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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
BATTLES D RVS
IN RAID
Thought They We're HiiaCk-
erS, Victim Says

Believing himself 20 be a victim of
HACKERS. Harry Cobb OF Cobb'a
groceries. New Years eve, battlri
with federal agents who raidsd his
place az Ia. Il. Madison st. and was
black lacked By ono OF The men. No
warrant was displayed by the agents,
who later found a case Of rre war
liquors. and held -. Cobb was not
arrested.
Tho agents appeared At bis grocery
store IN tho evening when several
store customers were present Cobb
said they did not show their badges
and when no demanded to SEQ their
warmnl. they failed to produce one,
Ho yelled for tho police. he said, and
grapplri with one OF the men, but
was struck over the head with a
black Jack.
Later tho policeman Joined tho
agents in searching tho place Ac-
cordlug 10 Cobb sack Of liquor. IN
Guiding gin and bourbon whisky, was
brough, into his store by the agents.
II had been found IN IA garbage can
half a blsci, away. Louis Cobb.
brother 81 Harry, was not at the
store nj the time.
Cobb said Thursday that he Wal
rvear sout n warrant for tho arrest
or the agents for Illegal search OF
his ulscr. He denied ownership OF
tho liquor. but Haid they seized
gnllon OF sncrnmentnl wine which,
under tho law, he Is permitted 10
have.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
SALESMAN DIES
I IN FLOOD
Representative OF Seattle
Drug Firm Is Drowned

Erurrhrrs fFom Eugene. ore
Thursday morning found the body
OF Charles Adler as. Portland sales
man FOR The seattle Wholesale drug
firm OF Stewart s. Holmes in 30
feet % water behind bis stalled aE-
tomohilr. according 20 wires received
| by ~. r. Gardiurrr. sales mauHgrr
Adler had been mlHsiug since Tues
day night when ho started drivinE
/ from CoburE 20 i.uErpr.
he had been driving iu two feet
81 water on au inundated road and
lu the darkness aud uncertainty Of
/ tho flood is believed 70 have uceir
denisIiy turned or on tho wrong
road where hts car WAS found
stalled
Two feet nom 70 was O ditch 10
irst deep with q strong current of
water flowing, Ad5eT IN believed 20
have aIlshtsd from isis car and 10
have stepped or into tho deep
water.
Adisr has been employed Tor a
short time by tAr Seattle firm,
working out ~ SIS Portland branch,
Ito Is known TO have daughter
living IN Portland
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
1925 R0ARS IN
FOR GOTHAM
New York Moist and Noisy
al Birth OF New Year

NEW YORK. Jan l.-Fathsr
Rulckrrboeksr's annual tribute 60
Father limo was pal last nlght and
Il was neither quiet nor wholly dry.
When Baby 1925 caps creeping
down broadway tho roaring fertica
gatapultrd into AN crstaay Of cleo and
the dl3coyrry that tho uevcomca was
accompanied by ono %, those cold
waves tho weather man Ia always
talking about failed 20 restore calm.
] From midnight on. an RmalEauu.
ton OF sRrllung whistles humminz
sirens ard laugliBg belia filled Goth.
am with "a din,
Tho liquor flowed freely md many
a toast gaa given a On mode, II was
tho first New Years eve In 10 years
thar no intoxicated person was ar.
ralgnrJ In night court.
/ Unprecedented rru~f- turned out
20 hear lo-ts swan sons. Tor hours
Times square was "a cold mars q
New Year enthusiasts. Thgirrz rr.
ported invariably that 'ho SR1 sI-u
had been hung ON tho door. Many
churches held watch rrrviecs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
Some Thoughts by Big
Men on NeW Y ears Day

the United states shipping
board.
Business men OF America
should 10 grateful for tho re-
suits OF 1894 and should b
greatly encouraged for tho out.
look In 1895"
DETROIT. Mich, Jan. -
Henry Ford's New Years rcso-
luton Is TO stop issuing New
Years resolutions 20 the press.
SANTA ROSA. Cal, Jan. IL
Luther Burbank. plant wizard,
who claims 10 have done many
things by preserving an open
mind. makes, among others. the
following resolutions for the
new year:
FL will not swallow any the
ory, new or old. whole without
chewing. Mental indigestion
leads 20 grouchineas, ! VIII not
stuboornly refuse 10 change my
views on any subject when tho
evidence 10 conclusive 70 my
own mind, for only By an oeea-
sional change can the mind be
kept clean"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
RAGSDALE
STARTS ON PAGE

