The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-02-18
SAVE COIN ON NAVY BOAT
AIR CRAFT IS THING FROM
NOW ON, SAY EXPERTS
Democratic Dreams Are DeveI-
oping In the East; New
York Gossip
LARKN G. MEAD

New York, February 15.-That bill
lions and billions of dollars can be
saved to the tax payers of this whole
country by readjusting their fighting
forces on sea and land to a more
modern basis, was reported here to-
day by bodies of naval and military
experts who have been set to study
this very vital question. When many
millions of dollars worth of dread
naught can be sunk into the sea by
one tiny air ship, the expenditure vi
thousands of dollars in flying and
chemical research must be worth
more than millions lavished on mere
floating steel targets, many OF these
men declare. All along the line, an
economical development in aeronaut-
ic and chemical science will permit
the scrapping and saving of much
money to every American, as the old
abandoned, it is pointed out.
The Democratic Dreams
Already planning to recapture their
of the national democratic leaders
who were most close to Cox in the
late campaign are now confering in
this city on some scheme to begin
their expected come back. AS a first
step in this program it is predicted
that the defeated presidential candi..
date will soon go abroad and
thoroughly investigate foreign con-
ditions as applied to the new repub-
lican plans for international relations.
Soon after his return to this country,
it is expected that Cox will udertake
a lecture tour covering the whole
country and place before the people
lbs ideas of the Administrations mis-
takes, upon which basis his managers
hope to go before the voters at the
next national election.
Women are Working
Pledging every women worker in
the National Civic Federation to
make a sturdy stand for their coun
try's chemical independence and de-
tense, thousands OF delegates to the
convention OF the womans branch OF
this body have just gathered in this
city to talk over the threatened de-
struction of this nations chemical
science and industry by foreign pow
ers. With the assurance that in any
future war the country not chemically
prepared must suffer bombing and
gassing more hideous than any even
thought OF as yet, these women de-
clare that they do not intend to see
consequence of such unprepardedness
along laboratory lines. Unless the
Lomhworth Bill to prevent foreign
capture of our chemical interests is
passed by the U. S.? Senate, where 1t
is. now allowed to lie, it is assured
that there will be little chance for
Uncle Sam to defend and progress
with his vital chemical development.
The Building Begins
EnrOura pQd hV the Gradual diScOl1r
building rings, the men who make
sky scrapers and structures of all
sorts here are now beginning the
most wide spread campaign of gen.
eral construction that has been seen
for many years. All over town. great
steel sticks are being reared as new
building is projected and pushed
Within year or two, 1t is predicted
that these energetic constructors will
catch up with housing demand and
serve to bring about more reasonable
rental scales.
The Subway Skunk
Adding aromatic insult to. the bodi-
ly injury of the rush hour jam, the
rulers of the subway system have
still failed to hunt down a simple
skunk that, strayed from some subur
ban field into the tube. Since almost
every offense except pole cat per-
| fumery is suffered by the subway
herd, this latest shock has been re-
ceived with, surprise and indignation
Only the traction victims who are al :
resdy crushed to the point of insen-
sibility are oblivious of the new home
bound horror.