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LINE
TO FAR ROCKAWAy
DECLARED UNSAFE
Shocking Condition of AZ
fairs" Says Commissioner
Cram at Hearing To-Day.

Sections OF a "T' rail- the rotting OF
which by action Of salt water Is claimed
TO have teen responsible for derail-
ment, were silent witnesses to-day at n
hearing before Public Service Commits
sioner j. Sergeant Cram into the con-
dition OF the tracks OF the Far Rock
away Division Of the Long Island Elec-
trio Railway Company.
ITO my mind" said Commissioners
Cram, after examining the rail. "it Is
a very serious question whether the
be permitted to continue to operate
this branch at all. The testimony
I given to-day shows a shocking con-
dition of affairs. BY all means the
road should be made safe as soon as
! possible
Clifton W. Wilder. electrical engineer
for the Public Service Commission. gave
the testimony on which the Commissions
era opinion was based.
Rails on the Far Rockaway division
are rotten" testified tho expert. This
| condition Is uue 10 me CheHNcal action
OF the salt water. 1t Is known as
salt water corrosion.'
Mr. Wilder produced two sections of
tho rotted rail. This rail, (, Is said.
snapped on Oct. 10. causing the derail.
ment OF u train.
The rotted pieces produced here" said
Mr.. Wilder. are typical of dozens of
other rails on the Far Rockaway hi.
vision. IL a serious accident occurred
along the Turnpike n train might be
plunged into the bay. Water at many
points In that locality would be above a
mans head at high tide. The salt water
has had q disastrous effect on the cleo.
trio equipment all along the division
The Long Island company could not
give u safe and reliable service on thai
branch II 1t wanted to under present
conditions. The Far Rockaway Dlvi
sion should be rebuilt"
Representatives OF the railroad com
oany asked Commissioner Cram to ad
journ the hearing.
Il will agree to give you an adjourn
ment until Friday" said the Com
missioner.
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HARMS FOUND GUILTY
OF Attempted ARSON
Sullivan County Hotel Man Con.
victed of Planning to Fire Man.
sion House at Liberty.

MONTICELLO. y. Y. Nov. al.-Ricn-
ard Harms. q well known hotel man Of
Sullivan County and formerly Of New
York City. was found guilty here to-
day OF attempted arson. He was
accused OF planning to burn down the
MansioA House at Liberty. for which
he had paid $4,000. and which had
been insured for $4,000. A startling
feature Of the evidence brought against
him was that nifty summer guests were
In the hotel at the time that he made the
attempt.
Detectives. put on the case by insur-
ance compa MES after two automobiles
and . bungalow belonging to Harms
had been buried and insurance col
iected. said they discovered that Harms
had made all preparation to Ore the
hotel in a room on the third floor. Paper
and plaster had been torn from the
walls and heaped. with other inham.
mab!e rubbish on the floor. and severa,
cans OF kerosene had been placed in the
| room wheel the arrest OF Harms was
made
Ernest Bedoine. . clerk Of the house
swore that Harms had offered him $500
to set the place on Are. Harms, In
contra diction. teatihed that Bedoins hat
told him he needed money badly. sug
gested the airing Of the hotel and offeret
to do IL for $500. Harms vas fOrmerl,
the owner Of the Monticello House ant
tho Hotel Palm here. The trial LASTED
ten days.
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FAST TRAIN SPLITS
|. ON 5O-FOOT LEDGE
At EDGE OF LAKE
Engine of Imperial Limited
Hurled Into Water, While
Pullmans Hang on Brink.