wero held in the county fail over
night. Thursday morning, ms break.
fast time arrived, RaEsdale called up
Colvin. arouslng the new prosecutor
from holiday slumbers.
I'm In Jail, Captain" said
Ragsdale. Get me out"
Colvin then got Stark on tho
phone and ordered tho release Of
the two. Il will guarantee their
appearance TO answer 10 the
charges" Colvin told Stark.
ColvIn said that he would take
no official action against Ragsdalc
pending a full investigation OF tho
occurrence.
II only have Ragsdale's story. an6
from what ho told me. no was not
much TO blame" said Colyin.
Ragsdalo denied that his woman
companion was drunk. and he aIsc
denied that he was intoxicated, as
charged.
we had becn making the rounds
Of tho roadhouses, partly on pleas.
urc and partly TO gather informa-
ton that may later be used In prose-
cutting the places Ragsdalo said
wye had had several drinks but
neither Of us were drunk.
III do not believe Deputy ITarra-
han was drunk either, but he wai
badly frightened by the crash, as hc
was standing beside his machine
when we hit a."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
TWO ARE SLAIN
AT CHICAGO
Two Men, Women Wounded
in New Year Welcome

CHICAGO. Jan. Two men ware
killed nnh two men and two women
seriously wounded here a. tho New
Year was ushercd Ia. All Of the vic.
Tins wrrr struck By utray bullets
tlrcI IN "a noisy welcome 20 1896.
Tho celebration broke all records
tor Chicago Hotel and cafe proprir,
torn said they never experienced
such dsmonStrafiyo or profitable
evening before.
Wines and liquors OF an kinds
were displayed openly. despite warn
inE5 from police and prohibition
headquarters,
Only a few minor raids were con.
Quoted. and except Tor accidental
shoouuEu. no serious disorders were
reported.
Something new IN New Years Gel.
cbralioua was practIcei when thou
rauds OF people, uBablo 70 set tables
a, the better hotels and cafes, Dc.
sesu4si upon rot drink parlors and
drug store roda fountains Counter
and fountains were rtgcwn with
lquor bottles. patrons ordering sin
ger Aln and empty glasses,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
3 SHOT IN NEW
YEAR PARTIES
Two Fatally Wounded In
Michigan Celebrations

DETROIT, Jan. THREE persons
were shot two fatally IN New
Years r,vsiri,s IN Michigan. early
today.
ImoEsns Campbell, II. died = few
minutes after being sho, hy Joseph
Ryan. soldier stationed al selfrldgc
field. Mount Clemens.
Ryan turned the revolver on him,
sslf moment later sd doctors
feared hts wounds would prove fatal.
The shooting resulted from "a quarrel
ut "a New Years party. police said.
Police here found tho bullet iddlcd
body of Adolph Bonnie. II. In "a house
after "a New Year party early today.
Charles J. Corby, 81. In tho house
when Honni6'a body was dlacoy cred.
wns arrested and - being held for
Investigation. lie refused 20 toll Of
tho circumstances or Bonnis'a death.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
Wet New Years
London Feature

LONDON. Jan. 1.--London was re.
covering from its merriest and most
expensive New Year celebration since
the arrnistico today.
Carols broadcast from tho big
Ben opened tho celebration at mid.
night, while streets were thronged
with a great crowd 20 greet 1926.
There was a din OF noise as tho
carols cea5cd and streets were crowd.
ed until carly daylight, despite the
bad weather.
Hotels and restaurants were crowd.
cd with morrymakerg. including
many Americans. Thousands Of bot.
ties Of champagne were drunk.
Services were held in all churches
az midnight and Thousands unable
to get in the buildings stood in front
in the storm TO join in Hinging the
carols.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
ROBBERIES
STARTS ON PAGE1

robbed OF $500 at Eighth ave s, and
Jackson ST.
II. r. Binkley. Lincoln hotel.
robbed OF s27 by plckpookot &c.
companicd by a pretty girl. Man
carried can and wore gloves.
z. Barril. New York hotel. robbed
OF 81 and watch.
Il. Smith, 22i7 Sixth ave. ".
robbed of $40 by two bandits at
Ninth ave. and Union 81.
George Fahn. yakima. held up on
King ~. and lost S25.
]. Mark, Y. NJ. c. A.. held up at
Sixth ave. and Madison st., by two
bandits. who took some small
change.
S. Yamada 200 Washington ST.,
robbed mt Fifth ave. and Jackson st.
by thro mon. Lost a 81. 900 note and
$50 with his passport.
Robert Dupont. Puget Sound hotel.
slugged. knocked out and robbed Of
i3s by thrc motor bandits at King
street station.
Arthur Smith. l34s Il. 6slh ST..
held up near his bono by three mon.
lost small amount Of cash.
Standard oil station. 10th ave, and
Roy ST.. held up and robbed by two
men driving n small coupe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
Los Angeles Has a
Noisy Celebration

