Latest pictures from the seat of war: Raw recruits are inspected by British army officers. Noon day mess. Boy scouts act as couriers. Floods along the Meuse. The convent ruins; seeking for lost treasures. French marines march through Paris...See moreLatest pictures from the seat of war: Raw recruits are inspected by British army officers. Noon day mess. Boy scouts act as couriers. Floods along the Meuse. The convent ruins; seeking for lost treasures. French marines march through Paris. Ruins in Nomeny. Miss Nona McAdoo, daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury, sails for Europe to become a war nurse. President Wilson's barge, in which he will lead the procession of battleships through the Panama Canal, when formally opened. Sub title: After trial spin it is loaded on flat car and sent to Hampton Roads, Va. Famous old bulldog of the navy, the "Oregon," arrives in San Francisco Harbor on way to lead battleships through the Panama Canal. Sub title: Some of the crew who took the "Oregon" around the Horn in 1898. The "Dacia," transferred from German to American registry, sails from Galveston. Tex., with cargo of cotton which the British Government threatens to seize. The Knickerbocker Hotel, New York City, establishes a bread line for jobless men. Some women with babies also fed. The first big blizzard of the winter hits New York. New York society women collect one million bundles of clothing for the unemployed. S. S. "Powhattan" goes aground on Coenties Reef in New York's East River. Trans-continental telephone line is opened, linking New York, Boston and San Francisco. Sub title: Map showing route of Trans-continental Line. Mayor Rolph of San Francisco talks with Mayor Curly of Boston. Flames sweep steamship pier at New York City. Ski jumpers break records at Gary, Ill., meet. Written by
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