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THURSDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAf. OCTOBER 8, 1914.
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THURSDAY EVENING-
TWO CENTS
GERMANS ARE HAMMERING AWAY
AT THE NEW BELGIAN CAPITAL
Fighting Day and Night With
. Deadly Effect.
Defenders Driven Back by Fire
of Krnpp Guns.
EVERY i::CH OF THE GROO
Is Occupied by Invaders as
Soon as It Is Vacated.
Already Able to Throw Shells
Into the City.
KAISER OFFERS IRON CROSS
To First Man Who Enters the
Beleagnred Town.
Attack Has Cost Him 20,000
Men Up to Date.
Antwerp, Oct. 8. The condition of
panic among the populace has been in
creased by the appearance of German
aircraft which dropped bombs destroy
ing seven houses and killing a score of
people.
London, Oct. 8. "A grave view of
the situation is taken by the authori
ties," wires the Antwerp correspondent
of the Daily Times. "The great guns
have told the tale.
The fighting around Antwerp has
been a battle of Krupps against men.
Every day and night the fighting has
continued with deadly effect against
the forts while the shrapnel and shells
have made many of the trenches un
tenable. "As fast as the Belgians were com
pelled to withdraw from a position the
Germans have moved up and occupied
it. The Belgians frequently fought
bravely and stubbornly with infantry
Continued on Page Two.
BATTLE JUILLE
Fierce Fighting Has Gone on
for Two Days.
e "Germans Sustain a Loss- vrj j
Oxer 2,000 Men. ,
London, Oct. 8. --A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Ostend filed
Tuesday, but delayed in transmission,
says:
"Fierce fighting has taken place for
two days around Lille, where the
French troops inflicted heavy losses.
The German batteries fired on the
station, the prefecture and other
buildings. The masterpieces in the
museum have been removed to safety.
"In the fierce fighting the Germans
lost more than 2,000 men and up to
this morning they had not succeeded
In occupying Lille."
AUTO OF MYSTERY
Machine Stands Untouched
Near Santa Fe Offices..
Number Shows Name of Owner
Where Is He!
Coincident with the leaving of a
five-passenger Case automobile in.
front of the Santa Fe offices Wednes
day morning, a Ford automobile, new
and equipped with electric lights and
starter, was stolen at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon on West Ninth street. The
Ford machine belongs to George N,
Holmes of the Santa Fe law depart
ment, and was standing in front of the
West Ninth street offices, in plain view
from Mr. Holmes' office.
It was the most daring automobile
robbery that has been reported in To-
oeka.
The Case touring car bore a Mis
souri license tag. No. 3306. A few ad
vertising blotters and other literature
in the machine indicated that it re
lone to Lyle Stephenson, a Kansas
Citv life Insurance agent with office
In the R. A. Long building. It was
left there about 7 o'clock Wednesday
Tnorninir.
According to John Hayes, custodian
of the offices, two young fellows en
tered the building at the same time,
supposedly getting out of the car.
They went to an upper story, came
out of the building and then started
down the street. - The . car was be
spattered with mud and evidently had
done some long distance traveling.
Nothing was thought wrong about
the machine standing there all day
Wednesday. It remained there all
last night, through the rain, and this
morning was in a rather molsl con
dition.
The police were notified and Officer
Garrett invesigated. Kansas City
authorities will be notified and it is
probable that the proper owners win
come after the car tonight or Friday
The theory advanced today- is that
the two young men stole the case ca
In Kansas City. They drove it to To
peka and - deserted it here, perhap1
' frarlnr tt --
nrmmd the state for officers to be on
the lookout for the machine. Then, It
Is believed, they spent the day In To-
neka and in the middle or tne arter
noon Jumped into the Ford and went
wav. No trace-of them has been dis
covered. No one seems to remember
peeing any one get into the holmes
v
The police believe that the theft of
the machine in iront oi tne omc
building was committed by the Bit;
persons who brought, the automobil
from Kansas City, ,
GOOD CHAMPAGNE SUPPLY.
Paris, Oct. 8. Three weeks ago
when the German armies were over
running Champagne, ramsacklng the
cellars of Chalons and Epernay of
their choicest wines, it appeared
doubtful if the grape harvest could
be gathered this year. Luckily con
ditions proved much more satisfac
tory than was expected.- The ebbing
German invasion left the vineyards
practically undamaged.
