The Washington times., 1912-01-09
|SAP|TAL STILL IN
GRIP Of STORM,
MORE SNOW DUE
New Cold Wave Increases
Suffering Among Poor.
Volunteers Wanted. IA

Another cold wave hit Washington Q
proadside blow this morning follow
Ing q night Of snow. sleet and Z high
wind. which combined to increase suf-
fering among the poor. to further delay
railroad trains, and to make the prob
fem o. he ,ting school aud other public
buildings a difficult one.
Just before noon the Weather Bureau
Got reports OF heavy snow storm, &C.
companied by strong winds, that has
spread along the Pacific coast ana a
coming eastward at q rate that will
make It due In Washington about Fri.
day evening.
All the country IL In the grip OF
severe cold or snow storms, despite
khe slight lull in temperature hostiiities
yesterday.
Charitable Agents Busy.
Kept busy all day and tar into the
night yesterday answering the calls fol
food. clothing, or fuel from 1sO families
representing go persons. agents Of the
associated Charities are physically OK.
hausted By the four-day vigil. and to-
pay . call was sounded for volunteer
workers to step into the breach and
heip minister to the scores who this
morning asked for succor.
An appeal ID made for personal ssrv-
ice during the time Of the emergency
sons who cannot give their time money
TO be used In hiring temporary assist
ants will be appreciated. Miss Elizabeth
Brown said this afternoon.
exhaustion" Miss Brown declared.
always having their hands full with
their various districts. in times Of
. 81 e%ereency nke tne present. tnSy nave se
all the cases that are reported. Help
from volunteers will be helpful In con-
tinuing our record OF responding imme-
%sS q sontribu s 70 fun any for hns
assistants, their money should be &C
c0mpanied by q statement Of the pur-
pose for which It IL to be used. Rogue
lar contributions cannot be used for
Gales ragged all along the Atlantic
Coast today. Smaller vessels scrfited
to shelter after the Weather Bureau
some OF " them were caught. 'f however.
and this morning the Revenue Cutter
eervice reported two scboonery partially
sunk. and half a dozen others who
cutters have their hands Full answering
8. o. 8. calls. and sCme Of the vessels
In distress have not yet been located.
The Street Cleaning Department early
the usual thaw failed to follow the
snow. ard the work OF clearing CROSS
angs OF the solid cakes of elcet and ice
was slow and difficult one. Early this
morning superintendent ]. w. Paxton
sounded q call for 600 men.
1t was q great day tor the skaters.
Cleared for Skating.
At the Zoo and at the ponds in the
6old:ers' Home grounds volunteers turn.
ed up early with shovels ana brooms
and began to clear tho surface for sixat-
ing. BY noon dosens OF skaters were
gliding over the smooth Icy surface.
They weren't all youngsters, either.
Temperature ten degrees colder to-
night than that Of last night 10 prom
Used by the bureau. Last night the low
est was IS degrees; tonight the mercury
win tumble to degrees. Just before day.
break the wind was blowing at forty
eight miles an hour, and this made II
hard to heat the schools, three Of which
closed yesterday. All OF them opened
today, and fight was made to keeI
them warm enough to continue the SEES.
Wide variations in temperature ovei
New England were reported this morn
ing, but the cold wave will spread ovel
there by this evening II the bureaus
prediction holds good.
In Boston this morning the thermom'
eter climbed as high as 48 degrees
while In Maine the mercury wal
around the zero mark, and there wal
Q snow fall. Snow also was reported
section and the Great Lakes. The cold
est point was ut Duluth, where the
Thermometer was at 20 degrees below