Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 235, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1927 — Page 6

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No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or recting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of iana.

ICRETARY KELLOGG’S DENIAL (Editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Secretary Kellogg has spoken at last on the ect of the propaganda with regard to Mexico's hevistic activities in Nicaragua, which Secretary i asked the representatives of press associations Vashington to send out without formal authoriDn or any responsibility for its truth on the part ilmself and the State Department. Mr. Kellogg been forced to answer by pressure of the La rdia resolution, which was passed by the House. The answer of the secretary was a categorical ' to the first two questions in the La Guardia lution, hamely, whether the State Department requested the press associations to carry such ory and whether an effort was made to keep sethe source of the information, th this answer Secretary Kellogg made direct 5 with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which on Nov. evealed that Assistant Secretary of State Olds, Kellogg’s former law partner, called in the Is of three large press associations and sought btain through them widespread publication of charge that Mexico has spread bolshevism in ral America. Asa result of this conference the teiated Press published a dispatah calculated to n the country over an alleged threat of a bolist hegemony intervening between the United as and the Panama Canal. The Post-Dispatch accepts the issue. We do not r by what construction or by what evasive techity Mr. Kellogg could find grounds upon witch, lswer these questions. There are diplomatic dei by which questions of this kind can be constively answered to the satisfaction of the diploif, of no one else. But we are assured of the of the statements we printed. Abundant evidence of the truth of our states has appeared in print. The story, as told by Olds, was sent out by the Associated Press cor•ndent and was published in a number of newsrs. The other press associations, whose repre itives were present at the Olds conference, ted in explicit language and large type that ■Washington correspondents had refused to acthe Olds yarn without responsible authority and refused to send the story out. Were they ded by their own correspondents with regard to inference? ’ongress, however, can easily verify this evi- !. It can ascertain whether the statement of ’ost-Dispatch is true or not. The Senate ForRelations Committee can call the witnesses belt and question them with regard to it. They :all the representatives of the press associations ashington involved in the statement. They can Mr. Olds. 7'hey can call Secretary Kellogg. can call any other witness who has informawith regard o it. The question of truth can be from the field of doubtof the situation we do not see how the te Foreign Relations Committee or the House efuse to act. We believe that the question of preading of secret propaganda by the State Delent, designed lo create suspicion and hostility st a neighboring government, should be com ly throashed out. The whole truth should be THE BOSSES FALTER ■Tie grip of the bosses upon government has belo slip if the preliminaries to the gathering of legislature mean anything. jt is not altogether the best recommendation I to have the indorsement of the men who I been in charge of the offices and the honors, lially within the ranks of the Republican party, [’he people away from the State capital have Been misled by any denials or technical vindicallembers of the Leegislature who would have lo do the bidding of the bosses and the men in ■e of the party machinery shied away when it I to taking orders on the speakership. ■hat may mean something and can mean a I deal, if members discover that the machine is ■omnipotent and take up courage enough to I those who have made a business of dictating ■ and measures the power to dictate laws and ■6B. If the Speaker of the House, for exatnple, deIto throw his influence in favor of investigations late bodies which neefci investigations, he can luch to restore confidence of the people in their Btlons. IheJre is no question as to the real purpose of ■arty bosses who worked so hard to name their Inan in the position which dictates memberships Immittees where measures and resolutions lie either shoved along or quietly killed. ■Tie bosses of this State, and that means those nave bargained and bartered with forces and ■nces which have been against the public welfare determined that the Legislature will not ve into the many scandals which have caused Be to apologize for the State of Indiana. Bhey want the peculiar verdict of the last grand Bo stand as a vindication of all the charges, al■h that verdict cast suspicion upon its own findBhe people of this State have been interested Bat grand jury and have read of missing witBs and the peculiar and unusual incidents under B those witnesses disappeared ■he people away from this city, where bossism Bourislies to an extent, have rebelled and their Bion is registered in the defiance which the Biers from other counties gave to the Governor ■he party bosses in the speakership matter. ■he people want an investigation of every charge Bias been made. Bhey want to know about the public service Bission and the charge of Corporation Coun Bicker that it is influenced greatly by huge conBions to the campaign fund of 1924. Bhey want to know what the Marion County B jury meant when it referred to unusual con B .iiu! whether those conditions were created ■ i pay:.tent of fees from the governor’s conBu tuiiii, to the extent of $5,500 each to two Bcutoi s as fees. Bhey want to know what happened to StephenBad his charge of wholesale corruption and the Bsaion af documentary evidence. ■bey \yjint to know why the board passed

