Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
WAVE CLEAR TO GULF
Zone of Frigidity Reaches from Lakes
Through South.
COAL SHORTAGE IN CHICAGO
Factories Likely to Close Unless the
Railroads Can Get Fuel Trains
Through DrIftS-WRrmer
in the West.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. THE coolest
section of the United States today. accord
ing to the weather bureau, lies in the terri
tory from the southern boundary of Ten
nessee to the country bordering on Lake
Superior.
In Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky
the coolest weather in many years Is re-
ported. Freezing temperature prevails as
far south as the gulf of Mexico and as far
east in the southern country as the Apala-
chicola river in Florida.
The snow storm which has prevailed for
more than twelve hours over eastern Ar
kansas and northern Mississippi and the
country northeastward, has subsidized, leav-
ing decidedly colder weather.
Paducah, KY, reports 2 below zero, the
that part of the state 6 beiow was regis
tered.
Chicago Coolest I'm Years.
CHICAGO, Jan. I-Chicago experienced
it's coolest weather in several years today,
when, according to the weather bureau,
the thermometer registered 5 degrees below
zero from 8 a. m. to 8 a. m. Thermometers
on the streets recorded temperature as
much as 10 degrees below zero.
The steamer Puritan Of the Graham g.
Morton line which sailed from here for
Benton Harbor, Mich, is fast in the ice
twenty miles out in the lake. The Puritan
was due at Benton Harbor yesterday after
noon. Communication was established by
wireless telegraph today. The Puritan car
ried no passengers and a crew of about
twenty men.
The Ions continued cold weather has
reduced the reserve supply of coal in
Chicago to such an alarming extent that
dealers were powerleGs today to supply
the demand for tuel from many manu-
featuring Institutions that are facing a
shutdown unless relief comes within the
next forty-eight hours.
The railroads were frantically urged by
the coal merchants to get coal into the
Chicago yards. Thousands of carloads of
coal are reported to be waiting on sidings
because of a lack of locomotives to move
them.
Rise in
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 7.-There was
a decided rise in the temperature in this
part of the southwest in the twenty-four
hours ended today, the mercury climbing
upward from 6 to II degrees, with the
wind from the south. The shortage Of
natural gas in western Missouri and east
erD Kansas, that has caused much suffer
ing, appeared to be over. Trains We're
still late, but the service was improving.
Mississippi Frozen over.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. with the OK
ception of a few places, the Mississippi
river was frozen over today from St. Paul,
Mimi, to Grand Tower, Ill, for the tlrst
time in years. The ice dams at Chester,
Crystal City and jefferson Barracks con-
tinued to hold.
The ice in the St. Louis harbor is from
one to five feet in thickness and all liver
craft are ice-locked. The weather bureau
at present sees no danger, from the gorges
as a temperature at about freezing point
would allow the river to clear itself without
any flood.
Roads Urged to ship Ore.
DIES MONIES, Jan. 7-(Special Tele-
gramO-The secretary of the State Rail
road commission today telegraphed to the
general managers of all railroads running
through Iowa suggesting to them the ad-
visibility Of abandoning at least some Of
their passenger trains, IL that be neces-
sary, in order that coal may be supplied
TO Iowa consumers. Attention was called
to the fact that there is a shortage re-
ported from nearly all sections OF the
state. Locally there is great activity in
railroad circles, but the dealers report a
much better outlook and there will be
little trouble for factories or public build
ings.
Ids Grove Threatens Suit.
IDA GROVE, Ia, Jan. 7-(special)-Th
coal situation through this section Is be-
coming desperate, and many believe that
the railroads are not hauling the coal be-
cause they do not want to haul 1t. and
because they want to punish Iowa for put
ting In a 2-cent fare. A few nights ago
a Northwestern coal train dropped three
cars here for the city heating plant, and
with them. left two cars that were con-
signed to Sioux City and one to Danbury
The biggest Hill in Iowa Is just east OF
here at Odeboldt. II the road hauls any