The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-15
MERCURY DIPS
TO One BELOW,
SEASONS MARK
Jack Frost Will Keep on the Job
For Some Time, Says Wealth
erman Conger
FRIGID WEATHER DRIVES
DERELICiS TO SHELTER
McGregor Institute Is Crowded
With Homeless, JObless
Men
What the Mercury Says

For six hours, Monday night and
Tuesday morning. the temperature in
Detroit remained at one below zero
the coolest weather of this winter
The mercury fell TO one point below
the zero mark at IL o'clock at night
and did not move away from II until
after o'clock in the morning. At s,
2. s and o'clock, Tuesday, It was one
degree above zero.
According TO Weather Observer
Conger. the temperature viii continue
20 hover about the zero, mark Tor an
indefinite periou No marked change
in atmospheric conditions have been
recorded anywhere in the United
States during the last "a hours. said
: Mr.. Conger, Tuesday. The only indi-
cation which, may be interpreted as
being hopeful TO Detroit is that the
temperatures In northern Michigan
cities are rising slightly. The wealth
Ter In Detroit says Mr.. Conger, viii
In addition TO being cold, be partly
cloudy, witt. fresh westerly winds.
Biting winds, snow and ice have
less and iobless, 10 the McGregor in
stitute for shelter during the last
three days, this total being reached
Monday night This is the largest
number OF transients lodged in the in
stitue this Sinter Last winter, dur
ing the coolest periods, as many as
500 men were given shelter in sim
gle night.
OF the sic transients who we're
housed, Ill came Monday night Most
OF them were sent to the institute
from police headquarters where they
first applied for lodging. Not more
than a half dozen OF those who came
last night were provided with tickets
OF admission. yet they "A slept in
clean cots, and all were given break
fast in the big dining room.
The Institutes register shows that
the dodgers came from all parts OF
the country. from Maine TO California,
and the great majority gave their
trade as machinist Most of them are
besieging automobile factories for en-
ployment.
The Salvation Army Industrial
home, the Ford hospital wing convert
cd into lodging house, and other
charitable institutions also cared for
an unusually large number Of men,
Monday right.
The Central Heating Co. reported
that, because of the sudden drop in
Temperatures. II had been unable to
keep up pressure for a few hours
early Tuesday morning The trouble
was located and remedied long before
noon. however.
This state of affairs would not have
occurred had It not been for the very
sudden drop. according to the COM
pany, as IL was prepared for any or
binary change in temperature.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Hundreds OF
shelterless poor were driven to the
municipal lodging house and other
charitable organizations today by the
first bitterly cold weather OF the win
ter The sudden and penetrating
cold. coming after a sharp drop of 35
degrees, brought acute suffering The
mercury stood II above early today
and zero weather is predicted for to-
night.
The municipal lodging house was
filled by midnight. The overflow was
cared for at the recreation pier at
East Twenty-fourth-st. Big stoves
we're kept going at the pier, where all
were given blankets. Nearly 1000
were In the bread line at the Bowery
mission this morning.