Morris tribune., 1914-10-09
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William r. Lundgren, the man who
took the initiative in the organization
of a Swedish-American steamship
| company, died in London, Eng, Sept.
IA, after a few weeks illness. The
unexpected report of his death was
cabled to a brother-in-law of the de-
ceased, Alex Tode, publisher of the
Scandinavia in Worcester, Mass. De-
ceased was born May "A, 1856, in Kali
mar and for some years attended the
Kalmar Collegiate Institute, but did
not remain there to complete the
course, becoming sailor instead. In
! 1876 he became sea captain and in
| 1891 he took his examinations and be-
came an English sea captain, remain
| ing in the British service for many
years. Later on he became interest
ed in the steamship business himself
and started the Transatlantic Steam
ship company, which, although it had
such uphill work, showed good divi-
dends last year. About two years ago
Lundgren determined to start Swed-
ish-American steamship line which
would afford direct transportation IA
cilities between Sweden and the Unit
cd States, and came on to America,
where he visited number of the lar
ger cities in the interests Of the new
company. The work of organizing the
new company was far from completed
and Lundgren was taken away at a
time when he was most needed to
complete this important work. His
4 sudden death came as shock to
many leading Swedish-Americans,
who have been investing large sums
of money in the proposed Swedish
Amerika line.
One of the best known Swedes in
Paris, a member of a Swedish lumber
concern, Mr.. A. H. Nordin, arrived at
Stockholm Sept. 5. He had been
spending the six weeks previous to
his arrival in Sweden in Boulogne, a
French watering place, where he re-
NAMED incognito, for, according to
his claims, Swedes are viewed with
suspicion in France, owing to the
rather friendly attitude toward the
Germans taken by the Swedish press
The French people have always
. evinced an unusual kindly interest in
the Swedes and it is Mr.. Norden's
opinion that some Swedish papers
have been needlessly careless in theil
utterances regarding the present war
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Count Gustaf Spare, one OF Swe
dens prominent men, who during his
younger days was an active figure il
the countrys politics and formerl!
speaker of the First chamber of th'
riksdag, died Sept. at his home il
Mariedal, Vestergotland, aged eight!
years. He was first elected as a mem
t Der of the riksdag in 1869 and serveC
in that body continuously until 1908
He was a strong champion of fre,
trade and for many years stood spon
sor for the free trade movement II
8 his country. -
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/. Several hundred Russian fugitives
4 who succeeded in escaping from Gel
many and made their way to st. Pc
tersburg via Stockholm, in which cit
they received q hearty welcome am
i in many cases aided financially, hav
since their return to Petrograd start
t ed a subscription list amounting t
3 $4,000 crowns, which sum shall b
devoted to the poor and unemploye
in Sweden. It is an act on the par
of the Russians which the Swede
thoroughly appreciate.
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: A bill calling for an appropriate,
Of 100000 crowns to relieve the ur
{ employed In the country is now be
!; fore the riksdag. This money will b
distributed from time to time in var
g GUS sections OF the country by tn
n different committees who have bee
= appointed for this special purpose
r TNere are thousands of unemploye
. ple in Sweden at present and j
q dsEolves on the Swedish governmen
4 to come to their aid.
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e It would be exceedingly difficult 70
Y a foreign feet to secure an entranc
4, to Stockholm harbor, since it is con