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MAN KILLED BY ACID EXPLOSION AT AETNA PLANT --- Three Others Hurt in Blast That Wrecks Building and Shakes Neighborhood. --- CAUSE NOT DETERMINED. --- One man was killed and three others were seriously injured at the Oakdale plant of the Aetna Chemical Company shortly after 5 o'clock this morning when a "high tank," containing acid, exploded, scattering the burning liquid through the interior of the plant and wrecking one end of the one-story galvanized iron building in which the tank was located. --- [[?]] When He Left Work Late Saturday Night. --- DEAD FOR SEVERAL HOURS --- Bullet Wound in Heart, but No Revolver Found Near Scene of Tragedy. --- Pittsburgh police started out this afternoon on the latest murder mystery on the criminal records here, following the finding of the body of Samuel Nier, 35 years old, with a bullet through the heart, on Monument hill, near Coleman and Bank streets. Nier's body was discovered by James Colwell of 1243 Wolfram street, about 1 p. m., and the fact that no revolver was found near the body leads the police to believe that Nier was murdered. --- [[?]] Year-Old Man's "Smart" Answers on Witness Stand. --- CASE WILL BE APPEALED. --- By United Press. NEW YORK, June 18.-Miss Honora May O'Brien was today granted $225,000 damages in her breach of promise suit brought against aged John R. Manning. The decision of the jury which heard the evidence in the strange case of the 28-year-old "Irish Rose" against the 84-year-old retired banker was announced when the sealed verdict was opened before Judge Cropsey. $25,000 FOR "SMARTNESS." Two hundred thousand dollars of the award was for the sufferings of the "Irish Rose" because her courtship with the old gentleman was dragged through the public prints and the marriage balked; and the other $25,000 represented the price the jury figured the old man [[?]] was so [[?]] the witness --- Women As Aviators And What Flying Means To Me An Authorized Interview with Ruth Law, Foremost Woman Aviator of the World An Aviation field is always a busy place. In the air there is a steady, throbbing hum of engines; over the blue waters of Hampton Roads innumerable strange shapes were winging in circles, until they went so high and far that one could not tell them from the gray gulls higher up. On the long field itself were more strange shapes; sea-aeroplanes, with long, beetling noses, and other areo-planes that only fly over the land, with curved graceful wings. A crowd had gathered around the water's edge to watch an adventurous "lady-passenger" land after her first trip. But the woman's editor turned away from the crowd, and went to a pavilion built over the water where a slender young woman in a green coat and black hat, her hair showing gold beneath the transparent brim, was standing alone, waiting for her. Ruth Law, the world's foremost woman aviator, the woman who broke the world's record by flying from Chicago to Hornell, New York, in five hours and forty minutes, is on her way South. She had stopped over in Newport News for a few days, and now Miss Law was going to tell the woman's editor what she thought were the possibilities for women in a field where she had herself attained eminence- an eminence all the more marked because of the cool, spectacular daring that have marked her flights - and a field which thus far few women have entered. DESCRIPTION OF RUTH LAW. She is a tall young woman, is Ruth Law, whose real name is Mrs. Charles Oliver, and is her slender, graceful figure there is no suggestion of unusual physical power. Her profile is delicate. Her mass of soft yellow hair is parted plainly, and her straightforward eyes are blue. Even in the swift moment of meeting one noticed that sweetness of her mouth, and that the fresh color of her face had not been coarsened by all the rough weather she had encountered at first-hand. "The reason you had so much trouble finding me was because you asked for Mrs. Oliver," she said, and her smile was touched with humor. My married name is my incog. Now if you had told them you were looking for "Miss Ruth -----" We were seated now on a bench overlooking the blue waters of the bay. And as she spoke one was conscious of the correct accent of Boston itself in the clear, pleasant voice; one was also conscious of the depths of reserve, of pose that underlay the quiet naturalness of this young woman with her conservative manner and bearing. "What does flying mean to me?" she repeated, "and what do I think it will mean to women in the future? Is it an art, a science, or a business? Well, generally they call it a science, but I think I should call it all three. And viewed with regard to the ex-actions of al three phases, I think it is a field of work for which women are naturally far better fitted than men.' The woman's editor felt herself stare at that. "Miss Ruth" was so quiet, so matter-of-fact- that for the moment it seemed natural for her to fly -- this swinging wide open of the door of the opportunity was a