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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20
HAS NO CONTROVERSY
WITH MRS. LITTLETON
RAID ILLICIT DIcTLLLERY
AT FLAT Gar. WISE COUNTY

Bristol Va, November la-Deputy Reve-
MUG Collectors ]. p. Hur, and H. G. Weaver
returned here tonight from Flat Gap. Wise
County, where they raided an Illicit d.stili-
cry destroying two stills with a combined
capa city OF 100 gallons. They poured out
sac gallons OF beer. and seized q quantity OF
whiskey. Monroe Church and his brother
were arrested. Both gave bond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20
Gv~ss Daseev Ts-NsGSs.

adclipe Gene, hailed by the critics
Of England and America ss the great
est Of all living dancer. WI appear
a, the Academy Of Music tonight for
ono performance only Mic. Gene
will be assisted not only by her own
o-rbesfra and ballet chorus. but by
.,ex.nder voiinin and Helena Schm"ix,
fwo 81 the most famous 81 the mar
ycIous Russian dancers. and " u safe
to predict that the pcriormancc so-
80 a.. character that Richmond has
.tsnessed W, n q.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20

The rep,rt ef y. e. Taylor. agent for the
sc~s.ty for the Prevention Of Cruelty 10
Ar,psls for the month of October. which
~ss presented yesterday. showed that dur
Ing ,hst p~ripd Ne ha.Siea en- cssss. " stx
~sspe taken to court he succeeded In COW.
sss~.e asss eoen-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20
Could Hardly Hear

$500 e Tns1D 90 o0en Wses 49,
oesaAlv Hmoa1ss4
- vas aMictsA with oa&arxA.s wsitoe
Eugene Forbes. Lebanon. Kan1nA
took several different medicinal. TWIN
each q fair trial. but grew worse unti!
7 could hardly hear. taste o. smell
WAS about to give up In despair. hut
concluded 30 try Hood'S Sarsaeariila-
After taking three bottles OF tnis
medicine I was cured. and nave not
had any rOturn Of the 1isoaoA"
Hoods SaraaparillA effects radical
and permanent cures Of eAtarra.
Get Il to-day In usual liquid form OF
ohoColn6ed eabiets called sorsatabs.
ADVERTISEMENT
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20

Passengers IN an elevator in the Iutuai
Building yesterday afternoon were badly
frightened when !, suddenly dropped with
great speed four floors and came to quick
stoo when the emergency brakes acted All
were thrown to the Moor. but no one was
hurt Among the passengers were Judge
Beverly T. CruInp, % the Law and Equity
Court: Thomas ". Brockenbrough, a young
woman and the conductor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20
uVNWy ". ANDERSON ELECTED 4
GtgWI1TOE n rLANTER~ NATIONAL

EsHry ". Anderson. vice-president OF the
virginia Railway and Power Company. was
yesterday elected . director OF The PisaterS
Sstscna; Bank 20 succeed the late ]. W.T.
ism rsmb~rton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20

The following marriage licenses s.Te IL
.u.d Yesterday IA the clerks office .: the
Hastings Court: James ". Ball and Kate
C-c.Ils Freaa: Ernest Victor Iiiis and Viz
e..ia Elizabeth Tfnslsy: Isaac A Wsssernnan
and Ethel Brauer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20

e n west white. and John Sns.'h. CO..
or.d were each fined SO and ccsts yester-
DAY morning in Police Court for cruelty 10
mules
W F. Mercer was fined ). for permitting
,r,ok. to issue from his automobile
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-20
THE WEATHER.

