Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1929, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929. REAY ESTATE. L0G OF LOST LINER READ AT HEARING Story of Vestris Sinking Fea- tured by Tragic Descrip- tion of Disaster. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 4.—The delicate ques- | tion of the log of the liner Vestris, with its entries dealing with the ship’s draught and a tragic story of her sink ing last November, was introduced yes- terday into the Board of Trade inquiry ' into the disaster by two of the ship’s, former officers. W. F. Johnson, former chief officer of | the Vestris, testified that Capt. Carey | had told him to be careful what he put | into the log. Johnson replied in the affirmative when counsel for the Lam- port & Holt Line inquired if he was suggesting that Capt. Carey had in- tended him to put a false record of the draught in the official log. | Second Officer Testifies. |espectally in midstream.” FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN WEYGAND AND FOCH CLOSE KNIT BY WORK French War Leader and Clnef of General| Staff, Strangers at Start of Strife, Become Inseparable. | | like | for Dais ‘ot "Foch Talks" BY COMMANDANT BUG Written Exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Allian: | “It is a bad thing to change ho The marshal loved this proverb and applied it. He kept his colleagues es long as he could In sclecting them, he e xamined their | Second Officer Leslie Watson, testil ing in the afternoon, described the d matic death of Capt. Carey, they were clinging together in the water the ship had turned turtle. cried 3 50d! My God! I'm not for this.” Capt. Carey was eboat, although there were ble ow whether he was say- ing it to himself or to me.” Watson exclaimed. “That was when the ship ‘was nearly going down.” Johnson, who yesterday attributed the disaster to the Vestris to a combi- nation of bad weather, ship’s “ten- Gerness” and water in the between decks, today gave his opinion that over- loading as one of the causes of her foundering. Admits He Failed {o Protest. On further questioning from the own- | ers’ counsel as to the logbook entries, Johnson admitted that he had not pro- | tested when Chief Officer Anderson, | from whom he took over the ship, cau- tioned him to be careful what he put into_the log. | “Do you suggest that you were ready | to commit a_criminal offense witnout | said counsel for Lamport & o blame without a plenty av “I don’t replied Johnson. Before adjourning until Morday | members of the court indicated that | they were profoundly interested in the position of the heavy weights aboard | the Vestris. HOUGHTON RETURNS. NEW YORK, May 4 (#).—Alanson B. Houghton, who recently resigned as American’ Ambassador to England, arrived here late yesterday from Europe on the liner Aquitania. He was accom- panied by Mrs. Houghton. They expect 1o go to Washington tomorrow. He said that Gen. Charles G. Daw who has been appointed to succeed him, will be “most welcome in England, where he is well known. who, as | g | brought out proofs more than their pi ; weighed up those who were cident of ap- pointment or the exigencies of mand. In both cases it was by their work that he considered them What he asked of them was effic service and perform: e of duty. That| was all he would t i unt if any occasion arose. the service he was ex |but just. | Praises Three Aides. i With what pride the marshal declared Weygand, Desticker and Georges those are the three men we have during_the war, and we staken in them. ‘Weygand! He is a wonderful execu- tive who understands everything and has moreover an extraordinarily clear | and accurate memory and a consuming | energy. At the end, when I left the reins to him, I was sure that he would | do what I should have done myself. We were the inseparable “So with Desticker and Georges. With them my mind was at ease. They | could see and understand. I sent them out and they brought me back their re ports. have not been m Desticker Had Clear Mind. Gen. Desticker, besides being & man | of great integrity. loyalty and devotion, | possessed a clear and accurate mind, & sound judgment, a calm and noble | temperament, as well as a profound knowledge of his profession, a sane and | | comprehensive outlook, with the cour: age, the vision, the passion for work | and the grasp of detail necessary for their fullest utilization. Col. Georges, & much younger man arrived later. decision of judgment, his candor and tenacity, were