Morris tribune., 1912-11-29
OF INTEREST TO
SChND|NAv|ANS
Recent Happenings In This
Country and Abroad.

AWARDED TO GUSTAV DAHLEN
Nobel Prize In Physics Goes to Swed-
ish Engineer-Norway Constantly
Harvesting Her immense Water
Power-Danish King and Queen to
Visit Several European Courts.
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j SWEDEN. J.
The Nobel prize in physics has been
awarded this year to a Swedish engi
neer, Gustaf Dahlen. who since 1909
has been director of the Svenska Gas
Accumulation company, which is locat-
ed at Abby. Mr.. Dahlen is at present
confined at hospital as a result of
being badly burned in an explosion re-
Gently. The Nobel prize in chemistry
has been divided between Professors
Grignard of Nancy university and Paul
Sabatier of the University of Tou-
lonse, France. These prizes amount
to $4,000 each.
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According to a recent report from
Stockholm the Swedish crown princess
has received a telegram from the
crown princess of Greece, expressing
her gratitude and joy over the kind
expressions in Greece over Sweden's
act of sending a detachment of sur
geons and Red Cross nurses to the
seat of war. The Swedish contingent
was the first to arrive and has already
done much to alleviate the suffering
among the Greek and Bulgarian SOL
diers.
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Ernest Husserle, a German travel
ing salesman, who registered at Hotel
Terminus at Stockholm the other day,
was robbed of his purse containing
| $50 crowns The robbery took place
during the night. Detectives were put
on the case and arrested a hotel en-
ploye named Arthur An1erberg, who
, confessed that he committed the theft.
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Madame Therese Kjellberg, wife of
Professor Kjellberg, has donated 20,-
600 crowns to the Sailors home in
Stockholm. Madame Kjellberg has
, on many former occasions remembered
this same institution and has given
literally of her fortune to other
charity institutions.
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Grand opera performances for the
benefit of laboring men have been ar
| ranged in Stockholm and admission
prices have been made SO low that
| any labOring man who earns a fair
wage can avail himself of the oppor-
tunity of listening to the best operas.
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King Gustaf has decreed that no
intoxicating liquors of any kind are
to be served in the Navy club at
Skeppsholmen. This is one of the
aristocratic clubs of the city and the
decree caused no end OF comment
among the swell clubs of Stockholm
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According to latest advices several
Swedish officers are now compelled to
learn the Russian language. For what
purpose this is done is not known at
| this time. At any rate officers of the
Elfsborg regiment are being taught
the language.
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During. a period of fifteen years,
| from 1897 to 1911, money orders to
the amount of 146,00O,OOO crowns
were sent from the United States to
Sweden. Sweden during the same
period sent about 24,OOO,OOO crowns.
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At last the prices of meats, much to
the satisfaction of those in poorer cir
cumstances, have gone down in Stock
holm. For years prices on meats have
been ridiculously high in Stockholm.
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Captain P. Sundstedt has made a
new record in Swedish aviation by re-
naming in the air in his aeroplane at
a height of 5000 feet for hours and
46 minutes.
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The British minister to Stockholm
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice, has
been appointed and has accepted the
British ambassadors post at Wash.
ington, D. c.
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The crown prince of Sweden was
thirty years old Nov. II. A banquet
was given in his honor at the palace
in which about $50 high functionaries
participated.
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The crops over nearly all of Sweden
are reported to be unusually good. In
the province of Uppland they are re-
ported to be SO per cent better than
usual.