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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-10-09
For Sale.

Poland Chinas, fall and spring boars
ready to sell. Herd headed bv the
great Pawnee Jumbo, the 1000 lbs.
prospect. Satisfied customers in seven
different states. ]. j. Prochaska,
tia Protivin, la.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03

Gales. ice and snow. With every kind OF
dlsaster which could result from almost
complete Isolation and paralysis OF traf-
ne and other means OF communication.
continued TO be reported last night along
the entire coast from Passport. Me, 10
Savannah, Ga while a cold wave, roll
ing down from the Great Lakes country
II oyerspreading the snovbound region as
FAR south as Florida.
Yesterdays storm centred over Southern
Sow England. with heavy SHOWS and
shilling gales. and. despite limited
warmer wave coming out " the Far
Wost, temperatures In Northern Nc"
York and New England dropped steadily.
The lot Of disasters reported from all
places communicable by wire or long de-
Iaycd train II wofuIy LONG Fires. the
wrecklng Of buildings by wind. street
blockadeg caused by the combination OF
snow and demolished structures. deaths
from exposure or the fierce wind. com
pieie darkness owing 10 crippled lighting
GIANTS and Ike conditions are being re-
,orts1 from eyery section OF tho Eastern
states
Nbgs tho rumored warmer wave I"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL
MEN TO SHOVEL SNOW
Fetherston Wants Strong Arms
to Aid Prayer-McAneny
Issues Appeal.

John T. Fetherston. Commissioner OF
Street Cleaning, having decided that
PRAYER needs the aid Of strong arms sue
cessfully to remove snow, Acting Mayor
George McAnony issued proclamation
Yesterday in which he i'm substance. d.
clared that now is the time for all good
men TO come TO the aid Of the city and
take to shovelling."
In his appeal for help Mr.. McAneny
who Is acting Mayor because M. Mitchell
is snowbound I'm the wilds of New Jersey.
declared that every facility available to
the city is being utilized. He therefore
asks that citizens not only clear their
sidewalks, as the law requires them TO, but
10 do so I'm a way calculated 10 relieve the
pressure on the streets.
lie also requests that In clearing side
walks the snow he placed on the edge Of
the walk aud not I'm the street; that IN
streets not used by trolley ears a roadway
ten feet wide be opcrcd near tho cUrbs,
the snow to be placed IN the centre OF the
streets: that on streets used by cars gut
,ers be opened. and that persons own
iug trucks or other vehicles clear side
walks and the roadway I'm front 81 their
premises and dump the snow into the
river.
Mr.. McAneny adds that the methods de-
scribed have been used uptown to advan-
tagc, aud he instructs tho police To. do
their share by communicating the sugees-
items directly ~ property owners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
LAWMAKERS SN0WB0UMD
Business at Jersey Capital Sus
pended Owing to Storm.

Trenton. March 2.-The storm tied up
the business Of New Jersey completely
to-day. Not alone were the heads of the
various departments and most Of the en-
ployes unable to get TO work, but the
Legislature had TO suspend making laws
temporarily.
The Legislature meets on Monday
nights, but not single laWmaker from
outside Of this city was able 10 get here.
Some Of the Senators and Assemblymen
who come from the southern end Of the
state are not expected TO get here for
several days Governor Fielder will try
TO get here tomorrow and bring with
him enough lawmakers TO start work.
A number of important hearings sched-
uled for to-day were, Of course, postponed.
one Of these was on the local option bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03

Uron, New York City 10 points suetch-
ing many hundreds Of miles beyond the
Western mountains the wind and sno"
storms have carried away thousands OF
telegraph poles, and thus crippled TO an
almost unprecedented extent the tei'-
graph system. n such a situation con-
tinued only . few days longer there "ou'u
be disaster Throughout the land
Tho refusal OF the telegraph companies
70 install an underground system, that
could not possibly be affected by STORMS
is blamed.
six wears ago tomorrow William II.
Taft vas inaugurated in Washington. \
snowstorm ragged throughout the East
and. as at present. crippled the telegraph
service between the capital and New
York and other points. The telegraph
COMPANIES we're severely criticised, and
Immediately promised to prevent recur-
renee OF such disaster by laying wires
underground. Yesterday afternoon
Tribune reporter tried to learn from the
officials Of both the Postal and Western
Union companies why this had not been
done such officials as were interviewed
were unable 10 answer.
The service is at present in such a
crippled condition that President Wilson
has been forced TO send messages to
Mexico i'm the following manner: The
message was telephoned to New York.
where il was telegraphed through Canada
10 Denver. and from there 10 III Paso.
and so reached Mexico II IT were not
FOR the telephone wires New York would
be out Of communication with Washing
ton.
The American Telephone and Telegraph
Company has been able TO afford COM
munlcation between New York, Washing
Ton and Philadelphia by means Of the
underground New York Washington cir
c,its-talking circuits.
The Postal Telegraph service between
New York and Philadelphia is democrat
jzed. The Pennsylvania company re-
quested the American Telephone and Tele-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
RIG Ri LIZARD DEMORALIZES
ROTH TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS

