Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-24
Wind Catches Car Thirty Feet frum
the Ground.
TO FINISH THE TRIP
Machine Is Overturned and Aviator
Buried IN Wreckags.
AMERICAN FAILS IN A TRIAL
Henry wermnna Makes I've start-.
bur In Z asu-rr-sfaI Tn Both. Rr-
mainGnE In Afr GnIx Few
Minutes.


BRIG. Switzerland. sept =z-Mr Wey-
mann. the American aviatur. started en-
anutaer arresnur TO crDsz the Alps az s:ss
o clock this afternoon.
Henry weymann was unable To reacil
the summit of slmpion ana u1rnszi oack 10
Brig. landing e minutes from the tine
-hat he had started
DONuDCssDLA italy. Sept. z.-To
George Chavez the Peruvten aviator, be-
longs the honor OF beng the first % ay
across the Alps.
The daring feat wa Accomplished tniav
IN an attempt to W.n the pr-Es of &o.1o2
offered BY TIRE Italian Aviation society of
Milan. for ElEhr ar1m Brig. Switzerland
10 Milan.
Chavez however. was unable 20 COM
plete the rrdp. having sustained painful in
Iu-1es when he altghrea here. Els machine
vas overturned and he was buried in the
wneckage- II is not belived however. that
bis injuries are serious.
As the asrInRn was seen SLOWLY descending
q great crowd gathered. slowly and grace
fully he neared the surface and vas a3out
I thirty feet above the ground when a gust
{ II wind caught and overturned the Mono
: plane X fell heavily CARRYING the aviAtnr
beneath il ChaviE was pinned urdsr rhe
motor and painfully hurt He had fa.uted
Z On striking the ground and was bleeding
/ proflssiy when released from rfle wrecxage.
/ The machine w&s r1iined-
I The American aviator. NJ Weymann
also attempted the Eight leaving the table
7 and ar Brig al I clock this Afternoon
Later ward was received here thar he had
descended after being n the AR four min
ates.
Wzarher In ExceKIeut.
The weather for the competition was ex-
ina
surface and the haze that had gathered
On the mountain tops was early blown
away. By noon ths wind had died out
Chavez bEieves1 thar tae favorable appor-
Z tzufty- Kificir ne Had awaited since Monday
morning had come and he decided 10 nlalIa
the start Ike got away AZ Is 0'cloek.
ard russ % a height esS1mared 10 be nearly
t7.ae feet he passed over the mountain
tops. clearing the summit OF Simpl0n Pass
AZ Lss Al thar time mis- ulunOpians was
moving as steadily As a railroad train
After negotiating SImpl0u pass. Chavez
followed the route over Condo GorEe- one
OF the graudesr and az the same ums Ons
of the most savage o. the AIDS. Ha
reached there Al 2.I1 o. clock
But f0r the miziaal In Alignt5ng tlsrs
is little doubt rhaz be would have sue
ceSBfuilv continued ID the goal. a. taa
remainder of the Gourse presents compare
LEe4E little u1G11cuArF-
T. There is general regret t1ar fare. waich
permitted him u make what has been de-
scr1bed as the most reckless night ever
as-eInprsd should nave dealt less kindly
with him when he had reached the zone
az easy flying and the prize was in sight
With the exception OF Chavez and Wey-
mann. lie aviAt0rs abandoned the COM
petition this morning The time limit OF
the cunuest vii expire tomurrow.
4 Chavez most notable feat up TO rodRs
was in establishing q new altitude record
On Sepusm0er he rose 70 a height or Al
feet
Avfaror Badly Injured
Chavez injuries proved 70 be more ssr-
i0us than was al nrzt thought Al me nos
pital 70 which he was removed une physi-
cans found 1har both Of the zTiauors legs
were broken and that the eft rhigh was
fractured. Other parts OF the body ue-
vsaled bad euntnsiuns. The general oundi-
ton Of the air man. however. is not G0n-
sdered Erara.
Frfg Over the Paza-
MILAN Italy sept z.-Georse Chavez
tiie Peruvian aviator Eew from Brig.
Switzerland, over the simpIon pass and
arrived al Domedozsala on tha Italian side
of me All1s az I'D o'clnrA his aereraouu
~
and thus accomplished xnat mas been ra-
sardsd shz "a me must daring reats
proposed for the zir-uen- He had waited
patiently FOR EaEurabla weather al0ns, the
route. where strung wf1ds are the rule
THIS morning both sides OF the Alps re-
ported clear weather but uhe TOP 8f the
Simplon pass was ohsrured m a hazs
Chavez determined 10 make the attempt
ana rose 10 a ueighr estimated ar nezrfs-
I've faet- Il was --nuwa that it would De
necessary 11r him 20 attain thLs alrsrlids,
20 clear uhe sirnplun pass. the summit Of
which rises s5sZ fest.
he maintained apparently this altitude
for Al least a half hour ana allowed aver
the road suiir by Napoleon n 1sB over ne
simpioH pass He acc1mpHshed the eaEnr
miles thar brought him over the TOP u
simpIun. thsn sailed gracefully over me
eighteen miles down % Dom1dussala A.
r1Ffns az D0mDdoHsoia ne had left tha
hardest part Of his Journey behind aim
having escaped the higa PEAKS and ras
Jumbls Of rocky surEss on THIS side OF ras
summit
The remaining distance 10 this ear- offers
ess difficulty, but takes the aviator over
Lake Maggiore azd a succession Of plains
70 the goal
Conditions of Contest
The distance trum Brig. Switzerland. %
Milan is seventy 1--WE miles and the priz
vas for -ns aFlatur wnu should maze the
nrsr night- starting f-1m tahisizEa 80
fser aoUvs SEA level a. the aead u rhe
Rhune valley. near Er-s. sWftzer1aad. In
addition 70 react-ag a hei=hr thar would
hTlnE him over uae Lne simnim summit
and In dninE 8hiCh he must suffer se-
Y werelv from the cold rle aviator Naa n.-
CURED 70 guide bis h4li craft over wide
csHsTns. notzhiy me GorT.e af R0astta
where q sudden descezt Eouid be mpOszs-
bic ana an accident E0uid mean almost
sudden a. arh. Experts had predirtad frs-Ey