The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-20
Great Britain Is Denounced By EIoke Smith
GREEK KING APPEALS TO PEOPLE OF UNITED STATES

streets today very gladly accepted In yltatlons of gentlemen friends. who offered to put their arms about them and assist them In navigating safely.
 Telephone and electric light wires suffered during the ? ght and today. citizens. and especially children, are warned not to take hold of any wires ,ound dangling. for it might prove to be Q live wire.
 Water p'pes were hard hit during the night and many man went trud- glng through the storm this morning to O neighbors after water to boil cof. fee. Plumbers were hardly able to be had today for love or money and the man of the house generally had to turn to and thaw out his own pipes.
 Coal men and transfer companies were kept on the move for 1t was sur. prislng the number of coal bins that suddenly were found to be empty.
 Horses plodded about the streets hauling their loads and the icicles for med about the'r lips and were only broken off when they came in contact with the tongue of the sleGs.
 One of the large show windows of Goldsteln's Emporium was blown out turing the night Several of the ar- ticies on display were blown out and today are drifting somewhere between Juneau and the Taku. The Goldstein damage is estimated at S75. A large window in the Raymond store blew out and one of the heavy plate glass transoms of the Alaskan parted with the sash early n the evening.
 During the afternoon. Coldstein's Empor um lost another plate glass window from the storms work This loss Is estimated at SITS.
 coIdest Since 1905.
 On Q day like this the old timers get busy and begin remembering past cold records. The coldest weather ever experienced in Juneau was in 1885 when the thermomenter dropped to 25 below zero. and a thick ice formed all along the channel. This Is verified by A. Sokoloff The next record for a cold wave Is believed Co have been In 1905. the night of the Louvre fire. when the temperature was eighteen degrees below and high wind was blowing.
 Juneau people. however. are always prepared From midnight to early this morning. between gusts of blowing snow. one could look in all directions and twinklng lights were seen. Men were sitting up nursing the fire or attending to water pipes and prepar- ing for the unexpected.
 The coldest corner is around Front and Franklin. opposite the Gastineau hotel Here the wind gets a power 'ul sweep down Franklin avenue and reinforced by a counter wind along Front makes navigation someth 'ng fierce. A wide detour of possibly ff- ty feet is taken by pedestrians in get ting around the locality.
 On the heights around the city the winds velocity is severe. The wind has packed the snow to such an ex- tent on Chicken ridge that one can walk upon 'ts surface. Through the e metery. drifts are over ones knees.
 This noon many man telephoned his wife not to prepare any luncheon IS he would either remain in his place of business or would so out to the restaurants. At the court house the various minor officials tried to be real nice to the cook fn hopes that she would give them a han@-out bnt 'o''- were gratifed and husti'ng on their caps they merged themselves with the clements and hied themselves to places where eats were served. for cash.
 An empty ccal scuttlo from the hill -omewhere. came down Main street this afternoon, struck the ground at the corner of Front and hoisted by the gale landed agsin in front of Young's. Some force behind that scuttie.
 Tn many establishments the em- ployees took different shifts on and uerched themselves on tho radiators and let the heat ooze through their systems
 The large awning Of the Juneau Clothing Company was cut into rib bons and this morning all that re- mained was the iron pipe frame.
 Several windows in the Caro- build ing were smashed.
 Chimneys blowing down was an al n'ght occurrence.
 Several windows in the Scott build ing were missing this morning.
 Signs of various kinds jared them selves loose during the storm and scattered to the corners of the four winds.
 Night watchmen were employed in ~everal stores during the nigLt to keep tab on the storms do'ngs and many bu~iness men themselves sat up all night in their establishments.
 The etorm cut down the attendanre at the theatres Inst night. almost a'l ot them playing to small houses. At ihe Moose Club ball there was a email crowd. but members ot the Quarter Hundred club b-aved the ele ments and ther was good represen-
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