Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-14
ALI WEST
 IN GRIP OF
 B|G STORM
Blizzard in Nebraska and Kansas: Communication by
 Telephone and Telegraph Paralyzed by Wind. Snow
lRr RsvleM Leasea Nirel

DENVER. Colo, Feb, lS,-only by relaying messages through Canada to the Pacific coast, thence to San Fran cisco and then to Denver were the Rocky mountain states able to keep in touch with the eastern half, of the United States and the outside world today, Storms extending from Okla .homa to Canada paralyzed wire com munication. both by telephone and telegraph. and trains from the east were several hours late.
 The storm broke last night and it was not until the middle of the fore noon today that communication was established by way of San Francisco and Canada. Conditions grew worse during the afternoon and Lexington, Neb., became the eastern termius for direct communication, the LeNing- ton-Columbus breaking about 5 o'clock this afternoon. Brokerage offices were seriously handicapped, private messages were impossible and the Associated Press and other news ser vices were compelled to rely on inter mittent communication for vital dis patches from the peace conference and the east.
 Blizzard in Nebraska
 Throughout Kansas and Nebraska blizzard conditions were reported with a wind sometimes reaching a velocity of 40 miles an hour, rendering condi- tiOnS which prevented linemen from repairing the service. Further east the snow turned to sleet and rain and wires were reported down in all di- directions to the east.
 Conditions were verse tonight than they were this morning" Charles M. Jett, traffic chief of the Postal Telegraph company, said. We had connections as far east as Colum- bus, Neb.. up to D. m.. but at that time everything went down at Lex ingtOn, 1855 miles west of Columbus, Late reports from Cozada. Neb., said that a heavy, wet snow was falling and it was impossible to get linemen to repair the lines. wire conditions are so poor through the storm country that the Postal has been compelled to send messages for delivery east by mail to Kansas City, over the Union Pacific, whose lines are still open.
 No linemsu
 Wire Chief Renner of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph com pany. Said- conditions are unchanged from this morning. The storm is SC bad We are unable to get hnemen out to repair the lines, about to round about reports from the storm district"
 J. H. Colby, division traffic super visor for the Western Union Tele- graph company: Conditions are worse than We at first thought, No wire service is available direct to the storm center, We have wire to Kansas City by way of Dallas, and one ' to Chicago by way of North and South Dakota and up to St, Paul. but it is working badly. Late reports from the storm center show that the storm is i growing worse. It seems to be con | fined to a strip 50 miles wide from ! Oklahoma to the Canadian line. All details from the stricken section are ! lacking because there is no direct communication"
 1 CHICAGO. Feb. 1S.-heavy snow. 2 accompanied by high winds today de mOralized telegraph and telephone communication from Chicago to the Pacific coast. Railroad traffic also suffered much delay from points west of Omaha and Kansas City.
 The heaviest snowstorm reported was from Nebraska. where business in some towns was at a complete standstill and railway traffic had been temporarily abandoned. So far as reported the temperatures have not fallen much below the freezing point and livestock has not suffered to any great extent.
 ' PUEBLO. Colo. Feb. 1S.-Trains on an railroads entering Pueblo from the east are completely tied up. according to reports from the railroad offices tonight and nothing definite can be announced as to how socn the block ade will be lifted The Santa Fe