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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16
MIR. WILSON HAS
BEEN EATING TOO MUCH

Washington, D. c., July 16-The
president is suffering from an attack
of indigestion today and is under the
care of DR.. Grayson. He has cancell-
ed all his engagements. The pres
ident's sickness is not regarded as
serious
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16
ANOTHER DOMESTIC TRAGEDY
Murder and Suicide Close on the
Heels of Marriage

High Shoals, Ca, July 16.-Mrs.
Una Allen was shot and killed last
night while returning home from
church by her husband, Charles AL
len, whom she was suing for divorce.
The couple were married fifteen
months ago. Mrs. Aliens mother
was with her at the time of the
tragedy. Allen turned the revolver
on himself and suicided.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16
GAMBLER ENDOWS THE COL
LEGE WITH A MILLION

Asa Gambler has given a million
dollars as an endowment for the uni
versity Immediately after an
nouncing the gift, it was suggested
that the seat of learning be called
Gambler University. This will be de-
cided later, with other details.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs

Ocala Lodge No. 19. Conventions
held every Monday at 1880 D. m, at
Castle Hall. over the James Carlisle
drugstore. A cordial welcome to Wis
iting brothers. VIM. NJ Gober G. G.
Chas. K. sage, K. r. 8. Ad
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16
RAIN BRINGS RELIEF
SHOWERS BREAK LONG DROUTH
IN SOUTHERN STATES

Atlanta, July 16.-Glorious rains
early today relieved the long drouth
in North Carolina, Alabama and
Tennessee. There was minor dam
age in several places, such as wash
outs and lightning. Many districts
had had no rain since early in May.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16

We can repair your ola Furniture,
make those old discarded pieces look
good and give lot more service and
the price will be reasonable. E. c.
Jordan & Co. 7-6-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16
lBAJAL WEARS HUERTA'S s
CROWN

exico City, July 16.-General
briano Huerta resigned from the
bsional presidency of the Mexican
sblic yesterday afternoon and his
gnation was accepted by the
tie and Chamber of Deputies by
tie of 121 to IT.
rancisco Carbajal then was APP
ted president and took the oath
flee at the joint session of the
hties and Senators.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16
'oRTANT MESSAGE
MORNING

The war department received a
long code message this morning from
General Funston at Vera Cruz, which
General Wftherspoon ordered under
no circumstances to be made public.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16

Chocolate MoIasses Peanut Butter.
A new package and a good one, 40
cents per pound. Gerig's. 6-19-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16

Fresh shrimp every day at Rodoff's
cafe. 6-30-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16

Exico City, July 15.-4:50 p. m.
Eal to the Star.-Huerta sent
resignation to congress this af-
BON. He and Blanquet leave to-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16
OFF TO EUROPE

Washington, July 16.-Rear Ad-
al Badger reports to the navy de-
#tment that reports reaching Vera
lz said General Huerta and Gen
N>Blanquet would F'leave Mexico
" by train under escort" There
5 no mention of destination, but
cials here think the retired die
or will go to Puerto Mexico to
7srd a foreign man-of-war FOR Eu-
be.
1T is estimated that Hderta has
posted at least S6,000,000 in
ropean banks.
hrUATION Is TENSE IN MEXICO
CITY
Mexico City, July 16.-With Gen
bl Huerta fleeing to the coast,
lrabajal installed as the provision
president of Mexico and heavy
-ces of troops and police ready to
event disorder, the tension here
acute today.
The resignation of Huerta was
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-16
SHIPS WILL STAY

No ships will be Withdrawn from
Vera Cruz pending the settlement OF
conditions in Mexico City.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15

The Southern Paving and
Construction c 0 m p any
Notifies the City That It
Will Not Put Two Streets
in Passable Condition De
spite Bonds.

