Evening star., 1921-04-25
DAYLIGHT SAVING
WIDELY ADOPTED
Plan in Effect in Biggest Cit
les in East-Farmers Kill
1t in Some Places.
Nv the Associated rrnss

| NEW YORK, Anril 23-Daylight
saving will he effective this summer
| ~ most of the large cities and in
/ "u*trlal centers in the northern sec
! 'ion OF the eastern time zone, in the
| majority OF the larger cities in the
| northeastern section Of the central
| time zone, but. as fa- as reports are
| ohia Unable, will not ne put into effect
| IN the southern or western states.
J CLOCKS were moved ahead one hour
| at = O'Clock this morning
IN Connecticut. where law was
! enacted TINS year prohibiting day
,, lSht saving by local ordinance. sew
eral communities are ADOPTING sum
her time by common consent fol-
lowing referendum votes taken by
boards OF trade. manufacturers asso
ciat!ons. and similar organizations.
Stock exchanges. banks and other
hnancIai institutions in the eastern
zone VIII follow daylight time prin
cipaliy because New York city has
adopted such a plan. Railroads Will
run on standard time. max ing
changes in train schedules for the
benefit of commuters to cities having
daylight time.
Plan in Different States.
Summary by states:
New York: The daylight saving law
was repealed through influence Of
agricultural interests in northern
counties supported by Gov. Miller.
Immediately. however. New York city.
with virtually all of the large cities
in the state. passed local ordinance
effective April "a and running for
five months Under the old law. day
light saving began the last Sunday
in March and continued for seven
months. Despite repeal of the state
law, proponents of daylight saving
ir,,l< hot f,,1F nf I..
states population will be under day
light time this summer.
New Jersey-Nirtually all cities and
industrial towns will be under day
light time. A bill providing for day
light saving died in the state senate
law. but cities have acted or are plan
rang for summertime under local or
dfnAflSe. Because of proximity to
My $Se<l and thousands of residents
Who hakas business interests in New
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New Lond0W pyanb daylight time by
common conse~ after expressions
in favor of this course had been is
sued by business mems organization.
Bay state Adopts Law.
Massa chusetts-Daylight saving as
sured in this state by state law
Farmers organization made efforts to
change law. but unsuccessful.
Rhode Island-No daylight law on
statute books, but generally observed
by local ordinance
New Hampshire Law passed
against daylight saving which re-
quires all railroads to operate stand
ard time schedules.
Nermont-Like New Hampshire,
against daylight saving, but does not
require railroads to operate on stand
ard time. Vermont and New Hamp-
shire are largely agricultural states
Maine-No daylight saving law, but
many cities plan action adopting day
light saving time locally. Rural dis
tricts will not change time because of
farmer opposition to daylight saving.
Pennsylvania-Legi defeated
blll permitting municipalities to adopt
daylight saving laws. but another bill
may be passed permitting municipali-
ties to vote on changing time Mean
while pittsburgh is planning to put
daylight saving into effect today.
A majority of cities in western
Pennsylvania have adopted it in the
past. Financial houses in some of
the cities are planning to conform
daylight time because of New York
action.
Delaware-City of Wilmington and
few suburban places adopted daylight
time.
Maryland Farmers Killed Plan.
Maryland - Legislature refused
sanction daylight saving because of
rural opposition. Some industries.
however, will adopt plan and finan-
cial houses will follow New York time
schedule.
Illinois-Chicago went on summer
daylight saving time by vote Of the
people in the election of last year and
will continue to do SO until this city
ordinance is repealed. Accordingly a
large number of the cities and towns
in the Chicago district have also
adopted the plan. but down state it
has not been put into effect.
Ohio-All of the larger cities in
Ohio have adopted the plan. Cleve-
land is on the eastern time schedule
the year round, while the cities that
have changed for the summer only
are Toledo. Columbus. Dayton, Gin
cinnati. Newark and Portsmouth.
Micbigan-A score or more of
Michigan cities and towns are op-
Grating on eastern standard time or
are preparing TO move their clocks
ahead for the summer time.
Indiana--Few cities or towns will
have daylight saving hours in In
diana. Gary, Hammond and Con-
nersviIle are three that have adopt
ed eastern time.
Observation-Disclosures and La
crosse have adopted the daylight
saving plan.
entucky-Louisville. Newport and
CovingtCn have adopted the plan.
Texas-Fort Worth is the only city
in Texas contemplating the daylight
saving measure and the plan is now
before the lawmakers Of the city.
No other states report any day-