Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-06
HEAVY SNOWFALL
EXPECTED TONIGHT
Only Thing Lacking to Give
the Capital a Slice of
Real Winter.
LAST NIGHT THE COOLEST
IN PAST SEVEN YEARS
Bitter Weather Causes Great Suffer-
ing Amopa "hA Poor.
MISSIONS REFUGE OF MANY
Associated Charities Workers Busy
Relieving Distress-skat-
ing at Zoo.
MISSIONS REFUGE OF MANY
Weather Bureau Records.

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That time-honored remark about
How'd you like to be the iceman?'' isn't
in 1t with the very pertinent query or
this morning. How would you like to be
the milkman, who left two frozen quarts
at your house before dawn"
B-r-r-r-r-r-r-r! Makes you cold 60 think
of 1t. Ell? Well. the early mornine mix
man. and the bread man, the lamp lighter
and the patrol-walking cop were the
heroes. while the rest of the world ~as
snuggled under the co.ees at 8 am.
today. About the time the milkman got
through he could have broken chunk. out
OF his frozen whiskess with Q ta sam-
mer and never noticed L. Be- r.r-s-r!
It was the coolest night for seven long
years. Nineteen-five had q night wn re
the mercury reached tAsr 20. wnils last
night the official thermomssee touched
5.7. and slice OF real winter - promised
again for tonight
Big Snowstoym joining.
A tremendous snowstorm , lrifsing
In over the App~lachtA. sHssge and by
the time Tennessee and HaN Virginia
and those other ruygeA O. . our that
way have their I'LL Of the storm Wash
ington will begin to set . sasSe n cid
fashioned winter. \ Star reporter asked
the forec&ster ab Nt tn. now:
Its q safe bet that WASHINGTON viii
be showed up. all right. and It looks to /.
me as II tho storm would Hart lste TO-
night"
and tonight. Although the Thermometer ,
at the weather bureau reached only 81
degrees above zero. the forty-miie blast
made every face that stuck to windward
feel like several degrees below the goose
egg. The gale swung In from the north
west. knocked over few telephone poles
In Anacostia and carried suffering OF
the most intense kind throughout the
poorer sections Of the District.
missions Refuge for Many.
Along with the bitter weather came the
lines Of homeless men who show up with
every drop in Temperature The Gospel
Mission and Central Union Mission were
crowded to the doors. and the Central
Union Mission men had q h.rd time 10
keep warm. so many were the visitors
and SO scarce were the osa.ikets. The
bui ding was ill-heated last n.gnt, accord
ing to tho superintendent, who is making
an appeal for blankets and coal touxy.
The bread line Of about go men was fed
last night at o'clock.
Strangely enough the. Municipal LOdg-
ing House was not overcrowded last
night. Only thirty-five men sought shell
ter there. The superintendent said this
morning that the 0ut-of-town hobo
shrtnks from the Municipal Lodging
House, because OF the little stunt of saw
ing wood required from every guest.
You SEQ these guests OF ours all have
to work for the bed and board said
and chop a little wood. and the chaps OF
the road who have retired from business
don't fancy that much exercise"
Associated Charities Workers Busy.
Workers in tho eight districts covered
by the Associated Charities are Just De-
ginning to ascertain the effect OF the
cold wave, and by tonight It II be-
lieved tho sufterings Of the poor will
be revealed In their fun intensity.
I'VE never hear from the poor the
first day Of q cold wave." said Score
tary Uford today. because tho people
stay indoors, and In most cases they
have enough wood and food TO last them
during the day; After the tirst day.
might say. Our workers are busy co.
day, and by tonight I will have sised
up the situation thoroughly. We nave
$500 people on our rolls. Quite q big
hard put to relieve them ALL"
While the Associated Charities and
missions were busy today relieving the
OF human beings the Washing
ton Humane Society thought Of tho
horses and mules. There is but one
word for it to say. and It said IL In q
big advertisement in newspapers:
blanket your horses" :
Skating at the Zoo.
Skating at the Zoo has been announced.
More than 100 telephone calls at the Zoo
ONCE this morning caused some one at
Supt. Bakers ONCE to telephone to The
Star for help:
Tell EN- the pond Is frozen solid.
We're taking the birds in the house. ana
It must have been a cold night for those
birds, by the way.
Navigation Impeded.
River men have rarely seen so bad q
night for cod and wind. The gales Of
the afternoon and night were severe on
the bay, SO II was reported around the
red-hot stoves In river front Offices this
morning. Strange to say. no tales OF
wrecks. with frozen crews snd midwinter
aardships. have been heard 90 Tar today.
steamers and tugs arriving here to-
lay looked like icebergs, as the
,pray frose to everything It touched.
ma hundreds OF tons extra weight
u this fashion. The gale whipped
he lower river and bay into Q small
Atlantic, and rocked small craft. IN
,razy fashion Nav1gators are looking
and its tributaries.
There is already ice In the river oAnood
" the freose Of Thursday. when about
N inch formed On the nata z hsh