Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
PEAK OF COLD WAVE
QUITS THESE PARTS:
SNOWSTORM STICKS
Will Continue Tonight and Pos
sibly Tomorrow, Washington
Weather Man Says.
WARNER HERE TOMORROW

Snow was falling today over most of
the middle Atlantic states and the Ohio
and upper NJ Mississippi valleys.
Reports OF the weather bureau indi-
Gated that the fall would continue tonight
and possibly tomorrow, reads the Weather
Bureaus telegram TO Every Evening Just
before noon today. The dispatch con
tinucs:
THE storm was expected 10 extend into
New England during the day.
The temperature has nloders ted gener-
ally in the northern border states and in
much of the country east of the Mississippi
river. but readings remain much below
normal In the region Of the great In kes the
Ohio valley and the middle Atlantic and
New England states
The weather IN this citv and through
out the State has slightly moderated in
COMPARISON with yesterdays new low
records and there probably viii be
a further break in The cold wave by
Sunday. The low point touched yesterday
by the thermometer is probably the
lowest that we have had in Decerni,cr for
mary vears. The coolest recorded last.
night by Every Evenings thermometer
was II above. which IL s degrees higher
than was registered on the same Their
momefer the previous night. The weether
has moderated very little today; at s
O'Clock the mercury had only ascended 2
degrees In the nert tw0 hours il had
added : more tn its altitude and by noon
today stood as 70 plus
Snow began falling iust before mid
night and continued throughout the
morning and afternoon, evidently IL IS
the furry predicted in yesterday )
weather bureaus report
At O'Clock this morning . stiff north
east wind gave emphasis to the cod and
sent everybody on his way to business
in hurry
Those having outdoor posts found the
cold almost up to the point Of endurance
The night policemen IN particular were
chilled tn the bone The early morning
milk man was hindered in his rounds and
was late in serving breakfast fluid TO
shlvering patrons.
The ice man, cold and depressed. was
on duty az usual more promp. th3n IN
the gwcltering summer DAYS when his
arrival vas often matter of great con-
cern His team hitched to a huge wagon
loaded with manufactured ice, horses and
cart covered with snow seemed an odd
sight this morning standing in front of 3
bank, probably while the driver vas in
side deposi'fng his vast eaylngs Of cash
Snow two inches deep covered the backs
of the horses Is they stood. chilled and
uEblanketed, but patient IN the storm.
Despite the persistence Of the snowfall
less than three inches Of snow had arcumu-
lated on the streets here by noon today.
There have been many applications for
aid. food and warm clothing from people
whose wants are usually ooked after by
the Salvation Army and brave workers
OF that organization who faced the shells
of the Hun on the European battle front
hesitate not at all in promptly venturing
forth N the SNOW to ease the suffering or
helping the suck and needy
The snow storm extended DOWN the
State even below Dover. according TO
Every Evening correspondents. At New
Castle the fall began at 9 o'clock last
evening. and at Middletown at about the
same tjme.
There has been little disarrangement Of
railroad traffic reported, although the
papers from New York were five hours
late IN arriving here. The arrival Of the
mails was somewhat delayed. due more,
perhaps, to the heavy Christmas burden
imposed by Santa Claus upon the Post
office Department than TO the cod.