Show NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume reaume of the mot most important events event in sweden norway and denmark ot of interest to the scandinavians scandinavian in america DENMARK nielson Knor basso of vor basso went out hunting and ho he was lucky enough to kill a rabbit while walking around with his booty lie hoard heard a brood of pheasants being called together lie he put down his rabbit he could pick it up on his way home and began to creep creel on nil all tours fours towards the birds dut but unfortunately a fox came out of a thicket and began to figure on the pheasants too the birds noticed tile the fox arid and new flow away before niels could got get a shot tit at them but it la Is well known that misfortunes are not in tho the habit of coming singly and when niels got tar far enough to look for his rabbit lo lc came just in time to see tho the fox pick up the rabbit and carry it into tile the thicket the next day at dusk niels went quietly to the place where ho he had dropped tho the rabbit to see it if ho be could settle the case between himself and the fox and tills this time lie he was successful mr reynard came lu in sight stealthily sneaking up to tile the spot where he had found the rabbit ane am niels greeted him film with a load of shot which did its work capt anton 0 thomsen of tile the scandinavian american liner frederick VIII which arrived in now york recently from copenhagen and chris tian sand recently completed his two hundredth round trip across tho the sea since 1881 when ho he became command er of the steamship ThIng valla miles and the vessels under his command have carried cabin passengers in this period ho he never has had a mishap iio Is commodore of a fleet of vessels and for rescue work at sea has been decorated by the king of 0 sweden as knight ot of vasa and made a knight of dannebrog by tho the king of denmark 0 jens nielsen bay of knudstrup spent hla his eighty first birthday daiv lal in somo some cattle from hla his home to viborg and back again covering a distance of 24 miles the old man Is busy every day and in winter he be la Is in the habit of spearing karl petersen Pete raen rector of the gymnasium at Flena flensborg borg south jylland has been informed by the german war department that his bis fifth and last sou BOU hans peterson wounded near goodno has died in the tha hospital the four older eons bons of 0 the noted educator had already been killed on the western front and in galicia SWEDEN the recent trouble that sweden has had with england over cotton has made a queer situation in that country immense consignments consign ments of baled cotton to sweden aroused tile the dons clone of england and in response to a question tile the swedish government stated that this cotton was destined for her mills but refused to tell where it was to go after being manufactured england then began stopping stepping cargoes of cotton destined tor for swedish mills and sweden retaliated by refusing to allow russian shipments 0 of t coil cotton on to pass through tossing tile the bales from the trains as they were in transit until now trains to russia pass through solid walls of bated baled cotton for miles and miles and tile scene resembles nothing so much as tile the sunny south during harvest season archbishop prof S rib bing and L lindroth have organized a foundation called the foundation which Is to begin its operations in 1917 has for its aim the advancement of the cause of the lutheran reformation the work may bo be done by way of establishing educational institutions providing for or lecture courses rewarding apologetic efforts in speech or writing establishing a hospice in short by providing for education and edification according to the prinI principles Ies and practices of the lutheran church the government Is making thorough investigations as to the wages of employees at the hotels and restaurants of sweden there are about hotels restaurants and cafes in the tha country even crown princess margarets margareta has mado a contribution to the book market of sweden this year her effort being on our garden at lero on account of peace rumors the bulls had D a wild time at the stockholm exchange in the parly early part of november As an extreme case it la Is that flint the stocks of tho the svea steamship company rose 66 points the sales for a single day amounted to kronor kroner the railway department will wall employ no nian man as a regular station agent until lie he has done all kinds ot of work nt R railway station both in the pase passenger enger and freight departments such work to coter a period of 0 at least one year |