Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-24
OVER THE ALPS
 IN A[ROPLANF Remarkable Flight Achiev- ed by Peruvian Aviator
 Yesterday. AT THE SIMPLON PASS Flight Made From Brig, Switzerland, to Italy, in Face of Most
 Imminent Death.
AT THE SIMPLON PASS

Milan, ltaly, sept. l5.-LeoIeo SA~ veg, the Peruvian aviator, flew from iBrigs, Switzerland, over the Simplon Pass, and arrived at Domedossola, on the Italian side of the Alps at 2:lS o'clock this afternoon.
 Chavez passed the Pimplon pass at 12:38 D. m. and thus accomplished what has been regarded as one of the most daring feats proposed for air. men. He had waited patiently for favorable weather along the route, where strong winds are the rule. This morning both side of the Alps reported clear weather, but the top of the Simplon Pass was obscured in a haze.
 Rose to Seven Thousand Feet.
 Chavez determined to make the at tempt and rose to height estimated at nearly 1000 feet. It was known that it would be necessary for him to attain nearly this altitude to clear the pass, the summit of which rises 6,592 feet. He maintained appar- ently this altitude for at least half an hour and followed over the road built by Napoleon in 1900. He ac- complished the eight miles which brought him over the top of Simplon and then sailed gracefully over the eighteen miles down to Domodossola. Arrived at Domodossola he had the hardest part of his journey. behind him, having escaped the high peaks and the tumble of the rocky gorge on this side of the summit. The re- maining distance to this city offers less difficulty, but takes the aviator to Lake Maggiore and succession of plains to the goal.
 Distance is Seventy.Five Miles.
 The distance from Brigs, Switzer- land, to Milan is seventy-five miles and the prize was for the aviator who would make the first flight starting from the tableland 200 feet above the sea level at the head of the Rhone Valley near Brigs, Switzerland. In addition to reaching height that would bring him over the Simplon summit, and in doing which he must suffer severely from cold, the avia- tor was required to guide his frail craft over wide chasms, notably the gorge of Ysette, where a safe descent would be impossible and an accident must mean almost certain death. Aviation experts had predicted freely that the only alternative to a suc- cessful flight across the Alps was the death of the aviator.
 Signal fires along the Napoleon road marked the way as far as Dom- odossola and the rest of the course was indicated by flags and buoys an- chored on Lake Maggiore. The sum- init of the pass at Monscera was il- illuminate dwith oxhydrique lights and captive balloons showed the finish at the Airdome line.
 American Could Not Follow.
 Brigs, Switzerland, Sept. 23.-Mr. Weymann, the American, ascended at 1:10 o'clock this afternoon in an at tempt to follow Chavez in his flight across the Alps to Milan, Italy. The weather was favorable.
 He descended after being in the air four minutes.
 Chavez Injured.
 Domodossola, Italy, Sept. 23.-In alighting here Chavez fell beneath his machine. He was injured and his monoplane was destroyed.
 Weymann Tries Again.
 Brig, Switzerland, Sept. 23.-Mr. Weymann, the American aviator, started on another attempt to cross the Alps at 343 this afternoon.