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and passenger charges against the
public until the whole scheme would
burst wide open.
The railways will never be better
off-they will be worse off-for a
permanent guarantee Of dividends
whether earned or not earned. As O
matter Of fact, what the roads need
and the only thing they need is to 60
back to private ownership and private
mana cement under financial support
public regulation and other conditions
which will not merely permit but In.
spire them to do the best that Is In
them and to get the most that can be
got out Of hard, effective work.
When the Government turns the
roads back It must enable them to
command capital--if necessary out OF
the Treasury. The Government has
wiped out the earning power Of the
roads, poor roads and even good roads
The Government has swept the treas.
uries Of the richest roads bare. The
Government has crippled their Dor.
rowing power. The Government has
left dozens of them financial wrecks
So the Government must put them on
their feet again.
The Government must let the roads
tie themselves UP into a few systems
instead of staying as many systems
The Government must not allow one
State to do to the roads what another
State does not do. The Government
must not sanction the sacrifice Of earn
ings, of credit, OF service by Stat,
laws, whether in Texas or in Massa
chusetts, on the Atlantic coast or or
the Pacific coast. Then the Govern
ment, having done what is necessary
to make financial reparatlon to tn,
roads for the injury and the loss 4
has caused them during the war
should leave them as free as possible
to stimulate initiative, encourage en-
deavor and reward ability.
Senator CUMMrNs's plan, therefore
while not all bad, is very far from
being all good. 1t is possible to wori
out Of his plan, however, what boil
the roads and the country Mediums
have, II this national problem is t,
be solved right.
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longest leg Of the adventure. Acct
dents delayed the start until two days
later, but the programme which had
been infinitely laid out by the su-
periors Of the skilful and intrepid
trio was followed to the letter except
when accident interviewed. Even the
direction that the planes were to try
to remain together was obeyed until
the engines Of Commander TowERs's
craft made 1t necessary for the One
and the Four to leave the Three.
Further news from the two crippled
planes adds to the honors OF the Amer
lean sky sailors. It Is a tribute to the
efficiency Of the NC seaplanes that the
Three, the flagship Of the little fleet,
was able, after being forced to the
water, to proceed on the Journey un-
der her own power. That is aviation
Of the safety FIRST variety. Whether
the NC-3. like the NC-1, is definitely
out Of the race remains to be seen.
However that may be, READS craft
still has two legs Of the route ahead
Of her-to Lisbon and thence to Plym-
, outh, and all sportsmen on both
sides Of the ocean will hope that the
NC-4 left all her bad luck on this
side and will be able to 20 on with
the work which was not racing, but
naval duty.
There was no race, so far as the
American seaplanes were concerned.
They were not flying to get across the
Atlantic ahead of the men whose des-
tlnntion was the British Isles; nor
were they fying to beat one another
or to establish any particular speed
record. They were out on a bit of
navy business, perhaps the most haz-
nrdous ever gone about in peace times.
II they inspired HARRY HAwKEB to
throw his glove In the face Of the
capriclous weather and wait no more
upon 1t that was an unavoidable by
product Of their great voyage.
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ANOTHER MAN OF IDEALS.
Tappertit and His vaulting Ambition
Pictured By Dickens.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: In
the esotist Tappertit readers Of Dickens
see the prototype Of a man now much
In the public eye. Tappertit, the re-
doubtable captain and master spirit OF
the organisation OF prentice Knights"
had ideals. great vanity and vaulting
ambition. though a mountebank. and. as
is now the understudy referred to, he
was filled with imaginary greatness. On
these characteristics Nj. Dickens unused.
as do the conferees Of another conven-
ton on the characteristics OF the un-
derstudy. thus:
II may be inferred from these prem
ises that in the small body Of Mr.. Tap
PERTH there was locked UP an ambi-
tious and aspiring soul. AZ certain
liquors. confined in casks too cramped
In their dimensions will ferment and
fret and ohafe in their Imprisonment,
90 the spiritual essence or soul Of Mr..
Tappertit would sometimes fume within
that precious cask. his body. until
with great foam and froth and spiut-
ter It would force a vent and carry all
before n.
In this moral kind OF intoxication"
many troubles have worried the under
study and more are apprehended by
him and his adherents. 1t is related
that Mr.. Tappertit meditated during the
convention at Stages. II will be famous
yet A voice within me keeps whisper
ing greatness. shall burst out on one
Of these days. and when do what
power can keep me DOWN. feel my
soul getting into my head at the idea"
And 90 feels now the fantastic IDEAL
istic politicaster referred TO. 1t ID
further added In the history OF the
great captain that. when the conver-
ton adjourned and when he. after some
fantastic flights, was withdrawing. the
cynical stage whispered to him.
GOOD night. noble Captain. Farewell
brave General. By-by, ilustrious Com
mander. Good luck 90 with you--for q
conceited, Dragging. empty headed. duck
legged idiot"
Mr.. Dickens made merry with the
character OF Tappertit: and so. It may
be. the world will make merry with the
understudy and send him on with an
equally enthusiastic valediction.
NEW YORK, May 10. OBSERVER
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SESSIONS OF CONGRESS.
A CAN for an Amendment to the
Constitution.


