Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP IN FAR FAH OFF i NORTHLAND ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the mot most important events in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians scandinavia in america scandinavia during the lam year has been brought to tile hie point S alic ile faces tile prospect of nf lite poor house if pence peace lots does not conic collie within 11 12 short of tow food particularly bread ruid and potatoes 4 with coal being sold by tho lump end lacking row raw material mich ns its iron und textile fibers to leep iter her factories running the cry of the people for sonic little past has been pence pi iti aind trend broad I 1 1 lilt aind down own with tile lie blockades blockade sl 1 in ili denmark where tile generation of electricity requires the alie use nse of cual coal elevator service has been suspended in most of the hie apartments hotels mid offices oh ces tit all cafes and restaurants tire obliged by the government to close nl at 11 p in lit in order to save electric light the of street lights have been greatly lilt and till nil theaters find houses close p m tilt alie cuff hours are particularly obnoxious to 1 tile lie people its as clubs tire arc practically mil unknown in ili Doni jonmark nark unit und tho the cafe life Is theve therefore fore nn nil important social activity in sweden and norway where ahei e much of the electricity Is gone ly hy water waterpower power the lie closing hours are later inter ati i Dentri denmark the coal shortage ims hns 1 lie hie government to prohibit the alit serving of lot hot dishes in hotels and I 1 tarrants tau rants titter after nine nt lit night train service throughout scandinavia has ill been reduced durin during g tit alio latter part of tho the past winter wood was burned by ciany of file lie householders and till nil this spring and summer owners of lh timber her annd have boni beell cutting flu iad and 1 ng firewood I mood to tile lie cities tind ind towns Onsol lne tires and lubricating cating oil airo three lin p related products lie he combination of tile allied aind ler fernian Sern mii nian have made very in ili scandinavia 1 taxi faros fares have li ivo allen and the number of cabs nn in the streets diminished lit in copenhagen Copen lingen it Is 14 forbidden to hire it to hike beyond tit the city limits among other importations iron for 1 or ing Is ii extremely scarce ns are textile libers fiber such fis as cotton and many of the factories bild billis lit in have been forcell to cut lown their weekly production in order to run a uj 1 Jiu as pst u consal erlile i number of work vork all leave etive icell discharged discharge but it Is IF tho the food situation which lias has been worrying the alio dinst niost for tilt the last six months ali cad cards llave long botn been lit in uw uso linvill iii in denmark tin the proportion of black brijil to white on lit the cards Is two to otto one nud and lit in sweden there Is no nalto broad freml except fur for invalids and the sick lck f sugar cards 4 aro also required except lit in hotels and cates cafes where the brind handles les the pasteboard 1 the filled blockade lockado li lins lias very greatly limited the importation into scandinavia of livestock fodder of which most of that used before lite war was imported in ili consequence thero thern lins has been it decrease lit in the lie lint amount 0 of meat cattle aind billic ell cattle tile I 1 lie hie I 1 latter a t ter decline lec illic tile ho supply of milk butter aind cheese potatoes tile ha importation of which lias has practically colim il have for ninny many weeks been it veritable the hotels liot els cafes brind better chiss of pensions still have them hem dully tilly I principally ally because they either linao stocks on oil liand land since before the shortage or tire are able to outbid lie householders among the latter potatoes are it a great rarity ninny many caving thein bliem only once a week NORWAY I 1 lit in view of nt the lie purpose of the lie washington divent to prevent the lie exportation por tation ot of goods to Ger ninny through norway the HIL statistical bureau of norway lias just published the lie following figures the imports front from the states it in 1015 were us its against lit in 1011 1911 1 at the same sallie time the gernian lin imports potts increased front from to aind the lie from to the exports to germany were nn lilt increase of 29 ili n one year the exports to orent great britain increased from to tit while the hie exports to the united states dropped front from 1 tn 0 of tile lie tot total liu ID ports for tile lie year 1015 great britain furnished 29 10 per cent germany 17 per rent cent rind tho the united states 21 cpr cent tim the exports kept on dropp lna nil the time the year ner 1010 anil till this year vivy they are still smaller on oil alc account of n country ii aldu illo movement to stop like lie exportation of necessaries of life alss astrid a yen rold r old girl tit nt selvik sonde sande took a both nt at the alio bench beach before the lie t eyes ye 9 of her mother there were several girls but oie was the only ono that knew how to in her glees eho shouted to her mother just see mother how well I 1 can swim 1 and she lilt did well nut but her mother shouted back to her bar not to go too 00 oo far out tito tho next moment the lite girl disappeared