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DANVILE'S BIGGEST NEWSPAPER DANVILLE COMMERCIAL=NEWS. "THE PA- THAT DOES THE - VOL. LII.-NO. 103 DANVILLE, ILL. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1918 PRICE THREE CENTS SAYS WILSON WILL WIN RACE TO GOAL IN FRANCE MISS RUTH LAW, AVIATRIX PREMIER, ATTRACTION AT SATURDAY'S RACES [image] Miss Law expects to make each lap of the track in 20 seconds. EVERYTHING READY FOR BIG RACE MEET JAMES E. DOUGHTY SUDDENLY CALLED The World Magazine and Story Section Copyright, 1916, by The Press Pub. Co. SUNDAY, JUNE 18. 1916. NEW YORK WORLD. SAFETY FIRST RULES OF THE DEATH-DEFYING LAWS Looping the Loop Fifteen Somersaults in Succession Is Perfectly Reasonable, Sister Ruth Declares, If You Know the Feel of Your Machine and Are Not Nervous-As for Being Safely Shot Out of a Bursting Balloon in Mid-Air, Why, That Is a Mere Matter of Mathematical Calculation-Brother "Rod" Can Prove It. By Norah Meade. [image] Rodman Law, the aerial dare-devil who "takes no risks." To the average spectator of aviation stunts, Ruth Law is a wantonly reckless young lady whose death may be not only imminent but even a matter of indifference to her. And to the normal man in the street, Rodman Law is little less than a lunatic whose mania is the making of daredevil records. Yet to talk to a member of the Law family is to receive an uncomfortably convincing impression that not only are they quite safely sane, BUT THAT YOU YOURSELF ARE RATHER ABSURDLY HYSTERICAL. RUTH LAW declares that her loop-making record is fifteen somersaults in succession; that her usual drop is 5,000 feet; that in the matter of cartwheels, she can go twice wing-over-wing without a halt; that a mile and a half is her longest flight upside down; that her altitude record is 11,200 feet, and that she hopes to do 16,000 very soon. Yet when you venture a heart-felt congratulation on her escape from extinction so far, she looks surprised and observes blandly: "But, you know, stunt flying is the safest flying. that's why I do it." [image] "Rod" Law shot from a high-angle gun-"I do think he takes chances," admits Ruth. YOU look to brother Rodman for an admission that he at least has been lucky beyond mortal expectation-that a man who has been precipitated without injury from a blazing balloon 1,000 feet to earth, owes some gratitude to the god or goddess of chance-and you are met with: "I never in my life undertook an enterprise that contained any element of risk." "Risk," says the dictionary, "is the chance of encountering harm." Judged by this definition, the Law family could not seemingly be declared cautious. I challenged Miss Ruth Law to prove that they abided by the law of "safety first," and it must be confessed, she at once contradicted her brother chum. "Oh, I do think Rod takes chances," she admitted, "though he says he works out all his stunts to the last detail. But I never took a chance in my life." Then, seeing her audience still incredulous, she became extremely severe. RUTH LAW is a fair-haired, rather bronzed young beauty whose eyes are as blue as the skies she soars in and whose smile is sunny as a summer's day. But when she began this explanation, or rather this apologia pro vita sua, the sunniess vanished and you found yourself confronted by a decisive young woman who reminded you vaguely of a strict schoolma'am. "Why, it's perfectly reasonable." she declared. "The only way to be entirely safe in the air is to be prepared for all contingencies. That's why stunt flying is the safest." Her pupil being dull, she was forced to elaborate. "For example, once when I was flying in very uncertain weather, the wind caught my machine and practically turned it upside down[[?]] accustomed to flying in that position, what should I have done [[?]] No answer. [image] Dropping like a plummet from the firmament is safe enough, if worked out mathematically beforehand. [image] Miss Ruth Law, who can [[?]] upside down, and [[?]] sport is volplaning "So you see, it is perfectly reasonable. If you know the [[?]] and are not nervous, you run no risks. And for every accident [[?]] [[?]]quate explanation. "Beachy was killed volplaning 5,000 feet. I do the same [[?]] nothing happens. Why? Because my machine is the proper [[?]] pose. I am very careful, when I curve into the level, to go [[?]] so that the sudden change in the air pressure may not ca [[?]] crushed. That's the only danger in volplanning- my favorite [[?]] For looping she gave an infallible recipe, according to her [[?]] AT AN ANGLE OF FORTY-FIVE, KEEPING YOUR [[?]] SPEED AHEAD. A perfect loop should be accomplished in [[?]] cartwheel and [[?]] [[?]], you have [[?]] properly [[?]] going full blast [[?]]