WINNIPEG. Manitoba, Nov. 2i-Fire-
man =, . Connor Of Schneider, Ontario.
was drowned and many passengers
narrowly escaped death shortly after
: A. NJ. to-day. when the first section
OF the Canadian Pacific Railroads I'M
perial Limited. wcs,bound from Mon.
treal to Vancouver. was wrecked near
Caldwell. l75 miles west Of Fort Will
lam. ontario.
The wreck WAS caused by the engine
jumping tho track at point where the
road skirts Lake Superior on a ledge
some nifty feet above the water. The
engine plunged into the lake, carrying
Fireman Oconnor to his death. The en-
gineer escaped by jumping from the win
dow OF his cab. The club and dining
cars and the heavily loaded Pulimans
remained ON the top OF the grade. The
baggage cars also remained on the
tracks,
A sever, storm whipped across tho
north shore Of Lake Superior all night
carrying down poles and telegraph wires
for many miles east OF White River
Ont. For this reason Canadian PacinC
railroad oflicials experienced difiiculty
In communicating from Fort william
with trainmen ut the point where the
wreck occurred. The railroad official,
received sufficient Information. however
to warrant an announcement ut 9,3t
o'clock this morning that none OF tn,
passengers had been killed OF injured.
MONTREAL. Nov. ~ Canadian Pa
cihc Railway Train No. !, known "A,
the Imperial Limited" and running
from Montreal to Vancouver. wa,
wrecked near Heron's Bay. ontario
early to-day, Reports by way of For
William that the Unconstitutional rye
had plunged into Lake superior were
current here for several hours before
any confirmation could be obtained
from the railway Offices
Later II was admitted that the trail
had been wrecked NJ Heron's Bay. tina
the engine went into the lake and tn
fireman was drowned.
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sTREHoTHEN'No THE CASE
AGAINST FOWLER.

District-Attorney whitman devoted
much OF his time to-day 20 strength
ening the case against Everett p.
Fowler Of Kingston. the lawyer who
was indicted a week ago for sx-
tortion. While he Is engaged in
gathering evidence to substantiate
the charge that all Contractors on uo-
state highways and the barge canal
were sandbagged by Fowler. the agent
for tEe Democratic State<Committee in
1871 and 1912. he IL centrlng hts atten-
ton on the case Of Seneca y. Hull Of
Cortland.
Hull il the man who gave the Grand
Jury the testimony on which Fowle.
was indicted. lie swore that he was
ummoned TO an ofiice in Syracuse hy
William Kelley the Democratic leade,
Of Onondaga County on date shortl,
before the 1911 election and was toll
by Fowler that II he didn't give ur
$50 TO the Democratic State Commute.
| payments on road he was builknc
would be held up. lie gave up checl
for $3.50 which passed through the hand,
OF Norman e. Mack. State Chairman
and Arthur Mclean. state Treasure
Of the Democratic ganization,
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with either him or Mr.. Carlisle. I left
all such matters TO Mr. Carlisle
Did you ever have a conference al
which the question OF materials for
roads was discussed" he was asked.
Never. No contract for good roads
Mas let during my administration. |
never knew that George H. Mcclure
WAS interested In asphalt. ! never had
a conference with Mr.. Carlisle on the
materials to he used, had the great
est confidence In him and told him Ia
60 ahead and give the taxpayers a dol
lars worth for every dollar paid In
taxes"
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GIVES CHAUFFEUR THE LIMIT.
Court Sacrifices Driver amL From Ice
severity IN All Cases,

You chaureurs have absolutely no re-
gard for pedestrians and I Will impose a
limit nne upon every one OF you con.
victed before me OF violating this section
OF the new ordinance" said Magistrat to
Breen In the Tonbs Police Court to-day
In f,ning Andrew Hughes OF No. 1850 West
sixty-fourth street SIS. Hughes did not
have the money and went to the Tomb
Hughes, who drives for John OHare
OF No. oo7 Fast Fifty-seventh street. was
summoned by Traffic Policeman Joseph
Hessian yesterday afternoon for violat-
ing section OF the new ordinance, which
forbids a driver OF any vehicle to ap-
proaoh within eight feet OF a trolley ca,
stopped to discharge or receive passen
gers, Magistrate Breen made the alter
native ten days In Jail.
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HUERTA ORDERS ARMY
TO FIGHT LANDING OF
AMERICAN MARINES.