graph Company to give them the use OF
one of their wires between New York and
Philadelphia for train dispatching pur-
poses. New York communication with
New Jersey and the towns in the Hudson
and Mohawk valleys has been broken off.
II will take some time 10 repair the wires.
Early in the day the Western Union could
not reach south Of Philadelphia
The New York Telephone Company is
sued a statement yesterday declaring
that while the wires underground in Man
haitian. The Bronx and the greater part
Of Brooklyn were practically unchanged,
New Jersey suffered more severely than
ever before The wet snow and seet
weighed upon the wires. and the winds
tore down the poles. 1t will cost goo 900
to repair the system in New Jersey alone.
Belvedere Brooks. general manager OF
the Western Union. said that his wires
within q radius of one hundred miles OF
New York were bearing hundreds OF
pounds OF iccles The winds played upon
the heavily burdened wires and so tore
down the poles G. c. Allen, general SUI
perintcndent of the New York telephone
system. said that every long distance
telephone line through New Jersey, eX-
cept those in cables. was down. The
branch Offices Of the Western Union were
notified TO accept messages for all points
north and west Of Albany subject TO in
definite delay. superintendent Frederick
p. Norton. OF the Postal Telegraph Com
pany. said that no report had been re-
ceived from points south of Philadelphia
New Yorks financial district has been
almost entirely cut off from the outside
world. There was but single line tC
Albany. The Stock Exchange closed early
The only New Jersey points where the
lines were ptact were Newark and Eliza
beth
John Bottomley. vice-president OF the
Marconi Wireless Company, last night
said that the storm had not I'm any way
hampered their service He said that
nothing but a severe electrical storm near
one Of the stations could affect them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
Killed by Fallen Wire.

One man was killed i'm Newark as
result of cunning into a fallen wire He
was Louis Fcrrari. eighteen years old. Of.
No. 313 High street. employed AT tbs
Washington Hotel. and was on his way,
to work. Adrian Croft. another cmploye
Of the hotel, was waiting for Ferrari and
saw him coming along Central avenue 10
ioin him. Ferrari stepped on a fallen
wire and was hurled 10 the snow dead
Giuseppe pesto. forty years old living
on Kipp avenue, Hasbrouck Heights, was
found frozen to death standing against
=. telegraph pole near the Williams ave
uuc depot on the New Jersey & New
York Railroad i'm Hackensack, y. J.
George Albertson, twenty-four years
old. Of No. 439 Walnut street, Richmond
Hill. who has a wooden leg. tried 70 walk
TO his hom, after visiting friends I'M
Dunton. mile away, on Sunday evening
HIS wooden leg stuck fist in a snoS' =
drift An hour later nearby resident
heard his cries. dragged lin out OF ths
drift and found him. drenched and SUI
fering from exposure. lie was taken
home IN an ambulance.
The family Of William II. Cor"ln' OF
Aouebogue. Long Island. was marooned
Yesterday because the house was entirely
surrounded by water. None OF the fam
iIy dared venture forth, having 10 boat
in which TO make the trip TO the grocer
and butchers.
George Sweitzer and Adam MOTIFS
Passaic, out sleighing, were hit by an
automobile in the River Road. The sleieh
overturned. Morris was thrown heaVhy
to the roadway and he lay there uicoh
scious for some time. lie was revived
later by his friend. Neither was injured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
CRASH KILLS ONE
ON CROWDED CAR
Sweeper Plunges Into Trolley,
Crushing Man on Platform
Several Injured.

