Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1929, Page 5

FRANCE GIVES FOCH NATIONAL FUNERAL 50,000 Marchers Pay Tribute | at Impressive Rites of Generalissimo. (Continued From First Page) which was to pay the last honors of the | arshal’s comrades-in-arms to file past the catafalque. ‘The general was visibly undergoing the greatest emotion. He sat erect as usual, looked straight ahead until the | catafalque reached him, then with the grace he has acquired with the left hand, he saluted with his saber, turned his eyes to the front again and went on, ‘Two battalions of French infantry followed the color bearer, marching with their bayonets fixed and in the com- pany of two bands of 100 pieces with muffled drums and muted pieces playing a military funeral march. French ma- rines followed with their broad blue collars bordered with white. Then 10 abreast and 10 deep, came the future officers of France—perhaps & marshal or so among them—students from the polytechnic school, Marshal Foch's alma mater. Belglan grenadiers | in two detachments were next. Ten American veterans, bearing the flag of the American Legion Post in Paris and an American flag. both draped in crepe. marched by, and were | followed by two renks of officers. led by Col. Richard P. Ellis and Maj. James | B. Ord. ‘The famous Coldstream Guards. rep- resenting Great Britain. followed the Americans with their biack and red coats and dark trousers. each man with his right arm behind his back, carry- ing reversed rifies, Italians and Rumanians. One hundred and twenty Italians fol- lowed, picturesque in their flaring felt feathered hats, their green gray uni- forms tucked into puttees at the knees. Behind them were soldiers of Poland. notes courageous in their misfortunes and honored and beloved of all France. Nurses Pay Tribute. A row of dark-garbed nurses, with one white costume among them, every one rich with honers gained upon the field on their breast, followed. One white-haired nurse, who is active still, had 20 decorations, most of them for herolc conduct under fire. At her side was a priest, evidently from a poor parish, his robe most modest, but his chest bright with ribbon and medals. ‘There was a lighter touch in a dou- ble rank of white-clad Basques, wearing berets well down over their and marching with lithe stc were all war veterans and gav of cheer to the solemn procession, A dark-printed death’'s head came into view on a banner of the “Croix de Feu” or “Cross of Fire” organization of veterans who won their crosses of the Legion of Honor at the front at the risk of death. This is the group formed as a protest against the award of Napoleon's military ribbons to profiteers and civil celebrities. Then came large delegations from each house of Parliament led by the presidents and vice presidents, frock- coated and with silk hats. Judges of all the courts followed with the chief pub- lic prosecutor alone wearing his robes. Then veterans’ assoclation groups from every walk of life, including bus con- | ductors and drivers who left their ve- | hicles to come in their leather coats to honor the marshal for whom they had fought. Alsace Represcnted. Alsace was represented with mixed | ranks of uniforms and civil attire, led | by rows of Alsatian nurses all in black | with great bows of foot-wide ribbcns forming a characteristic headdress. ‘Those who ers behind the body of of them civil organizations, but nearly all composed of veterans. There were tens of thousands of these | marching 10 abreast, sometimes 20 abreast, passing along sometimes at the rate of 1,000 a minute. However, when the head of the procession reached Les Invalides there was a delay that caused the massive formation to halt and pile up for two-thirds of a mile along the Rue de Rivoli. The street was solid humanity as far as the eye could see until the cortege moved again and the groups once more spread out. ‘The cathedral was filled with the of 'the funeral march from have been mentioned | formed but a bare fourth of probably | | 50,000 people who marched as mourn- the marshal. | | There were hundreds of groups, most THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. POINCARE EXTOLS FOCH Premier Pronounces Funeral Oration Over Marshal's Body and Eulogizes Humanitarianism and Prowess as - Military By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 26.