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TITT2 NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TJITBTWE.
TORNADO LEAVES TRAIL OF DEATH AND RUIN IN CHICAGO SUBURBS
ICE JAMS ENDANGER STEAMERS IN THE HUDSON
1 --Scene of devastation ill Mnywood. Sample of what the tornado did to buildings In Melrose' I'm!'
n. -UtiliiH of t four-story department Htoro at Elgin. Tho wreckage of this store was hurled Into the basemen
of an adjoining building which hud Just left Its foundation.
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UNCLE SAM WILL BUILD 300 OF THESE
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Photograph taken in Albany. X Y., shows lee Jams wtileh have pilot! up around vessels berthed at their wharvca
in the Hudson river.
JAPS MAY GET BIG SHIPYARD ON THE PACIFIC
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View of two of the latest types of destroyers being built at Newport News, Va. More than 300 of these "hor
nets" arc provided for In the nnvy's shipbuilding program.
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M0T0RB0AT AND AIRPLANE RACE
DECORATED BY MIKADO
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remarkable photograph of a motorboat and alrnlnne nice. n.iMn.. ii....n
ver the same course nt Mluml. Kin. Tim boat In Hi., finr i i. n.
Wood of New York, shown winning the 20-mile race tor express cruisers and
petting u new world record for Its type.
MODERN CLIFF DWELLERS IN FRANCE
The emperor of Japan hns conferrei
.i medal of the Order of the Ulslng Sui
on Lieut. Col. AVIlHam L. liudies
the United States marine corps.
SEEKS AID FOR IRELAND
Unfortunnto persons or Kritnce whose houses have been destroyed thro.igh
Mk' ravages or war have hit upon a novel Idea evolved by man eenturleu ngo.
iCiir dwellings neatly anangod on the side of mountains are serving many lii
iMlifitlu IrvlllL' dllVH. Tills lllllllllL'I'lllltl tfhllMS nun (if llwt inivii. ..IIIV
. - . I.IV .MM.. J inn iiuiMiuifin
Aeen ut lib'ime. France.
Ue. .1 iV. II. Irwin. M A.. P.. I).,
1'b.D., a prominent member of tho
Irish Presbyterian lerg. mid pastor
ft the congregation of KiiUml, one -.if
the largest rural parishes In Ulster, has
arrived in America to appea! to Amen
ran audiences for recognition of tho
republic of Irelaml. While here he
will co-operate with Eamoii do Valeni.
president or tho republic, and other
members; of thu republican mission.
, The Reneon.
"Can you lei uie In to see th's
niece''"
' "", .lr: iliU Is no pas-lug sbn- '
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The Skinner & Eddy shipyards, the largest on the Pacific coast, may pass- Into the hands of Japanese owners,
It was recently learned.
Chairman Payne of the United States shipping board has practically completed arrangements for the purchase
of the yards, at about .$:5,:?00,000. The yards are then to be sold to private Interests, which, it is understood, nro
controlled by Japanese capital.
This photograph shows a general view of the great Skinner & Eddy corporation shipyards at Seattle, Washington.
BLACKBEARD'S CASTLE
BUILT BY FILIPINO CONTRIBUTIONS
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Hlackbenrd's castlo Hit St. Thomas. I :SlvJllwIil '"'"
in ihe Virgin islands, once n pirate l1; 0 - 'iP' - H
stn ighold, is now a guard-mount post -4.: '' t(Sitii0 "
for be United States marines' policing ' Zj3' rrrrmn'
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DECORATED SIX TIMES
View of the United Sni'es destroyer 174. the Jose Itlzal. nnmcd nftcr tho
"Liberator of the Philippine Islands," nt anchor In the Willamette river at
Portland, Ore.. 00 miles from the ocean. Tho Kiznl was built by funds
subscribed ,by tho resident- of the Philippines. She Is mnnned by a Phil
ippine crow. .
MEXICAN PEONS LURED INTO TEXAS "
Cap
with t
Italian
home
ed ami
(iinwmm ( .n n'im i i 1,.. v,.,..-...i
tlilrieenih Hci-agllerl in the
irtn. recently reiunie' to hi
I his country, lie was wound-
ias sl decorations.
Outs iie Cost of Coal to Nothing,
Englier C. N. Oarland, In Power,
predict that the day Is nnf far dis
tant win every plant making use of
onl In urge quantities will bo sup
plied w i a low temperature distilla
tion ap irntus by the use of which
consldei le of the by-products which
are nov wnsted will be saved. He
says tin In this manner It Is possible
to cut I coal lilll down t:i eri.
A dinner of canned bonus, corneu beef and bread, prepared bv hospitable
lexas women, was rocentl.: served to t!00 Mexican peons, who "are s ,l
haw been lur.,1 Into San Aut.,nbv Texas, by labor oners of $3 and u ,i.
Only a Tow of .he laborers could speak English, and nmnv were w b o u . n'
ey. This, pbn.ograph shows the MeMcans being with .1 'nner