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7 THE OKEGOXIAX, SAT tTRD AT. 3IAT 18, 1918 U. S. F.1AI1 POWER FELT IH FLANDERS American Troops Now Face Germans; Response to Allies Prompt. FINAL TRAINING STARTS Sank.ee Forces Brigaded With Brit ish Divisions in Keserve and W ill See Immediate SerTice II Emergency Arises. WASHINGTON, May 17. Evidence ot the success of emergency measures to bring American man power to the aid cf the French and British armies in re pelling the German drive came today with the announcement that American troops had reached Flanders and gone Into training behind the British lines there. Official reports were lacking: tonifrht, but Secretary Baker and Army officials accepted press advices that the first contingent of the forces to be brigaded for training and operations with the British army had arrived. Troop-Movements Speeded. Soldiers from General Pershing's army have been in line with the French and British in front of Amiens for some time but the decision to send. additional forces from this country di rect to the British army was made after the great German drive launched March 21 was well under way. Less than two months has been re quired to get the first of these troops across the sea and into position. Nothing is available at the War De partment to Indicate the identity or number of the men in Flanders. It is probable, however, that the National Army regiment reviewed recently in London by King George is included. The infantry and machine gun units of the division to which ihkt regiment was attached probably constitute this first American force to appear in the Flanders theater. Amy Emergency Will Be Met. The men, it is noted, are described a being "in training" in the British zones. That is taken here to mean that they are being brigaded with Brit ish divisions in' reserve and will get their final seasoning quickly through this close association with the vet erans of Sir Douglas Haig's army. Unless a great emergency arises when the German assault 1. renewed, it,' is not regarded as probable that the American battalions will be employed on the front line for some time. The immediate result of greatest Im portance probably is that the battalions of British troops displaced in these divisions by the Americans will be available to fill up other British di visions to full strength, or for the or ganization of new British divisions, as General liaig deems best. Training to Be Limited. To that ertent the Americans are now acting as reinforcements for the British lines. It is anticipated that a limited amount' of additional training under existing conditions will round them Into shape for any wtIc that may be assigned .to them eater. If the course of the German offensive permits, the same practice followed in training General Pershing's original forces probably will be carried out in Flanders. In that case, the divisions with which American unit have been brigaded will be given front-line duty in quiet sec tors for a time until the Americans are seasoned to trench warfare. Thereafter the divisions undoubtedly will be used wherever the course of battle takes them. Yankees Part f British Army. The Americans are a part of the British army until it shall seem wise to withdraw them for service directly under General Pershing. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT IN FRANCE. May 17. (By the Associated Press.) Troops of the new American Army have arrived within the sone of the British forces in Northern France and are completing their training In the area occupied by the troops which are blocking the path of the Germans to the Channel ports. Their, commander has already com manded American forces in the trenches on me French front. British Greeting Cordial. - The British say the Americans ars Of the finest material. British troops greeted the Americans not only as comrades in arms, but as warm friends. On arriving within the British tone, they were cheered lus tily by the sons of Britain, many of whom bore unmistakable signs of bat tle. They had not seen the Americans before, but they knew they were coming- The last stages of their training be fore entering the line were begun al most as soon as they reached their destinations. From that point they could hear the rumble of the not-distant guns. PARIS, May 17. Announcement was made here today that American troops have arrived In Northern France, in the zone occupied by British forces. , The announcement concludes with the statement that the relations be tween the British and American offi cers and soldiers are extremely cordial. PORTLAND MAN HONORED AVIATfOS FIELD IX TEXAS NAMED AFTER ROBERT J. BARRON. r p? : . : item? iikw z 11 g4dnTMon JKt-L-illiiil Pill . 