Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-12
Entire Middle West Serious
" Affected by Blizzardy
Cold Wave.
MUCH SUFFERING
IN THE SOUTHWEST
Coldest Weather In Years lnvades
Homes in oil and Gas Fislds Of Kan.
sas and Okiahoma-coal Deliveries
Prevented In Chieago-MiIk Trains
Y Are Storm Bound-rhirty-S Seven Be-
low Zero at~o'Neil, Nsb.

~ Chicago. Jan. ia pHzzaru eAIehu-
ing from Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico
and from the Rocky mountains-to the
Alleehanies, with only few quiet
spots, and accompanied by low temper
ature, ranging from 81 below at O'Neil,
Neb.. to IL above at San Antonio. Tex,
paralyzed steam railway traffic today
Chicago Isolated.
Chicago is isolated from rail COM
Smunication with the outside world with
one Of the worst billiards in its his
tory.
Trains are not arriving or departing
from the city. Telegraph wires are in
bad shape.
No milk trains arrived and coal wag-
.ons were unable to move 10 per cent of
the fuel needed. The thermometer
dropped to II below last night.
The snow storm began early yester-
day morning and continued today, the
wind reaching a velocity Of nearly thir-
ty miles last night. The temperature
began falling at midnight and early
this morning had reached 10 degrees
&hoyGw zero.
lska5S lsa5S sSS 70 Lest Several Days.
Officiafs OF the weather bureau said
that because Of the great area Of the
storm no relief could be expected for
several days. The fine and dry snow
fall was expected to last thruout today
and it was predicted the severe cold
would be felt long after the snow had
ceased.
The coal situation here Is so grave
that Raymond Durham Cook county
fuel administrator, sent out notice to
all coal dealers forbidding delivery of
more than weeks supply to any one.
"The worst storm we have expert
enced." steam road and street railws"
officials said, because the driving
snow piles back on the tracks after
I'VE clear them"
Steam Lines Tied Up.
All night, however, the officials Of
the several systems kept busy with
snow plows. The street car and ele-
waited lines met with greater success
s in the fight for service than did the
steam roads.
Several railroads abandoned suburb
an schedules early last night. The ele-
waited railways moved trains at half
speed and the surface cars operated
at intervals. In no instance was It
possible to maintain anything like
schedule movement.
Steam railways reported a complete
tie up Of freight traffic and this caused
fear that there would be suffering from
want Of milk and coal.
Many Trains. AnnulIed.
The storm. which BEGAN early yester-
dav continued all night and high
wind piled huge drifts Of snow on ton
ct the heavy fall early In the week in
>Jllino!s, Wisconsin, Indiana and Mic:,i-
gan.
Over practically the entire territory
train schedules have been upset and
at large terminals like Chicago. St.
Louis and Kansas City many trains
have been apnulled.
Nch~ae ska It 'sssaid. experienced tho
coolest day IN half a century. no point
ronort;ng to the weather bureau at
Omaha showing temperature a~ high
as zero, while O'Neil turned in 81 be-
low.
L, Kansas and Missouri temperatures
~ 20 below zero were common and in
Chicago It was 10 below earlv this
morning. but central Illinois points re-
ported much colder weather. Spring.
field showing 16 below.
In the iron RANGE OF Minnesota 20
below was reported and colder weather
was reported today.
The heavy snow fall in the winter
wheat states is said TO have greatly
benefited. The wheat crop.
All the big department stores closed
at 3 p. m. today because of lack Of
coal.