Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-25
LIGHT STACKER TO
FEEL HEAVY HAND
Cutting Off of Service VIII Be
Next Step to Force OBJ
servance Of Edict.
WHOLESALE VIOLATION FOUND
SiNty-two Firms Guilty Last
Night, Fuel Administrator
Discovers.

pbaorvntipn of tho "lightless night
cdlct promulgated six weeks ago In
Tulso, Is d!scourogingly lax, i. nurr
Gibbons, county fuel administrator,
declared last night sixty two busi
nees firms were violating the order
lDst night with advertising signs and
window display lights on at fun
downtowa business district and n
careful check showed this number OF
Violators. Gibbons mid
The period of tolerauon and for
ncarnnce a. at an end and the last
warming has been given. IL was stated
last night. There has been sufficient
time FOR all business men 10 ncqunlnt
themselves with the conditions im-
posed I'm the .ightless order and from
now on ,nolstence will I've made that
lights be eNtinRuished on Sundays and
Thursdays Niol.ors will be sum
moned before the fuel board ana
asked to show reason why the board
should not order their Hight supply
shut of. Failing 10 show reason. tho
hoard will order the Public Service
corporation 20 reusc supplying cur
rent 10 the refractory merchant
II ls more than likaly that the own
crs Of the places whore the violations
were noted do not realize the need
of fuel conservation, according To
Gibbons But they should co-qper-
ate with the government tn an meas
ures determined To he helpful IN the
conduct Of the war, he said The vi0-
latlon OF the rule also gives the Inn
preston that the vlolator " taking
ADVANTAGE nf his competitors who nre
complying with the rule ami IN advcr-
Using his wares nj d time when they
will necessarily hc conspicuous he
cause OF the darkness Of his neigh
horR who haVn their lighte oNtin
guished In compliance with the order.
Following In q statement Issued last
night by the fuel a.a~fd'
"Further violation of the light
less night order OF the United States
fusl administration will result In the
violntors being cited to appear before
the Tulsa county fuel board 20 show
cause why the Public Service corpora
tlon should not he instructed TO cut
off their electric light service.
Wholesale Violations.
IAN investigation of the situation
last night was very dlscouraging.
There were more than sixty violators
Of the order In the business district,
Tho board had considered holding n
bearing on Saturday and summon
these vlolators to appear nj the
hearing but decided 10 make another
appeal through the press
we have been very lenient IN the
enforcement OF the order. We wanted
10 give everyone time To become
familiar with the order and the
members Of the police department, as
well ns members OF tho fuel board
have personally discussed the matter
with vlolators of the order However
II should not require more than six
weeks to secure the unanimous CO
operation of-the commercial consum-
ers Of electricity In the enforcement
OF the order.
"Broadway In New York city In
dark six nights IN the week, and firms
who have thousands Of dollars In
vested In the most elaborate animated
electric SIGNS In the United States have
gladly and consistently complied with
the fuel order and burn these signs
and their show window lights only
ono night In tho week other cities
nre having the same hearty co-opern-
tion and the order must be observed
In Tulsa "