Storm Ties Up Train Service in Northwest High Windi Pile Thin Snow in Huge Drifts in Worst Blizzard of Season. St. Paul. Feb. 14.—Abatement of high winds which piled a loose, fine snow Into huge drifts and virtually tied up train service in the northwest except several east and southbound out of the Twin cities, was awaited today before the first step is taken to bring this section back to normal ity alter one of the worst storms It has experienced in a quarter of a century. Close on the heels of the blizzard came a severe cold wave, with tem peratures wpII below zero. At St. Paul early today it was 20 below. Tills cold weather is expected to continue , to hamper trains after the winds die down. Little effort was made yesterday or last night to send out snow plows to clear some railways as the thin snow would be blown back uuickly by the winds, which reached 50 miles or better proportions in most sections of Minnesota, North and South La kota and western Wisconsin. Several passenger trains were re ported stalled in drifts and many were held at division points until the w-eather clears up. All westbound trains out of the Twin cities were annulled yesterday .and whether they will bn resumed today depends on the wind. Eastbound trains to Chi cago were said to be making slow progress, however. On tlie Great Northern not awheel turned late yesterday and last night on Us transcontinental line between here and Wllliston N. D., officials considering traffic unsafe under exist ing conditions. Every effort was made to care for passengers on the stalled trains. At Montevideo, Minn., where the coast train on the Chica go, Milwaukee A St. Paul railway was stranded the passengers were entertained at a dance at the com mercial club. Passengers om Great Northern No. 12 were taken to hotels and private homes when No. 12 could not proceed beyond Melrose, Minn. A blizzard in Saskatchewan and Manitoba also interrupted transporta tion In those Canadian provinces and trains to the states were cancelled. G. A. R. Member, Resident of Omaha 35 Years, Dies John G. McCartney, 75, a member of Old Guard Post No. 7 of the G. A. It., died Monday. He had been ■ a resident of Omaha for 35 years. ; He Is survived by his widow and two daughters. Mrs. G. S. Johnson, 2560 Pratt street, and Mrs. Otto Bays dorfer, 4401 Harney street. Funeral services will be held at , McCabe Methodist church, Forty-first and Farnam streets, Thursday after noon at 2. The G. A. R. will be in charge. Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. Germany has more than 8.000 mo ! tion picture theaters. British Doubt Success in Ruhr Premier Says He Doesn't Think French Will Get What They Want. London, Feb. 14—C4b— Although the addresses of Premier Bonar Law and Foreign Secretary Curzon at the opening of parliament added little to what was generally known concern ing Great Britain's policy in the Ruhr question, the British public knew to day that both statesmen have their doubts as to the success of France's venture. Lord Curzon pointed out that France and Germany are engaged in what might be termed an endurance test. Tire premier, while suggesting that the occupation would serve to satisfy French public opinion, added, "as a sincere friend of France” tluft he did not see "how the French are going to get what they want." "I fear," he continued, "that the result of occupying the Ruhr and the left bonk of the Rhine has been to intensify the feeling of the German nation and that danger will come lat er. We still have our troops on the Rhine. I do not know whether It would be possible for them to remain there long. .“As long as Great Britain has mili tary representation In the Rhineland." Mr. Bonar Law pointed out, “the gov ernment remains in touch with the situation and has the chance of a say in the control of it.” The Central News learns that 15, 000 French and Belgian rallwaymen are now in the occupied region, ready for an order to take over the rail roads. German employes have been given a choice of a working on the lines or leaving the Ruhr. Get the habit of consulting The Omaha Bee "Want" Ads every day— and when you want to insert an ad of your own, Just call At lantic 1000 and ask for a “Want" Ad taker. Cold Wave Spreading Throughout Country (Continued From Pngs One ! trains wers annulled and factories worked short-handed when employes were unable to negotiate the drifts that blocked the streets. Train Snowbound. Denver, Colo., Feb. 14.—The cold wave coming down from the north west, split when it struck the crest of the Hocky mountains in Wyoming yesterday and both sections missed Denver, so that the zero temperatures predicted for this city and vicinity failed to appear. Instead, Denver h.id a minimum temperature of 24 de grees above aero and a maximum of 40. The entire state of Montana was swept by the cold wave. Warm Spring creek was froren over yesterday for the\ first time in 30 years, according to'records at Lewis town. A Denver & Rio Orandc Western passenger train which was snow bound on Marshall pass, near the top of tho Continental Divide, 26 miles west of Salida, Colo., yesterday, was leieased last night as a result of the efforts of 12 locomotives which were sent from Salida. Pacific Northwest. Portland. ' Ore., Feb. 14.—The Pa cific northwest was recovering today from a blizzard that raged last night and left the ground covered with drifted snow. Drifts from two to five feet impeded traffic here. The min imum temperature was 14 degrees above zero. Seattle reported street cars out of commission with snow two and one half feet jn 'depth in the drifts. The lowest temperature reading there was 16 above. Stonn Worst in Years. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 14.