a rule preventing newspaper men visiting the prison as soon as Stephenson became a convict and whether that rule was put into force to prevent the man who ruled the last Legislature from talking too much. They want; all these things investigated, not In secret and by a grand jury' whose report left more suspicion than faith in the minds of the people. The men who want to stay in public life and merit the confidence of their friends and neighbors will find that freedom from the bosses is a better asset than secret deals in back rooms. \ A start has been made. It maybe an empty gesture. It can be made real, perhaps a revolution in affairs of this State, if i tresults in cleaning up suspicious and doubts which now exist. A FEDERATED CENTRAL AMERICA? A federation of Central America, uniting under one government the five small republics lying between Mexico and Panama, may be an outgrowth of the present troublesome situation in Nicaragua. With each revolution in this area, sentiment grows among the cooler leaders for sueh a coalition. With a single government, the unionists hold, they could present an imposing front to the world. They point first to the United States and then to Mexico as examples of the great mutual benefit to be derived from such a program. The fact that the Central American republics are now renting small legations In various nondescript buildings of Washington is explained, In the opinion of some diplomats, by a realization that some day in the not too far distant future Central America will have an embassy with a single ambassador to represent Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Salvador. But. general peace, industrial development and prosperity, rather than imposing embassies, is the Ipre held out by those who favor a Central American union. v Sentiment for union is strongest in Honduras and Salvador. Nicaragua and Guatemala are also envisaging it some time in the future. Costa Rica lias been a comparatively peaceful country, is getting along very well by herself, and is inclined to look contemptuously on 'her more turbulent neighbors Central America was a federation of states when separated from Spanish rule In 1821- The federation also included what are now the Mexican provinces of Chiapas and Soconuzo. But whereas the Spanish control had been strong, when Spain left the States acquired too much power and the federation retained not enough. The Guatemalan clerical party sought to dominate the whole and failed. After almost constant warfare from 1828 to 1842 the federation w %af>. to pieces, 'too weak to hold together. # Ever since, sporadic efforts have been made to reunite the republics, sometimes involving all five and sometimes but two or three. Central American diplomats -declare the issue is by no means a dead duck.in New York all good little childretj must be In 1 lied now by 3 a. m. On the farms that's when they're supposed to get up. Ihe former kaiser has ordered anew scarlet uniform of the Guard Hussars. Maybe he's going to play Santa with it next Christmas. Among the benefits of an education, judging from the college shows, the man learns how to dress like a lady. A girl in Indiana can play a piano with her feet. We know several people who can play with their hands.

“OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SHUT YOUR EYES” By N. D. Cochran

It seems almost incredible that a President of the United States could have such a childish notion of the duty of the press as President Coolidge expressed when ho pleaeded for a united stand of the American press behind his foreign policies. Just what foreign policies he had in mind was not made cleai\ in his talk with the. White House correspondents; he merely thought it highly unfortunate that other governments might get the impression that in the matter of Aiur foreign policies the people of this Nation were divided. But why should that be considered unfortunate? s a fact. We are divided. Not even the newspapers supporting Mr. Coolidge’s own party are united in support of hjs foreign policies—if any—or his domestic policies either. We haven’t yet reached the point where American editors are willing to Play the game in which one child says to another: “Open your mouth and shut your eyes; and I'll give you something to make you wise.” While Calvin was as cautious as usual and didn’t tell v hat peeved him and sent up his blood pressure, it may well be that he was thinking of how two of the three major press associations refused to open their mouths and shut tlielr eyes when his State Department tried to feed them and the people a dose of hokum about Mexico, Nicaragua and phoney bolshevism below the Rio Grande. •When the Associated Press opened its mouth, shut its eyes and swallowed a big gob of bunk about a tidal wave of bolshevism sweeping from Mexico clear across Central America and down to the canal, it failed to make the A. P. wise. It was the refusal of the United Press and I. N. S. to shut their eyes and swallow poisoned State Department diplomatic hooch, and the subsequent expose by A. P. newspapers of the A. P. eye-shutting episode, that made the people of this country wisp to the moonshine foreign policy of Secretary Kellogg. And it's a mighty good thing that Associated. Press newspapers were divided on such foreign policy and such press association practice. It’s a good thing for the American people and for American diplomacy that it wasn’t possible for the Coolidge Administration to get the press associations, the newspapers and the people united behind a policy that sought to get united support of the' people by peddling lies about friendly neighboring republics. Whenever any administration has a foreign policy based on honesty, decency, fair dealing and a proper regard for the principles upongwhich this republic was founded, there will be a substantial unanimity of public opinion behind that policy. But we hope the time will never come when public servants can get together in a dark room, cook up a secret diplomacy that won't stand the light of fair publicity and then expect a blinded American public to get up on their hind legs aryl vociferously shout in chorus, "Hurrah for our sidel” Mussolini isn't yet president of the United States, and the press is still free.

