Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
ABOVE SNOW CLOUDS CAUSE NOT KNOWN
Hoxseys Daring Flight Wit Gun Explosion at Indian Head
messed by 10000 Persons. Enveoped in Mystery
CLIMBS UP $500 FEET OFFICIAL INQUIRY ORDERED
Aviator Circles Military Reservation Brought
Ten Miles From Denver. to Washington.
GIRL GOES UP IN BIPLANE NO PLANS MADE FOR FUNERALS
Takes Trip Around Phladepha Lieut.
Field with Grahame-White. in -WordF
Ba!loonists in Peril.
CLIMBS UP $500 FEET
Aviator Circles Military Reservation
Ten Miles From Denver.
GIRL GOES UP IN BIPLANE
Takes Trip Around Philadelphia
Field with Grahame-White.
Balloonists in Peril.

Hoxsey, yesterdays lone aviator. held
the field at Overland Park again today
with three flights in his Wright biplane
One of them was made above the clouds
in a snowstorm.
About 10000 persons crowded the in
closure, banked the slopes that edge the
park and dotted the hill crests behind II
IN expectation of seeing Hoxsey race
against running horse and compete
with J. c. Mars. The horse was not
forthcoming. however, and neither was
Mars. who stayed at his machine in a
hangar beside the track because of
controversy with the management as to
what would constitute we'll conducted
fight. An extra $1,000 for Hoxsey add
ed one fight to his contract list.
Hoxsey rose first at 3:O6 and snow be-
gan to fall almost Immediately after
ward. He flew southwest. aided by a
high wind. circled the United States mill
tary reservation at Fort Logan, ten
miles from the city. and returned, climb
ing to 900 feet in his struggle against
the wind.
Part OF the time he was above the
clouds and he did not encounter the
snowstorm until on his way down. After
the first flight the weather cleared and
Hoxsey delighted the crowd with two
more flights of eleven minutes each, in
which he scared and dipped back and
forth across the field.
Miss Post Takes Flight.
PHILADELPHIA. November 19.-wav-
ing her hands enthusiastically to the
cheering crowd below. Miss Edwina Post
of Brooklyn today circled the field a,
Dot Do in Tor nj an,i
driven by Claude Grahame- White. the
English aviator. who. with ]. Armstrong
Drexel OF this city, is giving daily exhi-
bitions for week.
The going aloft Of Miss Post was a sur
prise to the spt ctators, as 1t had not been
announced that woman would go up
with one of the aviators today.
Miss Post and Grahame- White made
the flight in the rapidly gathering dark
ness. The ascent was a quick one, and
when the aeroplane reached a height OF
-2lo feet Miss Post waved her hands as
Grahame-Whfte gracefully swept around
the field. After circling the park several
times the aviator brought the biplant
gently. to earth, and the spectators rushed
toward Miss Post to congratulate her. She
was enthusiastic over the trip.
the Farman alone before taking Miss
Post aloft.
Drexel Surprises Spectators.
Drexel went up in his Bleriot mono-
plane. his flight being the first time a
monoplane has been seen in the air in
this city. The spectators were surprised
at the rapidity of his ascent. He rose
to a height Of 400 feet in less than a
minute and Increased this to 600 feet
before he circled the field twice. The I
he rose to 500 feet and swept toward the
Delaware river, a mile away, returning
in a few minutes.
Balloonists in a Gale.
PROVIDENCE. r. l.. November 10
In a sixty -five-mile gale. which buffeted
their big skyships about like a toy bal
loon, Pilot Leo Stevens of New York and
the four Williams College students who
ascended in the balloon Cleveland. from
North Adams today. landed three hours
and thirty three minutes later on the
shore Of lake just outside this city.
All tn occupants OF the airship were
thrown out and one, H. p. Scharman of
London, England, was rendered uncon-
scious. He sustained injuries to his
back which 1t was feared might prove
serious, but late tonight his condition
seemed improved.
To prevent landing in the lake, the men
were obliged to throw overheard Their
superhuous clothing and everything NOV
able i'm the big basket. Thus ligh .ened
the big gas bag kept afioat until the lake
was crossed, when it came down on the
shore with such force that Scharman was
hurled out of the basket.
All Thrown Out.
With Scharmans weight gone. the bal
loon trave.e ed some dis s,ance rapidly until
1t bounded against a wire fence and thea
struck a stone wall. This threw the re-
manning occupants of the basket out and
all were badly shaken up and bruised.
Pilot Stevens said tonight the landing
was the most hazardous he ever expert
enced. In a straight line the distance
from North Adams Is about ITO miles.
In the party besides Stevens and Schar-
man were Kenneth Price of Chicago am
Robert Starrett and George Ernst of New
York
FOR AERONAUTICAL CONTROL.
Cortlandt F. Bishop Favors More