When an enthusiastic Frenchman
wished to celebrate the arrival of
representatives of the British at
Eperney, he found in a hotel only a
half bottle of indifferent quality.
The vines themselves had only been
stripped of grapes along their edge
of the main roads over which the
German army passed. The German
invasion will make little or no dif
ferencse in the quality of the supply
of this year's champagne or in the
supply of champagne in general.
FATE OF BELGIANS
Army Must Fight Its
Through Enemy
Way
Or Flee to Holland, There To
- Be Interned During War.
Antwerp, Oct. 8. The fate of the Bel
gian army is at hand. Since the with
drawal of the government from Brus
sels to Antwerp the entire fighting
force of the little kingdom has been
concentrated in or about the latter city.
And now the fall of Antwerp before
the German guns that reduced the
fort of Liege and Namur Is gravely
threatened.
The Belgian government has been
transferred to Ostend, the populace is
fleeing into Holland and flags of
mercy are flying from the steeples of
churches to indicate that these struc
tures, if spared, will not be utilized
in the desperate defense that the gar
rison is expected to make.
If the city falls the Belgian army
will have the alternative, barring sur
render, of attempting to fight its way
through a German infested country
in order to effect a juncture with the
allies, or of retreating into Holland,
there to be interned until the war
ends.
The latter course would eliminate
Belgium as a factor in the great strug
gle. For days Antwerp has been hold
ing out in the- hope that the left wing
g-1 He a Win w uald-siriairiHM H
time to save the city. Recent reports
from the battle nne have made - it
plain that succor from this source was
extremely doubtful.
SUMMARY OF TODAY'S
WAR NEWS IN EUROPE
There are 100,000 refugees from
Antwerp In Holland.
Very Little change
on the battle
front in France today.
It Is announced in London that
Canadian troops arrived In the British
Isles today.
In Poland the Germans were suc
cessful against the Russians, capturing
4,800 prisoners.
According to the French statement,
the Russian offensive continues along
the front of East Prussia.
The Russians are battering away to
day at Przemysl whlrh is severely suf
fering under the aritllery fire. i
A German aeroplane visited Paris
today, dropping two bombs, one of
which wounded three persons.
It is believed the bombardment of
Antwerp began today after a demand
for the surrender of the city bad been
refused.
Little change on the battle line in
the north of France Is indicated in
the afternoon statement of tbe French
war office.
a vlmlMa fMim UppIIii nM ttlA IU.
Japanese attacks' upon tbe Tsing Tavu
nave wxu rvrpuisvru.
An official cablegram to the Belgian
minister here announces that the Bel
gian government has been moved from
Antwerp to Ostend.
The attacks of the Russians on the
orovlnce of Suwalki have been re
pulsed, the Russians losing 2 70O pris
oners and nine machine guns.
The fighting around Antwerp has
been battle of Krupps against men.
The great guns have told the tale. The
supposedly impregnaDle rorts nave
been demolished. '
In an attempt to wreck German
guns loaded on flatcars, the Belgians
have sent several "wildcat" trains
against tbe German cars. The attempt
waa unsuccessful.
Emperor William has offered the
Iron Cross decoration and 25.000
marks to the first man entering Ant
werp. The Germans' attacking force
numbers 125,000 men.
Vienna claims that the Russians
iave been driven out of Hungary. Tbe
'tusslan ambassador at Rome -replies
'hat the Russians occupy one-nftli of
- "i-y as well as seven-eighths of
Gallda. '
The report widely circulated from
sources hostile to Germany that Em
peror William bad removed General
Von Moltke as chief of the general
staff Is proven untrue by reports from
neutral quarters. .
i.erman aircrafts dropped bombs on
n twerp, killing scores of people and
eating a panic among the populace,
he Germans have begun the bom
irdment of the city. King Albert re
sew to leave Antwerp and is directing
.to defease. '
SENSATION IN
BLITZ CASE
Tales of Frenzied Finance' Be
fore Court Today.
Alleged Dealings of Topeka
Jeweler With German Bank.
CHARGE OF 'PHONY' DIOSDS
Attorney Said Blitz Had De
posited Bad" Stones.
Claim That Federal Officers
Could Be "Fixed."
If statements made by the attorneys
in the case in their opening remarks to
the Jury are correct, a tale of diamonds.
gold, frenzied finance and fraud, is to
be told to the court and Jury in the sec
ond division of the Shawnee county dis
trict court. The trial of the suit of
James D. Larimer, trustee for I. M.
