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Show L I LOS ANGELES AVIATORS H' CAUTIOUS IN FLIGHTS H T.OS ANGELES, .Ian. l. There were PPPB I flying events at Aviation field today, Hvr ut they were wholly devoid of spirit PPpHR. and daring. .The memory of Arch PPPH; V j Huxscy's death yesterday hung like a PPlH Jk pall over avlatore and spectators. Tho PPPV-"- flyers were slow and spiritless, and PPPJf they worked as eaunously ns did the PPPJP early pioneers in their aerial cxperl- PPH nients' which brought man-flight with- PPPL in the realm of an accomplished scl- PPpH PPpH Aviators Ver Cautious. H All the aviators ascended, but they PPPH flow apparently only because their PPPH contracts called for daily flights and PPPPJ because there were people lu the PPPPI jjrandBtunds who paid money to see PPPP them fly. Their hoarts were not In PPPH tiic work. Nono of them remained In PPPH the air more than a few minutos, and PPPPJ long , before Uie program had been PPPH completed, the committee dismissed PPPHj the spectators with tho announcement PPPH that the meet, which was not to have PPPP closed until Tuesday, would bo terml- PPp nated tomorrow. PPV Tuesday Is the day sot for the fu- PPJj rwjral of Hoxsey. PPJI Flights Were Dangerous H Even though the flights were short PPB today, they wero dangerous, and once PPV or twice during the afternoon horri- PPJ fled shouts rose from tho nervous and PPH highly-wrought spectators and field PP attendants, as some aviator made a PPB sharp descent, or iholr frail machines PPHi wobbled or danced for a second or two pHpfv. in contending currents of air. H. The wind wa? as treacherous al- PPV most as it wuy yeBterday, vhen It PPM caught HoNSpy and tossed him down PPM to death. At no time, however, did It Pll display tb.3 strength it did yestcr- PPv day, while Hoxsey was making his PpB last flight. PPf j Brooks Makes No Spiral Dips. PIB . ."Walter Brooklns, who coached iioxsey as a -pupil ! the art of flylii?, H1 fcvas pale and nervous when ho B bought his bi-plnne- on the field to- day, and during the one or two short B fllgn-ts he made during the afternoon i bo uoyer once attempted the thrilling H' spiral dives which he originated, and Hr which Hoxsey was emulating when he H was caught and hurled into the fatal L Parmalee, the only other eurviving HB mombor of the Wright team of four H that started west a few wotiks ago, H aleo kept close to the ground, and, B Bave for exiiibition flights by Eugeno HRH Ely and Charles "Wlllard, of the Car- H tiss team, and Latham, In tho Antoln- BH otto and Radley in his Bleriot, noth- H Ing was attempted, but the quick K starts and the landings. H3 Latham in the Air the Longest. H. ltham was tho only aviator to ft keep his machine In tho air more than Hk half an hour. Radley, for a time, re- H fused to attempt a flight at ail It K 'as only when tho wind lulled a little A that he consented to ascend. After L rising he encountered gusts that HV1 threatened his control over his ma- B chine, and ho promptly descended. B y "That is the 'last for me in -winds P like this. I am taking no more K chances," ho said. H Ely's Narrov Escape. H 'Wlillo EJy was making his flight, a Hl jmy-ro parted, and becoming en- B tangled in his pfopellor, broke a piece H off ono of the blades. Ely instantly HL -pointed his machine downward, tak- k Ing n sharp angle to get to earth as H quickly as possible. This was when a K Bhout of apprehension rose from the A spectators. But Ely had control of H bis planes and landed safely, though H 'with a jolt that Jarrefl him