INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREOfrN
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Yankees Build Great
PARROT TALKED TCO MUCH
California Hunters Use Their Shotguns
on Bird That Spoke German.
HUNS HELD THIS CHURCH FOUR YEARS
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iMlcrior (if n smnll clun-cli in liortnininix which was usil by lhu Gci-mnna
to billet troops, now restored to allies, showing Etrawn-strcwu pews which
were occupied by the Germans for font years.
Oakland, Oh l'lnto, a much irsivol
tnl parrot bolotiKlniS to Mrs. J. H. liilt'l
bone, Tunnel road, lias dunked M
vocabulary. He laiulctl two men In
jail niul lost his tail feathers, all be
cause he insisted on spoil Ulns (ionium.
Poniliiico r.arerane, lt:illaii, nml
Mathew th-asseponle, French, were
hunting near the Itiithhoin- n-sldence.
Suddenly they hoard a stream of dis
loyal German, such as "Hoch!"
"Hans!" nnd "Oott hilt uns!" IssuliiK
from n bush. Carcnme ami lirasse
ponle looked at each other. Then by n
eoniiiion Impulse they clutched their
diotKiins and advanced on l'lnto.
There was n roar of artillery. I'luto
jind his tall feathers parted company.
A game warden. J. I.. Foiiulock, who
was In the vicinity, rushed to the
I spot, lie found two tndi.mu'.nt iiiiuhm.
la denuded parrot babblinj; Gorman imd
j snine tamo pheasants. The hunters
I said they were after l'lnto, hut the
I warden iooked askance at the pheas
ants mid brought the men U iho city.
The parrot, according to Mrs. ltath
lione, was the jrift of a German sea
captain fil l learned the lan.mi.-ip1 while
on n salllnj,' vessel.
Mil
It HaS Become Largest and Most
Modern of Debarkation
Points.
HEADQUARTERS OF PRINCE MAX
Every Facility Is Provided for Car
ing for Camp of 40,000 Men of
Whom Large Proportion Are
Wounded or Sick Men
Will Be ' Fed and
Housed.
PLAN TO MAKE
OIL FROM SHALE
N'YAWK WOULD BE STYLE HUB
Waist Makers Plan to Have Gotham
Supersede Paris as Fashion s
Center.
New York. I'lans for ninkins New
York and not Paris the style center of
Great IndLIStrV MaV Be Bom aS ia 1,eavjr' tlllck, dark oil, resembling in; the world for women's cIotliiiiR were
1 " J many ways the petroleum known us ; outlined here at the annual meeting of
ReSUit Of Experiments fuel oil; and it may he used us such. the United Waist League of America,
Reinn luj-a Thesp crude oils vary, as may be sup-1 attended by delog-itos from all parts
Deilig IVldUU posed, according "to the shales from ' of the country.
j which they nre produced. They smell Samuel A. Lerner, president of the
more like asphalt than petroleum. j organization, predi -ted that the move
An Immense amount of gas is liber-j mont would have the support, not only
nted by the distillation. Some enthusi- j 0f tjie W!,ist manufacturers, but of the
asts believe this gas will be a sullicient j (iross manufacturers, milliners and
fuel supply for the retort furnaces, but i 0(lpr producers of woman's wear,
in this the chemists do not agree. The : rrcs,H.nt Lerner nnnmiuced that the
Idea savors too much of perpetual mo-1 pt.nnsvlvanla Kailroad coinnaiiv had
tion. Important by-products are paraf-, offore(1 a site for a .-?t!,O00.OiH) huildim;
fin nnd ammonium sulphate. It is also j whlch lt Is lirol,OS(Hl , build In this
considered probable some form of com- j ct f housp , Nvaist mam,fa(.,llr.
merclal fertilizer will be obtained. , , Xl,w YurK,
Several bona fide experivoental shale i
DEPOSITS IN THREE STATES
Decrease of Supply of Petroleum and
Products and Ever Increasing
Demand Makes Substitution
Necessary for Years.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Oil shale
must be looked to, probably for years
to come, to supply increasing demands
for and lessened supply of petroleum
and its products. Salt Lake City seems
to be the natural center for experi
mentation and exploitation of an In
structed in the three states mentioned. HUNS POLISH YANKS' SHOES
Chemists of the bureau of mines
are agreed that the greatest hindrance Yankee Signal Corps Officer Says
that could occur to the legitimate de-
dustry which is not yet born "in this j velopment of a shnle oil industry in the
country, although manufacture of oil
from shale has been conducted on n
Americans Are Curiosity to
Germans.
