Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-14
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
fAANY POOR PEOPLE CAUGHT


Carl F,ibsrs Said to Have Cleaned Up
100000 Crowns by His swindies.
Owe GUIDE, Late Minister Of Norway
to United States, 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 were
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 Swedish newspaper In Du-
luth, where for time he enjoyed the
confidence of his countrymen. or 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 consulates 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.
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
walls of "Landholmen" and when he
has served his term he will be ready
Tor the grave. THE way OF the trans
gressor is hard" to say the least.
King Gustaf is at present at Ulrice-
hamn sapitarium, where he will re-
main for at least two weeks. His
health Is not good. On the way to
Ulricehamn the king paid visit to
Dala, where he was for a 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 1t 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 1000 900 crowns invested
N automobiles In Stockholm at pres
emit. That is 700 autos are valued al
this amount The so called morning
boats"--small launches-are valued al
about 100000 crowns. There art
over thousand Stockholmians wht
uoe these small boats coming and 90
1rx from Stockholm to their villas II
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Over 12.500.0o0 crowns worth o
ainron berries were exp6rted to Ger
uncny from Sweden last year. Th'
4 1lnron berry crop will not be as iarg'
1hio year e lest. according TO varioo
<enortr from different parts OF tn
.,ounfry. Il hna been an exceedingly
.6ry SEASON and that has. Of course II
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