The Washington times., 1922-05-16
SCHEME IS
WORRYING
BUSINESS
Bill introduced Making 1t Un-
lawful to Open Schools
Before Nine.

Twenty.four hours of "ragtime"
have passed and Washington is still
grumbling.
A wave OF protests. particularly
from the housewives, is beginning to
show itself. Bankers of the city
have taken the lead in organized op-
position.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president
Of the ID. c. Congress of Mothers and
Parent nt-Teachers' Association, today
protested against the new hours.
Congressman Arthur NJ. Free Of
California, father of two sets OF twin
children, introduced a bill in the
House yesterday making it unlawful
for children under fourteen years to
attend school before 9 o'clock.
President Harding has indicated
that he may at some later time con-
slider changing the clocks in place
of the present plan. He told a COM
mittee of bankers yesterday that he
wanted to give "ragtime' a fair
trial"
Commissioners Ignore 1t.
The District Commissioners did
not follow the action of the Cabi.
net and meet an hour earlier. The
meeting was called at 1890 o'clock,
regular time. "Ragtime" was not
discussed.
Some seventy-five employees of the
cash division of the Treasury De
partment spent an idle hour from
to 9 yesterday. Orders of SeCre-
tary Mellon to continue TO open
this division at 8 o'clock which was
later rescinded caused the confusion.
Saturday the time clock on the
vault was set for 8 o'clock Monday
morning. Consequently at 8 o'clock
yesterday morning the vaults could
not be opened. Today, however,
things are running smoothly, the
clock being readjusted. Employees
of this division report at 8 and the
cash windows open at $3.50 a. m.
The cash windows close at 2 o'clock.
Don't Work at School.
Gonzaga School tried out rag,
time" yesterday. 1t found 1t didn't
work. Today the school operates on
the old hours, opening at 9 instead of
o'clock Most of the students OF
this school come from outlying sec
tions. making it difficult for them to
reach school at 8 o'clock.
Charles c. Glover, chairman of
the board of directors of the Riggs
National Bank, said today that the
'first day of this voluntary daylight
saving shows that conditions are in
a state of chaos
Washington did not uniformly fol
low "ragtime" saving yesterday. II
is estimated that in the cases OF
more than 10000 people the new
time plan was not effective.
The meeting of President Hard
tng's Cabinet was held today at 10
O'Clock instead of IL o'clock.
Much Confusion.
Women and girls employed in the
Senate and House Office building.
who live in the Government dorml-
tories, are bitter Complainants of
the new system. The meal hours
at the dormitories have changed, but
the working hours in the Senate and
House buildings remain the same.
Many of them missed their meals
yesterday.
Street car schedules have been ad.
tustcd to meet the changed condi.
tions. Washington Is experiencing
no inconvenience on street car lines
"a a result of the new service.
Gen. Onton stephan. president OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Associa ton, issued a statement yes
terday calling upon business to CO.
operate with the new movement. His
statement pointed out that from 80
to 90 per cent of the business inter
ests have responded
No statement will be forthcoming
from the Chamber Of Commerce until
the results of "ragtime" saving can
r. ,o,ad a. uos said Yesterday