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TOPEKA, KANSAS- APRIL 3, 1913-
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TOOK HISOWN LIFE
Jacob Mueller, Old Settler,
Committed Suicide Today.
Unbalanced Mind and Old Age
Said to Be Cause.
HID GUN FOR MANY WEEKS
When Family Left House To
day He Used It.
He "Was Pensioned by Santa Fe
Three Years Ago.
Jacob Mueller, an old settler in To
peka, shot himself In the heart at his
home at 1404 Western avenue about
9 o'clock this morning. An unbal
anced . mind caused by nervousness
nd old age is thought to have caused
him to commit the act.
Jacob Mueller, Who Shot Himself
Today.
Mr. Mueller was alone in his home
when he shot himself. His wife and
daughter Rosa, were preparing to go
down town when the shot was fired.
Mrs. Mueller was sitting in the buggy
'and Rosa was hitching the horse to
the buggy.
He was sitting in a chair in the
dining room when he took an old
blunderbuss gun, held the end of the
barrel over his heart with one hand
and pulled the trigger with the other.
The weapon was an old firearm
which was brought here from Ger
many. It was a muzzle loader, loaded
with buckshot. His son. Otto, had
loaded the gun to shoot rata about two
months ago. Mrs. Mueller heard the
thot and ran in the house. He was
dead when she reached him.
Mr. Mueller would have been 72
years old May 25. He was born in
Germany and came to this country in
1866. He lived for a time in Cleve
land. O., and was married to his wife
In Cincinnati, January 14, 1879. Mr.
end Mrs. Mueller moved to Kansas in
J 889. They moved to Iola as mem
bers of a German colony. They moved
to Topeka November 6 of that year.
Mr. Mueller was a cabinet maker.
He was employed in this capacity in
the Santa Fe shops seventeen and
one-half years. During that time he
was one of a few who was selected to
do the expert work. He was retired
on a pension about three years ago
and has spent practically all of his
time at home with his family since
that time. The family has lived in
the house at 1404 Western avenue for
33 years.
He has been in poor health for more
than a year. Mr. Mueller lost one
foot by amputation soon after moving
to Topeka. He was returning from
a hunting trip when the gun was ac
cidentally discnarged and the shot
took effect in his foot.
Mr. Mueller has been in bad health
for more than a year and he has
threatened to take his life on numer
ous occasions. The members of the
family have watched him closely and
have attempted to keep everything
out of his reach which they feared
he might choose to use in fulfilling
his threats. They have kept his razor
and every other article of this kind
hidden so he could not find it.
The gun which he used has been in
the house several years. The family
has attempted to keep it secreted but
were not successful. They have been
unable to find it for several weeks
and now believe that he had hid it
and intended to use it when a chance
appeared.
He is survived by his wife, Hen
rietta, three step-children and four
other children. They are Mrs. John
W. Henderson of Auburn; Mrs H. M.
Williams of Omaha; Rosa and Otto
Mueller of Topeka, who lived with
their father and mother; Matilda
Mueller and Emil Mueller of San
Francisco and Gustave Mueller of
pontiac, 111.
Dr. J. H. Rinehart. the coroner,
viewed the body and has announced'
that an inquest will not be held.
NATION MUST DO IT
National Committee Source of
Harmony Joe Mercer.
Progressive Leader Leaves for
His Home Today.
"Joe Mercer spent this morning
bidding his host of Topeka friends
goodbye, and left at noon for his farm
in Cottonwood Falls. He has been
state live stock commissioner for the
last four years, and has served three
terms in the legislature. Before leav
ing he declared his intention of op
posing Doolittle as congressman of
the Fourth district in 1915, and map
ped out his ideas for a "harmony"
f 's campaign in the Republican r
t. Mr. Mercer has always been identified
with the Progressive party, and was
appointed by Governor Stubbs to the
place he left today. He made good
and leaves friends here in both parties
and factions of parties.
"I believe harmony can be brought
about," he declared, "but it must De
brought about by the nation, and not
the state. In my opinion. It would
necessitate a complete reorganization
of the national committee. Such men
as Barnes and Penrose must be
eliminated, the south must be given
proper representation and there'll be
no need of a split in the Republican
partv. There is little difference in the
nlAtfnrma of the Republicans and Pro-
i gressives the Republican party has
1 - i i . v. ..irfif L-ii'o nartu "
always ueeii t-1 r i 'i j... . -- -
Mr. Mercer spoke somewhat scath
ingly of the failure or tne present
Democratic administration to keep
their campaign promises.
