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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1918)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEIRAWUu 1 French 155-mllllmcter guns, nindo for the use of tue American army, being hauled by tractor to an American artillery camp. 2 Disabled British tanks used as advanced observation posts. 3 -MnJ. Gen. N. Klblkl, quarter waster gcnornl of tho Japanese army, who Is investigating the work of tho Y. M. O. A. buck of the Hues In France. NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PITIFUL RUIN OF YPRES The ruin wrought by tho German guns Is vividly pictured In this now photograph, which shows the destroyed jcathedral and Cloth Hull at Ypres. TWO PALS THAT ARE INSEPARABLE LOADING UP FOR THE HUN Sailors In port loading munitions aboard nn American battleship prepar atory to leaving for tho war zone. Tho Infantryman nover parts with his rltle, even on hla trips to "Blighty. Here Is a Cauadlan Highlander taking advantage of a lull la tho fighting to give a llttlo attention to Ms nenrest friend. PEDDLER VISITS AN AMERICAN GAMP Little-Known Dominican City. Hlguoy Is one of the principal In land cities of the Dominican Republic. Llko Its native land, It (8 quaint, his torlc, Isolated, immensely rich In nntu ral resources, almost poor In actual fact, and practically unknown to tho world nt largo. It lies In Iho eastern half of tho republic, which Is tho least settled, tho least developed and the least known. It Is a city of omo 2,000 souls, tho center of n considerable primitive trade and tho slto of tho most famous shrlno on tho Island. This latter Is the shrlno of tho Vir gin of Alta Oracle, which H visited by devotees from every purt of the coun try. Tho church which houses tho shrlno Is built In tho old Spanish archi tecture, tho quaint and enduring stylo which has stamped Its features on tho buildings cf n continent, from Pata gonia to Colorado, ITALIAN CHILDREN GIVE BRITISH TOMMIES A PARTY Next to ngntlng, making friends Is the chief accomplishment of the British Tommies. In Ifnly, where they huve ' gone to help the Italians smash tho Boche, they have made a great hit with the kiddles. So fond have the children become of tho British soldiers tliut they flock around them nt every opportunity. In this British official photograph f a lively group of Italian kiddles Is shown entertaining the Tommies nt a party. AMERICANS GETTING FIELD GUNS INTO POSITION It is only one of the lighter typo of Held guns, but It is requiring the united efforts of nine American soldiers to wheel It Into position. They aro on the side of the hill overlooking one of the prettiest spots In France. Tho gun j position Is protected by a netting screen of camouflage stretched ucross poles. ; CAPT. AND MRS. BOSANQUET WAACS MAKE BREAD FOR THE TOMMIES Esther Cleveland, daughter of the late ex-President Cleveland, and Capt. William S. B. Bosunquet, D. S. O., leaving Westminster abbey after their wedding. Until her marriage to this distinguished ofllcer of the Cold Stream Guards Miss Cleveland had been doing volunteer nursing In France. Ainerlcnu soldiers buying odds tiud ends from u traveling peddler near 7 he 8liuatlon. "In regard to the relative condition of the city and tho county, the former takes tho same aland an the Teutons." "How soU" "It wants pcaco with annexation." This Man Hard to Kill. One of the most reinnrkablo officers of tho British army now fighting In Franco is Brig. Gen. Adrien Car ton do Wlart. Since tho war began ho has been wounded eight times, has lost an eye and an arm, and hns gained several decorations. General Carton do Wlart was born in Brussels 34 years ago. Ho fought In the Boer war at the age of seventeen, and was thrice wounded while serving with Brabant's and the Imperial light, horse, so that altogether ho has been wounded 11 times. When the present war broke out ho went to East Africa, where he was severely wounded. Tho general, ,! nf the loss of an nrm and un pyp,.has proved himself a brilliant and fenrlcss cnvnlry leader. Prasalo Life. "Toll mo some of tho things you do on shipboard," said the impressionable young woman. 'Well, ma'am," replied tho matter-of-fact tar, "wo scrub decks, wo polishes brnsB, wo load coal and" ' "Dear me. You don't pet much ro tnanco out of that klud of work, do you?" "No'om. What wo gets out of It Is mostly our pay and our keep." Blr mlngham Age-rierntd. The "Waucs," as the members of tho British Women's Army Auxiliary! corps are fnmlllnry called, are an Important part of the British army, and they aro doing great work behind the firing Hues on the western front In France. This Brjtish official photograph shows a group of the women bakers who make tho bread tho Tommies relish 66 much. MAF This renmrkablo photograph shovs tho words of thir w liming Moduli formed by 800 marines In training for the battlefields. It took just seven min utes from the time tho word of command was uttered until every man was In hla place, forming the slogan "First to Fight" In living letters.
