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Show SCANDINAVIAN NEWS 6UMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP. PENINGS IN FAR OFF NORTHLAND. ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME Resume of the Most Important Event in Sweden, Norway and Denmark Of Interest to the Scandinavians In America. SWEDEN. Followers of American track and field sports are keenly awaltlug the reply from J. Boliu and A. Zander, two of Sweden's greatest athletes, to the invitation of the Amateur Athletle union to compete in the senior national indoor championship games to be held, in New York in March. George F, Pawling of Philadelphia, president of the Middle Atlantic association, who Is; bearing the message to the Swedish, runners, is expected to notify Frederick Freder-ick W. Rubleu, secretary-treasurer, within a few days as to the attitude-of attitude-of the invited athletes. It Is the opinion opin-ion of several well-informed Swedish, officials that King Gustaf will grant the necessary ; permissions, altlmghi both Bolin and Zander are believed to- , be in concentration camps. If the two-Swedish two-Swedish athletes visit this country they will have to. be at their best to-score to-score any victories. While both were-able were-able to defeat Ted Meredith, the former form-er University of Pennsylvania athlete;, in several of their meetings in the-Scandinavian the-Scandinavian countries late last year, the Quaker runner was not then In top-notch top-notch form. He had not competed in: many months, desiring to take a much-earned much-earned rest after many hard races, although al-though he is said to have trained diligently dili-gently for the national championships;. The joint Lutheran committee in: charge of the celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the beginning begin-ning of the protestant reformation announced an-nounced at Philadelphia that the king-of king-of Sweden has commissioned Bishop' Ernst Lonegren to visit the Lutheran; church in America this year. The bishop comes in response to a special Invitation from American Lutherans-He Lutherans-He will represent officially the church of Sweden and the king. He will take-an take-an active part in the celebration at Rock Island, 111., in June. Confirming the report that the Dutch minister at Stockholm had been directed direct-ed to participate in a conference of the neutral nations, the Danish news-' paper Politiken is quoted by the correspondent cor-respondent at Copenhagen of the Exchange Ex-change Telegram company as saying that Sweden's Invitation to Holland to participate was the outcome of a meeting meet-ing held In Christiania, Norway, last autumn. The government owns and operates-several operates-several of the largest electric water-power water-power stations in Sweden. Among, those are the stations at Porjus, Elf-karleby, Elf-karleby, and Trollhattan, generating-50,000, generating-50,000, 50,250 and 82,700 horsepower.. Some of Sweden's most important canals are also owned' and operated! by the government. Johan Olof Westerstahl and hls! . . wife, nee Sonja Branting, were admitted ad-mitted to the bar at the same time at the Stockholm high school.. This-' . is said to be the first instance of its-kind its-kind in the history of Sweden. Prosperous Swedish business concerns con-cerns have paid their employees tens of thousands of dollars besides their regular wages, all on account of the high cost of living. The whole number of marine mines thrown upon the shores of Sweden up to the 15th of December was 700. This number includes those that exploded when they struck the shore. The Swedish deaconess Institute at Stora Skondal, near Stockholm, has received a gift of $2,700 for the support sup-port of a patient in the department for epileptics. A large macaroni factory has been started at Karlskrona. The machinery was imported from Germany. The enterprise en-terprise is backed by a capital of $40,-000. $40,-000. The youngest city in Sweden 1st Katrinaeholm, its chrrter being dated December 10, 1016. It made a start with 4,000 inhabitants. The Gothenburg district of the Red Cross has received $2,700 from a giver who does not want his name announced. an-nounced. The university of Lund is 250 years old. A new insane asylum nt Brneke, Janitland, has been dedicated. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas proclaims President Wilson the logical recipient of the Nobel peace prize this year and Is urging his proposal for the honor before February 1, when the nominations close. The tobacco monopoly has reported that the sales of tobacco in different forms amounted to more than $10,000,-000 $10,000,-000 for the year 1010. Consul O. O. On has donated $2,700 to the high school of technology to Trondhjem, Norway. |