The Southern Paving and Construc-
ton Company Of Chattanooga, which
laid all of the wood block and brick
paving in Pensacola, and which is un.
der a heavy bond in the city to keep
this paving in a good state Of repair
for a period of five years, has declined
to make the repairs demanded on Jack
son and Gadsden streets This infor-
nation came to the city commissioners
and City Engineer Earl Thornton in
the form OF a letter from the COM
pany yesterday.
The paving in question is on Jack.
son street between DeVillier and Pal
afox. and and on Gadsden from Pala-
fox street to Twelfth avenue. The
latter is In an especially bad condi-
ton, large sinks and holes existing
at many points Recently Engineer
Thornton called upon the company to
make repairs to this pavement as the
bond of the company has nearly two
years more Of life, and a representa-
tive came here and went over the
work with the engineer. returning to
He was told what must
be done and what the city demanded
The paving company now declines
to make the repairs and the city viii
therefore proceed against the bond
Engineer Thornton and all Of the city
officials believe there will be no trouble
in compelling the paving company to
live I'D TO it's bond and not only repair
this paving, but all other during the
life of the bond.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
PUBLIC FUNERAL
WILL BE CONDUCTED
1t Will Be in the Senate
Chamber Next Tuesday
Clark Howell, Editor of
the Atlanta Constitution
Probably Will Be Appoint
ed to Fill the Unexpired
Term of the Deceased.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Augustus Oc-
tavius Bacon, senator from Georgia,
for nearly nineteen yea s, and chair
tee since the democratic ascendancy
on March 4, 1918, died in a hosI ital
here today after an illness of ten days.
Though Senator Bacon mad been ill
with kidney troubles. and co-npli "a
tions from broken rib. his death was
unexpected. It came suddenly at 2
o'clock his afternoon, and the news
of his end fell upon the sena as a
shock while it was in executive ses-
sion.
The immediate cause of the. SEN
s death was diagnosed as a blood
clot on the heart. Throughout the
morning he had been in good spirits
and hal, hour before his death had
talked to his daugh er, Mrs. W. B.
Sparkes. of Georgia. She had just
left the loom when he raised himself
in bed. As Mrs. SEarkes re-enfere5
the room her father fell hack In a COL
lapse and never regaing1 consciousness.
In the absence OF Senator Hol1e
Smith, Senator Overman was notified.
abruptly hal ed while the North Caro-
lima senator announced the death. A
brief resolution of respect was adopted
and the senate adjourned. Later ar
rangements were made FOR q public
funeral in the senate chamber next
Tuesday Afternoon at O'Clock to be
attended by the senate, house of rep
resentatiyes, pl eSident md cabinet,
justices of the supreme court. mem
bers of the diplomatic corps. admiral
Of the navy and chief of aft of the
army. The services will be conducted
by Rev. Forrest G. Prettyman, chap
lain OF the senate assisted by an
Episcopal rector to be chosen by the
family.
ANNOUNCED IN HOUSE.
Announcement of Senator Bacon's
death was made in the house later in
the afternoon, and resolutions of re-
spect, presented by Representative
Bartlett. of Georgia, were adopted,
Speaker Clark appointed a special
committee of the house to CO. operate
with the senate committee for the
funeral and the house then adjourned
The successor to Senator Bacon as
chairman of the foreign relations COM
mittee probably will be Senator Stone
of Missouri, who is now ill. Senator
Bacon's successor will be appointed
by Governor Slaton, of Georgia, and
will hold Office until the next special
election. Former Governor Joseph E.
Brown and Clark Howell, editor OF the
Allan a Constitution, are mentioned as
possibilities for the temporary appoint
ment.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
Of
ENTIRE TOWN IS
EXTERMINATED
Report from Interior Pro-
tectorate in Africa by an
Explorer Gives Details
of Butchery of an Entire
Peaceful Tribe.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Nairobi, British East African Protec-
torate, Feb. 14.-Boran tribesmen ex-
terminated recently an entire village
composed Of two hundred men. women
and children of the RendiIe tribe IN the
Loria swamp in the northern part Of
the procectorate, according to an eX-
plorer who reached here today
The Borans, who are a peaceful peo-
pie engaged In pastoral occupations
have been necessarily harassed by the
Rendiles. This exasperated the Bo-
rams so much that they retaIiated by
killing every one Of the Rendile tribe
they could find.
The authorities in Gala were unable
to prevent the raid and news Of the
quarrel between the two tribes did
not reach the Bri ish authorities at
Samburu on the Uganda railway until
II was too late for them to interfere.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
ROETTER GONE.
STENOGRAPAER
ALSO MISSING
Chicago Man, Whose Wife
Charged Him With Big
amy and Other Offenses,
Supposed to Be in South
America With Miss ALA
Lamke.