Blitt, bankrupt Jeweler, against the
German American State Bank began
today. T. M. Lillard and John M. New
ell, represent Larimer, and are suing
ODD LOOKING RUSSIAN MACHINE GUN rNTERESTS GERMANS
4-ifiw. fv mms j, ?j -a-
This odd looking machine gun. captured from the Russians, greatly interested the soldiers and people of
rtatts in its arrival there. It is unlike anything in the German war equipment. - Photo waa taken in Berlin,
the bank to recover $5,000, which they
allege Blitx deposited in the bank and
which the bank officials refuse to turn
over to be applied in payment of debts
to Blitz creditors.
The opening statement in behalf of
the plaintiff was made by Mr. Lillard,
and was temperate and devoid of sensa
tionalism. Not so with the remarks of
E. D. McKeever, representing the de
fendants. "Mr. Larimer here, while a nice per
son individually, is a nonentity insofar
as this case is concerned," said Mr. Mc
Keever. "These attorneys, pretending
to represent him, are in reality repre
senting, the grudge Blitz bears the
bank."
"The principal creditor of Blitz has
been declared an outlaw in the state
of New York," was another declaration.
This statement was objected to and the
objection sustained by the court.
Charge of Bad Diamonds.
Diamonds which Blitz had left with
the bank for security for' loans, Mr.
(Continued on Page Two.
JOB FORJtOBERTS
Topeka Santa Fe Man in Gov
ernment Position.
Examiner of Accounts for Com
merce Commission.
John W. Roberts, of Topeka, assistant
chief clerk to E. H. Bunnell, auditor of
the Santa Fe railway, has been appoint
ed examiner of accounts for the Inter
state commerce commission with head
quarters In Kansas City. His territory
will cover North and South Dakota.
Nebraska. Kansas, Missouri, Texas and
Oklahoma. The position is an important
one and is in connection witn tne physi
cal valuation work if the commission in
regard to the various railroads in the
country.
Roberts has Just completed his fif
teenth year in the service of the Santa
Fe. For the. last three years he has
been assistant chief clerk in the audit
ing department. Only three months in
the f if teen - years was he out of the
Santa Fe service, three months as chief
clerk to General Manager Cain of the
Rock Island in Topeka., In the same
year he became chief clerk to General
Manager Hurley, of the Santa Fe. ,He
was later transferred to Amarillo In the
same position to the general manager
of the western lines.
He will not move his family to Kansas
City as he will be forced to travel much
of the time. They will continue to re
side at their home, 1300 Tyler street..
Mr. Roberts takes up his new duties
next week. . .
Many Positions iiost; to Ger
mans Recovered by Allies.
Paris Declares the Enemy Is
Making No Progress.
go::fi:;ed to the left vi::g
Fight Has Almost Ceased on
Right and Center.
French War Office Says t he
News Is Satisfactory.
Paris, Oct. 8. The following official
announcement was made in Paris this
afternoon: '
"First On our left wing, in the re
gion of the department of Nord, the
enemy has made progress at no point.
At certain points he has moved back,
particularly to the nrth of Arras,
where the fighting isf developing un
der condiitons favorable for us. The
operations of the opposing forces of
cavalry are developing at present al-
most as far as the seacoast on the
north.
Between the Somme and the Oise in
the vicinity of Roye, the enemy is still
in force, but we have retaken the
major part of the positions we were
obliged to give up.
"To the north of the Aisne the nu
merical strength of the German troops
seems to have diminished.
"Second On the center, between
Rheims and the Meuse, th.ere is noth
ing to report. On the heights of the
Meuse between Verdun and St. Mihiel,
the enemy has drawn back to the
north of Hattonchatel. He still holds
St. Mihiel and some positions to the
north of St. Mihiel on the right bank
of the Meuse.
"In the Woevre district the violent
attacks delivered by the enemy to the
west of Apremont have failed.
"On our right wing, Lorraine and
the Vosges, there has been no change.
"In Russia along the line of East
Prussia, the Russian offensive con
tinues. .Very spirited fighting is tak
ing place on the frontier to the west of
Suwalki."
News Is Satisfactory.
Entirely satisfactory and reassuring
was the opinion today of the last news
from the front as indicated by the war
office statement. This confidence was
maintained in awaiting the afternoon of
ficial report on the developments of the
battle of the North of France which has
taken on gigantic proportions.