United States would bejiny extensive
"wildeatting"; that is, selling of stock I Philadelphia. The Germans nre
in Imaginative shale oil plants, or ; now polishing the shoes of the Amerl
even in plants to he erected by unin-! cnns who formerlv did that thoni
formed persons nnd which may be I solves, says a letter from Lieut. Frank
held out to be practical commercial j u rih-the to ids father,
ventures. A shale oil plant is an ex-j Describing the march into Germanv,
periment in this country at the present ; he 8ai,i: "ye nre so,.t of a curiosity
time, nothing more. j tQ the lnnnbitants, nn(1 th(.y ll!lve mw.'u
In order to encourage legitimate nnd !w f,nt ,VP wui i(,nvP ,iu,m tfl tilp
eral different geological formations ! pr"ct!cnl experimentation, an effort j nlPrcy of the Fren,.h and English."
ue UJiluu l" J,,uule foosress to The lieutenant has been overseas for
make an appropriation to assist re- L vear with thp Foul. Hundred and
sponsible companies Fifth telegraph battalion and was
Let the fact be clearly stated that , sli ht1y gasS0(1 Hnre.
manufacture of oil from shale must i
commercial basis in Scotland for 00
years.
In Colorado, Utah and Nevada, east,
west and south of Salt Lake City, are
shale deposits of unknown magnitude,
and of richness surpassing that of
shales known elsewhere. Oil shale Is
a common and general term for sev
different in appearance and in gum
content.
Without attempting any elaborate j
description, it will be sufficient to say j
that the Colorado deposit Is found In I
dense masses of black rock, often with j
a considerable fossil content. Some I
southern Utah shale appears In broad
strata two or throe Inches thick, light
gray in color, nnd may be extracted
and handled like great planks, while
the Nevada deposit (pronounced rich
est of all) appears in sheets rarely
more than half an inch thick, of fine,
even texture resembling an oil stone
nnd dark brown in color. It is readily
broken, even with the fingers.
Different Productive Methods.
Chemists say different methods of
reduction will be necessary in the
utilization of these various forms of
gum-containing rock. A greater part
of all experimentation by competent
persons in the United States has oc
curred In the chemical laboratory of
the University of Utah, in Salt Lake
City. Here Dr. W: D. Bonner, consult- j
inu chemist to the bureau of mines i
department o? the interior, in charge
of laboratory Investigation, is the au
thority. Dr. Quinn is his assistant.
A fact which has been widely herald
ed, but which is pronounced of no im
portance by the chemists, is that a
small shale reduction pliant was built
at the university about a year ago. It
is not used now, nor did its use ever
have any special significance. To be
even more plain, the fact of this small
retort having been built at the univer
sity was seized upon by some pro
moters of "shale oil" companies nnd
considerable advertising matter has
been circulated regarding an "indus
try" which does not exls-t.
The proper method of reduction (de
structive distillation is the chemical
term) of oil shales of the United
States hns not been determined. He-
fining of the resultant crudes has not '
been satisfactorily accomplished. !
Chemists anticipate no difficulty in i
perfecting these processes but it has
not yet been done.
' The product of oil shale after "de- j
structlve distillation" and retorting Is J
be, so far as is now known, one of the
greatest industries in years to come.
Plants which are understood to he ex
perimental are perfectly legitimate
now. They are good businesses. Hut
evidences of wildeatting nre abundant,
and they will tend to discredit the en
tire business and cause It to her looked
upon for a long time, perhaps, as a
gamble, just as wildcat mines and oil
wells have caused many people with
money to invest to view nlf such
propositions with suspicion.
PLANNING FOR WAR HISTORY
Kills Big Bald Eagle.
Independence, Mo. A bald engle,
rnree reet irom the heak to the tip of France and Belgium for the same pur
his tail, was killed near hero. j pose.
American Officers Sent to Italy to
Study Regions in Which Battles
Were Fought.
Paris, France To insure the writing
of an accurate history of the war a
score of officers under orders to re
turn to America have been detained
and sent to Italy to make a study of re
gions over which the Italian and Aus
trian campaigns were fought. A large
number of officers are now engaged in
studying the devastated re-ions of
Brest. France-Brest, the ancient
town of Flnlsterre that Juts out Into
the Ailitmio ocean, Is destined to live
long In the memory of the American
soldiers that came to save the allied
milieus Horn the iron heel of tier
maiiy. From lis ancient rampart.- the
people of Fiance III see the last of
the stalwart doughboys that traversed
the Atlantic ocean to aid them iu
suppressing the expansion of 'ieutonlo
autocracy, writes l.otiis Seibold, New
York World correspondent.
