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TRIPLE AIR RECORDS LABOR NOT PROPERTY, FEDERATION RULES. Gliding to Earth at Governor's Island with Engine Dead and Fuel Tank Empty, She Learns that Three New Feats Are Credited to Her. LESS THAN NINE HOURS ALOFT TO COVER 967 MILES FROM CHICAGO Ready for Return Journey as Soon as She Can Get Bigger Machine-Little Biplane She Drove Looks Like Toy Beside Caristrom Craft. With three aviation records falling in her wake, "Angel Ruth" Law, as she has come to be known to those who know her best, the world's champion, woman flyer, landed on Governor's Island to-day ending a 967 mile trip from Chicago. According to the records of the Aero Club of America, under auspices of which the flight was made, Miss Law set a new mark for cross-country and non-stop aerial trips in this country and a world's record for a flight by a woman. Incidentally the Aero Club announced that, encouraged by Miss Law's success, it is arranging to lay out a regular "air line" between here and Chicago and establish a chain of "landing stations," with a view to encouraging cross-country flying on a regular schedule. The stations are to be established in time for use in the transcontinental aerial contest the club is to hold next year. Miss Law gave the project her enthusiastic indorsement upon her arrival here to-day. "The Aero Club's project is going to popularize cross country flying in America and make the aeroplane a utilitarian factor," she said. "There will soon be hundreds of persons flying from Chicago to New York for business and pleasure-as soon as the chain of landing bases is established." Miss Law landed on Governor's Island at thirty-seven minutes after nine o'clock, making her elapsed time for the 967 miles twenty-five hours twelve minutes and thirty-five seconds. Her actual flying time was eight hours fifty-nine minutes and thirty five seconds. Victor Carlstrom, the previous holder of the American cross-country and non-stop records, was twenty-five hours, forty-six minutes and thirty seconds in covering the same route, and was actually in the air eight hours, twenty-eight minutes and thirty seconds. The last stretch of Miss Law's flight from Binghamton to-day was made through a blinding mist that at times completely hid the earth. For this reason she was compelled to fly low, at times being less than 100 feet above the ground. LANDS IN NICK OF TIME. Just as she came even with the Battery, her engine went "dead" from lack of gasolene and the young woman was forced to volpane for remaining half mile to her destination. She reached the land just in the nick of time, the wheels of her machine striking the ground a little behind Castle Williams. If the fuel had given out a minute earlier she would have fallen into the Bay. As she landed, Miss Law, who is only twenty-eight years old and a little more than five feet tall, was greeted by two companies of soldiers drawn up at attention and the military band of the army post, which had been stationed on the field in anticipation of her arrival. As she sprang from her machine she was met by Major General Leonard Wood, commander of the Department of the East, and Mrs. Wood, and Major C. F. Hartman, commander of the Aviation Corps on the island, and other army officials and Henry Wood house, Augustus Post and E. J. Wendell, members of the Board of Governors of the Aero Club of America, under whose auspices the flight was made. "I have been flying during the year and I thought I would run over to New York for a little vacation," she laughed after the formalities of greeting had been dispensed with. "I am glad to be with you." After she had been congratulated all around and had turned her instruments and records over to the Aero Club officials for official checking up, Miss Law was assisted into an automobile and taken to the home of Major Hartman, where she had breakfast. Her first concern upon arrival there was for a powder puff. After break fast she accompanied the Aero Club officials to Manhattan, returning to the island to pose for a number of moving picture cameras. Later she went to the McAlpin Hotel to spend the remainder of the day with her mother. Miss Law told her well wishes, that she enjoyed her little "aerial junket" immensely, although she said she suffered keenly from the cold on the way down from Binghamton to-day. In fact, she said that when she landed she had great difficulty in getting from her machine. "I would have been here before nine o'clock had it not been for the mist," she added. "On this account I was compelled to fly slower than I would have otherwise, in order to keep my bearings. Once or twice I did come near getting lost. As an example of how thick the haze