Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-03-25
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SCAND|NAv|ANS.

News Gathered in the Father
land and Elsewhere.
ON CHARGE OF OESERT|ON
Wife Of Prince William Of Sweden
Summoned to Appear in Court at
stockhoIm-IsIands Of spitzbergen
Engaging Attention Of World Pow.
ers-Unlted States Minister Egan to
Lecture in the United States on
Danish Agriculture.
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The Grand Duchess Pavlovna of Rus.
STA, wife of Prince William of Sweden,
second son of King Gustaf ", was
summoned on March IA through the
Swedish legation in St. Petersburg to
appear in the court of assizes at Stock
holm. She will have to answer a
charge of having deserted her hus-
band. Divorce proceedings between
the royal couple have been in progress
some time, as has previously been re-
ported in these columns. The Duchess
Pavlovna when she left the prince
some months ago went to Paris, but
is now In st. Petersburg. The mar
riage took place in 1908 and they
have one son, Prince Lennart, born in
1909. Prince William, who is now on
hunting expedition in Uganda, is
not expected to return to Sweden be-
fore the end of April. Witnesses are
to be heard by the court of assizes
and the suit will be fought in the
usual way. It was at one time thought
possible to arrange a divorce without
these formalities, but the Swedish law
makes no exception in the case Of
royalty. The case is attracting wide
attraction not only in Sweden but in
every part Of the world, owing to the
prominence of the persons involved
and also owing to the somewhat ap-
parently strained relations between
Russia and Sweden.
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IAN address Of appreciation" re-
ferred to more particularly in the
Swedish press as an academic ad-
dress of homage" (hyllningsaddress)
containing not less than 1000 sigma
lures, was handed to ex.Premier Karl
Staaf, accompanied by short speech
of appreciation, by Professor Lof-
stedt Of Lund university Feb. 10. The
"addressen" read as follows: 1.-THE
undersigned desire to express to you
and your government it's deep graft
tude for the powerful work that you
have done in behalf of Swedish reform
politics and for your honest efforts
in placing the solution of the defense
problem in the confidence of the peo-
pie and for your strong stand against
the attempt again to resuscitate the
personal power of the king. We wish
you strength and courage in your
fight for constitutional rights of the
people to govern themselves and in
these your efforts have our warmest
sympathies." The ex-premier replied
with neat little speech in which he
thanked his friends and again express
ed his continued confidence in the
Swedish people.
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Gothenburg, Little London" as it
is popularity referred to in Sweden,
is very prosperous city, according
to authentic reports. It evinced a
singularly healthful progress in the
year 1913, the building permits alone
increasing S36 over the previous year.
The permits in 1912 had increased
only 651 over 1911. In the beginning
Of the year 1918 the public school
children had credit Of 1854 crowns,
and the number of depositors were
1884. At the end of the year the
deposits amounted to 93,248 crowns
and the number OF depositors had in
creased to 15,74S.
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Never at any time during the pres.
ent crisis in the defense question have
the Swedish papers assumed a war.
like attitude or even limited directly
at war, but the American papers have
been full of apprehensive and sensa.
tional reports from time to time and
these have been reprinted and read
with a great deal of amusement in
the old country. The report that
Sweden is about to become republic
Is also lacking in foundation, although
It has been taken up editorially by q
number of American newspapers.
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We learn from one of the Swedish
papers that Axel R. Holmen, a promi.
nent civil engineer in the employ OF
the Pennsylvania railroad, has donat.
ed $4,000 crowns to establish a fund
to assist poor but worthy students at
the Boraas Technical Institute in
Sweden. Mr.. Holman was graduated
from 1. this college in 1878 and later
immigrated to the United States
where he soon made an independent
fortune.
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Miss Alma A. Johnson, house maid
In Plainf1eld, N. j., has received news
of the death of her uncle, Gustav