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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1919)
THE 8EM1-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA jj j 1 View of the granaries ot Constunzu, the lloumuulnn Black sea port whore allied troops uro said to have landed. E--General Pershing Inspecting a regiment of marines at Vallcndur, Germany. 3 One of the Eagle boats, of which lovoral have been bent across tlio Atlantic by the navy. COMMISSION TO FIX RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WAR Si 3? 'I'tio special commission appointed by tho delegates to the peace conference In Paris to ascertain the responsibility for the war In here shown In conference. Secretary Lansing Is the fourth figure at tho right of tho table. LEVIATHAN BRINGS BACK MORE MIDDLE WEST DOUGHBOYS BRITAIN'S FAREWELL TO ADMIRAL SIMS GEN. EDWARD B. WINANS British nfllclulK and citizens vied with each othur In tho rousing "send-oll" tendered to Admiral Sims, as he departed on the Mnurctanlu for homo In America. The photograph show the presentation of pieces of plate to tho admiral at the farewell luncheon at tho Savoy In London. "KAMERAD" GUNS USED BY THE HUNS The steamer Lfvlathnn bringing n lot mon middle western doughboys hack from Franco. The portraits nre ot Brig. Gen. W. C. Itlvers of Tennessee (left), the ranking olllcer aboard, and Col. Robert Bacon, former ambassudor to France. KING AND QUEEN OF BELGIUM VISIT GENERAL PERSHING King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium recently visited General Pershing nt his headquarters at Cluiumont, France. The photograph shows General Pershing escorting the queen Into the headquarters building. King Albert Is shown behind the queen, saluting. . BRITISH AIR ATTACHE Gen. Edward B. Wlnans of tho Thlr ty-second division, composed of men from Wisconsin and Michigan, photo graphed at Bertha Krupp's famous hunting lodge J Snyncck, Germany, Ucnerai winans and tils stan uro billeted at the lodge. Another Bug. Besides the seventeen-year-old lo cust, wo havo another bug duo In a short time. The golf bug. About this time ho can he found massaging tho rust off his clubs and oiling up the kinks In his wrists with mldlron, mash to and putting prnctlco on the parlur floor blanket, lie goes through more motions than Ilnudlnl unbuckling him solf loose from a straight-Jacket tux edo, over what he calls "getting Into form." "Form," In golf, Is a series of tricks to mako one havo a hard time of It trying to play a simple game, At tho tlrst game "form" will leave i him with a one-way ticket for parts ! unknown. ThAi ho will turn In a fnlr i score after each gamo, providing ho marks up tho strokes himself. At this stanza of the year tho golf hug Is all strung up Ilk a harp, wnltlng for tho opening "sllco" of tho corntlcld pool season. Qcno Ahern. A Orolx do Guerre man of the American army, one of Ohio complement, holding In his hands two "kumerad" guns which wero used effectively by Ger mans in their "surrender" to American troops. Tho Gorman method was to throw up their hands when encountering u small American force and to bring the gun from concealment nnd Into play wheu the Yanks npprouched within firing distance. Took the Risk. Parson Johnson, you hudn't ought er swiped dat chicken, cause de deb bit send It Just to tempt you, he did, Johnson Well, sub, den do dcbbll sho los' his chicken. -Boys' Life. GERMAN CANNON FOR VICTORY LOAN , DRIVE Brig. Gen. N. E. O. Charlton, the tlrst nlr attache to arrive In this coun try from England. Ho Is tho winner ot the D. S. C., V. C. nnd C. N. G. nnd Is an excellent pilot. Tho photograph shows him nt Mlneoln, Long Island, Just before he entered a Glenn-Martin bombing plane to mako his first flight In this country, which was from New York to Washington. Thumbmark- of the Blind. It has come to tho knowledge of tho after-care department at St.Dunstnu'8, Itegent's park, N. W., that two or three of their blinded men have been robbed of their discharge paper by persons getting hold of them through some plausible tale. To prevent further Instances of this menu offense, Sir Arthur Pearson has arranged that when n blinded soldier leaves St. Dunstnn's on tho completion of his training, his thumbmurk will be put on his dlschnrged papers, with a Mumped statement below It declaring It to bo tho thumbmnrk ot tho blinded soldiers, who Is tho rightful owner of tho papers. London Times. Investigating Mound Area. Dr. Clark Wlssler, of tho American Museum of Natural Ulstory, spent part pf last summer mnklng a reconnols snnee of southeastern Indiana for the purpose of determining how far west the Ohio mound area extends. Ills data will supplement the full and accu rate map of mounds nnd earthworks In Ohio prepared by Dr. W. T. Mills, state archaeologist. Several now sites were located for further exploration by the rauwii. Seventy-nino German cunnou, which were surrendered under the armistice terms, nrrlved In New York on the transport Westboro nnd will be distributed to different cities, whero they will be exhibited to stir Interest In tho Victory loan. Our photograph shows somo of tho "Little Lenas," sisters to "Big Berthas" (In foreground), being loaded onto a lighter. Y. M. C. A. THEATER HUT AT TRIER The Fifty-first Pioneer infantry entertaining nt what was formerly tho Fest hallo at Trier, Germany, hut which has been made over Into a "Y" theater hut for tho soldiers of tho army of occapatlon.