Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1929, Page 3

‘POINGIREPRASES HORK OF HERRCK {French Premier- Tells of His |/ Arrival in Paris in.1912, to 'l Win Heart of Nation. the Assocated Press. . PARIS, April 4.—The speech of Pre- Em Poincare in eulogy of Ambassader 7rr1ck at the American embassy today 7 “Ten days ago on the sad occasion of BMarshal Foch's funeral, Myron T. Her- ¥ick gave France his last supreme mark of constant friendship. Although he had hardly recovered from a long fliness he made a point of Wi in the procession that followed the mar- shal to his grave and attending the guncral from its beginning to its end, thus taking publicly his part in our na- onal mourning. “Today he, in his turn, suddenly has {fallen peey to death. His body present- iy will be carried by a French warship across the ocean he was 50 to ha ossed & few weeks ago to return #o his post in dear Paris. Task Not Easy at Start. ' “On the eve of his last voyage, how kould I without emotion but remember | Myren T. Herrick's arrival in this coun- try in 1912? An American ambassador ‘who had won our sympathies here, and who spoke our language to perfection, Mr. Bacon, had just left and was much regretted by all. The excellent memory he left behind him certainly did not contribute to make his successor’s task #n easy one. “Myron T. Herrick, however, a tall, #legant figure with an open countenance, made everyone feel at once he was as charming as he later proved himself to be, and that he was bent on learning Bow to understand and love France. | Felt He was Friend at First. ! “After a brilliant career as a barrister | ¥n Cleveland, he Lad been in charge of Amportant financial interests. His mind | had been trained by the experlences of ! actual life to deal with facts and work for practical ends. But his gift for ractical action was inseparable from he deiicate feeling and earnest idealism fombination so frequently found in the erican soul. “The visit he paid me at the Quai @'Orsay the first few days after his ar- yival made me feel at once America had sent us a new friend who would do everything to remove distances between $he two countries.” “The distance between them was fmuch greater in those days than it is in these. shortened by science and natural ction. The Ambassador wanted to courage the development of not only nmercial but intellectual relations fpetween the two nations. “A few months before the war he| Rold me of the hope he entertained | that the President of the French Re- ublic might be received in Washing- n and the President of the United States might be authorized by ess | o return the visit to France. But fate did not allow such an exchange of courtesies to take place in an atmos- phere of unaltered peace and the catastroph= of 1914 forced more thank- Jesc tasks upon the two governments. Deplored Hostilities. “The breaking of hostilities was de- | lored by none more than by Myron . Herrick.- He knew perfectly that ¥rance bore’ no' responsibility for the conflict and he therefore was deeply moved when on Monday, August 3, 1914, he found himself obliged to inform the tr?jnf:h cabinet the fateful hour had ! “The German Ambassador, Baron won Schoen, had been instructed to ask his American colleague to ‘assume pro- tection of German interests in France. Mr. Herrick, of course, had thought such a request could not be rejected. But as Von Schoen expressed his further wish that the Star Spangled Banner should be hoisted on the Ger- man embassy, Mr. Herrick definitely yefused, and at 6:45 o'clock he tele- phoned Premier Viviani informing him of the double reply which could leave us g}xaer no delusion as to the possibility maintaining peace.” Tells of Behavior Under Fire. ‘The Jrench premier then dwelt ‘dpon fhe récall of Ambassador Herrick in Eonformity with the administrative tra- lition of the United States. He dwelt ,upon the Ambassador's behavior at a eritical moment as the victorious Ger- man armies were approaching Paris be- fore hl!s successor. actually , had. taken “In a. conversation he had with me @t the Elysee Palace on September 2, a’e told me he had firmly ‘decided not leave Paris before his successor had r@ctually taken his post. Secretary ot tate Bryan had allowed him complete E-eedom in that respect. «‘If Paris is taken,’ the Ambassador Baid, ‘T will use my country’s authority pnd I will display our star spangled reolors to cover your museums and mon- uments. I will'go to the utmost limits pf my power to protect the inhabitants Bgainst pillage and ression.’ The Rears rose to his eyes while he . I assured him France would not lay ‘e’wn her arms before the day of vic- ry and that Paris would be stubbornly | "el{lendtd'b l}e looked at me silently, un- villing lessen my hopes, held m; Ennd.s in his for a time and then m’& ay, showing signs of deep | Expressed Admiration for France. 