WASHINGTON, Nov. :i.--News that
the revolutionists have opened an at
tack on Tuxpam. centre Of the richest
Of! region In the world. AS well As
the location OF immense English ana
other foreign property holdings. IL ex-
pected to-day. The rebel forces have
been closing IN ON the town for several
DAYS and have threatened to strike as
soon as IN position.
Tails morning the battleships New
hampshire. Nebraska and Louisiana
md the gunboat Wheeling are lying at
ruxpam with $500 men. Of whom
about 1000 with three field guns are
tvsilable for landing purposes. Rear
Admiral clifford J. Boush Is In COM
nand and has Instructions to send
'orces ashore II necessary to prevent
he expected attack.
Hussta. meanwhile. has given or
asrS, dispatches state, TO Gen. 4.
Qustavo MAS. commaadsut Of the
Federal forces On the east coast 70
resist - long - he - able u thsss
10 any attempt o. the part Of The
Americans 70 issd AShtiaS men.
IL he fails to repsl the landing force
Ten. Mas Is to retire along the lint
of the Mexican Railway. destroying thu
tracks as he goes. to Paso del Macho
nfty miles inland. where he Ii to plan
artillery. throw up breast works an
make a stand against = possible I'D
vance OF the Americans inland. Mss
Ii ordered also to demolish the track
Of the Interoceanic narrow gauge rail-
tosd in the event he has to svacust'
Vera Cruz
Gen. Mas was sentenced to death IL
LOO for killing Lieut.. David Cievirez
whose sister he was alleged to hav,
wronged. After he was sentenced. how
ever. he obtained a new trial and wa
acquitted.
5As commander Of the rsvolutloaist
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state Highway Commissioner Carlisle
to appoint George G. Deal as Engineer
OF Erie County, for which he draws a
salary Of $50 a day. Mr.. Whitman tried
to get the witness to testify that he
understood Mr.. Deal to be interested in
certain brick used in State work.
Mr.. Burglar did not no understand IT,
but he said he had heard that certain
contracts for macadam roads had been
changed TO brick
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TWO MADEROS BOARD
AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS
TO ESCAPE HUERTA.

e.
NENA ShoH' Nov 1h-ENar's.o ~"
Da"e, "aaero' TWO re's''ss VI '"e '~
fresideht. were takeh To-Day On 'oa'u
the american nasship from the ,ohsu'.
ATE, whefe they had taken rei"se "''
night the Maderos We're yesterday r'
leased on ball from confinement III w.
iortre" OF san Juan u!un ."" Wv"
shelter In the American 'ohs",aVe' ~"
sui canada having received or"ers 'o'
washington to ""ord them asylum"
request Tor ther 'eHverF m"".
by Col. Eugehio ""',erreA' "c ~uo "
Gene oustavo Mas Federa' eo"'.'a" 'S.
er OF vera Cruz was promptly a'"
to-oay by the consul AItcr N",."
reported that Vehea '"reaS ""u
mAde TO take the refugees w '''''
the Consulate.
In anticipation OF any sue" h'''"e'
steam launch from the american oa.
ueship Rhode isiah" lay All "'"' ~
The seawali opposte 'he cons"'A'e WIZ
an armed ere" "' "'ue'A."' y" 80
ready TO come "sho'e !" "O'
notice.
The refugees were heid IN ene No"'
sulate without being perm''.e" W 'o"
muhiea,e WIN ahyoooy an" nI 49,,
'he'r wives were a"'"e" '"
John LIND inc PERSONA 'sp'e"." v.
I'VE Oh ires,neh' M"so' so IN.
'% WIN "ear ,n""'s' a., a.,
'o"''"""e' y. '"e ,,,' a.
VIZ" se"' NJ" ,,,..,.,.,-.".,
,,,.,. r.,..
me ."o """''o' 80,
es'eI""s 'o'' '"' .,.
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FIVE CONTRACTORS APPEAR At
CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING.

