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Show FRED W. UP HAM of Chicago, Chi-cago, who will be in charge of the western headquarters head-quarters of the Republican National committee. t k : l V HOT WAVE ALL OVER THE LSmTED STATES Four Deaths in Philadelphia and One in New York; Many Prostrations. WASHINGTON, July 12. Nearly every section of the country suffered today in the hottest weather of the summer, and the weather bureau could offer no hope of relief for several days to come. Only a few localities, in the southwest south-west and along the Atlantic coast, reported re-ported temperatures of less than 80. The east and middle west sweltered under a hot sun, which kept the mercury mer-cury at official observation stations above f0 and made street level temperatures tem-peratures 100 degrees or more. Many heat prostrations were reported. California, Cali-fornia, northern Nevada and southern Idaho had official temperatures 'of above 100. At Fresno, Cal., it was 103. . PHILADELPHIA, July 12. Four deaths and a score of prostrations as a result of the heat were' reported here today. The maximum official temperature tempera-ture was 91 degrees, the hottest weather weath-er Philadelphia has experienced this year. Street thermometers registered 101. NEW . YORK, July 12. One death and many prostrations from heat were reported here today. While the mercury mer-cury in street thermometers soared at one time as high as 101, the official record of the weather bureau tonight showed an average temperature for the day of SO, which, it was said, was the highest recorded for the corresponding date in the last thirty-three years. According to the authorities there has been much suffering in the congested districts. Thousands of persons sought to get relief by flocking to the various beach resorts. KANSAS CITY, July 12. A temperature tem-perature of 94 degrees was reached in Kansas City today, the highest in two years, according to the government weather bureau. Last year's maximum was 90 degrees, according to the government gov-ernment figures. TOPEKA, July 12. Kansas sweltered today when heat records for the season sea-son were established in all parts of the stale. In Topeka the mercury reached the 97 mark, the highest reached for more than two years. Slight relief was obtained in the western counties when a rain, averaging about two inches, fell early today. EL PASO, July 12. The heat wave which brought the mercury up to 104 degrees, de-grees, according to United States weather officials, has passed, and only Sti was officially registered today at noon. Owing to the extreme drvness of the air there have been no heat prostrations, despite the high tempera-' turcs. |