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Tracy Lifting of Arms Embargo Reveals Truth About Policy in Nicaragua,

By M. E. Tracy Lifting of the embargo on arms reveals our Nicaraguan policy in its true light. The United States has intervened to prevent the Nicaraguan people from ousting a regime which they do not want and which they would have ousted but for this Interference. Having tied up both coasts of Nica- ! ragua so that no arms can be im- ; ported without its consent, this Gov- | ernment now opens the market to I Diaz, and Diaz alone. Unless the Liberal Sacasa faction | has a good supply, which it probably has not, It is thus placed in an al i most hopeless position. Sacasa represents what is left of the last regularly constituted government of Nicaragua. | Adolfo Diaz obtained the presi i dency by about the same kind of | methods as were employed by the i late Vletoriano Huerta in .Mexico, and Is just as much of an usurper. She Shot a Skunk A skunk betrayed a 14 \ car-old girl in 1923. After she was married lie went to her husband and bragged j about it. Her husband drove her i away. She bought a gun. traveled from Chicago to New York and shot the skunk. Having been arrested, indicted and brought into court for trial, she pleaded guilt; to manslaughter. Yesterday. Judge James J. Barrett of the Bronx County Court suspended sentence and gave her another chance. “The suffering of a woman who has been betrayed,” he said, "exceeds that of any penalty the law ; can inflict. - ’ There isn't a red-blooded man or a j virtuous woman in the country but who wojjjd applaud the decision and the sentiment back of it. Capital, No Nation The Cantonese have captured Hankow and proclaimed It the capital of China. The only trouble with this idea is that China no longer exists. East, West and North, great war lords, some of them no better than bandits, rule supreme. Deking lias become a memory. Albeit, a glorious one. Sevcjjteen years of republicanism have sorted to smash a 4.000-year-old entplre. The change was too abrupt for Oriental nerves. Such national consciousness as is left runs to anti-foreign sentiment. The white man's trade, rum and religion have brought little but confusion, wherefore the white man should be driven out. So the Persians -thought about the Greeks, and the Gauls about the Homans, but It j didn't work, and it never will. For the moment we shall peak to j the Chinese mobs through the mouths of guns, which is the only | language their excitement permits them to understand. Afterward we will resume the work of cultivating them, partly for the sake of the profit there is in It and partly to satisfy a belief that ours is the only civilization worth while. Lie or Mistake? and Leopold are In court j once more, smiling and nonchalant i as ever. They are being sued by : a taxi driver who claims that they ! mutilated him. They were given \ life, instead of death, for the mur- j der of young Bobby Franks, largely on the ground of Insanity. Experts testified Xhat they were mentally diseased and that one of them would soon become hopelessly mad. Did these experts lie. or just make ! a convenient mistake, and no matter which, why shouldn't they be called to account? Warden, Then Convict Albert Sartain may serve as a convict In the Atlanta Penitentiary, which he once ruled as warden. It is an odd coincidence, but not ! without precedence. The builder of the bastile was imprisoned In it. and the inventor of the guillotine died upon it. Why Not? Tex Rickard Is racing across the: country to get in touch with Gene Tunney. The big idea, of course, is to rig up some kind of a show by which a couple of millions, more or less, can be extracted from American fight fans. If they have the money and can't bear t<? keep It, why not? Mussolini and Work It sis an interesting series of articles Mussolini has written for thej United Press and they will be read. Everybody wants tc know more about this remarkable man and how he works, how he can take the j place of seven cabinet ministers and j stiTl remain healthy, how he can | keep in touch with so many and varied problems, how he rose from j the ranks to become the dictator of' a nation. Somebody ffas said that genius is' nine-tenths hard work, and Mussolini seems to prove it. He says he i generally goes to bed at midnight and rises at seven. Benjamin Franklin took the same number of hours of sleep, and Edison takes even fewer. But there is more to the story than the time a man works. Mussolini says concentration is the all important factor. He says that whatever he does, whether work or play, he puts his whole soul into it. Most people work hard j enough and long enough. What they j I lack is purpose and concentration. | What are the fusing points of gold, silver, copper and bro'hze? The fusing point ot copper is 1,083 degrees Centigrade or 1.981.4 degrees Fahrenheit; gold, 1:063 degrees Centigrade or 1,845.5 degrees Fahrenheit; silver, 960.5 degrees Centigrade or 1,760.9 degrees Fahrenheit. Bronze i in an alloy and its fusing point de- j pends on the composition.

