Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM FR OM THE OLD HOME presume of tho the most moat important events in sweden norway and denmark of 01 interest Inte reit to the scandinavians scandinavian in america NORWAY tho th 0 norwegian steamer dramm mons ons flord fJord arrived from sandefjord Sande Sand flord efjord and reported having been chased by a german submarine in the north pea flea between hergen and Kir kirkwall kwall captain ta in Sten said he ha escaped by driving ills his vessel at full speed and sending bending wireless Irel cBs calls which brought british patrols TUB the submarine gave up tho the chase women omen are arc now voting on nn an equality with men for or the first time in norwegian general elections there aro are new elec electors torB on the rolls press forecasts predict tho the vote will bring largo large gains to the socialist representation in tho the stor thing making that the strongest single party although the government expects to maintain itself by a combination of three political groups the socialist platform Is d devoted voted largely to an propaganda the government program includes a grain moho monopoly poly old ago ago pensions and restrictions strict ions of almost a prohibitive character on tile the sale of alcohol in liquor the norwegian stor thing unanimously agreed on oil june 11 1913 to extend te fe malo suffrage so that au all norwegian women would hive have the right to vote at national elections w without t lout regard to the amount of their income tax A bill passed in 1807 1907 granted the women of norway the franchise to the extent that those who paid their taxes for the year preceding or those whose husbands Ims bands had paid for them were qualified to vote at any election this enactment added about to the electorate there Is no rising liua of war talk in norway it not actually tabooed tabo oed conversation coave about the war Is at least in bad form prom norway the war seems to have receded to a remote distance and whatever disturbance she feels is expressed in a lower key people in fil this country tire most interested in internal polities politics they are the development of nor ways water power the question 0 of f national defense the liberal and con serva tivo parties and tho the election 0 0 0 now shipyards are to bo be built at carlso near Tous housberg berg for thu the construction st of ships of a displacement of i tons or more most of the ships ot othis this size owned by norwegians Norwegia ns were formerly built abroad especially in england the country has been paying about a year to foreign shipbuilders Ship builders while tho the receipts of the norwegian shipyards have been only about a year the calif capital tal stock of the now company Is during the first part of the summer the drought seemed to cripple the crops beyond recover 3 in the eastern part of the country especially in the highlands north of lake Al kjosen josen no now w a different story Is tol tole from this part of country A report from lil lillehammer 01 dated september 8 says wo wn have perfect summer weather lier nowadays the grain Is ripening and Is baing cut under tile tho most favorable circumstances tile the prospects are tar far better than was thought possible bogle time ago aeo everything points to a little more than average crops crons there will bo be at least as much gahin ns as last year a little loss hay but more straw tile the frost lins has done clone no damage it seems as it gaustad the lovro region and tile tho lillehammer country will got get bumper crops of geald and liay hay DENMARK par farmer aar recently sold the tha estate for a consideration of which Is 60 50 per cent more than ho he paid for the property three years ago the cherry crop at southeast him meriand was very largi larg this year the cannery at hamsund hadsund could not handle all the berries offered the berries wore were hauled in lumber wagons and railroad cars by the dozens in u short time tile the price went down from roni three to ono one and a quarter cants cents a pound even at this low price they brought handsome returns to tile the farmer tho community 0 in forestry as well Us as in agriculture Denni denmark ark stands deservedly high in the estimation of tile tho scholars of the world gardener of tolls how ho saw rats rate eating cating cherries from a tree 1 I 1 saw raw thero there was something up a cherry tree at once I 1 thought it was a bird but I 1 was astonished to see that it was a rat lie a climbed down the slender blender twigs of the treo tree picked a cherry and returned t to a a thicker branch where ho he stopped to eat cat the cherry when this was done he bo fetched a new cherry the cherry tree stands elands close by the brook and the rat or tile the rate get up into the tree by climbing along a willow which runs up into the cherry tree tre |