The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-03
aches Plan To End Freight Congestion and Food Famine Here
WOMAN',S FIVE-DAYHLNT
FOR HALF TON OF COAL

lucky. 1 told him OF my efforts to &c
coal and asked him il he would pleas
intercede In my behalf. Mr.. Kinchelo
said he would call Mr.. Weaver. toll
him II would be almost useless, as Mr.
Weaver was always busy.
IL g. MIR. Kincheloe telephoneC
me and told me his own little exper'
fence with the Fuel Administration
First he was told that Mr.. Weaver
was busy. He told them he wOlIlC
wait. After some time. Mr.. Suter an
swered. After finding out who wa!
talking Mr.. Kincheloe was told tha
| could get an order Immediately II
would come down for 1t.
Mr.. Kincheloe advised me to 81
back to the Fuel Administration.
Suffer every Busy"
200 p. MI went back to th'
Fuel Administration according to Mr.
Kincheloe's advice. Mr.. Suter "wai
very busy" and 1 could not see him
A certain Mr.. Griffith evidently wal
attending to my case. SO l inquired
for him. He too, was extremely busy
but he thought a young lady woult
know about II. A young man wal
at the telephone telling some pool
hopeless one without coal like my
self that Mr.. Weaver was too busy
to be seen. In spite OF this l saw
only three or four people in the Of
fce waiting, inquiring the same as
On q desk / saw an envelope address
ed to me. waited a few minutes
and as no one was paying any par
ticular attention to me, I stepped W
to Mr.. Suter and said: This is Mrs
WoO1son, 1880 Tenth street north
west, and / came to get my coal order
that you promised to mail to me-" Mr.
Suter continued to look through q
stack OF papers with his back to me
81 understand that you told my
Congressman that II l called here In
person again that a Mr.. Griffith
would wait on me-" said. OF course
the Mr.. Griffith didn't know anything
about my order. He said again that
a young lady was in charge OF 1t.
I then picked up the envelope ad-
dressed to me, asking at the same
time II that was my order. Yes, l
guess IL IT," he said carelessly. 1 was
overjoyed for a minute; but my spirits
soon fell. The Fuel Administration
had allowed me one-half ton OF coal
for an eleven-room house with a hot
air furnace.
Attacks Suter.
Before leaving the overheated build
ing I made q few nnal remarks to Mr.,
Suter.
al guess you think it is great to sit
here and have poor women beg you
for fuel while you sit on a throne like
a king and refuse; but your day will
come some time. Why can't we get
coal without all this red tape? This
is slow murder to have poor people
half dressed and in this cold weather
to get orders for fuel"
3:l5-I was so weak, SO cold and
tired and SO afraid that I would waste
too much time on the street cars that
called for a taxicab. 1 told the
driver to take me to KS coal yard as
fast as he could.
COsI Had Been Sent.
3:3o-Xs place was closed. A
sign hanging outside read, mo coal.
Another, "offce closed" 1 found a
colored man who told me to go to the
front door. A lady came to the door
1 handed her my order. She re
turned 1t, saying that a ton of coal
had been sent to my house three times
and there was no one there to receive
II. It had been solo to someone else,
she said.
4:oO-I ordered the taxi on to the
nearest coal yard. 1 was determined
to get coal before nightfalL He
drove me to another yard.
After relating my long story 1 ar
ranged to have a quarter ton deliv-
cred to me. Ny first actual success
in four days!
5:3O-A colored man came banging
at the door. He was from KS. and
wanted to collect IS for a half ton of
coal that I have not yet seen.
Half Tor Arrives.
Goethe coIored man left, leaving
the bill with me. The coal had not
yet arrived.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20.
1880 q. m.-The half ton from
x arrives. pay the SIS. The
coal that I received is very small
and 1 can't uss it in my furnace; but
| took II, fearing that IL complained
I would never be able to get any
more. Since Saturday morning I have
tried to get coal telephoned, called
had a friend to call for
me, had my Congressman to intercede
for me, telephoned the head OF the
Police Department, the District At
torney, about ffqty coal dealers. the
fuel administration, hired a taxicab,
and begged and pleaded with a score
of men and women-all for half ton
Of coal that cost So and won't aft"