Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
WHAT CONGRESSMAN SEES
Semitceeky Letter Touching on the Washington Dougs OF Personalities
Familiar to PhiLadelphians
By ]. Hampton Moore

NONE Of the Congressmen who have
first hand have gone with the sanction of
Congress- Most of them have paid their
own expenses, but some of them have had
the approval and assistance of the War
and Navy Departments. The Committee
on Naval Affairs. including Thomas S.
Butler, of West Chester; William J.
Browning, of Camden and John r. Farr,
of Scranton, went over in a naval vessel
and came as near being official" as any
body that has made the trip. The suspi.
cion that some of the members have found
it a good thing for speechmaking mate.
rial back home has not been wholly dis,
PEELED by the European appearances of
Senator J. Ham Lewis, of Illinois, who
seems to be the bearer of some mysterious
messages from the President" The Sena-
tor is a candidate for reelection and the
President has endorsed him in one of his
famous politics is adjourned letters.
But by far the strangest congressional
war visit is that of Thomas u. Schall. the
blind member from Minnesota. Schall is
an independent who broke away from the
Republicans in the speakership contest ana
made the speech nominating Champ Clark
against James Il. Mann. Mrs. Schall acts
as secretary for the eloquent Minnesotan,
and the House votes a page to constantly
attend him. Hearing that other members
were going to Europe ito see the war"
Schall is said TO have put his desire up to
Mr. Baker the Secretary Of War. who
authorized the trip. Mrs. Schall accom-
panies her husband. In due course the
Secretary may be given a blind mans I'M
preston of the great contest.
THAT other countries are keeping IAN
L anchor to windward' in the matter Of
trade relations during the war is evidenced
by the action Of the War Industries Board
in connection with the expert of bones from
the United States. The Philadelphia firm
of Haf1eish & Co. American and Cam
bria streets, recently called attention to
the effect upon the fertilizer industry Of
a sudden and extraordinary shipment of
bones from the United States to Japan.
A lessening of fertilizer is about the last
thing American food producers could sane
ton. Therefore, a ruling has been OBJ
tanned from the War Trade Board, placing
shin, thigh and unground bones on the
experimentation list, which will virtu.
ally stop the expectation to Japan. This
ruling is expected to help the fertilizer
Industry in the United States. The Baugh
Company, in which Benjamin Harris
Brewster, Jr., is now an active factor, is
likewise interested in this decision.
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YOUNG Loyal Graham wanted to be a
l. clergyman-that runs in the family
but he Joined the marines and was pushed
into the ranks of the men who are first
to fight" When the three days struggle
at Chateau-Thierry was on he found him
self in the thickest of it. In the politest
language he could muster up young
Graham tells the story. Here is a part
Of it:
The French dropped hack, but the
marines stuck-we held them for two days
and it made them the Germans) mad!
The next day at dawn we went over the
top My platoon went through four artil-
lery barrages, gas and machine-gun fire;
II was terrible; a stretch of road on a
ridge was a literal Dead Mans Land BY
the grace of God | went through: we
reached our objectiyes and dug in again.
That night there was little sleep for any
of US, for we were waiting for Fritz to
start something-and he did,! At 1880
o'clock the next morning he started a
crossfre. barrage. The din was terrific;
shells dropped on all sides; 1 never want
to be any nearer to hell than on that morn
ing; finally a high explosive hit the ground
a foot from my back and buried me; I got
up in a rather dazed condition; my lieu
tenant found me about noon sitting in
the edge of a trench and sent me back. l
suppose l was nuts for a while. Now /
am trying to get myself together as
Con Grebe would say. A long rest will
fix me up, | hope, and then In going back
to get at 'em again."
Pretty good that, for a young fellow
who went into the navy to be a chaplain.
Graham's brother, r. Macdonald Graham,
another Philadelphia boy, has just been
admitted as a midshipman to the United
! States Naval Academy at Annapolis.