The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-15
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CAPITAL SHIVERS
| UNDER BLUES SKY
Snow Clouds Are Scattered,
but Intense Cold Still
Grips District.
POOR SUFFER GREATLY
Demands for Food and Clothing Are
Numerous Many Get Work
Clearing the Streets.


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Though kindly sun chased the mer-
Icury up above the freezing point yester-
day. making the day far more comfort
able than II might have been. the wealth
er man last night had to admit the re-
lief was only temporary. There Is no
more snow In sight. he announced, but
the city Is in for q cold spell that may
last several days and will increase the
suffering OF the poor.
i Through The Washington Herald o
publication Of his plea for aid to the
ragged thousands out in the cold. Supt.
Kline, of the Gospel Mission. yesterday
received $3.50 and a van LOAD Of old
clothes, In addition to offers of work for
many of his threadbare wards. The
cash contributions, Mr.. Kline said. made
a record sum. being more than third
of the amount sufficient to maintain the
bread line" for a year. He added.
however. that II was enough to furnish
folk who daily are applying to him.
One Death from Cold.
One death was charged to the weather
yesterday; two men had to go to hos
pitfalls on account of exposure. and one
slipped in the snow and fell in front Of
car, but was not seriously hurt. The
death was that of George Thomas, a
negro, fifty years old, who applied for
shelter at 246 Fourteenth street north
east early in the morning and died soon
afterward. George Stergurs, fifty-fivs
years old, of 354 Van street southwest.
was taken to Casualty Hospital from
New Jersey avenue and C street north
west, and Samuel Crew, sixty-six. Of s4S
Golden street southwest. was taken out
of a stable at that address and cent to
Washington Asylum Hospital. Both were
In a serious condition from exposure.
Julius Baumgarten, seventy-nine years
old. head Of the rubber stamp manufac-
turing concern at 100 E street northwest.
was crossing F street, at Ninth north
west, when he slipped and fell In front
Of car. The latter stopped quickly
enough not to run over him. but he was
badly bruised. There were several SINH
lar incidents, none OF which had serious
consequences.
The lowest temperature was registered
at 2 a. m, when the mercury stood at
II degrees above zero. At in the after
noon 1t was at 50, and for few minutes
between then and ( O'Clock II touched
the "a mark. Then it slowly fell, and at
midnight II was close to 20. with the
colder weather today During the twenty
four hours which ended at o'clock last
night seven and six-tenths inches of
snow had fallen in Washington
Sidewalks Are Cleared.
-Four hundred employees Of the street
cleaning department, with plows and
.sweepers. attacked the white mantle ~
o'clock, the force having been REINFORCED
from hundreds Of unemployed men who
hurried out early to get such Jobs as they
could. By noon most Of the sidewalks
and crossings In the business section had
been cleared, but little Roadway had
been made on the pavements. where.
probably. there'll be enough snow for clip
pers and bob-sleds and other jingie-bell
vehicles for q week.
Many are praying for continuance
Of the cold snap, but their prayers are
being Offset by those Of others who
are more interested in obtaining
mouthful OF food than they are in win
ter sports. One of the latter, for in
stance, staggered into the Gospel Mis-
ing God that he hat not persisted. He
almost had done just that. according
to Supt. Kline. He was a Hungarian.
understanding little English, and after
attending services in the chapel of the
mission Friday night. he went out, not
knowing that he could have found shell
ter in the mission.
So he walked the streets ali night and
almost vas frozen when he returned to
beg q cup OF coffee and a roll in the
bread line. Mr.. Kline. who has had to
60 without sleep in order to attend to
the stream Of men coming to him for
aid. wouldn't let the mar into the lire:
instead he fed him at once and set as
sistants to work thawing him out. There
were more than 100. almost as desper-
ate, in the bread line at O'Clock, even
though many had hurried away to be
in the advance guard for the jobseek
ing army.
Restaurant Employees Help.
Among the many who responded to Mr..
Kline's plea were the employees Of the
Union Station restaurant. who sent $50
to The Washington Herald to be turned
over to Mr. Kline. A well-known society
woman living in Massachusetts avenue.
near Twenty-second street northwest.
was one of the first to telephone the
Gospel Mission to give job to a man
who needed II. When the man arrived
at her residence she loaned him a shovel
and put him to work cleaning her side
walk and when he had finished she told
him she had induced her neighbors to
give him similar employment Thus. when
he returned to the mission, he had made
g. Other men and women telephoned
Mr.. Kline for paperhangers, painters.