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aluminium cowl, which affords weather protection. It cost $15,000. No Protection in Plane. Miss Law's car being of the old type, is a biplane with the driver's seat far in front and exposed to all the elements. William Oliver, Miss Law's husband and manager, with two assistants, worked all night previous to the flight, striping the old car of incumbrances. And even then, with the weight of fifty-three gallons of gasoline, the flight became dangerous because of the low course. Had anything gone wrong Miss Law could not have volplaned to earth. In Binghampton Miss Law told the story of her flight to Hornell and then the next jump to Binghampton. Her flight had been reported back to Chicago by telephone. After she landed in Binghampton she carefully tied blankets over the engine and, being in no wise weary, because of her experience, told the story of the flight. Going to Set World's Record. "The next tine I'm going to do it," said Miss Law. "I'm contented to have broken the American record this time, but the next flight I'm going to set a world's record. You see, I didn't know just how this flight was coming out. Neither did any one else. I've learned to fly and done most of my aviation work as an exhibition flier. I've never made a longer flight than twenty-five miles before. I've never gone in for long distance, and that's why I feel fairly well satisfied. "Tonight I would have been in New York if it had not been for the fact that I lost more than an hour and a half at Chicago on the very start. The representative of the company whose carburetor is being used on my machine decided at the last moment that the hot water jacked should be removed. Put Jacket on Again. "It didn't seem right to me, but the jacked was finally taken off and then we tried ou tthe engine. Of course it was wrong and the jacket had to be put on agin. I had lost an hour and a half. It was half past 8 o'clock when I left Grant Park and started climbing. Perhaps that wasn't the official time, but that's what my watch showed just as I got up in the air. "The weather man in Chicago had promised me a breeze of fifty-six miles an hour, and I figured that with that to help I would have plenty of gasoline to get to Binghampton and perhaps farther. The wind was blowing like sin when I rose above Chicago, but soon it swung around from the north and that was the last help I had from the weather man. Steers by Compass. "From Chicago to Cleveland I took the air line, following no railroad, but steering by compass. My compass, you know, was the one with Lieut. Cyril Porte of the British army brought to this country two years ago for the transatlantic biplane, 'America,' but which never was used. My compass bearing were written on a sheet of paper which was sewed to the gauntlet of my glove. I passed directly over Cleveland, and, maintaining an altitude which varied between 5,000 and 5,500 feet, headed for Erie, Pa. I didn't go over this city, but steered to the south for Hornell. Everything was going smoothly, but I knew that I was getting no help from the wind and that my gas was getting low. "Two miles from Hornell I knew that I would have to make a landing, as the gas had given out and there was only one thing to do-to glide down into Hornll and make the best landing that I could. WOMAN FLYER BREAKS RECORDS OF THE AIR Ruth Bancroft Law, in Flight to New York, Makes 660 Miles Without Stop and 783 Miles for Day, Averaging 120 Miles and Hour. [[photo of Ruth Bancroft in front of airplane]] gas tank filled and at 3:10 I was off again. "The trip from Hornell to Binghamton was not difficult, but darkness was coming on. Possibly I could have made Port Jervis without much trouble, but it did not seem best to take the chance. It may be that women take more chanced than men, but I'm usually cautious. No Lights on Machine. "When I've done night flying, with fireworks, I've always had lights on the machine to watch my instruments. These had been taken off and I didn't want to take a chance of being forced to make a landing in the dark. I probably could have made a descent on Governor's island all right because arrangements had been made by Maj. Gen. Wood to have lights placed for me, but Port Jervis or another town would have been different [[page cut off]] ing by in his automobile just as I landed; also that he was willing to work Sunday to give me the glad hand. "The long distanced flying hasn't tired me much, except that when I got out of the machine here the muscles of my arms were a little but numb. Flying is just like running an automobile-the more you do it the more you want to do it. I simply can't keep away." -- CARLSTROM PRAISES HER. New York, Nov 19. -[Special.]