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the World.
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The All-Year Playground o
America.
ONLY ASSOCIATED PRESS PAPER IN PENSACOLA MEMBER NEWS ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION.
VOL. XXIII, NO. 330.
THE WEATHER
Cloudy today; Thursday fair.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
STRIKE IN PACKING INDUSTR
THROUGH EFFORTS OF SECRETA
AVERTED
RY DAVIS
EMPLOYERS AND
PACKERS H AV E
CON PRO (USED
Reduction of Wages Have Been
Agreed Upon With Eight
Hour Day
SECRETARY DAVIS
HIGHLY GRATIFIED
Workers Agreed to Cut in Wages
After Pressure by Gov
ernment. "'(By Tha Associated Press)-
WASHINGTON, March 23.t-Pros
pecta of an immediate Btrike in the
packing Industry were averted tonight
through the, mediation of Secretary of
Labor Davis.
Compromises on the part of the em
j)loyes in accepting the recently an
nounced wage reduction and upon the
part of the five big packers in con
senting to a six months extension ft
the Alschuler arbitration arrange
mont made possible the settlement af
ter three days of conferences in which
representatives of the packers and
employes and Secretaries Davis, Hoo
ver and Wallace participated.
The terms' of settlement as agreed
to are in brief as follows:
Reduction of wages amounting to 8
cents an hour for hourly workers and
12 1-2 per cent for piece workers.
Retention of the basic eight-hour
day and overtime rates as provided in
tha war time Alschuler ruling.
Extension for six months, or until
next September 15, of the arrangement
whereby Judge Samuel Alschuler shall
decide all Questions of hours, wages,
conditions and adjustments not speci
fically provided, for In tte written
agreement. "
Pressure by the government was
understood to have been largely re
sponsible for the attaining of the
agreement. . The controversy between
the packers and their employes was
the first major labor difficulty to face
the new administration and President
Harding referred the matter to Secre
tary Davis who called In Secretaries
Hoover and Wallace to assist him.
"Statements Issued by the partlcl
patlng parties after the Blgnlng of
the agreement snowect some aiverg
ence of opinion as to the real mean
ing of the settlement. Secretary Davis
said "It has prevented a strike , of
very serious consequences." The em
ployes' delegates, Dennis I vane and
itedmond 8. Urennan, declared "the
agreement is a truce to prepare for
war." The packers representatives,
James (1. Condon and Carl Meyer, de
clared "this will enable the packers
to complete plans already announced
to adjust between themselves and their
employes all matters of mutual inter
est." Provision of the agreement as signed
by J. G. Condon and Carl Meyer, rep
resenting the five big packers, and
by Dennis Lane and Itedmon S. Ftren
nan, for the Amalgamated Order cf
Meat Cutters and butchers' Workers
of North America, follows:
Provisiona of Agreement.
"First. The wage cuts of 8 cents
per hour for hourly workers and 12 1-2
per cent for all piece workers shall
remain In effect as of the dates an
nounced by the packers and shall not
be subject to any further arbitration.
If any further reductions are desired
they shall be submitted to the admin
istrator. "Second. The basic eight hour day
and overtime rates as announced in
the latest rulings of Judge Alschuler
(Continued On Paga Two.)
HELPING PENSACOLA
Each day, In this space, The Journal
will give a condensed history of one of
the leading business firms of the city.
' REYNALDS MUSIC HOUSE opened
its doors for business at 121 S. Pala
fox street. In September, 1910, and
since that time it has expanded its ac
tivities until now it Is one of the moat
important music houses In the south
east. In 1914 when other business houses
were restricting their operations. Rey
nakl'a decided to expand and moved
into Its present location at 121 S. Pal
afox street.
Reynald's handles vlctrolas, nation
ally advertised musical instruments,
kodaks, nationally advertised by the
Eastman Kodak Co.. Corona typewrit
ers. Free sewing machines and string
ed instruments.
Manager George J. Emmanuel prides
himself in the service which his house
gives. The kodak finishing plant is
especially noteworthy, doing as large a
business as any house in any city In
the state.
Manager Emmanuel is also known
throughout the city for his civic activ
ities. Whenever an active committee
needed, "George does it."