Hull furnished the District Attorney
with the names OF other contractors who.
he said. had been held up by Fowler at
the time he gave his $3.50 check. Armed
with this information the District Attor-
ney issued subpoenas and In answer t.
them John A. Weidmsn. -. J. Dwyer
Guy ID. Dickson, w. J. Burns and
Charles ID. Mccombs appeared at tn.
Criminal Courts Building to-day.
These men are contractors who had
Jobs on the State Highways In the fal
OF 1911 and are alleged 10 have mel
Fowler at Keliey's office. All but Nc
Combs are said by Hull to have giver
Fowler their checks for $3.50 each,
They we're questioned by Assistant
| District-Attorney Clark this morning
Mr. Whitman said he had not decided
whether he would send them before tn,
| Grand Jury or have them testify In thu
John Doe proceeding before Chief Mag
istrate McAdoo,
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who are now moving against Tuxpam
has issued y warning that the place 10
TO be attacked and has notified all for
eigners resident there. who number sew
eral hundreds. to leave. His plan. he
proclaimed. was to destroy the great
metal tanks. release tine miiiions OF gal.
Ions Of oil stored In them and start a
general contiagrat!on.
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Mr.. Rockh,lI.. Farewell.

cONSTASTINoPLE. Nov ~ W
w. Rockhill. retiring American Am,
bassador to Turkey. was received in
farewell audience by the sultan to-day.
Ne will leave Constantinople Monday.
Henry Morgenthau, the new Am CAS-
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at the executive Offices:
1.-THE cake will be a modest affair. In
keeping with the democratic tastes OF
the bride and bridegroom. It will oc.
cupy u place on the brides table and
will lie no more than sufficient for the
bride and bridegroom and their imms.
diate relatives"
The published stories OF gross ex.
travagance in connection with the wed.
ding have caused much distress to Mrs.
Wilson. 1t has been her desire that the
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suls~r Denies COWferriws WITH Me-
Guir~ On Use Of Asphalt.

BUFFALO, y. y, Nov 2l.--Former
William Sulser, who arrived here to-
day denied that he was In tNoperstown
ON July 5, or that he mad II conference
there with George II, Mcclure, John
y. Carlisle and others over highway
matters.
- did not meet Mcclure there at that
time OF any other time said Sulser. II
never talked over highway materials
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BURGARO TELLS ABOUT HIS
CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE.

Harry 4. Rurgard. a contractor of
Buffalo. was the first witness called to-
day before chief Magistrate McAdoo,
Mr.. Burgard eaid that his firm, the
Henry =, Burgard Company, had had
two contracts for road building with
the state. One was for the East
Aurora buffalo road, matter OF two
or three miles. and the ronowanda
road. These he had received since De-
tobcr. lie also has barge canal con-
tract for s2,50O,000 which he said he
owned personally. having bought II from
the American Pipe Construction Com
pany OF philadelphia
Mr.. Burgard was asked II he wac
not a Democratic leader in Buffalo.
lie added that he was member OF the
Democrats state Committee
Have you ever contributed to cam
paign funds" Mr. whitman asked,
Yes, I've contributed practically ever,
year for twenty years"
He said that he had given q 900
personally In 1914, and In 1919 he
hsd turned over to the Democratic
state Committss two checks, one
for $1,000 and one for $1,000.
These ws-s from Reeves Smith, an
engineer and contractor Of Oswsgo,
and wsro drawn TO the order Of
Norman =. Naok.
! The witness testified that he had aske,
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wedding should he not only as quiet an
affair as possible. but exactly in keep
Ing with the social standing OF the
young couple. who are long on love but
short on money. The trousseau Sc
iected. 1t IN explained. is the service
able one which any young bride might
be expected to get together. designed
with an eye to use as well as TO beauty.
And In everything in connection with
the welding. 1t Is officially stated, the
keynote is to be simplicity.
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Lawyer and Clerk Charged
With Being Leaders of Plan
to Defraui Insurance Cos.
$4,000 PAID TO THEM.
Had Men to Claim Injuries and
Physicians TO Furnish Fraud
ulent Certificates.

