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The PETITES ANNONCES (Classified Want Advertisements) appear on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS Daily Mail SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1917. WHEN IN PARIS STAY AT THE Hotel Bedford 17, RUE DE l'ARCADE (Near Madeline, Opera, and Grands Bouievarda). Very Central, Modern, Well Heated Throughout. REDUCED INCLUSIVE TERMS DURING WINTER SEASON --- ALLEGED PLOT AGAINST PREMIER. PHOTOGRAPHS FROM DERBY. [[image of five people]] The prisoners charged at Derby with conspiring to murder the Prime Minister and Mr. Arthur Henderson comparing to Lorde Roe, one of the magistrates, about the cells, which they described as icy cold. Quatre personnes ont comparu devant le tribunal de Derby, sous l'inculpation d'avoir complote l'assassinat de deux ministres. MM. Lloyd George et Henderson. Les accuses se sont plaints de leurs cellules, qui, d'apres eux. furent giacales. "Daily Mail" Photograph. [[image of man]] [[image of man]] [[image of man]] Three detectives who made the arrests. Left to right: Det.-Inspector McCormon (Southampton), Inspector Higham, Detective Spillby (Derby). Trois detectives qui arreterent les inculpes. [[image of two men]] Lord Roe and Mr. H. J. Bonas, two of the magstrates inspecting Deux magistrats du tribunal de Derby inspectent les cellules dont les accuses se sont plaints s amerement ["Daily Mail" Photograph. [[image of people traveling on foot, on horse, or by carriage]] A Russian military transport train on its way across the Caucasus. Un convol militaire russe en marche a travers le Caucase. [[image of 7 men]] A group of German officers captured on the Monastir front. Groupe d'officiers allemands, faits prisonniers sur le front de Monastir. [French Official]. [[image of Miss Ruth Law]] Miss Ruth Law, the famous American airwoman. Mlle.Law, aviatrice américaine célébre. [[image of 2 men and 1 woman ice-skating]] A merry trio on the ice in Regent's Park; an army lieu[?] lieutenant share a partner. Trois joyeux patineurs à Regent's Park(Londres);u[?] lieutenant d'infanterie et un lieutenant aviateu[?] [''D[?] [[image of a man in uniform in a garden]] How I Learned to Fly-By Ruth Law BY RUTH LAW. In the old days, when I learned to fly. Doesn't that sound funny, speaking of the old days in aviation? Most everyone thinks aviation is so new. Ten years seems an awfully long time, and when I think of my early flying experiences in the old frail "box kite" airplane that was considered such a wonderful contraption one the Wright brothers first invented it, really, I shiver a little and thank my lucky stars that I am still here with all my bones whole. Well, it happened this way, my learning to fly. I had a brother, perhaps you remember him, Rodman Law, he who was first to jump out of an aeroplane with a parachute. He was doing all manner of stunts for the movies. Brother and I were nearly of an age, he being two years older than I , but we were inseparable. Whatever he did , I must do it, also, if possible. So when his experiments were going on with a parachute jump form the aeroplane at Boson, Mass., I was there, too. I have always lived out of doors, and to be near an aeroplane was sufficient to give me the operated the foremost school of aviation at that time, and appealed to Orville Wright to teach me to fly. He laughed , and said he would not be responsible for trying to teach me to fly, but I wanted an aeroplane that they would sell me one. The bargin was made, and in due time a freight car arrived in Boston with one precious aeroplane in it. My family had given me $2,500 and Orville Wright had agreed to let me pay the rest of the $5,000 on the installment plan. There I was with an aeroplane that I didn't know anything about. I had promised to pay for it within a limited time, and all I had to do it with was an idea and a lot of determination. I had some friends at the aviation field, so we all went to Boston with a horse and wagon, and after much hard work, managed to get my plane out of the freight car and dragged it twenty miles to the field where, with voluntary help, we got it assembled and ready for its first flight. It seemed to me then it had 10,000 wires and bolts, and that I never would learn what they all meant. It all seems too easy now. Perhaps flying has been easy for me, because I am naturally fond of mechanical devices, and love to study machinery of all kinds. The most valuable knowledge I have ever received in aviation was from an old German mechanic, who had a machine shop at the field and because I showed an desire to must learn to fly so that I could make some money that same summer. It never occurred to me that I might fail. I engaged a young aviator, who had wrecked his own plane, to give me