which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, it shall be understood and intended that the time shall be the United States standard time of the zone within which the act is to be performed. zone: Portal, Flaxton and Minot, N. D.: Murdo Mackenzie. S. D.: Phillipsburg, Stockton. Plainville, Ellis and Liberal, Kas.: El Paso, Tex. All other municipalities located upon the boundary line between the central and mountain time zones not specifically named are con sidered as within United States standard moun tain time zone. MOUNTAIN-PACIFIC BOUNDARY LINE. EASTERN-CENTRAL BOUNDARY LINE. The boundary line between the eastern and central time zones as fixed by the commission runs from east of Port Huron, Mich., along Between mountain and Pacific time zones the the international boundary line through the line is fixed following the western boundary St. Clair river, Lake St. Clair, Detroit river of Montana to meridian 114 west and then and then runs in a southerly direction to south and west to Idaho state line and thence Sandusky, Bellevue, Monroeville, Willard. Shel- east and south to Ogden and Salt Lake by Junction, Mansfield and Columbus, City, Utah; thence the Los Angeles & Salt Huntington, Kenova and Williamson, W. Va. Lake railroad and the west and south boundDuncannon, Va.; Bristol, Va.-Tenn.: Telford, Tenn.: Asheville and Franklin, N. C.; Atlanta. aries to the 113th meridian; thence to Selig. man and Parker, Ariz., and along the Colorado McDonough, Macon, Perry, Americus. Albany river to the Mexican boundary. and Thomasville, Ga.: the north boundary of Florida to River Junction and the Apalachicola river to the Gulf of Mexico. The following named municipalities located upon the boundary line between the eastern and central time zones are considered as within the United States standard eastern zone: Fremont, Clyde, Bellevue, Monroeville, Willard, Shelby. Shelby Junction, Galion, Lancaster. Dundas, and Gallipolis, O.; Duncannon, Va.; Bristol, Va.-Tenn.; Asheville and Franklin, N. C.: points on Southern railway, McDonough, Ga.. to Macon, Ga.; Perry, Albany and Thomasville, Ga.; Apalachicola, Fla. All other municipalities located upon the boundary line between the eastern and central time zones not specifically named are considered as within the United States standard central time zone. CENTRAL-MOUNTAIN BOUNDARY LINE. Between central and mountain time the line begins at the Canadian boundary. Portal, N. D., running through Minot and Goodall, N. D.; and following the Missouri river to Pierre, S. D.. then through Murdo Mackenzie, S. D.; Long Pine. North Platte. McCook and Republican Junction. Neb.: Phillipsburg. Plainville, Ellis. Dodge City and Liberal. Kas.: along northern Oklahoma boundary to New Mexico: along eastern boundary to southeastern corner of New Mexico, and thence along the southern boundary of that state to the Rio Grande at El Paso, Tex. All municipalities on the boundary between mountain and Pacific time zones will use standard mountain time. All of Alaska is within a single time zone. TABLE OF TIME CORRECTIONS. It is obvious that to express the time of rising and setting of the sun and moon in standard time would limit the usefulness of such data to the single point or place for which they were computed, while in mean time it is practically correct for places as widely separated as the width of the continent. In the calendar pages of the almanacs the rising and setting of the sun and moon are given in mean local time and to obtain the standard time of these and other astromonical events at any given place it is necessary to subtract or add a certain number of minutes according to the distance the place in question is east or west of the meridian the time of which governs the zone in which the place is located. Thus in Chicago, which is approximately two and a half degrees east of the 90th meridian, which governs the time of the central zone. the sun and moon rise and set about ten minutes earlier than the time shown in the almanacs; in other words, ten minutes must be subtracted to