The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-02
PaN of Hoxsey's Death Hangs
 Over AviatorS
FUNERAL IS TOMORROW
WrfEktx Will Bear Funeral Expenses and Give Large Sum to His Mother. Daring Accounted for By His
 Being a Fatalist

Los Angeles, January 1.-There were fly ing events on Aviation Field today but they were wholly devoid of spirit ant daring. The memory of Arch Hoxsey $ death yesterday hung like pail over aviators and spectators. The flyers were slow and spiritless and they worked as cautiously as did the early pioneers in their aerial experiments that brought man flight within the realm of an ac- complished science.
 All the avitators ascended, but they flew apparently only because their contracts called for daily flights and because there were, persons in the grandstands who haid paid money to see them. None of the aviators remained in the air more than a few minutes, and long before the programme had been completed the com mlttee dismissed the spectators with the announcement that the meet, which was not to have closed until Tuesday, would end tomorrow
 Tuesday is the day set for the funeral of Hoxsey.
 l Even though the flights were short to- day they were dangerous and once or | twice during the afternoon mortified shouts arose from the nervous and highly as some aviator made sharp descent or the frail machines wobbled or danced for a second or two in contending currents of air
 | The wind was almost as treacherous az it was yesterday when it caught Hox- sey and tossed him to death. At no time, | however, did it display the strength it | did yesterday while Hoxsey was mak- ing his last flight.
 Walter Brookins, who had coached Hox- sey in the art of flying, was pale and nervous when he brought his biplane on the field today and in the sllorr flighti he made this afternoon he did not at tempt the thrilling spiral dives which he originated and which Hoxsey was emulat- ing when he was hurled into the fatal fall
 Parmalee, the only other surviving member of the Wright team of four that started west few weeks ago, also kept close to the ground, and save for exhibi- | ton flights by Eugene Ely and Charles | Willard of the Curtiss team, and by La tham In the Antoinette and Radley in his Bleriot, nothing was attempted but the quick starts and landings.
 | Latham was the only aviator to keeI his machine in the air more than hali an hour. Radley for a time refused te attempt flight at all. It was only when the wind lulled little that he consented to ascend.
 After rising he encountered gusts that threatened his control over his machine and he promptly descended.
 That Is the last for me in winds like this. I am taking no chances" he said
 While Ely was making his flight guy wire parted and, becoming entanged ir his propeller, broke a piece off one blade.
 Ely pointed his machine downward, talk ing sharp angle to get to earth as quickly as possible. Then a shout oi | apprehension arose from the spectators but Ely had control of his planes an6 landed safely.
 Mrs. Hoxsey, mother of the dead avia. tor will receive approximately s10,00O it is said, from the aviation committed as the winnings of her son during tho meet. The altitude prize of $3o00 was wor hy Hoxsey last Monday His American endurance record of 3 hours and IT min. utes, made the day before his death, un doubtedly will stand and this will ado 5000 more to the purse. Hoxseys win nings of daily altitude and endurance prizes will amount to $4O00 additiona according to estimates made by the judges.
 After being removed from the field yesterday Hoxsey's body was brought | to Los Angeles. Today 1t was removed to Pasadena where 1t will lie in a mortu- ary chapel until Roy Knabenshue, man. ager of the Wright team, completes plans for the funeral
 Funeral expenses will be borne by the Wright Brothers and a comfortable sun will be given to Mrs. Hoxsey It was learned last night that the money Hox. sey he'd made during his aviation work has been given to his mother.
 Mrs. Hoxsey is quiet little woman 62 years of age She has been a widow le years. during which time she has lived alone with her boy.
 Hoxsey was a fataist. He believed that when his time came to die he would die no matter where he was or what he was doing. He talked of this so much to his mother that she came to believe the same as he did. This accounts much for his fearlessness and for the resigna. ton of the mother.
 My neighbors always worried me anc
 wanted me to have my son stop flying, she said, but somehow or other had no rear. NHcI Ttdlpl JOIlilStOHe Wds
 killed in Denver my neighbors coaxet ll me to have Arch stop. but I did not 1 because l always rather thought he woult ,d not be hurt. It seems impossible, but oi e-course it is so.'
 lsA '.TIoxsey's last effort seems to have beer i'd b adjust his machine and keep on flying
 lid Phil Parmalee, the speed aviator ol to e Wright brothers. after he had viewed if N aeroplane in which Hoxsey rode tt te dth.
 ne Nhe indications from the way the aero
 plfk fell are that Hoxsey used mighty nv cTN to right himself If he had hat al 5o 1t more between himself and thu e gro,t he might have succeeded. Th'
 macl\e struck almost on its bottom ev This 1icates that it was being rightet n even Nile the aviator was being whirlet s. m sSes of somersaults. ,n HoxS worked with cool head t. " the VeN last second of his life H on never lothis nerve for an instant. Whel
 ne went few minutes after i o'clocl ,c nsnt w was blowing. In the inter veninK no Nand fifteen minutes this ha se S increased gusty, deceptive gale. Hox - sey WE uNVare of this and he glide ne gown ron altitude of 1000 feet, wit s'- hnrssr:: i,,s motor s of and anticipating n