LOS ANGELES, Jan. Inns
CITY celebrated New Years eve In a
hilarious manner last night. one OF
tho largest crowds in years throns'
ing the streets.
The din vas so terrific along
Broadway that several store windows
we're broken by the conclusion OF
automobiles backfIring and other
noise making devices.
Nearly two score revelerg we're
treated ~ the receiving hospital for
wounds Of various sorts, with n
plentiful sprinkling OF black eyes.
Carolina Gugman. II, was shot in
the hip By stray bullet.
Gene Mahoncy. an employe Of the
Los Angeles Athletic club. was ceie.
bratlng on the fourth floor OF the
club building when he TOPPED thru
a window and fell TO the street.
Physicians sald nc was not seriously
injured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
Pilot of Wrecked
Train Is Suicide

MfNNEAPOLiS Jan. l.-BrpOd-
INK because his clear record Of Il
years as an engineer on the 500
Line was mnrrtd when tho dining
car on n train he was hauling lcft
tho rails and sank into tho Chip.
pcwa river December 20, causing
tho death Of eight persons Harry
J. Coldwcll was found hanging 20
beam In the basement Of his
homo today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01

EITTEES men and women were
l. Injured IN street fighting and
minor accidents during the downtown
celebration Now Years I've, before
8ut after midnight
The city hospital records show the
following rHsuaIt.rr Murdoch Ne
rrsuou. 49, alcoholic poisoning
Chris johnson. a.. hit on tho head
and bruised. Alfred Fmlca. 20. sol
der head Injured when an auto
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-The
w hiccough germ has been
tracked to its lair. finger print
Cd and made an orderly citizen.
DR.. Edward c. Rosenow Of the
Mayo foundation has informed
the American Association for
the Advancement OF Science.
Announcing the isolation and
Identification Of the germ which
caused the mysterious epidem.
les Of hiccoughs, Rosenow said
II Is a round germ that throws
off a poison which acts On the
nervous system.
The system reacts spasmodic-
ally. causing the hiccoughs.
The germ Is a streptoccoccus,
somewhat like the one That
causes severe tonsilitis and Ger.
tain kinds Of blood poisoning.
Other disclosures Of interest
we're made at the convention IN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
Hospital Treats Is
Street Fighting and Minor Accidents
Feature Happy New Year"

bounced him against iH roof: J. D.
Faye. %. ZEN on sidewalk, head cut,
Il Cobb. %, hit on tho head by q
q. d, dry ugtnt. Evelyn Palmer is.
wrist iBiurcdiua fall Ernest circuit,
30. head injured On fight T.. Blrtolo
meo. scalp injured; Fred spruie. hand
hurt in tight Warren Wgllingebell,
hurt iu light Robert Newman. LAGER
ated scalp. Mike hiikelson 81, fell
and cut his check.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
BANK ROBBED,
ARREST MAN
8 Aberdeen Girl Employees
Direct Police

ABERDEEN. Jan THREE girls.
employees In tho Aberdeen National
hank. yesterday caused tho lmmedi.
ate arrest OF Pete Courts. Greek, as a
suspect. and tho recovery % 5000
taken shortly before noon Wednesday
In a hoIdup OF tho hank
while Courts Is alleged % hayo
been holding up Charles Albcrtsou.
president. and y. J. Brucn. cashier.
MIss Dorothy Ryder, Ruth AIIukier
and Vera Carlson, slipped out Of the
bank where they arc employed and
called tho police. Then they watched
Courts, a stranger here. back out OF
the hank and enter a drug Htorn.
Polieo were directed there and caught
him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
Kills Sweetheart
in Love Quarrel

DENVER. Jan. Ida May Lud'
wick IL dead and her sustor ia eN.
pectcd to die today as the result OF
"A lovers quarrel following n New
Year dance last night.
Chas. Bcttncr, Nays sweetheart
shot and instantly killed her when
she attended the dance with another
man then cut his throat with n
pocket knife.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
Industrial Speaker
Here Next Monday

Every clergyman in Seattle has
been invited 20 hear =. n. sculin.
general secretary of the National In.
dustrial Peace and Educational asso.
citation. speak in room ID Of the
Olympic hotel at 10 o'clock next Mon.
day morning He talks on rights Of
employers. employees. and the public.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
FIGHT ON AGAIN
Niles, Ohio, Man Shot in
Front OF Khan Hall