get the actual standard time as shown by the clock. The corrections to be applied to mean or clock time for conversion are shown in the The following named municipalities located following table. The abbreviations are E. for upon the boundary line between the central eastern, C. for central, M. for mountain and and mountain time zones are considered as P. for Pacific time. Add or subtract 38 within the United States standard central time indicated by the sign - (minus) or + (plus): Albany, N. Y..........E. 5 | Evansville, Ind.........C. -10 | Middletown, Conn......E. 9 Amherst, Mass.... .E. -10 Flagstaff, Ariz.........M. -27 Milwaukee, Wis........C. Ann Arbor, Mich.. .C. -35 Fort Gibson, Okla......C. +21 Minneapolis, Minn.....C. Austin, Tex..... Fort Smith, Ark... C. +19 Baltimore, Md.. .C. +43 Baton Rouge, La.......C.4 Galena, Ill. Geneva. N. Y... - 8 .C. C. Mobile, Ala.... New Orleans. La.......C. Northfield, Mass.. .C. +31 Fort Wayne, Ind. C. -14 C. 20 Charlotteville, Va. E. +16 E. 7 Norfolk. Va.. .E. 12 .E. 6 .E. Oakland, Cal.. .P. Charleston, S. C. Chicago, Ill.. C. 10 Ogdensburg, N. Y.. Cincinnati, O. Cleveland, O. Columbus. Mo... Columbus, O.. Ottawa, Canada. C. +19 Keokuk, Iowa..... .C. 6 Knoxville, Tenn..... .C. 24 C. +5 21 Poughkeepsie, N. Y...E. E. -19 9 Princeton, N. J........E. - 1 -18 Providence, R. I.......E. -14 Columbia, S. C.........E. +24 Des Moines, Iowa......C. +14 Elmira, N. Y. .C. + 3 WEATHER FORECASTS AND SIGNALS. The operations of the weather bureau of the | in the union, and whenever necessary special department of agriculture are based on observations of the weather taken at about 200 observatories throughout the United States at the same moment of time and telegraphed daily to Washington. D. C.. and to other important cities. These observations, comprising barometric pressure. temperature, precipitation, winds and clouds, are entered upon outline charts of the United States by means of symbols, forming the "daily weather map.' from which the forecasts are made. These forecasts are issued every day for every state warnings are sent out of storms, frosts, cold No. 3. White and blue flag. When No. 4 is placed above No. 1, 2 or 3 | remain about stationary. Cold wave. During the late it indicates warmer; when below, colder; when spring and early fall the cold-wave flag is not displayed, the temperature is expected to used to indicate anticipated frosts. Small craft.Northwest winds. Southwest winds. Northeast winds.Southeast winds. Hurricane" signal STORM-WARNING FLAGS. Small craft warning-A red pennant indi- northern Atlantic coast. Hurricane warnings cates that moderately strong winds are ex- are not displayed at night. pected. Storm warnings-A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected. The pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction of the wind: Red, easterly: white, westerly (from southwest to north). The pennant above the flag indicates that the wind is expected to blow from the northerly quadrants: below, from southerly quadrants. By night a red light indicates easterly winds and a white light above a red light westerly winds. Two red flags.. with black centers, displayed one above the other, indicate the expected approach of tropical hurricanes, and also of those extremely severe and dangerous storms which occasionally move across the lakes and BEAUFORT WIND SCALE. Scale Designation. No. 2. Miles per Light breeze 8 or less 13 or less 18 or less INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. The following important industrial exhibitions have been held in the United States since 1876: 1876-Philadelphia, Pa.: Centennial: May 10 to Nov. 10. 1893-Chicago. Hl.: World's Columbian; May 1 to Oct. 30. 1894-San Francisco, Cal.: California Mid-Winter: Jan. 1 to July 4. 1895-Atlanta, Ga.: Cotton States: Sept. 15 to Dec. 31. 1897-Nashville, Tenn.: Tennessee Centennial; May 1 to Oct. 31. to Nov. 1. 90 or less 1901-Buffalo, N. Y.: Pan-American: May 1 to Nov. 2. 1902-Charleston, S. C.: Interstate and West Indian: Dec. 1, 1901. to June 1, 1902. 