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Show dummy dynamite bomb and attempted attempt-ed to throw them from a height to a measured place on the ground. This w as a test mado for tho benefit of the aruny While Liput. Beck was not successful success-ful in placing the bombs within the square, he did not land far away and it was demonstrated that the aeroplane could be used for such a I purpose and that It was a matter : of practice only In placing the bombs I where wanted. Taulhan'8 last flight with Mr. Har ' mon was not made until 5 o'clock. Again he disappeared in tho direction j of the ocean but ho did not go to the ! shore. He returned after circling the fields In the west, an approximate dls tance of 12 miles. In a little over 20 minutes. I Other aviators did not accomplish much. Charles K. Hamilton mado three starts In an attempt to lower Paulhan's altitude record o 1.165 feeL On his first flight Hamilton rose 455 feet; on his second 30U feet and on . his third approximately 700 feet. Paulhan on tho seashore exceeded this without any effort at record breaking. Hamilton's machine was not working well enough to encourage encour-age him to go higher. The Glli Donch machine met with an accident that eliminates it from any work tomor- i row. This Is an "American machine owned by H. W. Gill of Balttmore. Il has been tested out several times, but each time It has met with trouble. This time tho trouble was serious. At a height of from 30 to 100 feet it circled cir-cled the field once and then came down with a crash that wrecked its left plane. Hillary Boachey, th driver, was not Injured. Glen H Curtiss made two appearances. appear-ances. The first time he went around the course three times and tho sea and time he tried for a speed record. His lap was 2.19, seven seconds from the record. Tomorrow Is the last day of the meet, CurtlFS will go to Hammondsport N. Y., to start on a new model biplane, bi-plane, a heavier ono than he has used here. Ho claims that he will demonstrate dem-onstrate that he can get along without with-out the Wright patents. PAULHAN MAKES WORLD'S RECORD Aviation Field, Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 19. By carrying on a 22-mllo cross country trip from Aviation field to a point half a mile out over the .ocean and taking another passengei on a 12-mlle flight over the fields, and threo other passengers, one at a time on short flights, Louis Paulhan today established a now world's record tot heavier than air machines. No other aviator has taken up so many passengers during oue day and n other aviator has taken a woman for a high flight over fields and woods and villages and hungry surf for mort than 20 miles. Paulhan staid at an altitude of from 500 to 1.000 feet over Redondo beach, Venlce-By-The Sea and other resorts. There were no life buoys tied to the machine to save them from death in the waves should thpy fall. He made tho trip and the other perilous flights of the afternoon with tho ease of a run in a taxlcab The passenger carrying record is held by Orvllle Wright who flew with Captain Engelhardt for one hour and 35 minutes at Berlin last fall, but Wright did not leave the course, where he could lnnd at will. Paulhan was gone 33 minutes on his 22-mlle trip. He had as a passenger pas-senger his wife. His twelve-mile trip was made with Clifford B. Harmon, of New York, Besides these he took up Mrs. Oortlandt P. Bishop, wife of President Bishop of the Aero club of America; Lieutenant Paul Beck of the United States army signal corps: William R Hearst, the newspapei publisher and another newspaperman. The flights were made under perfect atmospheric conditions. While the crowd waited patiently in the burning sunshine, Paulhan went over the parts of his machine. At 2:27 o'clock ho put on his oellow cloak and helped his wife up to her high perch. Then he flew out over te grandstand to gie the big crowd a greeting. With their cheers sounding faintly he left the course on his next lap and headed for the ocean In ten minutes he had become a blur against the sunlit clouds that curtained the Pacific. A few minutes later he disappeared. dis-appeared. He was giving again an exhibition of something for which tho world had waited for centuries. Tho dirigible balloons entertained the crowd while waiting for Paul-hau's Paul-hau's reappearance. Several times it was cried that he was coming but it was found that It was only a bird. The French, now chafing the seagulls away from their haunts. At 2:50 oiock Faulhan again came in blpht and at 3 o'clock he landed directly In front of the graud stand. He received wild congratulations and was taken down the narrow aisle of frantic people so that all could get a good look at him. As ho wan In au amiable mood he was 'besciged with pleas to take friends up. Llenitenant Beck on his trip took |