Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-10
COLD WAVE SWEEPS
OVER WIDE REGION;
FLOODS IN SOUTH
AREA BETWEEN ILLINOIS AND
ROCKIES IN rHROEs OF BELOW
ZERO WEAThER-HARO RAIN
HITS SOUTHERN STATES.

Chicago, Dec. 10. Below zero tenn.
peratures prevailed today in virtual J
all districts from the Mississippi Val.
ley to the Rocky Mountains region and
'he cold wave began its eastern in
Nasion with suDnormal Temperatures,
Of 70 to 30 degrees. In many paris Of
the western country. already hardes,
hit by the fuel shortage brought aboui
10y the strike of bituminous coal min.
ems, many small cities and towns were
destitute Of coal and suffering was re-.
ported, with more to be expected IN,
ess moderation OF the severe weather
brought quick relief As a further
coal conservation, measure the mo,i
severe Curtailmcnt OF passenger rain
service ever known was effective to-
day with extension OF the federal rail-
road administration train miles saw
ing order to the eastern region The
order already was operative in the
other railroad regions 1t was est.
mated lJl,00O tons OF coal would b"
saved daily by it
Presaging extension of the cold
wave into the east and southeas ,
heavy transforms were prevaerl
throughout those sections yestrrda' .
with heavy property damage IN
Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi ard
loss of three lives near Atlanta. Ga
in flood waters.
railroad service was sefiOSly hanG
icapped and city streets inundated by
the almost unprecedented rainfall
In the western country where Al
most record snoWfaIls accompanied
the unreasonable cold. rail and wire
communication also was handicappeI
In eastern Washington and Gregg"
one of the worst snowstormS in his.
tory was recorded IN Wyoming the
snow WAS banked in deep drifts
About Redding. Cal, five inches a
snow had fallen today, an unusu,i
amount for that region. II gradual.
deepened northWard TO Bend. Oregon.
where twenty-eight inches, the hear
lest since 1884. fell
Near Astoria, Oregon. logging camp
were forced to close by the heaviest
snow in twenty-five years.
No general moderation was forecast
for today. although in some sections
Of the west weather bureaus said that
thermometers would rise by tom, rroW.
The vide range Of the bitter ncath.
or was indicated by reports Of sub.
zero readings from these places
Lander. Wyo 81 below: Hayrc,
Mont, 30; Williston. ~ D., 80; llclo-
ma. Mont. and Miles City. Mont. and
Cheyenne, Wyo,. %; Devils Lake. y.
H., &c, North Platte Neb. and Ri.
marck. y. D., %; Pueblo and Denver.
Colo. AMI Rapid City, S. H.. 20: Moo"
head and Duluth Mimi. and Huron,
S. D.. ~ Charles City. Iowa, anu
Dodge, y. H.. 10; Minneapolis, MINI
Sioux City. Iowa. and Spokane, WASH.
8; Omaha, Neb., and Concordia. Kan,
D; Des Moines. Iowa 1; Chicago, .
Wichita Kan. 9
While optimistic regarding settle
ment today of the strike by the H.
dianapOlis conference. there was no
let-up in efforts to have coal brought
out by volunteer miners in state.
where that system OF production hal
been resorted TO.
The sWOOp Of low temperature.
found western Kansas. where mary
places had exhausted their fuel supply
several days ago, fortified with stocks
Of volunteer mined coal Some places
in Montana and Wyoming similarly
were provided for.
Al the other mines the most i'm
pressive improvement was noted III
the unionized kanaN la fields OF West
Virginia. where il was reported Thirty
nI Isi.-
gain of ten in tWent ,.iour hours