so remarkable that they made & strong impression on the mar- his character y marked, for Gen. Weygan were strong! of self which enabled him to rise nearer to the level of his chief and thus render | | p ‘shlp of duty. | staff, he determined to remain himself | tion gave them a special significance. {bed, he was still working, translating His clarity of vision and | | to him. and to his country, services of | inestimable wort) Like the marshal, he was endowea | ith indomitable physical vigor and,| him, could count on moral s of the same degree, quality ana origin; like him again, he was su: tained by the most sterling qualities of intellect, fired by the same patriotism | and brought up in the same princi- military discipline and the wor- w Put Forward His Opinions. Possessing the highest conception of | his_faculties as chief of the general | while subordinating himself to his chief. .| He never hesitated to put forward hls;rendh\g that he was conducting at the opinion, on whatever subject, with sin- | cerity and courage, and with ever-in- | creasing skill and conviction, so long as the question was still open. his absolute submission, while spring- | ing from a recognition of s y which one cannot but admire, bears no resemblance to that sycophancy which the marshal could not have endured. Between these two men grew up in- numerable ties. binding them by a com- | munity of thought, by an identity of purpose and method. Yet at the same time each retained his own personality. To realize the relations between them @ enough to see Gen. Weygand alking with the marshal or to hear the marshal speak of Weygand. The terms used were ordinary, but their intona- Praise of Him Pleased Foch. Nothing pleased the marshal more than praise of his C.G. S. “Quite true,” he would agree, as if to elicit further eulogies. And how pleased he was to give details and reminiscences when questioned about their ociation! Marshal Foch, who did not know Weygand before the war except through reports, was sent Gen. Weygand. From the beginning T took him with me all the time instead of keeping hi on paper work, and I told him every- thing. At night, when I was going to my ideas into definite instructions. “With this astonishing intelligence, memory and power of work, at the end of three months he knew all my | views. * * * And we Awere never apart. | rive, see and Crechoslovakia! Since August, | That is not the usual method of work | 1914, they have continually worked to- for the C. G. 8., but it is the best. He | gether. can express my views as well s I| On April 30, 1923, all the members hould have done myself. * In of the interallied military committee | 1922, at the time of the bolshevik suc-|and many Poles came to the Gare de cesses, when the President said to me, I'Est to say farewell to the marshal. ‘We must send somebody to Poland,’ I|By general consent, they left Gen. Wey- replied, ‘Send Weygand. He will do|gand to talk with'the marshal. They | what T should. I will go later if nec-| walked to and fro along the pln’(mm‘ essary.’ \bume the train. ““But he has never been in command.’ ‘ i e ‘ Keen Emotion at Parting. | “‘Send him and you will see. And | you have seen! We were the emer- gency repairers, Wherever things were going badly in Italy, France, Poland, we went. We we familiar with desperate | tuations. Nothing is easier. We ar-| what is required. We give or- der: We take determined steps. We stick to them and succeed ) Was there any need, then, to evince | is farewcll to his most intimate col- surprise when the papers announced, on | league, his most devoted disciple, hlfl April 20, 1923, the dispatch of Gen.| best friend! He embraces him, kissing ‘ Weygand to Syria as high commis- | him affectionately on each cheek. He | sioner? Was not the situation there one boards the train, but remains on_ the | footboard _and 'leans towards him. | of the worst. Well, then * * *! The night before, the marshal, on his | “Remember what I sald u just | now. return from the Academie Francaise, had shut himself in his office. Shortly| Standing in the frame of the door, after, in haste and in ignorance of the | waiting for the train to start, he re- question at issue, arrived Gen. Wey- | mains sad and silent. but of some last word of advice, which he gand. 4 He had abandoned the course of map- | throws to Weygand in_ disjointed | phrases, while the general listens with | Staff College in response to an urgent | Iespect and approves: “Be strong * % % telephone summons from the marshal.