STOLEN GOODS. IDENTIFIED
BY WITNESSES AT SESSION
OF EXPRESS ROBBERS TRIAL
Witness Hughes Say They Had All Lied When Stealing, But
Insisted That He Would Not Lie On Any of the Defend
ants, Regardless of Consequences.
(Bv Tha Associated Press).
MACON, Ga.. March 23. Through
twelve witnesses who took the stand
during the last thirty minutes of to
day's session of the federal court. The
government identified some of the
goods mentioned in the testimony of
W. A. Hughes as having been stolen
from the American Railway Express
company during government control.
There were other witnesses who named
the specific homes among the 53 de
fendants on trial on charges of con
spiracy to steal from the United States
government in which the property was
wrecked.
It was announced tonight that the
identification of other property will
continue tomorrow.
The cross examination of Hughes
was finished today, and the re-direct
examination lasted only five minutes.
Hughes was ill, when he left the stand,
DID NOT ASK
FOR CLEMENCY
Government Has Made No Ap
peal for Nuef and Zimmer,
Sentenced in Baden.
(By The Aasoclated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 23. Secre
tary Weeks said today that so far as
the war department was concerned no
request had been sent to the German
government for clemency for Carl
Neuf and Frana Zimmer, American
detectives who have been sentenced to
prison terms at Mosbach, Baden, as a
result of an attempt to arrest Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, American draft
evader. In Eberbach, Jast January.
Mr. Weeks said he would confer
later with Secretary Hughes in an ef
fort to settle the .question of whether
the state department or the war de
partment property had jurisdiction in
the case. Meantime, it is said, the
state department has taken no action.
The war department, in the last
days of former Secretary Baker's
regime, and thus far in the new ad
ministration has consistently taken
the attitude that the question of the
arrest and trial of the two Americans
by the German authorities was a state
department affair.
ALLEGES MAN
WAS KIDNAPED
MACON, Ga., March 23. Two
white men were arrested here today
charged with kidnaping W. D. Lavar,
23, and holding him for a ransom of
$30. Those arrested gave the names
of , Bill Reld and John Sullivan.
Mrs. Rosa Iavar, who obtained the
warrants for the arrests, showed
county officials, according to the
sheriff, a receipt for $5 as part pay
ment for the release of her son.
Lavar claims that he was lured to
Boggy swamp in Houston county, and
when he attempted to return he was
tied with a rope and held. Mrs. Lavar!
charges that her son was threatened'
with death If she did not pay the
ransom.
ARRESTED ON
MURDER CHARGE
(By The' Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, March 23. Robert
Rosenbluth, a former captain of the
213th regiment of engineers, was ar
rested here tonight on a charge of
murder In connection with the death
of Major Alexander P. Cronkheit at
Camp Lewis, Wash., on October 25,
1918. ,
Cardinal Gibbons Seriously 111;
His Death Expected at Any Time
(By The Associated Press)
BALTIMORE, Md., March 23. The
death of Cardinal Gibbons was mo
mentarily expected tonight, and his
physicians believed he would not
have the strength to live through an
other day, it was announced at the
arch episcopal residence ,thl9 even
ing. Throughout the day the cardinal's
condition was precarious. He lapsed
Into unconsciousness several times,
each time the physicians believing
that the end had come.
A constant watch was kept at the
aged pre'ate's bedside by the physi
cians and every effort was made to
ward off the hour of his death. In all
Catholic churches of the city prayers
but Assistant District Attorney E.
Clem Powers declared that his story
had not been shaken by the cross ex
amination of more than a day.
Three times during the cross ex
amination. Judge , Beverly D. Evans
stopped Judge E. W. Maynard, of this
city, and insisted that he follow the
Instructions of the court as to the
cross examination confining himself to
his own clients. The lawyers for the
defense had agreed to leave the gen
eral cross-examination to former As
sistant District Attorney Wallace
Miller.
Hughes denied that he had given an
art square to M. E. Sheppard as a
wedding present. "I said, 'Sheppard,
there's an art square without any
marks.' He said, 'good, I'll take it," "
the witness declared.
Cross-examined regarding a whiskey
(Continued on Page Two.)
POLAND WANTS
DISTRIBUTION
Would Divide Territory With
Germany According to
Commune Vote.
(By The Associated Press).
