Show NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most important events in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians in america S WEDEN SWEDEN arid an id akerlind director in chief 0 ot f the american union of 0 adish Sd swedish ish singers Gin gers aho ft ho was vas to direct the big swedish bestial test fes ial chorus of 0 the swed sed th h in minneapolis june jane 8 to 11 is ig dead at upsala kupsala sweden akerlind studied at tho the ot at upsala kupsala and hid taken his bis master of arts degree when he become became director of 0 the land fraternity chorus and liter later assistant director of tile fa la mons uleala upsala student chorus and licia mate arid and alend friend of 0 liar ivar hedenblad the drector in chief akerlind akerland was called to america by b the alic swedish singing clubs of 0 new nen lork and brook lin bri in 1903 and remained as leider leader of 0 man choruses until 1912 when nhen he returned to sweden to mend his broken health akerlind was inas tor for several terms of 0 four beara ears each director in chief of the american union of swed sued ish singers he received the medal of Lit letteris teris et artibus from king oscar 11 II and waa vas knighted by king ing gus talus V sweden Is preparing to strengthen her bar defense by land and sea but of cou course rs e not with nith the idea of equaling russia s military strength it proceeds from the tact fact that russia has so man mani 3 and such wide node interests to gu guard ard that she could only tend send a corn para small part of her strength against sweden sieden this applies espe cfall to her land force forces but even the fleet must murt be counted on to do duty in several places the only duty dut of the swedish fleet Is to protect its own oin c east coast the detente must cooperate N with ith the arm with nith the center of gravity in the litter according to rn military opinion put forth b anen iledia the ciuuto must hae aar ar ships strong enough and swift enough to push through the oland sea and en ell ter the baltic gulf otherwise the bal f tic gulf will nill become a russian nui iSlan inland sea where the russian hov weier leier can transport troops the returns from the election which began throughout sa sweden eden on march 17 and continued to april 7 indicate the complete defeat of 0 the liberals whose membership la in the new Is re L deuced from 10 1 to za it Is estimated that the conservatives have ha e elected 81 members embers as combar compared ed with go 61 in the preN previous lous parliament and the socialists ab as compared with mith 64 the domi nant issue of the campaign was a stronger national defense aroused by tears ears ol 01 0 russian aggression and the new Is certain to vote late for a considerable strengthening of the army and the demand for this will be stimulated by the evidence given at the trial of one Al malmborg almborg charged with espionage in behalf ol of russia which showed that russia had been study studying ing swedish defenses aided by bv se several eral high russian officers dla dis guised as swedish workmen john Cast bergs resignation of the portfolio of indu industry str and commerce points to a disagreement with his cab net inet colleagues on the question of corn arbitration against which the laboring population has protested threatening a general strike it if the law la is enforced castberg favored the law lav originally but changed his attitude w when lien the strike threat was made he ilso ISO disagreed dib agreed with the other mints minis on customs questions principally with nith reference to the american port duty which he wished reduced cast berg goes back to the stor thing where he will join the right fourteen teen vears ears ago a woman in me S sas a stepped on a needle which entered her toot foot at the heel and was broken au all unsuccessful attempt wae aag made to remove it but as it did not seem to cause any trouble it was soon forgot ten last winter winte r a peculiar pimple appeared on her left wrist she picked it and felt something hard bird it II proved to be the broken needle which hall had spent fourteen leira ears in traveling from the toot foot to the hand 0 0 y A farmer at boulange Bor lange drove his bis horse past the Tor sanga church just as aa the bell was rung the horse was badly scared but the farmer v hipped him up and made him go ahead just as the horal was aas about to pass the steeple lie he was vas seized nith an apoplectic tit fit tall fell down and died in a few fea seconds cadime herns berns is the oldest peron la in stockholm she is 13 going on oil her ono one hundred and sixth year veir she is poor and and is cared for at the city hospital and vet et she has caught the sprit 0 oz the da that hut is the general for the strengthening of the defense to prove proe lier her interest she ant a fe bev to dr sven hedin acconio aiila the aith the spiess faish ish that dr should use it tor for eving frig I 1 borno kind of v N as she sha aid |