Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-11-23
GIRL SETS AIR MARK |
RUTH LAW COMPLETES FLIGHT
FROM CHICAGO TO NEW
YORK.
AVERAGED 81 MILES AN HOUR
Greeted by Gen. Wood as She Lands at
Governors IsIand-Has Record for
Second Longest Flight Ever Made
Made Trip in an Old AirpIane.
FAMOUS NONSTOP FLIGHTS.

FAMOUS NONSTOP FLIGHTS.
Sub-Lieutenant A. Marchal, from
Nancy, France, to Chelm, Poland, via
Berlin, So miles.
Ruth Law, Chicago to Hornell, n.
Y, 800 miles.
NJ. Deroye, 1867 miles, Italy.
Victor Carlstrom, Chicago to Erie,
Pa, 452 miles.
Captain De Beauchamp, Nancy to
st. Dona di Piave, Italy, 437 miles.
New York, Nov. 21.-Ruth Law, a
smiling little American, took her place
as the premier woman aviator of the
world on Monday when she equaled the
American ,ecOrd for crOss-cOuntry fly
ing.
She landed at Governors island at
9:38 a. H., having flown $40 miles from
Chicago in an Old-style exhibition air
plane at an average spe edOf 90 miles
an hour.
Miss Laws record stands as the Sec
made. Her flight of $50 miles without
stop is exceeded only by that of Sub
Lieutenant Marchal of the French
army, who flew from Nancy to Chelm,
Poland, in June Of this year. The dis
lance in this flight was S12.5 miles.
Miss Law made but two stops. These
were at Binghamton, N. Y, Sunday
night, and earlier at Hornell, n. Y,
when she was forced to alight because
she had run out of gasoline.
Exposed to Wind and Cold.
Fully exposed to the wind and cold
owing to the fact that the type of ma
chine she drove forced her to sit out
in front of her motor without any
shield for protection, the plucky young
woman Outstripped Victor CarlstrOm'S
record for continuous crOSS-cOuntry
flight made on November 2 in the very
latest type of machine, and then con-
tinued her journey and flew farther
than has any woman before in history.
Miss Law left Chicago at 7 :25 (cen-
trail time) Sunday morning. She
reached Hornell-59O miles away-at
3 "a p. ~, and continuing 12O miles
more, resumed her flight Monday.
The very first thing Miss Law asked
for when she finished the record-break-
ing flight was face powder. Her nose
was shiny.
Talks of Her FIiqht
Having powdered her nose, she
talked of her flight
Sitting in an automobile and rosy
checked from contact with the frigid
air of the upper regions, sWathed in
sheepskin and oiled garments, she
graphically described her thrilling
voyage.
I'm awfully well pleased that I've
been able to beat the American rec
ord" Miss Law began. But [ could
have done better. 1 believe 1 could
have made the flight all the way
through if things had turned out the
way l expected them to. And I'm going
to try it again"
Her flying time for the entire trip
was nine hours and 81 minutes.
Numb with cold, Miss Law was
helped from her airplane at Governors
island by Major General Wood, Henry
WOOdhOuse and Augustus Post, the lat
ter two governors of the Aero Club of
America. The plucky little woman
was Immediately hustled into an au-
tomobile and rushed to an army Off
GERS house to ''thaW OUT
The last leg Of the flight-27O miles
was made through dense fog.
Mis- Law was given a rOuSing recep-
ton when she landed at Governors
island \ band at the head of a de-
tachment of soldiers on parade was
playing rs she was sighted and imme-
diately their music was turned into a
blare of greeting.
Miss Laws only disappointment was
that the 50 gallons of gasoline gave
out too soon, for she felt only this
fact prohibited her from making the
a.