1y “A few weeks later, before he sailed i for America, he sent me a very sad tter, in which, atter deploring France'’s deal, he expressed his admiration and thusiasm for the courage of spiri d sacrifice of our He prom- to come back to his friehds Paris. Upon his arrival in the United tates he made himsélf the indefati- ble exponent and supporter of our use. When at last, after the Repub- cans returned to power, he returned France, his joy was doubtless marred "flfii’ bereavements (Mrs. Herrick di . “He was, above all, a fai - tative of American poug’m%‘l. wed scrupulously the instructions of l i | nearer one another. emotion. | of American organizations in FOCH AND HERRICK LIKENED Pershing, in Tribute to Ambassador at Funeral Service, Calls Both Stalwart Soldiers in Battle for. By the Associated Press. ; PARIS, A lives of Marshal Foch and Herrick were likened to each: other by Gen. John J. Pershing in his funeral oration at the Ambassador’s funeral today, “Both were stalwart soldiers in battle for the right,” he said. “Each left us a picture of what an ideal . citizen should be.” Gen. Pershing traced Ambassador He’mhn’l: trom'.U it :2 representative of coun! one the at nations of the world and ended his encomium with an expression of confidence that his influence in bailding the friendship of America an France ‘would last forever. Friend to Thousands. Gen. Pershing said in part: “Tens of thousands of men and wom~ en have said these last few days, ‘Mr. Herrick was my friend.” I ean but re- peat their thoughts with heartfelt titude. ' He was my friend just as e was theirs. “The silent form that lies here to- day is not the man we knew. Hig soul, the thing that gave his being its per- sonality and its force. is what we knew. It is beautiful that it should have (£ chosen that limpid Easter Sunday to leave the tired body from which it has risen to shine resplendent in glorious achievement ‘Of Ambassador Herrick’s memorable | life, his youthful days were those of an ordinary American boy making his way unaided. He lost no opportunity to pre- pare himself fcr the great problems which come to those best fitted for ac- complishment. Called to this important mission, with his broad experience of life and men, none ever has grown to understand so perfectly the genius of the French nation and none has ever become a more skillful interpreter of the feelings and sentiments of the two peoples for each other, Admired by Americans, “This man was gifted with all of those qualities which Americans most admire in a man. He was an active, original and a far-seeing diplomat of the highest type. With the sure in- stinet of his rugged common sense, he seized those fleeting opportunities which offered themselves o) to those pre- | pared for them. Conceiving his duty Leaving a'Picture of the Ideal tc be not simply to carry out specific instructions, hgvnnt!clum situations, took the initiative and became the trusted adviser of bis Government in & moment of great g prompted him “His love .of right showed t'l‘;a qum'zlu % thu t. He s of a %e soldier, our first volunteer in the war, when he said, ‘If there should be no one left but an ambassador to defend Paris I shall be that one.’ His was equally in evidence during the t few months of his trying illness. . S. Touched by France’s Tribute. If the world needed some new evi: dence that moral virtues remain f ever the only sure foundation of human greatness this proof has been furnished amply by the example of two great hearts which almost simultaneously have ceased to beat. Both were stal- wart soldiers in battle for the right. Each left us a picture of what an ideal citizen should be. “All America is deeply moved at the touching sympathy which the French le have shown for our grief, and E; the signal honor which the French ernment has done us in transport- g on a French' man-of-war the bodv | of our revered Ambassador to his native | lan d. “I am asked by members of the fam- ily to express their gratitude for this last mark of France's affection for her faithful friend. He died as he would have preferred to die, in France, and at his post of duty. He goes back to America as he would have liked to go, with the flags of both countries flying over him. Legacy of Love Pledged by Spirit. “You" (the general turned to Premier Poincare) “know what he felt for you, not only because of the perilous days you two have lived together but because | you are the very embodiment of that undying flame which perpetually lights this land. “It seems to me that our old friend is smiling at us this very moment and when tomorrow the Tourville quits these shores, in the long farewell his spirit wafts to France there will be pledged once more to her the legacy of [ his love, and to America the pious duty | of its perpetuation.” his