A conspiracy 10 dcfraud transporta-
tion companies. property owners and
merchants using delivery trucks. involv-
ing 100 persons or more. was unfolded
ant observation-disclosures Minton brought
before that body charges of grand lar
ccny and conspiracy against =. Henri
Finkel. n lawyer. and Abraham Lands
man, his clerx, both ~ whom are fugi-
tives from justice. Finkel. up to three
months ago, had an Office Mt No. rs
Delaney street and lived with his wife
ana one child In Hooper street. Brook
Ign.
The case has been under Investigation
since last July. and the bulk Of the work
has been done by Frank l.. Arnold. Sec
retary Of the Alliance Against Accident
Frauds. with Offices In the Park Row
Building
Mr.. Arnold has gathered evidence to
show that Finkel. In less than three
years, collected upward OF $4,000 from
casualty companies by means Of alleged
fraudulent claims for damages filed
against persons insured In such COM
panies
Seven doctors. according to informa-
ton presented to the Grand Jury to-
day. have confessed to the District
Attorney that they prepared. for pay.
fraudulent reports OF injuries to per-
sone sent 10 them by Finkei. Many Of
Ftnkei's fake clients have also CONF
fessed.
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~ YOv ARE TOO THIN
~ YssSss Jehs's NsuSanA oull1s WAN
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10 MEN WHO CLAIMED II
HAVE BEEN INJURED.

Finkel. II appears from evidence
gathered by Mr.. Arnold. employed about
fifty boys and young men who made .
business OF claiming to have been run
over by delivery wagons and trucks OF
prominent business houses. to have
been hurt getting on and off OF street
cars. or 20 have sustained injuries be-
cause Of defective sidewalks. manhoie
covers and the like on the pro erty Of
responsible taxpayers. In every In
stance the person or corporation
against wnaIch the claim was preferred
WAS insured In II casualty company.
Each claimant represented by Finkel
came to the front with a doctors GER
tificate. certifying 10 various disabling
injuries and with witnesses to substan-
tiatc the claim that the injuries were
Inflicted through negligence on the part
OF the defendant In the action. or on the
part OF some servant or employee Of the
defendant Finkel appears to have put
through claim after claim with machine
like regularity. attended by an utter alb
sence OF suspicion on the part Of the
casualty people.
CHECK CAUSES EXPOSE OF THE
LAWYERS PLOT.
The facts as to the conspiI acy came
to light through n controversy over u
check for so drawn by Finkei last July
, to the order OF his clerk. Landsman.
who took the check to one Solly Siexel
to have II cashed. Siegel gave Lands
man " on tho check. promising the
remainder whom II went through the
bank. I.andsman had payment on the
check stopped and Siegel In revenge
went TO the District Attorneys ONCE
and said he knew that FHnkel and
Landsman were engaged In the pro.
motion and collection OF fake damage
claims.
Soon after the investigation startst
l.andsman called on Sicgel and persuad
ed him TO leave town. Siegel and
friend. who had acted as q dummy IL
one OF the accident claims. were takei
20 Philadelphia by Landsman and aban
doned there Previously they had Civ
en- Information to IA lawyer representa-,
the Fidelity a. Casualty co. They wrot
to the lawyer for funds. and he Wen
after them and brought them back t
New York.
| Then Finkel and I.andsman dis..p
peared. the former deserting his famil,
F'inkel Is believed to be In the Yves,
l.andsnan was last heard Of in Liver
E pool. q
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MILK OC0LA Ate COVERED
MARSHMA II.OWS-Choice, swcef.
s.-hone. MsrshmaIiows Of the
cscsnlsst and mei'owest sort. richly
quality Of MIX Chpcoiat~ that ths
hl.nesl Grade products and r.esss
1egres 81 ahnl Ia nN
POUND BOX OOV
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Special. Saturday, Nov. ~. 4
CRSEok.ATE COyEhED FKClI,
NNn NtI CMEtMs-A select 10.
Dvesent'd In pleasing Jl-
.rr:!lv u Fruit and Nut H.
IND BON 4VV
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-09-18
II FIELD AGENTS ATTEND
Better Farming Association Holds
Noteworthy Conference at
Fargo.

