South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-26
ALL CLOCKS To
STOP TOMORROW
Time Pieces Will Halt One
Hour at 2 A. N. Sunday
by U. S. Order.

WASHINGTON. oct. 26. - All
clocks in the United states should
stop for one hour at a. m Sunday
morning. Oct %. and then again
take up the procession Of hours
The countr. will then be back
upon "a sun-time basis. and finished
with its first seven months OF day
light saving experiment Some
minor difficulty in transportation
and industry viii be involved in this
return TO normal time, but for most
people. the change will mean moth
ing more than an extra hour OF
sleep on Sunday morning. a belated
return OF the hour they lost I'm
March when clock hands were jump
ed forward 60 minutes by act of con
gress.
Practically. the clock hands are
set forward with less trouble than
they are set back. due 20 the me-
chanical arrangement Of their in
teriors. The average householder
does not need 10 be warned but it
may be we'll 20 understand that the
best plan Will be 10 stop the clock
Saturday night and start fl right
again Sunday morning The tele-
graph clocks-of which there are
$4,000 now In operation by the
Western Union company. electrically
wound and set-wiu have TO be
properly adjusted by the company's
force. which is now planning 10 do
the work or Sunday except in To-
cations where the users are awake
at night themselves. and can be
given special keys with which TO no
the setting The delicate master
clocks which correct the 90, 900 every
hour will be changed at the same
time. as will the governments radio
and e-signaling arrangement
which is the scientific basis Of the
time system.
Trains 10 b. Held an Hour.
Adjusting railroad train move
ments proceeding over the time
changing period will present the
most difficulty. Director Gen. Nc
Adoo has authorized a general order
on the subject by which trains on
the road viii continue their progress
Until reaching a station and there
be held one hour. At the same
time the complicated system of
train orders and train schedules is
such that the railroad administra-
ton general order specifically puts Il
up TO local homogeneous to use
their own discretion, and to protect
train movements by other methods.
If they find IL necessary. At any
rate. Sunday morning must find the
railroads throughout the five time
belts in the United States moving
trains on the regular schedule, and
in the new time. so far as it is pos
sible.
Evidently daylight saving was a
distinct success, for Chairman
Baruch Of the war industries board
asked congress TO extend the hour
ahead system through the coming
winter. The senate unanimously
passed a bill TO enact his recon-
mendation into law but the bill died
in the house.
Sen. Calder, who fathered the law.
has declared that extra daylight
saved $4,000 900 in gas bills for the
people The fuel administration es-
timated that on the month
basic .125. 900 tons Of coal had been
saved. 10 relieve possible winter
shortage. Definite reports from St
Louis said consumption OF coal had
dropped rs tons per thousand
population.
Compare Consumption
These estimates were worked out
by comparing the coal consumption
Of central stations with previous
years. TO determine how much less
electrical energy and gas for light
ing he'd been utilized.
These were the demonstrable fea-
lures and enthusiasts for the day
light saving plan place no limit on
the extra health and enjoyment OF