THE NORTH PLATTE SEW WKKKLY TRIBUNE
CARDINAL MERCIER HONORED BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
ntlri,ln",,Mcrf.,Cr,rlmC.tC,0f Bc,Bllm' recclvlnjc tlio degree of LL.D. from Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler president of
Columbia university, New York, on the steps of the university's library. rrny uuuer, president of
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TAKES HER SON TO SCHOOL IN AN AIRPLANE
RED TAPE AMONG ALLSES AT VLADIVOSTOK
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AMERICAN ARMY SENDS BACK GERMAN PRISONERS
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f the plane fat center) nro if , . rTr ' , . ww,"!m nn of Houston, Tex. standing In front
lew from Houston to il.gl,.udnu whe STCTSoL W,0t I5,Ck'
BOYS REGISTER FOR MILITARY TRAINING
HELPING SERBIAN ORPHANS
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OLDEST AND YOUNGEST IN HARVARD
lhousunds of school hoys of New York are registering for partlelnutlon
n the emnpu Kory training required under the Slater taw Mos if the rc
Isloilng Is being done at the aiinorles rtfc
RESCUE OF STARVING MEXICAN GOATS
Major IJdwin Sidney Savage. Ordet
of tho Golden Cross, who has an envl.
ahlo war record. Is In this country to
collect funds to aid Serbian orphans.
He has Just ...ado a successful cam
paign for funds In Great Britain.
Real Efficiency,
Mir health Is n vital part of our
toi inoss. If tho Invoice shows that wo
m ' overstraining nerves mid organ It
Ir high time to adopt better baslnus
ii. ihods or else go Into bankruptcy.
Balled Up.
"Hatty has uu India rubber lumgliuv
tlon."
'Tiidla rubber Isn't tho lorm-thoro
nro bounds to India rubber." Boston
Evening Transcript.
All Out.
One evening I was accompanying
two young women home. We got on a
" In which there were but two vn
Hint heats. They sat down together anil
I excused myself, thinking I would take
n smoke on the front platform. 1 got
o talking to some fellows and before
realise. It wo wwra nt tho end of
Iho ur line. I rushed In tho car, but
needless to say, did not find tho two
, ' "H w '" passed their corner
about u mile hue. Hxchnngo.
BrouQht Harvest Hand Along.
Whllo a Nebraska farmer living neai
Kimball was working with his harvest
ing crew, wondering how be could gel
more help, an nlrplnno landed In u
cleared patch of wheat stubble, ant'
the aviator walked over to the bar
vesters. leaving Mm Hii. ,. .
tho airplane in his seat. "I've got t I
follow hero I found begging on tlu 1
street at Omaha," the aviator told the i
farmer, "and hearing of the lack of
harvtst help I've brought him hero tc
the first good farm lauding phice so
ho can't avoid getting tho Job he said '
iiw v.. .nun i unu. j lie rout Ih in. t I
you."
Java's Business Need.
Prominent busluoss men In Java
fool that it Is Important for tho de
velopment of trade between that Is
land and the United States that expe
rienced representatives of American
Arms be sent there, to remain lone
enough to learn the Dutch language
and study conditions sulllclentiy to bo
nblo to adapt present American com.
merclal methods to local needs
Sara A. Conboy, International sec
rotary-treasurer of the United Textile
Workers of America. Is one of the del
egntes to the Industrial conference In
Washington. She Is tho only woman
In America holding a position in the
labor unions of so much Importance.
Tho Zabern Affair.
What Is known as the Znborn afTalr
occurred In the town of Zabern, Al
sace, In November, 101H, and wns tho
culmination of the brutal treatment of
the populace by the officers and sol
diers of tho Ninety-ninth Prussian In
fantry, commanded by Colonel von
Iteuter. Lieutenant Baton von Forst
ncr, tho most notorious of the officers,
had provoked soveral clashes between
the soldiers and tho citizens, and or
dered the soldiers to hnvonet uny one
Insulting the German flag. He, him
self, sabered a crippled shoemaker,
which raised n great storm. He was
tried and sentenced to forty-three
days Imprisonment, although his con
duct was strongly defended by Von
lteutur. Hoth Von Forstner nnd Von
Heutor wore reported killed In Bel
gium curly In the war. Indlnnapolls
News.
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Col. George Lyon, seventy-one years of uge. is Harvard university's olUest
student this year. Ho graduated In 187D, but has re-entered for a courso In
public speaking. Jacob Shankmnn of Chelsea, thirteen years old, Is tho
youngest student. Ho Is also attending the Hebrew Rabbinical college.
U. S. SUBMARINE DOES SOME STUNTS
America's Store or Radium.
The total production of radium ele
ment In the United States up to this
year Ih estimated at fin grams. It was
first produced th 101H. In which year
2.1 grams resulted; In 11)18 the prod
uct was 18.0 grains, Charles II. Viol,
writing In Science, estimates tbnt tho
camotltu holdings of tho Standard
Chemical company should produce at
least BOO grams of radium.
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Uio U. S. sui.tuanne H-2. In the Hudson river doing some remarkable
stunts Just to remind the public that she, as well as other ships of tho U S
navy, is In need of healthy, ambitious young men. Tho II-2 performed tho'
remarkable feat of sending a wireless message whllo submerged.