WASHINGTON, March 23. Poland
will press the inter-allied commission
charged Av(i,th definite determination
of Upper Silesia, for a distribution
of the territory between Poland and
Germany based on the commune vote,
according to official advices received
today by the Polish legation here
from Warsaw.
Germany has indicated her inten
tion to lay claim to the entire region
on the basis of the numerical major
ity returned In her favor In Utfper
Silesia as a whole, without distinction
to communes or districts. This claim,
the Warsaw dispatches indicated, will
be strongly opposed by the Polish
foreign office, which interprets Arti
cle 88 of the treaty of Versailles as
not providing for the attribution to
either Poland or Germany of Upper
Silesia as a whole.
"According to the treaty," the dis
patch said, "the inter-allied commis
sion will submit to the supreme coun
cil of the allied and associated pow
ers the plan of division, of Upper Si
lesia by a basis of votes in the com
munes, taking ito consideration the
economic and geographical situation
of each locality." '
Latest advices received today from
Warsaw by the Polish legation while
the entire territory in favor of Ger
many, showed an augmented total
number of districts and communes
which voted for Poland. In the 10 dis
tricts which were reported on the ba
sis of the latest returns as giving Po
lish majorities. 507 communes were
said to have voted Polish, as com
pared with 140 in favor of Germany.
The fotal majority claimed by Poland
in the 10 districts was 14,808.
BLACK FINED ON
LIQUOR CHARGE
(By The Associated Press).
MIAMI. Fla., March 23. Pleading nolle
contendre. Harry Francis Black, New
York millionaire, arrested a week ago
on a charge of violating the prohibition
laws, was fined $500 today in the court
of Hugh Matheson, mayor of Cocoanut
Grove, where Black's private car was
raided last week and 60 cases cf liquor
seized. Black's two negTo servants were
each fined $300 in the same court Mon
day. Date for the trial of Black in
county criminal court on the same
charge has not yet been set. His car
is still being held by the county au
thorities. were offered for his recovery or hap
py death.
Anxious Inquiries were madevat the
arch-episcopal residence and of the
newspapers for news concerning the
cardinal throughout the day. Several
times rumors circulated that he had
died early in the afternoon.
The extreme illness of, the cardinal,
who until last Sunday "was believed
to be slowly regaining his health, cast
an additional gloom over Holy Week,
but in event of his death the Holy
Week services will continue uninter
rupted.' it was stated by the cathedral
authorities. The Tenebrae service held
tonight at the cathedral was Jhe first
in many years at wihch Cardinal Gib
bons ydid not preside and sing the
bened'etus.
LENIE APPEALS
FORCONFERENCE
AND AGREEMENT
Willing to Send Delegation to
This Country for That
Purpose.
READY TO RESUME
TRADE RELATIONS
Officials Are to Take Matter
Under Serious Consid
eration. (By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. March 23. Considera
tion by the United States of the ques
tion of resuming trade relations with the
Russian soviet government appeared to
be a possibility today when the state
department announced the receipt of a
message from Lenine, the Russian lead
er, appealing for a conference and an
nouncing that he stood ready to send an
official delegation to this country for the
purpose of negotiating an agreement to
that end.
Government officials were careful not
to commit themselves as to the course
that may be taken, but there were in
dications that the closest scrutiny had
been piven the recently-negotiated British-Russian
treaty and that already a
somewhat broader interpretation had
been Riven the regulations that defined
775 Wilson administration's policy In
dealing with the bolshevlkl government.
The text of the Russian appeal, which
in proposing trade relations oetween tha
two countries, said: "For that purpose
the relations between th j two republics
have to be on the whole regularized."
was issued without comment. It was
addressed to the United States congress
and to President Harding, and contained
an arraignment of President Wilson for
his policy in dealing with Russia. Tha
hope was expressed that the United
States would not continue to follow
obdurately "the course taken by Presi
dent Wilson who," the note declared,
"without cause and without any declara
tion of watf, had attacked Russia and
showed during his whole ftdministration.
a growing hostility toward the Russian
republic."
With the formal proposal to send an
official delegation here, the note con
(Continued On Page Two.)
TOWBOAT MEN
TO WALK OUT
Will Be Protest Against Wage
Cut Placed in Effect
March 1.
