Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-05

mosphere The smoke cleared slightly dur
ing the day-only slightly, however ana
this afternoon seems to be almost as tnlck
as ever. Every gust of the breeze from
the northeast brings with 1t It's quota OF
smoke and fog. The weather bureau of1i-
Gals can give no hope of immediate reHeI-
The only thing that can clear the atm mos
phere, they say is west or south vino:
A heavy rain might bave some erect ou'
there would still remain some smoke.
Washington is not the only city 10 su IrH
from the reign of smoke. however. new
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Wilmington,
Baltimore. Pittsburg Albany and Bunalo
are enveloped in the same May atnos-
phere, and are feeling the lnconvei in,,1,,
Of the unusual conditions even more keeHy
than is Washington In Boston the smoke
is SO thick that traffic has been lnter1ereo
with in the streets, and the poals IN ZIG nc
bay have almost all been compeleo 10
stop. In the other cities the same uh-
pleasant effects are being felt
In New York the sun turned the smoke
clouds into yellow haze yes'eruais, a NJ
the atmosphere was so dry ana unpieasal.
as to cause some little physical sumeIins
among the persons who were comp sA ~. ~
be out in the streets The smoke nneu Iile
eyes of the pedestrians anu mt uu II meme
trated to the threats and nostTiis, aL9
brought on epidemic OF cougnhs p emu
sneezng that was most unpleasaI.' -.
sons with weak throatS or eyes ~ei9
warned of the Inconvenience tney "ouAu
suffer by the afternoon newspapers
Traffic at Standst1lI.
T. was IN New York harbor that the most
damage was done by the haze. Here trar-
fic was almost brought to a standstlll. Inc
tugs were compelled to glide slowly through
the lines of ferry boats with sirens blowing
and fog signals shrieking. The Atlanuc
liners picked their way very carefully
through the harbor, some OF them Delns
anchored in midstream. The gigantic Ham
burg American liner Deutscniahu ran
aground while passing out OF the harpor.
Tugs were sent to her assistance
The pail of smoke hung thlckly over the
greater part of Long Island and New Jer-
sew yelling the summer resorts along the
coast In Philadelphia much the same con-
ditions prevailed as in New York, except
that the haze did not settle down on the
city until late in the afternoon. 1t was
first observed in the morning, when the sun
appeared to be striving to shine through
thin cloud. Later the haze grew more and
more dense until late in the afternoon,
when the sun was obscured ana everything
took on yellow hue.
The good people of the Quaker city were
at loss to explain the phenomena, and
are said to have kept the wires to the fire
department headquarters burning with in
QuirieS as to the whereabouts of the fire. In
both Philadelphia and New York the smell
of Burning wood was much more noticeable
than it is here. The haze there was pure
smoke, while here there is generous mix
ture of fog that acts leaven and makes
the condition much more agreeable than
smoke alone would be-
Yesterday afternoon late the thick haze had
descended the coast line as far as Whining
ton, and slight mist was seen in Balti
more. This was much like the mist that
was noticed here yesterday afternoon. The
haze increased through the night, with the
assistance of the northeast wind before
ferred to, and it is here to stay as long as
the wind remains the same and the forests
in the north continue to burn.