The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-15
MERCURY SLUbPS IN
night, RIS|NCDuRlNG
FORENOON ASUSUAL
Cold Weather Takes Toll Of
More Than Six; Cold Fore.
cast to Continue

Temperatures In Bismarck and
North Dakota, after lowering between
10 and 20 blow during most Of the
night. started their customary rise
again this morning and It was only
two degrees below zero in Bismarck
at noon.
Cold In the east and midwest took
more than half dozen lives directly
or indirectly In the last q hours.
Temperature In Bismarck Ut I =. N.
today was 10 degrees below. Lowest
here during the night was - below.
Temperatures reported this morn
ing In other state points follow:
Fargo IL below: Valley City zero;
Devils Lake 10 below; Jamestown
zero; Mandan u below; Minot u be-
low: and Williston II below.
Roads Fair 70 Good
Roads throughout the state are re-
ported fair to good.
Bismarck and North Dakota will be
cloudy tonight with probably snow
and continued cold. It will continue
partly cloudy and colder In the state,
especially in the south and east por-
tions. o.
Zero weather, wearing a shawl Of
snow. continued her unwelcome visit
to middle America today, with little
likelihood Of her leaving for another
day at least.
Snow covered most of the midwest.
following yesterdays heavy fall,
masking ice pavements in the cities
and blocking railroads and highways
in the open country.
There we're half dozen deaths
attributable to the cold, and ir1num-
cradle accidents. One of those crit
ically injured in automobile crashes
in Chicago was Lou Kosloff, one Of
the city's tte..tre orchestra leaders
and entertainers. His skull was frac-
tured.
Temperatures fought their way
from nine below zero Sunday night
to a high Of nine above last night,
then began gradual drop In keeping
with the prediction of slightly cold
err" today. Slow rising temperatures
are promised for Wednesday through
most of the midwest.
The six inch snowfall in Chicago
offered serious traffic problem.
Tons of snow were removed from the
downtown streets during the day and
last night.
Engineer, Is Killed
:, ~ Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road engineer was killed by snow
pillow at Minnesota Junction. Wis.,,
after desperate struggle in which he
chung to the pillow for more than seven
miles before finally dropping ex-
hausted, in its whirling path.
Two parties of fishermen, missing
several days en- lakes Superior End
Michigan respectively. have been
given up for lost after search by
coast guards. Three men were miss
ing on Lake Michigan and two on
Lake Superior where temperatures
far below zero have prevailed for sew
eral days.
At Milwaukee the cold became SO
acute that scheduled hockey game
between Marquette university and the
Chicago Athletic association had to be
postponed.
Below freezing weather was report
eel as far south as Arkansas.
The north Atlantic states were re-
covering from q cold wave which sent
the temperature below zero in many
places and caused two deaths. There
were high winds and snow Of blizzard
proportions in several districts.
One man was found frozen to death
IN Syracuse. N. r., and another died
of exposure in New York city.
The drop in temperature was gen.
eral along the seaboard from Maine
t< I'll
to the lakes and west Of the Ale
gheny mountains.
The temperature was below zero In
many places in Maine, Massachusetts
and Connecticut and upstate New
York. A minimum Of seven degrees
above zero was recorded In New York
city.
Atlantic City. N. j.. reported the
northward flight of wild ducks and
geese, hailed as q narbinger Of spring.