Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-01-01
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGS IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden. Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the soandInavIans
In America.
SWEDEN.

Inc team or ~ picked gymnasts OF
stockholm's gymnastic society, who
are just concluding an American tour.
will carry abroad some more Ameri-
can ideas and methods pertaining to
athletics. The visit of the Swedes
and of the German and Austrian ath-
letic ENJOYS to this country during
the last few months has brought to
light more than ever before the i'm
portance which the European athletes
are attaching to American methods.
While the Swedish gymnasts came
here primarily to display their own
physical perfection, they have made
1t a point to study all-around athletics
here. The Swedes. who finished close
second to the United States at Stock
holm last year, believe that with more
specialization in athletics they will
prove a greater factor than ever dur
ing the next Olympic games at Berlin
In 1916.
Archbishop ]. A. Eckman died at
Upsala. November 80. He was born
at Hjalstad in 1S45, was ordained in
1878, served as professor of theology
at the University of Upsala from 1887
to 1898, and as bishop OF the diocese
of Vasteras from the latter date to
1900, when he was appointed arch
bishop of Sweden and prochancellor
of the University of Upsala He was
man of lofty ideals, and those who
learned to know him personally found
him very amiable. Among those prom
inently mentioned as candidates for
the vacancy are Bishop Billing, Bishop
Ekelunk, Bishop Lindstrom, and Pro
lessor, Soderblom of the University Of
Upsalla 1t Is said that the last men
toned is popular in government cir
cles.
The swedish navy has had bad luck
with regard to it's hydroaeroplanes.
without single machine of this type
The last accident took place at Tyn-
ming island, near Stockholm. At the
place OF alighting the biplane struck
the water too soon, crushing one OF
the floats and breaking both wings of
the propeller. Fortunately the ma
chine was kept floating until the wreck
and those on board could be towed to
the shore.
The country around Storlien, In
Jemtland, is extra treacherous in win
ter. The latest victim is Anton Nils
son. a seventeen-year-old boy. He
started from Storxallen for Storlien.
a distance of about four English miles
A storm broke loose, and kept raging
all day. He did not arrive at Storlien,
and an expedition was fitted out to
found, and it was taken for granted
that he had persisted.
The Nobel prizes were presented at
Stockholm by King Gustaf. The prize
winners present were Prof H. Kamer-
lingh Onner OF the University Of Ley
den, physics; Prof. Charles Richet of
Paris. medicine. and Professor Wern-
er of Zurich, chemistry. Later ban
quet was given In their honor, at
which several members OF the royal
family were present. The king and
queen gave dinner to the prize win
ners at the palace.
DR.. Sven Hedin, explorer OF central
Asia and champion Of party demand
ing more battleships and more forts.
has issued call for assistance In pub
fishing a weekly newspaper in the In
terest of the defenses. There seems
to be no doubt but that the paper will
be started. but experienced newspaper
men are very much afraid that the
promoters will soon be disappointed.
The ancestors of August Strindberg,
the noted author, have been traved
back to the year 1885. They lived
In Norrland as healthy farmers with
out extra mental endowments. Strind-
berg himself traced his ancestors
back to 1867, but after his death his
admirers succeeded in going still far
Their back.
The bell ringer at the Hammenhog
church died after serving for period
OF AZ years. On the day before he
was buried. just as the congregation
were entering the church for the serv.
Ice, the strap holding the clapper
broke and the clapper few out of the
tower and struck the ground. Fortu-
nately nobody was hurt
Sweden is preparing to send a
strong team entry for the modern pen
tathlon at the Olympic games in Ber-
lin in 1916. A special training school
has been opened In tSockholm and "a
young officers are training under the
supervision of professionals. Some ex-
cellent results have been obtained. but
the actual figures are kept secret. so
there can be no possibility for COM
parison abroad. The crown prince Is
taking great interest in the work.
1t will be recalled that Sweden won
first, second and third competitions
during the Stockholm games.
One solitary case OF infantile par
alysis is reported from Malmo. The
victim is a seven Year old boy. The
source of the contagion is unknown.
and the case Is supposed to be a
purely sporadic one.
August Johansson, sixty-fve year
old tenant farmer on the Hafvero es-
tate, is tilling the ground which his
ancestors have titled for 800 years
back. He has eight sons. and it is
very likely. that one or more of them
viii keep up the rare record after
the death of A"""at Iohansson.