As time passes the contest becomes
increasingly desperate. Daring exploits
without number are daily recorded. A
recent order of the army tells of the
heroic deeds and self sacrifice of the
Thirty-second regiment of reserves
which, becoming separated from its di
vision during a recent battle, made a
march of 15 days under extraordinary
conditions across the lines of the
enemy, finally reaching its own troops
with a loss of but few men.
The English and their native troops
are also distinguishing themselves, fre
quently under the terrific fire of the
enemy. . -
- The battle on the left wing has be
come with the Germans a sort of frenzy,
declares Lieutenant Colonel Rousset,
the military critic, which shows to what
a point they are pressed to finish it.
With all their efforts, all their means
and all their energies concentrated he
believes it not probable that the Ger
mans will win. To do so they would
have to add to their attempt the ele
ment of surprise and this is what they
lack, he saya.
FETDERAIi.M-AGIJE.
At Pttsburgh-
-First game '
R H E
... .3 5 1
2 4 1
Score:
Buffalo ............
Pittsburgh ........
Batteri es Krapp
and
Allen; Dick-
son and Berry.
Called in seventh; darkness
Second game called off on account of
J rain. - -
FASHION SHOW
DRAWS CROWD
Petticoat Lane of Kansas Is
Thronged With Shoppers.
Out of Town Buyers Here for
the Big Bargains.
ViOOiV DISFUYS A FEATURE
Tasteful and Attractively Ar
ranged Exhibits Here.
Railways Report Heavy Busi
ness to Capital City.
Never before, in Kansas have more
tasteful and attractively arranged win
dow exhibits been seen than in the To
peka fall fashion show this week.
Between 2:30 and 5:30 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon there was an unusu
ally large throng on Kansas avenue
and many of the stores were crowded.
There was a good crowd on the street
today, likewise. Threatening weather
has had the tendency to cut down the
out-of-town attendance at the "show,"
but the local merchants look for the ar
rival of large contingents of visitors by
every train Friday.
Every housewife in Topeka the hus
bands too will want to see the up-to-the-minute
displays. Goods have been
imported directly from the east and the
latest ideas are embodied in this worth
while show. The window trimmers
have put in their best efforts in mak
ing the displays interesting and attrac
tive. '
The show is not confined to the win
dows the interiors of the Topeka stores
have never presented a more pleasing
aspect. .
The Topeka merchants have ' barred
the "freaks'' or extremes of fashion as
far as possible in their displays and
emphasis has been placed on the prac
tical things the goods that are actu
ally bought and used by the average
person of ordinary means.
The visitors from out of the city say
that shopping in Topeka is a pleasure.
They express themselves as being
pleased with the courtesies extended
and the effort made to see that their
every want is gratified. They are en
thusiastic over Topeka as a retail
center.
HEADS' TORN OFF
German Trenches Filled With
Piles of Human Wreckage.
War's Rude Butchery Described
by French Correspondent.
Paris, Oct. 8. Emile Fabre. the cor
respondent of the Journal Des Debats
who is a lieutenant of Alpine Chas
seurs, writes from near Verdun: v
"I have seen German trenches choked
with corpses, their heads separated
from tbe bodies and limbs lorn off.
Further away were several infantry
regiments that had been entirely de
stroyed, their bodies forming a heap
three feet deep. In one wood a thousand
Uhlans were wiped out.
This awful carnage was caused by
our wonderful 75 millimetre guns. I
have seen them destroy entire columns
at a distance of 800 yards. The explo
sive force of the shells of our heavy
artillery is so great that six horses
could easily be interred together in the
hole which the projectiles bore into the
ground." - ' -
Weather Forecast for Kansas. .
Unsettled tonight and Friday; prob
ably showers In the east portion of
the state tonight. .
St. Louis City Series. .
St. Louis American-National game
postponed; rain. . . . . - .
VICTORY IN FRANCE DEPENDS
ON THE POWERS OF ENDUROE
LUCK PLATS BIG
PART IN SERIES.
Will luck, in any form, manifest
itself in the series between the
Braves and the Athletics? "Tis
well, always, in doping the winner
of such a short series, to make al
lowances for the vagaries of for
tune. Luck has decided more than
one world's series. .
