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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1918)
1 THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA. BANGING THE TURK IN THE MESOPOTAMIAN DESERT Though little Is henrd about It in comparison with tho momentous luippt'ninps that daily occur on the western nud enstem frontH, nn Important phase of tho war Is being conducted In Mesopotamia. A British army Is steadily banging away nt the Turks, driving them farther and farther Into the desert. While tho Tommies fighting In tho snow and cold on the western front mny envy their comrades in the Euphrates-Tigris valley, the men lighting in tho desert nre not having a picnic. They have more hent than they can stand ; the arid desert Is Intolerable to white men. Yot they nro keeping nt It, and this British ofllclnl photograph shows one of their big field pieces, just as it was fired, ninklng tho Turks step lively across the sands. FRENCH TROOPS WITH MITRAILLEUSE DRIVING BACK GERMANS u The French mitrailleuse has proved very effective In delving back the German troops, and has mowed down man nn advancing line. This photograph showsr-French soldiers In a captured trench firing a mitrailleuse nt the foe. HAD 'HONEYMOON TRIP ABOVE THE CLOUDS GERMAN WAR BREAD AND SOAP A STREET IN PARIS AFTER THE VISIT OF GERMAN GCTHAt; li l'i i (i.. . . .. t .1... . . . . . ... r t i.. ..i I . . .,. , i nnn ...1 1 . . .1 .1.. .... .. .1 4 .. . . .. i. 1 .1 1 . r. Jiftn' m the night of Jnnuary 30. Great holes many feet deep were made by the torpedoes, and tho buildings in tho back ground wore badly Injured. RED CROSS LINER FLORIZEL WRECKED ON REEFS OFF CAPE RACE rX -i v ', i IM ' f A ;v ', Forty-four survivors, all who were left of the ship company or 130, were taken from this ill-fnted Red Cross liner Florlzol, which struck n reef north of Capo Race, N. F., during a terrific blizzard. Tho survivors were taken off by the crew of the Prospero, which was sent by tho government to tho scene with special live-saving apparatus. The Florlzol Is shown hero as nn ico brenker in New York harbor. AN UNUSUAL BILLET t'Muuw. ... F WINE FOR THE POILUS AT THE FRONT Repatriated llrdMi soldiers wno have returned to England to recuper ate have brought homo numerous souvenirs from German detention camps, some of which give nn idea of the treatment accorded enemy troops. The photograph sliows Sergeant Spon- der, a Lewis gunner, with ids dally ration of German sawdust war bread and a pleco of German soap nuido chlelly from sand. lllllets for soldiers who fight on tho western front enn bo anywhere. But the strangest place that any fighter had to put up for the night on the fighting lines is shown In this British olllclal photograph. A great concrete tank which turned over In a bom bardment Is being utilized by tho Tom mies and they have mado a real cozy homo of the hugo cylinder. They are shown horo going In for a rest. Tho picture Is an excellent reminder of the old lady who lived in n snoe witn her lnimenso family, This homo is Just as different from the average hab itation as tho shoo, and tho family or Tommies who lodge hero is equally Immense. Wine Is an Important part of the dally rations served to the French soldiers. The above photograph shows soldiers filling barrels from tho tank 'car which has Just arrived from tho wine regions In southern Franco. Tho barrels of wine are then sent forward to the men In tho trenches. THEY DO NOT FEAR GERMAN POISON GAS Lieut. Lawrence U, Sperry and wife (formerly Miss Winifred Allen), who ivero the first to experience n honeymoon above tho clouds. The newly mar ried couplo left Governor's Island and nlrplunuri their way to Mossapequa,, L. I., tho Sperry lwme. In 21 minutes. They clf.lm this Is tho only way to j really enjoy a wedding trip. ' I About the Only Danger They Face. "Heard Anything of tho kulser's sons lately V" "No." "Remarkable how well they keep In ino great war, isn't It 7 "Yes. They seem to bo rather well protected. Tho only thing tho knlser has to fear for them Is that ono of them might get up- In tho dark and uriiiK out of tho wrong bottle." Early Use of Coal In Britain. Rnmn snv that coal was used by the ancient Britons; nt nil events. It was wide of household 'consumption to somo extent during tho Anglo-Saxon period as early nt 8r2 A. D. It cer tainly was known there in tno tiur tcenth century, as Is evidenced by n charter given In 1230 by King Henry iit to the inhabitants of Nowcastlo-on- Tyno for tho winning of the numerous coal mines in that region. It was, however, not until 1709 that the Paris ians got English coal from Newcastle. Subsequent coal mines were discov ered In vnrlons parts or France, notn bly In tho departments of Pns-lo-Calals ond tho Loire. In America tho depos its near Richmond, Vn., were discov ered In 1701, and mining wns begun In 1701, while anthracite was first pro duced In 1703. These American soldiers are wearing the marvelous new gas mask adopted by our army. Each man In the group sent homo a ropy of tho photograph, Just to show how our flghtei-R have sunk their Individuality In tho combined fight for human Justice and ltborty. A I mnj . i