TO THE EDITOR OF The suN--ST: your
recent editorial article suggesting ac>
ton ny the Sixuy-sixtn CONGRESS 10
remedy the delay occaaoned by Con-
sTess holding its hrst meeting AFTER
election in December hardly meets the
requirements: any action by the incom-
ing Congress Will be but makeshift
AZ pest.
We nave seen set or "wiirur iesis-
lators who refused to work wnen action
by them was greatly needed IN the
opinion OF one person anyway. ana we
have more recently seen ,"wilful'
President who refuses to let the legis-
lators get to work when they want to.
The futility OF changing the date OF
the hrst meeting or new Congress oy
simple legislation appears upon conod-
ering the possible action OF Congress
that knew 1t was to be succeeded by
one OF Inherent political complexion
The last Congress could have changed
the law as to meeting by making the
date December 81 next ana still have
kept within the Constitutional require
ment
The only method to bring certain relief
for all future time Is by Constitutional
| amendment. and II ts suggested that
| such amendment should be sufficiently
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THE UNCHANGED MONKEYS
A Patchogue Story That Brought a
Jest From Haeckel.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Some
time in the latter part of 1914 hap
pened In a drug store in Patchogue one
Sunday afternoon and gathering OF
men were discussing evolution. and
heard one man say: II was a clerk in
New York when was young man and
visited Central Park every Sunday TO
see the monkeys. and they never changed
any during the ten years I was there"
The remark pleased me 40 that wrote
the story to Prof. Ernst Haeckel of the
University OF Jena in Germany. He
answered my letter and sent me his pho
tograph. and after he signed his name
added these words: AN old primate
Of so years descended from Pithecan-
thropus," showing that the old anthro-
poiogist saw the humor In the story
wrote him. Pithecanthropus was the
ape man OF Java whose fossil bones
were found by Dubois in 1881.
ABINGDON II. CARMAN.
PATcHoGUE, May 10.
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THAT SOLEMN PROMISE.
"You win at All Times Know All That
KNOW"