Forecasts virGlnlo-Fa1r weAoeo6ay
and Th0RoAAy.
North sDa Soash C0rolino-FaSr Wed.
Deo6ay ooa Th0roday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-01

even temperature for some of our
millionaire babies aren't a circum-
stance to this clock vault It
is deemed essential that It shall be
kept at an even and exact tempera-
ture, and mechanical appliances have
been installed which prevent varia-
lions Of more than one one-hundredth
of a degree.
The fruit of all this care is a time
piece which is easily the most ac-
curate clock on the continent Left
to itself, so to speak, 1t has never
varied more than three-tenths of a
second, and 1t has run for weeks at a.
stretch without varying the hun
dreth part of a second in its ticks
But the time snarps at the Observa-
tory are not content to sit back in
blind reliance upon the accuracy of
even so remarkable instrument
They keep tab upon their master
clock all the while through the posi-
tons of the stars in the heavens.
making use of an instrument known
as a transit to determine whether
the clock Is in perfect harmony with
the movements Of the heavenly
bodies. The observer whose duty IT
is to check up the performance of
the clock that IS a model for all the
timepieces in the United States gazes
skyward through the transit just as
he might through a telescope. which
it resembles in appearance. The
basis for his odd detective work is his
knowledge of the exact time at
which certain of the fixed stars must
appear at certain positions in the
heavens. If, by any chance. the mas
ter clock at the Observatory does not
indicate the proper moment when
star is seen in the position designated
for that moment it is certain that
there is something wrong with the
clock and not that the star is be-
hind or ahead. Of schedule. To be
sure, the comparisons are not made
thus, ofr-hand. but the observer
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{ CELEBRATING l(Ew LAS D(zY HERE AID FHEREz

penny apiece all the way up to one
pound. Feasting is really the chief
feature of the Scottish celebration.
more so than at Christmas OF any
other time of the year. Steaming hot
''wassel." too, is carried from door to
door and INDUCED in by neighbors
and friends.
In Russia the Julian calendar is
still in vogue and January 1 there
corresponds to January IA of our
calendar. The Russian festival be-
gins on New Years Eve and lasts
until the fourteenth day of the New
Year. At midnight, as the old year
is dying and the new being
born, the Gar attends public mass,
and precisely on the stroke of twelve
o'clock a hundred cannons are dis
charged and the revelry begins. At
the end of the celebration-two weeks
hence-the people fast and attend
solemn religious services. marking on
the doors of their houses. also.
cross to prevent Satan from crossing
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the threshold.

