The Washington herald., 1918-10-27
CLOCKS
TURNED BACK
Nation Resumes Former
Schedule of Timekeep-
ing This Morning.

Have you turned your clock back?
Every well-regulated timepiece in
Washington was turned back an
hour, or set forward eleven hours
| this morning to give old Father Time
an opportunity to catch up with the
hour he gained late last night.
Promptly at o'clock this morning
the city and nation went back to 6e
old time schedule in effect before
Congress added an hour to daylight
last spring Sixty million clocks and
an almost equal number Of watches
throughout the country regained the
hour stolen by Congress on the last
Sunday of last March, and from now
on Until next March there will be an
end to daylight saving.
The master clock controlling the
entire time-recording facilities of
the country. located at the Airing
| ton wireless station was turned
back one hour and the news flashed
to all quarters of the globe.
Clocks in the various departments
! of the government were either
stopped for one hour. or turned back
| by the watchman in charge. The
Official watchman of the Senate be-
gan his job of clock-turning at
6 O'Clock last night, and expects TO
| be still turning az this afternoon.
| There are, over 200 clocks in the
4 Senate.
Naval Clocks the Same.
The clocks of the Naval Observa-
J tory will remain the same. for since
March last they have been running
by Greenwich time. and W. B. Watts,
in charge at the observatory, declares
they will continue to run by that time
/ for an indefinite period. Greenwich
time is five hours ahead of our regu-
lar time. and four according to the
daylight saving schedule.
All sorts of advice has been given
| by jewelers. in regard to the manner
of bringing your clock into line again
with the solar time. The quickest
way to set yourself right with the
time keeping work, is to set the hands
of the clock back to 1 o'clock. This,
however. some jewelers. claim is not
good for the clocks health. and YOU
are advised to move the hands forward
eleven hours. In order to settle dis
putes on the subject. Tiffany and
| Company. of New York. have issued
a comprehensive statement which
should prove of value. The statement
reads as follows:
The majority of timepieces may
safely be set back one hour by turn
| ing the hands with the stem or key,
or by hand. as the case may be.
Striking clocks may also usually be
set back, but this can be done only
by one who understands at what
point of the time it may be done
without injury. Therefore striking
clocks should be set forward eleven
| hours. striking at each interval, un-
less convenient to stop the clock for
one hour. Pendulum clocks would
preferably be stopped
Watches may safely be turned
back one hour. excepting. that the
hands should not be set forward. or
backwards while the movement is
striking. Complicated calendar
movements in both watches and
clocks should be stopped one hour"
Trains Held Up.
All railroad trains were held up for
an hour at station reached at hour
nearest o'clock. In every railroad
! office all changes made by the en-
ployes were reported to the train dis
patcher. who. under orders from the
Federal Railroad Administration, was
held responsible that the change was
overlooked by no one.
Senator Calder, of New York, who
introduced the daylight saving hill
/ into the Senate, stated last night that
the measure had saved the country
81 100000 in gas bills alone. Coal con-
sumption has been cut LIZ. 900 tons
the Fuel Administration declares.
| Several attempts have been made
to have the daylight-saving plan con-
tinued throughout the winter, hit the
bill failed to pass the House. The
scheme was in operation in Europe
several years before the matter was
taken up by the people of this coun-
try. Twelve European countries, ev-
cry European nation in fact except
Russia. have instituted similar sys-
TENS of conserving daylight and have
| found them satisfactory. The first
country to put the plan into actual
| operation was Germany, in the early
days of the war.
| A. Walter, clockmaker, and under
study for Father Time, started turn,
! ing back the hands of time for the
Senate at 6 o'clock yesterday even.
| ing.
| Two hundred and nine clocks to bt
| turned back one hour. before 9 O'CLOCK
sounds. but Mr.. Walter says that II
can be done IL you start in early
| enough,
| Mr.. Walter Is used to playing
Father Time for the Senate, having
received considerable practice las
March in turning up the hands OF
the 200 clocks one hour He says HI
had added the nine clocks of the Su-
preme Court chamber to his list hul