The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-20

year Dy lOlkS from the nttle village,
who have been touring the United
have not only made hit with every
body, but have been OF great educa
tional value as well. Several pro-
gressive teachers have informed me
that they used the letters In classes
in the regular work for instance:
Z. w. Washburns letters from Cali
fornia were used to splendid advan-
tage in the study of this wonderful
state. The letters from Mrs. Mary
Cornish and Charles Kraus. who are
spending year In Panama, have
pictured the canal zone, locks, the
tour of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets
more wildly and lasting than study
ing dry text books for a year WOULD
do. Mrs. Clague's letters from Wash
ington and the many interesting his
torical places She and her mother are
visiting are of great value to classes
in United States history. This week
has been big red letter one mas
much as two letters were received.
Mrs. Mary Cornish of Canal Zone,
Panama, and one from Mrs. Clague,
Washington, d. c., which is published
today. Subscribe for The Free Press.
The price Of the paper will be re-
turned to you fourfold from the
pleasure of reading 1t.
Washington, d. c., May 6,1921.-
Since writing you many thing Of note
have happened. The pros and cons OF
Colonel Harvey have been said, bun
just the same our newly appointed
ambassador to the court Of st. James
set sail last Monday for England.
An interesting visitor in Washington
the past two weeks has been Prince
Albert OF Monaco, ruler of the small
lest kingdom in the world and the
one which contains the famous Monte
Carlo. The prince, who Is nearly
eighty years Of ago, came to Wash
ington to receive the Alexander
ognition of the National Academy of
Sciences awarded him for his marine
researches. The National Geogra
phic society also awarded the prince
a gold medal for the same reason.
Revenues from Monte Carlo have
enabled the prince to spend enormous
sums in carrying out his research
work. Referring to his study or
ocean currents, he spoke of drifting
one which sunk a vessel off Cuban
coast some time ago, evidently drift
ed out of the English channel and no
doubt was just to start back on a
drift which would return it to Eng
lish coast, and thought it takes about
four years for such an object to make
the round trip on a drift. He also
stated these mines would be found
for several years and that these
are unframed by their stay in the
water. He soon expects to make
survey between the Azores and the
United States. At the National Mu-
scum the prince lectured to great
audience here on the Wonders of
the Deep" The officials and diplo
mats have much entertained the
prince and he closed his visit here
this week with a trip to Mount Yer
tomb Of George Washington. From
there he went to New York and will
sail soon. The children may have
noticed last month the unwilling of
the monument of Simon Bolivar
Called the George Washington of
Venezuela) in New York city. This
monument was presented by Vene
zuela to the city of New York and a
special mission headed by DR.. Esta-
zuela to this country to make the
presentation. A most brilliant re-
ception and ball was given in honor
of DR.. Gil Borges and his mission at
the Pan American Building here in
Washington on April %. Diplomats
from all countries OF the world were
there as was the officials of Wash
ington. Every foreign mission which
visits Washington is eventually led
to Mount Vernon to deposit wreath
upon the grave of the father of this
country. However, the trip of DR..
Gil Borges was made different from
the usual, as he went by airship and
scattered flowers from the clouds
upon the tomb of Washington. The
first week in May each year Mount
Vernon is closed to the general pub
lie as then all the ladies of the
Mount Vernon association (Which
go there. to hold their annual con-
ferenceu. The scientist DR.. Einstein
and wife of Switzerland were also
visitors during the past two weeks.
Suppose Minnesota people already have
solved his famed Theory of Rela-
tivity." For time the usual form
of salutation here was please explain
the theory of Relatively" European
papers stated that fame visited DR..
them citizens of the world. Explain
able or not they evidently got a trip
to the United States. DR.. Einstein
is zionist and he and wife have
gone to Chicago to present to the
Jews in America plans for univer-
sity to be erected In Jerusalem where
poor students can be given the privi-
lege of study. The first Of May near
ly all the ships flying the American
flag tied up in some part Of America
and thus put out of commission by a
strike of the engineers as leaders
who absolutely refused to accept a
fifteen per cent cut in salary. Or
ders to strike upon reaching port
were sent to all ships at sea and II
the marine engineers plans are ef-
fective, our American ships will all
be idle. This would throw out
100000 marine workers. These men
are all receiving war wages, at twice
the amount in pre- war times. The
latest report is that these striking
engineers of the Merchant Marine
have until ten o'clock next Monday
morning to determine whether they
will accept this fifteen per cent cut
of wages which is firmly insisted
upon by Admiral Benson. II they
do not accept then will begin the
struggle of organized labor on the
sea. You will be interested in the
bill introduced by Representative
Lithicum of Baltimore, Maryland,
70 make the Star Spangled Banner
che national anthem of the United