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THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1917. 15 V V PEACE TALK PIFFLE, DECLARES VILLIERS Noted Writer Believes Air Squadrons Will Crush Hohenzollerns. WAR DREARY SPECTACLE FAMOUS WAR CORRESPONDENT FOR ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS AS HE APPEARED ON HIS ARRIVAL IN PORTLAND YESTERDAY. Man Who Has Chronicled Every BI; Clash of Arms Since Paris Com mune Says German Brutality Is Without Precedent. TVar as a spectacle lias degenerated until it Is no longer interesting. The business of killing people en masse has come to be a rotten, mechanical busi ness, without a picturesque element left in It. Po says Frederic Villiera. famous British war correspondent and artist for the Illustrated London News, who reached Portland yesterday after two years and a half on tho western front In France. Mr. Villiers has been out on 21 cam paigns. He began with the Paris Com mune when he was 18; now he is an el derly man. He has probably seen more of war than any man now living. Wherever about the earth the war drum has been beaten there he has gone with camera and, pencil to record it for his paper. Allies Held Certain of Victory. "This is the most rotten of all the wars I have seen," he said. "The men stay underground and when above they are a rabble. The fighting zone is a country of ruined villages and men are killed without even being seen. Fight ers do not glimpse the whites of each other's eyes, except for brief moments In bombing a trench, perhaps, and then, more often than not, the victims turn their backs to run. "On the west front there Is a per petual sce-eaw, with an occasional bal ance in our favor, an i that is all. Day by day it is the same old etory. It is uninteresting and dull, tedious busi ness. "We are certain to win the war In the end, however. We are out to fight to the bitter end. The Hohenzollerns must go. Nothing can be done until they are cleared out. Peace Talk Now Piffle. "The Russian business has thrown us back considerably. But for that, it might have been over next year. The Oermana are beaten and they were beaten some years ago, but they will take a. long time in rounding up. "Peace talk now is piffle. There is not the slightest hope for peace this year. I don't see how w can finish for some time, but I do think we can win easily by the air. If we have a sufficient force of aeroplanes to over whelm the enemy, to destroy some of their big cities and do really deadly, effective work, the victory will bo ours. And also if we shall not turn our cheek to the smiter as we have done. "I think this war will be settled in the air, that the aerial army will be the decisive one. And Pacific Northwest epruce may save the whole situation. Retaliation la Advised. "I would like to see a single city in Grrmany marked for destruction and utterly demolished with the tame ruth lessness and barbarity that the Ger mans themselves employ. Nothing would bring the Germans to their aenses more than a taste of Hohenzol lern methods. "The allies have been too considerate and the German people have had no op portunity of appreciating what pay ment in their own coin entails. If the allies would wipe out but one town, men. women and children, saving, if possible, the innocent animals, it would lo more to bring tho war to a prompt close than anything else that could happen. lr. Villiers thought tho limit in bar barity had been reached in the Russo Japanese war, bat he has revised that opinion and says it has remained for Germany to beat the world in ruthless butchery. Reserve Officers Praised. "I stopped at the Presidio camp," Faid Jlr. Villiers, "a nd I saw the men in training there. I have never seen officers of a finer type." As this I3 the dreariest war, Mr. Vil liers expects it to be the last. Eut to bring that happy eventuality about, this one must be fought to & complete finish, he believes. ?.Ir. Villiers arrived from California, where he ha3 been lecturing, follow ing a world tour through Africa, China and Japan. He goes direct to Brit ish Columbia, probably today. Mr. Villiers travels with the tradi tional impedimenta of the war corre spondent. He came with quantities of bags, coats, hats, cane, wrist watch and full equipment. He was met at the train by officers of the British Red Cross and taken to the Benson Hotel. jt - -' . - - -.-:.: . ;..-'.' s i ' ' . 1 ' " t - " . ' - O ' J . 4 ' 4 f A ! 