—A severe storm area, moveing over western Washington from off the west coast of British Columbia, brought rising temperatures generally throughout tho section late today and snow, which at most points had fallen stead ily since last night, turned to rain. Victrola No. 330 $350 Victrola No. 330, electric, $390 Mahogany Other styles $25 to $1500 Play Victor records on Victor instruments • Victrola instruments and Victor records constitute a unit for each is made to play with the other. The reaction of the one with the other is understood in the Victor factories as it is nowhere else in the world—and that knowledge permits us to achieve a perfection in per formance which cannot be secured by any haphazard relation of record and instrument. That is why we would urge those who wish to use our records to use them on Victrola instruments with Victor repro ducing points. Special issue of Victor Records out today / ** 88663 Song of the Volga Boatmen (Russian Folk Song) Feodor Chaliapin I2-inch Carolina in the Morning American Quartet J590? Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goo’bye Billy Murray-Ed Smalle 75^ Bees Knees—Fox Trot The Virginians Peggy Dear—Fox Trot The Great White Way Orchestra 75!^ Ivy (Cling to Me)—Fox Trot Paul Whiteman 1 Gave You Up Just Before YouThrew Me Down—FoxTrotjand His Orchestra 75c Parade of the Wooden Soldiers—Fox Trot (“Chauve-Soum") Paul Whiteman 1 19007 Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean—Fox Trot ("ZiegMd Fo«.e. •) jand Hit Orchestra J 1 7^ ^m!svoice* Important« Look for these trade-marks. Under the lid. On the label. Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden,N J. strong southeasterly gales with heavy rain, or possibly more snow, were on the program for tonight and tomor row, according to the weather bureau forecast. Transcontinental rail service across the Cascade mountains, blocked in some instances by an unprecedented snowstorm, wa« being resumed with ! trains still running late. In Seattle street ear service, Inter rupted by a snowfall of 18 inches during last night and this morning, i was still demoralized on all but a few lines. Thousands, who walked to work, were forced to walk home again tonight or remain downtown. The death of Marshall I,. Flowers, 47, who dropped dead while shoveling snow from the sidewalk In front of his house, has brought the list of dead indirectly traced to the storm to four. The snowstorm and gale following it. which swept across British Co lumbia waters today, were said by shipping officials to have been the worst experienced in that section in years. Two ships went ashore and a third, the Princess Alice, after try ing vainly for more than 12 hours to reach Puget Hound, was forced to return to the harbor at Vancouver. A gale, sweeping across the Strait of Georgia, made navigation perilous. Fire in Armour Plant Causes Heavy Loss (Continu'd From Tnse One.t sprinkler system with which the building is equipped. Twenty fous lines of hose were laid nnd streams were being played upon the burning structure from every direction. While firemen despaired of saving tlie building in which tlie fire origi nated. located about 200 feet south of the main plant on Q street, danger of the fire spreading to other build ing or to cattle pens was being con sidled. Police were tailed to keep crowds back of the fire lines, due to danget of falling walls. At 8:30, the flames had destroyed the sausage department on the top floors of the building, and were spreading to the drying room and the hog chill department, where $7,500 worth of dressed hogs are stored. Of Brick Construction. The building, which is of brick con struction, and about a block long, also contains the dry salt department and the hog cutting department. C. R. Orchard, plant employment superintendent, and Oakley Willis, general manager, vyere on the ground soon after the fire was reported, watching the labors of the firemen. Below zero temperature slowed up the work of fighting the blaze. Fire men were fcjrced to work in relays, returning to shelter temporarily to thaw out stiffened arms and fingers. ‘ Cakrd With Ice. Streams from high pressure hose i lines caked the outer walls of the buildings In, Ice, adding to the diffi tilties of the fire fighters. Ladders '•■ere erected at various places, but due to the Ice footing was precarious. , Possibility of falling walls also made i life on the ladders a nsky business. Tendency of the water to freeze im mediately upon striking the walls also made difficult the work of the fire- j I men. Out of Work. More than 500 men and nearly 100 women who were employed In tlif ting plant will be out of work tem porarily, at least, according to Mr. , Crohard, employment superintendent. Literally tons of melted lard, drip ping from the top fh-ors to the floors below, kept the fire burning like a i raging furnace. When the fire reached the hog chill room, Mr. Orchard said it meant the* suspension of operations, temporarily at least. This is the room in which l the hoes are cooled after they are : killed and is a vital part of the plant. | lor which no substitute can be readily effeetcd. All employes at the plant, however, have been Instructed to report for work this morning, and as many as possible will bo absorbed Into i other parts of the plant, Mr. Orchard 'said, particularly in view of the se verity of the weather. He recalled that three days follow Ing a fire in the Chicago plant a few | months ajso, operations were resumed. Chief’.* Home Afire While He W'as Fighting Itig Hlazc While M. .1. Dineen, assistant fire | ' liief. was busy fighting the fire at tho Armour plant in South Omaha yea terdsy afternoon, sparks set fire to his own home at 407 North Twenty fifth street. Ordinarily, Dineen would have re sponded to the call himself, lint In his absence battalion Chief Ernest New house was in charge. Damage was confined to tho roof. Dunn to Receive First Municipal Golf Permit H. W\ Dunn, police commissioner, will receive municipal golf permit Xo. I under the new regulation which m aetr Coed «»uh the He** led A U* Wtiihcr Tread Add these four important reasons to those you already know for insisting on Good year Cord Tires: .1 —The beveled All-Weather Tread on the new Goodyear Cord is made from the most serviceable rubber compound in Goodyear history. 2— This tread is semi-flat, instead of round, and its broader road contact also offers greatly increased resistance to wear. 3— The powerful,clean-cut blocks are re inforced by heavy rubber ribs, making the whole tread design firmer and stronger. 4— The blocks which line the tread on either side are beveled at the outer edge, reducing vibration and carcass strain. 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