The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, August 09, 1918, Image 6

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THE OEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTH. NESRASKA.
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I -Koine of the Apache scouts who were with General Pershing In Mexico and nro now doing good work with
the Amorlcnn forces In France. 2 Men of the First division of Anicrlcnn infnntry getting their llrst meal out of
Hie trenches ofler 20 (toys' service at the front. ii Now portrait of funeral Diaz, commander of tho Italian armies.
IMPORTANT TOWN TAKEN IN THE ALLIED DRIVE
i,iJI?W '!? l0ll,c1l,J'-l,u-c'!,attl1' n lIortant point In the aerman defeiiHe system In" the Alsne-Murno salient,
which was taken by tho Franco-American troops In the big drive. wmi.ni.
GETTING OLD BOAT READY FOR SERVICE
HE DEFIED THE HUNS
litre are .Tack It. Alnslolgh and his
mother, who were aboard tho tug
I'erth Amboy viien It wns shelled by
a German siibnmrlno off Capo Cod.
When tho U-boat opened lire, without
warning, Jack, who Is ten years old.
' Ilmbod the mast and waved Old Glory
dellnntly at the Huns.
Workmen cutting away the damaged Hteru of an old vessel to replace It
with a now one, In ono of the big shipyards where warships and merchant
vessels are built and repaired. This yard Is In the northwestern part of tho
United States.
CALLING THE ROLL IN CHINESE CAMP
Doq Adopts Marine.
Sergt. J. (1. Murphy of tho St. I'aul
murine recruiting stutlon ha.1 been
adopted. No, It wasn't n millionaire
widow, and It wasn't n young Indy who
wanted a brother. It's a dog, and a
good dog too.
Cuow.ns It Is called, Is nn Irish tor
rler, and It passed up an army major
and several captatns and lieutenants
to pick on Murphy.
Chow has taken n fancy to the ma
rine uniform ever since tho day it
wandered Into the recruiting otllco and
nosed out a master. Several days ago
( how was missing and tho recruiting
olllcers thought It had deserted.
H was a mistake, however, us tho
marine dog Was found last night pa
tlently waiting for Murphy. Sergeant
Murphy says he will take tho doc to
Franco when ho goes.
s eji t roll cap In n Chinese labor ramp behind the lines In Franco.
mrii's niiiiio Is Inscribed on the streamers which rovolve on a pivot.
Heloht Indicators.
The height Indicator Is a very dell
;te Instrument. It Is net nt nt
the airdrome from which tho machine
ir s. Consequently at night tho pi.
o has to beware In lauding on any
other part of the earth. If the groSS
,"I"K tho course of his hbS be
-Igher than that from which ho start
' ny Hmhip Into It. although his
'.eight Indicator may be register! g
-f0 feet or more. ''This," said a Urlt,
Mi aviator recently, "Is rather awk
ward If you moot a mountain nt sev
eral thousand foot."
PUSHING ON AFTER THE RETREATING HUNS
These British and French soldiers are moving forward to keep up with the steady udvance of the allied offen
sive nlong the western front. .
PRETTY FRENCH TOWN WRECKED BY GERMAN SHELLS
ft. ukrT ..... -. ... y. it- .;:: "t . .. . -.:tw ..v-v ... - . , v. j v. ' . -a ---. :
This nhotonrnnh of thn "urnnrt
n. ,.f 1.., J i rT r ii iun in jviMuu uisincc snows uio conditions time
lire met by most of the French peoplo who nro returning to their homes ns the allies drive the Huns northwnrd.
TWO EMINENT SOLDIERS
STERILIZING CLOTHING OF SOLDIERS
3 "WeHr Nwpprr Union ;iL.iil,
MaJ. Gen. .1. Franklin Hell, com
mandant nt Camp Upton, New York,
nnd Col. Charles F. Lee, bend of tho
Ilrltlsh aviation section In America.
Learns French Quickly.
An American who wrote homo a de
scription of his Journeys into thq In
terior of France, relates his experience
In trying to crowd himself Into ono of
the French "eight horses und 40 nion."
"These cars wore loaded to the
guards with Frenchles bound for
somewhere.
'Howdy,' I snys.
" 'Go to hell,' rcmnrked one of them
who'd learned to spenk English from
tho United States marines, but I knew
lie mennt to bo pollto because ho of
fered me a match and matches nro Just
tho samo as ready money ovor there.
'So I says, 'Au revolr, old timer.'
nnd when they seen I was right thero
with their lingo, they grinned buck and
mndo rqom for mo."
This picture shows American troops In Franco removing clothing from
a sterilizer which has cleaned It of vermin. Tho sanltnry corps of our urmy
Is doing great work In keeping tho troops clean nnd henlthy.
REMAINS OF A GIANT GERMAN PLANE
Better Than Coal. ,
Triiitlitisli Ar'ivirflliiir tn nn
scientist's llgurcs n square mile of the
,11. 0 I . . I . m I
oiiriii h suiiuuu in mx. uours or sun.
Bhlno receives hent equivalent to the
couinustion or more man :.uw tonw of
conl.
Uensonhurst Ordor your sunsh!ut
nw before tho rush begins.
The remains of a giant Gorman pi,Uir. uMl wns downed by Ilrltlsh air
lighters, being towed to u position far behind the battks lino.