The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
WEATHER RECORDS
 OF YEARS BROKEN
Comparatively Mild Weath- CT Prevails in South,
 However

Cold weather records for the year, and in many instances, for many years were broken yesterday or will be broken by the succeeding 24 hours in the territory with in 1000 mile radius of the Great Lakes according to the prediction issued by the Chicago weather bureau.
 A low record for many years for Chi eago was established shortly before noon, however, at 9.6 below zero. Tomorrow figure is predicted to be 15 degree below.
 West as far as the Rocky Mountains and north into Canada, low temperatures for today, it was predicted, would be for gotten in the bitter blasts of the next 24 hours. Canada's low figure, 42 be- low zero, was expected to be lowered sev- eral degrees in states northwest of Chl- cago, where Duluth reported S5 below, La Crosse registered 25 below and Eu Claire, Wis, 2S below, q shrinkage of the mer- cury to figures like 40, 30 and 32 degrees respectively, was predicted.
 Tonight's forecast said Sunday also would be cold, the skies will remain clear and no immediate relief is in sight.
 
 Memphis, January 5.-Except in eastern Tennessee, comparatively mild weather prevailed throughout the central southern and southwest today and tonight. but with cold wave in prospect for tomor- row. At z o'clock tonight, according to weather bureau reports, Nashville was the coldest point in Tennessee with 20 de- grees. At Memphis the mercury stood at B.
 In Arkansas and Oklahoma the temper ature was several degrees above At Amarillo, in the Texas panhandle, tho thermometer registered 94 degrees a rise of 20 degrees from the low point of last night, and in other portions of Texas the temperatures ranged from 42 to 45 degrees.
 Roswell, N M, reported 42 Sante Fe 20.
 The reading from Vcksburg, Miss, showed 42 and Shreveport La, A. Gen orally the weather was fair.
 Kansas City, January 5.-Below zero temperature were recorded all over the Missouri valley today and tonight follow ing a cold wave from the northwest. At Kansas City at o'clock the mercury stood at degrees below zero, a drop of IS degrees in 24 hours. The gas pres- sure here is very low.
 Kansas reported temperatures of from to below zero. Much suffering was re- ported in the western part of the state. Calls for aid and provisions were received by the state public utilities commission at Topeka from southern Logan county Telegrams asserted that persons there were living on short rations, that sto--s were sold out and that unless aid was sent at once there would be great suf- fering.
 Atlanta, January 1.-The cold wave which struck this section of the south increased in intensity tonight. The low est temperature today was p degrees but Forecaster Von Hermann predicted the mercury will drop to 10 to 15 degrees above zero tomorrow morning. Only mod eratey cold weather has been experienced in the south Atlantic states, but with colder weather predicted for Saturday.
 Mason City, Ia. January 5.-After suf- ferinL cold in unheated coaches for nearly 24 hours, passengers on a Chicago Great Western railway train which had been stalled near Burchinal since yesterday afternoon were reached by rescue crew today They were taken to a farm shouse and then to Burchinal.