J. Pierpont Morgan Attacked: Frank Holt, would-be assassin, and scenes connected with shooting of noted financier, Glen Clove, L.I. The American Flag: Huge banner, weighing nearly a ton, is unfurled amid cheers from thousands, Times Square...See moreJ. Pierpont Morgan Attacked: Frank Holt, would-be assassin, and scenes connected with shooting of noted financier, Glen Clove, L.I. The American Flag: Huge banner, weighing nearly a ton, is unfurled amid cheers from thousands, Times Square, New York City. Departure of Liberty Bell: Great throngs bid farewell to Liberty Bell as it starts on long journey to the Panama-Pacific Exposition, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. Big Suffrage Gathering: Prominent suffragettes meet at Statue of Liberty to hear Declaration of Woman Suffrage, New York City. Record Ups-and-Downs: Fearless airman makes remarkable ascension of 28,000 feet in huge balloon, San Francisco, Cal. Sub-Title: Exposition crowds thrilled by world-record parachute drop of 14,200 feet. Baby Welfare Week: Proud mothers parade infants in interesting health contest, Staten Island, N.Y. Sub-Titles: Quartet of beauties; Herman Miller, the prize baby. Venice in America: Two inches of rain in forty-five minutes causes inconvenient transformation of Manhattan, Kansas. Intercollegiate Rowing Championship: Cornell wins out against Stanford, Syracuse, Columbia and Pennsylvania Universities in annual aquatic event on the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Atlantic Fleet Flagship: U.S.S. "Wyoming" with its new gun equipment passing under Brooklyn Bridge, New York City. West Indian Volunteers: His Excellency Sir W. L. Allardyce inspects troops prior to their departure to aid Allies, Nassau, Bahama Island. Training English Engineers: Pontoon sections demonstrate their rapid-fire methods in bridge building, Hyde Park, London, England. The Woman in Warfare: Death-dealing cartridges made by gentle lassies in factories capable of turning out ammunition throughout Great Britain. To Stimulate Recruiting: City of London Regiment, a unit of giant volunteer army, marches through London, England. Sub-Title: Musical patriot exhorts crowd with song: "We don't want to lose you, but we think you ought to go." Cartoons by the world famous caricaturist, Hy Mayer of Puck. Written by
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