To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-str: The
pervensity OF THE Sun exasperates me
at times. In the issue Of May ~ you
have an editorial article on the advis-
ability and even necessity OF the Sem
ate being made acquainted with what
took place At the Peace Conference In
the framing Of the treaty. You pretend
to be fair TO the President. You say,
ut 10 impossible to believe that the
President will leave the Senate In the
dark as to the why's and wherefores,
the arguments. discussions" &C, that led
up to the drafting OF the treaty. Now,
while you say this in words, II Is easy
to see in them the lurking sarcasm. Ia
this right, 10 this fair, ask you? I am
oblige to say that In all Of this editorial
article I believe THE SUN is not only
perverse. but wilfully perverse. or even
worse.
Tho Indictment I bring against THE
SUN Is the suppressing Of a fact. q fact
that invalidates the insinuations Of the
article In question.
Did not the President when he left
for Europe say to Congress In express
terms. "You will at all times know all
that / know? Even you can scarcely
deny that Congress" includes the SEN
ate, and the word "all' 10 inclusive. BY
suppresslng. or at any rate not men
tioning. this capital fact you cast an un-
Just imputation upon the President for
which reparation is due. You cannot
fail to know how faithfully and implic'
lily this promise OF the President has
been fulfilled to date, and you have nc
warrant for limiting that 1t may not be
carried out in the same spirit TO the
end. especially in view OF the Presi'
dents austere hobby for publicity.
FIAT JUsTITrA
DoBY WALLS, Okla, May Is
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Seventh ........ sos 1915
Totals ......14,6ls e.fle

The totals Of battle deaths, wounded
and prisoners for the whole army In
France as given by the same au-
thority are:
Battle Deaths Wounded. Prisoners.
$500 2s7,1s5 I,ist
From these figures II appears that
the seven divisions Of Regulars lost
1863 of the 4s,909 men killed in
action or who died from wounds re-
celved in action, or approximately
"a per cent; 78,41e Of the 237, 136
wounded, or approximately SO per
cent. and that from their ranks came
s12 Of 4,434 Americans captured by
the German armies, or approximately
10 per cent.
The number Of prisoners taken by
the enemy from these seven divisions
Of Regular troops amounted to ap'
proximately nine-tenths Of per cent
Of the number Of the men lost by them
through battle deaths and wounds
The number of prisoners taken by the
enemy from the American Expedition
airy Forces amounted to approximately
Id per cent. OF the number lost
through battle deaths and wounds.
Local pride and local interest dc
not unite to record and celebrate the
Regulars. In their ranks volunteers
and drafted men fought side by side
Not all their officers were West Point
ers or men Of long military training
1t would be idle to compare the rec
ord of their divisions with the rec
ords made by other divisions. But
their record Is worth examining. ant
when 1t has been examined we be
lieve every American, withdrawing
nothing from his respect and affec
ton for the army units identified
with his own home, will exclaim
Thank GoD for the Regularsl
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A Practical Mind Bursts In on the
Happy Idealists.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: 1t
is OF course truly delightful to have IT
announced Officially" that young Mr..
So and So has been appointed TO per-
manent position In the League OF Ma
lions. But to those who have not as
yet quite scared to that ecstatic plane
whereon all mankind is so soon to con-
gregate the following darksome questions
seem pertinent
Is there a League Of Nations. and, II
so, what and where Is 1t?
Who appointed young Mr.. So and So,
and by what authority?
What Ia young Mr.. So and So going
10 do, and where and how and by what
authority is he going to do it?
Who will pay young Mr.. So and So
and how, and with what. and by what
authority? a. q.
NEw YORK MAY 10.
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SOFT AMERICA.
The Allies Find Ideallsm Compatible
With self.Protection.

