The chronicle=news., 1914-03-31
hERvY YANKEE
CROSSES ANDES
N AUTO

\ tissseossisssisi trip fross Bass-
u. Aires. Assssiiss. Ia santiago.
Chile. BY Aatss.sIii- MAS rssesiiy ss-
sosspiishsd BY = Yankee in . Ysskes
car NJ, Jshhsos Martin. bsiss .
hssise vi the usissd Slaiss. il .
~Sasqai' to all soa,h Asn.sissn.. re-
sssdi.s. III the s~.sioa of ihi. soss-
Try ~hssse be- afisisss-d. and be IL
sas sho msas the flsss Successful
sso~.iss of the backbone of the
NSastAihs The feat sss senefsiiy
acted By tk. press Of The sofid. bat
oss issssrsiihs i-atus- connected
sk.s-si,h hA. apparently L-~s over
lssAsa-the ~iAsiax of . ssss be-
t.sss the i~a soss a,aisss iases-
lions of ieconoliss. tE. sa,onabiis
and III. s~s.pisnss
In s-fssfiss ,o shis sississ and
the difficulties sssfsoailsx both ssi-
s,ss and aa,s.sbiiisi " crossing ,ss
A1a-s. ss stisie il iae saff.nt aana'
s-r of In. Msathi, haiir,is Of the
rss Ansfisas taion ssaI-s;
The tsssAlista s-hsains. nsssfshe-
t-~.. th. fs.nSa. ssAss sera~> the Asr
dee. ils -i.salisn of isss.e feet. sna
the p-sk OF Asonssfass ss.ses feet
loS ssias above IL nAAs u semsskE
able O,.r il sas. the old mul. trail
hrtv.-h Afsrnlins and rhiI-s an she
division iin- - situated IN. b-saii.
fsii statue os The Nbsiss of The Aa.
asss ~hirh 10 visible To all . ho make
ihis passage. and jast below II Ia shr
neais Constructed suaa.i on~h-a fos
the railway 10 t,i" 81 an s'~,stinn
sf 10. 80" feet. H.. sasshiaEs lies IN
its dis-~inss. b.s~s.s the i~o .srsH
tai. ana the s-Arsfss. ssstisxa snd
VALPARAISO IN Chile and tiu-n"s Ntsrs
In Arxrasinss To ssus. the tspsi'
issa is the ambition at all bisimee.
b-ssa.~ IL il ss difficult To siy ssss
,h. Asd~. ai . lower altitude sosia
be- ,-sS hazardous. bus In that case
the s.hi-,~mrnt uuaid hus b~ so
sos~~oslhS. r. ssU~s any other pss-
10 an automobile snishl L~ equally
q. hard. but then the rivalry ~naid
not hsss the same srsi. i'--susr spa'
.:isions ~osia not i.- equally As tsy.
ing tas io,h ns.hisvs-shs' N the
air aad that oa the ssoaad. The tis.
psiiais. therefore. hAs svestn~d The
only route that uoaid satisfy ih"s~
oh. desired = victory nm equal
terms
Il ~as al first th.ushs that the
aesuvlaa~ would has. hii lisil~ ifou-
BILE In safmoaaiins tho rasA, The
ss,.e-.s II tho ian,-at-a chasc.. the
Peruvian aviator ~hp crossed the
Ai,,.. sa,s sf-st h..-r that the siH.
ilss nishi slhroaxh the Andes could
t~ made. Three asisiors si'aekc''
the problem al about the .sm~ time
Cio.iomiro fisurroa proposed To II,
from the Chiiian side over taso Ar
xcniina. ~hiic Jorge Sr~brrry an"
T-o,ioro FOL. wrtc to attempt 'ihr
passage from the Arscnttnc To the
chiiian side. Three umcs fieucr"a
rssayCd the dangerous flight. snd
each time ~a. driven back by high
winds. by tr-a-h-Tous air pockets. or
other obstacles to continuous flight.
Finally he abandoned the attempt
until a more powerful machine can
he provided. The tragedy of death
....,l..t all. .,,i,,,i a. Inn uf Tho nj.
tempt from the other side. Jorge
Ncwbcrry. a half-rankeC. for he va.
the son Of dentist from the United
State. who has lived in Bucru~ Aires
many years and who married an Ar
scntinc lady. WAS one of four daring
brothers. all Identified with the
modern pleasures and sports OF Ar
sentina. He held the record for tile
highest flight on the Western Hcmis.
phcrc and the fourth highest In the
world. His brother. Erncsto New
berry. attempted a balloon flight
across Brazil about year ago and
was carried out to sea and never
nvain heard from. Jorge was an cleo
trical engineer by profession. hav-
ing studied In the United States. and
was the pride OF the aviators Of Ar
scntina. lie made the attempt on
March l-something went wrong
with his machine-and the Andes
claimed another victim OF their dan
gerous heights.