Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 68 - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

San Francisco: Silvio Pettirossi, an aviator from Argentine, pays visit to Panama Pacific International Exposition and makes daring flight. Houston, Texas: Stubborn fire which cost one life and many injured in wholesale liquor house fire ...See moreSan Francisco: Silvio Pettirossi, an aviator from Argentine, pays visit to Panama Pacific International Exposition and makes daring flight. Houston, Texas: Stubborn fire which cost one life and many injured in wholesale liquor house fire is quelled after hard fight by firemen. Boston: U.S. supply ship Celtic returns from Vera Cruz with small menagerie collected by members of the crew. San Francisco: Olympic games at stadium of Panama Pacific Exposition are dexterously contested by track and field stars chosen in elimination contests in all parts of country. On Battle Line in France: Wonderful efficiency of German military machine is demonstrated by their thorough equipment for feeding the army on its long forced marches. Pictures also show a wrecked supply train and the artillery hurriedly taking up a new position. Boston: Forty-seven thousand baseball fans attend opening of Braves' new park and see world pennant raised. The attendance being 11,000 greater than any other baseball crowd. Marietta, Ga: Crowds flock to scene where body of Leo M. Frank was discovered after he was taken from prison. Also where Frank's body rested in establishment at Atlanta, Ga. Also Mrs. L.M. Frank. Elgin, Ill: Earl Cooper wins Chicago Automobile cup in first event of Illinois road classic. Barney Oldfield crashes into straw barrier but finishes third over Elgin road course. Brownsville, Texas: Twenty-sixth U.S. Infantry arrives to guard the border with Col. R.L. Bullard as commander. Pictures show putting up camp kitchen, troopers stationed along river where a number of Americans were killed and men digging trenches under desultory fire on Americans by Mexicans across the Rio Grande. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less