The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-20
RUTH LAW MADE
TRIP IN SAFETY
Continued from page IL

The last leg of the flight-27O
miles-was made through q dense
fog. Miss Law said the fog was SO
heavy that she was forced to fly very
low, scarcely topping the trees along
the hills in order to see the land
scape and keep her bearings. The
fog was SO dense in fact that her
flight was followed with difficulty
after she left Binghamton. One re-
port was Of her passing Port Jervis,
but at many points the aeroplane was
invisible because Of the mist
Il followed the Delaware and Sus-
quehanna railway for a time after
leaving Bighamton," said Miss Law
Then / cut across country. 1t was
pretty cold, but naturally it wasn't
as bad as yesterday when l was in
| the air much longer. I finished the
trip without taking on any gasoline
| In addition to that with which the
tanks were replenished at Hornell
I barely had enough to finish on.
AS I neared Governors island the
| engine was using the last. l vol
planed to the earth and landed with
the tank practically empty"
Miss Law was given a rousing re-
ception when she landed on Cover
fnor's island. A band at the head of
a detachment of soldiers on morning
parade. was playing as she was sight
ed and Immediately their music was
turned into blare Of greeting.
Miss Laws record stands as the
second longest flight that has ever
been made. Her flight Of $50 miles
Is exceeded only by that of Sub-Lieu-
tenant Marchal Of the French army,
VINO flew from Nancy to Chelm, Pol
and, in June, Of this year. The dis
lance Of this fight was S125 miles.
Immediately Miss Law was lifted
from her machine, it was wheeled
away to stand beside another aero
plane. This machine strangely
enough was the giant Traitor in which
victor Carlstrom made his flight from
Chicago to New York and whose rec
ord OF 452 miles for continuous flight
Miss Law surpassed.
Carlstrom is still in New York and
warmly commended the woman await
or. He characterized her flight as the
greatest aviation feat Of the year.
Post and Woodhouse, the Aero club
officials. declared the flights of Carl
strom and Miss Law had demonstrated
beyond any doubt that an air line be-
tween Chicago and New York might
soon be expected. Miss Law declared
that only shortage of gasoline pre-
vented her from making the flight
without a stop. Her machine devel
oped no trouble whatever. A loose
bolt forced Carlstrom to alight when
he landed at Erie, Pa.
ALI authorities were enthusiastic to-
day over the great strides shown in
this country in aviation within the
a e. lie m, - -
strom's great flight. a fleet OF twelve
aeroplanes flew froa1 Hampstead, l., L.,
to Princeton to witness the Yale.
Princeton football game Saturday.
Then came the flight of Miss Law and
almost simultaneous announcement of
the new palatia1 flying boat built by
the American Trans-ocean company of
which Rodman Wanamaker is the
head. This flying yacht is built to
carry five PERSONS. The interior Of
the yacht is fitted up as luxuriously as
similar craft built for use on the
water. 1t Is upholstered in pigskin
and the interior woodwork is Of ma
hogany. -
BTNGHAMTON, N Y, Nov. 90
Miss Ruth Law, woman aviator, left
! Binghamton at 1870 a. m today on
the last leg Of her Chloago-New York
flight. She will land about $3.50 on
Governors island.
| Before leaving for New York Miss
Law said she expected to make an
other flight over the same course
within the next few weeks She
! hopes at that time to go through
without a stop. She arose to a height
OF about one thousand feet as she
| a Id
| quickly out OF sight.
Speeding along in an aeroplane OF
, obsolete model, plump and smiling,
Miss Law made nonstop cross
, country worlds record in her flight
here and is today. probably the
champion woman flyer of the world
Miss Law did much better in her
zone boss shay" of the air than Vic
I tor Carlstrom did In his carefully
groomed and up to the minute model
flyer. Both aimed for New York
City. Miss Law came nearer to 1t
than did Carlstrom. flying $50 miles.
Gas shortage brought her down
With an hour and a half more in the
air and a little more gas she would
have accomplished the feat of link
ing Chicago and New York between
sunrise and sunset.
III not a DlC tlreO ana the ma
chimes all right" was Miss Laws
message when she stepped out of her
machine. She left Chicago at 1880
(western time) skirted Lake Michi-
gan. darted over the Ohio and In
diana flatlands, edged along Lake
Erie and then shot into New York
= Her First Request.
first thing Miss Ruth Law asked for
today when she finished the record
breaking aeroplane flight on Cover
nor's island was face powder. Her
nose was shiny.
She was hustled into a waiting
automobile at the army aviation field,
whisked away to the home of Major
William Hartmann, of the army sig
nal corps, and the travel dust washed
off her rosy fare. Then, this daring
maid of the air, who had out-Carl-