Show scandinavian NEr airs SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP IN FAR OFF NORTHLAND ITEMS PROM FROM THE OLD HOME Il Resume of the most moat important events in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians in america DENMARK slaking sinking by b a gernan german submarine outside the prohibited zone nud and without examination of the he ton danish ster tiner was reported by its commander on oil arrival nt at copenhagen the submarine commander left tile Datil danish sh crew in their bonts miles front from lund the buildings oil nil the lie famous stock farm Soli olt on oil the island of Loll find were destroyed by tire which started in the burn barn and spread with such rn flint there was no use lit in trying to savo the stock about cows were mere burned to death much grain was lost lu the granary gia nary 1 SWEDEN per arik frik of mon foil the oldest locomotive engineer lit in was ninety four years veara old juno june 18 tile the norr lit id arvalla urvalla railway the first one in ili Si St saden den was ns built lit in tile the early it fl iles of tile the previous century tito the first loc joe motive arrived in 1834 1854 was ns greatly interested tn ili the wonderful alid kept watching tile the woric vork ot of thu the nien men who put it together llull ng was as tho ilia name of tile man who aa was to run it ir nut but lie was ns not a sue success the engine and the train were cie derailed and Uh escaped na as by a the in of 0 the road kindler Kp Spi tiller ordered El irling to tn leave leao and never return now cacno Pers sons turn to try his hand tit at tile the it Is said that felt so bail bad that lie even sited shed tears but there was a shop close by and comforted the manager by explaining flint the thunnie could be repaired Forst lIngen the firstling for this ans ns the name of tle the engine aris ns put in shape annl was as ong aged to run it for foi the princely salary 0 of about 14 cents a day da election prospects in ili the opinion of cautious business men indicate liberal gains dig big business says sab wo me are not much interested the rad radical I 1 cal elements may get told of a lift leoro power but they wont know it giov w to use it tho the campaign promises to ho bitter and there already Is in circulation an ail old swedish proverb erb saying sai ln do ou on know when nien llo lie tle tha answer before nil an election during lurl ng a war and after n shooting party the uddevalla Udde Udd evalla alla g and a rall railway way has celebrated its lity benr bear jubilee instead of making in arrangements for showy festivities tho the company saved the money which such a 11 blowout would have cost and distributed it us its gifts of 1350 to every ery employee who had been in the service of the company tit nt least one vear forty of tho the oldest men also received medals for faithful service the stockholm town council Is considering si adding to the 2000 ft national rint ional fund tor for the relief of the swedish unemployed during the war stone workers especially have suffered because they were compelled to quit work immediately after tile the war started tile tho number of small strikes has been increasing throughout tile country hut but because they tire winning no general strike Is in probable the penco pence party in ili tho the swedish alks ong flag hns hag celebrated its twenty five year jubileo ns as nn fin organization on that occasion tile president of the group baron tit Adels tin n n address on tile work ork of the organization iza tion the oldest member bavard Way entertained lie other ine albors by telling some of his experiences from the early eaily history lils lory of the pence peace diio lillo committee on oil constitutional amendments lias has proposed to raise the salaries of the lie members of the bilig from to a year poles from nil all party parts of ancient poland recently lind had n congress in stockholm Stock liolin for discussing tile the alt ins ot of abo new poland Busl bustnes nes inon in ili Got gothenberg gothenburg henburg hie bave 1 for ferreting out the work of commercial aples lit in the alio city mid and the harbor 4 aielli III of tile ho gothenberg gothenburg Got mothr henburg cl caal 11 lino raised for tile hie a I 1 of t poor students stu denta tit nt tile thu school A statue of mog king karl X lins ling been placed in front of the steps to the lit in stockholm the king icing on oil horseback and Is bull posed osel to give order older to his nion inen to cross on oil lil ills barrious tai far nou rious campal gri to the statue weighs almost tareq unit und a halt for toca sk many ny institutions of learning havo hava a with the alio usual ceremonies connected with the examinations bo be caflso so frenny pare parents rits were unable to provide sult ablo clothes for tho the for such A fit flin n cllon norway NORWAY after a vigorous press campaign started by degn prowler knudson knudsen introduced Introduce il nil esp espionage lounge bill in thu the stor thing tills this bill has now become law but it luis fills not met tin tile expectations of the he public the organization of tho the german spy system lit in norway ling has reached such that it cannot easily bf be stain stamped ped out without resorting to menus inconsistent with continued