Show n PAULHAN BEATS BElTS WHITE AND ANO WINS THE PRIZE OF Flight From London to Manchester I Made by the Frenchman With Only One Stop London April 28 The Frenchman Louis Paulhan whose efforts have frequently been crowned with victory today won the greatest race in the history of mankind and when he flew into Manchester at 5 30 this morning having traveled by aeroplane from London a dis die tance tanco by railway of more than miles with only a single overnight stop ston at Lichfield IllS His competitor in the contest Gra lam Jam White the English aviator for tor some unexplained reason after making a successful new start at Reade where lo he made his first landing lauding descended at Polesworth and no advices have yet London of ot his having resumed his flight White was doubly unfortunate in thus having victory snatched from his machine Inasmuch aa as the wreck of ot his machine after atter his previous attempt att de do lay d the renewal of ot the flight and I yesterday believing that would not start until Thursday morn morning ing he no went to sleep thus allowing Us Is opponent to t l gain a great tage taco rho The news of ot the race spread like magic In the towns and villages village along the railway which the aviators fol lowed closely closel Paulhan being guided by bya a pecia train steaming rapidly north northward northward northward ward The people gathered every everywhere everywhere where to get a Mew lew of the novel nobel sight The Fhe ho sun un wont W t down and aud the th cloudless sky gave the spectators nn an Ity to watch the aviators rs as they suo suc ii lly passed at varying heights At Rugby Paulhan was 1000 feet ui and nd the pulsation n of the engine could be cheered faintly Ji yi detected below The crowd themselves hoarse The ma chines for some time to be bev bee swaying e dangerously Bly aa as they met the SS v varying a all air curr currents but still sUll the nero aero planes held their course until approach ing lug darkness compelled thim th m to seek a sate safe descent Towards 8 streams of ot automo hUes bUes and other vehicles brought hun bun o of D persons P n to the outskirts of Halt f frozen ozen and ana almost ex hausted bausted by his effort Paulhan safety safely descended In a tl field ld c close ose to the Trent Treat railroad station statton amid frantic cheers ot of persons Speaking r of If t his flight he h said I r came down d wn because it was too Continued on Page Pac Two I PAULHAN BEATS WHITE AND WINS THE Continued from Page One cold to trust myself longer in the ma machine machine chine rhine It seemed too dangerous My loty hand baad were benumbed the wind was wa very gusty and I was hardly able to descend without an accident The race caused tremendous excite excitement excitement ment mont In London Bulletins of its progress were ported posted in public places and announced in the music halls hails and the evening papers printed an active account of ot the start and were eagerly snapped up Every EvelY Everywhere Everywhere where hope was expressed the English Englishman man would win Little else was talked of ot tonight the international character of the race adding greatly to the In Interest interest interest terest Paulhan at 09 a m and passed parsed Stafford at 40 a m about 4 miles from Manchester magnificent flight of ot miles without descent In two hours and I fifty tift minutes compared favorably with his flight on April 18 from Orleans to I Arcis Sur Sun Aube a distance of at miles In a hours Louis Paulhan is the holder of ot both the long distance record and the record for height On April 18 he ho broke all records making a single flight from Orleans to Arcis Sur Aube miles In 3 hours At Los Angeles last January he reached an altitude of or officially tidally announced at feet |