Joseph J. Roetter and his handsome
stenogra apher. Miss Ella Lamke, whom
he is alleged to have married shortly
after applying for a divorce from his
wife in Chicago, have left Pensacola
for parts unknown. according TO one
of Roetter's emI Ioyers. The getaway
was made Immediately after the publi
cation in The Journal a few days ago
of a sensational answtr to his bill OF
complaint, the answer being made by
his wife, who IS in Chicago with their
children. Her attorney, c. Moreno
Jones, fled the voluminous answer in
the local court of record.
1t was learned yesterday that war
rants for the arrest of the pair were
issued, charging them with living to-
gether here immoraIly. But the war
rents were net served for the reason
that the parties had left the city.
TO START LIFE ANEW.
Roetter resigned his position the
morning after the publication OF tbs
answer which charged the p1aintla In
the s5ivorce suit nor only With poly
EaIlly scx With vio.sss .or1s OF n ! AEtIln
white slave act In that he took the
girl from Pensacola to Brewton to wed
her. He was a salesman of West Flor
ida realty He told hts employer: 81
resign my position: here are my keys.
my accounts are square: I am going
to South America and start life all
over again.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
HORSE WHIPPED,
LOCKED IN CAB,
SENTFRONCITY
Railway Employe Said to
Have Been Unceremoni-
ousiy Hurried from Town
After Sound Beating Had
Been Administered.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Springfield, Mo-, Feb. 14.-Friends of
Jerry Malone, a railway empIoye, said
to have been sent out OF Sprin gfield
looked in the tool box OF locomotive
az er a committee of ten fathers had
horsewhipped him for alleged improper
conduct, still were searching for him
early today.
The police said no action in the mat
ter would be taken until definite in5or-
nation as to Malone's whereabouts
could be ga hered.
Members of the vigilance committee
told the police yesterday that Malone,
while out of work had been provided
with meals by the wife Of a fellow
employe in the St. LOUIS and San
Francisco railroad shops They said
they put him in a locomotive tool box
Thursday night.
I'VE lid not injure him seriously and
he probably will be heard from soon,"
said a member of the committee today.
while we were waiting FOR the loco
motive we took him into a store and
built a fire to keep him warm. The
tool box also is a warm place"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington. Feb. t4.-Informai dis
scussion OF terminal services by car
riers to shippers who have private
sidings and other facilities in connec-
tion with the shippers protest against
the proposed general 5 per cent freight
rate increase was concluded today De-
fore Commissioner Hanlan of the in
terstate commerce commission.
No conclusion viii be reached by
the commission on the evidence thus
taken. Commissioners Harlan describ-
ed the discussion as preliminary re-
view OF the facts 10 enable the COM
mission TO formulate a plan for act
uai Investigations. The rulings OF the
commission on So-called free sery-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
Terminal Services By Carriers
Are Discussed By Commission

ices by the carriers undoubtedly
would be based on the result of that
inquiry, he said.
Large shipping interests of official
classification territory represented at
the hearings have made it evident that
they would oppose any effort to COM
pei railroads to charge them for serv-
Ices now entered free.
Louis D. Brandies. counsel for the
commission, has taken the position
that this service threw an undue burd-
en- on the carriers and depleted thaiI
revenues, Al the same time affording
an unfair discrimination agaist small
shippers. He believed a general rate
increase gould be granted until this
matter -eE cleared up.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
TUG REPORTED
LOSS of BARGES
AND nine MEN
Four Barges Were Lost
from Steamer Pliny Fiske,
Which Put Into New Lon
don, and Had Help Dis
patched.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New london, Conn, Feb. 1.-THE
tug Pliny Fiske put IN here today and
reported the loss Of four ha- ges and
nine men off Bartletts Reef, in Long
Island sound. west of this haI Dor. The
government transport General Brannan
Immediately went out in an attempt to
rescue The crews.
The barges which went adrift were
the Frederick WiIlenbrock, Katie
Woods, Rose Marie Feeney, and Eliza
beth. OF The McCaffeTy line There
were Ave men and four women on
them
CAPTAIN GiI1igan expressed belief
that the barges went to pieces soon
after they broke adrift and that all on
board perished.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
WILSON GETS A
RE-SURVEY OF
APALACH. BAY
Secures Provision for Deep
ening Channel and I'm
proving St. Andrews Bay
Between Lynn Haven and
St. Andrews.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Feb. 13.-Representa-
tive Wilson recently appeared before
the Rivers and Harbors committee and
secured a provision in the Rivers and
Harbors bill for re-survey Of Apa-
lachicoIa hay, deepening the channel
and also a provision for the north arm
Of St. Andrews bay. which call for
cutting a channel through some shoals.
between st. Andrews and Lynn Haven.
Mr. Wilson was appointed by the
speakers OF the house to atted the
funeral of Representative Bremner OF
New Jersey, on last Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