"It was a good legislature." he ad
mitted, "but they haven't done as they
said they'd do. I believe the present
Democratic administration nas given
to the opposing parties the best cam
paign thunder to use in the next four
vears. Thev promised to reduce taxes
and abolish boards. They have not
abolished boards, but created new
ones. They have not reduced, but in
creased the state appropriation be
tween one and one-half million dol
lars." KE IS NOT ANGRY
Dr. Friedmann Was Only "Put
Out" at U. S. Doctors.
They Expected Him to Perform
Miracles With His Serum.
New Tork, April 3. Friends of Dr.
Friederich Franz Freidmann, of Ber
lin, deny the report that he was an
gered by treatment accorded him by
government physicians and was mak
ing preparations to return to Germany.
Dr. Arthur Friedmann gave out a
brief statement in which he declared
that his brother had been slightly put
out on finding that out of the seventy
cases which had been prepared for his
tubercular serum at the Seton hospital
by Drs. Stimpson and Lavender, of the
public health service, more than forty
of them were cases for which neither
the serum nor anything else could hold
the slightest hope.
."The cure is for tuberculosis," he
said, "not for death. My brother could
not have treated them anyway. His
apparatus for developing the serum
cultures has been broken down and it
will be a few days before It is in run
ning order again."
Dr. Friedmann's brother then re
peated the statement that there had
been no open break with the physicians
of the United States Public Health and
Marine hospital service.
"My brother has no intention of
leaving America," he said. ".His worn
RAIN ADDSMISERY
Flood Refugees Are Camped on
Wet Hillsides.
Federal Bulletins Say Tribu
taries Are Falling.
Dekoven, Ky., April 3. Rain
throughout this section began falling
early today and will add greatly to the
misery of six hundred Shawneetown
refugees camped on the hillsides be
hind their flooded town.
The Ohio river is five miles wide
and is running like a mill stream. The
river rose five inches and a half over
night. All the low lands are flooded.
The Illinois Central railroad is out
of commission here and there are no
trains running out of Dekoven, which
is nearly opposite Shawneetown.
Rain in Indiana.
Evansville, Ind., April 3. Heavy
rain today added to discomfort of
flood sufferers In Evansville water
swept areas, but the weather bureau
said the rain was not sufficient, even
if it lasted all night and day, to make
any change in the height of the river.
The crest is expected today.
Relief work by the federal authori
ties continues. A tugboat well pro
visioned is in the Wabash bottoms to
day to succor flood marooned farmers,
and will proceed on to Shawneetown
to help people there.
Government Flood Bulletin.
Washington, April 3. Here is to
day's flood bulletin:
"The Ohio river at Cincinnati has
fallen one and one-half feet in the
last 24 hours, the stage Thursday be
ing 68 feet, eighteen feet above flood
stage.
"The crest of the lower Ohio' flood is
evidently in the neighborhood of
Evansville. where the river at 7
o'clock Thursday morning was 4 7.8
feet, 12.8 feet above flood stage. The
rise in the river at Cairo since Wed
nesday night was but one-tenth foot,
the stage Thursday being 54.5 feet, 9.5
feet above the flood stage. The Mis
sissippi river from Cairo to New Or
leans is slowly rising but has not yet
reached a forty foot stage at Mem
phis. The tributaries of the lower
Ohio are falling."
AID FROM GERMANY
City of Mainz Voted $10,500 Aid for
Flood Sufferers.
Mainz, Germany, April 3. The city
council today voted an appropriation
of $10,500 to be sent to the United
States to assist in the relief of flood
sufferers in Indiana, Ohio and other
states.
Psris Sends SS.OOO Fund.
Washington, April 3. The Ameri
can chamber of commerce at Paris
sent J8.000 today for flood relief. The
American Lunch club at London sent
$1,250, and the council of the city of
Regina, Sask., Canada, $1,000.
J. Pi Morgan Funeral Train.
Brig. Switzerland, April 3. The funeral
train conveying the body of the late J.
Pierpont Morgan from Rome to Havre on
its way to America crossed the Italian
Swiss frontier this morning and proceeded
direct through the Simplon tunnel on the
way to Di.ion, France.
