Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-18
AMERICANS TO HAVE ONE MORE
HOUR OF DAYLIGHT DURING
SUMMER DAYS.
LAW is TO GO INTO
EFFECT ON MARCH 81
Work to Begin an Hour Earlier and
End an Hour Earlier Than Gus
tomary-WiIl Result in Great Saving
Of Coal Thru Conservation Of Light
New Time to Prevail Until Oct. 81.

Washington, March 1S.-Ameri-
cans are to have one more hour of
daylight in which to work and play
every day during tho warmer half of
the year.
Under the terms of the daylight
saving bill, passed by congress, all
clocks and watches in the United
States will be set forward one hour at
2 a. m. on Sunday, March 81 next.
The new time will prevail until a.
M, Sunday, Oct. ~, when chronom-
eters will be set back one hour, thus
restoring the present or astronomi-
cal time.
Great Saving in Coal.
AS result Of the change Ameri-
cans will rise and 60 about their oc-
equations an hour earlier than has
been their custom. They will finish
their work an hour earlier and have
an additional hour of daylight for re-
creation.
The change Of time will be made
every year under the provisions of
the act of congress.
been adopted by twelve other coun-
tries. say that lighting bills will be
reduced and Aat millions of tons of
coal will be saved. President Wilson
Endorsed the legislation as a conserv
ative measure made vitality necessary
by the demands of war economy.
House Extends the Time.
The house of representatives pass
ed the senate bill by vote of 252 to
40, little opposition to the measure
being manifested. The senate, which
passed the bill June 81 last. provid-
ed that the change in time should be
made on April % and Sept 20. The
only amendment by the house was
that fixing the days of change at
March 81 and Oct. 27, in order that
the beneficial effect might apply to
a longer period.
Provisions of the Bill.
The bill provides for the division
of the country into five time zones,
as at present. The bill further pro-
vides:
THAT within the respective zones
the standard time of the zone shall
govern the movement of all common
carriers engaged in commerce be-
tween the several states or between
state and any of the territories of
the United States, or between a state
or the territory of Alaska and any of
the insular possessions of the United
States or any foreign country.
In all statutes, orders, rules, and
regulations relating to the time Of
performance of any act by any Off
Ger or department of the United
States, whether in the legislative, ex-
ecutive, or judicial branches of the
government, or relating to the time
within which any rights shall accrue
or determine, or within which. any
act shall or shall not be performed
by any person subject to the jurisdic-
ton OF the United States, it shall be
understood and intended that the
time shall be the United States STAN
dard time of the zone within which
the act is to be performed.
Gain of One Hour.
That at 2 O'Clock ante-meridian Of
the last Sunday in March of each
year the standard time of each zone
shall be advanced one hour, and at 2
o'clock ante-meridian. of the last SUN
day in October in each year the STAN
dard time of each zone shall, by the
retarding Of one hour, be returned to
the mean astronomical time of the
degree of longitude governing said
zone.
THUS between the last Sunday in
March at O'Clock ante-meridian
and the last Sunday in October at 2
O'Clock ante-meridian in each year
the standard time in each zone shall
be one hour in advance of the mean
astronomical time of the degree of
longitude governing each zone res
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