A crowded northbound Second avenue
car. guided by Cornelius O'keefe, mo-
torman, stopped on the south side OF
93d street at 7:30 o'clock last night
in observance of the rule regarding fire
crossings. The conductor Simon
Jurist. was inside collecting fares. A
man was the only person on the rear
platform.
Rolling north. in the rear Of the car,
came sweeper No. Is. The motorman
was Matthew Brown, Of No. 1871 East
1O2d street. George Broxman was on
the front platform with him.
The sweeper approached at fair
and space in which to check it. How
ever. because of either icy rails or loss
Of control by the motorman, the
sweeper plunged into the car and
jammed the vestibule against the car
proper. The man on the platform was
killed.
In addition, a number OF persons
were injured but the only persons will
ing to accept the attentions of Dr.
Moorehead, of the Reception Hospital,
were Freeman Gibbs, twenty-one, a
negro, of No 225 West 61st street,
whose right shoulder was dislocated
and John O'Hara. fifty-four, OF No.
sol East 93d street. both OF whose
knees were cut and bruised. Gibbs was
taken to the hospital. O'IIara went
home.
The railroad employees were unable
to separate the car and the sweeper
This was accomplished by Captain
Ferris and the other members of Hook
and Ladder 80.
The dead man was Gottlieb Hagman,
Of No. $50 East 12Jth street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03

Leaving a trail OF death and disaster
rot outdone even by the blizzard of TWEEN
ty-fve years ago. yesterdays storm
played havoc i'm the committing belt
around this city, many places having no
means of connection with others.
In New Jersey, Long Island, Connecti-
cut and Westchester County, telephone
and electric light wires were down. troll
Icy cars were stalled and business was
nil. Most OF the large cities in New Jer-
sey were i'm darkness. because OF fallen
wires and in Jersey City, Newark and
Trenton the fire alarm systems were al
most useless.
No attempt was made to transact any
public business OF impor lance. even the
courts having to shut down, not alone, in
many cases, because of the absence of
the Judges, but because lawyers and Wit
nesses were marooned i'm Ueir houses.
Public schools were closed, and few of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03

the large Industrial plants surrounding
the city made any effort TO. start up, the
few worlmen who managed to get TO
them being set to digging them out of the
snow.
Commuters along tho Pennsylvania and
the Jersey Central railroads were perhaps
the hardest hit of all. No trains were
running on either of these roads, condi-
tons along the Central being exceedingly
bad because of the poles and wires that
had fallen across the tracks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
STORMS SUBURBAN RECORD
A ROLL OF DEATH AND HAVOC
Many Fatal Accidents Directly Due to Blizzard-Manv
Towns Snowbound, with Residents Marooned in Homes
Wires Down-Commuting Non-Existent

with several other railroad laborers VA.
at work at a. m. cleaning the railro.s
tracks OF the Jamaica Bay trestle Of -.
railroad at The Raunt, a small nsh,,s
station. In the darkness and the bl,rd~
snowstorm the men did not notice ~
approach of motor train bound o..
Rockaway Beach until It was close uno.
them.
The train struck the three and hurl.a
them from the treste to the tighuv
frozen surface OF the bay, five feet belo,'
The bay was solidly frozen, and thar.
was no danger that the men would fsn
into the water. Winkelseth WIS d.,s
his skull crushed. Kruger had an A.,
and q leg amputated. and was dying. IN.
rich had escaped with a scalp wound.
The other railroad employee to be klllss
was cleaning the tracks IN the Sunnyslds
yards. at Long Island City. He wa.
James Haraciniotul I'm the same manner
as the accident at the Raunt. a drill
engine crept up behind him, struck him
and killed him instantly.
Another life lost as the result OF n.
storm was that Of George Koch. lou,
months old, OF No 253 University Place
Woodhaven. The child became IN early
yesterday. His father tried to summon a
physician. but the snow drifts were so
high that it took him an hour 70 fight
his way to the home Of doctor and
return with him. BY that time the child
was dead.
During the storm George Washington
Loughlin. probably the oldest newsdealer
on Long Island, was struck by a train
on the Vernon avenue crossing OF the
Long Island Railroad. in Long Island
City He died later in 81. Johns Hos
pital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
Railroad Employees Killed.

