The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31
IL PrOStratiOns in N. Y. Brings
TwO-Day Total to 80.
Washington Reports Serious
Damage to Grain Belt Crops.
RECORD HEAT IN KANSAS
As High as 10 Degrees Report
ed; Hot Winds Continue.
Even ''COOI NOrthland" Not I'm
mune; 3 Die in Detroit.

Chicago, July 31.-Fifteen deaths
attributed to the heat occurred IN Chi
cago within the last twenty-four
hours. Coroner Hoffman said today.
The government thermometer regis
tered SO degrees at IL a. m, with
prospects that it would reach the 100
mark later in the day.
92 in New York.
New York. July 31.-With scores of
prostIhtions and several deaths re-
ported from all parts of the country
east of the Rockies, the hea wave
grew worse today.
In New York the temperature was
50 at noon and twelve prostrdtions
brought the total up to thirty-three
for two days.
Hottest Day Yet in Kansas.
Kansas City. July 31.-The Their
mometer registered SO degrees here at
1880 o'clock this afternoon with indi-
cation that the days maximum would
again pass the hundred mark. Kan
sas points reported temperature pass
ing yesterdays high mark of from los
to 10 degrees. The hot winds con-
tinue and corn is suffering severely.
Another Hottest Day"
indianapolis Ind, July 31.-What
promised to be the hottest day of the
summer was faced by Indiana today.
The thermometer at 10 o'clock reg
istered go and was going up rapidly.
Farmers began to fear for their corn
corps.
Detroit, Mich, July 31-No relief
was IN sight today from the heat
which caused three deaths in Detroit
yesterday. AT 10 o'clock thr Their
higher than yesterday at that time.
Nebraska Corn safe Yet
Lincoln. Neb., July 31-With the
temperature reaching 1913 yesterday,
cooler weather promised arrived to-
day With an abatement of the hot
wind which had been blowing for
the past three days. Corn in Ne
and experts declare that if rain comes
this week very little damage will have
resulted.
Midwest Crops Hit.
Washington, July 31.-Serious dam
age to crops if the present whitening
heat is prolonged was predicted at the
agriculture department today
Already spring wheat IN the Da-
kotas and other parts % the grain
belt is suffering from the drouth, it
was stated.
The greatest damage 50 far has
been in m my potato growing sections
where the terrific heat following rains
caused ''wither tip" in the .ubers.
No Relief Until Tomorrow.
Springfield. Ill, July Slater en-
joying a cool night with the lowest
temperature at IS. a blistering hot
sur greeted Springfield today. The
government thermometer registered
81 before 3 o'clock. The weather man
predicted that relief would come to-
morrow night.
Four Stricken by Heat.
st. Louis. Mo-, July 31.-Three per-
sons are in critical condition here
today and a fourth recovering from
heat stroke following the hottest day
of the year yesterday when the Their
mometer stood at IS all afternoon.
No relief is promised for today Tenn
perature at a. m. was Sc with a
forecast maximum of 96.
Around 100 Again.
Des Moines, Ia, July 31.=Some
relief, but not much, said the wealth
er man here today announcing the
average temperature thru Iowa as IS
degrees at 10 o'clock. Todays maxi
mum will be around 100. he said. He
also announced no rains for the next
twenty-four hours