Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-01
Roasting in the Far West and
Freezing in East.
C0LDEST JUNE IN YEARS
Snow Falls in Maryiand; Heat
Deaths in Nevada.
ALL BLAMED ON THE COMET
Fiery Visitor Is Credited for Queer
Conditions, Whether It De-
serves It or Not.
Phenomenal weather, this.

Phenomenal weather this.
Snowfalls at Pittsburg and Somerset
Pa. and in Garrett county. Md, with
temperatures below the freezing point
One death from heat stroke at Reno,
Nev., and one death and four prostra :
tions from the same cause at San Fran
cisco.
People on one side of the American
continent swe!tering and going down from
the excessive torridity: folks on the other
side of the continent shivering in the
frigidity and wearing the winter-summer
combination of straw hats and overcoats.
Remarkable Gather indeed.
The mercury in the weather bureau
thermometers ''skidded' downward last
night and gave this District fail of
sixteen degrees. The maximum temper
aturc. at . o'clock Yesterday afternoon
was 62. The minimum. at O'Clock this
morning, was 46, which was but . de-
grees higher than the lowest tempera-
ture recorded in June for the past forty
years. Prof. Bowie. the official fore
caster. said today that the previous low
est June temperature was 43 degrees,
June =, 1897
Blast From Lake Regions.
The prevailing cold wave. Forecaster
region north of the great lakes where
heavy snow storms prevailed Monday.
| The GOODNESS is general in the middle
Atlantic states. the upper Ohio valley
and lake regions with near-record-brean-
ing temperatures.
Tie heat wave continues in the far
west as shown by telegraphic repor,s re-
ceived by Chief Willis l.. Moore of the
weather bureau today. In the interior of
California all previous heat records have
been broken. Some Of the high tempera-
lures yesterday were 40 in the shade at
Fresno. Cal. 100 at Sacramento and 1O4
at Red Bluff. Cal
There have been scattered showers in
the past twenty-four hours in the At
lantic states north OF Virginia, with thun-
derstorms along the gulf coast Partly
cloudy weather is predicted for the Dis
trict of Columbia today and tomorrow
with continued low temperatures. but not
lower than the minimum OF IS recorded
this morning.
The entry of June. 1.-The month Of roses
and balm. was cold and cheeriess, and
many men and women wore their ovs--
coats and winter wraps this morning while
proceeding to their places OF business.
When the rain began to patter down last
night weatherwise old men predicted that
It would turn into snow before the break
o day this morning. Fires were relighted
i'll furnaces, latrobes and freplaceS, and
extra coverings were placed upon beds.
A Cherries June /.
The first morning OF June was much
like an early morning in December. and
the open cars on the street railway lines
We're termed ''cold storage plants by
passengers who sought the closed cars.
The pesky housef1ies and other insects
,crawled into their holes and pulled the
apertures in after them to shut out the
cold. There was a chilliness in the very
notes OF the warbling birds and blooming
flowers took an a wilted appearance.
On every side today the blame for the
unusual weather conditions was placed
on Halley'S comet. which is rapidly
shooting away from the earth Almost
every man who believed that the comet
has disturbed the meteorOlogy of the
earth had different theory about the
matter But all agreed that 1t was due
to the fiery visitor. The hope was eX-
pressed by the sage of the Eastern
branch. a venerable riverman. that
some OF the extreme heat in the west
may come this way and chase the pre-
vailing cold off the Atlantic coast.