The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-26
TODAY COLDEST OF YEAR; WARM
 WAVE COMING 6 Temperature In Early Morning Three Above Zero
 Thermometers Freeze COLD GOING SOUTH;
 CLEAR TOMORROW Records for December Tenn perature Broken In Many
 Parts of the Country

Today is the coIdest day this year. the mercury taking a sudden tumble and reaching just above zero at 80 this morning. This Is Just one oe- gree lower than recorded at Hartford at the same time today when the of- ficia1 Thermometers there recorded degrees above zero. It Is also the coIdest December 26 known here in i2 years In 1902 the cold snap be- gan on Christmas night and at 7:SO next morning the thermometer had l fallen to 2 degrees below zero. It rose rapidly during the day however and by noon had gone to 12 above and ats4 o'clock that afternoon was IA above, the same temperature re- corded here at 11:30 today
 The big thermometer in front of the store of F. L.yuzan on Main street which is considered absolutely accu- rate in recording temperature condI- tions, went out of commission yester- day. Whether the stopping of the thermometer was due to weather con ditions MT. Lyman could not deter mine today but the cIockwork which runs the thermometer stopped early. yesterdayN A similar thermometer which is in use by Southport jew eIer went out of commission about the same time. MT. Lyman is repairing both Thermometers. Both are what is known as mechanical thermom meters which automatically trace on a chart thet varying temperatures.
 The figures on the temperatures ob- tained today were taken from the big mercury thermometer in front of the Lyman store. They correspond ex- actly with the official record of the varying temperature taken by Official Weather Observer Jennings At noon today the tenperatUre has risen to. 16l above. es I While weather observers here were inclined to predict a drop in the mer- curry tonight and more severe wealth CT, the U. S.. Weather bureau at Washington has predicted a rise in temperature with much warmer for today and tomorrow, with a fair and warmer Sunday afternoon and evening" It is reported that the cold wave is travelling southward and that the south Atlantic states will suffer from the cold while the weather be- comes nilder here.
 The cold snap and effect upon the city s poor has been less noticeable at the Department of. Charities this sea- son than for a. number of years, ac-' cording to records of the officials. Foresight in preparing for cold weather and providing necessities is given as one reason. The main req son is believed to be the procedure in vogue whereby unemployed are given work at the new Lakeview site ana are credited with $1.50 g. day They or those dependent upon them. are given credit slips for necessities. The plan even includes the payment of insurance for those of the unen- ployed having policies. 7
 At the railroad station it was re- ported that the cold wave had not in any. way interferred with the railway service through here.
 Washington. Dec. 26AA cold wave held the country. from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic coast in it's gQip today and broke December tenpera- ture records in many places.
 The extremely cold weather extend peninsula and below zero tempera- lures were recorded in New England. interior of New York, West Virginia Michigan, Illinois, northern Missiuri. Iowa. Wisconsin. Minnesota and North Dakota
 Lower temperatures were promised for tonight in the south Atlantic states, but in the region Of the Great Lakes, New York, New England and the lower Ohio valley it will grow somewhat warmer. It will moderate also in the middle Atlantic states, the upper Ohio valley and the lower Mis- sissdppf valley on Sunday.
 Gen eraI1y fair weather was predict ed for tonight and Sunday everywhere east Of the Mississippi river except that snow fIurries are probable in the upper lake region.