the threshold.
In the rural sections the Russian
children make the day peculiarly their
own for. armed with peas and grains
Of wheat, they sally forth In bands
early New Years morning, stop at
every house, enter and wake the in
mates with a bonn bardment Of peas
or by scattering the wheat over the
sIeepers. Later in the day they choose
the very finest horse raised in. the
village that year, decorate It and pre-
sent 1t to the nobleman who is master
of the village. In return he scatters
small coins among them. Their ell
ders, too, make presents to the noble
man such as cows, sheep and fowls.
The strangest of all Russian customs
perhaps, is the gathering around a Jar
of water by each family group in the
belief that, if their faith is sufficiently
strong, the miracle performed by
Christ in Cana of Galilee when He
turned the water into wine. will be
repeated.
New Years Day in Japan is pic
turesque to the extreme. The En-
peror holds a formal court reception,
much as our Chief Executive does,
which is attended by the foreign
diplomats and high officials of the
Japanese government. The celebra-
ton among the people lasts five days.
and preparations for it are begun long
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marks all the celebrations and that IS
the spirit of rejoicing and feasting.
Many of the customs are quaint and
unusual. but still fraught with the
spirit Of revelry and good will.
In our country, of course, especially
In the large cities merr1nent and con-
VITALITY hold full sway, though the
watchnight services in the churches
appeal more to those Of serious bent
to whom the passing OF the old year
and the welcoming of the new are
causes for reflection meditation and
even sadness.
In New York IN particular-though
most other cities are not far behind
gay old Gotham-t71e New Years
frolfc is a veritabIe Bedlam Of noise
and revelry. Millions are spent IN
wine and costly suppers and. as the
hour of midnight strikes, a full hun
bred thousand glasses are raised aloft
in the Joy palaces along and near
Broadway and the health Of the New
Year drunk. LIZ or NJ Yawk in
the throes of her New Years Eve
celebration is indeed a sight for the
gods and man=and each year it grows
lavish.
The lobster show places-human
and crustacean-are damned to the
doors, with the tables engaged weeks
beforehand. The noise and the wine
drinking zone extends fully ten miles,
with every foot OF It packed by a yell
ing, struggling. good-natured crowd
marching. in unending procession, up
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a minute or two in the operation of
an express train might have serious
consequences. Now Uncle Sans
largest and most valuable ships are,
of course. our naval craft and conse-
quently there has been entrusted to
the Navy Department the task of
conducting a time factory that will
produce dependabIy accurate time.
The Naval Observatory, accordingly
makes its daily and year-end deter
limitations of the absolutely authentic
time primarily for the benefit of the
ships Of our lighting feet, but incl
dentally it gives everybody else the
benefit Of this guaranteed correct"
time free of charge Or, at least
Uncle Sam makes no charge, although
to take advantage of his generosity
you must be in some city where
time ball IS operated on a public
building in accordance with the re-
ceipt of the time signal for Washing
to No matter where you live the
experts of the Federal time factory
will regulate or correct your clock
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before. The fronts of all houses arc
covered with emblematic decorations;
branches Of pine and OF bamboo are
planted in large vases filled with earth
and placed before the doors. and over
the projecting roofs Of the houses are
strung garlands Of plated straw.
These latter bear leaves Of certain
trees, shell fish and other charms be-
heved to be potent factors in bringing
good luck to the household.
The people hock to the temples.
which are open all New Years night.
and there cook their ''zoomi," a sort
of rice cake, always eaten before the
sun has risen. Later. on New Years
Day, there is much visiting and tea
drinking and exchange Of good wishes
for the coming year. II he can do no
better, even the very poorest Of peas
ants wraps pieces of dried fish in
paper, tied with a peculiar red and
white string used only on this occa-
sion, and sends them to his friends
as his New Years gift. The japanese
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Blue Room and the procession be-
gins with the foreign ambassadors.
headed by the dean Of the corps. and
the ministers and attaches of the var
ious legations. Then come the Chief
Justice and the other members of the
Judiciary. then the Senators. Repre-
sentatives, Army and Navy officers and
other officials of the government.
Later in the day, the President re-
ceives the people at large, and their
waiting line generally extends from
the front door of the White House
out to and down Pennsylvania Ave
nue. for several blocks.
At the precise instant Old 1911
changes to New 1912, a million miles
of telegraph wires and countless wire
less stations will publish the glad
tidings to every city and village in the
country and to ships at sea. And
this will be official, too, for the mes
sage will come direct from the u s.
Naval Observatory at Washington,
and still more directly from an old
sidereaI clock that has long held an
honored place in that institution. This
plain-faced old clock is always cor
rect, never varying even one one-hun-
dredth of a second from the astro-
nomical reading of the stars It fur
nishes standard time for half the
world, and as the New Year is born