shock. "Really they are!" asserted Miss Law, earnestly. "Women have more nerve--I suppose men would say they had less sense with which to be afraid! I think that women take to flying far more naturally than men, except for the youngsters, the kids, you know. Why, more and more, in Europe they are refusing to use as army aviators anything but the young fellows, men from twenty-five to thirty. As men get older they develop an increasingly strong sense of caution. WHY WOMEN EXCEL AS FLYERS "Women are not naturally hampered by this sense of caution. And still another reason why they should [[image]] JANUARY 13, 1917 Ruth Law excel in flying is because it does not require physical strength. It is work that the average woman can do. Flying is something one does by instinct; it is hard to learn, but once you learn, you know. It is really just as easy as walking. The qualities of a good aviator have to be born in one, I suppose; but they develop and strengthen with use. "The chief thing that is holding women back from becoming aviators is that men don't want them to learn. Five years ago, when I wanted to learn to fly I went to Orville Wright to persuade him to teach me; he absolutely refused, said it was no work for a woman. Then I went to Curtis. He said exactly the same thing. So then-"Ruth Law's strong, capable white hands, one of them adorned by the slender circle of her wedding ring blazing with diamonds, were clasped around her knees. Her quiet, clearcut voice was as matter-of-fact as if she had been describing an afternoon tea. "So then there was nothing for me to do but buy an aeroplane and hire a man to teach me. I learned to fly in my hometown, Boston, and there the work seemed especially unusual. But I believe the prejudice is lessening as tim goes on, and more women want to learn now than ever before. "Tell you about the most interesting flight I ever made?" Oh, that was the time I flew from Chicago to Hornell, New York-" this, by the way, was the time she broke the world's record, covering a distance of 590 miles in exactly five hours and forty minutes. "I always fly alone, and I had intended to make this trip in a new machine I was having built, instead of the little machine I had been using to do exhibition work, loop work, etc. But the weather began to get cold, so I had to make the trip to the little machine. CITIES GO FLYING PAST "I got up that morning, the fifth of November, at five o'clock. I had something to eat early; but I didn't get off until seven o'clock. It was awfully cold after I started and I began to get fearfully hungry, but of course, I had nothing with me, and couldn't have eaten if I had, I went very fast, and it was very exciting at first, to see the cities go flying past. Mountain looked like mole-hills and I dived through the clouds. I was very glad after I started that I had used the old machine, for it was one I had mastered very thoroughly. But after I had been an hour on the way, I forgot the excitement. I had to keep my mind on the course I was following. That was difficult, too. My mind was tied to my lap, and my compass was fastened to the floor, just between my feet. I had to watch both constantly; and that took up my mind so that I forgot how hungry I was. If I had only gas, I could have gone straight on without stopping to New York city. "Which kind of aeroplane do I use, the 'land only' or 'the land-and-water,' the descriptive terms were not hers, and she repeated them with amusement. "I use the 'land only' variety. I never liked the idea, if anything went wrong, of being obliged to land in the sea. It's much pleasanter to face the idea of having to walk home than to swim home, if anything goes wrong." Asked as to what she thought of the future of the aeroplane, Miss Law's face was illumined with sudden, glowing enthusiasm. "The aeroplane could be used as a means of transportation right now," she aserted. "if there were only arranged some effective system of landing-places. I think that in time all mail will be carried by aeroplanes. And as to carrying freight, why even now the larger machines can carry weight up to 2,000 pounds. When you think that it takes the 20th Century Limited, one of the fastest trains in the world, 15 hours to go from New York to Chicago (they have had to cut it down to twenty hours now, because of danger), you can realize how much time would be saved by aeroplanes right now- And the aeroplane even yet is still in its infancy. SERVICE IN WAR FOR WOMEN "I believe that in all future uses of the aeroplane. women will have unique opportunity, not only in times of peace, but in war as well. I consider that in this work lies the supreme opportunity that women can render their country in time of war. It is here alone that they can render equal service with men. For any woman can run an aeroplane who has good nerves and good judgement. Could women be sent on dangerous missions, could they do all the work that men now do in Europe, risk their lives-death-" Miss Law repeated the words of the woman's editor very