1 . 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Parents of Hers Who Gave Life to Sare Tire Aviators Are Advised of Government's Action. In tribute to the memory of Robert J. Barron, son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Barron, of Portland.- who lost his life while trying to rescue two asso ciate cadet aviators from peril, the name of Everman aviation field at Fort Worth. Tex., has been changed to Bar ron field. A telegram from the chief of the Army Air mvision to Mr. Barron conveys this Intelligence. At the same time it was announced that similar honor is being paid to the name of Lieutenant W. iv. Carruthers, long stationed with a regular Army unit at Vancouver Barracks. Benbrook field, at San Diego, Cal.. is henceforth to be known as Carruthers field. Robert .J- Barron was stationed at tsslngtou. Pa., last August. When two of his associates bad trouble with their airplane and dropped into the Delaware River Mr. Barron started to swim to their rescue. He sank to his death Just before reaching the floating plane. The young man had lived all his life In Portland and the body was brought here for interment. The parents re ceived letters of sympathy from Presi dent Wilson, Secretary of War Baker and other prominent Uovernxuent and suite' officials. KAISER CHEERS UP Ruler Visits Army Cemetery and Expresses Optimism. FUTURE TASKS INDICATED Progressive Iicader In Wurttemberg Diet Declares Fifth Winter of IVar Xow Seems Inevitable. AMSTERDAM. May 17. "I have rock like confidence that my people will be equal to the ereat tasks of the future. the Colos-ne Volks Zeitune quotes Em peror William saying when inspecting the graves 01 soiaier ausm mo icwui visit to Aix-la-Chapelle. "The soldier who has struggled through the iron time of the world war will be a teacher and leader of the growing youths at home in building up and consolidating the re-born empire." "War's bloodv sword will be re formed into Dloughshares in the work of peace and civilization, and in the new imperial forge we must, as united neonles of brothers, show ourselves worthv .f comrades In eternity.'" The Emperor further is reported as saying: "Truly It was not my will that the war has come. , LONDON. May 17. Professor Charles Scott Sperrington, of Oxford, has sent the Times a memorandum of a con versation he had at Heidelberg In. Au gust. ' 907, with Professor Ernest Troeltsch. of the Theological faculty of Heidelberg University. The Times points out that this shows that there Is not the smallest chance of such Germans as Professor Troeltsch being affected by tne ucnnowsKjr memorandum revealing Germany's responsibility for starting the war. England's Position Envied. In his conversation as set forth In the Oxford professor's notes. Professor Troeltsch said that war between Ger many and England was a necessity because England bad so much that it was absolutely necessary for Germany to possess In order to play her role as a world state. Professor Troeltsch. when asked what possession Germany desired, replied: "Ports, colonies in many parts of the world; Australia, South Africa. Hong kong, India." BERNE, Switzerland. May 17, via British Admiralty per Wireless Press In a speech before the Wurttemberg Diet, Herr Hausmann, one of the lead ers of the Progressive party, said that a fifth Winter of war was now in evitable. Germans must make up their minds to face disappointment, be said, instead of obtaining the victory hoped for dur ing the Summer. LONDON. May 17. The German com mission appointed to examine the de cline in the birth rate in Germany has renorted a recommendation for the compulsory marriage- of Germans be fore their ZOth year is passed, accora ing to a dispatch to the Daily Express, from Amsterdam. Suitable Penalties Proposed1. Final assistance would be granted by the state, according to this plan, which provides penalties for those failing to comply. Provision also if made for the punishment of married couples who re main childless. A report from German sources shows a fall in the birth rate in Germany dur ing 1915-17 equivalent to the loss of 2.000,000 infants. Forty per cent fewer births occurred in 191 than In 1S13 These figures are compared with a de crease of 10 per cent in the birth rate in England and Wales. The infantile death rata in Germany has been kept well down, 'but reports show it is 50 per cent higher .than in England ana waies. BIG LINER AGROUND Highland Scot Meets Disaster Off Brazil Coast. steamer Clan Mackay was sunk in collision on May 11, according