THE 8EMLWEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
SIGNING OF THE PEACE TREATY AT VERSAILLES
OPENING OF THE PERSHING STADIUM IN FRANCE
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This photograph, brought to the United States by the British dirigible R-31, shows the historic scene In tho Hull
of Mirrors nt Versailles when the pence treaty was signed.
President Wilson, Indlentcd by arrow, Is shown affixing his signature to the document.
ABYSSINIA SENDS MISSION TO WASHINGTON
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A mission from Abyssinia, one of the most remote countries of the world, Is In Washington to offer congratula
tions to tho United States on Its successful rolo In tho world war. In plcturesquo nnUve costumes they have nttractcd
.great attention In the capital. From left to right they nro: Ato Slnkno (uto meaning a gentleman of high station), Ato
Horouy, Kantlhn (mayor) Gnbrou, Dedjazzmatch Nado, head of tho mission and a duko of the royal 'Abyssinian
H faintly, and Capt. Paul II. Morrlssey, tho United States olllccr detailed to attend the mission.
WOUNDED SOLDIERS LEARN FARMING
EX-PREMIER OF FINLAND
Left to right: Col. Wnito C. Johnson, athletic director of the American expeditionary forces and chairman of tho
Interallied games committee; General Pershing, President Polncare of France, and French Minister of Marine Lcy
giiey Inspecting the allied soldiers talcing part In the opening day's ceremonies nt Pershing stadium, Jolnvlllo, France,
near Paris. Every allied ntlon was represented at tho opening of the great athletic field, which Is Intended to bo
a permunent monument to the American army in France.
GREAT CROWD GREETS BRITISH DIRIGIBLE R-34
The photograph shows but n portion of the enormous crowd that turned out to see the R-34, the huge British air
ship, on its arrival at Mlncoln, L. I. The R-34 made the trip from England in 108 hours.
WINS DIVORCE
Wounded soldiers, convalescing at base hospital No. 1, Gun nil) Road,
N. Y., are being given Instruction in fanning and agriculture. Not only does
this help the men regain their strength and health, but provides them with a
trado which they may follow after demobilization.
TESTING DOCK FOR SUBMARINES
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Part of the Finnish legion operatl ng against the bolshevlkl in North Rus
sia arc hero shown nt a halt during a march across a frozen lnke.
MOTORTRUCKS START LONG TRIP
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Oscar Tokol, ex-promler of Finland,
who Is now serving as a Finnish oillcer
In the legion formed In north Russia to
combat tho bolshevlkl. Tim Finns nro
now reported as offering stern re
sistance to tho sprondlng bolshevistic
factions.
This Is tine of tho latest German submarine contrivances which has been
surrendered to the allies. It Is a tostlng doclc for submarines.
POSTSCRIPTS
French scientists have obtained It
per cent of sugnr and GO per cent of
alcohol from a cactus that grows pro
Cflcally In Algeria.
Moro than 23 per cent of Scotland's
illuminating gas Is mudo In municipal
plants, to more than 01 per cent In
Ireland and about 30 per cent In Eng-
Thomas Jefferson, according to Wil
liam M. Curtis, one of his biographers,
was devoid of a sense of humor. Says
the latter: "lie rarely told a story
and seldom enjoyed one, and witti
cisms wero wasted In his presence."
A new shoo heel for use In slippery
weather hns a numbor of adjustable
points which are pushed Into position
for use by a lever on the back of tho
hcol.
A Skeptical Investor.
A woman with a few thousand dol
lars to Invest asked a brokerage house
to suggest a good Investment with a
minimum of risk. A partner In this
house, on reading her request, pro
ceeded to wrlto his regular formula
applicable to those who don't want
any security which goes down. Ills
recommendation was the 5 per cent
bonds of tho United Kingdom aud Ire
land. A few days Inter he received a com
munication from tho samo woman and
sho requested that he scad another
Investment suggestion.
"Whllo I havo faith In Great Brit
ain." sho wrote. "I am not so suro
about Irolnnd."--Wall StrWt Journul.
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Wml.rn NewaMDCr UnlO i
Beautlful Lady Daphne Clifton, for
merly Miss Dnphuo Rachel Mulhol
land, who has been awarded a decree
against her husband, Lord Clifton.
Lord and Lndy Clifton wero married
In 1012. They have two children.
Lord Clifton Is thirty-two years old
and served during the war as n major
in the royal urtlllery.
Haunts Scene of Crimes.
In the olden days Dovon and Com
wall were notorious for their wreck
ers, who tricked many a gallant ves
sel ashore on tho rock-encircled coast
by false lights. In mnny places tho
spectres of ships wrecked in this man
ner nro said to reappear. At Priest
covo In Cornwall, the ghost of n noto
rious wrecker who wns wont to luro
ships ashore by moving lights In lan
terns, which he hung round tho neck
of a lame horse, Is said to appear on
stormy nights clinging to the fragment
of a wreck, which Is dnshed violently
on tho rocks, eventually disappearing
with tho wrecker In a cloud of foam.
Hli Classification.
A man was writing somowhat Impa
tiently in a post office while the yotfng
woman clerk discussed tho gossip of
tho day with ono of nor admirers. Ills
annoyance being evident In his coun
tenance, she remarked, with Cockney
sprlghtllness:
"Well, you needn't look nt mo as If
i were poison."
"Not so much poison as a counter
irritant," ho replied grnvely, London
Tit-Bits. ,
Hero is the start of the long motortruck train which left Washington
recently on n Journey which Is to extend across the continent. The fleet of
GO trilcks and 200 men, said to be tho longest truck trnln ever assembled, Is In
charge of tho motor transport corps, U. S. A.
CONDENSATIONS
Drug supplies of vnrlous classes aro
very low In tho Canary Islands.
A reflector concentrates tho heat at
tho top of a now electric cook stove.
The service ling was never used In
any war previous to the world war.
Farmers around Seymour, Ind., say
that mnny of their chickens which
have fed with a fine relish on 17-yenr
locusts have died.
Tho Eskimo Is tho namo of a maga
zine published at Nome, Alaska, for
the Eskimos of Undo Sam's settle
ments. Previous to tho' war Belgian cotton
mills operated about 1,850,000 spindles,
of which about 800,000 could bo run
now.
History shows that previous to the
abdication of the kaiser 50 of tho
world's most Importnnt rulers- hnd
given up their places.
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