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, March 23. -Orders for
an immediate strike of marine work
ers on ocean going towboats along
the Atlantic and gulf coasts probably
will be Issued within 24 hours, Thom
as B. Healy, general manager of the
Marine Engineers' Beneficial associa
tion, announced here tonight. He
said plans for the walkout in protests
against wage cuts placed in effect
March 1 by the Atlantic Coa.st Tow
boat Owners' association had been
completed today, and were awaiting
approval of the association's national
executive committee.
This, he added, was expected before
tomorrow morning, whereupon orders
to quit work would be given.
Captain Frederick Gainard. secre
tary of the American Ocertn Licensed
Officers conference, an amalgamation
of all marine organizations here, said
that this organization will give its
moral and financial support to the
strike.
The strike, according to union lead
ers, would affect more than 150 ocean
going towboats, and about 2,400 men.
OPPOSE CLARA
IN THE FILMS
Representative of Moving Pic
ture Theatres Agree Not
to Exhibit Them.
(By The Associated Press)
. SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 The
allied amusement industries of Cali
fornia composed cf representatives of
motion picture theatres, went on rec
or dtoday as opposing the appearance
in films of Clara Smith Hamon, re
cently acquitted of the slaying of
Jake L. Hamon in Ardmore, Okla.
The motion picture theatre repre
sentatives adopted a resolution declar
ing "this association is of the opinion
that an exhibition of this sort would
unduly and improperly put a premium
on violence."
The members' of the association
pledged themselves not to exhibit any
pictures in which Clara Hamon appears.
U. S. MARSHALL PERKINS
TENDERS RESIGNATION TO
TAKE EFFECT MARCH 31
Will Remove to Arkansas City, Kansas, 'Where He Will Be Gen
eral Manager of Sand and Gravel Concern 111 Health of
His WTife the Cause.
James B. Perkins, United States mar-.
shal for the northern district of Florida,
since October, 1913, has tendered his
resignation to take effect at the close
of business March 31, according to an
announcement by Mr. Perkins yester
day. "
In announcing his resignation, Mr.
Perkins said that two considerations
forced him to relinquish the office. One
is his wife's ill health and the other is
the fact that he has- been made vice
president and ' general manager of a
$100,000 sand and gravel concern at
Arkansas City, Kansas. Mr. Perkins
will leave just as soon as possible for
j his new home and will take his son Oli
I ver with him as secretary and treas
urer.
Mr. Perkins came to Pensacola lo
years ago and in that length of time
has become affiliated with every move
ment for good in the city. He has
been active in Red Cross and war work, '
STRAWBERRY
INE LEGAL
" 1
Can Be Manufactured if for
Non-Beverage Purposes
Only.
(By The Associated Press).
WASHINGTON, March 23. A per
mit to manufacture wine out of straw
berries for non-beverage purposes was
issued tonight to the Strawberry
Growers association of Louisianaby
the bureau of internal revenue. Pro
vision is made in the permit that no
sugar shall be added to increase the
alcoholic content of the product.
AVhile no explanation of the issu
ance of the permit was made by the
bureau, officials said that the straw
berry growers had appealed to the
prohibition authorities for permission
to set up a winery in order to care
for their surplus crop which was es
timated to be worth $50,000,000. Un
der the Volstead act, it was explained,
it is legal to establish wineries for
the manufacture of non-beverage pro
ducts for sacramental or medicinal
purposes.
The association, it was said, plars
to erect in Tangipahovva parish of
Louisiana a large wine manufacturing
plant which will take care of the sur
plus strawberries . of the growers.
Whether' the principle on which the
permit was issued to the strawberry
men would apply In other cases' offi
cials could not say but it was sug
gested that should a surplus of ber
ries occur in other states, the pro
ducers would be entitled to" an oppor
tunity to show whether there was
danger of heavy loss unless tha estab
lishment of a winery, was resorted to.
Such procedure, officials Intimated,
would not be confined to strawberry
producers but would include producers
of other Juicy berries blackberries,
blueberries and the different shades of
raspberries- and might in the case of
necessity cover vegetables such as
beets and possibly dandelions and el
derberries. BOMB EXPLODES;
KILLS TWENTY
(By The Associated Press.)
LONDON, March 23. A bomb ex
plosion took place in the Diana thea
tre at Milan, Italy, tonight, twenty
persons being killed, according to a
dispatch to the London Times from
that city. Many were injured, at
eAst twenty of whom are not expected
to survive.