- At the Aero club tonight Victor Carlstrom was good naturedly chaffed about Miss Law's exploit, but he took it in good part and said: "Having flown over the route my-self with considerable preparations, I am in a position to say that it is a most magnificent achievement, and Miss Law [[page cut off]] deserves a lot of credit, as well as the record, which she has fairly won. "When you think she has never made a cross country flight before, and that her machine is an old Curtiss 'D,' with the seat right out in front of the wings, offering no protection, her endurance is nothing short of remarkable. I am genuinely sorry she had to come down at Hornell." Henry Woodhouse, secretary of the Aero club, pointed out that this is another evidence that an aeroplane mail service between central points 500 miles apart may be established. He added there was no question of Miss Law's record being officially accepted, as the flight had been carried about under Aero club rules and with Aero club sanction. Miss Law also is a licensed pilot and conforms to all the required Aero club requisites. DAREDEVIL LAWS - THE LAWLESS A chronology of Rodman Law's, and his sister, Ruth Law's, jests with Mr. Bones, alias Death. RODMAN LAW. June 21, 1912 - Jumped from the [[page cut out]] amsburg bridge into the water [[page cut out]] eet below. [[page cut out]] 1912 - Made the Ausable chasm [[page cut out]] with Miss Constance B. Ben- [[page cut out]] on horseback. [[page cut out]] 1912 - Was fired in a "bullet [[page cut out]] e moon" by a 2,200 charge of [[page cut out]] ier for a movie thriller. [[page cut out]] 1913 - Dropped in parachute [[page cut out]] the Statue of Liberty in New [[page cut out]] harbor. [[page cut out]] 1913 - Blew up his balloon 3,00 [[page cut out]] above the earth with a dynamite [[page cut out]] dropped in a parachute. August, 1913 - Drove from wharf into the Shrewsbury river at Seabright, N. on motorcycle going seventy miles an hour. March, 1914 - Stood on his head on the ball on the Singer building, New York. September, 1914 - Climbed up the outside of the Flatiron building, New York, on a $2 bet. Aug. 29, 1915 - Drove off the Rush street draw on a motorcycle. RUTH LAW. January, 1915 - Made the first flight in aeroplane. August, 1915 - Made first loop the loop flight ever performed by air driver of her sex. Sept. 22, 1916 - Executed thirty-five loops in flight over Lake Michigan. Sept. 22, 1916 - Made night flight with red glares over Michigan boulevard. Nov. 20, 1916 - Broke United States record for continuous flight, in trip from Chicago to Hornell, N. Y. Broke all speed records contained in the effort. Broke record for day's flight, Chicago to Binghamton, N. Y., 783 miles. I. W.W. DELEGATES GIVEN HILL'S ASHES TO SCATTER. --- Parchment Packages Distributed at Massmeeting to Keep Green the Memory of an Executed Member. --- [[page cut out]]oe Hill's name shall not die, [[page cut out]] to the tenth convention of [[page cut out]] W., the Industrial Workers of [[page cut out]] were given parchment pack [[page cut out]] day containing Hill's ashes, [[page cut out]] uctions to scatter them where they wished. In all there are 600 [[page cut out]] ets. At the memorial meeting in [[page cut out]] Side auditorium yesterday 150 delegates in the audience of 1,500 were presented with envelopes. Joe Hill was shot in the Utah state penitentiary a year ago yesterday for the murder of a groceryman for which he was convicted on circumstantial evidence. President Wilson twice interceded for him and hist last telegram to Gov. Spry asked an entire reconsideration of the case. Yesterday speakers called Hill a martyr. Among the foreign delegates who were given packets were Charles Carter, Philippine islands; K. Taro, Japan; J. R. Webster, Australia, and A. B. Prashner, England. --- ENGLISH DIFFICULT; SUICIDE --- Because he was unable to speak English well enough to hold a position, Pierre Zanderbosch, aged 24, ended his life with a revolver shot yesterday in Mrs. herbert E. Rycroft's garage at 4541 Forrestville avenue. He had gone to the garage to visit Alred Zandermeche a butler in the home of Mrs. Rycroft. HOPE TO RAISE $10,000,000 AT LUTHER CELEBRATION --- Vast Offering in Honor of Four Hundred Anniversary of Protestant Reformation Planned --- The raising of $10,000,000 as an offering in honor of the 400th anniversary of the Protestant reformation under Martin Luther is being planned according to announcements from New York. Nearly every Protestant denomination has decided to unite in the celebration, it is said. Some features described in a report are: Articles are to be written by well known authors. Among those who have been secured are Ida Tarbell, Agnes C. Laut, Frank Crane, Walter Lippmann, Reginald Wright Kaufmann, George U. Wenner, W. W. Rockwell, and G. J. Muller. A speakers' bureau of over 200 has been organized. By Jan. 1 there will be given fifty lectures a week, the number to be increased as the year goes on. There is to be an exhibit of 1,500 pictures pertaining to the reformation and an exhibit of relics and of moving pictures. Colleges and the world's Sunday School association will put on programs, the hymn music of Luther and the oratoios of Bach will be revived, and a complete bibliography of the reformation published. --- Girl Cut by Falling Glass. 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