Three Of the lives lost were those OF
Long Island Railroad employees. who were
fighting against the clements In vain
effort 10 keep the railroad tracks clear
They we're Herman Winkelseth' NIFTY
eight. Of Brooklyn Hills, Long Island;
Theodore Warren Kruger, forty-three, OF
Old South Road. Aqueduct. Long Island,
and lanes Haraciniotul, twenty-five. OF
Clay street. Brooklyn.
Winkeseth. Kruger and Ineooore Oh-
rr,h of No. 102 Diamond street Brooklyn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03

only q part OF which can be learned.
due TO the badly working telegraph
system.
Trains tha{ would ordinarily have
managed 10 come through are held up
because of the hundreds Of telegraph
poles that were snapped ana throWn
across the tracks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
They Appeal through
Us to You to Help
Them Out of Dependency.

Neglect OF destitute homes leads to
chronic poverty. crime or disease
These fresh burdens upon society can
be avoided by timely aid.
VIII you help them now when their
needs are greatest
Send gifts 10 Robert Shaw Minturn,
Treasurer. Room III. loJ East IND
street
NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING
THE CONDITION OF THE POOR
CORNELIUS NJ. BLISS. JR.. Preside mt
r. FULTON CUTTING,
Chairman, Finance Committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
fBy Telephone TO The Tribune. ]


Philadelphia. March 2.-Vice-Presiden mt
Thomas Riley Marshall arrived In Phila-
deiphis tonight NJ 3 O'Clock. after having
been on the Pennsylvania Railroad from
G.02 O'Clock Sunday night. when he left
New York lie took tsxicab 10 "a hotel
and rushed UP TO the clerk.
GIVE me telegraph blank. quick he
Faid, before getting room. II want 10
send telegram 10 my wife. Last night
was the FIRST one I've spent away from
her In eighteen years. and she must be
worried sick"
Mrs. Marshall r. I'm Washington.
The snowstorm In Philadelphia has
played havoc with the city. The heavy
snow broke down the fire alarm telegraph
system. aud I'VE disastrous fires burned
themselves cut because OF the delay In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
cold CAUSING
MUCH DISTRESS
AMONG The POOR

Hundreds are appealing TO us for the
bare necessities of life. Some need
coal, others clothing and shelter and
still others food.
Many families, threatened with dis
possess. need help 10 prevent them
from being thrown out In the cold. In
hundreds OF ways our Nisltors and
Nurses are relieving suffering.
These are not chronic paupers. MIS-
fortune is responsible for their plight
They don't want charity, but chance
10 he self -SnpnOrting again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03

awning on Gansevoort street last
night. The awning had fallen, due TO
accumulated snow, and crushed him.
rhe only mark OF identification on him
was the name "Stanhope Brothers,
London" sewed on his cap.
The storm. which swept over thou
sand miles, did tremendous damage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
Filipinos Turn TO Congress,

Washington, March 1.-The Phihpphs
Assembly has adopted resolutions urging
the American Congress TO provide at 'ne
present session for the independence OF
the islands. according to cable message
received to-day by Delegate Quezon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
WHOLE COAST STORM-GRIPPED;
HAVOC REPORTED EVERYWHERE

good news TO the narooned communities.
il will mean an added danger in several
sections Snow and ice heapcd up I'm the
hills have swollen rivers to the limit OF
their banks, and thaw. owing to the
mesgrc facilities for combating such n
contingency. would be fatal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03


were from five to ten minutes late
Trains were being sent out on almost
normal schedule during the afternoon.
lehioh Trains All Checked Up.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad reported
that all the telegraph wires between Jcl-
sey city and Wilkes-B Barre are down ana
that il has cancelled good many trains
1t was announced at 10 o'clock last night
that every train had been accounted for
and ali on the road were moving Three
trains which were stalled in dr1ft OF
snow at Three Bridges. y. j.. II was saiu
had been finally started.
The first train of the Lehigh to get
through from Easton to New York ar
rived last night at HIS o'clock II LETT
Wilkes Barre at p. m. Sunday. and got
stalled at Easton ut midnight. \ start
was made again Ut els o'clock last nig't
from Easton.
The Central Railroad OF New Jersey re-
ported that its lines were blocked south
OF Somerville. y. j. Through service was
at a standstill. although local trains be-
tween Somervile and New York and New
ark and New York were operated on de
layed schedules until after Monday MO
night.
The officials Of the road did not know
what had become Of the trains that lett
Sunday and Sunday night for Philadei-
phia. They were supposed to be stalled
i'm the snowdrfts south Of Somerviile. NO
trains we're sent out from this end. and
il was presumed that none left Philadel-
phia.
Through its wireless station at scran-
ton the Lackawanna was able TO keep IN
touch with its trains. its lines were conf
pletely tied up between Dover and STATE
ford. which is few miles east OF the
Delaware Water Gap. Both the east
bound and westbound through trains oi
this road were annulled YESTERDAY us
suburban trains were operated on delayed
schedules as far out as South orange
while a few trains made their way as laT
as Morristown and Dover.
The general agent Of the Baltimore
ohio said that the roads telephone ana
telegraph lines OH staten Island were de-
moralized and passenger trains were
tied up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03