1 1 ' f '-""if -M: I - a f I - , , . f ' 4 e- i - FREDERIC VILLIERS. THIRD OREGON LEAVES SOON FOR CAMP AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. Major Moshberger's Second Battalion Will Reach Southern Training Camp in Time to Select Camp Site and Make Other Arrangements. GRAND OFFICERS REPORT NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT PER FORM ROUTIXB WORK. Change In Lodge Constitution Recom mended by Guardian Highway Trip Today's Programme. Reports by grand officers and tho referring of resolutions to committees was the routine yesterday at the busi nss session of the Neighbors of Wood craft. The grand guardian's report was read by Mrs. C. C. Van Orsdall, who recommended amendments to the constitution of the order. The report of the board of grand managers wos read by Mrs. Anna P. Hawkins. The members of the boarq of managers include Mrs. Cora Wilson, Mrs, Kate Edwards, Mrs. Anna S. Mar dall, Mrs. Mary E. Baer and Mrs. J. Hunt. The report of the grand physician was read by William Coykendall, of Eugene. Last night a symposium of ritJalls tiu.work was given by the grand of ficers at the Neighbors of Woodcraft headquarters. Tenth and Taylor streets. Tonight there will be fancy drill team work by teams from Los Angeles, Oak land and San Francisco . at the Ma eonlc Temple. Today the delegates will be taken over the Columbia Highway to MulU nomah Falls, where lunch will be served. Mrs. Ellen Lynch Passes. Mrs. Ellen Lynch. 75. for the past 3 2 years an inmate of the Old People's Home, died Tuesday. Mrs. Lynch was a widow. She leaves no relatives what ever. Mr. and Mrs. Lynch were promi nent in Salem in years past and will be remembered by the older generation of that city. Head The Oregonian classified ads. Br WILL G. MAC RAE. WITH THE THIRD (BEAVER) REGIMENT, OREGON INFAN TRY. Kept. 12. (Special.) Soon it will be the momentous hours" Xor the Third Oregon. If reports are true, that hours is 12 or 14 days away. Not the entire Beaver regiment will leave when this order comes. That part of the regiment which is doing guard duty will remain within the boundaries of the state. The rest of the organization will be on trains going to finish its intensive course of soldier training, which is to be given American soldiers before they are sent overseas. The past month has been one of heart throbbing for parents) of the men who have been playing an active part in the war drama of the United States. Portland and Oregon is not the only town or state, which is send ing mothers, wives and relatives away from trains, with eyelids red and faces swollen because of much weeping. What is going on here, and has been going on for the past month, is Nation wide. How soon these scattered units of the Third Oregon are to be called in has not as yet been dfinitely set tled, but from all indications the movement for the gathering of these companies will be within a short time. Without doubt had the railroads been able to handle without sacrifice to other things that must be transported, the Beaver regiment would have moved away on the original date. It was not because the Third was not ready, nor altogether because of the trouble the I. W. W. have tried to make and failed. It may so happen, for many things can happen in 13 days, that those com panies doing guard duty will be re lieved, and when the movement to the training camp starts the regiment may eo to its destination intact. Nothing could happen to please Colonel' John L. May better than to have his regiment together. Major Moshberger's command, the Second Battalion, will play the part of the advance guard and. will reach Camp Green in time to select a camp site and to make other arrangements for the arrival of the Third Oregon. There is going to be a general breaking of the military family, which, since it began, has been one that has cemented many warm friendships. The first to feel the call was Colonel Ver non Caldwell, Forty-fourth Infantry. He was camp commander and was or dered back to assume command of his regiment. Next it was Lieutenant Joseph M. Moss, the examining physi cian. He was ordered to Linda Vista. Yesterday Major Isaac Newell, Four teenth Infantry, who succeeded Colonel Caldwell as camp commander, was or dered to return to Vancouver Bar racks. Now that Lieutenant Jos-eph M. Wackrow, Troop A. has been relieved as assistant quartermaster and accom panied the Oregon Field Artillery to Camp Green, Captain Bramstedt. the camp quartermaster, will have this camp all to himself when the last of the Oregon soldiers go away. If Major Arthur Edwards. TJ. S. Army paymaster, runs to schedule tomorrow will be payday for the Third Oregon. Before Batteries A and B began loading their equipment on the train Lieutenant Moss did a little farewelling of his own. He called together his "pill battery" and, right after breakfast, he passed the word for both organizations to appear at his headquarters and take their last "shot in the arm." The men, now they have been "shot" three times, did not take the proceedings nearly as seriously as one member of the pill battery squad - that, came over from ancouver to assist L.ieuienani moss did. It was better than a side show to observe one regular assigned to the duty of inspecting- vaccination results and where the last nypo naa leri its puncture. He was new on the job. It was the National Guard that was being inspected and he was a regular. He wished to impress this fact home. He began at once to show his authority that is, he did