Evening star., 1925-09-07
WEST SWELTER|NG
ASSTORMS KILL Is
No Relief in Sight in Illinois
DiStrict-Rain Is Ex-
pected Here.
BY the A..ociated Pre.s.

BY the Associated Prrss
CHICAGO, September Man can
sweat al his own leisure today. While
he enjoys his annual day of rest and
recreation. he will find Old Sol on
the job, q nd. according to the weather
forecast, working with about the "a me
industry that In recent DAYS he mas
sent thermometers in widely Sra ttered
States soaring 70 new September
records.
The weather has become cooler over
the Eastern Rocky Mountain region
and the Canadian mort Invest. tina nks
10 showers and thunderstorms. and
the Ea stern sea board NAV look for
ward 10 refreshing rainfall today.
Elsewhere Fast of the Mississippi
temperature changes will he unim-
portant." is the ominious warning Of
the official weather forecast
Just what that portends can he
visualized in these figures for yester-
day.
Midwest Swelfering.
Chicago, 80; Fort Worth Tex.
Montgomery. Ala. and Vicksburg.
Miss. 104; Parkersburg. w. Va.
Shreveport. La, Carlo. H.. Memphis
Tenn, Little Rock Ark. and ST.
Louis. Mo, 102: Evansville. Ind.
Peoria. H.. Keokuk. Iowa. and
Phoenix. Arlz. 100 The weather
map was dotted literally with cities
which registered from the high eighties
to the even century rea ding.
At India ma polls Ind. the tempera-
tIre started toward a record, but
when 95 was reached the first of three
showers, totalling .O3 inches, fell and
the thermometer declined rapidly TO
- degrees.
Fasting and speciai prayers for rain.
10 break an almost Unprecedented
drought in South Carolina found signs
which augured no immediate fuIfll-
ment. Gov. McLeod's proclamation
setting aside the day was complied
with generally In the State.
Western Missouri and sections Of
! Kansas were relea sed from the grin
Of the heat ny showers. and Kansas
city was one of the happy spots
promised cooler weather for TODAY
The rapid shift from "a 10 Sc degrees
there Yesterday produced small tor
nado which da mayed half a dozen
houses.
Tornado Kills Three.
At Brownstown. H.. three persons
were killed. a dozen injured. FIVE seri-
ously. and unestimated property dam
age done by another small twister
The dead: Mrs. Fra nix Evel and her
| s-year-old son, of Ashland. Ohio.
Three-year-old son OF Walter kemper,
! Mattoon. III.
; The injured included Frank Eve1.
! husba nd Of Mrs Evel. his 6-yearold
! daughter and another son. aged 10.
| Mrs w Kemper and Mrs. W. d.
| GRAY, sisters, Mattoon III.
| The Evel family. touring Southern
I gw1
! shortly before the storm. Mrs. Evel
and son were killed outright. Evers
| right leg was so badly crushed that
/ amputation was necessary. The gar
| age was demolished.
The tornado last about - minutes
covering an area less than 800 yards
wide and about half mile long.
CIoudburst's Toll Is.
A. Wenatchee. Wash. tho elements
claimed = greater toll when a cloud
burst and flood wiped out - lives in
upper SquillichuCk Canyon Saturday
afternoon Five bodies were recov-
! cred TODAY The two missing are be-
/ lieved 10 he dead
! 4 roaring wall of water - feet high
swept down from the canyon upon the
! Great Northern Railroad terminal at
! Springwater. picked mp : DWELLINGS,.
/ tore them to splinters and hurled the
/ three story Springwater Hotel. 4
! frame structure. so feet across the
! street. The building crashed into
! the Terminal Hotel. wreckinS il. ~Oc-
/ cupants Of the hotel building We're
| caught and carried down with the tor
| rent
Despite the cooling in Missouri and
/ Kansas immedia telv south of there the
| heat continued una bated. At Tulsa.
| Okla. yesterday the mercury touch
| ed 105.
The highest reported. however, was
/ at TeXarkana. Tex, where l0S a 30
1 year record. was recorded. a 50-year
record was made when l02 was reach
/ ed at Shreveport. La.
! The prolonged dry spell has caused
/ threat Of water shortage in sew
| eral northern Illinois cities.