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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1914)
I '3s, l V'3 t . V . 3 i. 1! ' THE SEMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. MEXICANS AT VERA CRUZ BURYING THEIR DEAD ffj&r ' Bt? Jw" SI BuLA vHatow. V. SlJHrflt f'aPiK- " fc BSHBH F Br inHnTWiiKRHrBteMPB jBr wrir y K' tHPv VBw tpJnSvl Aboro nro seou Mexicans burying those of thoir countrymen who were killed in tho fighting tliat attended tbo taking of Vera Cruz. Dolow Is a Mexican lied Cross patrol In tbo streets of tbe city. CIVILIANS JOINING HUERTA'S ARMY (;gaiiatunil. ... ..fc'wnsaHWgss Though the bulk of General Huerta's army is composed of fairly well-equipped ' and drilled troops, a lot of civilians have Joined it lately, and those here photographed are a fair sample of tho character of these raw soldiers. GUARDING LIFE AND PROPERTY IN VERA CRUZ PHILIP C. HANNA Tho upper photograph shows American sharpshooters on tho roof of a Vera Cruz building ready to pick off Mexican snipers. Delow are shown fcluojackets guarding warehouses from behind temporary breastworks. Persona Non Grata. Stranger Half of tho population of this town seems to bo moving. What's tho matter? Citizen Well, you seo, tho "City Beautiful" campaign Is on and we have asked all tho homely citizons to move out. KT j,frfw''ik B BLUEJACKETS OPERATE MEXICAN TRAINS Men from tho Amorlcan fleet showed their versatility by operating trains on the railway from Vera Cruz to tho interior, where many refugees woro picked up nt a break in tho railroad. JACKIES AT VERA CRUZ GETTING THE NEWS i p " "if VnvIBto' JHHIV. -BiterT:-. MiHk A-, y7-liwarl vt?tax-jiifc. -I-h" v. ili.S-fwvwJiP-- nw ...' 77-TT7?yJwf yflvifT Vf r? . w!Tm j&gs5;y.;Y..i Part of the crow ot a battleship at Veru Cnu percliea ou ono ot the is-inuu guns reading the nrst newspapers from home to learn their prospects of having moro lighting with tho Mexicans. SENOR DON JUAN RIANO uBBMBBpy s3&. . ah tMMmSmw $&- BS32Ei Senor Rlano, tho Spanish ambassa dor nt Washington, is acting for Gon oral Huorta there. GASTON SCHMUTZ FOOD FOR OUR BOYS IN MEXICO J -"- - - ., . imii film iwinni mi irtr i iirfnwi iTT 1 " im t ill i ll fiin n i Mil i n n in in n i i i I BuiUIIlllllllUIIlllllllllltlJllUllllllll!UUllUliIllIlinilll!llUlli!H!iIillllllltIlllllIIII!ll(IIIIilltUllltlJll This photograph shows bread being taken from tho new type of Heal ovens in use by tho American troops now in Vera Cruz. BURNING OUT VERA CRUZ SNIPERS Philip C. Hanna, American consul general at Monterey, Is ono of this country's ngonts who suffered at tho hands of the federals. Ho was put In Jail and left thore until released by tho constitutionalists. A Firo Dell. Harry So you'vo lost your Job on tbo morning dally? Clmwly Yes, I had clmrgo of tho birth, 'wedding and funeral wrltoups und with an idea of being original I headed tho column "bells, knolls nnd yells," and tho boss fired mo. Gaston Schmutz, American consul at Aguascalientes, was dragged from a train with a scoro of Amorlcan refu gees by federal soldiers nnd thrown Into prison. (V'T'X t jv dtibJtjM3r& i wK KSIBHt S HP JTJft 7 4 Zftkfc t1 -ejsY, 'siammmmjr&t-.Tm . mm "ikji "Xkssijw. ww aa T,v ' -. .' r, ' s ihaiM SPk. ' .. is, fj . 2?aV&Km&2u During tho taking ot Vera Cruz tho Americans were harassed by tho Hro of Mexican snipers, who wore perched on housetops and in other places, and In somo cases tho bluejackets found It nocessary to burn the bulldlngu whoro these BhnrpshootorB were concealed.