Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-01-17

Washington, IAN. 14.-The Sc
Verest cold wave OF many years
gripped the country today from the
Rocky mountains eastward to the
Alleghenies, and will move on to
the Atlantic coast tonight and
Sunday.
Twenty degrees below zero was
the rule in Indiana and surround
ing territory, While the cold ex-
tended southwark as far as the
Gulf of Mexico. with temperatures
there ranging around Is degrees
above zero. Traffic throughout the
middle west is greatly impeded and
coal shortage causes much suffer
ing.
Heavy gales and torrential rains
swept up from the south yester-
day and last night, causing some
loss of life, damage to property
and destroying Wire communica-
lions. This storm centered todaN
over Ontario and was accompanied
by higher temperatures. Follow
ing in its wake, however, is the
cold wave.
To the extreme southern limits
of the Florida mainland tempera-
lures tonight will fall below freeZ-
ing, and the cold will be more in
tense all the way ~northward to the
Canadian border. The cold will
continue through Sunday.
Chicago. Jan. IA blizzard extend
ing from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico
and from the Rocky mountains to the
and accompanied by low
temperatures ranging from 81 below al
O'Neill. Neb.. TO II above zero at Sal
Antonio, Tex. paralyzed steam raiiroac
and street car traffic at many points
today.
The storm which began early yes
continued all night and a higl
wind piled huge drifts of snow on tor
Illinois. Wisconsin,. northern In
and southern Michigan and part:
Of Iowa and Missouri. Over practically
the entire territory covered by h biz
2ard today train schedules have beer
upset and at the large terminals, like
Chicago. St. Louis and Kansas City
many trains have been annulied,
Nebraska. it is said, experienced tho
coolest day in half a century, no point
reporting to the weather bureau al
Omaha showing a temperature as nigt
In Kansas aid Missouri temperatures
20 below zero were common and ir
Louis the thermometer reached Il
below.
In Chicago il was 10 below carly
this morning, but centra Illinois POINTS
reported much colder weather. Spring
field showing 16 below.
The iron range in Minnesota reported
80 below and predictions were for cold
Ell weather today.
The heavy snow fall in the winter
states was said to have greatly
harafiftn1 thn nrpn outlook
SOUTHWEST is SUFFERING.
Kansas City, Mo-. Jar. 1i.-Aftc1
the lowest plunge of the mercury Il,
nearly 20 years the southwest was hop.
for a reaction to warmer wcat,c,
today based on weather bureau pre-.
Of slowly rising temperature
In the wake of The blizzsrd and the
record cold -'eather that followed ii
wire n train communication anC
calls for coal, owing To iht
Of gas service in the Okla.
homa Kansas fields and much SUI.
fering everywhere, but especially ir
the oil districts where many building.
incapable of resisting such Low
The entire plains states area from
Mississippi river to the Rock;
anu iioIii tue IIakotaS u
Rio Grande is experiencing the
most severe weather of the winter.
after pilins up huge drifts of snow
Record low temperatures We're re.
ported in Texas and seasons records
at many other points in the section.
-Four death, have been reported
from numerous cities, and owns are
suffering from a fuel shortage.
The heavy o badly drifted, was
interfering with rail and wagon traffic
4 Missouri Pacific passenger trair
In a drift eight miles west OF
Anthony. Kan. Thursday night was nol