New Orleans, La: The Mardi Gras this year is marked by the exceptional splendor of the gorgeous floats. Washington, D.C: Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo leaves on the Mayflower to join at Hampton Roads the International High Commission of which he is the head. President and Mrs. Wilson see Secretary McAdoo off on his trip to Argentina. Salonika, Greece: Immediately after the occupation of this city by the Allies, an aviation corps of the French forces unpack their aeroplanes and reconnoiter over the city. Los Angeles, Cal: Thirteen of America's foremost speed kings battle for supremacy in the one-hundred-mile auto race before 50,000 spectators at Ascot Park here. Washington, D.C: On the day that President Wilson decides to send a punitive force into Mexico, Newton D. Baker, the new Secretary of War, takes his oath of office. Columbus, N.M: Members of the Twentieth U.S. Infantry, stationed at El Paso, are said to be going to bear the brunt of the advance into Mexico. Two thousand of Uncle Sam's sturdy boys in the cavalry will precede the infantry. Francisco Villa, hunted by 8,000 American soldiers, slayer of American civilians, raider, bandit and scourge of the border, who has been the cause of the abandonment of "watchful waiting." General Frederick Funston, whose capture of Aguinaldo in 1900, is guarantee enough of his effort to deliver Villa to justice. San Francisco, Cal: The Naval Militia here take possession of their newly-acquired training ship, the historic Oregon. In the event of Mexican invasion these boys may play important roles. Tampa, Fla: Natives here turn out in force to watch the first day's practice of the "Cubs" which necessitates many "limbering up" exercises.
—Moving Picture World synopsis