The Washington times., 1912-01-14
MERCURY AT IS
BELOW, SLIGHT
RELIEF IN SIGHT
Coldest Day in Capital, Save
One, Since Bureau Was
Established.
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csses krown TO them personally, de-
c,ining to allow the newly recruited
volunteers go 10 the aid Of their
>The situation was somewhat relieved
night. as promised by the Weather Bu-
reau: Instead. the forecaster explained.
the Intense calm put snow out of the
question, while intense radiation" re-
wasn't felt anywhere else today save in
the New England States.
Hospitals Busy.
Hospital forces were busy all day
treating persons who came in with
frost-bitten fingers. ears, and feet. In
taken. Both Emergency and Casualty
doctors spent a large part Of the morn
Ing dispensing lotions and giving treat
ment to frost-bite victims.
But the heart-interest cases Of the day
turned up at the Salvation Army and at
the missions. There the Door, half
clothed, sometimes nearly starved, came
n 9y the scores The appeal through The
swered by donations to both the Central
Union and the Gospel missions, but not
nearly enough clothing was supplied to
meet meet the demands that this record
breaking cold day brought forth.
women with babies In their arms,
who made a brave struggle for inde.
pendence while weather conditions were
nnpnah' nopmd,' Dig strong men, making just
day to day.. young girls who worked for
a plttance In factory and store rather
than violate their American prejudice
against working In private homes-all Of
them throughout the morning came in a
procession, looked up and down the
street. for fear some friend would rec
ognize them, and then darted into the
sheltering and inviting doors Of those
o,.,. ,x,A
week day. during the night and day.
light hours. for the succor Of the needy
It was almost like Christmas dinner
down at the Central Union Mission.
Instead Of the bread and coffee of week
days, soup and sandwiches and big
bowls of steaming coffee were passed
out In abundance, and II was a rule of
etiquette to ask for more as long as
one could eat.
Long Bread Line.
The Gospel Mission bread line swelled
to unheard Of proportions. nearly $50
men waiting for their Sunday morning
breakfast of soup and bread. and coffee.
The Salvation Army welcomed all
comers to the dining room and then to
the meetings.
Saloons were closed, and many a
human derelict who, by the careful and
discriminating expenditure of nickels
oiobs thc Soulu puf Cidbe SnelteT
and free lunches for the day, was
forced to resort today to the missions
and take the praying and singing as
a necessary accompaniment of his days
supply of food.
Incoming traffic at the Union Sta
tion lost all .semblance of system. The
Western trains were running perhaps
an hour earlier than yesterday, owing
to the milder conditions there, but they
continued to come In from one to three
hours late. Down South it was freez-
ing as far as Jacksonville. where 2S
degrees is reported, and trains from
the South were much delayed today.
Northern and even New York trains
were delayed for an hour or two.
Traffic on the river is tied up. Since
the Norfolk boats did not go out today,
the crust in the channel had a good
chance to freeze hard and thick, and
1t Is a problem whether any vessels
will be able to break their way through
tomorrow. The Alexandria ferry, that
sturdily plowed in the wake of the
big steamers before yesterday, gave up
the struggle then, and is safely docked
at Its namesake town.