- Pasadena, Cal: A ten ton steel frame for a telescope on top of Mount Wilson, is carried up the mountainside on a powerful truck. Near the summit the truck slips off the mountain roadway and the frame narrowly misses going over a precipice. Mineola, L.I: Miss Cecelia Wright, a daring woman flyer, drives her plane at a dizzy height in an effort to exceed the government's altitude record. Del Rio, Texas: Fire of incendiary origin destroys a railroad bridge near the Mexican border shortly before two trains carrying Georgia National Guardsmen are due to pass that way. Washington, D.C: Students of the Catholic University here stage a unique tug-of-war in which the freshmen arc ducked into a small lake. Footlights and Fashions: Miss Violet Heming, of "The Flame," at the 44th Street Theater, New York City, appears exclusively for the Hearst International News Pictorial in the latest gowns designed by herself. On the Somme Front: An armored train hurls giant shells into the German trenches many miles away. Exclusive pictures obtained by official cameramen with the French army. New Orleans: La: Sir Ernest Shackleton, just back from an Antarctic exploration trip, arrives in the United States with Captain Worsley, of the Exploration ship, "Endurance." Boston, Mass: 15 persons are killed when a streetcar plunges through an open draw into the river. The police drag the stream to recover the bodies. The car of Death is removed from the water after the bodies of the victims floated down the stream. The National Election, Princeton, N.J: President Wilson is cheered by several hundred students when he appears to cast his ballot in his home precinct. Chicago, Ill: Women vote for president here for the first time. Their influence on Illinois aids in piling up a tremendous plurality in that state for Charles E. Hughes. New York City: An election night crowd of more than 900,000 persons swarms the streets where a mad multitude creates a Bedlam of noise as returns flash on outdoor screens showing the result of balloting all over the United Stales. The result of the election is in doubt many hours after the polls are closed. Hughes' supporters claim his victory, while Democratic leaders insist that President Wilson is reelected.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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