will send it's message clear up to
Alaska, to South America, to China
and to London
Over in France, New Years Day
is not entirely one Of rejoicing, that
is, unless one is able to rise above
such mundane things as finance, for
New Years in France means-rflIs!
1t is the universal paying-up day of
the year. All the dear, familiar old
bills that have been jogging along
and accommodating during the year
suddenly pile in en- masse and greet
the head Of the house on New Years
morning. It is not difficult to obtain
credit in France, provided one pos
sesses the externals of a comfortable
competence. and the tradesmen and
landlords and shop-keeper are con-
tent to Wait-until January first.
Then they drop their gentle little re-
nninders in the mails or, more fire.
quentiy, present them through rep
resentatives. The butcher, the baker,
the candlestick-maker all the
galaxy of their sisters and their
cousins and their aunts'-are to be
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daily, but If you wish to have them
do that you win have to pay fee
to the telegraph company that trans
mits the time signal from the Observ-
atory at Washington to your home or
office and which runs its wires direct
to the clock in your residence or
work room so that when the time
signal is given the hands of the
clock move backward or forward au-
tomatically to get in harmony with
the position Of the hands of the Of
fetal clock at the capital.
This official clock, by the way, is
the keynote and the most important
feature of the equipment of the
time factory" 1t is just about the
most pampered object of which it is
possible to conceive. It is kept IN a
Theoretically sealed case placed in
valr1t far removed from all the dis
turbing influences such as the rumble
of trains and the jar of passing street
cars. And those nurseries which
have been constructed in modern
palaces with a view to insuring an
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new year date falls simultaneously
with our own. they having adopted
the Gregorian calendar in 1872.
The Chinese New Year celebration
this year viii be an epoch-malS-
ing event in the Celectial Empire, for
it is indeed a case Of the old order
changeth-" For many centuries in
China the days OF the year have ceen
reckoned by the old lunar calendar,
with $50 days in a year and twenty
nine or thirty days to the month.
Hence, every third year. It was found
necessary TO insert an extra month in
order to keep the seasons in their
proper order. Only a few days ago,
however, the new cabinet decreed
that China should change TO the Gre
gorian calendar. our method OF reclc-
oning time.
The Jewish New Year Is usually
celebrated sometime in September
and Is called "Rosh Hoshshanah."
also "Yom Hardin" which last
means day of judgment" New
Years Eve is observed with fasting
and the day itself with feasting. MAY
you be IN favor with God this New
Year." is the Jewish form OF saluta-
ton, from which the GENTLE greet
ing, Happy New Year" is said to DO
a contraction.
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noon to verify his timepiece by the
dropping of a timebaIl does not pause
to consider that the time signal which
is sent out from the time factory
every day at noon is, in reality. just
as important as the spectacular cleo
trio announcement that encircles the
globe when new year is ushered in.
You are a tribe mystified, perhaps,
by the prefix Naval to the title of
this governmental observatory, -
wonder why this institution should
be attached to the Navy Department.
At a guess you would scarcely know
what Department of the government
time factory might naturally be
expected to be an adjunct of, but you
would not expect it to be the Navy
Department. It comes about in this
wise: Next to the railroad the inter-
ests that are most dependent upon
accuracy of time are those that
operate ships. An error of a minute
or two IN the operation Of a ship
might, under certain circumstances,
work sad havoc just as an error of
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ale from which he and they drank
each others health and the health"
of the New Year. The words used in
the toast were: ''Wass Hael," mean
ing ITO your health" Presently, the
toast bowl came to be known as the
''wassaiI," or "wasseT' bowl.
In Scotland the wassel bowl is@she
ce ter of the celebration, which is
di1tractingiy mad and merry one.
'sGod-cakes," triangular in shape,
filed with mince-meat and about a
half-inch thick, are eaten on New
Years Day in both England and Scot
land They are sold in large numbers
and can be purchased for from a
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Ing q high hat need take no umbrage
If a couple of German students who
may have endeavored q trif1e too zeal
ously to find the bottom of the flow
ing bowl. slip up behind him and
smash the aforesaid hat down over
his eyes in true Mutt-and-Jen fashion.
This is the penalty he pays for wear
ing such a hat at such a Tina and
he has no kick coming to him, even
if his hat is knocked off his head and
kicked until it ceases to be a hat.
The good folks in the Rhenish prov
inces have an adaptation of this GUS
tom that is more gentle and-yes-
less expensive. considering the dam
age done. This consists of stealing
up upon a friend as he is walking
along the street and whispering in
his ear: ''Prosit Neujahr.'' The
friend thus accosted straightway
comes across with a little present
such as a cigar, or a drink or an
invitation to dinner. In Frankfort
on-the- Main the entire city rushes to
it's windows, as the Old Year dies.
filings them open and, glasses in hand,
drinks a toast to Father Times lat
est-born. Then the windows are
slammed down, the merriment ceases
