Great wireless station at Tuckerton, N.J., is reopened after having been closed on government orders. Motion pictures show this plant with its 860 foot mast, tallest structure in America, which converses daily with Honolulu, Nome and ...See moreGreat wireless station at Tuckerton, N.J., is reopened after having been closed on government orders. Motion pictures show this plant with its 860 foot mast, tallest structure in America, which converses daily with Honolulu, Nome and Germany. Athletes of big Eastern universities compete in cross country run through woods at New Haven, Conn. Gathering, shipping and handling of gigantic cotton crop which is so big that it has proved an embarrassment to the South because of war depression in the market, shown in motion pictures. Annual Rugby battle between Leland Stanford, Jr., University and University of California, football classic of the Pacific coast, results in victory for Stanford. While their comrades of first battalion London Scottish regiment fell in charge at Ypres volunteers in second battalion are sent through final drill before leaving to fill the thinned ranks at the front. Voyage of submarines through Cape Cod Canal avoiding heavy ocean waves is hailed by Navy Department as achievement of unusual strategic value in coast defense. Scenes show the little vessels on this remarkable trip. Written by
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