. Quite simple [[?]] [[perfectly]] reasonable [[?]] accidents, when [[?]] BROTHER [[?]] one, too: [[The]] [[?]] aerial artist, of [[?]] being shot into [[?]] like a plummet [[?]] is a mere [[matter]] [[?]] calculation, a [[?]] clear brain. Anybody [[with]] [[?]] matter can do [[?]] body with [[sufficency]] -- [[?]] ORDER [[?]] CHING GHT" IS [[?]] CROW- [[?]] NS. E SAME Have To nto the me. Press). ., May 24.- acter of the gulations, un ent proposes raft age into it or into the be fully real- til the effects r in every tless. cter of the to put every ft age either useful occu- Provost Mar- official an- uch as every determination ration of the d, it will be- scope of the practically ft Age. probably will ely applied as til it becomes e draft age tary authori- now that it to raise the --- MISS RUTH LAW, AVIATRIX PREMIER, ATTRACTION AT SATURDAY'S RACES --- [[IMAGE]] Miss Law expects to make each lap of the track in 20 seconds. --- EVERYTHING READY FOR BIG RACE MEET --- JAMES E. DOUGHTY SUDDENLY CALLED --- KING'S [[COUSIN]] LANDS IN U --- PRINCE ARTHUR HEAD OF BRITI MISSION. --- IS MET BY NOTA[[?]] --- On Way to Japan, But On President [[Wilson]] While Eat --- AN ATLANTIC PORT, May Prince Arthur of Connaught [[?]] the Duke of Connaught, and S[[?]] earn, former governor [[general]] Canada and a cousin of King [[?]] arrived here today from an E[[?]] port as head of a British [[mission]] the United States. The m[[?]] made the voyage aboard [[?]] cruiser. The prince and his party [[?]] met by Asistant Secretary of [[?]] Long, Col. E. M. House, Gen [[?]] head of the British recruitin[[?]] sion in this country, Olive [[?]] British consul general, and [[?]] American and British [[officials]]. The prince's mission to [[Japan]] in connection with the rec[[?]] pointment of the Emperor of [[?]] as an honorary field marshal [[?]] British army. He is carrying [[?]] emperor a field marshal's b[[?]]. The special mission [[includes the]] following: Capt. The Hon [[?]] Clair, master of Sinclair, equ[[?]] His Royal Highness; Lieu[[?]] Sir William Pultenri, K. C. B[[?]], M. G., D. S. O.; Maj. The [[?]] Pemberoke and Montgomery, [[?]] O., aide to Gen. Pultenri; C[[?]] Batt, quartermaster third b --- W. G. HARTSHORN, Chairman JOHN H. HARRISON. Vice-Chairman P. L. WILLS, Secretary A. R. SAMUEL, Treasurer --- DIRECTORS Geo. F. Rearick Mayor of Danville Danville W. E. Fithian Pres. Cham. of Com. Danville Dr. O. H. Crist Pres. Ver. Co. Med. Soc. Danville Rev. C. F. Buker, Dan. Ministerial Assn. Danville = CITY OF DANVILLE Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Adams A. M. Bushnell H. H. Bolles Mrs. Frank Barton Miss Helen Cannon Mrs. Thos. Conron Thos. J. Cossey Mrs. E. B. Coolley Mrs. W. E. Fithian C. U. Feldkamp Mrs. Amy Glidden Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hegeler O. P. Haworth Mrs. Kate Aull Heath M. E. King Mr. and Mrs. E. X. LeSeure Geo. W. Telling I. H. Louis W. B. Murray Mrs. Alphonse Meis Mrs. A. S. Markley Rev. F. J. O'Reilly Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rankin Dr. Jas. H. Rachels Prof. G. P. Randle Mrs. Dave Reis Mrs. A. R. Samuel Otto R. Schultz Mrs. J. C. Stewart [[?]] THE AMERICAN RED CROSS NEUTRALITY HUMANITY WASHINGTON D.C. VERMILION COUNTY CHAPTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING DANVILLE, ILLINOIS PHONE 570 May 27, 1918. Ruth Law, Aviatrice, C/o Morrison Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. My Dear Mrs. Oliver:- As manager of the Second Red Cross War Fund Campaign for Vermilion County, I want to say that the service you rendered during the past week, not only in the City of Danville but throughout the County, was the greatest [[?]] [[?]] [[?]] [[?]] [[from any one individual.]] You de- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mrs. E. X. LeSeure...Danville Dr. E. B. Coolley......Danville Mrs. W. E. Fithian...Danville Mrs. W. C. Rankin....Danville With Officers