NILES. o.. Jan. 1.-The old en-.
nifty which caused serious rio'inR
between Khan and antl.Nlan fac.
lions here. November !, broke out
again New Years eve.
Earl Jones. street car conductor.
was shot thru tho stomach by a
stray bullet in front Of a hall whcro
the Ku Klux Khan was giving q
dance. Several shots were fired at
4 large electric fiery cross which
hung In front OF the hall.
Special precautions were planned
b. police Cor tonight. when tho
autLKlan faction gives a dance near
here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01

NEW YORK. Jan. Nicholas
~ Murray Butler. president OF
Columbia university, today gave
the United Press the following
statement:
III every American would
make this New Years rcsolu-
ton and keep Il the world
would shortly be a better and
happier place: Learn 70 think
straight: have the courage 10
say what you think and to act
AZ you believe; shun Intolerance,
whether OF race or color or
creed; follow the golden rule:
remember that other nations
and other peoples have their
own preferences. prejudiccs and
sensibuitles. and avoid offending
them by harsh or ungenerous
speech or act; support the rulo
Of Justice between nations as
between men. to tho end that
law and not war may be the ar
bter Of international differ
ences.'"
CHICAGO, Jan. Edward
y. Hurley. former chairman Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
Wounded in Cabaret !
Negress Shoots Former Lover at New
Years Celebration Here

FINDING q Nrwr Years celebration
IL lasting all night. Sina Smith. 2s,
negroes. early Thursday morning
shot and seriously wounded "A
Smith. SIS 18th ave. g.. a nsgro, In
tho Aihamhra cabaret
Smith told tho police that the
woman had been his lover. but that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
No More HiccOughs Is
Promise of Scientist

the hundreds OF papers read by
distinguished scientists.
The United States win main.
tain equilibrium OF population
with births and deaths Just bal
ancing In 1860.
A powerful and as yot little
Understood serum has been dis
covered. a few drops OF which.
II placed in a city's water sup.
ply. would clear up a typhoid
epidemic.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01

he Rad left her n month ago. and
rho had been very Jealous. II1 was
ln the cabaret. 10 laid, when 6hS
walked In, fired three times a. him
and fled Ii6 was taken 10 tho city
hospital with n bullet in his sIde.
Tho woman was arrested "A few
blocks away and r. held.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
LABOR ENJOYING
HIGHEST REAL WAGE"

Wholesale prices OF commodities In
tho United Stntes are settling to n
level OF 80 per cent over prc.war
prices. Hoover said Wages are re-
naming Mt 100 per cent higher than
before tho war, whilo tho cost Of
living has been stationary at 72 per
cent above prc.war for the last three
years. he stated.
Labor. therefore. continues 10 on
Ioy tho highest real wage in its his.
tory" Hoover said.
Tho outstanding development was
the VERY large recovery" OF Amcri.
can agriculture, which Jagged two
years behind other industries In at,
tanning prosperity, nccording to
Hoover. Prices Of farm products arc
going w now while other commod.
tiles remain stationary thus increas-
ing the farmers PURCHASING power.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
GROUND THE BATTERY

Signals received thru r loop may
be strengthened BY grounding tho
negative sldc OF the A.bat,cry. This
ls especially applicable 10 sets having
two stages Of radio frequency.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
PROSPERITY
STARTS ON PAGE /

THE dawn Of new year could
not be moro rcassuring or promis.
Ing" Work said.
Business genius and skilled crafts
mon OF America are progressing
surely toward peace In Industry"
Davis said. predicting still greater
--....ts a., tha ,,n,E xnnr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01

Make your own socket Erenches
with n screw driver and various
sizes OF brass tubing. Shape one
end OF tho pieces or tubing TO ut
over nuts and the other to admit
the end OF a screw driver.
Glass awning rings nrc tough aIfd
viii stand enough strain TO make
them good aerial insulators,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01
PARIS DROWNED OUT

Listeners 10 Ireland can't get
Radio Paris Hs they used 90. The
super power broadravtlng station NJ
CLemsford. EnElRna. 81 M tho r.av.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-01

CHICAGO, Jan. Edward
y. Hurley. former chairman OF
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-10-22
Work English Farms
as in Days of Old

