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Show CHICAGO AT10N IS ! OlKaSATMIOIIIi Lights Burn Continuously for j 24 Hours Owing to the Thick j Smoke Pall .1 CHICAGO, Feb. 6. The darkness of night has enveloped Chicago since tue ' . sun set Thursday evening. At noon today the downtown district was prac- ; tically as black as last midnight, the sun's efforts to pierce tho heavy veil ; -of smoke which hung over tho city be- ' .' ing unavailing. Tho weather bureau explained that , while there Is no fog in this district, !; the barometric pressure was so heavy that the smoke did not rise to its accustomed ac-customed heights as quickly as it '. should, and In the total calm that obtained ob-tained the smoke curtain hung over the city. Automobiles and street cars, like of- I' flee buildings and homes, had to keep j all lights burning, though the street 7 lights were turned off at the regular hour in the morning. As a result pe- v destrians were scarcely visible at a distance. 9 j- Weather observers said the day was j the darkest within their memory, and j. while Chicago had had smoky periods, I1 never before has the blackness been known to continue through tho entire - 00 |