New Britain herald., 1917-12-15
.LIGHTLESS NIGHTS BEGIN TOMORROW
Fuel Administration Says White
 Lights Go Sundays and Thursdays

nights'' for Broadway and other ''white ways throughout the country are to be on Sundays and Thursdays. The plan will be put into effect Sunday evening, and there will be no half way measures this time. All outdoor lights except those necessary for pub lie safety (and even these must be approved by the Fuel administration) must be eliminated. 'Violators will be prosecuted.
 Indoor lighting will be permitted, but the Fuel administration has asked that all economize in this direction as we'll. It is believed that in this way large saving in coal will be ef- fected, and the fact that the United States is at war will be brought home to the entire population.
 On other nights than those named in the order there will be no legal re- strictions for the present at least, and the new order makes void and re- places those which have been pub lished. Economy is requested at all times, however. pr. Garfield, in an- nouncing the new order, had this to say: '--
 ''Use of fuel in this emergency for any of the purposes definitely prohi- bited in the order is wasteful, and is prejudioial and injurious to the :na- tional security and safety. r%
 Many misunderstanding as we'll as deliberate efforts to evade the rulings given, appeared soon after the former orders restricting the use of adver- tising signs were published. and the Fuel administration came to the de- cfsion that a definite policy which none could evade was the only effec- tive course" ' The Announcement.
 An official announcement concern ing the new order, issued last night, read:
 'The United States Fuel adminis- tration, in an amended order issued today (Friday). puts into effect lightless nights on two nights of and Thursday. The first 'lightless night in the United States since elec- tricity began to be used for illumina- tion will be next Sunday night
 Under the new order, the white ways of all cities are to disappear absolutely on the nights designated. The burning of lights contrary to the wording and spirit of the order will constitute g. violation of the law. and steps will be taken by the Fuel ad- ministration to mete out punishment to offenders. The order says:
 No corporation, association, part nership, or person, engaged wholly or in part in the business of furnishing electricity for illumination or power purposes, and no corporation, asso- taining a plant for the purpose of supplying for their own use electricity for illuminating or displaying adver- tisements, notices, announcements, Or signs designating the location of an office or place of business. or the na- ture of any business, for electric searchlights, or for external illum1na- tion for ornamentation of any build ing, or lights in the interior of stores, offices, or other places of business when such stores arc not open for business, except such lights as are ne- cessary for the public safety, or as are required by law, nor for excessive street lighting intended for display or advertising purposes, whether such lights are maintained by the munich pality or by othera
 These prohibitions and all of them are effective on Thursday and Sunday nights only of each and every week.
 "The only exceptions apply to lights used for governmental pur- poses only by the United States gov ernment or the government of any commonwealth or state, street lights used by any city or town or within any city or town under a contract with the officials thereof for such maintenance. But, it is expressly stated no white ways or cluster lights may be used under any cir cumstances.
 "The state fuel administrators are directed and authorized to see that the provisions of the order are scru- pulously observed.
 'In addition to the saving of a large quantity of coal, it is believed that lightless nights will provide l startling visual evidence that the 1 United States Is engaged in the con- l duct of the greatest of world wars. 1 Letters received by the Fuel admin 1 istration from companies and indivi- ] duals engaged in the business of sup plying illuminated signs and from manufacturers, merchants, motion l picture and other entertainment con- 1 cerns which make large use of such | signs, give assurance that the new or l der will become fully effective with
 out resort to prosecution.
 "The original Fuel administration
 order on the dimming of electric
 signs had failed of the coal-savine
 result expected. That order was in-
 tended to restrict the use of fuel ! 4 %n %h4 hat