Neponset, Mass: Giant yacht Sea Call, worth nearly a million dollars, is launched. Berlin, Germany: Thousands join in centennial celebration in honor of Bismarck at statue before Reichstag. Chancellor von Bethman-Holloweg takes part. Philadelphia: Hundreds of suffragists join in big votes demonstration on May Day. Wellesley, Mass: Girl students at Wellesley College have May Day frolic on campus. Fair athletes answer call of coaches to join crews. San Francisco: "Uncle Joe" Cannon, with party of Congressmen, arrives in San Francisco for the exposition and is given hearty welcome. New York: Latest fashions by Lady Duff-Gordon. Dublin: Lord Wimborne, new Governor General of Ireland, named under provisions of Home Rule bill, arrives to take up his duties. Kissena Lake, N.Y: Members of Girl Pioneers of America arrive in camp for annual exhibition. New York: Children make pets of baby angora goats in Central Park, Near Dieppe, France: Recruits who have been called to colors during present year are given hard training to prepare for war. Men are sent over country like that in which Germans are encamped. Southend-on-Sea, England: Germans, held as prisoners of war on big liners at mouth of Thames, are transferred to internment camps. Maldon, England: Soldiers take charge of town of Maldon, 40 miles from London, where bombs from Zeppelins tore great holes in earth and demolished buildings near big ammunition stores.
—Moving Picture World synopsis