Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-15
Coolest Point in the State is Regis
tered in Northwestern Part
Yesterday Morning.
BITING COLD MANY PLACES
Grand Island and North Platte Both
Readings Down to Ten Below.
GOVERNMENT ISSUES WARNING
Washington Sends Out Information
that Frigid Conditions VIII Pre-
vail Generally Over Large
Portion OF Country.

While warmer weather was predicted
fer last night the thermometer failed to
register the change and from sundown
on the Fahrenheit dropped steadily,
The temperatures gradually rose yester-
terday morning after O'Clock until the
highest point during the day was reached
at o'clock, remaining there for over an
hour
Norfolk. on the Chicago & Northwestern,
registered the lowest temperature, the
thermometer at that point dropping to 10
degrees below zero. On the same line
West Points reports Is degrees below,
and Wisner 16, while Oakdale reports 10,
Long Pine and Scribner 8. From Chad
ron the surprising report of 10 degrees
above zero was received at the local
headquarters.
Grand Islsnd and North Platte were
two points on the Union Pacific, the
Thermometer falling to 10 degrees below
at both functions. Other points all regis
tered higher temperatures.
Randolph Coolest Spot.
On the Burlington Randolph wes the
coolest spot. with IS degrees below
Hickman was IA below and O'Neill and
Grover Il. Superior was degrees above
and out in the west Cheyenne reported
20 degrees above and Denver % degrees
above
Trains running into Omaha were late
Most trains coming in from the west ran
from an hour to an hour and a half late
and trains from the east were almost as
delinquent on account OF the cold
The Union Pacifis's private telegraph
wire to Chicago from the local headquar-
ters was reported out of commission this
morning and at noon it was still down.
A short wire. giving inadequate service.
was the best possible TO Kansas City.
Other railroad wires suffered from the
cold. making many delays in the opera
tive departments.
Cold Wave Flagr Up fin East,
WASHINGTON, Dec. B.-Colder weather
-throngtUut the east is forecasted by the
weather bureau for Tuesday.
All through the southern sthtes, The great
central valleys and the lake region 'oday
the temperatures were tumhlng, and in
the upper Mississippi valley and the north
plains region the mercury was below the
zero mark.
Cold wave warnings were aflutter from
the aeries of the forecasters throughout
New England New York, Delaware.
Maryland 'and West Virginia. All the
South Atlantic and gulf states except
southern Florida. may expect freezing
temperatures tonight. The southern storm
which centered in Alabama was passing
out to sea off the Maine coast today,
leaving heavy SHOWS in parts OF New
England, New York. Pennsylvania. Ohio
and the mountain districts of the middle
Atlantic states. and a general blanket OF
rain and slush in other(places. Shifting
gales along the Atlantic coast accom-
panied it and storm warnings are up
again from Hatteras TO Eastport.
The heaviest snowfall reported to the
weather bureau headquarters was fiji
teen inches at Oswego. N. Y.
Seventeen Below Mt Duluth.
DULUTH, Mimi, Gee. 1L-Duluth shiv-
cred today in north wind that brought
street thermometers down to II below
zero. the lowest of the season. No snow
has fallen here and st. Louis bay is
frozen over with the best racing Ice in
years.
Much Suffering In Chicago.
CHICAGO. Dec. H.-Charitable organiza-
tlons were swamped here today with APP
peals for aid as a result Of a cold wave
which swept the great lakes region last
night. The temperature dropped 81 degrees
20 zero in twelve hours. All municipal
lodging houses were packed with homeless
men last night,