until ho butted into a battery officer. One word and the "reg" flatted out like a flounder. Dur ing the rest of the inspection be was a tame rabbit. Every afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock, all tyt the officers report at Lieutenant - Colonel Abrams' tent. equipped with belt, bayonet and rifle. and during that period they put in an hour of hard work at bayonet exer cise. Not only that, but they all go back to first principles and march to where the dummy sacks are. in squads. The first time the school was held, it was easy to see that while the officers could give the commands of the manual of arms and marching orders, some of them had grown rather rusty in handling the "fowling" piece. Company T, Captain H. O. Hulse commanding. had the unusual and signal honor of having four orderlies selected from its organization. The honor of being selected as orderly is much sought after by the men. They are chosen on soldierly appearance and cleanliness. After being on the job of being orderly, a 21-hour pass is the reward. All the letter companies enter into the contest and each after noon the men are lined up and the the selection made. Friday the honor fell to Company D, for not only having the snappiest men up for the contest, but that of having all four men chosen from one company. They were Privates Collins, llclntee, Sabas ton and McCormick. . m The five- recruits reporting from Vancouver Barracks to headquarters and assigned were Darrell E. Ellis. Company K; Martin L. Kiramel and Edgar Nuttell, Battery A; Melvin D. Pennoyer, Troop D; Gill W. Powell and Thomas W. Weeks, Company K. Lieutenant Joseph M. Moss, IT. S. A., chief medical examiner, who has ex amined tho squadron, the batteries and the recruits that have arrived at camp since August 25, has 'received orders directing him to report at the Base Hospital at Lina Vista, ,Cal. Lieutenant Moss has made many friends among the officers of the Third, and they regret his leaving. Saturday is the busiest day In the week for the Jitneys that ply between Portland and camp. After the regular weekly inspection, all those who have been fortunate enough to draw passes first make a forward rush upon Cap tain William R. Logus, the camp Adju tant, where all passes are counter signed, halt once at the gate to check out and then make a wild scramble for the waiting jitneys. The weekly returns for the week ending Friday show the total enlisted strength of the Third Oregon to be 1935 men. Recruit3 are coming in every day, but there is room for more, so get busy, boys, and Join the home organization. For the first time since the Third Oregon has been in the service, the Red Cross Society in Portland has first hand knowledge that there is such a body of soldiers as the Third Regiment, Oregon Infantry, on earth. Two of the women officials of the Portland Red Cross, Mrs. Edmonds, superintendent of family supply, and Mrs. Davis, chair man of family relief visited camp Friday and had a long talk with Major Marcellua and the needs of the regi mental hospital were clearly set before them. It so happened that their visit was so timed that it found the regi mental hospital, for the first time sinoe the regiment was called into the serv ice, without patients. The hospital, like the lck call, if the men are able to walk, dwindles to nothing by the end of the week. After Major Mar cellua had fully explained to the women visitors, they were escorted through part of the camp by the chap lain. The mud made walking rather a hazard, but ene visitor, more daring than the other, visited twe of the mesa klpi?Ti-i. ' AIRMEN COLLIDE; 2 DIE ARMY STUDENT FLYERS MEET 500 FEET IX AIR. Men Flying at "Blind Angle." Neither Being Able to See Other Be cause of Positions. SAN DIEGO, CaL. Sept. 12. Collid ing 500 feet above the ground while flying in practice flights, First-Class Privates Edward M. Walsh, Jr., of Oakland, Cat., and Theodore B. Lyman, of St. Helena, Cal., fell to their deaths today at the North Island Army Avia tion Field. Both Walsh and Lyman were student aviators and attached to the reserve signal corps of the United States Army. According to the official announce ment of the accident made by Colonel Dade, commanding officer at North Island, Walsh and Lyman collided in mid-air while flying at a "blind an gle." Because of the positions of their planes at the time of the accident, it is said that neither was able to see the other. Officers at the island ex pressed the belief that both men met their death in the air as a result of the collision and that both were dead before striking the ground. OAKLAND. Cal., Sept. 12. Edward M. Walsh. Jr., killed at North Island this morning, was a son of Edward M. Walsh, Sr., a local attorney. According to members of the family, the father and mother of the boy had been visit ing him and left San Diego this morn Ins in an automobile for Oakland. SPOUSE HELD GAMBLER Anna Brown Seeks Divorce From H. Broun, Also for Desertion. OREGON CITY. Or., Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) Anna Brown is suing Henry Brown, whom she married in Portland in October, 1904, for divorce because she says that he drank, gambled and shook dice. In addition to this he de serted her and made her work on a sugar beet farm at Silt. Colo., in 1908. she avers. Mrs. Brown asks for the custody of their four children, $60 at torney's fees and $35 r month alimony. Decrees were granted today by Cir cuit Judge Campbell to E. A. Drake from Frank Drake, desertion; Harvey Burrow from Nanie Burrow, desertion; August Fisher from Florence Fisher, and the custody of two children, be cause his wife nagged at him; Minnie M. from John Sheff, whom she married in Mansfield. 