was, I couldn't recognize any town I passed over after leaving Binghamton until I got to Port Jervis, 127 miles south. After passing that point I hovered still closer to- (Continued on Page [[8?]]) Miss Law in Her Biplane, Just After Ending Record Flight at Governor's Island [[Image]] PHOTO BY EVENING TELEGRAM STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. BULGAR ARMY TURNED INTO FLEEING MOB Retreat Becomes Mad Panic Under Pressure of Allied Cavalry's Close Pursuit. VICTORS ADVANCING ALONG ROAD TO PRILEP. LONDON, Monday,-Rapidly moving columns of Entente troops have already advanced four miles beyond Monastir today. Cavalry is pressing the German Bulgar forces so hard in their retreat along the Prilep road that the fleeing army has been thrown into great disorder. Despatches from Rome describe the flight of the German-Bulgar troops as a debacle. To save the defeated army fresh German troops have been hastily brought up to the front. Conjectures whether General Sarrail would rest at Monastir and continue a vigorous general offensive appear to be answered by the French official statement of to-day relating his advance beyond Monastir and the vigorous manner in which he is continuing the pursuit. Many prisoners and considerable war booty have been captured. East of the [[Illegible]] region, the Serbians, to whom much of the credit of the capture of Monastir is given, are on the offensive on the Moglenica front. In the Cerna plain the Allies have carried Hill No. 821 and several villages from two to four miles to the north and northeast of Monastir. (For to-day's European war statements, see Page Two.) PRESIDENT TO SEE ARMY-NAVY GAME WASHINGTON, Monday.-President Wilson expects to attend the Army-Navy football game in New York next Saturday, unless pressing public business interferes. He will sit on the Army side of the field during one-half and on the Navy side during the other. "BIG FOUR" IN 8-HOUR PLEA AT WHITE HOUSE Chiefs of Railroad Brotherhoods Arrange to See Mr. Wilson This Evening-Say They Only Wish "to Pay Respects," but May Discuss the Adamson Law. WASHINGTON, Monday.-The leaders of the "Big Four" railroad brotherhoods, who on Sunday made arrangements to unite their forces with the railroad unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor to push the eight-hour day fight, arranged to confer with President Wilson at the White White House this evening. It was said that the labor leaders intended only to "pay their respects" to the President, but it was generally understood that the eight hour day fight and probably the arrangements that the "Big Four" leaders have made to unite with the American Federation of Labor in the fight would be discussed. The men who will see the President are those who forced the passage of the Adamson Eight-Hour law last August in order to avert the threatened nationwide strike of the brotherhoods. They are Warren S. Stone, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen; W. S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and Enginemen; W. G. Lee, head of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and A. B. Garretson, head of the Order of Railroad Conducters. They will talk with President Wilson at a quarter to six o'clock, and as soon as they leave Representative Adamson, author of the eight-hour law and vice chairman of the joint Congressional committee which to-day began its investigation of the railroad situation as a prelude to the big fight on the new law, will see Mr. Wilson. Great secrecy surronds the arrangement said to have been reached by the Brotherhood leaders and representatives of the twelve unions of railroad workers affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, If the reports are correct [[ths?]] brotherhoods have lined up a total of 3,000,000 workers back of them in the eight hour flight, which had its real opening to-day in the organization session of the Congressional investigating committee. While it was not possible to get the "Big Four" leaders to discuss the reported alliance, it was said to-day that they would address the Federation convention in Baltimore [[en?]] the subject to-morrow. Samuel Gompers, president of the Federation, refused to discuss the report of the alliance because it was to come before the convention. It is generally understood that the move of the railroad workers was taken to offset the recent drift toward organization on the part of employers to flight the eight hour day. MR. GOMPERS SILENT ON 8-HOUR FIGHT BALTIMORE, Md., Monday.-Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, refused to-day to comment on the reported [[scheme?]] for amalgamation of the four railroad brotherhoods with other railway labor organizations affiliated with the Federation of Labor, in a combined effort for an eight hour day. His explanation that he could not talk about a "matter that will come before the convention in [[due course?]]," taken in connection with the announcement that the brotherhood heads were expected to address the Federation convention to-morrow, was regarded as an indication that the idea will be presented to the convention. The Federation executive council already has reported to the convention that the railroad brotherhoods were "assured of the support and the co-operation of the American Federation of Labor in their struggle." The chairman of the Federation committee on resolutions, has announced that one of several resolutions in favor of a universal eight hour day will be reported as soon as possible. BALTIMORE, Md., Monday.-The American Federation of Labor this afternoon unanimously adopted a recommendation "that any injunction dealing with the relationship of employer and employe, and based on the dictum that labor is property, be wholly and absolutely treated as usurpation and disregarded, let the consequences be what they may." The recommendation was made in connection with a report on the action of the Massachusetts Supreme Court in declaring unconstitutional the anti-trust and injunction law and classifying labor as property. BRITISH NEWSPAPER OWNERS DECIDE TO RAISE PRICE, LONDON, Wednesday.-A resolution was passed to-day at a meeting of representatives of British newspaper proprietors held in London recommending that the newspapers throughout the country raise their price by a halfpenny. LIBEL BOND GIVEN, THE DEUTSCHLAND READY TO LEAVE, NEW LONDON, Conn., Monday.-With all legal attachments withdrawn, the Deutschland, merchant submarine, this afternoon was ready to leave at any hour and, according to confidential information, will try this evening to slip away on the dash through the Allies' war ship blockade on her way to Bremen, the voyage which was prevented last week by the collision with the tug T. A. Scott, Jr., in which the latter vessel sank with five men. Satisfactory bond was given to-day to lift the libel. GERMANS RETURN MAIL SEIZED ON WAY TO NEW YORK. AMSTERDAM, via LONDON, Monday.-The Handelsblad states that Germany has retuned the mail bags of the Dutch steamship Koenigin Regentes, which was recently taken into Zeebrugge by a German submarine. Most of the mail was destined for New York. BOYS KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE; DRIVER GETS AWAY. While playing at Beaver and Locust streets, Brooklyn, this afternoon Morris Isenberg, four years old, of No. 84 Beaver street, was struck and killed by an automobile, which continued on its way without stopping. Several persons saw the accident and reported the automobile's license to the police. The Detectives Bureau set men to work on the case. PROSECUTOR'S WIFE KILLED WITH AXE, HE SAYS. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Monday.-An axe or a hatchet caused the death of Mrs. Harriet Moss McDaniel, according to testimony of Dr. A. B. McGlothlan to-day in the trial of Oscar D. McDaniel, Country Prosecutor and the slain woman's husband, charged with the murder. 20,000 ILL PRISONERS OF WAR NOW IN SWITZERLAND. BERNE, via PARIS, Monday.-Nearly 20,000 French, British and German prisoners, ill or convalescing, are now in Switzerland, and 8,000 additional French and 5,000 more German prisoners in similar condition are expected to begin arriving on Thursday. BOWIE RACING RESULTS. FIFTH-Sandbar, $5.30, $3.60, $3.10; Hiker, $21.60, $10.60; Pennless, $6.60. Scratched:-Thomas Calloway, Dartworth, Young Emblem, Peacock, Col. Holloway, Minda and Tom Hancock. Time, 1:50. SIXTH-Lynn, $14.40, $5.30, $3.10; Buzz Around, $3.70, $2.70; Blackford, $2.60. Time 1:51. Scratched:-Batwa, Fenrock and Bob Redfield. SEVENTH-Soldier, $7.30, $4.30, $3; Harry Lauder. $6. $3.60; Handfull, $4.50. Time, 1:48. Scratched-Yankee Notions, Menlo Park Park, Queen of Paradise and Budweiser. MRS. LANSING GIVES MEUTRAL RECEPTIONS WASHINGTON, D. C. Monday.-Mrs. Robert Lansing has issued cards for two afternoon receptions, the first to-day and the second on Tuesday. The reason of two parties instead of one is that the invited guests are all members of the diplomatic circle and officials of the State Department. In this way Mrs. Lansing hopes to avoid all embarrassing situations for her guests while she maintains social neutrality. SPECIAL NOTICES. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists. DANCING 23 Years at This Address MEANS Something. REMEY SCHOOL FOR DANCING 913-917 8th Av. (54th St.) Phone Col. 4684. All Modern Dances Quickly Taught One Hour [[Torn Page]] Private Lessons. $1. [[Illegible]] Lessons. $5.
