Reopen Panama Canal: Sending vessels from ocean to ocean after earth slides are dredged away, Isthmus of Panama. Pennsylvania Beats Yale: Eli's eight defeated by narrow margin, Philadelphia, Pa. Spring "House Cleaning:" What water, work ...See moreReopen Panama Canal: Sending vessels from ocean to ocean after earth slides are dredged away, Isthmus of Panama. Pennsylvania Beats Yale: Eli's eight defeated by narrow margin, Philadelphia, Pa. Spring "House Cleaning:" What water, work and paint did in "Clean-Up Week," Pittsburgh, Pa. Subtitle: The same place, after. England's Fighters: New Zealand Expeditionary Force, which captured "Samoa" for Great Britain, leaving for Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand. Farewell Church Parade: 163d French Canadian battalion attend religious service on eve of starting for front, Montreal, Canada. In Villa's Home City: Movie men dare Mexican mobs to get up-to-date- news, Chihuahua, Mexico. Subtitles: Engine break-down halts correspondents. Panorama of Chihuahua. Women wash tho' men war. Army wireless on towers of Chihuahua Cathedral. U. S. Consul Letcher at Consulate. General Luis Gutierrez, Military Governor of Chihuahua. American newspapermen interview Gutierrez. Villa's mansion, burned as he fled. Villa's tomb, will he occupy it? The Most Vital Subject of the Day, Preparedness: Women Prepare; Setting-up exercises in First Military Training School for Girls, Cleveland, Ohio. Subtitle: Col. Zimmerman presents proficiency medals. Latest Type Airship: One of the largest hydroplanes in naval service launched at Norfolk, Va. Girl Flies for Preparedness: Ruth Law shows ability to repel aerial attack, Chicago, Ill. Subtitles: Looping the loop 4,000 feet aloft. Volplaning a mile. What You Should Know: U.S. Navy Publicity Bureau's exhibit of devices used in the Navy. Subtitles: Training sailors to load and fire guns quickly. Averages 12 to 15 shots per minute. Twelve-inch armor piercing shell. Travels 2,750 feet per second. Revolving cannon used by landing forces. Automatic machine gun fires 450 shots per minute. Naval defense mine, exploded by contact. The torpedo, most feared weapon in use, weighs 2,600 pounds, travels 45 miles per hour. Mechanism which controls speed and course. Propellers and rudder. Powder exhibit. Five-inch shrapnel shell. Six-inch all-steel shell. Cartoons by Hy Mayer. Written by
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