—Raymond Poin- care, premler of France—and its war- time President—pronounced the funeral | oration over the body of Marshal Foch as it reposed in front of Les Invalides prior to interment today. He began by paying a high tribute to | { the courage of the man who “fought against death as valiantly as he fought against his country’s encmie: The premier said, in part “The light which has just failed was one of the brightest and purest that ever sparkled in this world. He had no other ambition than to serve: he desired no reward but the feeling of duty well | accomplished. “He was carried to the supreme col mand of the allied armies without ha ing once sought the honor. He led mil- lions of soldiers and entire nations into battle, not through pride, but through moral obligations: not for the conquest of foreign soil, but for the deliverance of his invaded country. “The mourning today is not that of France alone, but that of the entire world.” ‘The premier referred. to the countless messages of sympathy and condolences received from all parts of the world and paid a tribute to Georges Clemen- ceau for having in “his government of victory chosen a man who achieved if Chieftain. M. Poincare reviewed Marshal Foch's | career from childhood end then his suc- | cess as commander of the allied troops | until the armistice was signed. “On November 11, 1918. Marshal Foch { was master and could have strangled | his cnemics,” the premier said. “But, | being * convinced that the armstice would permit to the allies complete sat- | isfaction of the right conditions for fu- | ture peace, he did not and went through | his task instead with humanitarian sen- timents, advising against further blood- | shed. For this great soldier, this Chris- tian soldicr, war was not an aim but only a means to procure for his country I'independence and full security. “The natural kindness, = charming modesty and discreet effacement which he had were virtues which often moved those who approached him. He was quick witted; he lacked neither charm nor rony: he was a man ef conscience. “In public as well as in private life he had great joys and deep sorrows, but he was neither carried away with the former nor discouraged by the lat- | ter. | ing himself weak before eternity, and he | attributed to God's merits that for which | the nation glorifies him today. | “Let us bow, gentlemen,” the premier | concluded, | of the man who in serving France has | served all humanity and who will live " | forever in the spirit of posterity.” BRITISH DIPLOMATS AWAITING REPORTS ON I'M ALONE SINKING (Continued From First Page.) ing upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada.” Some legal experts here, however, do not regard the two cases as analogous, pointing out that the chase after the North was begun within 3 miles of the Canadian coast, while Coast Guard es- timates of the distance of the I'm Alone |late yesterday afternoon from Metro- | LONE FLYER FAILS INTRY AT RECORD |Bevins, Attempting Non-Stop | Coast-to-Coast Flight, Is Forced Down. | By the Ascociated Press | ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y. March PField today and signed by Oken Bevins, Eastern aviator attempting a non-stop York, said the airman had been forced | down at Willard, N. Mex. | The telegram was addressed to Roose- velt Field and under the Willard date line stated: “Forced down carly this morning.” The message was the first word re- | ceived from the flyer since he took off He had that strength of consider- | politan Airport in an effort to better the non-stop record of Capt. Frank | Hawks, who flew last month from the | West coast in 18 hours 21 minutes and | before the sacred rcmalns" 59 seconds, Bad Weather in Path. Soon after leaving Los Angeles, Bevins presumably ran into the bad weather which the Government bureau in New entirely into New York. Rain and shifting winds prevailed In the Southwest at the time Bevins was scheduled to fly over that territory. Special equipment was put in the lit- tle orange and black Lockhead mono- plane to enable Bevins to keep the ofl and gas pressure up while in the air. A gasoline pump was installed at his side so he could force fuel from tanks in the fuselage behind him into the win tanks above. Cheese and Water for Rations. D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 6.—A telegram received at Roosevelt | | solo flight from Los Angeles to New | York said would lie in his path fenost | 1929. }mrrled 300 gallons of gas at the take- off. For rations, Bevins took only three cheese sandwiches and a quart of water. Just _before he was ready to start, he jumped out of the plane, ran to a |store at the field, and bought three | packages of chewing gum. Reports received just before the take- | off indicated the fiyer would have fair- | ly good weather in his attempt to hop | the 2,446 miles alone. | | A banner was taped on the tail skid | jof the plane, giving it the name, Miss | True Story. Bevins strapped on a | parachute ‘when he climbed into the cockpit, taxied to the far end of the | 14.000-foot runway: end gave -the ship | full throttle. The little plane .took the | air after a run of about 2,000 feet. with | its motor roaring. and gained altitude | slowly a5 it headed into a 20-mile wind. | Took Great Circle Route. Bevins had planued to follow the great | circle route across the country, which | | would take him over Albuquerque, N.| | Mex.; Ashland, Kans.; Wichita, Kans.: | Charleston, TIL.; Terre Haute, Ind.: Co- | lumbus, Ohio; 'Pittsburgh and Eastern Pennsyivania. | Bevins' plane is a sister ship to the | record-holding Yankee Doodle, in which Capt. C. B. D. Collyer and Harry Tuck- er met their deaths when they crashed near Prescott, Ariz., November 3, 1928, while attempting to establish a West- |to-East transcontinental non-stop record. | _Bevins came here from New York | City two weeks ago. He is 28 years |old and has been flying for eight years. 