quietly. She was smiling, but underneath the youth of her face one saw grim qualities, will, purpose. cool courage that had looked death in the face many times without a tremor. "Yes, they could do all those things, if they wanted to. But let us hope that they will find their opportunities in times of peace alone. There is no reason why women should not use aeroplanes just as generally as they now use automobiles. The thing that is holding them back is that nearly all women have men attached to them, and the men advise them not to do it. Of course. I don't suppose mothers of families will go into the work generally: mothers of little children mostly have to stay at home and mind their families. But indeed, children are lovely to take up. Recently I took a little six-year-old boy on a flight. He was strapped in, but I don't believe he would have moved if he hadn't been. he was so interested. HOW IT FEELS TO FLY "How does it feel to fly? Oh, you climb so gradually that you don't feel height at all. But you do have a wonderful sense of freedom. Everything below, even great mountains, looks squatty and flattened down. At night when you go up the moon looks larger and larger, you feel as if you were going closer to it, But the stars look the same. The hardest time to fly is early in the morning when the sun is rising. The light blinds you: you can't get away from it. No matter which way you fly, you seem to be going straight into this blinding light. Again, it is very difficult to fly at night, because you can't see anything below you except lights; you can't tell whether you are on land or water. And here, as in all work as an aeroplane driver, you have to do quick thinking. You must always be right the first time and never change your mind, yet sometimes it is necessary to change it immediately, and the new decisions must be the right one. It has to be right!" This statement sounds paradoxical, but some how it lost humor as one saw Miss Law turn and look over the blu water where the strange blue birds were circling, flying until one could follow them no longer nor tell them from the gulls. It was several minutes before [[she]] turned back again. Then, "I [[have]] enver had many accidents," she said gravely. "I have had lots of close shaves, but nothing serious-" she leaned over knocked three times on teh wooden bench with the hand that wore the blazing wedding-ring. "What accidents I have had have been my own fault. One of the scares I have had was when I was doing an exhibition flight at night, and ran into a storm-I couldn't see it coming because of the dark. I had lots of trouble landing. If I had been flying anywhere but over a field with my own landing lights, I could not have made it. "But the thing one has to do when going up is never to think of danger: and there is where I believe women will excel men. We don't look for catastrophes to happen. And I think it is only when one looks for danger that danger finds them out." --- [[IMAGE]] -Photo by Sun Staff Photographer RUTH LAW AND HER DOG POILU --- Raps on Wood as She Comments on Recent Escape When Tank Explodes --- "I'm lucky, that's all. My middle name is Luck." Thus, with a smile, Ruth Law, famous aviatrix, who arrived in Pittsburgh early this afternoon, commented lightly upon her thrilling escape at Lexington Ill., last Thursday, when her gasoline tank exploded while she was 2,000 feet in the air. As she concluded, Miss Law rapped thrice on the wood of the cab door, in which she was about to start for the William Penn hotel, from the Baltimore & Ohio station. She leaves at 6:25 this evening, for Chicago, on her way to St. Paul, Minn. Miss Law arrived, clad in a natty suit of khaki, cut military style. She wore high laced boots and a regulation, cap, beneath which was a face aglow with health and lighted by a quiet, confident smile. Straining at the leash she held in one hand was "Poilu." "Poilu is a trench dog," Miss Law explained. "I only bought him recently. His breed is being used for Red Cross work in the trenches, just like the German police dogs." Concerning her future plans, Miss Law would say little. "I believe that some Government work is being planned for me, but I am not at liberty to say anything about it. I think, however, that it will be in this country, and not abroad," she said. [[?]] ply to give her an opportunity for relaxation between trains, and for rest after a succession of flights made recently in behalf of Liberty loan. --- Woman on Trial for Murder as Poisoner --- By International News Service. HARTFORD, Conn., June 18.-Mrs. Amy E. Archer-Gilligan, charged with poisoning to death one of a number of inmates of her home for elderly persons who died mysteriously, went to trial today on an indictment charging first degree murder. The indictment alleges that Mrs. Gilligan, who maintained the Archer Home in Windsor, caused the death of Franklin R. Andrews. Mrs. Gilligan was formally accused last September after Andrews' body was exhumed. An investigation at that time disclosed that a number of inmates of the Archer Home died after short illnesses. --- Norwegian Grain Ship Is Sunk By Submarine --- By International News Service. ROTTERDAM, June 18.