Harry Cooper Opens His Engagement at Palace Today in ‘Moments of Mirth'

Harry Cooper, a comedian, weaves “Moments of Mirth” around him at the Palace Theater the 'last half of this week, and in doing so presents his large company In a miniature musical comedy of five scenes. Mr. Cooper is one of these eccentric funsters who makes every one in the production t>lay up to him. Sidney Page is his right hand man in handing out laughs. Four singing and dancing girls and two other women who have leading parts complete the company. The act is made up of several humorous skits. “Step-Step-Step” is an elaborate dancing'act, featuring -Plunket and Ray, a singing and dancing team; Dorothy acrobatic dancer, and Arloa Springs, acrobatic Russian toe dancer. One of the scenes is laid at a race track with all the dancers appearing in jockey suits. "Scotland’s Comic’’ is Sandy Shaw, who conies direct from the heather with a supply of ltfughs. Weston and Luckie are “nut comedians," whose songs, ciiatter and steps are billed “Listen to the Mocking Bfrd.” “An Unusual Surorise” is held in store by Cubv and Jtrßh, two men who are comedy pantominilsts constantly preparing for feajs which they never do. Bert Lytell and Billie Dove are the stars of “The Lone Wolf Returns.’’ the film adapted from the story by Louis Joseph Vance. Pathe News, a comedy, and topics of the day are the short reels. Other theaters today offer: “The Vagabond King,” at English’s; Dunninger, at Keith's; Roscoe Ails and Katie Pullman, at the Lyric; “Bardelys, the Magnificent." at (fie Circle; “Valencia,” at the Apollo; “One Increasing Purpose,” at the Colonial: “There You Are,” at the Ohio; “The Combat,” at the South Side; “The Midnight Lovers,” at the Uptown; new show at the Isis; “The Gay Deceiver,” at the Sanders, and burlesque, at the Mutual.

Great Singer

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Josef Rosenblatt

Josef Rosenblatt, celebrated Hebrew' cantor, who recently created a furor in New' York City when he entered vaudeville, scoring an im medately and most remarkable success, w’ill pay his first visit to Indianapolis next week when he will appear as the headline feature of the bill at the Lyric. Cantor Rosenblatt came from Hamburg. Germany, fourteen years ago in response to a call from the largest orthodox synagog in New York. In 1918 he made his debut as a concert artist at Carnegie Hall in New Y'ork, and was hailed as “The McCormack of the Hebrew race." For the purposes of vaudeville Cantor Rosenblatt is introducing a program of nonsecular and popular songs. Are there any wild pigeons in North America now? It is believed that the last survivor died in the zoological gardens In Cincinnati in the summer of 1914,

Step in and Get It!