1904-St. Louis, Mo.: Louisiana Purchase: April 30 to Dec. 1. 1905-Portland, Ore.; Lewis and Clark: June 1 to Oct. 15. 1907-Hampton, Va.; Jamestown Tercentenary: April 26 to Nov. 30. 1909-Seattle, Wash.: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific, Panama-Pacific: June 1 to Nov. 30. 1915-San Francisco. Cal.: Feb. 20 to Dec. 4. 1898-Omaha, Neb.; Trans-Mississippi: June 1 1915-San Diego, Cal.; Panama-California; Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. HOLIDAYS IN THE GENERALLY OR LOCALLY OBSERVED. Arbor Day-Usually fixed by governor. Armistice Day-Nov. 11. Bennington Battle Day-Aug. 16. Child Labor Day-Last Sunday in January. Columbus Day-Oct. 12. Confederate Memorial Day-See Memorial day. Election Days-See Election Calendar. Georgia Day-Feb. 12. Independence Day-July 4. Indian Day-Fourth Friday in September. Labor Day-First Monday in September. Lee's Birthday-Jan. 19. Lincoln's Birthday-Feb. 12. Maine (Battle Ship) Day-Feb. 15. Mecklenburg Independence Declaration-May 20. Memorial Day-Federal, May 30: confederate, April 26 (Alabama, Georgia, Florida. Mississippi) and May 10 (North and South Carolina). Mothers' Day-Second Sunday in May. New Year's Day-Jan. 1. Patriots' Day-April 19 (Maine, setts). Massachu Pioneers' Day - July 15 (Idaho), July 24 (Utah), Texas Independence Day-March 2. HOLIDAYS IN THE VARIOUS STATES. Alabama-Jan. 1; Jan. 19 (Lee's birthday); Feb. 22: Mardi Gras (the day before Ash Wednesday, first day of Lent); Good Friday (the Friday before Easter); April 26 (Confederate Memorial day); June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday): July 4: Labor day (first Monday in September); Thanksgiving day (last Thursday in November); Dec. 25. Alaska-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: May 30 (Memorial day): July 4: Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25. Arizona-Jan. 1; Arbor day (first Monday in February): Feb, 22; May 30: July 4; general election day; Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25. Arkansas-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: July 4: Thanksgiv ing day; Oct. 12 (Columbus day); Dec. 25. California-Jan. 1: Feb. 22; May 30: July 4: Sept. 9 (Admission day); Labor day (first Monday in September); Oct. 12; general election day in November: Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25. Colorado-Jan. 1: Feb. 22; Arbor and School day (third Friday in April); May 30; July 4: first Monday in September; general election day; Oct. 12: Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25: every Saturday afternoon from June 1 to Aug. 31 in the city of Denver. Connecticut-Jan. 1: Feb. 12 (Lincoln's birthday): Feb. 22: Good Friday: May 30 July 4: Labor day (first Monday in September); Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25. Delaware-Jan. 1: Feb. 12: Feb. 22: May 30: July 4: first Monday in September: Oct. 12: Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25. District of Columbia-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: March 4 (Inauguration day); May 30: July 4; first Monday in September: Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25. Florida-Jan. 1; Jan. 19 (Lee's birthday): Arbor day (first Friday in February); Feb. 22; UNITED STATES. April 26 (Confederate Memorial day); June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday); July 4: first Monday in September: Thanksgiving day; general election day: Dec. 25. Georgia-Jan. 1; Jan. 19 (Lee's birthday); Feb. 22; April 26 (Confederate Memorial day); June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday): July 4; first Monday in September: Thanksgiving day: Arbor day (first Friday in December); Dec. 25. Idaho Jan. 1: Feb. 22: Arbor day (first Friday after May 1); July 4: first Monday in September: Oct. 12; general election day: Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25. Illinois-Jan. 1: Feb. 12 (Lincoln's birthday); Feb. 22; May 30: July 4: Labor day (first Monday in September); Indian day (fourth Friday in September); Oct. 12 (Columbus day) election days when members of the