government. But .whether big or small, he sought with gentle obstinacy solutions compatible with French inter- ests. He made every effort to remove prejudices and bring respective views “My friend and colleague, Aristide Briand, more than once witnessed, as I did myself, Myron T. Herrick’s well intended efforts, which were never without result and did much to main- tain between the two republics that| confidence which inspired them on our | battlefields. * | FRANCE HONORS HERRICK, BELOVED OF NATION, AT BIER| i | (Continued From First Page.) cm;gl as its dean, next spoke, and told with cbvious affection of the qualities of loyalty and patriotism which had made Ambassador Herrick’s work so | fruitful. Premier Poincare, who spoke last,| sul himself. In the presence of ihe body of the American Ambassador, who had had conversations cof the greatest com«gx:nm with him in 1914, and whom he had always as | one of the best friends of France, the premier's voice lost the sharp and sometimes rasping accents usual to him in political speeches., He spoke elo- quently in a low, gentle voice that carried deeply to the hearts of every one who heard him. As the body was borne from the em- bassy to the walting hearse the drums beat “Aux Champs”—to the fleld—and a hush fell over the great assembly outside the embassy. Then in the still air the strains of “The Star Spangled Banner” rang out and the cortege began moving slowly, headed by a detachment of the Re- publican guard. A battalion of the 31st Infantry rendered military honors, A company of the 5th Infantry in Wide ranks marched ahead of the black and silver hearse with its five black plumes and the letter “H” in the shield on each side. On either side were the pallbearers, Poincare, Aristide Briand, Pershing, Quinones de Leon and Carter. Immediately behind it walked Mrs. Parmely Herrick, the Ambassador’s daughter-in-law. The embassy stafl and the staff of the consulate—about 50 in all—followed then, with Lasson. representing President Dou- mergue, walking behind them alone. The presidents of the Senate and House of ,Deputies, members of the cabinet and Marshals Petain and Franchet D'Esperey followed. . American Organizations Represented. ‘The diplomatic corps came next, thle: t.hk{ntx‘e’mben of nn;eflcnnd gg‘nn; cellory of the Legion lonor, ect of the Seine Renard, Prefect of Police gghp . jdent of the Municipal unl:‘)le Lemarchand and Gen. Goud, military governor of Paris. Last line were the hundred representatives The solemn cortege to the American bassy. grandeur and henmelt“e‘ln‘enelflty an ; the cortege passed up the Avenue along the Avenue Plerre Pre- Serdle and down the Avenue ‘Cino long Fren g E 2 AL et siifl 5 B in life. 3 . P. Morgan, who was unable to at- the ceremonies at the embassy, present at the church service. He £ no g i SPECIAL NOTICES. E:mr.:..u NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR £ R et iwn.nagru eontracted by any one O8 3: PAYNE: 230 11tn o5, by bove my written signature. Hotel Annapolis. sl closed deft i ‘of 1500 5| stonw ) St el o . _SHEAPE. “To ‘ork, 1 B B nefer & Storage C. mith’s Transfer tol:ge’wo., ‘finished: 1313 You St. Ne ith fine discrimination and Skill., That's N, G. P. Print- ANT | served for him, but left with the other 7] % aby one €lse but. myselt, guner swit! o I tered alone and took the place re- Gen. | row morning at 10 o’clock. | Capitol Model Alrcraft Club, Paul E. . | about closer utilization of timber an HIGHWAY CHANGES TO BE CONSIDERED| Commissioners to Hold Public Hearing April 17 on Six Propositions. The advisability of making six| changes in the District permanent highway plan will be discussed at a public hearing to be held before the District Commissioners at 10 am. April' 17, in the boardroom of the Dis- tribt Building. The changes are: To establish Lansing Circle at the inter- section of Chain Bridge road, Little Falls road and Indian lane. To establish a circle at the intersec- tion of Nebraska and Massachusetts avenues and Quebec street, This change | calls for the elimination of Rodman street between Massachusetts and Ne- braska avenues; Porter street, between Forty-third street and Massachusetts avenue; Ordway street hetween Forty- fourth street and Nebraska avenue, and changing the line of Forty-fourth street to give it a slight curve between Newark and Sedgwick streets. Elimination of Sedgwick street, be- | tween Idaho avenue and Thirty-seventh street, and a change in the line of Van Ness street between Reno road and Idaho avenue. o A change in the Porto drive at the entrance to the District from Maryland at Sixteenth street to two 90-foot road- ways, instead of one wider roadway. To cut Fifty-seventh street northeast through at Linwood place. ‘To make a less sharp angle where K street intersects with Bladensburg road northeast. MODEL AIRCRAFT