The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-04

Not since that memorable morning OF
March /, 1863. when a President had 10
BE- inaugurated. has the storm king had
the National Capital and contiguous
territory 50 completely in its grip as
today.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down in practically al directions. The
wireless is useless Trains are late:
crowded street cars run behind schedule
t1no. and driving rain and snow dur
ing the morning added 10 the disagree
ableness Of It all
Earliest Snow Since 1880
Weather record show it has been
many years since storm Of such IL
tensity has visited the Capital 50 early
As a general thing, November is al
most free Of snowfall and harsh wealth
er- The average November tempera-
tUre is forty-five degrees In 1902. the
average for November was ffty-ons
degrees. November, 1850 was cold ana
GisagreeabIe. the temperature falling 20
an average Of forty degrees
Cut OF From East
So far as communication by wire with
the outside world is concerned, Wash
ington is almost in the same situation
as that Of Inauguration day Baltimore
Is cut OF The Western Union has. ar
the present time, but one wire into New
York The Postal has none, and the
long distance telephone lines are tenn
porarily out OF commission, the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Company being IN
able during the morning 70 determine
the exact extent Of the damage.
Neither telegraph company can CON-
municate with Baltimore. which re-
minds one very much OF the state %
affairs on inauguration day when the
forty miles between the Capital and
the Maryland city seemed as unConQuer-
able as a desert waste.
The bareback came as suddenly IS
that OF the March 1 when President
elect Taft wended his way down the
white banked Avenue TO an indoor in
augUratiOn on Capitol Hill. Sunshine,
rain, hail, sleet, and wind-driven snow.
al have been crowded into the wealth
er catalogue OF the past twenty-fOur
hours
City Snow Bound
Those who went TO sleep TO the pattsr
OF a drizzling rain last night awoke this
morning to ind the city virtually snow
bound. with heavy skies overhead and
a deep slush Underfoot
The Weather Bureau, however, prom
! ises clearer weather this afternoon. Ac-
cordjng TO the foreeaster, tae storm cen
! ter continues along the New Jarsey
coast. having originated in the South
Z Atlantic. Il is moving northward.
Two Feet At Binghamton.
! Binghamton. n. Y, saw the greatsst
snowfall II is nearly two feet deep
/ there today. Interior New York towns
/ receiv ed a blanket Of white, while cold
/ rain and sleet were general Throughout
Maryland. Virginia, New Jersey, and
/ New York.
The Postal Telegraph Company re
ports fair service 10 the south OF
/ Fredericksburg, Va. To the East.
/ North, and West the wires ars down.
Almost as bad as Inauguration day
an official put it
l The Western Union wires are avail
! able, 10 a curtailed extent, for Western
| and Southern messages. but the service
/ is crippled throughout the storm centers.
Leased wires running in The Times
| Office were OF no value during the
morning
No Commercial Wires.
/ The few telegraph wires in working
order have been largely used during the
day by the Government in the transac-
! ton Of urgent official business. They are
Inadequate for commercial messages and
press matter. and the press associations
and telegraph companies have been
/ helpless
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