| 2lertness * * * variety of resources * A very long consultation took place | Roll yourself up into a ball * * * like | between them. Nothing leaked out. The | & porcupine and then get to work!| next day the surprise was complete.| EN?” * * * Each word is punctuated by Every one racked his brains to find the | @ determined gesture. reason. Some talked of exile, others of | The train is on the point of leaving. & vice 1 | The marshal comes down a step, leans over Weygand, keeps his gaze fixed Poincare Wanted Weygand. upon him; he seems to be smiling at Gen. Weygand was not elated at the| him. but with 2 superficial smile to hide prospect. But the marshal told him in | the profound pain which the separation confidence: “M. Poincare spoke to me | causes him. The train starts. One last about it at the Academie yesterday. He|word. ~But in what a tongue! “My took me on one side and said: ‘Are you | dear Weygand.” willing to let me have Weygand—if it e is necessary! Yes, he is important, I' In his next article know. He is your C. G. S. * * * We | Bugnet gives Marshal Foch’ all know what he did in Warsaw. If he | the first battle of the Marne.) goes to Syria, we shall feel easier )n (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- mind.’ paper Alliance.) There followed & moment of keen emotion. The two inseparable col- leagues were parting—one for Warsae, the oiher shortly for Beirut. Gen. Weygand i sather pale and is chewing a cigar. The marshal s | gloomy and absorbed. At this mum!nl, of parting nothing ms to exist for him but the presence of Weygand. It| st E to e, Commandant | story of | ion, moreover, the muat malicious rumors 'were spread about Some regarded it as the removal of this too conspicuous general by ap- pointment to an extraordinarily diffi- cult and delicate mission in the hope that he would lose his reputation. Others insinuated that it was revenge | on him for not having approved all that was being done in the Ruhr. “Weygand! He is a paragon. has the necessary range. Now was the time for him to spread his wings. It was not without many heart-burnings that I let him go, but I had not the right to clip his wings. How can these two men sever their | connection? Within 10 days they were to leave at the same time for Poland Nearly 566,000 pounds of live poultry | were sent from this country to the | | United Kingdom last year. (PR Cheby o i SKY ME rfiwfi‘ S ADOWS Bradley Hills, Md. Beautiful country estate of 17 acres —picturesque, stone @ Dwelling contains si >y house and gardens. x master bedrooms, till thinking | s Fashionable Ingomar Street FEDERAL WORKER S HELD IN DEATH Ranger May Throw Light om Identity of Woman’s Body Found in River. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 4.—Belief that Leland Wesley Abbott. 33, employe of | the United States Forest Service, might | be able to throw some light on the | identity of a girl whose torso was found in the Los Angeles River a few weeks | ago led detectives to begin a search for him in the vicinity of Mount Wilson, near here. Capt. William J. Bright, head of the e squad, last night or- dered l s men to arrest Abbott after the investigators had been told that the forest worker disappeared from Los An- geles the day the torso was found. Bright said he also had learned that Abbott had made threats against the life of his young wife, who also had apparently disappeared. Ray L. Martin, an acquaintance of told the officers that Abbott where he seld Mrs. Abbott was living with another man. Martin quoted Ab- bott as having said, “Now is the logical | time to go out and blow out her brains, for I am going East in a day or two.” The officers said Abbott had served a term in Leavenworth Federal Prison on | a charge of smuggling arms into Mexico. They also declared Abbott was kno in New York City, Philadelphia and Loulsville. Police in Cincinnati were requested to look for a record of Abbott's mar- riage there and the names of Mr Abbott's parents. In Indianapolis Mrs. William A. Wenz, mother of Abbott, last night said she had received a letter from her son two or three weeks ago = & from Mount Wilson. She declared she did not believe her son to be the man wanted. Mrs. Wenz said he never had gerved u prison term and never had arried, as far as she knew. . Signs which will be placed on mail boxes of England will indicate the di- | rection to the nearest post office. 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