and all retire for a peaceful nights
slumber.
In England the New Year customs
are of very ancient origin and even
more generally observed than in this
country. Every English family sits
up ito see the old year out and the
new year in,' and always there is a
bowl of hot punch, etc.. with which
to drink the toasts to the New Year.
The custom is survival of the time
when the head of the house assembled
his family around a bowl of spiced
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reckoned with.
The New Years gift is really an in
stitution OF the day in France. And
1t begins with the tradespeople. First
comes the postman on New Years
morning who must receive remem-
brance (ten francs or SOD IN return
for his greetings and his services DUR
ing the year. After him. It's the
piano tuner, the telegraph boy, the
bread and the butter man and the
newsdeaIer-and this, indeed. is but
a partial list OF those who come to
the door Of the average French home
on New Years day seeking pres
emit Lovers and sweethearts,
friends, social acquaintance nd
even business men exchange pres
ents, much as on Christmas Day. But,
somehow, the New Years present Is
even more imperative than the one
on Christmas.
In many instances these renen-
ORANGES take the form Of CONNECTIONS
fer Paris is especially prodigal In this
respect huge sums being expended
every first OF the year for candles.
Festival, banqueting and merry
making likewise hold high carnival
From New Years Eve until the morn
ing of the second day of the ne5V
year the streets of Paris are en- tete-
Beautifully gowned women IN r1cnly
decorated carriages, and groups OF be-
ribboned holiday seekers form a surg
ing happy pageant that throngs the
spacious bouievards. Cafe life then
is wild and brilliant and the students
from the Latin Quarter contribute
their full quota of FOSTERING and
revelry in the restaurants and along
the streets.
The German celebration of the New
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Year is not lacking in wholesome
good-cheer and festive pranks, but it
is pre-eminently g decorous one. In
Berlin elaborate musical programs are
rendered and everywhere anthems
and festival songs are chanted, be-
ginning at twilight of the last day of
the old year and continuing until the
bells peal forth the glad tidings of a
new year born unto the centuries.
There Is zone German custom that
dates FROM the year 1s4S, that has
no little Of the spirit of the typical
dad boy in it.
On New Years Eve anyone walking
along the streets Of Berlin and wear
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watching various fixed stars through
the transit instrument obtains the
data which when reduced to statisti-
cal form enables him to get bead
on the workings Of the clock on which
so much depends. AS has been init
mated, however. errors worthy Of
mention have never shamed Uncle
Sans prize ticker
Not only in transit instruments, but
IN all apparatus for sky exploration
is the Naval Observatory's equipment
notable and complete. It possesses,
for instance, a 26-inch telescope that
ranks as one Of the most powerful
instruments. devised since the dawn
in 1916, OF our present era OF large
telescopes. It was this telescope that
first showed the satellites OF Mars and
gave us new facts regarding the sister
planet in which we feel a keener in
terest than in any other in the uni
verse. Another important group OF
instruments provided at the Observa-
tory are designed to enable photo
graphs to be made of the sun In
deed one or more photographs OF the
sun are made every day in the year.
when the weather will permit ant
these photos constitute unique rec
ord of sun spots and the changes
they have undergone from time 90
time. You may be mystiled as 20
how such information could be OK
benefit to our naval interests and yet
it has its influence in several direc-
tons. One connection that you prob
ably had not thought Of has 10 90
with changes in the weather II
there is any class OF men who are
obviously affected by weather con-
ditions it is those who go down 70
the sea in ships and when we take
into consideration that the sun practi-
cally controls the weather of the earth
it is easy to understand how II IS that
the scientists at the Naval Observa-
tory are anxious to learn all they can
regarding Old Sol
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~ CELEBRATED by religious OBJ
servance and festivals among
" the Egyptians, Chinese, Jews.
~ Romans and Mohammedans
many centuries before the Christian
era. New Years Day is still the one
holiday celebrated by all nations
civilized or savage. While true that
the first day of the New Year does
not fall simultaneously in all sections
of the globe, since all countries do
not use the Christian Calendar. 1t is
nevertheless, a fact that each Nation
has It's own New Years Day. Even
the cannibals of the South Sea Islands
and savage tribes of Central Africa
celebrate the beginning of the New
Year with sane sort of ceremonies.
One general Characteristic, however,
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navy officers are the floral settings.
Uncle Sam furnishes the flowers from
his wonderful greenhouses and like
wise the music, the famous U. s.
Marine Band that always plays at
White House functions.
Every vantage point is seized upon
for the banking of flowers and ex-
treme care has to be taken that they
will not impede the progress of the
ten thousand people and more who
surge through the rooms at the re-
ception- All mantels are covered
with blooms and palms and bouquets
IN vases are placed at every conven-
lent point.
The ce-President takes his place
at the right of the President in the