Driving along country roads any
where in England, you will be struck
by the number of men at work
in the fields with hand implements,
usually hoes. Women using like i'm
plements are not an uncommon sight.
Over the greater part of the country,
hedges are an obvious obstacle to
power machinery.
But English agriculture grew up on
cheap and abundant labor. A surplus
of hands rather than a scarcity has
been a common condition. Cheap la
Dor is not an incentive to improve
ments Besides, old ways and old
ideas are not to be got rid of by a
wave of the hand
A scholar who has given much atten-
ton TO the subject recently said that
II the steward of a manor in the reign
of Henry III had revisited a farm viii
lage in the reign of George III he would
have found little change-the same
quality of live stock.
That means a stretch of five centu-
ries. At least one outstanding thing
that strikes an American as odd he
would fad unchanged today.-Will
Payne in the Saturday Evening Post
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-10-22

daughter of Chicago are visiting Mrs.
George HUM.
Alden Peterson attended the But
termakers- CONVENTION at Eau Claire
last Wednesday.
The October meeting of the Berean
Bible class was held Wednesday eve
ming. A box to be sent to China was
packed with articles solicited by the
class.
Mr. and Mrs. f. S. Davidson, Miss
Hull, Miss Pratt and Miss Needham
drove to Eau Claire Wednesday eve
ling to attend the Northwestern
Teachers Convention held there
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Friberg and son Kenneth
spent Saturday in River Falls visit
ing Linea Friberg and attending the
Homecoming celebration.
Miss Grace White and Walter
Julian were quietly married at the
home of the bride Tuesday morning
October 10. They returned to Maid
en- Rock Monday afternoon after .
trip through the southern part of the
state.
Mrs. J. P. Howard and Mrs. J. R.
CARRIER spent Monday in the cities.
The American Legion Auxiliary
met Wednesday evening at the home
of Mrs. Orville Fetting to work on
articles for the sale.
Ralph White is in La Crosse this
week serving on the Grand Jury.
Douglas Allard and VIM. McKahan
f River Falls spent Friday night in
Maiden Rock on their way home from
"a Crosse.
The County Parent-Teachers' As
ISOLATION will hold it's Annual meet
ing in the River Falls High School
auditorium Monday evening, October
&c.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-10-22
Where the MiIk Goes

What becomes of the oceans Of milk
produced every year by the 26,000,000
cows being MIXED in the United
States? About per cent of it is
wasted. Forty-seven per cent is used
manufacturing products, 46 per cent
for household products and per cent
for feeding calves. OF the manufac-
tured products, creamery butter uti-
Lies about onefourth of the total pro-
duction, farm butter about IL per cent,
cheese of all kinds SO per cent, Ice
cream "a per cent and condensed and
evaporated milk 81 per cent.-Path-
finder Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-10-22
Lost Caucasian Race

The Hamites were one of the three
great families of the white or Cauca-
sian race, the two others being the
Aryans and the Semites. They are
supposed to have been closely allied
to the Semitic family, and to have
broken away from it at a very remote
epoch; but when and where this sep
aratiOn took place are matters of pure
conjecture. According to one theory,
they formerly occupied the regions of
the Euphrates and the Tigris and made
their way thence through Syria and
Arabia into Africa. Their leading his
tians and possibly the Chaldeans.-
Kansas City Star
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-10-22
The Flexible Conscience

Conscience is an elastic and very
flexible article, which will bear deal
of stretching and adapt itself to a
great variety Of circumstances. Some
people, by prudent management and
leaving it off piece by piece, like a
flannel waistcoat in warm weather,
even contrive, in time, to dispense
with it altogether; but others there be
who can assume the garment and
throw it off at pleasure; and this,
being the greatest and most conven-
lent Improvement, is the one most in
vogue.-Charles Dickens.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-10-22
Transition Easy From
"Timepiece" to ''Wotch"

In taking a timepiece from his
pocket 1t is safe to guess that the
average man gives no thought to the
question Of why his watch is called a
watch" The explanation dates far
back into history, and through many
languages.
The original use of the word
watch" was to indicate keeping
watch" or ito be on watch" From
that it was an easy change to use the
word to indicate the person set to do
the duty of sentry in keeping watch"
and this person became known as 1.-THE
night watch when his duty was at
night.
From this the word came to be used
as designating the period of time
which a sentry was on duty, as in
the phrase "the length Of his watch
was three hours" Next came the
application of the word to a speci-
fed time of the night. This use is
found in the Gospel of st. Mark in
the phrase "about the fourth watch
of the night" mark 6: 4S).
1t was a natural development that
this should lead to the use of the
word to designate a timepiece for
keeping track of the time In this
sense its earliest use was with ref
erence to candle, marked off into
sectional lengths, each length being
planned to occupy a certain length Of
time in burning.