-The Norwegian sailing ship Perfect, bound from Bahia for Copenhagen with grain, has been sunk by a German submarine. The crew, including two Americans, arrived in Ymuiden today. --- CAMPAIGN [[?]] KICO. June 18.-A campaign was [[launched]] here today in [[?]] into the war on the side of the entente allies. [[?]] nsible for the movement printed interviews with a [[?]] Mexicans who expressed the opinion that Mexico [[?]] humanitarian grounds. --- YSTIC CHAIN STATE COMMANDER DIES. [[?]] Pa., June 18.-E. J. MIdwood, select commander [[?]] Knights of Mystic Chain for the State of Pennsylvania [[?]] last night after a long illness. The funeral will [[?]] ernoon from his home here. --- APPLICATIONS TO BE INVESTIGATED [[?]] June 18.-The case of every American hereafter [[?]] for travel abroad will be thoroughly investigated [[?]] state. Secretary of State Lansing made this [[?]] new passport regulations today. --- GAIN BY GERMAN ENEMY IN WEST --- British Retire Before Fierce Drive Yielding Advance Posts to Von Hindenburg. --- FIGHTING AROUND ARRAS. --- Monchy Le Preux Is Scene of Terrific Battle for Strategic Position. --- By United Press. LONDON, June 18.-A tremendous German attack on newly won British positions cast of Monchy Le Preux forced the British to fall back from certain advanced posts, Field Marshal Haig reported today. "Early this morning the enemy strongly attacked our new positions east of Monchy Le Preux," he stated. ALLIES FALL BACK. "After severe fighting we were compelled to fall back from certain advanced posts in front of our main new posts. We still hold infantry Hill." Monchy Le Preux, five miles southeast of Arras, is one of the turning --- vide $600,000,000 Appropriation for Work on Fleet. --- TRAINING SCHOOLS NEXT. --- Secretary Baker Believes Big Fleet Will Turn Tide in Europe for Allies. --- By United Press. WASHINGTON, June 18.-An American air navy of 30,000 machines in the Government's aeroplane program for the first year of the war, it was officially learned today. Now to produce this number of aircraft when the eight small American aeroplane factories were unable to fill half the Government's orders last year has been worked out by the aircraft production board of the Council of National THREE KINDS OF PLANES. The United States will make three main classes of war aeroplanes: Training planes, bombing planes and observation aircraft. The speedier allied [[?]] planes will continue to be be made almost entirely by France and Great Britain where this type of machine has al [[?]] [[?]] will be utilized to make the [[?]] ardized engines for [[?]] aeroplanes the first year. Furniture [[?]] typewriter plants and other mills equipped for --- (Continued on Page 2, Column A.) --- Know Your Plane, Keep Your Nerve, Secret of Flying, Says Ruth Law [[IMAGE]] RUTH LAW. Arriving in Burlington this morning from Davenport, Ia., where she performed with daring aeroplane stunts before thousands of people, Ruth Law, premier woman aviatrix, stated that a knowledge of one's plane together with a scientific knowledge of flying and the ability to "keep your head," were the secrets of successful flying-especially the great game of stunt flying Ruth Law is stopping at the Burlington Hotel while in the city, arriving shortly before noon, by rail,, Lieut. Treat, an ace ace during the war, being enroute in the plane which will be seen at the Tri-State Fair grounds on Saturday afternoon as a feature attraction of the Automobile races billed to start at three o'clock. "We have no fear of performing the stunts which we schedule," stated Ruth Law. "As a matter of fact we have perfected plans to such a degree that failure appears hardly as a possibility. The stunt whereby Louis James is picked up, by the plane, from a racing automobile, is done with a specially built plane and the feat, itself, has been done five times this year. I do not think that anyone else has made a success of it and it requires months of study to prepare for it" "I believe that I am the only woman who stands on the wing of an aeroplane while the plan [[plane]] loops the loop. Of course I shall do this at the Fair Grounds Saturday." Ruth Law served in connection with the military forces during the war and twice was in France. When not actually at the front she assisted, with her plane, the liberty loan campaigns and recruiting in this country. Six years ago she was in Burlington and made a flight at the Fair Grounds. Ruth Law has been flying for 12 years. Duray and Lampkin, two of the drivers who will race at the Fair Grounds on Saturday, arrived in Burlington today.
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Please note that I did not transcribe the severely cut off portion to the far left of the document, as well as the severely cut off portions in the middle of the document (beneath the paragraph starting "$25,00 FOR SMARTNESS."