neutrality tile ilio ger titan ninn spies have established tors tem lit in from froin which patches are distributed nu all over tho country in ili every harbor on tho the coas coast of norway there are german spies who are able to communicate freely with the lie headquarters because tele grams grains in code tire still accepted nt at tile norwegian telegraph offices norwegian operators are arc thus thai forced to forward dispatches milking making it possible for the germans to destroy norwegian sten steamers and lives at a big wireless wl relesa station outside of bergen operators havo almost every night listened to rues messages sages sent out ly by secret german stations on the coast arid and from german ste ainora lying immediately out side of the territorial waters A great number lumber of G german lerhinan steamers are now regu regularly birly plying between tile ports in southern norway and those tn in fin 1111 marken marl cen tito tho food conditions it in tile alio latter province have been especially because the norwegian steamship companies have discontinued their mailings railings Rai snI lings to arid and from the lio ports of on oil account of the ravages of the U boats tit alio chief mission of steamers in ili this thin arnille seems to bo be to net us as connecting links between tile german spies on oil tho the shore arid and the U bonts boats tito tho procedure Is very slin fl f l tito german spy communicates with the ho captain of a C german brinan sto steamer artier while it Is calling at a norwegian port immediately afterwards tile the ship 1 proceeds ro outside of the three mile puts up hi its wireless apparatus till and delivers the message to tile nearest submarine it Is iilo also easy for the spies to secure positions on oil norwegian steamer inen engage engaged in the coast trade beci tuse these sailors aro are exempted from the mustering control many swedes finns danes or danish speaking german citizens of Sch schleswig leswig tire anre employed in such capacity by the ger u an government tile tho norwegian union held field an important meeting behind closed doors tit at Ura Dra nien inen tho the most important resolutions pass cil d were to the lie effect that the lie inen imn go on n general strike fit at tiny iny time but the government shall ho be notified three months and that lint hiring during such strike tile lie railway men hall try to prevent the lie government from employing new men A deputation of five ans ns elected to land hand taw resolutions to the legislative and an executive branches of tile government there was one representative senta tive from the swedish railway hallway union and one from tile the danish railway ny union both of them made speeches pointing out that tile lie governments of sweden nud and denmark had failed to seo see the justice of the demands of the railway men of those countries arid and for that reason tho the men who have to abandon the old policy of making petitions mid and waiting for results In indefinitely henceforth they would have to follow tile the old methods of labor unions an account of the ho german plot to blow up nil norwegian steamships was waa given in tho the stor thing june 23 by foreign minister kliten ilfilen BI itilene said tile tho bombs were sent to norway by the german foreign onice office by means of a messenger dispatched to the german legation in Christla the norwegian legation lit in berlin had find been ordered to make a sharp protest against tills this violation of norwegian territory norway the foreign minister solid wils now awaiting Germ germanas germanys anys reply after after the lie examination of the messenger had been concluded lie was handed over to germany on oil condition that action be taken against him there arid and that he should not be used again as u messenger to norway the Christl arila has been rather friendly to the lie germans that Is ta ns as compared with the lie other newspapers hut but even morgon bladet balks tit at the latest attempts to bilow up norwegian ships the paper 11 asks aks the germans if they tire going to tn compel norway to join tile the allies adding that it basis on aie lie const coast of norway would give the alie americans and tile tho other allies it tremendous advantage d tito tho Morgen bladet declares that flint tile bomb plot was ans one of the worst of lie ho ninny blunders which the Gern inns have anade and that it ton ten df d to wipe out the dinst traces of pro german sympathy lh in norway according to the tax lists the lie value of the farm lands of Norway increased about ra per cent during tho five year period c ending in 1910 0 0 0 1 early ariy ln in juno june king V christian of Deni denmark nark paid a two days visit to the king icing of norway the royal guest spent the nights tit lit tile tho royal palace 0 40 tito tho nordland oil and stock feed factory at was destroyed by fire the loss was several hundred thousand kronor kroner tito destruction of the plant will be q a hard blow to the ho farmers who in the habit of obtaining herring meal ineal for their from tills plant it Is reported that a norwegian syndicate It backed liy by ample capital Is to send at least CO 50 merl men to gather anther gold froni from the bot bottoms of certain rivers in northern finland |