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Unsettled tonight, Friday fair.
TEST GAS-FIELDS
Utilities Commission Will Send
Experts on Inspection.
To Study Conditions Before
Regulating Operations.
THIS SUMMER IMPORTANT
Evidence May Decide Course
Taken in Future.
Frequent and Detailed Reports
Will Be Filed.
Although the public utilities com
mission has decided that the Kansas
Natural cannot increase its rates at
this time, jurisdiction in the case Is
still retained by the commission and a
gas expert will be sent to the south
ern Kansas and Oklahoma fields this
summer to study conditions and file
frequent detailed reports. On the evi
dence secured this summer, the com
mission will determine its future course
in regulating the operations of the
Kansas Natural Gas company ana its
distributing agencies.
It is the purpose of the utilities com
mission to keep close tab on the gas
business and to secure monthly re
ports on the production, expense of
operation and revenue received by the
Kansas Natural. Before the close of
the summer months, members of the
commission expect to be able to sit at
a table and tell the Kansas Natural
bondholders lust the number of thou
sand cubic feet of gas taken each
month from every gas pool in the
state, to quote them Oieir own expense
of operation, revenue, earnings, de
preciation and a half dozen other de
tails of business surrounding the op
eration of a 14 million dollar corpora
tion. Watch This Summer Supply.
If the records this summer show that
(Continued on Page Two.)
VICTORYAT HAND
Ratification of Direct Sena
torial Vote This Summer.
Pennsylvania's Action Made
Thirty-Fourth State.
Washington, April 3. The advo
cates of popular election of United
States senators by' the people were
highly gratified today with the news
that the Pennsylvania legislature had
ratified the proposed constitutional
amendment.
Pennsylvania's act makes the total
of states that have ratified the
amendment 34. Never in history has
a constitutional amendment received
such immediate response from the
legislative assemblies. The" complete
ratification of this reform before the
summer is ended is predicted.
"The final act with respect to the
amendment to the constitution will
occur within the next three months,"
said Senator Borah of Idaho. "The
vote in the Pennsylvania general as
sembly assures early and complete
success. Only two more states are
needed. The Florida legislature meets
in June and the legislature of Ten
nessee will come together again after
a recess the middle of this month. I
have received positive assurances from
the senators from those states and
from state officials that the amend
ment will be ratified Just as soon as
the matter can be reached. That
will be ample time. Every one of the
32 senators whose terms expire in
1915 will be chosen by the people ofi
their states at the polls."
RELIEF INBREAKS
Weak Lerees In Missouri
Lessen Danger at Cairo.
Vast Stretches of Land in Ken
tucky Under Water.
PEOPLE HUNGRY FOR NEWS
Xo Mail or Newspapers for Last
48 Houirs. " .
JSo Further Damage Expected
in Ohio Valley.
Cairo, 111., April 3. The strongest
current in the Ohio since the flood wa
ters attained their record height here
was noticeable today. In addition
there was a considerable wind that
made the waters rough and the strain
greater against both i the levee and
bulkhead work which has been con
structed as a reinforcement. Forecas
ter Lindley, who issued a statement
today explaining that there had been
no apparent rise in the waters for nine
nours gave as a reason for the stand
still tne Dreakmg of small levees in
Missouri and Kentucky.
A great stretch of Missouri land is
now under water, materially relieving
me situation nere. xne Missouri sol
diers who were rescued and brought
to Cairo received orders to nroceeri tn
Caruthersvllle, M-., where levee de
struction is threatened and they were
lanen mere at once in a boat from
here.
. Cairo citizens although havine ex
perienced many nights of little sleep
within the last ten days, show a spirit
of chivalry that is remarkable in their
willingness to forget for the time their
own personal comfort and danger to
their city assist their neighbors who
are in trouble. Food tents, lanterns
and other supplies were taken from
here today to Mounds City, 111., and
relief is waiting for Brookport' III.,
Caseyville, Ky., and Shawm town. Ill '
if word comes that the help of this city
is needed. Boats were taken by the
Chicago naval reserves through the
nooaed drainage district today to
Villaridge, III., to bring here soldiers
and others who remain here.
No newspapers or other mail from
outside towns have reached here for
nearly 48 hours and the people who are
here, are on tip toe for every item of
news of flood conditions every where.
Crowds are continually in front of the
newspaper offices where bulletins are
posted.
