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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIWJNE.
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR RUSSIAN RELIEF
AMERICAN ORNAMENTS FOR AMERICA'S CHRISTMAS
Tht'KO lire the officers of
left to right, nro Kllhu Koot,
anil Samuel Mcltoberts.
tlie American central
Princess Cnntucuzeno
cominlltou for Itusslun
Spernnsky and Henry
relief which meets In New York. Seated,
de llucli. Standing, Montgomery Schuyler
TRAINING A FOOTBALL TEAM WITH AN AIRPLANE
An Interesting photograph showing Amerlcun girls In un American factory making Ainc
mentH from Aniorlcan material colored with American dyes. Experiments for the pnst three
United States can make these trinkets as successfully ns Germany.
rlcan Christmas
years have show
tree orna
n that thu
ONTARIO' FIRST FARMER CABINET MEETS
Conch Bob Evans Is making novel use of an airplane, la training the football team of Leland Stanford university
Jn the piny photographed tlio aviator starts the muchlno and tries to gain headway against the strength of the men.
POLISH MERCHANT MARINE STARTED
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Ontario's newly elected farmer cabinet photographed In the U. b O. headquarters just after being sworn in by the
lieutenant governor, Sir .lohn Ilendrle. From left to right: Manning Doherty, minister of agriculture; Harry Mills,
minister of mines; Walter Hollo, minister of wealth and labor; H. C. Nixon, provincial secretary; K. O. Biggs, min
ister of public works; K. C. Drury, prime minister; W. 12. Hanoy, K. C, attorney general; Peter Smith, provincial
treasurer; Lieut. Col. D. Cnrmlchnel, D. S. O., minister without portfolio; It. H. Grant, minister of education, nnd
Benluh Bowman, minister of lands and forests.
WOMAN JOURNALIST OF CHINA i 1
MILK CONSUMERS ON STRIKE
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SAW THE KAISER BEG ON HIS KNEES
Scene at tho launching and christening of the S. S. Koscluszko at pier
"20, Brooklyn. The ship was christened by Uov. Dr. Kwlatkowsld. Thu
Ivoscutszko was purchased from tho United States shipping board by tho
Polish-American Navigation corporation with money subscribed by over ten
thousand Polish Americans In the United States.
PALLO AND HIS BUST OF MERCIER
Miss Souml Chlug, one of China's
lending Journalists, who has come to
Amerlcn to lecture to tho Chinese In
this country. Sho Is ono of the best
Informed women In the empire nnd
represented n lnrgu group of Chlneso
Journals and syndicates at thu Paris
peace conference.
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Expect to Uncover Treasures.
Mulllngar, cnpltal of County West
month, Ireland, Is on tho tip-toe of
excitement because of n hunt for
trensuro trove. Gold coins of great
size have been found In an old passage
wny discovered under n Held. They
hour Inslgnln of currency "thnt un
doubtedly have Ogham origin." Ogham
Inscriptions arc found only on ancient
monuments In Ireland and other Cel
tic countries. Their origin Is wrapped
In mystery. Cooking utensils have
also been found. They are of mate
' rinl far better than thnt used In theso
out-of-date times. But this Is only a
beginning. The passage hns Just re-
....ilt. Itnnii utt-iinl.- lit ....
Ing out excavations ror drain ago.
Thero are strong Indications that
treasures trovo and valuable memen
toes of past ages nro to be found In
tho passage, which It Is believed must
lend to nn enrthen fortification.
Five hundred thousand users of bot
tled milk In New York city, working'
In unison with the community coun
cils of national defense, started a
three-day boycott of milk. The Idea
wits to voice n strong public protest
ngnlnst tho prohibitive cost of the
esseutlnl of life.
Net Quail in Thousands.
In tho Mediterrnneun no bird Is bet
ter known thnn tho quail from tho
Spanish littoral to tho Arnblnn hill
sides. Twlco a year It pnsses over
the great Inland sen, northward In
spring nnd southward In September
and October. Its coming Is quite a
festival, and mnny an outstnnding bill
and many a peasant's overdue rent Is
paid at Its expense.
When It goes northwnrd In Mny to
Its nesting place In middle Europe tho
sandy Italian sen benches nre lined
in tho line of Its flight with fine net
ting loosely held up by stakes, nnd
tho unhappy Httlo quails, flying low
over tho sea, plunge Into these nnd ure
securely held by the falling meshes.
No fewer than 17,000 have been re
ceived In Homo In one day, nnd In the
smnll Island of Daprl, near Naples,
1C0.000 are sometimes taken In n sea
son. Detroit News.
n,i!ln fiitiiniiu iiiiilnlti hitxldn tile bust of t'lll'dlnul MiM-rlor ulilrl tut him
acwiiU'd at the request of his eminence.
Baby Always Star Performer.
Every member of the family with
tho exception of the growing hoy will
sometimes wnko up In tho middle of
the night, but nono of tho others can
get ns wldo nwnko us baby.
Two Things to Explain.
Tho trophy for absent-mindedness
goes to Harold. Ho took his fiancee
to tho picture show house the other
night nnd left her standing In tho
lobby while he went to the ticket win
dow.
"Ono ticket, plense," ho suld. A lit
tie Inter, when the girl trailed him
through the entrance, tho doorman
nsked hltu how ho lad expected to do
It.
"But I had a harder time explain
lng4o tho Blrl that sho really was nn
Important Item In Tho evening's pro
Countess de Lledekerke, chairman of tho Belgian Purple Cross, nowi
visiting the United States, who saw tho kaiser kneeling on the ground beforoi
tho Dutch oillcer at tho little guard station in Holland, begging to be saved!
from arrest. Her home Is in the little frontier village of Kysden, in that por-j
tlon of Belgium which hns been under Holland's control.
GENERAL WOOD AND FAMILY
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MaJ. Gen. Leonnrd Wood, Mrs. Wood and their family, In tho first photo
eranh taken of them together since tho general's return from Franco. Tii
sons, Cnpt. Uionnru woou, jr., nun i.ieui. ysuorne u. wood, went Into tho
service nt tho outbreak of the war, tho captain serving with the Klghty-nrst
division in Fruuce. Tim dnnghtur, Louise, Is still In school.
gram.