Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02
COLD WAVE COMING JAP SPIES AT WORK
Expected to Strike National Alleged Collection of Maps of
Capital Tomorrow Night Philippine Fortfications.
MAY GO DOWN TO ZERO IRECENT ARRESTS IN MANILA
High Will Precede the Big Statements Made by Officials
Drop in Temperature reau of Justice
CHICAGO NOW IN ITS GRASP BOAST JAPANESE OFFICERS
Of Rocky Capture
Easy, but Would
Florida mately sufe Defeat
Expected to Strike National
Capital Tomorrow Night.
MAY GO DOWN TO ZERO
High Winds Will Precede the Big
Drop in Temperature.
CHICAGO NOW IN ITS GRASP
Swept Down Out of Rocky Noun
tains, and Will Extend as
Far South as Florida.

Rain tonight probably turning to snow.
with fair but cold tomorrow. This is the
weather bureau forecast.
A big cold wave which covers the entire
west from the Rocky mountains to the
Mississippi valley and reaches as far
south as Florida is its way and is
expected to reach here by tomorrow
night, which will make for two or three
days probably the coldest weather OF the
season.
The Thermometer at Havre, Mon, to-
day registered 80 degrees below zero
and a temperature extending below zero
reaches even into the Texas panhandle.
Tomorrow night the thermometer. accord
ing to the weather bureau forecaster, Will
get down somewhere between zero and
10 degrees above. The winds will be
southerly, shifting to northwest and be-
coming high on Tuesday. The forecaster
says, however, as the cold settles in the
winds will die down.
What Weather Bureau Says.
The weather story in greater detail is
thus told by the official statement OF the
weather bureau:
1.-The cold wave that opened the present
year in the northwest was the most
severe Of the season. 1t follows dis
turbance that moved down the eastern
slope of the Rocky mountains to western
Kansas. and from thence northeastward
to Lake Superior, where it was central
Monday morning, attended by general
SHOWS and rains over the eastern half Of
the country.
In the meantime a high-pressure area
of great magnitude has overspread the
entire west, and the cold wave now COW
ers the whole interior of that section.
with a temperature to degrees below
zero Monday morning in the Texas pam
handle and low reading of 80 degrees
below zero at Havre, Mont.
High northwest winds accompanied the
cold weather and considerable snow in
the upper Mississippi valley and upper
lake region.
Gold wave warnings We're first ordered
Friday night for the northwest, and since
that time they have been extended south
ward and eastward as occasion required.
and this morning they are dispIayed over
the entire country east OF the MISSISSIPPI
river, the upper lake region and southern
Texas. The cold wave will maintain its
severe character, and temperatures below
the freezing point may be expected by
Wednesday morning well into southern
Florida, while over the middle and north
ern districts they will range from zero to
probably as much as 20 or % degrees
below over extended northern districts.
1.-The cold wave will continue i'm the
east for several days, and it Will be ac-
companied at first by high west to north
west winds, for which warnings are now
displayed on the Atlantic and gulf
coasts"
Chicago in Its Grasp.
CHICAGO. ILL.,. January with the
temperature dropping at the rate of more
than degrees an hour, and with the
wind approaching gale. the first blizzard
of the new year began to make itself
felt in Chicago today. Emergency prepa-
rations were hurriedly made by trans
portation companies and relief organiza-
tions to meet the consequences, which
were expected to be severe before night
fall
KANSAS CITY, January with the
thermometer registering three degrees
below zero and the wind blowing twenty
eight miles an hour from the northwest,
this city and vicinity this morning eX-
perienced the severest cold of the sea-
son. The mercury is below the zero
point all over Kansas and Missouri.
Below Zero in Texas.
Texas experienced zero weather all
through the Panhandle. 1t was four de-
grees below at Amarillo. The lowest
temperature in Oklahoma was two de-
grees below zero at oklahoma City.
In Kansas the range was from two be-
low at Wichita to eight below at Dodge
City.
Billiards. swept Nebraska and Iowa, the
wind reaching a velocity of forty miles
an hour along the Missouri river.
The lowest temperature in Nebraska,
1G below was recorded at North Platte.
in Iowa the range was from = below. at
Des Moines, to below. in the north
western part of the state. The lowest
temperature in Missouri was below
zero in st. Joseph.
Top Blown From Coach.
TOPEKA, Kan. January THE bliz-
zard sweeping over Kansas gave pas
sengers on Rock Island railroad train
No. ..S. due here early this morning, an
unusual experience. While running at
full speed tine top of passenger coach
was blown off. giving the passengers a
chill, but no one was injured. The DAM
aged coach was abandoned and the train
reached Topeka two hours late.
The telegraph lines along the Rock
Island are down and the trains are be-
ing operated with difficulty.
OMAHA. Neb., January 2.-The bliz-
zard that began here yesterday continued
today without abatement. Thermometers
at O'Clock registered ten degrees below
zero.
DENVER, Col, January Denver and
Colorado in general are experiencing the
co dest weather So far this winter. the
thermometer registering II degrees below
zero at o'clock this morning. Thee is
pra ctically no snow i'm this part of the
state. but comparatively heavy falls are
reported from the mountain districts.
Railroad traffic is considerably affected.
Race With Cold Wave.
PITTSBuRG. Pa, January c.--Racing
before the rapidly approa ching cold wave.
3, 900 900 bushels of coal and 400 tons of
finished stee. products are on their way
to southern ports.
They left Pittsburg this morning and
hope to keep in front of a temperature
which means impossible navigation Of the
Ohio river. Two big fleets preceded them.
and If the latest to start can reach Gin
cinnati before the river closes much in
and loss will be overcome.