Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-10
MAY BE SNOW TOMORROW
Storm Over Southern States Reported
Coming This Way.
WHOLE COUNTRY SHIvERs
Below Zero in New York, Detroit.
Pittsburgh and Points in
the Northwest.

| CT sun s rays ana mllder breeZeS yeSter-
i day afternoon permitted the mercury
temporarily to cease it's Information at the
bottom of the tube and stretch its sys-
tenn even to five degrees above the freez-
ing point the National Capital expert
enced one brief hour Of relief from the
continuous performance of winter which
has been in progress for almost six full
| weeks. The tiny intermission occurred
late in the afternoon, and the new high
temperature of 81 degrees above zero
was recorded at 4 o'clock.
But, just to show that he could "come
back" for another round j. Frost was in
the center of the stage before nightfall,
and, on the wings of lively northwest
gale. he sent the mercury scudding for
shelter down the tube, and 40 above"
was about the best the night afforded.
From the weather bureau this morning
the statement came that the temperature
might rise as high as 15 or 16 degrees
above today. but 1t is expected even cold
er weather than 10 above will be indi
Gated by the thermometers tonight. In
creasing cloudiness is also included in the
which is now disporting itself over the
south Atlantic and gulf states moves
this way there is every likelihood of an
other sizable snowstorm.'
Conditions Bad on River.
Conditions that are rapidly going from
bad to worse, and with the worst ever in
prospect, are reported from all points
along the Potomac. The big Norfolk
steamer Southland reached her wharf at
1890 o'clock this morning, three and one
half hours late, and the officers reported
the ice unusually heavy from Stumps
Neck all the way to Washington. For the
first time since the freeze began even the
powerful engines of the Southland at one
time last night proved unequal to the
task of making headway against the tide
driven ice, and the vessel was held at
complete standstill Tor more than an
hour.
Urgent demands of traffic this morn
ing. impelled the Southern Transporta-
tion Company to send out a tow Of ten
barges. and the string left alexandria
in charge Of five tugs. Two of the
tugs had steel hulls and they went
ahead as ice breakers, while the three
wooden tugs stayed behind to tow the
equipment it was freely wagered the
whole tow would not succeed in get
ting through to it's destination in the
Chesapeake bay..t-s
All steamers and tugs that are still in
service are having hard time fight
ing their way through the ice. While
the temperature goes a degree or two
above freezing each day, the cold
nights solidify the drifting ice one
cake upon another until bergs four or
five feet high and reaching almost to
the bottom Of the river are drifting
up and down with the tides.
Ice Has Gorged and Frozen.
While the ice from this city to the
Whitehouse is bad, the worst of it is
found between that point and Maryland
point, where it has gorged and frozen
Capt. John Barclay of the Maryland
Pilots Association, who brought the col.
lier Leonidas with the Maine relics
aboard up the river and to the navy yard,
reported having had a tough expert
ence with the big ship. She came into
the Potomac Wednesday, and was more
than twenty-four hours coming from
Point Lookout to this city. Thursday aft
ernoon the ice was found SO bad in the
vicinity of Maryland point that he took
the ship back to Riverside and anchored
her for the night. Yesterday morning.
with two anchors down and all the cable
the ship had it was necessary to work
her engines full speed ahead to keep her
from being carried down the river by
the DRIFT ice piling against her. river
is covered with ice It's entire length and
the bay is full Of drifting masses.
Ice on the tidal basin and on all
ponds and lakes in the District is"re-
ported in the best of condition for skat-
ing. The program for tomorrow on the
basin includes series of races. w. c.
Pratt, a member of the ice skating COM
mittee. today declared the committee
is spending all of the money it can
collect to keep the ice in good condi
tion. The free use of a line of hose
was granted by the fire department, but
Mr. prat tn tod no mi too
compelled to hire men to flood the ice.
Below Zero in New York.
NEW YORK, February 10.-The cold
wave from the west arrived in New
York today on the wings Of a twenty
mile wind, and within twelve hours had
sent the mercury scurrying down to
= degrees below zero. This was a drop
of 80 degrees within twelve hours. The
temperature remained stationary for
four hours, and the local weather bureau
announced that it would hover near the
zero mark all day and tonight.
Eleven Below in Detroit.
DETROIT. Mich, February 10.-The
coldest weather of the winter was re-
corded here at am. today, when the
mercury stood at IL degrees below zero
at the United States weather bureau. In
official reports from out in the state indi-
cate -, below zero at Flint and 81 at
Saginaw.
Cold Delays Trains.
PITTSBURG. February 1O.-The coolest
weather of the winter struck Pittsburgh
this morning. the official temperature be-
ing degrees below zero. while from
neighboripg communities various read
ings of the thermometer were as low as
II degrees below.
All trains on the Pennsylvania railroad
were behind time, some of the through
trains being hours late. The fast Chi
cago-New York train was an hour and
a quarter late, while one st. Louis train
was three hours and forty-five minutes
late
Frozen steam pipes and ice on the
drivers and cylinders of the locomotive
are assigned as the cause of delay by
the engineers.
Frozen to Death in Chicago.