The San Francisco call., 1913-08-16
Refusing to Issde Proclana-
ton for Public Services to
End Dry Spell, He Says
He Believes in Efficacy of
Supplications, but Not in
Case of Drought or Flood
HEAT BLISTERS
PLAINS STATES
Temperatures Still Pass Cen
tury Mark and Trees Shed
Leaves as in Autumn
Rivers Nearly Empty and
Game Hogs Are Killing
Fish With Clubs and Guns

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Aug 15.-Prayers
Missouri today by citizens and clergy.
In Kansas hundreds of persons wrote
70 Governor Hodges asking him to issue
a proclamation for day of public
prayer. The governor declined.
Il believe in the efficacy of prayer,
said he, but not in the case of flood
or drought
Bishop j. J. Hennessey of the Roman
Catholic diocese of wichita Issued an
order that next Sunday an hour should
be given in each church in the diocese
for special devotions and ..fervent
prayer to our blessed lord to terminate
the present unusually protracted dry
spell"
Donald, pastor of the ST, Paul Meth
odist Episcopal church. announced
services would be held tomorrow at
o'clock, open to the public.S when pray
ers would be offered for rain. The sec
tion near Springfield is experiencing
one of the most serious droughts ever
known.
URGE ENTIRE STATE TO PRAY
Many OF the letters to Governor
Hodges declared the writer's and their
families and friends and the ministers
in the churches generally had prayed
and are praying for rain, but the
prayers have not been answered. The
writer's declared their belief that if the
entire citizenship of the state would
Join in general prayer, God would not
fail to answer II at once and send the
much needed rain.
Heat continued unabated today
throughout Kansas.
The weather forecaster in Topeka
said tonight there was no relief In
sight for Kansas. either from the
drought or hot weather. He said the
average temperature for the day and
night for the last 10 days was so.1 de-
grees, breaking the previous record OF
ss.S, recorded from July is to 26, 1901.
Reports from the stations indicated
that temperatures in Kansas ranged
from 100 TO 10s degrees. In Leaven-
worth county, where 1oS was regis
tered. farmers today began hauling
water from the Missouri river
LEAVES FALL AS IN AUTUMN
Another Kansas product was affected
by the drought today. Shortage of
water in the zinc mines in the Galena
district, where an excess of water usu-
ally is burden. has greatly curtailed
the output OF the mines. and as a re-
suit the price advanced today from 81
10 SO per ton.
The Republican river. near Scandia,
is so nearly dry that the game warden
there has reported the names of 40
men he charges with violating the law
by killing fish with clubs and guns.
Leaves are falling from the trees as
though October were the month in
stead OF August The trees them
selves seem to be dying Both fruit
and shade trees are affected, and un-
less rain comes soon horticulturists say
many Of each kind will die
Good rains were reported this after
noon east and south of Guthrie and in
Cushing, Okla. A half inch OF rain fell
IN Oklahoma City.
The maximum Temperature in Kan
sss City was 10l The government
forecaster tonight said the prospect for
rain was better than it had been for
two weeks.
Minneapolis Heat Record
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Aug. 15.-The
government thermometer late today
registered 100 degrees, beating all
August records in the history of the
local weather bureau Three prostra-