MUSSOLINI AND HIS 24 HOURS (Continued From Page 1) niy time would permit. I enjfiy sea bathing, a heritage of race, for we Italians are by nature sea-dogs from the beginning of time. Today the sport which I find most adapted to my needs and certainly acceptable to my tastes is that of horseback riding. I devote my one precious hour allowed by my rigid daily schedule to that sport. It combines a surety of physical fitness with a generous measure of mental relaxation. I am supremely devoted to it. I love horses. I lovo the ex orclse. I love the out-of-doors and the thrill of the gallop and the Jump. My love for horses dates back to my childhood. I remember, for It is indelibly impressed upon my mind when 1 was five, how I was first placed on a. horse' and learned to trot and gallop without a saddle. 1 renewed the sport while a young man, this time using a saddle and getting the thrills cf speed and the Joys of the spring of the animal. Today, I have a greater love for the horse; it is the emblem of speed and strength. It may be capricious and tricky, but disciplined, it is responsive and sure. Unfortunately, it possesses no sense of humor but what it lacks there is more than compensated in its desire to go the limit —in heavy harness, to pull hard; in war, to fdllow the enemy In his flight; on the track, to run the fastest. My riding now Is enjoyed when the Joys and thrills of speed and strength return. I get the greatest pleasure in galloping across the fields, where there are plenty of obstacles and plenty of space to give the horse a chance to do its best. My time does not permit me to follow the hunt, but I know of nothing more thrilling than to be on the back of a fast falloping steed, with a Jump and leap increasing the excitement. Pleasant Is Rome and Its environs for the horseman. The stretches of plain on the campagna offer the wide expanse and natural roughness udapted to the gallop and the Jump. There is the free straightaway to let the animal out. Along the path of the nnclent Romans, the way goes, where the Claudian aqueduct for fifty-one miles, a masterpiece of ancient engineering and architecture, still stands, defying the ages. There we trot on the bridle path of the Caesars. Denies Rumors of Illness I have six horses In my stable, — I four Arab and two Italian. My Arab horses wero presented to me j by Arabian and African sovereigns, and native chiefs in our African | colonies. They are the most beautiful animals I have ever seen. They are not quite so high as my two native bred, which came to me from the ministry of the war. The Arabs are spirited and nervous, ready to make a dart across the campagna whenever I choose. But my favorite horse is the Italian-bred Ruzowich. I like him because he is my best companion, knows me, Responds to my touch and trots to my taste. This one hour on the horse keeps me in perfect uhysical condition. Rumors and gosdfp of my being an invalid would find sparse confirmation indeed In the morning gallop. I feel massive of body, strong in every nerve fiber, supremely fit to meet the heavy responsibilities which my office demands. I read with genuine pleasure the letters I receive daily from America advising me how to be restored to health. These letters contain the most fantastic cures for the most fantastic ills. There is the usual vegetarian diet, fruit diets, starvation cures and baths. One admirer wrote me to turn to the book of Timothy and there I should find the necessary key to complete health. Another urged me to try a diet of radishes as a great builder of muscle and nerves. Still others implored me to take large quantities

of yeast, and of bran, of lemon juice and of grapes and various salts. The variety of cures has somewhat preplexed me so I go along my way, forced by the very fitness of my condition to stick to my own way of life in living simply and working hard. It Is thus that I arrive every morning at my office, tempered and steeled for the day. “It is necessary to live dangerously.” Mussolini tolls his Fascist followers. Does he fear assassination? Head in The Times tomorrow the story of the Italian Premier’s dangerous life. College News Heads Meet at De Pauw Rv Time* Special GREENCASTLE. Ind., Jan. 6. Amreican Association of College News Bureaus membership committee met at De Pauw University to discuss university publicity problems. Miss Hazel M. Alverson, TwentyFifth St. and Arlington Ave., Indianapolis, assistant j group are Frank R. i l/fJ Kllk T Ind . lanaUnlpresident; I)e Pauw Lester E. Mitchell, . De Pauw; R. E. Miss Alvorson Olmstead, Evansville College, and John Stempel, formerly of Lofayettj College. The association which is three years old has a membership of sixty colleges.' Miss Alverson is a graduate of Shortridge High School, Indianapolis.

What's Wrong?

Look at this picture closely and find what is wrong or inconsistent. This test is written especially for children. The answers to these questions appear on page 16: 1. What is inconsistent in the accompanying picture? 2. Who is Tom Heflin? 3. AYhat is the abbreviation for District, of Columbia? 4. What office formerly was held by K. M. Landis, baseball czar? 5. Who was president of the United States during the World War? 6. Is a furlong longer or shorter than a mile? 7. How many States were there when the United States Constitution was adopted? 8. How many feet in a furlong? 9. Is South Dakota in the northern or southern part of the United States? 10. Who is Elbert H. Gary ?