Police believe that the outrage was
the work of anarchists as a protest
against Malatesta's imprisonment.
Lieut. Hamilton Drops 24,400 Feet,
Record for 'Parachute Leaping
(By The Associated Press)
CHAMPAIGN, 111., March 23. A
new world's record for paraxJihute
leaping was made today, when Lieut.
Arthur G. Hamilton dropped 24,400
feet, nearly 4.3-5 miles from an air
plane at Chanute field. He made the
ascent in a DeHaviland B-4, piloted
by Lieut. Harry Weddlngton and de
scended in a regulation parachute.
He slept during the hour and 28 min
utes required to n?ake the ascent,
but kept much awake during the
drop. "It was just like any other leap,"
was i.ieut. Hamilton's only comment
after establishing the record. Special
in all civic activities and is an honoied
member of the Kiwanis club.
Speaking of his life in Pensacola. Mr.
Perkins said yesterday: "1 have learned
to love the city and its people. They
have been gqod to me and I have many
loyal friends. The support and encour
agement I have received here have made
me happy and it is a great cross for me
to leave but I cannot do otherwise un
der the circumstances."
Mr. Perkins believes in Pensacola and
its people and he expressed a hope that
the spirit of cooperation among the
people would grow until the slogan of
the community should become "all for
one and one for all."
The local republican executive com
mittee and the state republican com
mittee have endorsed Peter Miller of the
Miller-Harbeson Mercantile Co.. of De
Funiak, to be Mr. Perkins' successor,
and it is considered certain that he will
be appointed within a few days. Mr.
Miller is now in Washington in the in
terests of his candidacy.
FIND NO RECORD
DEBT TO
FRANCE
Despite Assertion That This
Country Owed 800,000,000
Francs..
(By The Associated Press).
WASHINGTON, Mar. 23. Treaarry
officials again Insisted today that
search of files ' revealed no unpaid
debts to France despite the assertion
in the . French senate .last night of
Senator Gaudin de VUlalne "that Louis
XVI In 1778, in the name of th French
nation, and to save the young Amer
ican' republic, had loaned America
800,000,000 fanes," which the senator
said had never been repaid. The pos
sibility of an unpaid debt , to France
was brougfht up about a year ago,
one treasury official said, and to an
swer the question then propounded, a
careful scrutiny was made of treasury
records. The search showed, this of
ficial added, that the United States
had repaid all the debts of which there
was a record.
Several treasury officials directed
attention to a history of the national
loans of the United States written in
1S82 by Rafael Bayley of the treasury.
department. This volume, now, ex
ceedingly rare, shows that France
made four loans aggregating $6,352,500
to the American colonies for prosecu
tion of the war of independence.
Various payments on these loans,
the history shows, were made in the
form of tobacco and otherwise in ad
dition to cash. These payments left
one balance of $1,848,000 which was
merged into the 5 per cent stock of
1795, final payment having been made
in 1815. The only other balance, the
history further said, amounted to
$176,000 when it was merged into the
44 per cent stock of 1795, and final
pas ment was made in 1808.
SAWMILL ASSN.
ASKS FOR RELIEF
(By The Associated Press.)
LAKELAND, March 23. The Flor
ida district member sof the Georgia
Florida Sawmill Men's association in
session here today, adopted resolutions
declaring that the lumber of other in
dustries and shippers must have re
lief from the present high freight
rates and that the only way to secure
the relief is for congress to abolish
the railroad labor board and allow the
roads to lower wages by dfrect dealing
with their employes. The Southern
Pine association and the National
Lumbermen's association will be asked
to adopt the resolutions and work to
this end.
arrangements were made and the
plane and motor were tuned up by the
best experts at the field.
Lieutenant Hamilton landed seven
miles northeast of Chanute field.
There was little wind when he jump
ed from the plane, but at an altitude
of 18,000 feet a strong current car
ried him along. He said this current
was no different- from that encoun
tered in previous parachute descents.
He declared there were no peculiar
senslitions at any time dnirlng: the
descent.
-Another pilane was seit up after
the big deHaviland began the flight.
It followed Lieut. Hamilton during his
descent and carried him back to Cha
nute field.