lessons. He was an exceptionally good flyer, though very reckless. I flew with him every good day for a month and thought it was about time that I tried it alone. I told him of my intentions of going up alone, and asked if he didn't think I could do it all right. His answer was :" if you try it, you will break your neck." That was sufficient to make me try it, anyway. Early next morning (we were staying at the aviation field), I got my mechanic up and a few trusted friends. The aeroplane was pulled out of the hang[?] and with many misgivings the motor was started. I had all the confidence of an undergraduate and up [?] went. Well, right there, I begun to realize that if left alone [?] an airplane will go up in the air by itself. It was not so difficult to keep wabbling around up there without falling. But coming down again was quite different. Landing a[?] airplane safely is the most difficult part of flying, and ther[?]I was up there alone, and no one could come up, there [?] help me down. I must get down myself. I wouldn't give [?] to fear, and kept going around in a big circle until I fe[?] my nerves were calm, and then I landed safely, more by lu[?] then ability. My friend had rushed to the field to see my finish, and was scolded and congratulated at the same time. I have 12 WEDNESDAY-The Evening Tribune Flying With Ruth Law The Japanese and Aviation BY RUTH LAW. Note: This is the eighth of a series of articles written by Ruth Law exclusively for the Tribune. In these the greatest woman aviator will tell her own experiences and sensations in ten years of successful flying- the longest experience of any flyer today, man or woman, in the world. In December, 1918, life suddenly became dull. The armistice had been signed and the great war was practically over. No more flights for recruiting, no more Liberty loan flights, so in my search for other fields of endeavor I decided on the orient, with Japan as the first stop. Many times on that ocean voyage I wished for an airplane to pick me up out of my misery. The Pacific was anything but pacific, but then I suppose every ocean must have their off days, even if this one is supposed to be sweet tempered. We were sailing in a Japanese boat, and the Japs are nothing if not hospitable; they are noted for their entertaining. Jap's Superstitious. Travelers in the orient tell many tales of beautiful entertainments staged for their pleasure. There seemed to be intense interest in aviation and many affairs were given in my honor where I was asked to speak on my experiences in flying. The Japanese are very eager to fly, but up to that time none had been successful. So many had been killed that a superstitious fear existed that air currents in Japan flight several thousand feet high where I got a wonderful view of Mount Fuji Yama raising her beautiful snowy head above the clouds, I decided that air currents of Japan were about the same as those of any other country and that one would have to look further to find the reason for the Japanese failure as aviators. The Japanese are great copyists, they can imitate the manufacture of foreign-built airplanes with apparent accuracy, but the vital points of construction escape them. The result is that when they attempted to fly in their own airplanes they frequently collapsed in the air. Japan Working Hard. Japan has been referred to late-ly as a second Germany and it is quite evident to the traveler in Japan that the country is striving very hard to become a power in the world. The Japanese government, not being satisfied with the progress made by their own aviators, arranged with the French government to send over sixty of the best war aviators together with complete equipment for a modern aviation school and a large number of [[text cutoff]] One of the Frenchmen told me that their greatest difficulty had been in getting the Japs to accept their instruction. Japs Don't Know How. He told me of one experience that illustrates better than any other why the Japs do not make good students of aviation. He was about to make a trial flight in a new French machine with a Japanese officer, who supposed to be able to fly. The Frenchman took the precaution of explaining the working of the controls to the Jap before they left the ground, and was surprised to have the Jap say, 'Yes, yes, I am familiar with it," to every explanation he made. When they got into the air the Frenchman motioned to the Jap to take control of the ship which he did with the result that the ship started through an amazing series of antics. Just before a crash was inevitable the Frenchman took control and landed safely. He leaned over to the front seat and found that the Jap had fainted from fright rather than admit that he was unable to fly the airplane. Too Proud to Learn [[??]]
