Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-22

and that only as a Swedish pa
triot he must fight against this en-
deavor, has called forth sharp re-
joinders from different quarters. How
ever, everyone is aware of the danger
from Russia which threatens the Scan
dinavian peninsula, and all are agreed
that they must put their defenses in
order for future protection.
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A society of Swedish composers
was formed the other day in the
Swedish capital. The charter men,
bers of the organization are Hugo
Alfven, Kurt Atterberg, Nathaniel
Berg, Ruben Liljefors, Oscar Lind
berg, True Ragstrom and Wilhelm
stenhammar. Conspicuous by their
absence were Andreas Hallen, Otto
Sjogren, Ole Morales, Sven and Felix
Koerling, Alfred Berg, Otto Olsen,
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger and others
quite as prominent. The object of the
society will be to further common
practical and artistic interests, with
out regard to individual difference of
schools or style.
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During the month of June the Zep-
pelin airships Hansa and Sachsen
maintained a regular service between
Germany and Sweden, their point of
destination being the Baltic exhibit
ton at Malmo. The Hansa sails from
Hamburg and the Sachsen from Leip-
zig. After short stay in Malmo the
ships return via Copenhagen. On
June % balloon competition in the
style of the James Gordon Bennett
race will start from the exhibition
grounds.
A new transmission for automo-
biles has been invented by Engineer
r. A. Peterson OF Stockholm. He calls
he transmission "centrai," and
claims that it excels all other trans
missions in every way, being both
powerful and noiseless. About fifty
patents protect the invention in all
countries of the world. Manufacture
on large scale will be started i'm
mediately.
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The enormous decrease in the con-
sumption of alcoholic liquors during
the last few years is best shown by
the report of the control system. In
1912 the available supply of alcoholic
liquors was 6.8 liter per inhabitant,
while In 1875 the available supply
was 11.8 liter. This shows decrease
of almost one-half in thirty years.
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It is rumored that John Forsell. the
renowned Swedish opera singer,
"sweden's Caruso," has accepted an
engagement at the Royal Opera of
Berlin. beginning January, 1915.
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According to Swedish statistics lust
published the Swedish national debt
amounts to 107 crowns per capita.
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From London comes the interesting
news that Captain A. N. Holland of
the Norwegian navy has invented q
device that assures the secrecy of
communication by wireless teleg-
raphy. The machine, according to
press reports, Is one for transmission
and automatic receipt of printed mes
sages in the manner of typewriting.
The inventor claims to have typed
messages by wireless waves between
Berlin and the big relay station at
Nauen, a distance of thirty-four
miles. He says he has perfected a
relay which so simplif1es wireless
signals that the typewriting device
may be operated over great distances.
The secrecy of the invention is estab.
lished by the fact that in sending. the
message the apparatus may be- ad-
justed at moments notice so as to
employ any of the 720 different code
arrangements of the alphabet, while
the receiving device will automatical-
~ register the messages in decided
and legible form. Only dots are used
in transmission and by their spacing
the mechanism Of the receiving ap-
Paratus Il controlled SO % to recon
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