Louisville Is Recovering.
Louisville, Ky., April 3. With the
waters of the Ohio receding here and
no further damage exjpected save the
possible collapse -of buildings weakened
by the flood, Louisville was prepared
today to give more attention to ques
tions of sanitation and relief.
The city health department has in
timated that it would require flooded
homes be thoroughly cleaned and dried
out before owners are permitted to
move in again. , -
Lower river points today were busy
with preventive and relief work in
preparation for the crest of the flood
now nearly upon them. Strengthening
of the levee continued at Hickman.
Paducah faced a critical situation with
water one to four feet deep in many
streets and still rising rapidly.
WILL CHALLENGE AGAIN
Sir Thomas Lipton Will Issue Uncon
ditional Defi for Cup.
London, April 3. Sir Thomas Lip
ton undaunted by refusal of the New
York Yacht club to accept the condi
tions he proposed in his recent chal
lenge for the Americas cup, nas de
cided, according to the Evening News,
to issue an unconditional challenge.
TO THE RESCUE.
ARE HEREIN FORGE
More Than Half County Attor
neys of State in Topeka.
Annual Sleeting In Supreme
Court Chambers.
WATCH FOR MINOR CRIMES
Governor Hodges Urges En
forcement of All Laws.
He Is Against Plan of Hiring
Special Assistants.
Fifty-four of the 105 county attor
neys of Kansas are today attending
the annual meeting of their association
in the chambers of the supreme court.
The meeting will close tonight with a
banquet at the Throop hotel.
Many affairs of importance to the
public prosecutors of the state are being
discussed at the meeting. One of these
matters not the least bit unimport
ant to members of the association is
the question of more pay. The mem
bers feel that the county at
torneys of the state are under
paid and do not hesitate to say
so. This afternoon the members met
with President O. S. Samuel, of Lyon
county and discussed a plan to urge
the passage of a bill by the 1915 legis
lature which will give the public pro
secutors greater pay for their services
to the state and county.
The address of welcome was de
livered this morning by Governor
George H. Hodges, who urged county
attorneys of the state to give equal
attention to t' - enforcement of all
laws. He declared that the laws for
minor crimes and misdemeanors should
receive the same attention at the hands
of the prosecutor as does the prosecu
tion for felony. In his speech Gov
ernor Hodges declared against the
(Continued on Page Two.)
WANTH1L00D
Young Republicans Will Dis--
cuss Politics Tonight.
To Urge Elimination of All
Old Leaders.
Young Republicans of Topeka who
want a brand new deal in state politics,
will meet -tonight in the assembly room
of the National hotel to discuss plans
for the future. It is the purpose of
the men behind the movement to urge
the elimination of all of the old leaders
of both factions who have been largely
responsible for the discord in the party
ranks during the last two campaigns.
At the meeting tonight, only a formal
organization will be outlined. But it is
a long way to the next campaign. Many
weeks before that campaign is under
way, the young men behind the new
movement, propose to see a working
organization in every county in the
state as a result of their new plan.
It is the purpose of the movement to
interest the young men and the young
women of the state in the cause men
and women who have never held office
or sought public Jobs and have never
trailed too close to either the Regular
or Progressive wing of the party.
Many of these young people believe
that the only hopes for party success
in 1914 lies m the elimination of the
old war horses and veterans of the two
factions. They believe that new blood
and new leaders are needed to reor
ganize the party and to put it in the
running again. The only way that the
old timers can be reduced to a place in
the ranks, they argue, is by the united
efforts of the young voters. Young
voters who have displayed a leaning
iowara one or the other of the two tac
tions, will be represented in the mwt
ing tonight. They propose to perfect
a Shawnee county organization as a
result or tonight's meeting. Then the
movement will be extended into a state
wide campaign for a vounar voters'
club. Every young Republican, whose
leaning has been toward the Progres
sive or Regular wing of the party, has
been urged to attend tonight's meeting
at the .National.
WIND, RAIN, HAIL
Heaviest April Storm in !Nine
Years Last Night.
Damage Small Only Touched
Northeast Kansas.
The heaviest April storm recorded
by the weather bureau in nine years
broke over Topeka at 7:50 o'clock
Wednesday night. It was accompanied
by heavy thunder, high wind, and hail.
The hail beat against the windows
with such velocity as to cause consid
erable damage.