San Francisco, Feb. 14.-Mrs. Chas
II. Wood, wife of the late clubman and
banker OF this city, who died at Agra,
India, December >. jumped overheard
from the steamer Iyo Maru the first
night out of Singapore. January g.
while en- route to Hong Kong, with her
husbands ashes. This information
as received here yesterday with the
arrival of the trans Pacific liner Ten
20 Maru.
Prior to leaving Singapore, Mrs.
Wood had arranged with Mrs. Esther
Richardson, a friend at Hong Kong,
to obtain passage for her on the Tenyo
Maru from Hong Kong to San Fran
cisco. When the Iyo Maru put into
Hong Kong, Mrs. Richardson learned
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
HORRIBLE ACTS
FOLLOW LOSS Of
REASONBYTWO
Sudden Outbursts of Insan-
ity by Couple of Fathers
in Two Families Respon-
sible for the Deaths of
Total of Nine Persons.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

London, Feb. 14-Sudden outbursts
of insanity in two fathers OF families
were responsible today for the death
Of nine persons at Harlesden, north
west London. and at Tonbridge, Kent
Walter Johnson. an official of the
Harlesden Street Car Company, stran-
Eled his wife and three children and
then hanged himself.
James Standen, proprietor of larger
laundry at Tonbridge. shot his three
children as they lay in bed and then
sent a bullet through his own head
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15

The transports Hancock ana Prairie.
the former the largest in the service ot
the navy, are expected TO reach Pen
sacola today. bringing to the navy
yard 100 marines. who have been
spending the past month or more at
Culebra engaged in maneuvers and
practice in connection with the win-
ter's work of the North Atlantic feet
The two vessels left CIlebra last Nom
day and should make Pensacola today
without dificulty. provided they did
not encounter any bad weather Ola the
voyage.
The transports have aboard the First
and Second Provisional regiments of
tziarines. q n 3n6 coramand ~ .Ne4qA IA
fauac me erElag etaeer
AsfN dlsc1atsfk at fhl retN
morrow. ID is cxpnetcH Th@ pma
regiment vert from Penaacofa aoc.
I've weeks ago and the First is frofn
Philadelphia recruited from men taken
from the various bauleships Ths
first information given out was th4t
ali Of these marines would have taeir
permanent station at Pensacola. bIt
the latest advicos are that only tho
Second regiment IS TO remain. the First
returning to philadelphia after two
hundred have been sent TO Vera CRUZ
Continued on Page Seven.)
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News of Sensational Suicide
At Sea of Mrs. Wood Learned

OF Mrs. Woods death and received
from the captain a letter addressed 20
her which was found in Mrs. WOODS
stateroOm. The letter said:
After all / shall not reach Hong
Kong ano see you. for 1 am going 70
look for my beloved cannot live
without him. May ! trouble you 10
forward my things to Mr.. Woods sis
ter Mrs Charles Musaus, OF san
Francisco"
Mrs. Masaus and her husband were
ct the pier yesterday when the Tenuo
Maru arrived. expecting TO meet MIRA.
Wood. Some hours later Mrs. Masaua
received a letter that had been writ
ten by Mrs. Richardson, inclosing Mrs.
Woods letter 20 her and relating the
circumstances Of Mrs. Woods fate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL BUILD A LARGE
WHARF AT PENSACOLA
Major Earl I. Brown, L. S.
A, Here to Make Inspec-
ton of the Site and Says
Government Needs Such
Wharf.

