The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-11
NOREL|EF FROM THE
 FIERCE HEAT WAVE
National Capital Swelters Under Blazing Sun
TEN DIE IN NEW YORK
While Conditions Are Bad the Present Heat Wave Cannot Be Com pared With That of
 Last Year

Washington, July IDA few tantal- fzing thunder showers that battered yainly on burned fields and steaming pavements were the only promises of relief in sight tonight from the wave of humid heat that has enve1oped the country.
 New York and Chicago all caught the rising temperature. Throughout the New England and Middle Atlantic states the mercury rose. The lower lakes and the Mississippi valley. the southwest and the northwest, all showed increased temperatures.
 There was slight let up in the up per lake region and in the upper Mis- sissippi, but even there the tempera- ture promised rise tomorrow.
 There is no official relief in sight. said the forecaster at the weather hu- reau tonight. To-day was generally warmer except few spots where show CTS cooled things off for a time. Tenn peratures are gradually rising and the reports show the likelihood of further increase tomorrow. The heat wave from all indictions probably will continue for some time.'
 The national capital sweltered under a blazing sun during the day. Hot weather and the vacation spirit com bined today to drive the House lead CTS almost to despair for they were virtually unable to command quorums either on the floor or In the committee rooms.
 Today was set aside for considera- tion of the navy appropriation bill by naval affairs sub committee. but not enough members appeared. Other com mittees were without quorum. For two hours tonight it tried to rain and final ly a pelting. driving shower managed 10 break through the clouds. But the rain was warm and had little effect.
 New York, July 10.-The heat wave, which began to make itself felt in the eastern section of the country on the Fourth of July, continued today with Temperatures above 90, causing a score or more scattered deaths and general suffering.
 For the first time. however, there were indications tonight that the siege was broken in the metropolis at least The first rain seen in two weeks fell in the shape of a few drops after sun down and although 1t did not qualify to n cdi oiloWtis IL was ioiioNtu DS cooling breezes. The weather officials saw a cool wave in the northwest on the map and held out hope that the effects of this might be felt in the east by tomorrow afternoon.
 In the record of prolonged heat spells the present siege does not appear likely to approach the record established a year ago when more than a third of the coun- try experienced temperatures of nearly 100 during the first two weeks in July with total of 1500 deaths reported. In com parison with this the present heat wave has taken lives which can be numbered by scores instead of hundreds.
 In this city today the official tempera- ture was 91, as compared with g yester- day. but notwithstanding the slight i'm provement there were 10 deaths A year ago it was s5 degrees here. Boston and other New England points reported tenn peratures above 95 today with scattering deaths and many prostrations. The wave extended as far north as Montreal where temperature of 96 and one death was re- ported.