appeared under tho the wilter none of those present could rench reach lite ho place tind and the girl was lost it was supposed to be tile old 01 old etory seized with cramps w if Ger ninny find not hardened the tha world to gross grosa outrages upon peaceful i and nations the latest germia invasion of tile rights of no way would have inan mankind kind by its brutal disregard ot of right light and decency before the his fearful wrongs inflicted upon Belg luni it would have been thought impossible that such a crime against it email neutral central state could have been committed in tills this age by tiny ain power A t duly accredited mos of the hie gerenna foreign onice enfried to the capital nud find chief oty city of Xo morvay rvay largo large 4 of bombs which were to be placed in Nor norwegian to destroy them thein tit nt sen sell the hie packages these infernal ere kaleil d with will tile ali seal acil or of the lit german govel government and they went to the merman 1 embassy in the lie country whom they were to t lie used for tle tile destruction destruct lon vf cc L ships lit in perfectly only by chance was tile plot dis covered and tills ills gross outa tire vented froin being carried through to its ita intent intended led numerous and li ni nvere tho the outings ou tingos of which the lip united states and its citizens mcie ivere the vict victims lins before went to war there was never tiny thIng quite like alko tills corwe glnn case we never lind had to know nt any rate that bombs were into the HIP german fo foreign and sent to 0 o tile cill ambussy bassy nt wiell wn lr ington to be used for destroying destroy amer ainor lenn millis vt it lien if such crimes were vero attempted quite such linked d boldness they aliey were not public norway Is small smaill ani not liot n or naval inn ill po boliver liver but bill the norwegians Norwegia ns inny yet vet be goaded into N nr it Is 19 doubtful liow how much more aliey will endure nt the lianda of Ger ninny before joining tile lie vast arnst league of nations which Is 19 determined debei mined to end the file inen menace fice of gaj and german nutce autor incy Y forever cleveland lender leader DENMARK general boortz ranking 0 fl lccy of the danish ill tinny illy and major Gell geneine ertil berthelsen cliplef of the general staff were relieved froin autv t 0 3 thoy will bo be Allec cledA liy by nut lint etheral eti eral and maljor general wolff thero Is n quast quasi arlo side to tit lie house fallible in copenhagen anny young people liae have to postpone their intended aint lecause because they chimot find bonnis to lent hut but it a calso of nl a different kind 1 Is stillmore intel esting A married couple that wits was levally divorced voiced dl binany months ngo tire nio still ili ing together because they cannot get att rooms elsewhere tho russian government lins to acknowledge Fin lands independence law and lins issued a tle tile and 11 appointing u n general lor for oc 3 1 declining declaring the government when tit lie land meets will submit its own hv regil latIng 1 relations d tho the finnish senate under the lie presidency of tho lio governor general decided ily liv votes agal nf list alx to publish tilt resto issued by bv tile lie provision I 1 it government dissolving the lie tind ind n 1 I gmeindl election 1 tito deel de declout ion to 0 o the lie landt ilag which then lien adjourned later tit nt it n joint meeting of tho the senate 11 and 11 it land a resolution anti adopted lechat ing that hint nil jilt Riis slin citizens inest ohey file order of the provisional nl ill government which Is 14 tilt legi leKKi mato 0 organization or of Kuss laii and not that aliat tho lili mIsh democracy anade a 11 mistake in fit onomy nv without it n agreci nent with the lie democracy SWEDEN the L 1 nr ericsson company of stockholm has opened the norra norm brutin restaurant for tile purpose of serving inenio to its employees about two vears 3 ears ago ng the employees employee a organized themselves luto into a food COUP coin matteo willcie buys goods nt wholesale sale prices and soils nt lit cost to tile the 11 members tito restaurant gets its supplies lloa through this committee tle tie employers pay the rent lent of the hu resta leh taur tir alit its n well us as tile lie ivines of lie looks cooks and vi walters alters so that the ne nc got their meals lit fit the who litle cost of f the raw about 0 emp loues take their inells nt at tile restaurant tiiu tau nuit rant and it Is no wonder that thoy they 11 lire re highly pleased with the arrangement dat tito wonder la Is that others do not follow their example the city council connell ot of stockholm 11 lin resolved to establish a school for policemen p li cemen the government lias ailts prohibited ih lite use of benz itic ly by private persons and new regulations prohibiting exports were by the swedish go belll ment anguia 2 they cover it a long list of oe var various lotis articles the moat to lin ill portent being provisions the intsons prohibit export exportation atton of nearly till nil sorts of machinery nati ond surgical instruments lilli musical wind instruments st and window panes door weights and picture frames waddi con anin boother base metal thin than iron tito tho ito of tile new prohibition bIllon evidently Is IF to prevent brass lead copper milchel 1 and other base iw lea ink inc the country couitt ry |