Evening star., 1914-02-14
Brokers Unable to Reach Town.

Brokers Unable to Reach Town.
Business on the stock exchange was
somewhat curtaIled today by reason of
the Storm Many members who live out
of town failed TO appear. and the at
tendance was the smallest OF any Satur-
day since last summer.
The telegraph companies reported little
irterruption to service. but some OF the
commission houses with private wire con
uections TO the middle west experienced
difficulty
Robert 1IcKinn of Bayonne. \. J.. died
If exposure while standing the plat
Torn, of the Central Railroad of New Jer-
sew The body of an unidentified man
was found in hallway on 30 avenue.
where he had sought shelter Death was
due to exposure
Foot and a Half in Schenectady.
SCHENECTADY. y. Y. February Ii
The blizzard which struck this city last
night was stir raging today There were
eighteen inches of snow on the ground
az o'clock this morning Traffic was
raralyzed
Factory Employees Snowbound-
CT1C4. y " February 1i--Eeeveeu
midnight and 6 O'Clock this morning
twenty inches Of snow fell in this city
The snow ceutipues at the rate OF Three
inches an hour There IS no POSSIBILITY
Of resuniug transportation until the
storm stops, and il will then take twenty
four hours To dig the railroads oNt Win
street car traffic suspended, factories we're
Obliged to shut down because cHiiloSeS
could not reach them
Blizzard Along New England Coast.
HoSroN. February 14.-There was bliz-
zard weather along the New Ensianu
coast today vt Block Island the WIND
gauge registered sixty-eight miles an
hour. A, Nantucket the velocity was
Yorty-four miles. Inland the storm was
Snilder-
Storm Sweeps Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, February 14.-The
first big snowstorm to sweep across TINS
section OF the country this winter left
fan of seven inches in Philadelphia and
as much as eighteen inches i'll parts OF
pcnns,-lvania. SIeet and rain followed.
with the usual discontinue to pedestrians
and slight disarrangenlent of tram Sched-
rles Colder weather and more snow are
expected during the day, the weather ou-
reau announced.
Northern Pennsylvania Snowbound.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. February IL
Covered to a depth of twenty inches with
the heaviest blanket of snow in ten
wears, northern Pennsylvania is snow
bound today. The snow began falling
Yesterday afternoon at O'Clock and con-
tin,,ed steadily more than twenty hours.
Business in the country is almost at
standstill, and railroad traffic is main
tanned with difficulty. Reduced tonnage
is the rule in all train movements
Interferes With Traffic.
HARRISBURG. Pa, February IA
foot of snow driven by high winds in
terfered with railroad and trolley traf-
nc in this part of Pennsylvania today.
The railroads ordered out all construc-
ton crews at midnight to keep tracks
open, and at daylight all furloughed
yard and shop men were sent on duty.
business in the great freight yards In
this vicinity was retarded. and some OF
the steel mills suspended because OF
inability to get material
Storm at Cincinnati Ceases.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. February 14.-The
snowstorm which ragged in Cincinnati
and the southern section of Ohio for
thiruy-six hours ceased during the night,
after fall of 81 inches of snow had
been registered by the government
car service, which had been seriously
haIf1pered by the blizzard or by high
drifts on roadways, was again normal
today.