Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-04-16
SWEDEN.

Sweden, second son of King Gustaf
V, was summoned through the Swed-
ish legation in st. Petersburg to APP
pear in the court of assizes at Stock
holm. She will have to answer
charge of having deserted her hus-
band. Divorce proceedings between
the royal couple have been in progress
some time. Prince Wilhelm, who Is
now on a hunting expedition in
Uganda, is not expected to return to
Sweden before the end of April. The
grand duchess is now in St. Peters
burg. The marriage took place in
1908. They have one son, Prince Len
mart born in 1909. Witnesses are to
be heard by the court of assizes and
the suit will be fought In the usual
way. 1t was at one time thought pos
sible to arrange divorce without
these formalities, but the Swedish law
makes no exception in the case of roy
alties.
Perhaps the most remarkable fea-
ture of the present election campaign
Is the moving picture show given by
the conservatives. On March IA
thirty outfits were sent out in diff
ferent directions from Stockholm. All
the pictures tend to show up the army
and the navy In order to convince the
people that the defenses must be
strengthened. The plans were care
fully laid beforehand. Each one of the
shows had copies of the same films,
so that the expenses were not so
very large. The shows will be given
at $50 places.
After one of the most bitter political
campaigns in the history Of Sweden,
polling began for members of the
new lower house of the riksdag to
replace that dissolved on March as
the result Of the alleged invasion of
the rights of the people by King Gus
tai v. The Stockholm district is the
first to vote and the polling will con-
tinue elsewhere throughout the king
dom until April 7. Owing to the in
tChoC inNCitCl " poi CCht vi LhC WIZ
is expected to be brought out
II has been mentioned that Major
Gibson was killed while serving as
instructor In the gendarmerie of Per
STA. The government of Persia sent
the following coincidence to the gov
eminent OF Sweden: Profoundly
shocked by the terrible death which
Major Gibson met with while per-
forming his duty and distinguishing
himself in such splendid manner,
the imperial government joins In
mourning over this sad event, and
makes haste to give expression to its
profound regret"
A number of the writings of August
Strindberg were sold at public auction
In Stockholm. Some of them we're
mere scraps. still they brought hand
some prices. What is the Crocodile?"
a newspaper article written in 1884
and aimed at a certain man, brought
$1.35. A Danish translation of a piece
written in 1888 and entitled, THE
Woman's Cause According to the
Theory of Evolution" was bought for
$3.50. And 1877 newspaper articles by
and about Strindberg were knocked off
for 1880.
Common people made a run on the
government bank In Stockholm to get
as many encore (about one-fourth of
cent? coins of 1905 as they could.
The reason was afterwards found to
be that the coins of that denomina-
ton and that year we're supposed to
contain gold which was said to have
been mixed in by mistake.
Sweden has never seen a more bit
ter election campaign than the one
which is raging at the present time.
Abuse Is by no means an uncommon
weapon. The Socialists, are In the
habit of calling the conservative
farmers stupid peasants" On the
other hand. those who are opposed to
the Socialists try to make it plain that
the Socialists are doing work that
requires no thought, hence the work
ers are degenerating into mental I'M
derlings, whom fake reformer can
fool into any utopian Illusion.
The Anti-Tuberculosis society Of
Stockholm, after listening to lecture
by DR.. Tor Stenback, passed vote
against treating consumpives with
the Tesla current, thereby causing the
loss OF time to patients that may be
cured by speedy and heroic treatment.
Ola Nilsson of Ilstorp. Skane, is the
Oldest school teacher In Sweden. In
spite of his one hundred years he is
still hale and strong, and he can read
and write about as wen as he did
years ago.