111., In November, 1901, on grounds- of desertion. LOST PAIR'S BOAT FOUND Dcatli of Dallas Couple at Sea Off Slauzanita Indicated. TILLAMOOK-. Or.. Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) Artcr comparing telephone re ports, it has been proved that the boat in which E. R. Viera and Mrs. W. A. 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Cool, for six years cashier of the Drain State Bank, met death early yesterday through the accidental discharge of a revolver. There were no" eye-witnesses to Mr. Cool's dea.th. Witnesses scouted the suicide theory. They witnesses that he had been in ill health, but they said his condition was not serious. Mr. Cool's body was found lying In the bathroom of his parents' home, with a revolver nearby. Measurements showed that he would necessarily have been in a kneeling position had he pur posely shot himself. DITCH COMPANY APPEALS Commission's Right to Fix Irriga tion Rates Denied. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 12. (Special.) Notice of appeal was filed on the Public Service Commission today by the Lusc Land & Development Com pany from the decision of the commis sion in fixing tho irrigation water rates on the Kutherlin Irrigation project. Ap peal is taken to the United States Dis trict Court at Portland. The company contends the commission has not Jurisdiction. 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Fifty young: men are wanted to take a short course In intensified training In Government accounting by the ordnance department of the United States Army. General Crozler. chief of the depart ment, has notified the University of Oregon that this number will be counted upon from Oregon. Tho university has arranged to give tho special training required, and C. C. Jeremiah, who has been detailed by tho War Department to givo the In struction, Is now on his way to Eugene from Washington. Men of college training or men of sufficient actual business experience to enable them to grasp the subject and be relied upon after completing the course are wanted. Young men of draft age who are fitted for this service can take the course, and if it is completed satisfactorily, be assigned at once to active duty in the ordnance department. Enlistment Is required at the end of tho course. The wlrk in the ordnance department consists of buying, handling and ac counting for the munitions and military equipment of the Army. Chances of rapid promotion are held out to able young men. Details can be had from the school of commerce, University of Oregon. Albany Loses O. A. C. Graduate. ALBANY. Or.. Sept. 1 2. .(Special.) Professur W. K. Wood, for tho past hrc years instructor in mathematics In the Albany High School and who had liocn r?-electd for another year's work, has resigned his position and left today for Ogden, Utah, to become a member of the faculty In tha high school thPie. Ha will have charge of military training lu his new position. Professor Wood is a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural College. and while thero served as a captain lit the cadet resrimcnt. PEACE PACT CONFIRMED KOTICES OP TOSO WAITS ED POSTED IX PORTLAND. Leaders of Chinese Colony Here Be lieve Hntcliet Will Remain Buried for Many "Yeara. Portland Chinese were jubilant laEt night when notices of the permanent peace pact were posted In conspicuous sections of the Chinese section. Large lpttered cards were posted both in old Chinatown and new Chinatown inform ing all Celestials that peace bad been declared among the warring1 tongs. This, according to leading members of rival tongs, was the final step In the peace plans which had been in progress for several weeks. Officers of the several tongs signed a ratifica tion of tha peace pact effected last week at San Francisco. It is believed here that the pact will stand several years. FLAG SONG 103 YEARS OLD Elks to Celebrate Anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Today la the-103d anniversary of the composition 'by Francis Scott Key of the words to the immortal anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," and the occasion will be fittingly celebrated by the Portland lodge ef Elks at 9:15 this evening. 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