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Show ROOSEVELT MAY CHANOEPiGRAM Contemplates Crossing Andes By Automobile Through the Uspale.spa Pass. Buenos Ayres. Oct. 29. A chane? i Is contemplated in Colonel Ropte-i Ropte-i volt's program w hereby he may cress the Andes by automobile instead of by train ih- lai ter part of next month, i While (he trans-Andean railway affords af-fords a novel Journey It is believe! j that the trip bv motor car wculd ; prove still more interesting to the distinguished American visitor .ind i it is understood thHt he has already J iovored the automobile tr p over the l mountains. It Is probable he wll, go ; from Buenos Ayres to Mendoza by ! rail br'nglng him to the foothills of the Andean ranue and from there p,o b) automobile t Santiago de Chile I and Valparaiso, in which cities he I: a- planm d to make a stop of five ! days. The trip across the Andes will probably be made through I'spallas-ps I'spallas-ps pass In places the road Is fine : and broad but lu others narrow and I runs at a Height of 12.870 feet atove i sea level. The pass Is jii6t to fh? , south of Mount Aconasua. which Is 23,393 feet high Severe storms are ! common over this ro.ite and ns refugees refu-gees lor travelers a number of small ! stone houses have been scattered along the course In returning to Buenos Ayre Colonel Roosevelt may use the trans-Andean tunnel which, was completed in 1909. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Oct. 29 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt left here last nigh' for Rio Grande De Sul from which place ho w ill continue his Journey by H 13 of Montevideo to Buenos Ayr.? and Chile. Government officials and oilers cheered him as he left Sao Paulo |