LEAGUE TO HOLD OUTDOOR MEET Series of Inter-Club Contests to Follow Qualification Round Tomorrow. The Model Aircraft League conducted by the Community. Center Department will hold an outdoor meet on the open field west of Chevy Chase Circle tomor- There will be a qualification round for new mem- inter-club contests will be held. Official record will be kept of the points scored by each club in the flights, and a trophy will be awarded at the final tournament. The Capital Model Aero Club won the cup last year, but three wins are necessary for permanent possession. ‘The clubs competing tomorrow are the Chevy Chase Aero Club, J. H. Wil- liams and L. H. Crook, advisers; the Garber and Walter Roth, advisers; the MacFarland Model Building Club, E. R. G. Hartley and E. L. Cooney, advisers; the Chevy Chase Model Aircraft Club, J. H. Williams, adviser, and the Poto- mac_Model Aircraft Club, a branch of the Boys' Club, Mr. Robertson, adviser. LAMONT ACCEPTS POST. Secretary Lamont of the Commerce wood ut in 1925 by Herbert Hoover to bers, after which the first of a series of | = Spanish; Amhassadou;, Deén of Corps, Commends Great . Careger of Mefim Spanish” Ambassador and .dean. o diplomatic corps,” spoke on" behalf . of Ambassador Herrick's fellow ts at the embassy service this mos de Leon remarked on the ad- the cerity and patriotism work notable. part: “It is with the deepest emotion that I fulfill the sad task devolved upon me to say the last farewell and present the respectful homage of the diplomatic corps to the eminent man we all mourn. I am certain I interpret the sentiments of the entire diplomatic wrfia accredited at Paris in recalling affectionately the personal qualities which commanded the sympathies of all of us. Activity May Serve as Model. “Reviewing step by step his long ca- reer and studying more particularly the arduous, delicate task accomplished in the course of his diplomatic mission to France, we sce his attractive personality had all the characteristic traits of an ambassador. His intelligent activity may serve as & model to those who are faithtul to high representation that they may have at heart the execution of their tasks during trying moments of history in such a manner as to make beloved the countries they represent. “Ambassador Herrick developed to such a high plane the affection and mutual understanding between the na- tion he represented and France during his former term of office that his name was acclaimed by public opinion by both countries. When his Government gave him new occasion to exercise his pa- triotism and loyalty, he accepted and was acclaimed both at home and abroad. Sends Condolences to America. “Like other great statesmen who re- fused to subscribe to deep-rooted greed, which makes duplicity and deceit the best weapons of diplomacy, he never emplocd any other resources than those ‘which translated his most inti- mate sentiments, namely, sincere a: fability, loyal frankness and perfect cordiality. “In the name of the diplomatic corps P and on my own account I offer con- dolences to the nation he so nobly rep- resented in France. I render respectful homage of deepest sorrow to her who for so many years was a devoted and loving daughter and to his absent son, whose sadness must be increased by regret at having been so far from his father in his last moments. “Rest in peace, faithful, loyal friend, and illustrious colleague. ~You dis- tributed the treasures of affection and cordiality impartially. You were an eminent diplomat, whose memory will remain alive in the history of hu- manity.” APARTMENT HOUSE OFFERED FOR LEASE Government Asks Bids for Property at First and East Capitol Streets. ‘The largest apartment house yet pur- chased by the Government in condem- nation proceedings, the Congressional Apartments, at Pirst and East Capitol streets, will be leased out to private interests for operation, it was learned today at the Treasury, with tenants be- ing assured of no increase in rentals. The Treasury advertised today for sealed bids to be opened tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock by Frank A, Birg- feld, chief clerk of the Treasury De- partment, for a lease of one year. The Government under condemnation pro- ceedings recently paid $212,250 for the property. The lease will provide for the com- plete operation of the building, includ- ing a delicatessen and cafeteria, and 37 apartments. The lessee will be re- quired to pay for all repairs, including installation of new interlocks on ele- vators, and must bear al cost of opera- tion. Also it is provided that there shall be no increase in rentals. The apart- mient is now managed by D. Roneo. ANOTHER FEATURE OF WOODLEY PARK is that property owners are fully protected from unwel- come encroachments. A few homes as low as $16,500.00. The model home is 2909 29th