Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1916 — War and the Weather. [ARTICLE]

War and the Weather.

If the north Atlantic skippers whsi think that the bad weather from which they have been suffering is due to tbs concussion of the bombardment in Europe would compare notes with theis colleagues in the West India and Caribbean trade they might take a broader view of the meteorological disturbances. The storms which havg been raging in the north Atlantic, the bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean started in the tropics and had already paid respects to our coast before cross*, ing over to add to Europe's troubles, The skepticism of the scientists in regard to the connection between wa» and weather is well founded. As tat the sun spo.ts, all that can be said si present is that they axe under sue pi cion.