Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the important events event in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians in america SWEDEN the united states will continue to act alone in representations to great britain regarding the neutral trade negotiations begun by the swedish legation hero here to secure american operation cooperation co in proposed concerted action of neutrals to protest against the british orders in council have brought no results the most recent swedish proposal contemplated identical notes of protest by neut neutrals flat rejection by the american state department having met a previous suggestion tor for a joint note negotiations are still in progress some details of the swedish position it is said are inconsistent with the contentions of tho the united states reports as to strong german thiea in sweden also are believed to have been considered by the state department part ment negotiations progressed to a point where both the swedish and american governments prepared tentative drafts of proposals to be sent to great britain the swedish proposals were submitted to the state department but were found to be unsatisfactory 0 0 0 sweden looks like an armed camp and all the troops are ready for a brush aith the enemy says george malmgren nho ho hails from brainerd minn and who has just returned from a visit in sweden german agents and buyers said mr malmgren aro are overbidding over bidding the allies on anything that can be bought the only thing that germany appears to be well supplied with is arms ammunition cotton and copper of which some make the claim that germany had an enormous supply long before the war started 1 salomon a omon f ve ravan one 0 the 0 most noted vagrants of sweden died at the ljungby poorhouse at the age of seventy two years for him to live was to roam and he had been in all parts of weden sweden time and again the local authorities would send him back home to get rid of him but he used his first chance to got get away sweden was not his only field of operations erat ions and he could even boast of having visited both berlin and paris V the bible commission has completed the great task of making a new translation of the old testament the national convention of the church of sweden has a right to authorize or reject the new version as far as the state church is concerned such a convention Is to be held next fall the translators themselves believe that some slight changes will be made it if the work Is approved 6 there are many people in kristian stad who are unable to get work even in the busiest 0 season of the year in the course of one month over stone cutters applied for work at the employment bureau about cigar makers are also out of work because the tobacco monopoly has no use tor for them the war has almost destroyed the stone s ton e dressing industry of bohuslar Boh Doli some firms have discharged all the single men in order that the heads of families may have avo a chance to make from 8 to 16 a week 0 the president of china h has awarded the acco decoration ration of the order of the golden crop to maj 11 0 0 hjalmarson and king gustaf has g ranted granted 1 major hjalmarson permission to wear the badge in public nils gren of ankarsrum Ankar while bathing in company with ith some friends wanted to show them how skillfully he could dive but his head struck a rock and he went to the bottom arld anji was drowned the swedish state railways announce that the railroad from karun kartin gl gi to haparanda haparanta Hap aranda on the russian f fion oil tier is open for traffic it was previously necessary to mako make the journey by wagon the women of skane raised over for aeroplanes aero acro planes for the army and anti navy 4 tile swedish blue ribbon association held its thirtieth annual meeting at skara the amount available for the nobel prizes this year is dionor each but it Is possible the d distribution 1 trib ution nill W bo be postponed next year the amount III be reduced by kronor tills this sum representing the amount of the new swedish de bense tax the first detachment of a party of 2000 german prisoners for the exchange of whom arrangements have been made left petrograd Petro grad for sweden via finland they are totally d disabled is |