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[[2 images]] Ira L. Hill IN a quite inadequate, almost obsolete, type of biplane at which up-to-date aviators smiled indulgently, a slight young woman, flying "just for fun" achieved the most dramatic feat of the year in American aviation. On Nov. 20 Miss Ruth Law established a new 590-mile non-stop, cross-country record for the western hemisphere by her flight by women pilots. But since she wishes us to think of her achievement as an aviator, not as a woman, we will say that her record has been surpassed only by the French aviator. Lieutenant A. Marchal, who flew 812 1/2 miles from Nancy, France to Cholm, Poland. Miss Law has been flying for five years, but this was her first attempt at long-distance flight. Last May she ascended 11,200 ft. at Sheepshead Bay and won the woman's altitude record. In a few weeks a new Curtiss biplane will be ready for Miss Law, and she will try for the world's record. In a few weeks a new Curtiss biplane will be ready for Miss Law, and she will try for the world's record. She has been invited to compete in the transcontinental flight which the Aero Club will conduct this year. To hold a woman's record evidently means little to Miss Law. To be the first to cross the continent in an aeroplane or a transatlantic flight is her goal. [[2 images]] Ruth Law, American Aviatrice is on a Recruiting Mission in Boston With Her Dog, Poilu, a Veteran of Trench Warfare WOMEN Bill Is Offered to Admit Women to Flying Corps Ruth Law, Who Seeks to Serve Uncle Same, Lobbies for Hulbert Measure. Herald Bureau. No. 1,502 H Street. N. W., Washington, D. C., Thursday. Ruth Law, aviatrix, will be a military flyer in France under the American flag if a bill introduced to-day by Representative Murray Hulbert, democrat, of New York, becomes a law. There were many indications to-day that the House would pass it. Miss Law, clad in what appeared to be a bona fide army uniform, modified to suit the charms of the wearer, lobbied for the Hulbert bill in the House corridors. She interviewed members, making known her desire to serve Uncle Sam, and if the ready promise given by every man she talked to is an indication, the bill will pass. The bill provides that during the existence of the war "effective and able bodied women 'between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five may be enlisted in the military forces of the United States upon such terms and conditions as the President or Secretary of the Navy may prescribe and may be commissioned as officers of the aviation section of the Signa Corps." Mr. Hulbert says an early hearing will be had on the bill before the Military Affairs Committee. Miss Law probably will be a witness. Many members are now trying to obtain a promise that the hearing will not be in executive session. Bill in House to Get Ruth Law in Air Corps Washington, Dec. 6. - A resolution designed to permit Ruth Law to be commissioned in the Army Aviation Corps was introduced to-day by Representative Hulbert of New York. The resolution would authorize army enlistment of women between eighteen and thirty-five in the discre- [[text cutoff]] [[image]] SHE RETURNS TO SERVE HER COUNTRY-Miss Ruth Law, who is pictured above with her Belgian police dog, has returned from France with intentions of enlisting for aviation sevice in the United States army. She was made famous by her record flight from Chicago to New York in an aeroplane. She is from a family of dare-devil aviators and automobile racers. (Photograph copyright by Underwood & Underwood) 14 American Motorist December, 1916 Miss Ruth Law Queen of the Air [[image]] Here is an excellent likeness of Miss Ruth Law, recently crowned queen of the air, standing beside the two-year-old and almost obsolete type of Curtiss biplane in which she flew from Chicago to Hornell N. Y., a distance of 590 miles, without stopping, thereby establishing a mark at and around which both aviators and aviatrixes may soar in contests of skill and nerve until they shatter it. Further facts concerning Miss Law's feat may be found on page 18. AMERICAN PRESS ASSN.
