Arizona republican., 1922-02-24
-FOUR DEATHS
IN.
MIDDLE WEST
SLEET STORM
Wire and Rail Service En-
tirely Cut OFF In Many
Places; Mercury Drops
TO 10 Above In Chicago
TR.oubIican A. p. Leased Wlrel


ST. PAUL, Feb. 23.-Reports from
the northwest tonight indicates that
the snow, rain and sleet storm that
has prevailed for the past two days
had subsided.
Four deaths had been recorded as a
result of the first storm. two in St.
Paul, one at Rochester and another
at Dilworth, in Minnesota.
Cold weather has followed cessa-
tion of the storm, with the weather
below zero reported from North Da-
kota and upper Minnesota cities.
The head of the lakes country ap-
peared to have had the greatest
amount of snow, Duluth and Superior
recording 80 inches.
Many places were entirely cut off
from communication by wire and rail
throughout the northwest. The Green
Bay district reported 500 telephone
poles down.
Two thousand poles belonging to
the Tri- State Telephone and Tele-
graph company in southern Minne-
sofa. are down as a result of the
sleet storm, George Il. Cam, general
superintendent announced tonight.
He intimated the cost of repairing
damage would be between $4,000
and 100000.
Winds ranging from 80 to so miles
an hour swept the light snow in the
Dakotas into huge drifts. Duluth,
with nearly 80 inches OF snow. re-
ported drifts in many places more
than 20 feet high. Members OF the
tank corps, National Guard. brought
out tanks early today to buck the
drifts.
Most trains out Of Duluth We're
annulled. Railroads running out of
the Twin Cities were making efforts
to keep their crack trains running,
both east and west, but many were
from three to twenty-four hours late
and several were reported stalled in
drifts.
10 ABOVE IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-The cold wave
that has held the whole northwest In
its grip for more than "a hours con-
tinued there today and spread down
through Iowa. Missouri Oklahoma.
Kansas and Northern Texas as well.
as east of the Mississippi river
The drop in temperature was felt
early today in Chicago and the mer-
curry kept sinking as the day ad-
vanced. BY tonight the thermometer
was expected to be lowering about
the 10 above. zero mark, according to
Weather bureau forecasts, although
yesterday Chicago had its warmest
Washington's birthday temperature
since the establishment Of the
weather bureau here in 1871, the
mercury reaching 81 degrees.
Illinois and Indiana, which reported
high temperatures yesterday. were
also beginning to feel the cold snap
today.
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northern Texas the warm, soaking
rains of yesterday had turned to sleet
today with the sudden drop of tenn
perature to below freezing. Streets
in the cities and towns of the south
west we're covered with sheets of ice.
In the northwest temperatures con-
tinued to fall, with the mark reaching
from five to 10 below v0ro in Mime
sofa and the Dakotas. Train
schedules and wire communication
were still seriously interrupted. One
death was reported at Rochester,
Mimi, through short circuited elec-
trio wire, due to the storm.
Northern and southern Minnesota
were in the grip Of the blizzard as
well as western Wisconsin. Duluth
reported nearly 80 inches OF snow
with drifts in many places more than
20 feet high.
Many trains running out of Min
neapolis and st. Paul were from three
to "a hours late and several were re-
ported stalled in drifts. Several hun
dred telegraph poles OF the American
Telephone and Telegraph company in
Wisconsin were snapped off during
the sleet storm. No estimate of the
loss was available today. Damage
was also reported from many other
quarters.
NOTED COAST LAWYER DIES
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 90. - Earl
Rogers, once known as one of the
great criminal lawyers of the west,
dropped dead today in hotel room.
The body was found BY a business
associate.