The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-26
All Clocks Stop an
Hour Tomorrow at
z A. M. for One Hour

All clocks in the United States should
stop for one hour At two n. M. Sunday
morning. October -. and then again
take up the procession of the hours.
Tho country will then be brch upon
sun-tirn. basis. and finished with us
FRS, seven months OF daylight SAVING
,>n,rImcnt. Some minor difficulty III
TRANSPORTATION and industry viii De III
yulvcd in this return To normal tlihr' p"'
for most people the chang" VIII 'nca'!
nothing more than an extra h"ut u
sleep on sunday morning. IL pei'tco re-
,urn of the hour they lost IN Marcn
wien clock hands wcr" jumped forward
ca minutes by act Of congress-
Practically clock hands arc sci l"r-
,.ord with less trouble than they are set
back. due /" tn" mechanical arrahE"
men, of their interiors. The average
bo,vobrIdcr docs not need to be- warned
RI that hut il may Il" we'll 10 under
stand that the best plan Will Do 10 STOP
lh,. clock Saturday night and start II
rirh, AGAIN sunday morning. Inc l"l'-
cra2h clurkS Of WHICH there are 'o'"""
roo I'm nn.ra1inu by the Western Union
COMPANY electrically wound and set
will have to hr properly adjusted ny me
companyS force. which is now PI'l''"ihE
tn do the work on Sunday except !"
locations where the users are AWAKE Ill
night themselves and can I've given sPc-
cial KEYS with which tn do the s''i'ht'
Tho delicate master clocks. Whl'h FOR
rect tho 10000 every hour Will nc
changed ut tho same time. as Will hr inc
governments radio and wir"-siEhahinE
arrangement which has w" s''"il' ''|
basis Of the time system.
nrorrcdinr over the time-ChanEinE per-
iod will present the most difficulty. d.
rector General McAdoO hnS authorized Il
onncraI order on the subject. by Which
rains IN tho road will r"niluu" lh'iF
prarrnss until reaching Il station. anu
,h.rn hc held one hour. y, the some
limo tho complicated system "t tram
ordcrs and train schedules is such thar
,rc r,ilr,ad administration general Or
dor specifically puts 1t up tn local man.
, oro,,,nu,e n use their own discretion.
AVID IN nrntcct train movements by othcr
! mc,hnde II they find 1t necessary. AZ
,r, ratr Sunday morning must hnd inc
railroads throughout III" ilr" tim" h"itS
, !, thc United States moving trains on
! tho regular schedule and In the nc"
! time, so far as It Ia possible.
! Evi1cn;ly daylight saving was a MS
zinc, success for Chairman Raruch OF
III, War Industries h0nrd asked con-
crocs N extend the hoUr-ahcah system
| through tho coming winter. tn" senate
unanimously passed n bill 20 enact ms
recommendation into law hut the Dill
! died In tho house.
Senator Calder. who fnth"r"h the law.
In. declared that extra daylight snTcd
60 nOn o0n in gas bills for the people
, Tin T'ucl Administration estimated mat
rn rho scvcn-month haSls 1.l25.oon tons
! nr coal had been saved. to relieve pos
| .,,j. winter shortage. Definite reports
from 81 Louis said consumption of coal
! had dropped lT.5 tons p"r thousand pop
ulatihn.
| These estimates wrrr worked ont ny
| comparing the coal consumption or cen
Irnl stations with previous years n de-
,crrninn how much less electrical energy
and gas for lighting Ind h"en utilized
These wrro tho hclnnnStratahl" 1"a'
turcs and enthusiasts for the daylight
saving plan placed no limit on tho OK
ira health md enjoyment Of lif" secured
Ivy the masses OF people who round
themselves free to use tn" outdoors I'M
dor tho sun for IN extra hour after con-
rlu,ling work Charles Lathr0p Park
head of tho national war garden COM
mission asserts that the crop from the
home plots this year Is worth s525.O0O.
400 an Increase of 81 percent over tbs
l9l7 results. and gives much credit tt
the evening daylight hour for the result