A country girl is seduced by a criminal and moves with him to the big city. When she sees him with another woman, she leaves him and goes to work in a brothel, where she contracts a venereal disease.
A bumbling detective sent to investigate a murder at a wealth home is replaced by a sneering second investigator of mixed racial ancestry in this mystery involving an ancient Asian fan.
When World War I breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford university, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.