European war illustrated. Latest pictures from seat of war: Artillery going into action; heliograph signals; the bombarded city; burying the dead: Brig, Gen'l Gordon Gilmore reviews the 2d battalion of London; French engineers relaying a ...See moreEuropean war illustrated. Latest pictures from seat of war: Artillery going into action; heliograph signals; the bombarded city; burying the dead: Brig, Gen'l Gordon Gilmore reviews the 2d battalion of London; French engineers relaying a military railway; Belgian soldiers pulling down a dangerous wall. Harry Thaw is returned to the jurisdiction of New York State. Scenes at Concord, N.H., showing his departure. Baby Speed Demon makes new record at the mid-winter regatta off Miami, Fla. Company "D," 1st battalion, U.S. army engineers build bomb-proof trenches and wire entanglements at Washington barracks. The navy's biggest submarine, the L.1, is launched at Quincy, Mass. Subtitle: Eight more submarines are under construction at the same yard. New York society women hold cat show at the Waldorf-Astoria to aid unemployed. Subtitle: The Sacred Cat of Siam. A new auto-truck fender demonstrates its ability to save lives. The City of Chicago requires all trucks to be equipped with these devices. Some interesting scenes in far-away Guatemala. Subtitle: The Market Place on the Plaza. Bursting Boiler on U.S.S. "San Diego" kills six and injures eight men. Thousands of chickens are sent to the Panama-Pacific show for exhibition. A contrast in methods of travel. Subtitles: The way our grandfathers traveled, mule power. The way we travel to-day, the electrically-propelled 20th Century Limited. Boston's new custom house is dedicated. Subtitles: Collector Billings receives the keys from Architect Peabody; surveyor of the Port Maynard; bird's-eye view from tower. Professor Hiram Young, of Lexington. Ky., exerts strange influence over cattle. Calling the herd by music from his $25,000 Cremona violin. Written by
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