Morris tribune., 1911-04-14
IlDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
HAS WORLDWIDE REPUTATION

Professor Mittag-LeffIer of Stockholm
Celebrates His sixty-fifth Birthday
Norwegian Jurist Urges Information
al Defense Alliance With Sweden
High Danish Officials Under In
vestigation.
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Professor Mfttag-Leff1er of the Stock
holm high school celebrated his sixty
fifth birthday few days ago. Pro
fessor Mittag-Lef1er was born in
Stockholm and was appointed profes
sor of mathematics at the Stockholm
high school in 1881. He is member
of the Swedish Academy of Sciences
and an honorary doctor of the univer
sites of Bologne and Oxford. Pro
fessor Letter is regarded as one OF
the worlds leading mathematicfans
and is the author of and editor of the
international scientific journal known
as the "Acta Mathematical"
While on his way out to Katrineholm
| Count Clarence Won Rosen had seri
| Gus accident with his automobile,
| When the chauffeur attempted to pass
a truck wagon the machine COM
menced to skid and landed the count
| oho
! Rosen received some small scratches
and a great shaking up. When he was
about to re-enter the machine the ben
zine exploded and soon the automobile
was a mass of flames and was totally
destroyed.
Anders Zorn, the renowned por-
| trait painter, who has gained interna-
tional fame as an artist, has spent the
past few weeks in Berlin, but depart
ed a few days ago for New York, ac-
companied by the American ambassa-
dor to Germany, David J. Hill During
his stay in Berlin, Zorn has been busy
painting a number of prominent men
in the financial world, receiving a sum
| of 10000 marks each for his efforts.
Zorn is one of the highest paid artists
in the world.
A seamstress named Lily Felin COM
mitted suicide March Is by throwing
| herself from a third-story window to
the street below, striking the stone
pavement and causing almost instan-
| taneous death. She is said to have
| nurtured an ambition to become
| great singer and not making any
headway in this respect the poor girl
became so despondent that she ended
her life
Sweden has recently enjoyed
visit from Admiral Bethbeder, COM
mander of the Argentine navy. Ad-
miral Bethbeder has twice been minis
ter of marine for his country and it
was through his initiative that the Ar
gentine Republic sent out the steamer
Uruguay to assist Nordenskiold and
his men, who were corralled in the
South polar ice seas.
"The Swedish Newton" and "the
worlds greatest chemist" is the way
the Paris papers allude to Professor
Svante Arrhenius, who is now on his
way to the United States to give
series of scientific lectures in Boston.
He has recently been made a CORE
spending member of the French Scien-
tific institute.
The Stockholm Street Railway COM
pany is doing a splendid business.
| IA a
company amounted to 2,376,59
crowns This is a great showing and
there are few street railway compa-
MES in the world that can show any
healthier financial condition than that.
There is slight decrease in emgra-
tion, judging from latest statistics.
During the months of January and
February last year there were 1,42S
persons who emigrated to foreign
ports from Sweden. This year during
the same months there were 947.
There is a bill before the riksdag
calling for the abolition of the kings
| right to create new noblemen in the
country. The bill was fathered by
Bernhard Erickson and will first
come up for consideration in the Sec
ond chamber of the riskdag.
The king, accompanied by the
crown prince and crown princess, to-
gether with the latter's children and
the Duke of Nerike, spent week at
Ratvid, Delarne, last month at Sill
jansborg. They returned to Stockholm
March 21.
Mayor Lindhagen's sister, Miss
Anna Lindhagen, is a member of the
city council of Stockholm. The broth
er Is lord mayor of Stockholm and the
sister is an alderwoman. It's all in
the family.
The Chinese have suddenly taken q
great liking to Swedish punch. This
will, il anything, set their heads ago.
ing, for there is no drink in the world
half so seductive as Swedish punch"