JAN. 6, 1927

Work Pointers on Taking - Out No-Trump With Two Majors,

By Milton C. Work The pointer for today Is: The partner of a No Trump bidder who holds a strong Major twosuiter, should take out with the stronger suit. Yesterday's article contained the following hand which was assigned to North: Sp.: Ace-t O-x x-ffi. Ht.: :King-Queen-l<o-x-x. Di.: x-x. CL: x. It was supposed that South bid one No Trump, that West passed, and the question was what North should declare with the above hand. As the partner of an Initial No Trump bidder should take out with a strong Major of five cards or more, it is obvious that North should take out South’s No Trump with a Major two-suiter (i. -e., five cards In both Spades nnd Hearts.) The question Is whether he should bid two Spades or two Hearts. If North were a Dealer and held this hand, he would open the bidding with one Spade, it being the higher valued of ills two Major suits of equal length and nearly equal strength. He should do so in conformity with the practice of bidding two-suiters so as to give the partner the opportunity to choose later between the two withi out increasing the size of the contract; but after the partner has bid No Trump, the take-out with a Major two-suiter should be made with the stronger suit, regardless of whether It be the higher valued. The take-out is apt to stand and then it is advisable to have the contract in the stronger suit; when it does not stand, it will be because South, not liking the take-out suit, has accepted the invitation always given by a Major take-out, and has rebid the No Trump. South’s original No Trump bid showed at least three suits stopped and his second No Trump showed that his weak suit was the one first named by North; therefore, South having already denied North's first selection, cannot possibly prefer It to his second. So there is no reason why the partner of a No Trump should first name the higher-valued of two Major suits, and every reason why he should name the stronger. While on the subject of bidding over partner’s No Trump, what do you think Nortft should do If South bid No Trump, West pass and North had either of the two following lands: 1. Sp.; x-x-x. Ht.: Ace-x-x. Di.; Queen-x-x. Cl.: Ace Queen-10-x. 2. Sp.: Ace-Queen-10 x. Ht.: Ace-x-x. DI.: Queen-x-x. CL: x-x-x. Answer tomorrow. Work, (he International aatliority on Auction Bridge, will answer questions on the game for Times readers who write to lum through The Times, enclosing a self-ad dressed, stamped envelope. (Copyright John F. Dille Cos.) Questions and Answers *" You can get an answer to any qua. . or information bv writinto Tlio Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1.122 New York Ave.. Washm" fn?'r£h„ C " w ci oell , lK , 3 < ' e,l,f * 111 Stamps Medical, legal and marital luhloe cannot Ik- given nor can extend'd ri scan'll be undertaken. All other W.V IL- 1 .?"? W 1 receive s personal reply, T nsignist requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Is soup eaten or drunk? Soup which Is a liquid must be drunk. llow cold-was Christmas eve and Christmas morning of 1924? Christmas eve the temperature foil to 2 below zero; at 8 Christmas morning it was 4 below. How ts the phrase, “presque isle,” pronounced? What does it mean? It Is French, meaning “nearly an Island,” and is pronounced “preskeel.” How tall is Thomas Melghan? Six feet. On what day did Easter Sunday fall in 1919? April 20. Who starred in th o motion picture, “His People?” Rudolph Schildkraut. Who established the Russel Sage Foundation? What are Its objects? Mrs. Margaret Oliva Sloeum Sage, American philanthropist and widow of Russel Sage, established the foundation. Its purpose is to Improve social and living conditions in the United States. The work consists of research and publication of educational propaganda; the establishment and maintenance of charitable and benevolent agencies and activities and cooperation with- agencies and activities already in existence. Aid to Individuals and families, to higher education, and to churches is excluded. llow many person* were killed when the dirigible Roma collapsed? What caused Hie accident? The disaster occurred Feb. 25, 1922, and caused the death of thirty-five persons. The airship was proceeding at high speed at an altitude of 450 feet over the Army base at Hampton Roads, when suddenly It made a nose dip. After it was righted still continuing at high speed it tore into a high tension electric line carrying 2,300 volts twenty seconds after the occurrence of the original accident. Sparks . from the wires set fire to the balloon; the keel collapsed and the nose smashed against the ground, causing some gasoline tanks to break and catch fire. Do birds live long? Most birds are long lived—the small song birds live from eight to eighteen years and the great eagles and vultures up to a hundred years and more. What is the population of Italy? The official estimate of July, 1924, gives the population as 41,000,000.