Philadelphia, Pa: Admiral Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, assists in laying keel for new transport. Jackies have sham battle. Palo Alto, Cal: Leland Stanford. Jr., University, sends crew to regatta at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. New York: Crusade is begun against short weight measure in New York. Inspectors examine scales of push cartmen and make an arrest. San Francisco: Hawaii delegation at Fair hold carnival on lagoon in front of the Fine Arts Building on Kamehameha Day. New York: Dainty summer fashions designed by Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon, especially for the Hearst-Selig News Pictorial. Chicago: Use dynamite to blow hold of wrecked steamer Iowa from path of navigation. Rome, Italy: Italian Government calls out troops to protect Austrian embassy from crowds in street. Pictures by staff photographer Wallace. Kansas City, Mo: Flooded Missouri and Raw Rivers inundate low lying sections of Kansas City. Boy scouts rescue marooned family. Philadelphia, Pa: Advocates of world peace hold session to organize league to bring about end of all wars. Ex-President Taft speaks. New York: Dreadnoughts Utah and Texas steam away from Brooklyn Navy Yard for yearly speed tests at sea.
—Moving Picture World synopsis