To THE EDITOR or THE suN--Sir: This
war has cost our people not less than
$4,000. 100000. to say nothing OF the
lives lost and property destroyed. With
out our help in men Il could not have
been won Without our dollars It could
not have been won. But in the hnal
settlement we get nothing.
II Mr.. Wilson had any place at the
Peace Conference It was to act as our
lawyer. He represents US by giving to
Great Britain or France practically all
the German colonies Great Britain no
doubt went into the war on principle.
She comes out conqueror, with
vast debt much Of which will no doubt
be paid by German indemnities, united
into a real empire as never before, with
territory which now realizes Cecil
Rhodes's dream OF Cape to Cairo more
than ever abe Is mistress of the seas
and 90 OF the world.
We like to be generous and kind TO
others, but why should our lawyer be
so generous with our money?
We are fond OF posing as benefactors
Of mankind while the other fellows grin
and rake in the shekels. Even Japan.
who was unfortunately prevented from
doing anything not to her direct ad-
vantage, 10 to keep all she has grabbed,
which she grabbed from the most al
truistic motives most beautifully ex-
pressed. II we scuttle from the Philip
pines, which Mr.. Wilson ana his party
with their usual liberality propose to
give away. no doubt Japan will willingly
agree to Il and presently begin to col
onize there and acquire property rights
which presently can only be protected by
occupation. IL I were a citizen of the
Philippines I should much prefer TO live
under the Stars and Stripes and see my
country eventually admitted as state
or States Of the great union.
Where would have been the hardship
to Cuba had she been so treated? We
need her products and she ours. think
great mistake was then made. Why
| repeat Il now?
The democratic millennium IL here,
All the warnings OF experiences are to
be tossed into the waste basket. The
League Of Nations is to draw every
selfish fang.
| There are quite a lot Of us who have
said nothing during the war lest we
give comfort to the enemy.
EDWARD HAKr.
EAsroN, Pa, May 10.
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GLEN RIDGE, N. J.. May 10.

The leading men OF che Congress which
began its frst session yesterday are the
subject of an illustrated article by Judson
c. welliver In the June Aansevs. The
Director General OF Railroads, Walker ID.
Hines. discusses the problems with which
he has to cope. With one eye on Paris
Richard lie Gallienne writes OF Some
Famous Utopias" Victor T. ]. Cannon
has an article on finding Jobs for men
who are past fifty. Frank Maitland's
Three Makers of New Canada" is about
Macdonald. Laurier and Borden. David
Belasco's article on children OF tho stage
Is illustrated with curious pictures of
George NJ, Conan. for instance. "Amsri-
can Soldiers and the Women OF France"
Is the story told by a captain who was
over there. Readers who care more for
fiction than for fact will hail gladly a
new serial by Louis Joseph Vance. The
short stories are by Nernie f. Connolly,
IEolA Forester I'D Calm. II. II. Mattsson.
Robert Shannon and Jack BsehdelL
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StuyvesAnt square.

Though people who scribble
And people who paint
VIII argue and bubble
On which Ia more quaint,
The queer Chelsea" section
or Greenwich. I swear
To keep my affection
For Stuyvesant Squarel
The homes have old fashioned
And dignihed charm,
with nothing imprisoned
To Jolt or alarm:
No tea rooms erratlo
Have opened up there:
So poseurs ecstatic
shun Stuyvesant squArsi
oh, I ray knew II.
And ems as well:
These writer's went through II,
Historians tell:
So somehow a fellow
Finds attributes rare:
The world all seems mellow
In stuyyesant Square!
AAHoLD sHIo
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II THE Sun could issue a mandate
to the orb whose name It bears 1t
would order him to shine to-day what
ever the weather man says; for this
happens to be the golden wedding an
niversary OF Mr.. and Mrs. JOHN b.
BodART. A SuN man since 1871. and
for seventeen years city editor OF this
newspaper. JOHN BooARr was and Is
an honor to his profession. and on this
happy morning Of their lives we offer
to Mr.. and Mrs. BooART our felicita-
tons and best wishes.
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TO THE WOMEN.
A Memorial to Them by Seryic,
Men Suggested,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: II
would be very fitting and proper II
the men in the military service OF the
United States, |. e.. the army, navy and
Marine Corps, should express in a way
their gratitude TO the women OF theii
country who have backed them UP m
spleudidly during the war and who are
still carrying on.
can state from personal experience
that gratitude has been very keenly
felt and that the comforts made posi-
BILE by the women have been more
than appreciated
I propose that an organized effort be
started to collect enough money by con,
tributions from men who have been ir
the service or who are still serving &c
erect a fitting testimonial TO these
workers. May I suggest that a marbl,
statue of the Greatest Mother in the
World" used in the last Red eros:
drive, might be fitting?
SHERIDAN CoLsoN.
GLEN RIDGE, n. J., May 10.
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The San Francisco Labor Council has
acted encouragingly for that sorely
strike pestered city by refusing to
grant a petition by meddling League
OF Internationalists" with wordy
name which looks violently red to de-
clare Fourth of July strike on behalf
Of THOMAS ]. MOONEY. It promises wei
that this first important rebuff to the
attempts OF "internationalists" to re-
verse decisions OF American courts
should be registered by labor asso-
citation
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THE S. A. T. c.
It's Members VIII Be Entitled TO the
Victory Medal.
FroA the Army and Nary Journal.

