The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-10-18


Miss Jessie Alderman, a globe-tr<t'
ting suffraget. who has spent 22 years
In travel and study Of women's condl
lions. has given out an interview to
the Chicago Tribune In reference to
the work of the women members OF
the Finnish parliament. She declares
that the Finnish women have achieved
great power in the politics Of the
country. and il enthusiastic over the
intelligence OF her Finnish sisters.
AT present there are 10 women In
the Finnish parliament" said Miss
Alderman 1.-TWO or these are doc
tors of philosophy. one is a baroness.
seven are identified with educational
interests. and the other directly rep
resent the peasantry. The peasantry
representatives dress like peasants.
act like peasants. and understand the
peasantry.
THE Finnish women In parliament.
have introduced q bills and passed
% Of them. All OF the bills contain
sound principles OF economy, and they
found favor with the men. II is neces-
sary that the men vote for the won.
ems bill for them to pass. because the
women are so in the minority
II spoke In English before large
gathering of Flemish university WON
en-. and all understood me. II Is re.
markable how these people have de
veloped artictlcally. They have theii
artists and authors clubs, and even
revere the arts more than Americans"
The Swedes are very numerous in
Brazil, South America. according TO
Robert Norris. an electrical engineer
of Morse descent, who lives In the big
South American republic. Mr. Norris
gave an interview recently to Nordisk
Tidende of Brooklyn. n. Y. In which
he stated that the Scandinavians are
SO numerous In Brazil that in many
cities they outnumber all other ma
tionalities combined and have 1t in
their power to control the politics OF
some of the states in the country. In
the city of San Pao1o, for instance
which has a population OF half mil
lion, 400 900 are Scandinavians, mostly
Swedes. and they not only control the
city politically. but also the state OF
which It Is the metropolis. The pres
ent governor of that state Is Swede
named Anderson, who is very popu
lar and able man, and who will be put
forward as a candidate for president
of the republic at the next election.
The last white president was a Swede
named Gust Lundgren, who was
stoned outside of Rio Janeiro by mob
melted to riot by the trusts, who eA'
plot the country and wanted TO get
rid of Lundgren because they could
not control him. The trusts want ne
gro presidents, because they can be
handled more easily. and since the
downfall of Lundgren a colored man
has filled the presidential chair.
Baron Cederstrom, the well-known
Swedish aviator, may accompany
Road Amundsen on the north pole ex-
petition. Negotiations between the
two men have been carried on for
some time, and 1t is reported that they
are about to enter into a contract. IL
Is announced now that the Amundsen
expedition will carry two aeroplancs,
instead Of one, as at first contemplate
ed. II Is believed that these aero
planes can be made Of great use In
discovering open lanes in the ice foe
for the passage of the Fran and In ex'
ploring the territory near the route
Of the party The idea In having two
is to have one aeroplane III commits
sion always, If the other should meet
with an accident, or to send the one
to the succor Of the other in case OF
mishaps Each machine will be
capable of carrying 500 pounds in ad'
dition to the operator, which is equiv
alent to dogsled load. Baron Ceder-
strom Is regarded as very able and
courageous aviator and would prove
valuable addition to the Amundser
party.