Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-01-12
ZERO WEATHER
IN The SOUTH
Still Colder Weather Will
Spread Over Gulf States
Tonight
SNOW ON THE PACIFIC COAST
Chicago, Kansas City and Sur.
rounding States Report In
tense Suffering.
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(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican,
i Washington, D. c., Jan. 12.-With
the lowest temperatures of the sea-
son prevailing this morning in the
upper Mississippi valley states. the
Pains States and the West Gulf
| States, zero weather extending as far
south as Arkansas, and northern Tex
as and the temperature below freezing
on the Texas coast, the weather
bureau today gave notice that a very
cold wave would oyerSpread the south
eastern states during the next 36 to
As hours.
! Snow was falling today in practic-
ally all districts east of the Rocky
mountains, except in the southeast
ern states, where there was rain. In
the far west there was a storm of
considerable intensity over British
Columbia, causing rains in the pacif-
tic states and SHOWS in the north
Rocky mountain regions.
Chicago's Ninth Day of Zero Weather.
Chicago, Ill, Jan. 12.-Chicago is
secutive day of zero weather Al
though there have been intervals of
q few hours when the mercury climb
Iel above this morb each day at some
time zero has been reached and pass
ed, establishing a record for more
than 20 years.
AT midnight last night, the govern
nent thermometers stood at zero, but
an hour later one degree was regis
tered and at O'Clock this morning
this mark still stood. Throughout the
night fine snow fell, driven by
bitter north west wind. No relief
was held out for the day Each day
brings stories of suffering in every
part of the city.
Blizzard in Missouri.
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 12.-Not in
23 years has Missouri experienced
such severe winter conditions as
those of last night and early today
| Although the blizzard which swept
western Kansas, northern oklahoma
and southern Missouri, at 40 miles an
hour had abated, the mercury today
dropped to the lowest point OF the
season. Twenty degrees below zero
was registered here at o'clock today.
Conditions in western Kansas, were
1.-THE worst since 1886.
i Train service on all western lines
was in chaotic condition and on
some roads was temporarily abandon
ed
Fourteen Below in Missouri,
ST. Louis. Mo-, Jan. 12.-Tempera-
lures of zero or below prevailed in
eastern Missouri and southern Illinois
| last night and today. At Hannibal,
No, the thermometer registered IA
degrees below and at Cairo, His, the
mercury stood at zero.
Cattle Suffer.
| Denver, Colo, Jan. 12.-Drifted
snow on plains and in mountain pass
es in Colorado, Wyoming and North
ern New Mexico, which, in the last
week, has interrupted railroad traffic
more than in the last twen .y-five
years, today caused trains to arrive
here from one to fifteen hours late.
The continued cold in eastern Colo
rado has frozen many water holes and
the consequent water shortage has
/ increased the difficulties of caring for
thousands of range cattle which have
been suffering from food shortage for
two weeks.
Snow Blockade in Kansas.
! Topeka, Kans., Jan. 12.-Hundreds
of men are battling with the snow
drifts in western Kansas today. Not
since noon Thursday has train pass
ed over the Santa Fe or Rock Island
between Hutchinson and Dodge City
on the Santa Fe, or Hutchinson and
Liberal on the Rock Island. Near
kingman on the Panhandle division
of the Santa Fe, six locomotives are
stalled in cut unable to move eth
er way.
| 80 Below in Montana.
! Salt Lake City, Jan. 12.-The ex-
treme cold moderated in central and
western Montana today, although
Havre still reports 80 below zero and
Billings IS below. Butte reported 80
above and Helena reported 20 above.
There has been slight improvement
in the movement of traffic on the
Great Northern and Pacific although
trains are still far behind schedule.
Union Pacific trains from the east are
from 10 to II hours late.