THE SEMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
SCENES OF WARFARE AND PEACE IN GERMANY
PRESIDENT WILSON LEADS A PARADE IN WASHINGTON
1 Civilians In Itcrlln being searched by soldiers for concealed weapons. 1! Crowds In tlic street Hoeing to escnpe
tlie ruin of bullets during Hie lighting with the Spartncnns. 3 Ooverninent soldiers firing from behind a barricade
4 Scene ut u polling 'station In Landau, Ilavarlii, during the recent election.
TORPEDOED TRANSPORT COVINGTON SINKING
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Torpedoed by u Ilun submarine July 2, while she was about 100 miles off Hrest bound for the United States, the
transport Covington Immediately began to sink. This unusual photograph, taken the next day, shows the Covington
listing heavily, n short tlino before the. end came.
WHERE COLONEL HOUSE LIVES IN PARIS
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CAPT. JOHN JACOB ASTOR
Kntrnneo to the residence of Col. 10. M. Houso of tho Ameilcan pence
delegation ut 78 Huo de i'llnlverslte, Paris.
CAIRO, EGYPT, DEVASTATED BY FLOOD
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The commander In chief of the urmy and navy personally led the parade In Washington In honor of the returned
heroes of the District of Columbia. The president, Indicated by urrow, Is currying a flag.
U-BOAT SHELTERS AT THE DOCKS OF BRUGES
Gorman U-boat shelters built ot concrete anil steel, with roofs of enormous thickne&s Cor protection against allied
airmen, at the docks of Bruges.
GEORGE P. HAMPTON
Cnpt. John Jacob Astor, second son
of Union William Waldorf Astor, on
nrrlvnl In New York for n visit to
America. Captain Astor was accom
panied by Ids wife, Lady Violet, daugh
ter of tho late Karl Mlnto, former gov
ernor general of Canada, lie lost his
left leg while serving with the British
Hoynl Garrison artillery last Septeni
ber, and Is here to recuperate at Palm
1 leach.
GRAVE OF ONE VICTIM OF THE HUNS
Two Canadian soldiers at the grave of lime. Delabre Celmle, ruthlessly
murdered by the Invading Gennans In 1914.
DANIELS USING WIRELESS TELEPHONE
A llond. th'i like of whlili has never before been witnessed In Cairo, swept
1h-.it iineioiit city and wroiiyht hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of
dulling. The photograph shows the ruins resembling (hose left after an earth-yim'w.
Birds In Nrw Zealand.
In Nuw Zeala'jd there nro now 20
acclimation societies, organized for the
purposo of protecting the native wild
life of the country and Introducing and
protecting new game birds and ani
mals, says nn exchange. Tho societies
'are all chartered by tho government
and are undor government supervision.
They have Introduced Into tho colony
a large number of pheasants of dif.
ferent varieties, California quail, Aus
tralian opossums, woodcock, rainbow
trout, salmon, etc. .Tho societies pay
bounties for the destruction of hawks
and other enemies of useful birds and
i mammals.
George l Hampton, nutlonal dlrec
tor of farmers national headquarters,
heads a delegation selected by the '
fanners' nutlonal conference, to attend ,
the pence conference. The purpose of
tho trip, according to a resolution
adopted by tho conference, Is to sup-1
port President Wilson In his efforts
to form a league ot nuuons xor uie
prevention of future wars.
Town Little Changed by Time.
ft nil the cities In the Turkish em
pire, as one writer has well snld of
It perhaps Mosul Is tho one that 1ms '
been least touched by western civil
i.,.iinn. Rullt on ground thnt once
was ft suburb of Nlueveh, It stands on
tho western bank of the Tigris, look
Ing across nt tho mounds -which are
j nil that remain of the glories of the
capital of ancient Assyria, xsmeven
has ft history that stretches through
out ft period nenrly 2,000 years long,
ending with the fnll of tho empire of
Sennacherib about tho year COO II. C
From that time until Lnynrd unveiled
the paloces of Ashurbanlpal nnd Sen
....i,r,riii nnd unearthed tho lltcrnrv
chamber containing tho famous deluge
tablet, the ruins of Nineveh for 2,500
long 'rs slont undisturbed.
..j Western Nauinjr llni.it.
Secretary Daniels tnll.inw r the wireless teb -phone to th pi - neut,
who was on tho George Washington.