Was it luck that saved the Red
Sox from defeat in the world's
series of 1912? Well, rather! A
double-barreled dose of it. In the
tenth inning, Snodgrass made his
famous $30,000 muff on Engle's
fly, for which he was well set.
Merkle then failed to get an. easy
foul from the bat of Tris Speaker.
Speaker took advantage ' of the
life thus awarded him and
singled, sending in Engle with the
tying run. Terkes, who had pre
ceded Speaker and been given a
base on balls, reached third on
the hit,' from whence he scored
later on Lewis' sacrifice fly, end
ing the game and the series in fa
jvor of Boston.
LIVE INJRENCIIES
German Soldiers Get Only
Warm Meal in Night.
Dare Not Kindle Fire During
the Day.
Berlin, Oct t. According to the
latest dispatch reaching here from
(probably some place in France)
frontal attacks have proved so costly
to both sides that they have been de
ferred. The antagonists are awaiting
the results of flanking movements,
wheih promise greater effect with
fewer casualties. The German sol
dier3 in the center of the line (in
France) live In their trenches. The
only warm meal they get is served
in the night. It is impossible to kin
dle a fire in the day as the smoke dis
closes their positions. Otherwise, the
men live on cold victuals, fruits and
HE'S NOSPORT"
Weather Man Hands Out Gloom
Program for Series :- -"t
Braves and Athleties Practice
on Slippery Field Today.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8. Today's
weather predictions for ... the world's
series baseball game here tomorrow
and Saturday saddened the hearts of
the fans. There is no hope for clear
weather. The best that can be ex
pected for the next two days, aocord
ing to the weather man, are clouds
with occasional light rains.
Conditions were unfavorable today
for the final practice of the Philadel
phia Athletics and the Boston Braves.
A light rain fell during the night and
occasionally in the forenoon, enough
to make the ground slippery. George
Stallings, the Boston manager, who
last night decided he would not ac
cept the offer of the use of Shibe park
for practice this morning because he
wanted the field in the afternoon, was
in no happy frame of mind. He said
the refusal of Connie Mack, manager
of the Philadelphia club, to permit the
Boston players to use Shibe park in
the afternoon was unsportsmanlike,
since the Athletics are familiar with
the lights and shadows of Fenway
park, Boston. Mack, it is understood,
gave the Boston team the use of the
playing field in the morning because
he intended to use it In the afternoon
for his own men and also wanted to
have the field prepared for the big
games.
"Chick" Davles; the young New
England college player, is the latest to
go on the hospital list of players. He
has catarrh of the appendix.
Have Had Words.
Managers Stallings and Mack had a
torrid conversation over the telephone
today, according to the leader of the
Boston team. Stallings - said Mack
called him up to protest against In
terviews In newspapers in which
Stallings characteriezd Mack's refusal
to let the National league champions
practice at Shibe park this afternoon
as "unsportsmanlike." Mack attempt
ed to "call him down," said Stallings,
for such talk and hot words followed.
The Boston manager appeared to be
greatly worked up.
The inevitable scandal with relation
to the sale of tickets has crept Into
the world's series. This time the po
lice are the ones accused of grafting
in connection with the sale of tickets
and an official investigation is in prog
ress. Garry Herrmann, chairman of the
national commission, who has charge
of the world's series, was busy here
today. He was besieged for tickets.
Charles 'V Ebbetts of the Brooklyn
team was among those who asked for
tickets for friends. Like the rest he
was refused.
HOT AHlCCUPATIOII.
Tbe Japanese Merely Took Possession
of Jalult.
Tokio, Oct. 8. Government officials
are careful to designate that the tak
ing of the German island of Jaluit,
seat of government in the Marshall
archipelago. Pacific ocean, and the de
struction of the German base waa not
an occupation. Nevertheless, they de
clare Japan's assurances that the em
pire has no ambition for territorial
aggrandizement must not be interpret
ed to mean that the Japanese will re
frain from taking steps necessary tor
.the protection of commerce. -
Battle Is No Longer One of Machine-Like
Strategy.
Lines First Falter, Then Tight
en and Become Firm.
gk::d cav.lry nm to
Bat Not in Sufficient Strength '
To Be of Importance.
