Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-17
MERCURY GOES Up
Break in the Cold Wave Has
Come at Last.
SNOW MELTS EVERYWHERE
Temperature May Be in the Forties
by Tomorrow.
FEAR FELT FOR LIGHTHOUSES
Those in the Potomac River Will Be
in Danger From the Melt
ing Ice.
FEAR FELT FOR LIGHTHOUSE

mat the mercury Will De SOIHcWItTc
the thirtes today and somewhere in the
forties tomorrow is the opinion of the
forecaster at the weather bureau. The
January thaw, it appears. is about to be-
gin, and goloshes undoubtedly will be in
favor for the remainder of the week.
Tonight the temperature will not go be-
low twenty. it is indicated.
A warm wave has showed the colo
layers of atmosphere clear across the con-
tinent and now is melting the snow on
the Appalachians. All the way across the
Mississippi's huge basin. clear to the foot
hills of the Rockies snow is melting, and
the little streams will swell into big
floods so that soon the Gulf of Mexico
will be added to considerably by melted
snow from all over the west, middle west
and the Ohio valley.
Disagreeable Walking.
The genuine January thaw that now
makes walking sloppy proposition in
the middle west probably will take in
Washington, beginning tomorrow. How
ever, it will take considerable time to
melt the heavily packed snow and the
thickly frozen ice which has bound up
the scenery in this region for fort
night.
When the heavy ice now covering the
Potomac begins to break and drift back
and forth with the tide from the Chesa-
peake. the lighthouse at Maryland point,
Upper Cedar point, Lower Cedar point
and Matthias point all will be exposed to
the danger of the drifting ice. Ihese
lights run the risk of being buried ne
meath the piles of ice cakes which bulid
a fertilization around the structure OF the
houses and may overtop them. 10 suaro
against this danger. piles of stones were
placed around the lights some years ago.
but the ice continues to pile up at times,
and considerable damage has resulted In
big thaws where much ice was loose
Ice Fifteen Feet High.
Reports from Matthias point indicate
that the ice began to pile there IN the
early days of the present freeze, when
the ice was still drifting, and reached
height of fifteen feet. Since that time
there has been a tight freeze, but with
the very heavy ice now waiting to preak
up there may be trouble aneau ZOE the
lighthouse keepers.
Vernon Noakes and Carl Winterwert.
fourteen and twelve years old, respec
lively, the former residing at 2ISa lo,h
street and the latter at 15OS w street,
Anacostia, knocked down a horse ana
day afternoon near their homes.
At the foot of the hill on which they
were coasting their sled struck morse
owned by the Bieber-kaufman Coin-
east. William Carter, driver or the
horse. sustained slight injury to ms
face. while the horses leg was injured.
The boys were not hurt.
While riding on the rear piatiorin ~.
a Capital Traction car on the 14th street
line yesterday afternoon. Anthony SaI
neIla. twenty-three years old, sl1pped anu
fell against the door. The grass pane,
of the door was broken. Carneiia cu'
his wrist. DR.. j. A. Flynn, 1888 . street,
dressed the injury.
Hurt by Fall in Street.
T. F. Sheckles, fifty three years old.
a resident of Chillum, Md, slipped and
fell on the sidewalk at It'll and B
streets northwest this morning ABOUT
$3.50 o'clock and sustained an injury
to his left knee. He was given treat
ment at Emergency Hospital.
The slippery condition Of the street
was blamed for collision at North
CAPITOL and M streets this morning be-
tween a street car and electric truck
belonging to the J. Maury Dove Coal
Company. The car was slightly dam
aged, but nobody was hurt.
A collision between a street car anu
an automobile of the Chesapeake Sup
ply Company occurred THIS morning
near Georgia avenue and Lamont
street. The fender of the car was
broken.
Help for the Poor.
The Star has received the following con-
tributions for the Associated Charities:
Division Of money order. auditing. Of
flee of auditor for Post Office Department,
S21.61.
Cash, 81.
Cash, 81.
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