legislature are chosen; Saturday afternoons: Armistice day, Nov. 11: Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25. Arbor. Bird. Flag and Mothers' days are appointed by the governor, but are not legal holidays. Like McKinley day (Jan. 29), "Remember the Maine" day (Feb. 15), Douglas day (April 23), they are observed by special exercises, flag displays, etc.: banks are not closed. Arbor and Bird days usually come on the third Friday of April in the northern part of the state and the fourth Friday of October in the southern part. Flag day is June 14 and Mothers' day the second Sunday in May. Legal holidays in Illinois, as in other states. are established by the legislature, usually by laws affecting negotiable instruments. New Year's day, July 4 and Christmas day and Sundays have been accepted as legal holidays from the beginning of the state's history. Thanksgiving day has been regularly observed since 1863 and election days since 1872. (Limited later to elections at which members of the legislature are chosen.) Following are the dates on which Illinois legislative acts creating legal holidays since 1881 were approved: Washington's birthday, May 30, 1881; Memorial day. May 30, 1881: Labor day, June 17, 1891; Lincoln's birthday. June 17. 1891: Saturday afternoons in cities of 200.000 or more population, May 13, 1905: Columbus day, May 10, 1909: Mothers' day, May 8. 1914: Indian day. June 28, 1919; Armistice day, June 24. 1921. Indiana-Jan. 1: Feb. 12: Feb. 22: May 30; July 4: first Monday in September: Oct. 12; general election day; Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25. Iowa-Jan. 1: Feb. 22; May 30; July 4: first Monday in September: general election day: Kansas-The only Holidays by statute are Feb. Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25. 12: Feb. 22: May 30: Labor day (first Monday in September) and Arbor day: Oct. 12: but the days commonly observed in other states are holidays by general consent. Kentucky-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: May 30: first Monday in September: Oct. 12: Thanksgiving day; general election day: Dec. 25. Louisiana-Jan. 1: Jan. 8 (anniversary of the battle of New Orleans); Feb. 22; Mardi Gras (day before Ash Wednesday): Good Friday (Friday before Easter): April 26 (Confederate Memorial day); July 4: Nov. 1 (All Saints' day); general election day: fourth Saturday in November (Labor day, in the parish of New Orleans only): Dec. 25; every Saturday afternoon in New Orleans. Maine-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: Good Friday: May 30: July 4: Labor day: Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25. Maryland-Jan. 1; Feb. 22: May 30: July 4: first Monday in September: Sept. 12 (Defenders' day); Oct. 12; general election day: Dec. 25; every Saturday afternoon. Massachusetts-Jan. 1: Feb. 22; April 19 (Patriots' day); May 30; July 4; first Monday in September; Oct. 12; Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25. Michigan-Jan. 1; Feb. 22; Oct. 12: general election day; May 30: July 4: first Monday in September; Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25. Minnesota-Jan. 1; Feb. 12: Feb. 22: Good Friday (Friday before Easter); May 30: July 4; first Monday in September: Thanksgiving day: general election day; Dec. 25; Arbor day (as appointed by the governor). Mississippi-First Monday in September: by common consent July 4, Thanksgiving day and Dec. 25 are observed as holidays. Missouri-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: May 30: July 4: Labor day; Oct. 12: general election day: Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25; every Saturday afternoon in cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants. Montana-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: Arbor day (third Tuesday in April): May 30: July 4: first Monday in September: Oct. 12: general election day; Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25; any day appointed by the governor as a fast day; Nebraska-Jan. 1; Feb, 22: Arbor day (April 22); May 30; July 4; first