FroN Tie Army and NAVY 1obFhdT.
The status of the Student Army
Training Corps as an integral part OF
the army has been definitely established
by recent action OF the War Department
in amending the orders concerning the
award of the Victory Medal 30 as TO
include the members Of the s. A. T. c. In
the list of those eligible.
In reply TO these questions the War
Department has said that the members
OF the g. A. T. C. properly indicted into
the service were on active duty In the
United States Army and were an inte-
grail part OF the lard forces.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT


Psychology Of Art" hv Ni .7M .,s
rant. Phi. d, wadleigh H'sh "'."
street. west OF seventh ave 3- ..... A.
quito, City OF Gret' a ....,,-i'
Little Latitude" ny stafford H., tr..
=. s. ga, Fourth street, east -
nue.. Illustrated BY stereop''. n, r,s'
THE English In Pal,s' me-. y, .,-.,'
II. Eager, P. 3, Sc. Eight'-".r .,,-..
east Of First avenue. L!"S;.--7' ~.
opticon views psrsr.
Napoleon Bonsparte;. Fran. ,'w..
tionary and Imperial" by u ..- We.
kinson. l. d, p. s. 80, li'A S''.'
OF Seventh avenue. -.. o~s =
Explorations aud FNcaNai .,Aa.'''
course OF lectures on Eg rr r.. ..-,s.
r. Gillett, Lift D. 7. ;, l"-. r'''
and Wadsworth avenue .,. '
Nathaniel Hawthorne. ne Nsu..
Prof j. @. Carter Troop b.. ru-
politsn Temple. Seventh a'"h..
teenth street
BRONX. ,.
THE History OF the Flag
Telfair NJ Mintou. L 5 90,
an exhibition ~ Mage. l.
and Holman street Hri Log. ..fr-
Modern Music" bv Mr. A.
port, illustrated by sterrup'l .r.t,
piano selections, Z, :. 81, loan
Jackson and Trinity avenues
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Dissatisfied with Brooklyn's rapid
transit system as a medium for his
personal transportation. and now ind
ing It difficult to enjoy a safe and
speedy conveyance in his own limou-
sine through New York's crowded
streets and over its obstructed bridges.
the Mayor still has the opportunity to
build an airplane platform in City
Hall Park and to travel in the height
OF modern fashion.
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The Sun Calenda,
THE WEATHER
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time.
Sun rises. 80. SIS A NJ Sun sets
Moon risos. .. IL 90 p