During the next eight or nine
months more than 1,(khi.oi)0 of the
2,lHi(l,000 fighting men that were Mnt
by the United States to vindicate the
principles of democracy will find their
way through Brest back to their
homes. Consequently, the Brest that
knew the legions of Caesar mid the
deeds of the Phoenicians will always
figure prominently In the historic nar
ratives of ilie soldiers who will em
bark to recount tlielr deeds on Ku
ri.pean soil.
City Not Much to Look At.
Brest is not very much to look lit.
The most striking thing about it Is
Its mud. It is a sort of mini that
sticks to one's memory as well as to
one's clothes.
There is no olhw mud in the world
like that of lirest. It Is always pres
ent, for, with the exception of a very
few days during the jear, the low
ering suies ot Monk 1- misteiTc are
momenta rily freshening up, because It
always seems to rain In FiniMorro.
At first it is disagreeable, tills mud
of Brest, but. like other things In life,
familiarity breeds contempt for It and
inures one to the disadvantages of
always having it about one's person,
One of the bravest spectacles to be
witnessed, with the mist that nearly
always conceals the sun and fertil
izes the mud, Is that provided by the
American girls, who now number sev
eral thousand, that have come over
seas to ndminlfrter to the wants of
the American boys who have come to
fight for America's principles. Some
of these girls, gently reared and more
accustomed to luxuries than to pri
vation, have become so accustomed to
the mini that it is difficult to dis
sociate them from memory of p.
Recalls the Golden Gate.
Brest is a natural port. This Is
tne precise term employed bv
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Prince .Ma, who wn" in cli.ii;e or ln teiniii tloopK i 1 1 7 i
Argiiiine forest, had hU beudiimi t t-t .t In thin buOiubproiC hbelu i prutt
by walls of cement.
the harbor to be of coiuniandlinf luv not pariicninriy nnraetivf.
portiincc, decided to establish the etiH fnccH lire not lacking In minim,.,
barknlloii ami rest camps outside or
the town.
They worked wonders In doing mi,
ami despite the manifest discomforts
of daily rains mid perpetual mud
tliey have In Poiintanezeii provided n
lialt'-w ny station between the baltlu
front ami home which Is second to
none in the ' world. Pouiitniiczcn Is
about seven or eight miles outside of
the town itself. Its present capacity
Is about Hl.uoo. Within three month
it will have been expanded to take
care or l.u.ooo.
'J'lu- embarkation hospital nt Kit-
lillon,
I'lnKulcnt heimfv nlftti.oifl, 1I...U1. A
d" ""'if iu;ri
ami feet lire not the Hurt lli.it n. f
Iho fo u'ptor or painter to repiy,
them In mud, marble or 011 niiivi.
The military police keep g i:r.
hhnrj v oij th men In Jmkl, tJ
Ilie penalties for Infract ions uf
law are pretty Hi-vcre.
The doughboy llliiko light of
mud, "tholr wvll mIhmI feet mpin
It, and their coinfortnble eloth,. ,
slst the peiietrutloii ,f (he mint t1
flouts over rind nroiiml the FlnisSt!
penliisiibi. Tbore Ih little or Ua if
comfort from cold. Iiei iiasit u-!
separated only a few himdred 1 lmuh mU. MolU m(i N(.w T.:
yards from Poiuitaiiezeii,
lililtely have 11
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llresf i-jit4-heM flu eliKlil-ti , fi I t,f
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imiiiij i-m .v,, 1 ( f ul renin nml lint (eiimr.,'i
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l,mni I.IXI'S. 11 lilO MM tlUC I'M
randy falls below 33 mid numt 'h
qllently II net lillt I'M between Ij 6C1I
i li men lire- well fed nml !,;,-
between six ntoj seven thoiisiiiid. Both
plants are near completion. The plans
when finally worked o w ill provid I lily 1m(1ihii1 TIu, mothers of k,b
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liilhtury cstublixhnielit maintained by (uml, (, (l0.r,(r (U ,m(, or .J
Ilie United States oil l.uropenli soil. , , , J
it Is a gigantic task, this making 11
new city for the ciuje of both the sick
niul Well, hut it is one Unit the men
intrusted with the work believe they
can uccoaiplisli under the mojft tm
favornlile circumstances.
As it assumes the form of Its chief
Importance all ICiiropean roads will
lead to Brest.
To Keep the Well Diverted.
