THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-AVERKLY TRIBUNE.
HOW THE TORNADO LEFT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX.
First photograph from Corpus Chrlstl, Tex., showing homo of Hie destruction wrought by tho tornado which killed
hundreds of persons mid did Immense property damage.
UNION LABOR LEADERS CALL THESE MEN COSSACKS
MOUNTED POLICE DISPERSING CROWDS IN M'KEESPORT, PA.
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Mounted troopers of the Pennsylvania state police keeping the crowds moving lu the streets of McKcesport, Pa.,
Mhcre thousands of steel workers struck.
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HOME WHICH GENERAL PERSHING HAS PURCHASED
A croup of the Pennsylvania state pollco whom the lubor leaders denounce as "Cossacks." They are actlvo In
suppressing violence attending the great steel strike.
RICH FOLK CARRY HOME THEIR FOOD
CAME OVER IN SAILOR'S RIG
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A lieautlful country estate In Chevy Chuse, one of the most fashionable suburbs of Washington, has been leased
by General Pershing. This view of the house gives an idea of the wealth of trees and tho spaciousness of the grounds.
It Is persistently rumored that the homo Is to be occupied soon after n marriage of tho general nud tho widow of a
former member of his staff.
DE FOREST'S NEW WIRELESS
MASONIC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL STARTED
Tho wealthy pcoplo of Ilrookllno, Muss., one or the richest towns In the
Hulled States, now go to tho opcu-nlr markets to purchase their food and take
It uwuy in their cars.
MAULED BY STRIKERS AT INDIANA HARBOR
Klsie Wilson, twenty two uus old
hold In the lloboken police court tc
tho federal court on a charge of bolus
In thu United States Illegally. "I cam
to Amprlca seven weeks ago frou
Southampton as a coal passer on
board tho transport Plattsburg," she
snld. "My hnlr was clipped and I won
tho rig of a sailor. I was accepted
without question. Things have gone
on the blink In the old country, and !
heard so much about the States that I
wanted to try It. I mado four attempts
before this one, but each time was
caught and takon boforc 11 magistrate."
S A xtillte breaker, who has been beaten by steel mill strikers, Is being
UKslKted by guards at the Mark Manufacturing company's plant at Indiana
l.'nrliur, Ind.
Pre-Glacier Tree Found.
Discovery has Just been made In the
Ilolman Iron mine, near Taconlte, Has
a county, not far from tho source ol
the MIsBlsslnnl river, of tho trunk and
branches of a prehistoric pine treo In
an excellent state of preservation and
with plno cones about It. Tho treo Is
not potrlfled. The wood Is as sound
In the main as thouirh It had been
felled only a few years ago and tho
plno conos are still pliable. The
wood with exposure to air has not
softened or crumbled.
Tho treo was exposed by a steam
shovel. It was found under 7fi feet of
glacial debris. It grow millions of
years ago. It Is apparent that sand
und gravel wero packed so Urmly
ibout tho tree when cnrrled down by
tho Ico cap called the great glacier
i hat covered North America down to
Ohio, that no oxygen could nnnotrntn
and that tho treo was saved from rot
by the great glacier.
Shark's teeth and other cvldcnco of,
marine life uro fouud lu nbuntmncq
In the same mining pit.
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Dr. Lee OoForest has given the pub
lic the latest word In wireless tele
phony. This portable outfit may be
connected with any ordinary lamp
socket and, without nerlals or further
upparatus, n conversation may be car
ried on with any similar Instrument
within a radius of about 25 miles. All
that Is necessary Is to connect the plug
with your lamp socket and tnlk. Sound
wavo adjusters prevent anyone else
"listening In." The outfit, says tho
Inventor, Is so simple that n child can
operate It.
Would Save Hubby.
We hnve a neighbor whom wo know
to be greatly devoted to her own fam
ily, but, ""til wo had our first Cali
fornia thunder storm, writes n friend
of the Youth's Companion, we did not
know that she was entirely lacking In
a proper sense of humor.
"I heard her cnlllng In tho midst of
the storm nnd opened my window.
"Is Mr. lluntor at home?" she snld
excitedly. "I bad a dreadful shock
when I took down tho receiver, and I
want him to come over and put It back
on the hook."
"Isn't Mr. Koborts at homo?" I sug
Rested.
"Oh, yos, he Is In the garnge with
the boys, but you know I think It Is
very dangerous to handle tho thing, so
I don't want to call them."
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Grand Master W. S. Farmer., assisted by oftlcers of tho Grand lodge, state
of New York, laying the corner stone of the $000,000 memorial hospital to
soldiers and sailors of the great war at the Masonic Ilome, Utlcn, N. Y.
SIGNED FISHING TREATY FOR CANADA
A Horrible Revenge.
Church Usher (confidentially)
That woman 1 Just seated Is Mrs.
Stuckup. Sho sent mo uround to the
back door when I called one day on a
business' errand. Made mo transact
the business through a servant, too.
Hut I've got oven with her.
Friend How Is that? You huvo
given her one of tho best pews In the
church?
USner Walt half an hour. She's
right thero where n Btnlnod'glass win
dow will throw n red light on hex
UOS4S. ,
Fishing rights In waters between Hi I'nlted States and Canada ure Bare
guarded for the people of both nations by a treaty. These are throe who
signed tho latest Ilsh treaty In Washington on behalf of the British empire.
They are, from left to right: Ronald Llndsny, counsellor to tho Hrltlsh em
bassy; Sir Douglas Hazeu, chief Justice of tho province of New Urunswlck,'
Canada, and W. A. Fund, superintendent of Canadian fisheries. '