CHARGED WITH
EMBEZZLEMENT
ON HIGH SEAS
i 11 "
Nelson B. Alexander Arrested
by Deputy United States
Marshal. 1
SAID TO HAVE SOLD
SCHOONER'S CARGO
Then Abandoned the Vessel, An
American Fishing
Schooner.
Charged with embezzlement on the high
sea in connection with the abandonment
of the American fishing schooner. Mari
etta G., and the sale of her cargo at St.
Andrews in 1?19, Nelson B. Alexander,
alias Breyeard, was arrested here yes
terday by Deputy U. S. Marshal Cuyler
McMillan. Alexander was indicted in
the United States district court in June,
1920, but had eluded arrest until yes
terday. Federal authorities said Alexander
sailed the Marietta G. out of Mobile in
October, 1919, for the Star Fish and
Oyster Co., her owntr. and after com-
pleting a voyage to the snapper banks
off Yucatan, started on the return trip.
The next" record of the schooner was
when she arrived at St. Andrews and
the skipper sold the cargo for $S00 to
prevent it from spoiling.
The authorities charge that Alexander
sailed the schooner to St. Andrews with
the full intention 'of sllin? her and her
fcarfo there and of leaving with the
money. ,
Deputy Marshal McMillan learned
early yesterday that Alexander bad been
seen in rensacola and immediately asked
for the capias in the case, issued with
the indictment. ,lle then conducted an
all-day search, finally locating Alexan
der late in the afternoon.
SUPERINTENDENT
TO HAVE TRIAL
(By The Associated Pseas).
BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., . March 23.
The Virginia state board of education
will hold a hearing here tomorrow on
the case of W. D. Smith, divisional
school superintendent of Scott county,
Virginia, who is charged with neg
lecting his duties as head of the
Scott county school system.
Governor Westmoreland Davis and
Attorney General John R. Saunders,
members of the state board, are ex
pected to be here for the hearing.
DENBY WITNESSES
TARGET PRACTICE
(By The Associated Press).
OX BOARD THE U. S. BATTLESHIP
PENNSYLVANIA. OFF GIANTANAMO.
CUBA, March 23. Edwin 1 enby. the
American secretary of the navy, arrived
off Guantanamo today on ! ard the
torpedo heat destroyer Ci"wni.ihie!d.
Later Mr. Denl.y transferred iii.s fl.ig
to the battleship Pennsylvania during
the maneuvers at sea.
Together with Admiral Wilsoa the
secretary witnessed target practice from
the bridge of the flagship. On n-turning
to Guantanamo, Mr. Dejiby will inspect
the naval station.
TURKS ATTACKED
BY THE GREEKS
(By Th.- Associated Press).
SMYRNA, March 23 The Greek of
fensive against the Turkish nationalists
under Mustauha Kemmal Pasha, started
today, according to latest advices re
ceived here.
THE WEATHER TODAY
PENSACOLA AND VICINITY Cloudy
Thursday: Friday fair, not much chango
in temperature.
WINDS Hatt.ras to K.-y West Frfh
east winds, cloudy weather, occasionally
showers. Thursday.
East Gulf Moderate variable winds,
partly cloudy weather Thursday.
West Gulf Fresh south shifting winds,
partly cloudy weather Thursday.
U. S. WEATHER REPORT
Pensacola, March .'4
Nunrise . . . 5 : 4'- a m.
Sunset . . . 6:"2 p m.
Moonrise . . 6:09 p.m.
Moonset . . ;:3"a.m.
Next phase of the.
moor, last quarter
Mar;h 31.
High tide. . S:21a.m.
Lo- tide . 8:12 p.m.
YESTERDAY'S
WEATHER
Temperature.
Dry Wet
Bulb. Bulb.
7 a.m. ... 69 69
12 noon . . 73 70
7 p.m. ... "2 68
Highest 75 Ixcwest 67
Mean 72 Normal 63
Mean same date last year 62
Accumulated excess this year to date 24
Highest of record for March 87
Lowest ofi record for lrch 24
Rainfall.
For 24 hours ending 7 p.m 0
Total for this month to 7 p. m 5.7
NormaJ for March s.SI
Accumulated deficiency this year to
date 3.08
Humidity.
7a.ni 96 12 noon. ..85 7p.m.. ..SI
Barometer.
7 a.m. 30.21 7 p.m. S0.LV