The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-11

The star indicates below zero tenn
pers lures.
The wind at o'clock was blowing
20 miles an hour from the north The
temperatures for the day averaged 30
degrees below normal for the date
On the wings of a bitter and pene-
trating twenty-five mile wind from
the northwest the promised cold wave
swept into Kansas Thursday night.
and drove the column of mercury
down to the lowest point 1t has
reached in Topeka in the last two
years. incidentally making a record
for the date of January IL. Previous
to Thursday night the low record for
the date was II below in 1912. The
corresponding high temperature was
&c degrees in 1911. At $50 O'Clock
this morning the thermometer regis--
tered the lowest temperature for the
day, degrees below zero.
All over Kansas Thursday night the
blanket of white that means golden
wheat in the spring fell deep and ever
deeper, driven before the wind and
piling high in drifts along the sides of
buildings and in the draws Four and
one half inches of snow fell in Topeka
during the two days storm, but this
was the 1ightest fall IN the state As
one goes westward where in the hot
month of July the farmers are wont to
swelter in the harvest. the cloth on
the field that means gold was increas-
ingly deep, in some portions more than
a foot of snow being reported.
Cold at Doniphan, Too.
AS far south as Camp Doniphan the
temperatures fell below zero. AT
Oklahoma City the report this morn
ing gave a temperature of below,
and a snowfall of nearly six inches.
The boys in olive drab will have no
pleasure out of their work today, for
in truth there is little to choose be-
tween Topeka and Doniphan as far
as comfort is concerned. The only
difference between the two places is in
the degree of cold.
The official forecast for the day a 9
given out this morning by Meteor
ologist Flora says generally fair to-
night and probably Saturday; slowly
rising temperature Saturday, and in
west and central portions tonight
Shippers are warned to protect So
hour shipments north against a tenn
perature of 20 below. east and west
against 1 5 below; and south against 10
below.
The temperature at Topeka tonight
is expected to be about Is degrees be
low. and not much chance this after
noon of even approaching the zero
mark A moderation of Temperature
is promised for tomorrow afternoon.
/ but to what extent was no. stated.
Digging Thru the Snow.
! railroad and telegraphic reports. to-
day began work of digging thru .
great solid blanket of snow ranging
from six inches to nearly two feet
, deep. A stiff wind during the night
whipped the icy flakes into waves and
embankments, burying wagon high
ways. railroad tracks and. in some
I localities. crippling telegraph and tel
ephone communication.
Topeka, and goodly portion of
| Il n To hafr
of pure white. shivered this morning
under the lash of the lowest temper
ature on record for this date At
$50 O'Clock this morning the mer-
curry in Topeka was Is below zero.
From Concordia came the report thar
the temperature there was threaten
ing to wrap itself up in the bulb at
the bottom of the tube by falling to
g below.
Trains Behind Schedule.
All Kansas trains are today running
behind schedule. No thru trains on
the Santa Fe, Union Pacific or Rock
Island have been annulled but some of
those on branch lines made but little
/ progress. The Santa Fe reported this
| morning that most of its passenger
! trains were coming thru from ! to
| hours late. The same condition in
regard to passenger trains. prevailed
on the Rock Island while tine road was
| forced to annul a few freight trains.
/ The Union Pacific is experiencing the
! most troubles of any Topeka roads
! The Colorado train due here at 2:4E
! o'clock Thursday afternoon was
I scheduled thru from the west at IL
| O'Clock today. The train from the west
| due at 1920 this morning was sched-
uled for the same hour.
Shortage of Coal.
1 Many towns are shivering with low
| coal supplies. The chaos of freight
schedules does not promise Immediate
| relief.
/ The Santa Fe general managers
office today reported II inches OF
/ snow in Illinois, from 4 to inches in
Kansas City and about inches from
Kansas City to Emporia- Seven inches
, of icy flakes hIanketed the ground
/ from Emporia to Newton and the
drifts were deeper up slong the Strong
| City-Superior line. One foot of snow