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Show Wires Are Broken and Aessage Service Is Delayed Chicago. Dec. 28 A wet. heavy snow, melting In the territory to the south Into a heavy downpour of rain, swept over the north central states early today. Telegraph and telephone wires were broken and message service ser-vice was almost closed clown lu the northern part of tho 6tato. Trains kept to their schedules, but i 6uburbnn trains were much delayed. In Michigan, at the north end of the storm belt, a heavy evnow fell to a depth of 7 to 10 iuches. In Kentucky, Ken-tucky, tho snow had chauged to rain and In Tennessee It hud become a dense fog. Weather Forecaster Cuthbertsnn today to-day announced that outside of slight, showers or slight snowfall this after-! noon, or evening, tho storm had passed pass-ed to the east. Freezing weather tonight and threatening cloudy weather for Thursday Thurs-day is predicted. |