Chicago, Ill: Gas tank explosion kills four. Toy balloon factory wiped out. Capetown, Cal: Steamer "Bear" goes ashore on Sugar Loaf Rock. 5 lives lost; many injured. New York City: Manicuring the leopard. Park Commissioner Ward officiates....See moreChicago, Ill: Gas tank explosion kills four. Toy balloon factory wiped out. Capetown, Cal: Steamer "Bear" goes ashore on Sugar Loaf Rock. 5 lives lost; many injured. New York City: Manicuring the leopard. Park Commissioner Ward officiates. Marseilles, France: English troops are cheered as they pass through this city on way to front. New London, Conn: Harvard oarsmen are too speedy for Yale. Crimson crews take all 3 events on Thames course. Lowell, Mass: State Normal School girls hold a Shakespearean festival. San Jose, Cal: Suffragists end coast-to-coast auto trip. The Mayor presents them with the key to the city. Baton Rouge, La: Oil tanks floated into position on specially built canal. Tanks measure 115 ft. in diameter and canal is one mile long, containing 30,000,000 gallons of water. New York City: Famous 7th Regiment off for the front. City's crack regiment will go direct to Mexican border. Subtitles: The 71st Regiment leaves at same hour in spirited race to beat the 7th to the border. 1st Motor Battery starts for camp. Swearing allegiance to the flag. "The Man of the Hour." Shamrock, Okla: $40,000 a day waste as big gas well burns. Has been burning 60 days. Jersey City, N.J: National Guard off for camp at Sea Girt. Written by
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