Morris tribune., 1910-07-15
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
MANY POOR PEOPLE CAUGHT

Carl Friberg Said to Have Cleaned Up
100000 Crowns by His swindIes.
Owe GUIDE, Late Minister of Norway
to United States, a Scholarly Man.
Scandinavian Aerodrome Company
Organized at Copenhagen.
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The Carl Friberg scandal has been
the talk of the week in Stockholm. His
swindlings amount to almost 100000
crowns and many poor people have
been caught in his traps, which we're
cleverly set for Swedes in America as
well as in Sweden. He was arrested
in London the other day and will be
brought back to Sweden for trial. Fri
berg is also wanted in America,
where he has conducted a series of
sWindles. He was at one time connect
ed with a Swedish newspaper in Du-
Iuth, where for a time he enjoyed the
confidence of his countrymen. Of a
sudden he shook the American dust
from his feet and set out for Sweden,
where strangely enough he succeeded
in gaining the confidence of United
States Consul Adams and became Sec
rotary at the American consulate.
Using the American consulate's sta
tionery he soon began to do business,
securing one sum after another from
SWedish-Americans, who had died and
left sums of money to be sent to
their relatives in Sweden. They, of
course, trusted him, as he was the
secretary at the American consulate.
In one instance he had stolen 1000
crowns outright from the Andrew An
dersson estate in White Rock, S. D.
The money was sent to the American
consulate to be delivered to An
dersson's relatives in Sweden. Carl
Friberg offered to handle the matter
and, sure enough, he did. He stole the
money. This is only one instance out
of perhaps fifty where he has secured
money from estates in America that
were sent to relatives in Sweden
through the American consulate. He
lived high and insisted on being adj
dressed as the consul general He
will soon be placed within the dark
lie - ho
has served his term he will be ready
for the grave. THE way of the trans
gressor is hard" to say the least.
King Gustaf is at present at Ulrice-
main for at least two weeks. His
health is not good. On the way to
Ulficehamn the king paid visit to
DaIa, where he was for brief time
the guest of Baron Nils Posse. In
Kungslena he viewed the monument
which is under course Of construction
there on the historic battlefield of
1910. The king is under the very best
of medical care, but it is persistently
rumored that his health is failing in
stead of improving. At any rate the
king is not planning to assume active
charge of the government for some
time to come.
At this time of the year there are
hundreds of travellers and tourists
passing through Stockholm on their
way to the fiords and North cape Of
Norway, the land of the midnight sun,
st. Petersburg and Moscow are now
but thirty hours from Stockholm by
boat and numerous parties bound for
the Russian cities stop on the way
and see the magnificent palace and
the wonderful museums of Stockholm
Norway receives the largest percent
age of the tourist travel, however
There are 100000 crowns invested
in automobiles in Stockholm at pres
ent. That is 700 autos are valued at
this amount The so called morning
boats"-smaII Iaunches-are valued at
about 100000 crowns. There are
over thousand Stockholmians who
use these small boats coming and go
ing from Stockholm to their villas in
the MaIaren.
Over 12,500,O00 crowns worth of
Iingon berries we're exported to Ger
many from Sweden last year. The
Iingon berry crop will not be as large
this year as last, according to various
reports from different parts of the
country. It has been an exceedingly
dry season and that has, of course, in
jured the berries.
Professor Svante Arrhenius will
give a series of twelve lectures at
Yale university next spring. He may
also deliver lecture at the Chicago
university and at the Minnesota uni
versity in Minneapolis.
The so called anarchist congress
will be held in Stockholm July rs and
81. The anarchists of Sweden held a
conference at Lund last year.