1 The flight is being sponsored by a New | York publishing firm, WOMAN WILL87?STATE. | | Miss Grace Wilson Bequeathes for | Charity Groups. _LYNCHBURG, Va.,, March 26 (Spe- | cial).—The will of Miss Grace Wilson, | who died here last week, probated in the Corporation Court here, leaves a be- quest to maintain a cot at Memorial | Hospital, another to an unnamed or- | Phanage for support of a boy ward and { the personal property to her brother, William V. Wilson, ‘jr., and Graham | Sale, Evelyn Sale. Louise Sale, Grace | Sale, Margaret Wilson, Elizabeth Mc- | Ree and Ruth Wilson Sale, nephews i and nieces of the testator, are given the residue of the estate. William V. Wilson, jr., qualified as executor, For Impaired Vision —consutt an E'ye Physician A report of the Provost Mar~ shal General's office shows that of the twenty-one idif- ferent causes contributing to disqualification for military service during the World War, eye defects ranked third. EDMONDS == O PTICIAN—= 918 TFifteenth Street WAG:‘I N‘G_TON Established 1899 a spring coat for smart youth The type of coat Pasternak spon- sors for the smart young miss . . . Each detachment of foreign troops was accompanied by a French officer. Twelve Rumanian officers were fol- Jowed by two companies. of mounted Morrocans with gray lined black bour- nous and drawn sabers. Then came | the flags of all the regiments France mustered out since the war. They had been brought from Les Invalides and were carried by solid rows of color bearers, Then the funeral cortege itself. In front was Cardinal Dubois and the Bishop of Parls, the two prelates gor- geous in their scarlet robes and long | trains carried by altar boys. They were followed by a group of priests. Orderly Leads Horse. An orderly led Marshal Foch's fav- orite horse, reversed boot in its stirrups. His running black draperies studded with gold stars almost touched the ground around him. He stepped slow- ly, his head down, as if fully aware Jjust what the occasion meant. hind him was the plain oaken coffin of th: Marshal of France, cov- ered with a white flag and borne on a gun carriage of “75.” It was drawn by six_black horses. Running from the casket were black cords held by Min- ister of War Painleve and officers of the Allied armies. It was as the casket came into view that the real difference between today's crowds and those of the armistice, with | whom they compared in size, appeared. | ‘The armistice crowd was noisy, hilari- ous, boisterous. ‘Today the throngs were silent and sad. But they were not at other times so quiet as when faced with the caisson and it burden. All that could be heard as the casket came Seven gallons of lubricating oil were | e | placed in the bottom of the cockpit so| Dr.. Karl Adam, eminent German | Bevins could pour them into a funnel, | Catholic theologian, says that talk of a {leading to the ofl tank The plane | “dying Protestantism" is ridiculous. th n from the Louisiana coast are 8 to 12 lc!;::?‘mfl,}; & %fiéfi: %sga‘:{g'u;mg{ 5“{- mltl{s when first overhauled by the Wol- Sainte Clotilde, the parish lnl the | “The British and Canadian view of the | French capital where the marshal at- | goctrine of pursuit at sea mentioned by tended mass daily, appeared desply | Mr. Mellon is that it must begin within 30;;? as undandme e gf Cflrldl:';‘i i the internationally recognized 3-mile | e o e rites oy | imit off the coast and is not permissible ; outside that limit within the zone of the body of his friend. “one hour’s sail.” in which, under treaty Bugler Sounds Off. with the United States, search and seiz- ure of rum-running vessels is_allowed. Outside the “Aux Champs” (“To the | ~Citing the tariff act of 1922, Mr. Mel- Fields") was vlinded by a lone bugler | lon's memorandum concluded: and'unconsciously mest of those inside “If a vessel, registered under the the famous old cathedral stiffened, even laws of a friendly nation and with a came to attention. The habit of war |long record of violating the laws of the days, wher. Marshal Foch was general- United States, refuses to stop for board- fesimo, was too strong. * |ing by a United States Government ves- Meanwhile, outside the streets were |sel, said boarding being authorized by & solid mass of people. At the Place de |our law, there would scem to-be no la Hotel De Ville on the Rue de Rivoli | other course than to compel compliance they were packed 10 deep. The tall, | with American law.” freshly - blackened - electroliers which lined the Rue de Rivoli, their lamps Congress Members Stirred. draped black, gave the impression, 85| he incident has aroused considerable they shone down on the crowd, even in | jiarast among members of Congress. the bright daylight, of two Tows of gi- | Chairman Porter of the House forelgn SALLAS Sl CRTaR, affairs committee, who headed the The streets were newly sanded and | smerican delegation to the League of the traffic islands in their center re- | Nations opium conference, announced