Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-09
SCANDINAVIAN news
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENiNGs IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the scandinavIans
In America.
SWEDEN.

SWEDEN.
The announcement from Amsterdam
Sunday night that company called
the "Sweden-American line" was be-
ing formed to carry on trade between
New York and Swedish ports with
German ships now idle in American
ports, was followed by the statement
here last night that among the first
ships to be purchased by the new COM
pany might be the mburg-American
steamers Pennsylvania, Bohemia and
Bulgaria, now lying in this port. Hans
Lagerloff, general manager Of the
northumberland Trading COM
pany here, who made this announce
ment, added that an offer Of purchase
was subject to the legality Of transfer
of the ships from German to Swedish
registry and depended upon whether
the allies would permit them to be
used in the Atlantic trade. Mr.. Lager
loft added that ut is probable that if
the deal goes through in regard to the
Bohemia. Bulgaria and Pennsylvania.
the Sweden-American line will pur-
chase the Hamburg-American liner
Amerika, now lying at Boston. and
another 17-knot liner"
The present condition of the coal
market has more than ever before
drawn the attention of the public to
the coal fields of Sweden. From the
mines of Skane coal is now trans
ported as far north as Cafe, and the
demand is so great that If the SHANE
mines could turn out ten times their
present output there would be no
trouble in getting rid of it at profit.
1t is now becoming more manifest
than ever that the national govern
ment should take hold of this matter.
says Chief Engineer Svedberg. For
80 years this matter has been dis
cussed. but so far nothing has been
done. No private company can af-
ford to run the risk of boring for new
deposits. But the problem is Of ma.
tional scope, and the rigsdag ought
to devise some means of ascertaining
the extent and nature of the coal de-
posits Of the country.
The Swedish press unanimously de-
nounces the German attack on the
British submarine E-l3 in Danish wa
tiers, characterizing it as an unpar-
donable infringement of Danish neu-
trality. The Dagens Nyheter. which
commonly reflects the attitude Of the
Swedish foreign office, says that the
Germans attacking the E-13 must have
been, fully aware that the submarine
was In Danish waters, ''The most
criminal feature of the affair."" adds
the paper, lis the German crafts ac-
tion in firing on British sailors who
had given themselves up to a neutral
power and naturally assumed that
they were safe from enemy attacks :"
Mrs. Martina Osterberg. who intro
duced the system of Swedish physical
training for women in England and
was one of the leading advocates OF
woman suffrage In Sweden is dead at
her home in London. aged sixty-ive
Mrs Osterbery came to England from
Sweden and was chosen superintend-
ent of the, physical training depart
ment of the London schools in 1880.
She left this post five years later to
become head Of physical training
college for women schoolteachers.
Sweden, though she is not engaged
In any war, has opened an Office for
giving information about persons who
have been killed, wounded or captured
in war. But the Office does not pre-
tend to gather information from be-
yond the boundaries of Sweden. The
address of the office is: Kungliga
Krigsarkivet. Arffurstens Palats.
Stockholm 2.
A farmer left his horse standing on
the street at Masthugget, Goteborg.
All of a sudden a squirrel came run
ming, holly pursued by dog. To
save his life the squirrel jumped upon
the back of the horse. But the horse
got so scared that he started to run.
and did not stop until he had smashed
the wagon.
Hjalmar ]. Johansson of Kattarp,
was sunstruck while engaged in tar
ring a roof He did not die at once,
but succumbed after a while. He died
on his nineteenth birthday ami
yersary.
A new corporation is to establish q
melting plant in Cafe. The capital
stock win be from $4,000 to $4,000.
Mrs Rev Susanna Henning, nee
Hamilton. has given wedding crown
of gilt silver to the cathedral of vaxio
The ornament is very old. She in
herited it from her father, Count Ham
ilton. Hedensberg. to whose collec-
tions of antiquities it had belonged
No less than 1000 acres OF timber
plantations were cultivated in Jonkop-
inglan during the past season. More
than two-thirds OF this was new plan
tations There are three nurseries in
the Ian. and now third one is to be
established at Aneby station.
The war is putting great obstacles
in the way OF the Swedish paper In
dustry. Just one incident viii illus
trate this. The steamer Jamtland
took 1900 barrels Of pitch from Savan-
nah for the Swedish pulp factories.
But the English picked up the vessel
and unloaded the pitch at Leith, and
the JamtIand returned IN Cotahorc