Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-05
TELEdRAPHIC NEWS

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 2.-The
funeral of Arch Hoxsey. the famous
American aviator who was killed here
Saturday afternoon in his Wright BIZ
plane, will be held from his mothers
home in Pasadena.
Hoxsey's body today rested in NOR
tuary chapel in Pasadena where it
will lie until Roy Knabenshue, mana
ger of the Wright team, completes his
plans for the funeral. All funeral ex-
penses will be borne by the Wright
brothers and handsome sum will be
given to Mrs. Hoxsey. She stated
that she depended on the earnings of
her son for her living, and that lately
he had every promise of making them
greater and she had been counting on
passing the remainder of her days
in comfort. 1t was learned last night
that every cent which Hoxsey had
made during his aviation work had
been given to his mother. Mrs. Hox-
sey is small, quiet hammered woman,
62 years old. She has been a widow
nineteen years, all of which time she
has lived alone with her boy. Hox.
sey's mother will receive approximate
ly 10000 from the aviation commit
tee as the winnings of her son during
the present meet
His Last Flight.
Strong winds, whose treacheries,
Arch Hoxsey had SO often defied and
conquered, killed the noted aviator
here Saturday AS If jealous of his in
trepidity they seized him and his fly
ing machine and flung them down out
o. the sky and crushed out Hoxsey's
life. He fell dead on the field from
which he had risen but a short time
before with the laughing promise to
the thousands of spectators to piece
the heavens, surpass his own altitude
records and soar higher than any
other man dared to 60 The cross cur.
rents of air whistled off by the vagrant
storm that came from the sea, caught
him and his bi-plane shot him down
ward 563 feet to the earth.
Last week Hoxsey broke all pre-
HAT feet in the air.
The following are the altitude rec
ords made last year:
Feet. Aviator and Nationality. Date.
3,445-H Latham. French Jan. Z
.,164-L. Paulhan French Jan. 10
4,541-H. Latham, French. q. July Z
G,239-W Brookins, American July .
6,75O-J. A. Drexel. American. Aug. II
Stall. Morane. French Sept. 3
S,792-G. Charez, Peruvian. Sept. 8
9,1S6-H Wymalen, Dutch Oct. /
STIR. Johnson, American. Oct. 81
10 10,499-Legagneaux, French Oct. 9
l1.474-A. Hoxsey, American. Dec. 26
To Stop Fancy Flights
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 2.-Wil-
bur and Orville Wright have sent
strict orders to Roy Knabenshue man
ager of the Wright flyers in the west,
to forbid any form of so-called fancy
flying in the future.
you make the men stick to straight
flying and cut out frills which are
dangerous to life," ordered Wilbur
Wright ANY man who wants to, not
only risks his own life but quits the
Wright camp as soon as he alights,"
the injunction stated.
Flights Continue
LOS ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 2.-There
were flying events at the aviation field
Sunday. but they were wholly devoid
of spiral and daring. The memory OF
Arch Hoxsey's death on Saturday hung
like a pail over the aviators and spec
tators. The flyers were slow and spir-
itless, and they worked as cautiously
as did the early pioneers in their aeri.
al experiences which brought man
flight within the realm of an accom-
plished science.