'Iho big thing, 11s the responsible
officials view lt, (H to provide the
healthy men with diversion lo keep
them not only out of mischief but In
of their daily life, but the liealib
ports of the tatiip furnish sulwtacia
proof that the precnutlons bikwi !;
the goveriniietit nre working mt u
more hitlsfactorlly thuii the wgis'.
Inspired by home iiillueiioc. .
The army run! tiuvy ollb lulu pr
wlih pride to the fact thnt In one ii
.11,000 Amerlcnri troojm ib biirked i
Hrest, mid lluit during tin- ro-xt i
8,000 were added to Iho total. 11
iiieiuis t.nt nn aggregation of DjtitL-.-j
men one-half the size, of tli' nml'
army of the United States four po
ago wiih dumped Into the mud q
r,il Ut.fl'itU ,t'l,M.l 11.. III..., Ik
portiith.,,. Men who have been living! ''' .nvoy of the most t
i next door to dentil and consiaiitly tin- ',l,vsn' '7 ,n"1 l
1 ,i 11... 11. ...I... main the Levlnthiin, Mount U-
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(he I mwiii,r nr.. ,,1 ,i.,i.,.,,i 1 1
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Is the purpose of the ollleinls respon-
rocked harbor, whose ,.i,i.. ., ' I ""u ,m" ''"'e 10 Keep ineni
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not llissiiuilai- ( those of Hip
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Coming in from the Atlantic t -mi ill i I'"'.".1 ni.ber uninteresting.
ports eastern bound enter ilie "rim- '
HEDJAZ WANTS A GREATER ARABIA
Enemy Keeps Skeleton
of Its Standing Army
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Coblen 7.. Informal ion reach
' lng tlie Americans Is to the ef
fect that every Infantry, artil
lery and cavalry regiment which
was part of the German stand
ing army in July, 1914, contin
ues In existence except some Alsace-Lorraine
regiments, which
were dissolved. . These regiments,
the reports agree, nre now mere
skeleton organizations, probably
only a few numbering more
than a thousand men each,
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TURKEY MrO''2 0
i mLo PERSIA
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ore
ooioeii uate nt .San i'rancisco. It Is
a valuable marine terminus, which
the French have used for nmny cen
turies in which to shelter from the
depredations of the hostile fleets that
preyed upon Its commerce.
There Is deep water through the
gate and in Ilie harbor Itself, which
spreads lanlike In an almost
Ington, President (!rant, GfOrp
Washington. President Lliiculn, Li
Fiance, I'nrls and t ho Lutctln,
Medical Regulation! Rigid.
The medical regulations (lint prevt
In the chief Anicrlcnn inllliiiry &
luirlinllon nort nre most rigid N,-
'occiijil.'il so that they will not miss
the liimult of war or brood too much
upon the "delay of gelling home.
I'p to date the chief occupation of Knhller Is permitted to enter or lei
the io.imM) men who are centered here , fhe-iiiiip without n thorough mbb.
has been confined to speculation as to ' nation nnd when he receives his tl
dales of departure and taking a close- j to go aboard Hhlp to ro home lie uiifc
up view of the few attractions' of
Brest.
.Some Idea of the native cnterlalti-
plete oval, confined by ramparts that ' """t ,s funilHhc1 0w t,irt "'"t
rise from 100 to .".Oo" feet along the 1 "ly 0no niovln" l'l''t'i'-e show
shore lines. ' ' , ln the town, Revere restrictions nre
The United Stales engineers and ' 1''"ml ",0n the v''",,m' lf '''
marine exports, after coinr.i.H,,,,. 'u, I olongliboys in the night life of the
the claims of the king of Iledjaz
lor the recogniiion of a greater Arabia
presents another batch of conflicting
interests for the consideration of the
peace congress.
Included In this proposed new state
1 is practically all of the peninsula of
Arabia. Linguistic and racial lines
form the basis for the Iledjaz claims,
nnd to Emir Fnysul, who was in Paris
representing ids father, the king of
Iledjnz, nil who speak Arabic uro
Arabs and should come under one gov
ernment. At present the Hodjiiz kingdom com
prises that portion of the eastern Red
sou nnorai irom the Sln.it peninsula
to south of Mecca. The king and emit
ciaim that parts :,r all of Palestine,
.-5jrm, Mesopotamia, and Arabia should
become united into one great Arab
speaking nation under the leadership
of Iledjuz.
