Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY op OF IMPORTANT HAP haf IN FAR OFF NOR NORTHLAND T H L AND ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the tha most moat important events event in sweden norway and denmark of interest to tho the scandinavians in america SWEDEN one would not think offhand that thero there would be much smuggling across tho t he bolder borde r between sweden and finnish russia in winter the country to IB grim and forbidding dwellings aro are few tho the temperature la is extremely low and many persons are frozen to death every year tho the latitude being that of the arctic circle yet in this far off region a do sperato game Is played night and day mostly night to do be sure for tho the day Is only from ten in the morning to two a clock in the afternoon smugglers dress all in white and pin sheets oyer over their sleds the latter often drown br y hand then they try to steal across tho tha bornea river in tho the glow of the aurora aarom borellis bore bor alls enlis along tho the Tor mortica tica river russia has hag custom guards stationed big burly fellows averaging several inches taller than the ordinary tho tha orders are shoot on sight bight A rifle ball flies at anything seen moving across the river except by the regular winter routes of travel yet smuggling Is persistent the prize Is a 6 larga one for the successful in retaliation tal lation for or tho the british blockade measures sweden has put an embargo on many articles II jalmar Dr leader of tho the 87 socialists in tho the lower house of tho the swedish rigs dag cabled represents live meyer london of now new york tua the only socialist in congress that a canvass was being made of tho the opinion of oc socialists in neutral european countries tries as to tho the possibility of immediate concerted notion action toward peace the tha result of tho the canvass will be ba submitted to the parliament at stockholm mr branting Brantl ng indorsed endorsed Indor sed londona Lon dons resolution calling on president wilson to convene a peace congress of neu neutrals similar approval was cabled by tha th socialists of the tha dutch parliament several days ago tho the ford permanent peace tribunal minus several members had its firpi formal session in stockholm nIm jannai 26 it was announced that the commission will first study the causes ot of the war to enable it to approach with bettor better understanding proposals for peace A dispatch says bays that william J dryan bryan in excepting membership on tho the ford permanent peace commission intimated he was preparing to leave the united states tor for stockholm the swedish football association has invited the american football a association to play a match in sweden next summer if this Is impossible a swedish football team will go to the he united accompanied by an aab at letic cylc team ira nelson morris the american minister to sweden in a statement in the stockholm papers ox ex presses enthusiasm over the cis of an athletic meeting between teams of sweden and the united states on ancient sun dial cut out of oe sandstone has been donated to the harjo dalen historical museum at gamon the giver Is haltmar mackelson Alic kelson tho the sun dial which was discovered in a pile of rock at orrmo la is very old but in a good state of preservation official advices advises from stockholm su supplementing p plem enting news dispatches say swe dens export embargo on wood pulp applies to chemically made pulp which may be export exported cd only under license and that machine made pulp Is not aff affected acted 4 tho the swedish committee for the relief of the distressed in poland has baa forwarded to tho the central relief committee in switzerland tho rho swedish committee Is still raising money tor for the same durpos karl IL II Petter Patte a young man employed at the torpa corpa parsonage north Il garenc arenc near Ld L koping lost ills his way in the fields anil meadows at night and froze to death before reaching any house 11 tho the large daod templar hall nt at As J jemtland aps burned to the ground there was un an insurance of 2500 1 10 on the pro properly perl but the loss was three times as aa large aran A n imber nimber of fishermen at flaton near arn arf just taking a special course of navigation under the leade rahi robn n of cadt C 13 1 1 I carlson 4 the department of agriculture has been making experiments with contrivances in ader to find and out the effect on the plants it has baa been ascertained that teat a e use of 0 picking machines will riot not materially injure the vines the customs receipts for the year 1916 were a little over which was less than of the previous year in fit 1913 the amount was the large difference was waa due to a suspension of tho the grata grain tarm |