Fargo.-Ffeld agents of North Da.
kota and Montana, in conference here
two days, closed their sessions after
an exhaustive discussion of the du.
ties and requisites of the live agricul.
tural field agent of today.
Twenty-seven agricultural field spe-
cialists, in addition to professors and
agricultural directors, were in attend
ance The conference was the second
annual one of the North Dakota Bet
ter Farming association.
North Dakota and Montana are
fully equipped to fight hog cholera, in
the event the disease should spread
to these states" was the statement of
DR.. L. Van Els, head of the livestock
department of the North Dakota agri-
cultural college, who told how to fight
the disease Sufficient serum is on
hand in the state to stem any spread
of the disease and our farmers and
agricultural field men have profited
by the experience in Minnesota"
Hugh J. Hughes of Minneapolis
talked on "The Field Agent. His Du.
ties" Thomas Cooper, secretary of
the North Dakota Better Farming as
ISOLATION, and Dean Shepard of the
North Dakota agricultural college
were the other speakers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-09-18
FIRST OUTLET fcs COUNTY.
Great Nothsrn's Tunnel In Mckenzie
Only One In North
Dakota.

Alexander.-It will be six weeks be-
fore the tunnel for the new line Of the
Great Northern, on the east bank of
the Yellowstone river in western Nc
Kenzie county, will be completed.
The tunnel will be about l,400 fee.
long; about 900 feet have been COM
pleted. In addition to the main tun-
mel work. there is about two weeks
work at the west approach. This will
be the only tunnel used by any rail-
road in North Dakota.
Rapid work is now being done ON
the big bridge at Fairview. on which
SO much trouble was experienced last
winter and early summer. The bridge
was washed out three times. One Of
the four spans Is now in place. while
the work on the last pier IL under
way. These piers have foundation
sixty feet under the bed Of the river.
With the completion of the tunnel
and the erection Of the bridge, it will
be possible to operate trains into Nc.
Kenzie county by way Of Mondak and
Fairview. The first outlet for this
county by rail will be over that route.
The Great Northern line through
Mckenzie will be by far the most ex-
pensive piece of rail construction in
North Dakota. The tunnel cost, as
well as the cost of erecting the Vel.
lowstone bridge, totals nearly three
millions, the bridge being estimated at
million and three-quarters.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-09-18
NORTHWEST FRosTs GENERAL
Weather Bureau Report So Predicts;
Unsettled and Cooler
Weather.

Washington, Sept. 16.-Early autumn
frosts in the lower lake region, the
middle Atlantic states, New England
and the extreme Northwest are predict.
ed by the weather bueau. The weekly
forecast says:
1.-THE week will open with rains con.
tinuing in the southern states, and ex-
tending into the Ohio valley and the
middle Atlantic states and Tuesday un-
settled, rainy weather will prevail
over all central and northern sections
east of the Mississippi river. There
will also be local showers early in the
week over the Rocky mountain region
and the Northwest, but by Wednesday
and Thursday generally fair weather
should prevail over all districts.
"On Tuesday morning frosts will o.
cur over the Northwest generally, the
middle plateau and the central Rocky
mountain regions, and by Wednesday
or Thursday morning probably over
the northern and western upper lake
region.
Temperatures will be rising over
the Northwest and West after the mid
die of the week, accompanied by fall
ing pressure, and by the end of the
week the weather over those sections
will again be unsettled and somewhat
cooler"