Nerer in Military Annals Ex
Such a Situation Appeared
On the Battle Front, Oct. 7 Tig
Paris. Oct. 8. The fiercest fighting
which has marked the conflict In ths
French theater of war has taken place'
since Monday on the western wing of
the allied armies. New forces oC Gar
man cavalry and infantry which have)
appeared in front of the allies' Unas)
have used every resource and every
effort to attain success. They haw
thrown themselves again and again at.
the French and British who hav
brought equally strong bodies
troops forward to oppose them. '
The battle is no longer one of machine-like
strategy of two armies, but
a contest centering in the powers o
endurance of two bodies of humane
beings, each as determined as the oth-. -er
not to give up the struggle before!
victory is achieved. Here and thereto
the lines have faltered one way or thsj
other under the shock but again bav
tightened up and become firm.
At one point the German cavalry
even succeeded in breaking through tkpi ,
aiiics imes, Hi H. puure wnicn mvTi rw
main undisclosed, but hot In sufficient
strength to make their feat of appra
ciable importance. The retirement of
the allies was, however, fully in accord '
ance with the plans of the general state.
The breach in the line was at an acuta-
Continued on Page-Two.) " 1
DEAR IS CHECKED
Russian Advance Into Prussia.
Repulsed by Germans. ' ! 1
Kaiser Has Sent Reinforce-.
ments Frm Koemigsberg.
London. 6ct. 8. On the East Prus-"
Stan frontier the. BasMan advance into
German territory, - after thelf ' defeat'
of the Germans in Russia, seems to
have been checked, the Germans hav
ing brought up reinforcements from
Koenigsberg. They are offering a
stubborn opposition on the Vaadlsla--voff-Ratchka
front. The former place -is
on the East Prussian frontier. Just
north of the Eydkuhnen border sta
tion on the Berlin and Petrograd rail
way, so that the Russians have re
gained most of their own territory and
at Grajevo and other points have a
footing on German territory, while the
Germans appear still to be in Russia
north of Suwalki. . -
The advance guard of the two
armies in Southern Poland have come
into contact and both claim the vic
tory. In . the first . skirmish, the
Vienna general staff says, the Austro-'
German army invading Poland from
Cracow forced the Russians to retreat
from Opatow and Klinontow and la
now starting to force them to retreat
from the river Dunajec.
The Russian official reports simply
announce that this operation is occur
ring without givng any result, but
Rome dispatches state flatly that the
Austro-German attack oh the Russians
massed along the banks of the Dunajec .
and threatening Cracow was repulsed
and that the attacking column was
driven back with heavvy losses by the
Russian artillery fire from the opposite
bank of the Vistula which, being in
flood, could not be crossed. The Rus
sians also claim to have defeated an
Austrian detachment in the Carpathi
ans, westward of the River Sanskl cap- ,
turing machine guns and prisoners.
ANOTHER Rl.
Unsettled Night Brought Month j
- Rainfall to 1.29 Indies.
Following Intermittent rain Wednes
day night and early this mroning the
sky cleared and the weather the fore
part of the day waa pleasant but ab
normally warm for this season of the
year. The minimum temperature at .
6:30 o'clock this morning 80 degrees i
was 10 degrees above normal for :
this date.
The rainfall was .28 of an Inch,',
making the total for the month 1.2
inches. Normal for the entire month
of October is but 1.91 inches. October
is one of the dry months of the year.
The Santa Fe reports light rain In
the eastern division. There was no
rain west of Newton. According to the '
Rock Island reports there was a light
rain between McFarland and Caldwell,
and a good rain all the way from
Bucklin in Ford county, to Herington. .
The forecast: "Unsettled tonight
and Friday; probably showers in the
east portion."
The stage of tbe Kaw river today
was 3.9 feet; a year ago today it was
3.5 feet. Normal for October is six
feet. - -
The highest temperature on this
date in the 28 years that the local rec
ords have been kept was 85 In 1893;
the lowest was 83 In 1894. The great- '
est precipitation on this date was 3.93
inches.
The weather has been a typical May.,
variety in the last 24 hours. It has
been warm for October nine degrees
above normal and the showers have
been of the May kind.
There Is a "flat" weather map which t
Indicates that there will be no atmos-
pheric disturbances in " the .next 24 -hours.
... - ; -
The hourly readings
7o 'clock .....61
8 o'clock .....42
11 o'clock 74 1
12 o'clock 74
1 o'clock . . . . . 7f
2 o'clock ...,.78'
t o'clock . . ...It
9 o'clock - .... 64
10 o'clock .,...