The army will have an_ airship capable of carrying 100 passengers, in' addition to the crew, when the great Italian semi-rigid dirigible orna, recently purchased, arrives. An air service detachment is min route to Italy to deflate the big bag and bring it home on shipboard.
The Roma, driven by six 12- cylinder engines, developing an aggregate of 2,400 horse-power, has a lifting capacity of 65,000 Ib, She can carry nearly 19 tons through the air in addition to herself and her crew, at an estimated maximum speed of 80 miles an hour. The big gas bag, holding 1,200,000 cubic feet of gas, is longer than all but the most modern warcraft, 410 ft., and is 82 ft. wide, while bag and car form a height of 86 ft., 6 in.
With filled gasoline tanks the ship has a full speed radius of 350 miles and at cruising speed could go 800 miles without landing.
The Roma was constructed under personal supervision of Signor Usuelli, whose name has been applied to aircraft of that particular type. She was designed for commercial uses originally, but was sold to the United States for $200,- 000. It would cost $1,250,000 to duplicate her, experts state.—Reuter.
Wasnincton, March 30.—The State Department has sent a note to the Mexican Government, demanding the apprehension and punishment of the murderers of three American citizens who were recently killed in Mexico.—Reuter,
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