The United States government CON
templates the building al Pensacola
in the very near future. large wharf
to accommodate the dredge Caucus
and such other governemnt boats as
need wharf facilities while in Peusa-
cola
Major Earl /. Brown. Of the engi-
neering department Of this dis rict.
was sent to Pensacola and spent yes
terday looking over site which had
been selected for the dock He was
accompanied on his inspection by G.
E. Dobson, chairman Of the Pensa cola
Chamber Of Commerce. and L. Earle
Thornton, city engineer. Some time
ago the government requested Mr..
Dobson to select an available site for
such dock. The site was chosen and
Major Brown was sent here to inves-
ugate the matter. The probable To-
cation was not divulged.
When Major Brown was seen last
night by a Journal represen -ative he
stated that the government needed a
dock Of it's own at Pensacola so that
it would not have to rent wharf in
future. The Caucus now pays rent to
xdock at Baylen street pier. Major
Brown told The Journal that he came
to Pensa 2ola to inspect the site which
Mr.. Dobson had been asked TO select.
He said that ne also examined the
fortifications at Fort Pickens upon
which work is stul being done and
said he had Just come from st. An
drews WHERE the Caucus Is nov doing
dredeitR Y QrK
- "a og Major Bfopsn retsR4
! inspecffcns ne ssid Tlse
a .eer was Impressed win
Pc. .>-acoFses nd the need of the wharf,
and he win In all probability make a
favorable recommenda ion. He found
the engineering work I'm progress at
Fort Picxens satisfactory.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
POULTRY TRUST MEMBERS
LIBERATED ON BAIL

New York. Feb. 1.-THE eleven
members OF the so-called poultry trust,
committed to prison yesterday to serve
a three months sentence for violation
of the state anti-monopoly act, were
released today under $4,000 bail each.
An application for certificate of rea-
sonable doubt granted yesterday by
the supreme court at Albany and pre-
sented here today gave them their
freedom. The certificate opens the
way for an appeal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
HEAntn- NEXT MONTH

washington. Feb. 14-Announcement
was made today by Representative
CLAYTON Of Alabama, chairman OF the
house judiciary committee, that the
congressional union for Tonan suf-
frage would be given 8 hearing by the
comnntIee on March 9.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
TWO BRINGING
1900 MARINES
TO PENSACOLA
Vessels Should Be Docked
at the Navy Yard Be
fore Nightfall.
LEAVES ON FRIDAY
FOR OTHER POINTS

The Two Provisional Regi-
ments are Coming from
Culebra, where They Have
Been Engaged in Maneu-
vers for the Past Month.
Known that One Regiment
viii BE Stationed Here
Permanently.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE north
eastern part Of the country today was
in the grasp of the first storm Of the
year which reached blizzard rropor-
tions in some places Railroad traffic
was delayed and street car railway
ervices in many cities were much
han7T cred.
OF the southern New England coast,
a mile a minute gale was blowing,
greatly endangerinr shipping. Several
vessels were reported in distress along
the coast from Cape Henry, Va. north
ward.
The intense cold in New Englsn and
the middle Atlantic states moderated
somewhat with the corning of the snow
but to the southwark where snow had
ceased falling. lower temperatures
were predicted.
The storm developed Friday after
noon of the Georgia coast and has
moved rapidly northward- II was CEN
traI early today with much intensity
off the south New England coast, the
wind at Plocls S4isf.d rcAeAfng a yeloc-,
ity Of ssslusles an 1o1rs
snow has fallen In the SDhio valley.
the lower lake region, the middle and
South Atlantic states ard in southern
New England 1t will continue tonight
in New England and the lower lake re-
gion but elsewhere weather officials
say the weather viii he fair with a
tendency to slightly lower tempera-
lures in the middle Atlantic states and
the South.
Warning to shipping that the storm
viii be severe was ordered all along
the Atlantic coast from Eastport, Ne,
to Cape Hatteras, n. G.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
COUNTRY IS IN
GRIP OF WORST
OF Bl!zzAROS
First Big Storm of Year
Visits the Northeastern
Portion of L. S.
MILE A MINUTE
GALE RECORDED

SeH era1 Vessels are Report
ed in Distress and All
Ocean Steamships are De
layed by Binding Snow
storms-Eighteen Inches
of Snow Reported from
Various Points.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
DELAYS OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.

New York, Feb. 14.-New York to-
day had its first big snow storm OF
the winter. The snow which was gen
eral in the southeastern, middle and
New England states, began to fall at
S O'Clock last night and continued
steadily today. Traffic on railroads
and street car lines was delayed and
shipping all along the coast hampered.
In a binding storm Off the Virginia
coast, the British tramp steamer Kath-
crime Park and an unidentified steamer
ran ashore.
That the storm had extended out to
sea was evidenced by the receipt of
wireless messages from several liners
due here today that they would be de-
iayed and will not reach port until
Monday or Tuesday. The list includes
the America from Hamburg, the Cam
par b. from Liverpool Savoie from
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
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CONTINUED on Page seven.l
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Fair Sunday and Mon
day; colder Sunday, CEN
trai and south portions.