The interior of the Arabian penin
sula Is for the most part a barren des
ert, but .here and there there are Inter
mittent streams of sufficient volume
to sustain the population. Since the
collapse of Turkey, England has taken
possession of the most important parts
of what Is geographically Arabia.
advantage of other harbors, decided
that Brest was best suited to 1he pur
pose of the western democracy asked
to transport its fighting men to assist
in the crushing of Germany. In nil
the population of the venerable
Breton bnvn Is about 75,000. The ne
cessities of war have doubled this,
and at intervals it becomes three
times as much. But the Influx of
population with the restless and im
patient Americans has cxcrclsoii nt.
tie Influence on the ancient burg. j
The city's hotel ficcommodalions'iirel
Just as primitive as. they were a cen
tury ago, with tin. exception that there
are now electric lights Instead of tnl- 1
low dips in one of the hostelrles nml '
on elevator which groans under the
weight of two persons.
Other than that things nre preltv
much ns they were before. Ancient
forms nnd customs prevail generally
to the inconvenience of the energetic
American nnrl iir,.i,i ,, .
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terial for moving picture artists The
water supply-the one paramount
pro dem to be solved by the American
engineers-Is obtained hv ,.,;"
undent burg, Tho girls of Brest are
he PHI per cent physically.
Arriving by train from Inter!',
points his clothing Is taken fmai k!s
nnd Is subjected to a proccs.1 11:
precludes tho possibility of lnfwtlm
or Insect life. He gets n compM'
now outf.t and irttiny other conven!
ences that were not possible Mi
ho was up near tho fight lug line.
FEW AMERICANS
IN PARIS PRISONS
Only 128 Held NOW, and These "vnnd the men nre chafing ntlln
I amolw W Minn. Inability to get home, It Is pr
-"H"' ""oi fl point In tho arinv's favor flint
Infractions.
MEN CHAFE UNDER DISCIPLINE
OieU l)V llllr.n.r,!
processes. There is no sewerage svs
Brest ns they have provided at Ilu.
revolutl' nMnnI1'1 nea'"ly preeIl),tute(1 a
Why Waste Useful Material?
A new sewerage system was nil
r g ht in its way, declared the leading
citizens of Brest, whose nnces,,,,.,
back to the time of ;:;,
but what was the Uoo, f v ... ' ;
Kood fertilizer iik;i, ;!,,! 1 1 , '
introduction of modern s.m, i-Tv ,1'
vices? A 11 -
Confronted wbh m,!s , hi,.,,, vv
they were not able to cnsw. r , ...
satisfaction of Bici. ,, A .,.,,..
-.glneers, holding the udvaiuages of
Almost All tho Prisoners Trace Their
Trouble to Being Absent Without
Leave Many of Them Have
Mighty Good War Records.
By FREDERICK A. SMITH.
(Chicago Tribune CorrcKpondent.)
Purls. The ancient Petit Itouuctto
prison, ln tho Itue Itoquelle, is n
gloomy shelter for the unconventional
casualties in the skirmishes between
the boys of our army and the temp
tations of Paris. The fact thnt 128
American soldiers are Incarcerated
there Is not such a shock to our faith
In the character of our soldiers when
it Is considered thnt this Is only n
1 my gicup our or the 2,000,000 fight
in nieii ho dime over.
The oiiiiiiii.ii of the Petit Ro
!"" i-' prose, lis that restless element
in 1 1 1 army v liicb, through the 'weak
ness nf ewosshc conviviality or a tint-ni-ol
Instinct Tor wrongdoing, hns
'in diel win, ,ii military police. In
mow of the fact that the fighting Is
few have fallen Into trouble In search
of relaxation nnd nmiisement.
Also It must be remembered on'
hoys come from nn uninililary coun
try ami tho discipline In this rigid
nrmy is not yet old enough to have
placed a restraining Impress on fM
Koldiers whose work In tho trcnchei
Is over.
Almost all the prisoners trace thdt
trouble to being nbscnt without leave.
Having overstayed lenve or left their
outfit without lenve, the boys fear to
(to back. Absence without leave "A
W. L." thus lends charges rang
ing from murder down to forgery ot
passes.
Mnny of the prisoners have n tnlghff
good war record, some wearing wound
stripes, nnd severnl having battled glo
riously with one or nnotlier 0'
the shock divisions thnt were-alwtf1
in the thick of things.
One tnll, llght-hnlred boy had raft
. . . . - Ufi. f
nwuy to mris for a holiday fitter u--Ing
in o hospitnl several weeks ani
unable to speak nbove n whisper, due
to being gassed In the Argorine. B
enlisted when sivroon nnd lms a rec
ord, any mnn might bo proud of, but
he got tired of restraint and now "
In tho gloomiest prison he ever saff
because he became inlved In
use of forged passes.