St. INSPECT THESE to pave the way for commercial refor- estation. % boat which will take it to the cruiser, anchored in the roadsted, while its guns fire the Ambassador’s salute of 19 guns. At the Tourville the coffin will be hoist- ed aboard and placed in a special cabin, ‘where, smrfll% to French custom, officers will wal it during its trip to America. Shipping in the harbor will keep at half mast during the cere- . Affer weighing anchor, the will be escorted to a point 12 the destroyer TOWN HOUSE Detached stone - resi- dence north of 24th and Massachusetts Avenue. ‘Eleven rooms, five baths, first floor lavatory, back ‘stairway, oil burner, eleo- tric refrigeration, Garage for two cars. Price con<’ siderably under homes of . similar character in this exclusive tion. Anxe ious to: sell within thirty days. N ‘ ‘ IMARVELOUS HOMES TONIGHT ‘ 3815 UPTON STREET N.W. DEVONSHIRE . DOWNS A delightful new Eng- lish residence featuring many unusual conveniences. ——— ALASKA AVE. I Unquestionably the Best Home Buy in 16th Street | Heights. * OPEN THIS EVENING 6 PM.—9 P.M. land, we had no. diiferent classes, or ratings; in this country, and heore Secretary £tim- son is called on to referee a bout in Washington’s table etiquette. Washington they decide ‘who shall sit next to who at the diplomatie . din- ners. They ought to feed 'em Los Angeles style. Slip be much of a diplomat. I at- tended a Gridiron dinner, when the President was there, and they seated the diplomats according to ‘what they owe us. England, France, Belgium and Italy were near the President, and the nations that didn't owe us a cent were at the foot of the table. I told ‘em, “You all better borrow something or you will never meet Cooldige.” NEGHBOR LS FARMER AND SN Missouri Officers Say Man; Claimed He Fired in Self-Defense. By the Assoclated Press. MARSHALL, Mo., April 4—J. J. Bos- zant, 55, a farmer, and his son Edward, 16, were shot and killed late yesterday by a neighbor, Walter Odell, 55, near :la;?u‘:ur Springs, Mo., 18 miles south- Marshall. Odell admitted the sla; he shot in self-defense in a dispute over the cutting of trees, county officers said. The men fell about 100 yards from the iszant home, in view of Mrs. Biszant, who was standing in the doorway. Deputy Sheriffs E. W. Hawkins and Charles Ol of Saline County, who brought Odell to the county jail here. said the Biszants returned from a trip | to Marshall yesterday afternoon to find Odell and several laborers cutting trees claimed by both families. Witnesses said the father and son, armed with a club and an iron wedge, came toward Odell and that Odell ran to where his coat lay on the und. Drawing a revolver from a pocket, he fired three shcts. declaring | Lynchburg Girl Married. LYNCHBURG, Va., April 4 (Special). —Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Craft of this city have announced the marriage of their | daughter, Miss Dorothy Craft, to Rob- er. Clark of Portsmouth, which was cel- ebrated Monday at South Mills, N. C. dersonville ICommander Also Honored. rvices commemorating the hun- th anniversary of the birth of Louis Schade, German-American lawyer and journalist, and the life of Capt. Henry Wirz, commander of the ersonville military prison dt the Civil War, who was executed in Washington, No- Miss Anita avenue, ves of the ‘hapters of the ughters of the Confederacy met at 9 o'clock this morning for a brief service. { Later in the day Miss Schade visited the grave of Capt. Wirz, in Mount Oli- vet Cem¢ . and paid tribute to the man her father defended by on the grave a wreath tied colors of the Confederacy. of .conspi ident of the Confederacy, to kill Union soldiegs in his charge at the Anderson- ville, Ga,, prison. Davis was not im- olicated, but the commission found Wirz guilty, and he was executed in the old jail yard. Considerable difficulty was ex- gerienced in obt legal counsel, and | Louis Schade, deeply sympathetic with / the South, volunteered his service and g;;xgm for Wirz throughout the trial. promised the devote himself to clearing his name and throughout the remainder of his life’ Mr. Schade, who was widely known | in Washington as newspaper publisher, | statisticlan and llnflllx?'u active in the discussion of public affairs affecting | the Capital. He came to the United | States from Berlin, Germany, in 1849, of participation intimately acquainted with Senator Ste- | phen A. Douglas of Illinois, and for a time edited German and English lan- gulg“nenp-peu published by Douglas | ‘1’;” icago. Schade was born April 4, ! INITIATION I.S PLANNED. ‘Thirteen new mben of the Cosmo- tanism at a specially arranged initiation ceremony in the Carlton Hotel tonight. | A special program of entertainment has been arranged. The meeting will begin with a dinner at 6 o'clock. 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