moved for the passage of the cortege |that he had ordered a special investi- to Les Invalides when the religious|gator to New Orleans to ascertain service was over. There were Red Cross whether the I'm Alone’s cargo included stations all along the route to care for |4 narcotics shipment, which has been any sudden illness or accidents. Betied by tia tangter, Long lines of infantry in horizon blue | ""He held that the action of the Coast were stationed to maintain order and| Guard in sinking the ship was justified, keep the top eager watchers—who paid |anq Representative Fish, Republican, as much as $50 for points of vantage | New York, gaking a similar view, ex- from which to watch the procession— | pressed the opinion that “our Govern- from crowding the cortege and imped- | ment has been more than patient with ing its progress. Detachments of the ships fiying foreign flags which have republican guard were stationed at im- | peen for years past carrying on an fllicit | designed on slender lines, in tweed and covert fabrics for immediate wear. The model possesses in every detail that distinctive character and quality upon which the beauty of simplicity depends. GLAZED SASH All Sizes—All Kinds Lowest Prices GEO. M. BARKER CO. 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Randall, who was decorated for distinguished service in the British Navy during the World War, predicted | that the “shipwrecked Marines” would gain their liberty easily. | into view was the rumbie of the gun carriage's wheels and the rythmic rasp of feet marching by the thousands along the sanded street. Every hat was off, most of the women even uncovering. Above the whir of airplanes could be heard, sounding themselves like new plaintive notes in the sad symphony of mass and sound and colo. The mist was so thick, though, they could not be seen. Behind the casket there followed Bec de Fouquieres, chief of the protocol, guardian of French formalities. Thirty feet behind him, walking alone, his head slightly bowed, came the Presi- dent of France, who set aside precedent and protocol and insisted on marching behind the body of the man who saved France twice. Pershing Is Palibearer. Gen. Pershing headed the ranks of the pallbearers on the left side, the British field marshal, Jacob, icading a single column on the right, with gen- erals and marshals of other nations fol- Jowing and War Minister Painleve bringing up the rear. Next came the cabinet with Premier Poincare and M. Barthou ahead and the remainder following, with the excep- tion of M. Painleve, who was beside the coffin. Nearly all the nations of the earth were represented in the myriad-colored group which followed. In the imposing array of officers’ full-dress uniforms and those of the ambassadors with their frills and gold lace there were absent representatives of only Soviet Russia and those countries too far away to send delegations in time. Behind this show of the glory of war and power there appeared, with a sud- den shock to every one who saw, four mamed and scarred figures, attesting all its bitterness and tragedy. The crowds the four figures and some moaned, “The mutilated.” Sobs came from here and there in the mass of watchers who saw again in memery | their own kin with faces shot away, portant Dame. de Rivoli behind an automobile with police officials which cleared the way and two mounted patrols of the from side to side. points. Shortly before the cortege formed, a heavy haze obscured the sun and a mist appeared over gray old Notre Gradually it spread westwara | #ke an enormous pall and in the dark- ened atmosphere the lighted street lamps seemed more than ever like funeral torches. All Church Bells Toll, At 10:05 am. the cortege formed outside Notre Dame and began moving toward Les Invalides. church bells in Paris tolled it turned While all the into the long broad ribbon of the Rue filled republican guard preceded by buglers. ‘The mounted guards filled the street Behind them came the horizon blue uniforms of French infantry, led by Gen. Simon, military commander of Paris. The mounted trumpeters also played “Aux Champs,” and along the line of march two ranks of helmeted soldiers presented arms. ‘Then came a battery of field artillery, four caissons, drawn by six horses each, and four 75-millimeter guns, pride of the French artillery. Behind marched a color bearer with a regimental flag draped in crepe. As the cortege proceeded up the street the mist fhat was everywhere grew even thicker and, more than ever like an eery funeral hall. The sky grew darker and it seemed as if rain would come before the cortege had concluded its mile-and-a-half march. S, Film Star to Wed Nurse. HORNELL, N. Y., March 26 (®.— Buddy Mason of this place, motion ple- ture actor, obtained a license to wed Miss Cecile Etta Washburn here yester- day. She is a nurse here and an old sweetheart of the movie star. The couple left for New York City, where eves gone, arms and legs amputated. | They were pitiful to look upon, but' the marriage will take place. 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