Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-25
STORM KING REIGNS
ZERO WEATHER TONIGHT, SAYS
THE WEATHER MAN.
Telephone at Local Bureau Used by
Many Anxious Inquiries as to
What to Expect.

| What to Expect.
| The ting a-ling-ting" of the weather bu-
reau telephone call bell played a merry ac-
compartment today to the high falsetto of
the storm king" as he sang his wild song
of snow and ice and cold, with its echoes
through tree top and caves, and many anx-
| ious inquiries were made about the weather
| and the probabilities. Prof Edward B.
Garriott, the official forecaster, was kept
busy answering the numerous telephone
queries and advising people about many
matters upon which they sought advice.
"Shure, Msther Weather Mon" came the
| voice of a son of Erin over the swaying
telephone wire this morning, this is a
rale blizzard. and l want to know If /
shlll kape me men at wurruk on me new
Off" - "N'
The storm will continue today" replied
tne weather man, land we will have zero
weather tonight, so from a humanitarian
STANDPOINT l should say let your men take
day of by all MEANS
IL DO as yez odvises," was the rejoinder
ond may TIL good Lord have mercy on the
poor"
Prof Garriott had scarcely resumed his
seat when the bell rang merrily again.
| Hello, yelled the forecaster.
| Hello" came the response, Il am Mrs.
| Blank, wife of Colonel Blank, and 1 have
made all arrangements for my Journey to
Buffalo How are the weather conditions
| up that way, and would you advise me to
! make the trip"
Prom meteorological point of view"
said the forecaster, II would by all means
advise you to postpone the trip. In western
tensely cold; there will be high winds and
| snow drifts, no doubt causing delays to the
| trains, all of which will be unfavorable for
travelling
would take the professors advice and defer
| the trip.
"Ting-a-ling- ting" This time it was the
Navy Department. high official of the
naval service stated that certain maneuvers
Of war vessels had been planned for today
off the coast of Maine and wanted to know
If the weather in that locality would be
such as to interfere with the scheduled
events.
Stormy OF Maine Coast.
'"rhere will be heavy and stormy weather
off the Maine coast today" was the fore
casters reply, land I advise you to allow
the vessels to remain inside"
The maneuvera were thereupon declared
Off
Five other persons who had planned to
take journeys to the north and east called
Prof Garrtott over the phone while Star
reporter was in his office and each was
given advice similar to that given the wo-
man VINO had arranged to go to Buffalo.
Several builders also called the weather
bureau to ask about the temperature and
the general weather conditions.
If 1t Is going to get colder" said one,
Il will not allow my men to mix mortar
today"
1--WE will have zero weather tonight" re-
peated the forecaster.
THAT settles it; there will be no mortar
mixed today" was the reply.
Those who had planned theater parties
for tonight also called up the busy weather
man, and one call came from a home over
which the grim angel of death lowered. A
funeral was postponed because of the pre-
valling blizzard conditions.
His Busy Day.
This is my busy day, sure enough" said
Professor Garriott, as he turned to the re-
porter to tell him of the general weather
conditions.
THE snowfall began between 8 and
o'clock yesterday afternoon he said, land
has continued uninterruptedly ever since.
We had double storm yesterday. One was
central over lower Michigan in the morning
and during the day the second storm APP
peared over the North Carolina coast. Some
time last night the two storms united off
the New Jersey coast. The future course of
the double storm will be northwestward,
along the New England coast.
The snow storm is general and the tenn
pefature Is going down. The Washington
temperature early this morning was Ii
degrees above zero. 1t will reach zero and
may go several degrees below it tonight or
early tomorrow morning, with clearing
weather in the wake of the storm.
Cold wave and storm warnings were sent
out by the weather bureau twenty-four
hours ago. These We're needed by vessels
in port, but Prof Garriott said those az
sea, especially sailing vessels, will be the
ones that will suffer. They, of course, will
not receive the storm warnings.
THAT is where the wireless telegraph
system may come into valuable use some
time said the professor.
Generally Low Temperatures.
Low temperatures were generally report
ed this morning. The lowest was 30 degrees
below zero at Devils Lake, North Dakota.
1t ranges more than 20 below gen:
orally in the Dakotas, and the line of
zero temperatures extends south of Nash
vile, Tenn. with degrees below at that
place. 1t was also degrees below zero at
AshevilIe, n. c.
Had the Washington temperature been
ten or fifteen degrees lower this morn
ing said Prof. Garriott, with two or
three feet of snow this storm would have
equaled the great blizzard of February,
1899"
stormy weather prevails along the coast
north of here and freezing weather extends
as far south as Florida.
Blizzard conditions were in evidence in
Washington today with the high and icy
north winds, which reached a velocity of
thirty miles hour at times; the fantastic
scurrying snow and its drifts, which in
places reached depths of about one foot.
Slight damage resulted to telephone and
telegraph wires: the street cars were run
without traiiers; some of the railroad trains
were late, train service generally being ir-
regular, and advices from the congeste ed
oil n,. nd of har Obi rala Of ha