Cambridge, Mass: The Harvard Varsity crew work into proper physical condition by using the stationary rowing machines in the gymnasium tank. Montreal, Canada: Fire destroys the historic old Grand Trunk Railway station here, erected in 1886 at a cost of half a million dollars. At sea with the U.S. Fleet at Guantanamo Bay: Awaiting on the U.S.S. Louisiana, final preparations for spring target practice, the Selig-Tribune staff correspondent has a chance to show routine life aboard battleships. Berkeley, Cal: Thirty-three hundred University of California students celebrate their traditional "Labor Day" building a trail from the Greek theater to Charter Hill, six hundred feet above the main campus. Doiran, Greece: Just behind the French front, this little town is the hospital center for French soldiers, wounded in their efforts to reinforce the Serbian army against their invaders. Kraguyevatz, Serbia: Heroic Serbian soldiers and equally heroic non-combatants await the signal to abandon, possibly forever, their little homes to the mercy of the conqueror. Quincy, Mass: The U.S. torpedo boat destroyer "Sampson," named after Admiral Sampson, is launched here in the presence of navy officials and distinguished guests. Montreal, Canada: The seventy-third battalion, which is on the eve of starting for the front, is reviewed by Governor Whitman of New York and Brigadier-General Wilson of Canada. En route to Tampa with the Cubs: Mordecai Brown pours oil on the troubled wheels; Gene Packard, Mike Doolan and other Cub stars indulge in a pie-eating contest, preliminary to the pennant-winning contest.
—Moving Picture World synopsis