Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-06
Records for Cod Broken
Throughout Middle West

of the cold wave through the middle west
today From many cities came reports
of broken records Superior. Wis, had
the unusual mark Of 80 degrees deblow
zero. the low point touched In the United
States. Duluth, however. was pressing
Superior hard. being just half q point be-
hind. with a temperature Of 37H below.
At Green Bay, Wis, 1t was g below,
the coolest in eight years.
A general snowfall throughout Illinois.
Iowa, Michigan and Missouri added to
the misery. The official forecast at the
government bureau here was that snow
would continue to fall tonight and sun
day and the temperature would drop sew
eral degrees. No prediction as 10 Mnes
Journey would be made by local fore
casters.
The general temperature range in the
Canadian northwest is from IA to % De-
Of the United States Is from Is to 81
Ten Below Zero in Chicago.
Locally the records for two years were
broken today. Just two years ago to-
day the mercury dropped to 10 below
zero. the low mark. touched here at 5
O'Clock this morning.
A brisk wind blew from the northwest.
Telegraph companies have experienced
mfuch wire trouble. The word given
out from the local weather office early
at 8 degrees below zero at am, might
drop to 10 below before nishtfali.
Suffering was intense. Four deaths were
attr buted directly to the weather. Scores
of families were routed from their homes
by fires. Yesterday firemen responded to
167 alarms. and the calls continued to
sound with regularity during last night.
according to the estimate OF Cnaries n.
~ ho
there are in Chicago 10000 unemployed
I men OF this number 500 spent last night
in the municipal lodging house. Two hun
/ bred more found shelter in the Desplaines
street police station, while the forty-three
i other police stations housed many men
4 who said they had no other place to sleep
4 The county authorities this morn ng gave
B orders to the county agent to double to-
day usual allotments Of fuel and food FOR
/ the needy.
: Kansas City Coolest in Seven Years.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. January 6.-trom
, two to six inches of snow fell over the
greater part Of the Missouri valley last
night and early today, where below-zero
temperatures. in some districts the lowest
in ten years. have prevailed since yester
day morning.
In Kansas City, where thousands de-
pend on gas for heat, there was intense
suffering, the gas pressure being so low
that practically no heat could be obtained
from it. Eight hundred homeless persons
were housed at the Helping Hand insti-
tuition in this city last night. The mer-
curry erached ~ degrees below zero the
lowest record here since 1905, when u de-
grees below was registered.
Six i'll YES of snow fell here.
With d change of weather in sight.
reports of increasing damage TO live
stock, and almost famine conditions in
iSf.laf cd Init inS Cltt nff l.
way transportation, continue to reach
here from the southwest.
Seven men. each with a four-hOrse
team hitched TO heavy wagon, arrived
at Garden City, in the heart of the isolat-
cd section of western Kansas. today, hav
ing driven twenty-five miles from Emf
hence. where the settlers had received nj
outside supplies for two weeks. As soon
us their wagons Were loaded they started
on the return drive.
Below Zero in New York.
NEW YORK, January Zero tempera-
ture, accompanied by high northwest
winds, which swept around corners and
exposed places throughout the city with
the fury of "A gale. caused intense suffer
ing during the night and early today
The night was the coolest SO far thi.
winter, and the mercury in some localities
went below the zero point.
The city lodging houses were taxed Il
their capacity. and In the emergency tho
norgue chapel was thrown open for the
wanderers, 100 of whom took refuge there
from the cold
There were a number of exposure cases
reported from the different hospitals,
The municipal lodging house accommo
dated LOGS persons and sent 2S5 more Il
The charity dock building. In the host OF
unfortunates who applied for admission
10 the municipal lodging house wers
twenty-five women and four children
The supply of natural gas Throughout
western New York Is reported SO Low
to occasion the gravest alarm. Mos
of the residents of the towns and vii
lagos depend entirely upon gas for hea
and no other fuel is available for emer
gency. The temperature today IL below
zero and still colder weather is threat
ened.
Yacht Corsair Calls for Help.
PHILADELPHIA, January s.-Ths
steam yacht Corsair. owned by ]. p
Morgan Of New York. had hard tussl.
last night with the wild gale THAI
brought the cold wave from the west
ana In the struggle lost two anchor.
and cabin. and had to call upon thu
-Assateague life savers for help, accord
ing TO q dispatch received by the mari
time exchange today from Assateague