considcr- B ably. Th crowd was sombrc-splrlted A throughout the afternoon that toward B the closo of the events tho mechanical BBMMMMMMM clown of the meeting a tiny mono- BBMMMMMMH plan& w as brought to creato BbMMMMMMMs. laugh and dispel the gloom. B-, The spectators laughed a hit as the tlle machine spun and darted about Hirore rising, then they relapsed Into, BBBBBBBBBBWllonce, which was never broken ox- Beu aviator dan-HBMk'fering dan-HBMk'fering Hoxsoy's fate. f Pk 0r Hoxsey's IJML K- iABl0' the mothcB BBBBBBBBBBT BBM rc,JtategHBBBBBj BBBBBBViBBBBBBBBBBBBl kou, duilifg Ihe present meet. The altitude al-titude prize ql -OOQ waV won br Wni 1-t .Moudayf- Hia Ameticatf emlur-aitro emlur-aitro recordfof three hours, nj, Jeven' tou mlhutfs. made Iby01;0 liia death, UM"di)iihttdJy sum'd. W tnis will add .poo more to,tbe -)nso. Then, lloxaoy's wlnningslndai U titndo aiidf rnduinucc prizes will amount toj $-1,000 ad'HtonaT. according accord-ing to esUniuteb mude by?thc Judges. After bolus vonjoved ift0D1 Aviation field yostordnv, Hoxscris' body was brought to this citv. ifTcniny it was remov'd to PnsndenaFllcrc t wl11' lie In u mortuarv cTinpei- until Roy Knabunshuc,. niunagenof tho Wright ttoam. completes his pl?9 for tlP f-ineral, f-ineral, l" t Funeral of'tfoxsey. I All funeral nxponses will be borne by Hip TIUt hrot'liCBJ and a competent compe-tent tun. w'M hi xtan to Mrs. Hox-feev Hox-feev Sh, MainlVTH!1 8n h,u1 ,l0-"peiided ,l0-"peiided foi M-tup fnj) Hip "arnlnss y'qt her son f . l,erjUyU i"1'1 now rhat ,h had o .MRP'? f ninking greater. -l... hiidyM1' '"""ting on p'nsHing lh. rpl!aiiM nf hr day; In .qomfort. It wnspdnrned Inst night thnt even ccjiHkj,l"n Hoxsmv has "tuadp diiiint; lUa'v'inlion wnrK nns been given to lllan'u,ll:', ' Mrs HoxFcjyls nul.'t litilp wo.ni-nn. wo.ni-nn. C,2 Npp.rHjiJ sl, 's been a widow 10 ve&rlrnll t Hip Hmo she has IIvp.I aloiujiisvll11 ,"'1' hr"-HoceaJ','as hr"-HoceaJ','as a Fatalict. HqnCv w'ara faUiIlst. lie helloved that when litln1P l'aup l" "le that It would noltmnHcr whore he was or what Iip wad3o'- no talked of thla i so mnrh tO'WS!'t,cr that she cimn1 I to hel'evc iUjSpI'me as he did, which ncr-MiMs M,for iis roarlessnosH nnd f r tirsrSIP,rilt)n i Hie mother. 'M' nqwalior always worried mo and santMli to have Arch stop flying.' fly-ing.' stuBE'li''' "Rut, somehow or other jljrtll "o fear. When Ralph JohnslonSwap lililod In Denver ray iieililioStr11" 'u to flle n, am' QonvfdBn, w have Arch stop, but I did .i.Hii'oiiim' 1 nlwus rather thoiig'iHtiS would nol be hurt. It sr- uvv.iimilgble. but, of ctiurso, it Is "HloS last effor( seemed io be to adlilSrhls lURchlne and keop on flv.nrjHsaid Phi' Parmalee, the spi t,ijBS"tor of thu Wright camp aft"!' Kanad iewed thp aeroplane In wlilf,ltg't .""dp to death. Hoitev Tr:ed to RlQht Machine. Tl3liTlIcaiinin from the waj Hip air"i:fe fJ' ''re that Hohoy used r nijjjjty, effoft t- riglit himself. If In hjthsd fifty fept more between hiiin-Fyfcind the earth, lu nilghi have succwdjd. The macliiiie struck on its om. This indicates that It wis bilng righted even while the avl-atoi avl-atoi fvs being whirled in a series of soriitr?aultSk 'rfgxsey- worked with a cool head to ijjg very last second of his life. He np lost his nerve for an instant. Yhnlie wont up a few minutes after 1 o'Wbck there was a light wind blowing blow-ing 'In the Intervening hour and 1.1 mlmftes-fhls had Increased to a gusty, deceptive gale IIoxse wns unaware of thls.rand he glided down fron an alUtifde of n.iiOO fnet. with hl motir shut "off and anticipating ni, dangpr. |