The total amount of precipitation
was 1.02 inches, of which amount .95
of an inch fell in forty minutes. Ten
nunareatns or an inch was in the form
of hail. The storm had abated by 9
o'clock, but a shower between 5 and 6
o ciock tnis morning netted .03 of an
inch.
According to reports from the gov
ernment bureau and the railroads the
storm was more or less local, being
confined largely to the northeastern
portion of the- state.
The Santa Fe rennrta shrnir Vi n f
there was little precipitation west of
mpona. At Dodge City there was a
light drizzle early this morning. A
heavy rain fell between Burlingame
and Lawrence. The storm at Atchison
wa.o pamcuiany severe. At Carbon
dale lightning struck a cable box and
caused wire trouble for the Santa Fe
ine noes island reports the
heaviest downpour between Topeka
and Horton.
The local weather bureau reports
lain as iouows:
Dresden, .10 of an inch; Fort Scott,
.52; Hays, trace; Kansas City, .04 and
St. Joe, 2.22.
Ihermometer a Busy Instrument.
The mercury did queer stunts after
the storm broke. The thermometer
reading at 7:50 -'clock was 79 degrees;
twenty minutes later it was but 54 de
grees. Then there was' a gradual soar
ing of the quicksilver until at nine
o'clock this morning the 69 degree point
had been reached. The reading at the
same time Wednesday was 68 degrees.
The wind was blowing at no easy
pace when the roar of the thunder
was first heard. At 7:15 o'clock the
breeze was sweeping along at a speed
of forty miles an. hour. The hail was
projected by a thirty-five-mile wind.
The wind was blowing front the west
and the southwest while the storm was
in progress. The direction was south
west this morning. The cooler weath
er that was predicted failed to arrive
on schedule time but is forecasted for
tonight. Conditions are expected to be
unsettled at that time. Fair weather
will be the order of things Friday if
the guess of the forecaster comes true.
The local greenhouse men report that
some damage was done by the storm.
The Bell Telephone company experi
enced wire trouble. Eight poles were
blown down near the state asylum.
Wind Damage at St. Joe.
St. Joseph, April 3. A funnel
shaped cloud from the southwest low
ered in East St. Joseph early last
night and leveled several buildings.
No casualties. Much damage by hail
was done during a heavy rain.
One Death Near St. Louis.
St. Louis, April 3. A high wind
storm which struck Tuxedo, a suburb
in St. Louis county today, tore down
a dozen poles carrying electric light
wires and heavy feed cables, thereby
causing one death. Harry Davis of
Webster Grove, 19 years old, who was
driving a grader's team, was struck by
the falling wires and electrocuted.
BURNEDA TOWN
Hayiland, Reno County, De
stroyed by Fire.
Seren Business Houses Burn
. With Loss of $25,000.
Hutchinson, Kan., April 3. Practical
ly all of the business section of Havi
land, a small town southwest of here,
was destroyed by fire early this morn
ing. The loss is said to be $25,000.
Seven business houses were burned,
including the postofflce and a hotel.
HESSIAN FLY IN WHEAT
All of Northeastern Kansas Along Kaw
Is Invaded by Pests.
Leavenworth, Kan., April 3. Many
wheat fields in northeastern Kansas
and along the Kaw valley from Bon
ner Springs to Salina are so badly in
fested with Hessian flies that the pros
pects for a crop from these fields are
very slight. According to reports if
these fields have not already been
plowed under, they should be at once,
G. A. Dean, state entomologist at the
Kansas Agricultural colleg, says. The
land then may be used for other pur
poses. There is a slight infestation of the
fly in almost the entire eastern half
ofth e state, and although it is most
serious in the northeastern part and
along the Kaw valley, every farmer
growing wheat should make a careful
examination of these Insects and then
decide whether the infested wheat is
worth saving.
WORST OF THE WINTER.
Is Snow Storm Raging Today In
Minnesota.
Pipestone, Minn., April 3. rThe
heaviest snow storm in more than a
year, accompanied by a strong north
east Wind, has been raging here today.
MANY HOLD OVER
Xew City Commission to Re
appoint City Officials.
Ten. Positions Announced by
Commissioners Today.
COFRAN STILL IS UNDECIDED
Will Make "o Announcements
on Police Chief.
Hughes Does Tot Deny No
Truth to O'Aeil Rumor.
