Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-07

William Jennings did not violat
the Federal fuel regulations.
Evidence produced to-day by
.. Handshaw, representative of tt
Hanna Coal Company, completed
Mr.. Jennings, chairman {
the Dauphin Committee National ID,
tense and Public Safety, of charg,
spread broadcast by the Harrisbur
Patriot that he had violated the fec
eral fuel regulations in purchasing
quantity of No. 2 Buckwheat co;
for use at his country home nep
Duncannon. Mr.. Handshaw mac
his statement:
early in the spring, MIR. Jen-
ninsS, to whom the Hanna Coal
Company for many years had
sold Duckwhcat coal, came to me
with an order for about one
third the amount of this coal
which he usually bought. 1 told
him that while the government
had made no price regulation of
buckwhcat coal / would much
sooner that the order be shipped
in care of u local dealer. 10 this
hc agreed, and suggested 5. 5.
Shelter, reputable coal dealer
of Duncannon. Before placing
the order with my company, be-
ing in Duncannon, 1 took up the
matter with MIR. Shelter. Mr..
Shelter said that in view of the
fact there was no regulation
on No. , Buckwhcat coal, and
that no person in Duncannon,
except Mr.. Jennings, ever bought
buckwhcat coal of that grade,
he was satisfied to receive the
order.
sometime later Mr.. Neck,
the Fuel administrators of Perry
County with his wife, called ut
my Office in Harrisburg i'm Fed
craI Fuel Administrators Hickok's
automobile, having been sent to
me by MIR. Hickok with regard
to fuel supply in Perry county,
During the discussion l then took
up with Mr.. Neck MIR. Jennings
order. Mr.. Neck then said to me
that he was not interested I'm
this grade of buckwheat coal,
since il was not within the fed
cral price regulation, and that
the order might go through. 1
explained to him mt the time
that the order would be shipped
in the regulation manner, in the
care of Mi. Shelter.
II then forwarded the order
and the records on file show that
the shipment was made care of
5. S. Shelter, Duncannon, Pa,
II. X. r., and was delivered to
William Jennings and paid for.
The company and MIR. Jen-
ningS, having more than COM
piled with any fuel regulations
then in existence ,or since put in
force, have nothing to regret.
this Is all there is to it,"
MIR. Jennings Statement
Verifying the statement that h
had taken the utmost precaution
the matter of ordering the coal, an
had complied with the requirement
Mr.. Jennings to-day said:
EARLY in the spring | wanted [
get my winter supply of buckwhes
coal arranged for. l understood theI
we're no restrictions. but l wanted
be sure and being informed that ther
was then no fuel administrator fc
Perry county, L asked Ross Hickol
The administrator here. l stated til
kind of coal L wanted, and he in
formed me there were no restriction
on the purchase of tha
grade. then went ahead and order
ed it.'
Mr.. jennings was then asked: "Whe
lid you give the order?"
In reply, he said, Il ordered it i'm
nediately."
This was in the early springtim,
before regulations of any sort relat
ng to 1918 supplies had been promul
gated by the government.
MIR. HickOk Verlfies
Mr.. Hickok, local Fedora Fuel Ad
verified this statemen
oy Mr.. Jennings and John p. Guyel
ocal Coal Investigator, said that
vas present when Mr.. Jennings mad
he inquiry of Mr.. Hickok, and tina
Mr.. Jennings went from the offic
With tie understanding that he coul
place his order, and that by buyin
No. 2 buckwheat coal, he was per
orming a patriotic service by usin
'uel of a kind that the ordinary stov
,r furnace will not burn.
Confirming this understanding O
Mr.. Jennings Administrator Hickol
'aid this morning:
Il would regard it as a patriot
service for anyone who can use Nc
buckwheat coal to do so, inasmuc
Is it is not under Federal control o
'egulation."
Mr.. Meek, the Perry County Fue
said this morning t
Telegraph representative. that h
$ very much put out by the public
ty given TINS investigation, before
inal conclusion had been reached Il
he case" He further said that il
lad not been able to get in persona
ouch with Mr.. Jennings.
At Its Old Tricks
AS usual, the subsidized mornini
icCormick mouthpiece endeavors t
amouflaEe it's real motive behind
Green of gasoline smoke. Its recor,
If misreJs esentation and abuse II
his comm nifty is understood amoni
III classe' of people. One after an