Arizona republican., 1910-12-30
ARMY OFFICERS NEW IDEA
Aeroplane Will Displace Mule in Transportation of Troops Over Mountain Ranges-The Narrow Els
 cape of Hubert Latham.

Los Angeles. Dec. 29.-Adding to his
 laurels already won in the present
 meet. Arch Hoxsey. the holder of the
 worlds altitude record, flew over
 Mount Wilson today. the highest of the
 peaks which rim the valley in which
 Los Angeles. Pasadena and the towns
 of the orange belt lie Under ideal
 weather conditions he scared IO.O05
 feet into the sky and cleared the crest
 of Mount Wilson with 42OO feet to
 spare.
 Lieutenant Vernon Boiler and sev-
 eral other army officers who are here
 to see the flights were quick to Ob-
 serve in Hoxsey's performance a new
 way of transporting armies across
 mountain ranges and predicted the
 early relegation of the army mule as
 an essential in scaling heights. Lieu
 tenant Boiler who came nere from Fort
 Whpple, Arizona, said that a thou
 sand bi-planes could transport an
 army of ten thousand men across
 mountains as high as the Alps in a
 day.
 HoXsey used a heavy stock Wright
 bi-plane equipped fer passenger ser vice and he made the journey from the field to point beyond the mOun-
 tains in ore hour and twenty eight minutes. The distance traveled in go- ing is estimated at thirty-four miles. on an air line the mountains are clos CT than that to the field but HoXsey circled over the field until he reached his maximum height before he pointed the nose of the machine toward the mountains He was out of sight of the crowd before he made an attempt at topping the peak but prior to start ing he announced his intention to do so and when he succeeded the news was flashed to the aviation field by telephone from the Carnegie solar ob servatory located there.
 Hoxsey's performance was the only interesting feat accomplished today, l but just before the close of the days events, the crowd got its usual thrill by an accident which nearly resulted in the death of Hubert Latham, who made | a valiant attempt to save Glen Martin, the California novice, when the latter | lost control of his machine and was | blown into a fence by a 2O-mile wind.
 Martin who has made several sue cessful flights took his machine out | and essayed a flight in spite of the wind which increased rapidly in veloc- ity after four o'clock. The machine could hardly hold it's own in the breeze, but Martin held on as he is striving to gain a license from the Aero Club of America as a recognized pilot. After successfully negotiating the course one time, he was blown far to the south of the field, where he narrowly escaped disaster several times among telegraph wires or tree tops. By skillful maneuvering of the machine he finally tackled back to the course, and the crash came as he was trying to make a landing. He was dashed into wire fence just in front of the grand stand.
 Latham was standing in front of the judges box when Martin brought his machine to earth with the wind blow ing diagonally against the steering planes The Frenchman immediately the danger and rushing out caught hold of the machine and tried to turn it away from the , fence, but he miscalculated its speed !, and the force of the momentum and was dashed to the ground. h
 The running gear of the machine z which weighs 800 pounds missed La T tham's face by only few inches and Martin and the bi-plane sped into the ( fence with such force that it broke the ( iron stanchions upon which the wire t fencing is stretched. Martin was 1 hurled over the fence and fell upon the sawdust roadway rolling almost under C the grand stand. g
 Phillip Parmalee and Walter Brook : ins carried more passengers today T Brookins took William Garland, chair | man of the aviation committee on one short flight, and alternated with Par malee in carrying Roy Knabenshue, the manager of the Wright team. Glenn Curtiss brought out his new eighty horse power racer intending to chal- enge James Radley, the English speed champion for an eight and three-Quar- ter mile race but his motor did not z work properly. and he deferred the | contest until tomorrow. ALTITUDE RECORD IN DISPUTE. i, Los Angeles, Dec. 29.-Hoxsey will ny for new altitude record tomor- n -ow Because of a technicality. it is s cared that Mondays record of l1.474 Q