City Appointments.
Fire marshal G. O. Wllmarth.
Superintendent waterworks Jesse
Shaw.
Assistant superintendent waterworks
Frank Stevens.
Superintendent parks E. F. A.
Reinisch.
City auditor W. C. Wasson.
City electrician E. J. Stewart.
City license collector G. T. Mat
tingly. City engineer A. R. Young.
Assistant city engineer E. G. Gib
son. Office engineer C. E. Forter.
This is a list of the city appoint
ments already announced by the mem
bers of the new city commission. All
the names mentioned are officials who
will be held over from the old admin
istration. William R. Porter, who will
be commissioner of parks and. public
buildings after Friday, announced to
day that all of the old Stotts ap
pointees would hold over indefinitely.
"I will not discharge any of them
for the present," he said. "It is prob
able that I will retain most of the
heads of the departments."
This means that Charles Overmeyer
will be retained as secretary, James
Stewart as city physician, John Pugh
as sanitary sergeant, and J. P. But
terly as superintendent of the crema
tory for the time being.
"It is possible that I will keep all
of these men." Mr. Porter predicted
this afternoon.
Cofran Is Undecided.
R. L. Cofran, who tomorrow steps
from the ranks of a private citizen, to
the mayor of the city of Topeka, de
clares he Is saying little and thinking
much. When questioned considering
his appointment of chief of police, he
admitted that he had been consider
ing the candidates mentioned by the
press J. W. F. Hughes, Colonel Nor
ton, Frank Stahl, "Tim" Donovan and
others. Mr. Cofran seemed to linger
over the last name.
"Yes," he admitted, "I have been
thinking of Tim Donovan and Colonel
Hughes."
"What about the "dark horse?' " he
was asked.
Mr. Cofran smiled. "It Is true that
I am considering the appointment of
a man whose name I do not yet care
to make public," he declared.
It Is asserted upon some authority
that ex-Sheriff Norton has the inside
track. Others declare that "Tim"
Donovan, who served on Vet- force
years ago under Cofran, has the best
chance. If Donovan were appointed,
there would be four Veteran city offi
cials mayor, fire marshal, commis
sioner of water and electric lights, and
chief of police.
When Colonel Hughes was question
ed concerning his possible appoint
ment, and whether he would accept it.
he declared he was in' the position of
the girl who was asked if she were
engaged before her suitor had pro
posed. Colonel Hughes, as well as
Colonel Norton, has been one of Cof
ran's energetic supporters.
Rone Is Satisfied.
"My department will remain the
same as far as I am concerned," de
clared Roy Bone. "In fact, I see no
reason for a change of any kind.
Mr. Bone's department includes W.
H. Wasson, city auditor; E. J. Stewart,
city electrician, and G. T. Mattlngly,
license collector.
W. G. Tandy will retain his en
gineering force intact. He made a
statement to that effect today, A. R.
Young, city engineer; E. G. Oilson,
assistant city engineer, and Cecil For
ter, office engineer, will hold their
present positions.
It is generally known that FurmtB
Baker, commissioner of streets, will
not be reappointed. Billard, Miller
and Stotts gave him the office vacated
by Frank Snyder. Mr. Snyder has
been one of Mayor-elect Cofran's most
active managers, and it is rumored
from good authority that he is des
tined to be the next commissioner of
streets.
Shaw Will Be Retained.
"I shall permanently retain Jesse
Shaw and Frank Stevens." stat ed
Frank Newland today. "They have
done most effective work, and are in
valuable in the department. I have
known both of them for thirty years.
(Continued on Page Seven.)
COLD AND DREARY.
Today Is Bad Enough But Tomorrow
Will Be Worse.
There was a drop in temperature of
26 degrees from 9:30 o'clock this
morning to 2 o'clock. The wind shift
ed from the southwest to the north
west and the mercury began to slide.'
According to the weather observer
the quicksilver will be dangerously
near the freezing point by Friday
morning. Friday will be cold and
dreary. The expression "generally
fair" In the forecast does not mean
that there will be a clear sky Friday;
It simply indiarates that the chances
for precipitation Friday are slight.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at the rate of 15 miles
an hour from the northwest. Freezing
temperatures are reported from south
era Nebraska today; it is snowing in
Colorado.
The hourly readings:
7 o'clock 61
11 o'clock...
12 o'clock...
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