The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-22
STORM HERE
 NOW LIKELY
 MODERATING

The fury or the 6ale, WHICH hdS been raging for the past fifty-six hours. seems to have spent itself. at least temporarily. and the weather has also started to moderate. The gale makes it's presence felt occasionally, but since the furor created early this morning. there has been very little wind. The temperature has register ed nine degrees below and from that up. It is not believed however that the cold snap is over and citizens should exercise the same precautions as they have been doing.
 Last night. nine of the members of the fire department slept at the city hall ready for emergencies. Patrols will be kept on watch both tonight and tomorrow night The powerful truck of Young's has been donated for use tonight and tomorrow and tomor- row night. Tonight and tomorrow es' peclally. nearly all of the fire depart ment will be on duty.
 Frozen water pipes and heating apparatus are still causing many troubles for the residents. Coils in kitchen stoves have been frozen and ranges in all parts of the city have been disconnected from the water tanks. Families still continue to use their Kitchens for living, dining and lounglng rooms.
 There were no sessions fin the dis trict court today and practically no business was transacted on the hill, in many of the government offices only part of the various forces re- ported. The transfer men arc kept busy delivering coal but tomorrow many will take no orders for deliv- ozy -,ls,iiii -tiiiroy-.naee caught-up with the present demand.
 On all doors of stores and establish ments facing on the streets the signs distinctly say: Close the Door" Sev- eral have inserted tho word please" before the command but the order has become so imperative that politeness is lost for the sake of keeping warm.
 The police department has had a very easy time Jack HA-dy was found sleeping between two stores yesterday afternoon and he was hus- tied aboard a coal wagon and taken to jail. When he recovered from his state of intoxication. Commissioner Wheeler found that Hardy had sever al frost-bitten fingers. Hardy was fined S15 this morning and will serve put his sentence.
 Jailer Sargent found a man stag gering up Main street last night and took him in. This morning he was released and sent home to his wife and children. promising 10 keep away rom liquor. especially while wintry weather lasted. and give his atten. ton to his family.
 About nine o'clock last night the wind died down considerably. The temperature started to rise. and at .our thirty this morning many ther- mometers registered from eight to 
 nine and a half degrees below zero.
 Half of Juneau at about that hour ,f the morning suddenly sat up In bed in astonishment. It seems that he wind aroused itself from its slumbers and started things. For five minutes there was a bowling terrific gale. Buildings rocked like a cradle Windows rattled with an accompani- ment of needle piercing sleet and a 'ew more chimueys. signs and shing- les loosened themselves and went slldooing towards the bay
 As on Thursday night. many resi- dents closed their homes and sought admission to the various hotels. Much doubling up occurred in many hotels in accommodate the less fortunates.