Aoon flseS. 80. IL 90 Z N
For eastern New York-Rain .,
In south and in afternoon or a, s
In north portion; tomorrow r,sM
cast, clearing in west portion s, "a
winds shifting to west and nor,hv,..N
For New Jersey-Rain to-day: CO.'S
west portion: tomorrow fair in et N
clearing in north portion; slightly r,olh;
In interiors; increasing south winds m'i
For northern New Engand-Inc,,..-
cloudiness to-day, rain at night in .sns
portion; tomorrow rain; moderate va-.st
For southern New Ensland-R,,,
day and tomorrow: Increasing SOUR u, To-
shifting TO west and northwest eo.n,o mus
For western New 7ork.-Rain TO-DAY
morrow probably fair; fresh north,s,, 10 y.
north winds. 70
WASHINGTON. May ia dl,tp,,.
from the southwest Is central to.n,nes
over the lower Ohio Valley with incr.,,
showers through the central valleSs nv
Gulf and south Atlantic gtafas t'
North Carolina. There was no oth., As w
cipitatlon Of consequence. 1t Is cop,.s,.
ABLY cooler over the rain area and ws.,..
in the extreme Northwest with f,T''.
pressure. and Temperatures much s,.ot
the seasonal average. Elsewhere tsm,,.
atures changed but little. There wlIi Z.
lake region and the middle Atlanta s,0,,'
extending into New England by T,'s.H''
night. There will also be thun dershor.,,
In the south Atlantic and east Gun s,.,,,
On Wednesday the weather will he ~,
east of the Mississippi River except In ~,
England. whore rain will continue. If ~
be somewhat cooler Tuesday In thu n,,.
Ohio valley and the middle A,i.r,,.
states and warmer "wednesday in In. nv.
region, the Ohio Valley, Tennessee and ~,
middle Atlantic States except New Yors
Observations Al United States w.a,b,.
resn station taken at p. NJ. ye,ietisy +,
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The canine associates of both General
o'RYAN and Colonel HAYWARD have
been honored enough to make a dogs
head swell. But though his field OF
service be OF a different nature, per-
haps even more helpful in the past
weeks when hundreds Of almost indi-
gestible bills had to be somehow dis
posed Of, what about CAESAR?
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Thank God for the Regulars.

According to the statistics prepared
by the General Stan as OF May 10
the seven divisions Of Regular Army
troops engaged in the fighting in
France sustained losses as follows:
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One OF the longest wars. or rather
one Of the longest existing states Of
hostilities. in history is about to come
to an end. The Republic OF San Ma
rino has officially requested Senator
sc1ALEuA of Italy to represent her at
the exchange Of credentials with the
Austrian delegates. San Marine Joined
Italy in the war In the last CEN
fury against the Hapsburgs, but
when the peace treaty was signed
Austria refused to recognize San
Marine and her name did not appear
on the document. Thus since 1850
San Marine has been in a state OF
war with Austria. In view Of this
fact San Marine in 1914, when she
was DESTROYS OF taking part in the
war, debated II a declaration Of hos
tilities against Austria was really
necessary. She decided. however,
after much elaboration that she
should make her position clear, be-
cause once she was at war ten years
with Venice before Venice knew It,
and again she went to war against
CHARLEMAoNE and he died without hav-
ing heard of II. San Marine staked
her thirty-eight square miles OF terri
tory and 900 soldiers and helped win
the war. She is willing now to for
give Austria and forget the past and
to offer her all possible assistance and
encouragement In her present reduced
circumstances.
The sun., 1919-05-20

Though the delay in this instance
was not due to the mail service, the
nations answer to q certain appeal Of
last October arrived at the Capitol
only yesterday.
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Highest temperature. 20. at 1850 A.
Lowest temperature, "a. at 40 A. N
Average temperature. 81,
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A picture OF Mayor OLE HANSON in
action at the opening OF the Seattle
baseball season is significant His
Honor is not prettily posed in a grand
stand box about 10 toss out a ball to a
waiting umpire for the pleasure Of
fans and the profit of a movie camera
performance familiar in some nearer
by places. Not OLE! He Is in the pitch
er's box. his abundant prematurely
white hair and whipping coat tails
plainly showing, as does the snappy sug-
gestion in his good right arm, that with
all his strength and will power he has
just whizzed one over the plate a
LARRY DoYLE's bat might fail squarely
to meet A doer, always, rather than
poser. the admirable OLE seems to be.
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS

The temperature in this city ye,t.rdar
as recorded by the official thermom.tG
shown in thu ANNEXED tabia.