When II was announced early last night
at the PENNSYLVANIA Station that the
first train 10 leave there IN the last
twenty-four hours would depart at 1874
TOR Philadelphia and points West. the
crowd of almost 400 persons who had
teen waiting since early morning Joined
in a demonstration which lasted severa!
minutes.
Never before i'm the last twenty years
has the tie-up of the railroads entering
New York been more complete Com
munication. by both rail and telegraph
has been demoralized since Sunday after
noon.
Late last night il was reported at the
PENNSYLVANIA station that the FIVE trains
due here from points west yesterday
morning had arrived At harrisburg at
O'Clock last night. and had been joined
into one train OF several sections, when
then started for New York The tram
sections passed Philadelphia at 500 p M
Practically ali OF the suburban dis
tricts were snowboun1. though in some
eases il was possible for trains to reach
them late in the morning. The Erie the
New York New Haven & Hartford and
the Delaware. Lackawanna western
Railroad companies were the only ones
able TO maintain even approximately the
usual schedule OF trains to the suburbs.
The Pennsylvania railroad suffered
most. Vt the offices it was reported that
100 telegraph poles arc down along the
line i'm New Jersey and that some have
fallen across the tracks. The collapse OF
the signal bridges has also helped 10
D; ralyze the system I'm that section
The hrst train 10 arrive at the Penn
sylvania station since o'clock yester-
day morning was the Congressional Linz
tied. 1t was scheduled for O'CLOCK
sunday night and arrived at 12:2S yes
terday afternoon, fifteen hours and TWEEN
n minutes late There were eighty pas
sengers.
The train ran into the storm at 6:1V
last night, just outside of Wilmington
Speed was reduced. and the train crawled
slowly to Monmouth Junction. n. j.
where it was forced TO stop, as it was
found that another passenger train and
q freight in front were stalled.
Many Trains Hold Up.
The following trains we're he'd up at
the station unable TO leave: The Cincin-
natl, Indiana & Chicago Express, the
Philadelphia d Norfolk Express. the
Western Mail. the Mail South. the Iron
City Express and all the local trains TO
Philadelphia. The company made VAIN
effort 10 get the passengers OF seven
stalled trains at Trenton through to New
York yesterday. Three through trains
we're loaded. but scarcely got beyond
Princeton Junction when they had to re-
turn. The passengers were put up al
Trenton hotels at the expense of the rail-
road.
The Erie probably Jared better than any
Of the other roads Its three trains from
the West due early yesterday morning
came in at close intervals about . O'CLOCK
Yesterday afternoon. The Erie ala not
ATTEMPT to start out any through trains
Yesterday from New York. It VIII MAKE
its first effort this morning at 915 O'CLOCK.
NJ the Grand Central Terminal 1t was
reported that through trains were from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-03
lbs Telegraph to The Tribune. I


Albany. March 2.-Trains from All d.
rectjons were reported from three 10
seven hours late; interurban trolley ;rat-
hc was delayed and telegraph and tele-
phone communication was far from nor
nal here day. Conditions showed d
marked improvement tonight however
over the last thirtysix hours.
Early this morning communication 10
outside points was wellnigh impossible.
New York Central and Delaware u HUI
son River Railroad trains in all directions
were tied up. The local office OF the Al
bany Southern Railway closed It's doors
entirely.
Not box i'm the fire alarm system was
connected with the central station t'A-
ira flremen patrolled the streets all night
long.
Fear that the ice IN the upper HUDSON
would break loose and cause floods was
temporarily alleviated late tonight by
fall in temperature.