Morris tribune., 1911-02-03
T|DINCS FROM
&: SCANDINAVIA
interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
PRAISEFOR, SWEDISH ATHLETES

President of American League Tells
countrymen to Watch Out for
swedes in Stockholm oIympian
Games-Economic Conditions in
Norway Improvins-Prominent Dan
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Watch out for Sweden in the Olym-
plan games at Stockholm next year"
said Everett C. Brown, president OF
the Amateur Athletic Union of Ameri-
Ga, a few days ago, previous to his
starting for New York to attend
meeting of some of the United States
representatives to the Olympiad. The
native SONS have gone out for the
worlds championship with blood in
their eye,' and with the training they
will have, added to the natural ability
they displayed in London in 1903, they
are going TO cut considerable figure IN
Stockholm. | do not want to be ac-
oussed of lack of patriotism, or
anything: like that, because OF my
statement, but my aim is to warn the
athletes OF this country that they Will
have to be up and doing every minute
of the time if they want to figure at
the top in the final count, for Sweden
is going 20 leave nothing undone to
turn the trick AS a starter, the gov
ernment is back of the movement by
which Ernie Hjertberg. formerly coach
Of the New York Irish-American Ath-
letic club, has been secured to train
the Swedish athletes and he has been
given free rein in the work. At pres
eut he is engaged in securing the en-
tire country for athletes from all
stages of life and every time he lands
a man who looks like conner he
puts that individual to work with
promise Of a place on the Olympic
team if he shows enough class. HJert-
berg has nothing to do but attend to
this work, and, as it was his team, the
frish-Americans, which piled up the
greatest total: points at London, 1t IS
enly reasonable to suppose that he
can make a good showing next year,
considering the material he will have
at his disposal"
Count Albert Ehrensvard, the new
minister of Sweden to the United
States, arrived in Washington recent
ly. Count Ehrensvard succeeds Her
man Lagerkrantz, who resigned last
summer The new minister comes to
Washington from the courts at Brus-
sells and The Hague, where he has rep
resented his government as minister
during the last two years. Prior to
his diplomatic service in Belgium and
The Netherlands Count Ehrensvard
was an official of the supreme court
at Stockholm. He is a brother of the
present secretary Of the navy OF
Sweden.
Baron Cederstrom, the aeronaut, is
working hard to start an aeronautic
company N Stockholm. His intention
is to purchase an aeroplane or two and
open a flying school in the vicinity OF
Stockholm Thus far it has been al
most impossible for the baron to in
terest any of the wealthy Stockholm
ians in the venture, which they seem
to regard as something of a rather
hazardous and uncertain nature. Baron
Cederstrom is determined, however,
and says that if he cannot raise the
necessary capital in his own country
that he can secure it in Germany.
The Swedish archaeologist, Birger
Lundell, recently came into possession
OF a memorandum book used by Eric
XIV. of Sweden. The book was not
supposed to have much value and was
purchased for trife along with some
other rubbish. 1t contains notes and
memoranda made in King Eric's own
handwriting. Eric XIV. was a son of
Gustaf Vasa and an uncle of Gustavus
Adolphus, the hero of the Thirty
Years war. He was king of Sweden
from 1860 to 1868 and was deposed.
With the increase in the number of
automobiles the number of accidents
have also increased. Last year there
we're not less than 1873 automobile ac-
cidents, of which seven terminated fa-
tally In spite of the fact that the
laws regulating the speed of the au-
t0s In Stockholm is exceedingly strict
the number of accidents have in
creased instead of diminished.
Although the spiritual condition of
the state church of Sweden is not
what it should be, according to Luth-
eran Church Review, the foreign mis-
sionary board has recently appropriate
ed 5000 rubees for the erection of a
school building at Pudakota, in South
ern India. AS long as the mission
spirit lives, adds the paper, the church
has lots of life to ITSELF
1t is a noteworthy fact that some
Industries are moving away from
Stockholm. The last to move was the
Swedish Natal Works oomnanv ubioh