to a tele gram from Gibraltar received by Lloyd's. The crew was saved. The steamer Clan Mackay was 410 feet long and measured 6580 tons. She was built in Newcastle in 1916 and w the second largest of the more than two score boats owned by Cayxer, Ir vine St Co., of Glasgow. ALL PASSENGERS SAVED LEGAL FEES TOTAL $27,0001 Tacoma Lawyer Gets Good Haul in Condemnation Suits. TACOMA. Wash.. May 17. (Special.) Special Attorney J. T. S. Lyle. in charge of the counij s Army post con demnation suit, has been awarded a fee of $27,000 for his legal services for the first year of the work. This does not include the $6500 fee stipulated In the first contract. December 6, 1918. for handling the $2,000,000 bond issue election matters. The county has so far expended about $1,250,000 of the $3,000,000 and has ac quired a little more than half of the 70,000 acres required by the Army offi cials for the reservation. Valuable Cargo Is Total Los Ten Perish Wlie-n French Steam ship Atlantique Is Torpedoed. BUENOS AIRES. May 16. The Nel- .r, linrr Highland Scot Is aground on the Braxillan coast, 60 miles north of Rio Janeiro, and is considered to.be a total loss. The entire valuable cargo is now believed to be ruined. The pas n0-r were saved. The Highland1 Scot left Buenos Aires April 29 and went aground May S, but the censor would not auow ner jjobiuuu tn h mnrie known until today. The Highland Scot was a steel screw steamer of T60t gross tonnage. PARIS, May 17. Ten passengers, one European and nine Arabs, were killed when the French tteamer Atlantique was torpedoed in the Mediterranean early this month. The steamship man ?ed to reach a port by her own steam It is announced. one measures n tons. WASHINGTON. May 17. Vice Ad miral Sims cabled the Navy Depart ment today that the American steamer Neches, previously reported torpedoed has been sunk in the English Channel by a collision with a small steamer. No lives were lost. LONDON. May 17. The British Fred Goodcell, president of the news papermen s ot Mn r rantmcu anu news editor of the Bulletin for the last four years, resigned both positions to day to bcome managing editor of the recently merged Telegram and Herald Republican, of Salt Lake City. He will depart next week to assume his new duties. Goodcell succeeded Frank R. Havenner. now secretary to Senator Hiram Johnson, as president of the Saa Francisco Newspapermen's Club. Un der his direction the organization, com posed exclusively of active and former newspapermen, has gone ahead steadily until its membership includes a big majority of the newspapermen in tne Bay cities. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. GOODCELL TO TAKE CHARGE San Franciscan Will Be Managing Editor of Salt Lake Paper. PAN FRANCISCO. May 17. fPpecial.) Your Best Asset A Skin Cleared By CuticuraSoap AD tar Kama 28. Oliitmnt S1H, Ttan S n fra of omwnr. a. w PEOPLES Last Day BILLIE BURKE j V T.ETSET A V DIVORCE Tomorrow : Elsie Ferguson in "The Sons: of Songs" TRAIN TIME CHANGES between PORTLAND, RAINIER. ASTORIA, FORT STEVENS AND CLATSOP BEACH POINTS and points on United Rys. Changes in passenger schedules will be made on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway on Sunday, May 19, 1918, some trains being run EARLIER, and the traveling public should be governed accordingly: Westbound Portland-Rainier local will leave Portland 12:23 P. M., instead of 12:35, as now, and be ten minutes later at Rainier, St, Uelens and intermediate points. United Rys. No. 1 will leave Linnton at 8:5S instead of 9:10 A- M, arrive Wilkesboro 9:58 instead of 10:10 A. M. No. 3 will leave Linnton 12:52 instead of 1:00 P. M., arrive Wilkesboro 1:52 instead of 2:00 and corresponding earlier time at intermediate points. Other changes will be made irr local trains between Astoria, Fort Stevens and Seaside. See time cards. Eastbound Rainier-Portland local will leave Rainier 2:50 P. M-, instead of 3:00, arrive Portland 4:50 instead of 5:00. This train will be about TEN MINUTES EARLIER at all points. Clatsop Beach Astoria Express and Portland Limited, to Portland will leave Astoria and Beach points, respectively, later than at present. United Railways No. 2 will be from five to seven minutes earlier than at present at intermediate points, and No. 6 twenty minutes EARLIER. No. 80, new daily train, leave Seaside 6:15 A. arrive War renton 6:50 A. M., Fort Stevens 7:10 A. M, leave Fort Stevens 7:15, Warren ton 7:35, arrive Astoria 7:55. -This train, instead of No. 22, will stop at Port Dock, Astoria, to discharge passengers. Revised time schedules distributed Saturday. R. H. CROZIER, Asst. Gen. Tass. Agent. 102.0