" regular army officers who had only
served with troops of the line We're surprised at tho
rapid advance made by the students in mastering the
close order drill Turing the past week. In practically
three days the students had acquired the funda-
mentals and were able To execute tho commando in
such IA manner AS 20 elicit commentator from the
officers. II Is this ability to master problems quickly
that characteri2's the student camps throughout ana
enables the students t. cover much ground IN the
nv" weeks allowed for training.
The first week of the camp Is REGARDED ms by far
the hardest and most un!ntorcst!nE Of the five. Be-
ginning the second week the work VIII uo moro
varied and the students will begin 70 get n tasto OF
real campaigning. After a day or two spent In mas
t-ring the details Of extended order the student bat
talon viii he ready for some simple problems In
manpuvre-
The companies will proceed from four TO ten
miles from the camp and viii b" instructed IN prob
lens Of patroling. advance and rear guard. Some
Of the regular troops Will act as the enemy, and
blank ammunition will he used for tho sake Of
realism.
The third week these problems viii 10 Increased
IN difficulty and extent until they Resemble those aris-
ing in "A real battle. The last week spent In the regu-
lar camp will be given over to r.tio practice. ThNAs
students who attain the required average viii receive
badges showing that they have qualified as sharp
shooters or marksmen. and some may even attain
the grade OF expert r!tlemen.
During tho NTH week will be held tho practice
march, the final test of efficiency and the practical
application Of all that has been taught In the four
preceding weeks.
Intrcnchinr tools will he carried and the students
viii he instructed in that all important feature OF
modern warfare, trench digging and the formation Of
bomb proof shelters, Various problems OF rcconnais-
sauce, attac1 and defence Viii DE taken up.
Practically every college and university in New
York city and State has its representatives, at the
camp, The other students are drawn chiefly from the
educational institutions Of New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and the New England States.
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Instruction in trench digging and fighting.

IT. HE 800 college students who are attending the
military instruction camp at Plattsburg, n. Y,
i came to a keen realization Of the fact that
the War Department meant business almost
a. soon as they stepped from the boats and trains
that brought them to the camp last Monday. They
found waiting for them one or two spruce officers,
Students like themselves. but Of more experience in
military life, who marshalled them into ranks and
marched them to the camp proper. 1t was then that
the majority realized that the statement Military
discipline will prevail throughout the duration Of the
camp" printed in the War Department bulletin, was
t. bc taken literally.
There Is no doubt that many OF the students came
70 the camp with the idea that 1t was to be one
long good time and that serious work was to be a
secondary matter. That idea was soon dispelled and
il is the universal opinion among the student soldiers
that they have put in about as hard a week as couiu
be conceived.
The camp at Plattsburg Is one OF the four that the
War Department is conducting this summer. The
three others are at Luddington, Mich; Chickamauga'
Park, Ga, and the Preside. San Francisco. The New
York camp is by far the largest of the four. In all
about 1000 students are receiving instruction.
The camps are restricted to college students and
r-aduates up to the age Of 80. and to students in the
graduating classes of high schools. The Idea Is to
train young, educated men so that they would be
capable OF acting as officers of volunteer troops If
their services were needed. The training given dur.
ing the five weeks is expected to fit the young men
70 serve as Second Iieutenants. Army officers regard
the establishment Of the camps as the greatest fer
ward steps in the policy Of national preparedness since
-" establishment of the General stan in the regu-
lar army.
the students attending the camps have the same
s"ca! status az undergraduates at West Point. al
though they pay their own board, which amounts TO
" ~ "A week, and purchase their own uniforms. the
War Department furnishes rifles and all other mill
'arv equipment.
For "A week before the opening OF the PlattsburB
camp "A large force OF regular troops was on the
Sit preparing il for the use of the students. They
WEI" in charge Of Capt. r. o. Van Horn OF the Thir-
t'lh Infantry, stationed at the Plattsburg BARRACKS.
Capt. Van Horn IL acting as commander OF the
epa"nts' camp.
Owing to the fact that there are over 600 students
IN ''np Capt, Van Horn was able to form them into
q 'a'Ialion with himself in command with the rank
~ Major. The battalion is made up Of four COM
,"H's, with $50 men to a company. This Is what 10
known as war strength, and the ofhcers In charge
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regard themselves as particularly lucky to he able to organize
N. men in this manner, because the opportunities for prac-
tcal work will be all the greater.
In command Of each company is a First Lieutenant Of the
regular army. who ranks as Captain, With each company
there is also "A Second Lieutenant of the regular army. The
third commissioned officer is a student who has had special
training in a military college and who has attended previous
camps of this kind.
All the non commissioned officers, from the top sergeant
down to the lowest corporal, are drawn from the ranks of the
students themselves. 1t is planned, II possible, to have all
the men In the ramp act as ~n-commissioned officers some
time during its duration.
The tents provided for the students are of the pyramidal
type, and six men are quartered in a tent. The camp has
been piped throughout with running water and every pre-
caution has been taken to safeguard its sanitary features
The camp itself is in an ideal location, pitched as it is on
the very shore Of Lake Champlain,
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Army Officers See in Plan Greatest
Forward Step in the Policy of
National Preparedness
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-17
REVENUE BILL
.PASSESHOUSEBY.
SAFE MAJORITY
Emergency Bill Debate Shows
Administration Faces
Huge Deficit

( ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wireless
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 17.--By
a vote of 205 to 1S9, the Emergency
Revenue Bill passed in the house of
representatives yesterday, thus ensur.
ing the extension of this legislation
until December 81, 1916. Forty mem.
bers were absent or not voting. The
close vote approximates the party di
vision, which stands in a full house,
Democrats, 229; Republicans and Pro.
gressives, 205.
Representative Claude Kitchin, the
new Democratic floor leader, made his
speech as chairman of the ways and
means committee for the session on
this bill. He said that the government
faced deficit of sS1 100000 at the
end of the next fiscal year If the meas.
ure we're to be defeated.
Minority Leader James R. Mann op-
posed the length of the proposed ex.
tension of the act. arguing that a
shorter period than to the end of next
year should suffice, while former
Speaker Joe Cannon argued that the
government should not seek to reim-
pose extraordinary taxes but should
tide over the financial stringency by
selling Panama bonds.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-17
NEW STATEMENT ON
SEAMEN'S LAW STATUS

lAssociated Press bv Federal Wirelsssl
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 1.-THE
department of commerce issued a
statement yesterday concerning the
operation of the Seaman's Act, in
which it is suggested that the coopera-
ton of the foreign governments in the
enforcement of the act might be Sc
cured. This cooperation, the state
ment explains, could be secured by
requesting the various governments
having shipping in the American trade
to issue certificates to the ships un-
der their flags stating that the ships
so certified have. crews legally COM
plete under the specifications of the
American law, RI. ~ r.. 49,.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-17
SHIB UZAWA PREDICTS
CLOSER TRADE RELATIONS
WITH U. S. AND JAPAN

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wireless I
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. IL
Baron Shibuzawa, the famous Japa-
nese fnancier and publicist, who has
just completed a tour of the United
States on an unofficial peace mission.
was the guest Of honor at a dinner
given here last night by the Japan
Society of America.
In his address the baron expressed
his pleasure in having been able to
note that America Is now awakening
to the consciousness both of her op-
portunities and of her responsibilities
as world power in the true sense
of the term. He finds. he says, that
the merchants and financiers Of the
United States are now earnestly
studying the needs of and the condi-
tions in foreign countries and are gain
ing world viewpoint.
Americans find that they have an
advantage In our development" he
said, and are seeking closer relations
between America and Japan. Expert
ence has proved that 1t is mutually
profitable for the two nations to stay
closer together
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-17
OLD CUP CAN DETECT
POISON IN CONTENTS:
F0AMS UP LIKE SODA

In the Fong Inn Company's store
there IS an ancient rhinoceros horn
cup, which is said by the Chinese to
POSSESS the peculiar property of de.
tecting poison. Similar cups were
ilsed during tES enns dyn&1ty and
the Ming dynasty BY men. Of high po-
sitfon, to the exclusion of all other
cups. Il
No matter what drink or food Is
in the cup, says the manager OF Fong
Inns store, IL there is poison In it
it will foam up like soda water In
the days when it was the fashion in
China to get rid Of enemies with a
dose of poison. no high official ate
or drank from anything but his per-
sonal rhinoceros CUP. The cup In the
Fong Inn store is valued at $500, and
Is 500 years old.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-17
WILSON SENDS
DEPUTY TO TAKE
OUT LICENSE

I ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wireless !
WASHINGTON. d. c., Dec. IA
license to wed was issued by the city
clerk yesterday to Woodrow Wilson,
widower, aged So. and Edith Boiling
Gait. widow. aged 43. both of Wash
ington.
Such would be the newspaper an
nouncement this morning. were II
other than the president OF the United
States who is to lead a bride to the
altar tomorrow. AS It was. the incl
dents Of the issuance of the license
were watched by q number of report
ers and recorded by photographers,
who were disappointed only in that the
license was secured by Isaac Hoover
OF the White House staff, who Is to
be chief usher at the ceremony to
morrow. and not by the president in
person.
Rev. Herbert Scott Smith. rector Of
the Episcopal church which Mrs. Calf
attends YiIl be the officiating clerey''
man for the Wedding