Monday in September: Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25. Nevada-Jan. 1; Feb. 22; July 4: Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25. New Hampshire-Feb. 22: fast day appointed by the governor: May 30; July 4; first Monday in September: Thanksgiving day; general election day; Dec. 25. New Jersey-Jan. 1;: Feb. 12: Feb. 22: May 30; July 4; first Monday in September; Oct. 12: general election day: Thanksgiving and fast days, and every Saturday afternoon. New Mexico-Jan. 1; July 4: Thanksgiving and fast days: Dec. 25; Memorial, Labor and Arbor days appointed by the governor. New York-Jan. 1; Feb. 12: Feb. 22: May 30: July 4; first Monday in September: Oct. 12; general election day: Thanksgiving and fast days; Dec. 25; every Saturday afternoon. North Carolina-Jan. 1: Jan. 19 (Lee's birthday): May 10 (Confederate Memorial day): May 20 (anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg declaration of independence); July 4: state election day in August: first Thursday in September (Labor day): Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25: every Saturday after North Dakota-Jan. 1; Feb. 12: Feb. 22: May 30: July 4: Arbor day (when appointed by the governor); general election day; Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25. noon. Ohio-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: May 30: July 4; first Monday in September: Oct. 12: general election day: Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25: every Saturday afternoon in cities of 50.000 or more inhabitants. Oklahoma-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: May 30: July 4: Oct. 12; general election day; Thanksgiving day: Dec. 25. Oregon Jan. 1: Feb. 22: May 30: first Satur- Pennsylvania-Jan. 1: Feb. 12: Feb. 22; May South Carolina-Jan. 1; Jan. 19 (Lee's birthday): Feb. 22; May 10 (Confederate Memorial day): June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday): general election day: Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25, 26, 27. South Dakota-Same as in North Dakota, Tennessee Jan. 1; Good Friday: May 30; July 4; first Monday in September; general election day: Thanksgiving day; Dec. 25; every Saturday afternoon. Texas-Jan. 1: Feb. 22 (Arbor day): March 2 Utah-Jan. 1; Feb. 22: April 15 (Arbor day); Vermont-Jan. 1; Feb. 22: May 30: July 4: Wisconsin-Jan. 1: Feb. 22: May 30; July 4: The national holidays, such as July 4. New Year's, etc., are such by general custom and observance and not because of congressional Congress has passed no laws eslegislation. tablishing holidays for the whole country. It has made Labor day a holiday in the District of Columbia, but the law is of no effect elsewhere. It has also designated the second President Sunday in May as Mothers' day. Wilson issued a proclamation May 30, 1916. requesting that June 14, the anniversary of the day on which the national emblem was adopted by congress, be observed as Flag day throughout the nation. HOLIDAYS IN CANADA. The following holidays are generally observed in the dominion of Canada with the closing of banks and public offices and the cessation of business: Jan. 1: Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, May 24 (Empire day), June 3 (King's birthday). July 1 (Dominion day), first Monday in September (Labor day). Dec. 25 (Christmas day). The last Monday in October is usually proclaimed as Thanksgiving day. FOREIGN INDEPENDENCE DAYS. Argentina, May 25; Armenia, May 28; Baltic states. Nov. 18: Bolivia, Aug. 6; Brazil, Sept. 7: Bulgaria, Oct. 5: China, Oct. 10 (anniversary of revolution); Colombia. July 20: Costa Rica, Sept. 15: Czechoslovakia, Oct. 28: Ecuador, Aug. 10; Finland, Dec. 6: France. July 14 (Bastile day); Germany, Nov. 9 (an. niversary of republic): Greece, April 7: Guate mala. Sept. 15; Haiti, Jan. 1: Honduras. Sept. 15; Liberia, July 26: Mexico, Sept. 16: Nicaragua, Sept. 15: Norway, May 17: Panama, Nov. 28; Paraguay, May 14 and 15: Peru. (Constitutional July 28-30: Poland, May 3 day); Portugal, Dec. 1: Salvador, Sept. 15: Uruguay, Feb. 28: Venezuela, July 4. |