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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1918)
YHK SEMI-WEEKLY THIMUNK, HOKW WLA.TTK. KK1WA8KA. FRENCH PATROL BOAT PROTECTS THE AISNE CANAL AMERICAN L0C0M0TVIE ENGINEERS ON THE JOB IN FRANCE French gunboats havo been nrmcd with antiaircraft guns to protect the Alsno canal from enemy flyers. These jrnns have been Instrumental In driving off raiders attempting to destroy the canal. The picture shows the deck of. one ,of theso boats with Its battery of antiaircraft guns ready for action. HUGE GERMAN SUBMARINE STOPPING SPANISH LINER 'llils German submarine, one of the largest typo employed by the Teutons for long-range cruises, has stopped the Spanish mull steamer Infanta Isabel do Borbon off Cadiz. The submarine Is shown circling about the steamer while Iflve ofllccrs and 15 men of the crqw were busy searching the detained ship. Tho photograph was made from tho BADGES FOR VETERANS OF MEXICAN ROW I catholic bishop of a. e. f. Here are tho new Mexican service badges, which aro being distributed to the American veterans of the bonier brush. On tho left Is the navy badge, both aides being shown, and on the right tho army badge. FIRST AMERICAN-BUILT TANK IS BIGGEST YET jiff I Sonic of tho American locomotive engineers now In Fruuco arc here seen hard at work assembling a big American engine. CALIFORNIA TOWN DEVASTATED BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE This striking photograph shows the plled-up ruins In the business district of San Jacinto, Cn., nfter the earth quake. Soldiers are strolling tho devastated area to guard against vandals. The shock, which was felt throughout southern California, did most damage at this spot, where It destroyed more than a third of tho city, Including nlraost tho ontlro "business section. The neighboring tpwn of Hemet was also severely hit by the earthquake, the damage In1 tho two cities amounting to half a million dollars. PROTECTING FRENCH ART The Innumerable art treasures of Franco are guarded against damage by the enemy air raiders. Tho pho graph showa how tho statues In tho garden of Versailles palace are pro tected. This Is tho most recent nhMoiminii of Itlshop Patrick J. Hayes of Now York, who has been named bishop of the American army at the front In Franco by Pope Benedict. When Bishop Hayes goes to the front he will oe cxicuueu even' courtesy bv Gen eral Pershing and the officers of tho expeditionary force. Although he has been glvon no high army rank, tho r uuimruueni welcomes ins rjh polntmcut and will nrovldo him wiHi all the neccasary credentials for his wont, no expects to visit tho men at Mio front very soon. Pushing "Liberty Bread." Tho "Liberty bread shop," nt 35 Huntington nvenue, Boston, has been opened and is being carried forward with tho approval of tho Massachu setts section of tho womnn's commit tee, council of national defense, and tho woman's committees on food con servatlon of state and city. The Miop elves tho public practical Information on legltlraato and palatable substitutes for white bread and there arc dally demonstrations In breadmnklng. All tho work of baking Is dono by nn ex pert baker. Volunteer workers act as saleswomen and serve luuchcons. "MURDER GUN'S" WORK IN A NURSERY The photograph shows the condition of n day nursery In Paris after tua bombardment by the big German gun in the forest of St. Gobaln that shdlls tho city at a range of almost eighty miles. One shell landed In the nursery and created the awful havoc shown. Muny of tho children and tfielr nurses were killed and tho rest of them Injured. - TRANSPORTING THE SERBIAN WOUNDED 'I lie llrst American-built tank, called the "America," Is the biggest ever coniix'ii-d. and Is greatly superior In power to nuy other. It weighs -15 tons. And la propelled by steam Germany to Grow Cotton. Germany and her allies are under- Mining to overcome their shortage of cottou by developing production In Bui 1 .mi-la. Official dispatches recently said i no uuiganan government has under-' taken to iilaeo laruo hlndm nf emit.. 1.1..' land at tho disposal of planters. Tho nrluclnal cultivation will tho lqwlands und river border of tho1 Tlnlifinl In mill In thn ..ni..i.. .. . j . I nopio. Wild uroncnos oenx oroaa. i There should be plenty of bucking nnd pitching of brouchos along the western front In Kuropo now, as JU.- 000 absolutely wild Canadian horses have arrived In Europe, according to Clyde Dunlap, horso wrangler, who returned recntly to Virginia, Minn., from tho Cnnndlim northwest, where for 21 months ho has been roping tho animals, sfiys an exchange. Ho said inost of tho horses wore captured In the wilds if tho Pence river country, northwest of Kdmonton. and nono of them has ever looked through n bridle 'I'Iiim lii)to kiovs it unique iiii'tli "1 wounded Mjldlius fnnn. ilu mountain, garlmiKnnd Austrlnns. oi tin- Serbians for trimsspui'iiii!; tliclr when- they are still lighting the Bill-
