Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10
SWEDEN.

Inc PRICES OI Wuehl are TlSluS III
leaps and bounds owing to the de-
ficiency of the harvest and the closing
of the principal sources of imports
due to the war;" says the Stockholm
correspondent Of the Morning Post.
The government is taking emergency
measures, which include requiring a
guaranty from mills that the present
prices Of flour shall not be exceeded
The government is warehousing about
sixty thousand tons, which is equal to
about two months consumption, to
meet possible eventual distress. A
proposal to suspend import duties for
six months also finds support"
A sixty-nine-year-old man at As,
near Ostersund, went out Monday
morning to work In peat bos. His
plan was to stay away all week. Sat.
urday night he did not return as ex-
pected and search was made. He
was found In an unconscious condi-
ton, and one side was paralyzed. A
doctor was called and he said that the
old man had suffered an epileptic fit
Friday. He was thus exposed to the
inclemency of the season for "a hours
and he is not expected to recover.
A grave conflict threatens at Goth
enburg between officers Of the Swed-
ish mercantile marine service and
Swedish ship owners. The officers
demand increased war insurance and
this the owners have declined. The
matter came to an issue and no COM
mercial ships left Gothenburg. The
attitude of the Gothenburg officers Is
strongly supported in other districts.
and general strike Of mercantile Of
ficers is threatened. I.
With regard to the closing of the
North sea by the British the Stock.
holm Aftonbladet says: 1T is plain
that the neutral states should not sub
init to this breach of international
law. They must maintain their rights
with firmness against the belligerents.
And they must agree on common
plan. II Is not at all unlikely that
such step will be properly needed
by the belligerents."
The British admiralty has accorded
permission to Swedish transatlantic
liners to make the passage b. way OF
the north of Scotland, thus removing
the worst trouble for Swedish ship
ping as the result of mined waters.
The governors of many OF the prov
inces of Sweden have reported to the
national government that there seems
to be no call for stricter measures
with regard to the sale OF liquor.
The Skanska Aftonbladet maintains
that II the three Scandinavian coun-
tries and Holland agree to act firmly
the belligerents will be apt to respect
their rights in the future.
The people of Trosa are anxious to
have the railroad extended to their
town. But the railway department is
hesitating to go to this expense. The
driveway to the place will be investi-,
gated, however, with a view to run
ming automobiles at regular intervals
between Trosa and the end Of the
railway.
The store of the Axel Lindstrom
company In Paris has been pillaged by
the mob. The company had branch.
In Russia. the head of which has been
carried to Siberia.
In 1913 there were 11S strikes and
one lockout in Sweden. The strikes
involved 203 employers and 9,574 en-
ployees. while the lockout involved
only one employer and II employees.
In most cases the parties disagreed as
to the wages.
The Swedish steamer Andrew struck
mine in the North sea and sank.
Eighteen survivors, including two
women. after having drifted about In
boats for IL hours, were rescued by q
liner and landed at Hull.