The San Francisco call., 1910-04-28

II
preparations for the flight. each striv-
. ing TO ,:be first at tire start
PauihaH Outwits White
sFiauihah stole a march on tho Eng
5i43ianS ascending from Hendon at
-aze0 o: .. m. yesterday. White. who was
=. Sleeping peacefully at the time, was
...arpr1sed Of this fact. and made a quick
start from Park Royal At $50 p. m.
Paulhan. flying high and fast. COW
- cred III miles before he landed, max
j6g that distance in two hours and so
minutes. He descended at Litchfield at
SID p m and reascended at 4;oS a. NJ
TO complete the journey lie reached
Manchester at $50 a, m.
- White succeeded in reaching Beade,
"a distance Of about % miles, descending
on account Of darkness. at 1885 p m.
lie managed to overcome some Of the
.haRdicdp by starting again on the long
.rssrnev 40 Manchester at 2:5O a. m. He
kndod. however. At Polssworth, which
IS a11out 60 miles from Manchester.
J. Britisher 20 Minutes Behind
white passed over Bletchley. IS miles
south of London. 20 minutes behind
-Psulhsn. He was flying considerably
higher than the Frenchmsn and seemed
10 be making faster time and taking
strsighter course.
-. The news OF the race spread like
ma gic in the towns and villages along
tire railway. which the aviators fol-
lowed closely. Paulhan being guided
b{., a special train steaming rapidly
northward. The people gathered
=. everywhere to get a view OF the novel
sight The sun went down, and the
cTeudless sky gave the spectators an
opportunity to watch the aviators as
.i.i5.y passed At varying heights
AZ Rugby PauIhan was 1000 feet up
: nd t-he pulsstion Of the engine could
. jsc. .faintlv detected below. The crowd
9-5>ls6cted themselves hoarse. The ma
Fl 1.i5jsi6s appeared for some time 10 be
!. 1su,a wing dangerously as they met the
2. IA IA r<-fn 2 air currents but still the aero
-rlsnists held their course. until ap-
p5roaching darkness compelled them to
.. seek a. safe descent
Freuchmau Half Frozen
About o'clock streams of auto
mobiles and other vehicles carried hun
dreds Of persons TO the outskirts Of
richneld. Half frozen and almost ex-
bsusted by his effort, Paulhan descend
"a in field close to the Trent railroad
station. amid frantic cheers of 5000
persons.
speaking Of his flight. he said:
II came down because it was TOO cold
TO trust myself longer in the machine.
II seemed too dangerous. Ny hands
>were benuu1bed. the wind was very
H,stv and ] was hardly able to descend
without an accident
IT is strange that 7 should alight
~ almost in the same place that White
descended on his first trip J did not
; know this was Lichheld, although had
a hazy idea"
Pauliran went to a hotel and imme-
dtately retired to sleep, asking to be
called at 2:30 a. 10. and ordering break
fast for 3 O'Clock.
Darkness Causes Descent
Almost at the same hour White came
,,ftlin sight of Northampton, where he
..,,ght in the gathering darkness for
~ safe landing place. This he was un-
;: .s,sle= 10 ma and he turned back. max
ing a descent in a grass field, where a
. small crowd soon assembled
:: ;. White said that it was " TO dark to
continue the flight in safety. suf-
fere5 from the intense cold and was not
quite sure Of my location"
when told Of Paulhan's fight he ex-
claimed: GOOD, 1t was plucky TO get
SO far. I know what strain it is.'
Whites mother, who followed by
train. soon joined him at the hotel
Neither OF them seemed much con-
oerned at the possibility of the French
sy1tor's reaching Manchester first.
.woLTER SENTENCED TO DIE-New York,
< April 27.-AIbert ". woiter. convicted of the
murder OF Ruth Wheeler. 10 years old was
sentenced today by Judge Poster TO die in the
Electric chair at Sing Sing some time during
the week beginning June G. The condemned
man displayed only laDguid interest in the