Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-12-22
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP
PENlNeS IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF interest to the Seandlnavlans
In America.
SWEDEN.


SWEDEN.
A diver named Lindvall found a
chunk of copper weighing over ton
in Kopparvik. near Aspeboda, Dalarne.
The Stockholm chamber Of com
merce has recommended the estab-
lishment of a Swedish-Russian COM
mercial institute.
A coal vein has been struck at
depth OF so feet at Sjobo. Skano. The
authorities are in hopes that 1T will
pay to mine the coal.
Stockholm, the steamer which the
Swedish-American steamship line has
just bought. left Gothenburg Decem.
Der IL for its first trip to America.
At the Torsang boom, Dalarne, the
number of logs disposed of during
the past season was 12.6S4.947, which
DAOhS ali lOTHu6f TecOIuS.
A furnace for electric smelling of
iron ore is in process of construction
at Donnarvet. 1t is expected to turn
out about $4,000 tons of pigiron a year.
The government has authorized the
sale of $4,000 tons of wheat before
January 16 to parties not belonging to
the millers' union, the price to be
the same as that paid by said union.
The merchant marine of Sweden has
been reduced by $4,000 tons since the
beginning of the war. The reduction
was due mostly to the sale Of Swedish
vessels to foreigners
Evangeliska Observation-Disclosures a
mission society. asked the government
of English East India for permission
to land seven of its missionaries in
India. but met with fat refusal.
The department of war has asked
for $4,000 above and beyond the
amount mentioned in the budget for
flying machines for the army. the
whole amount for the next year to be
$4,000. It is claimed that the war
has demonstrated the value of flying
machines in actual warfare.
Representatives from the organized
employees of the pulp factories of the
Scandinavian countries have held a
COME. ence for the purpose of enforce
ing an eight-hour day. At the present
time there are two shifts OF twelve
hours each. but the aim of the en-
ployees is to have three shifts of eight
hours each.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British
ambassador, addressed a formal com
implication to Secretary Robert Lam
sing denying published reports that
the embassy had made representations
to the American government which al
legged that w. A. F. Ekengren, the min
lister from Sweden here, had been
transmitting communications from
Count Won Bernstorff, the German am
bassador, to the Berlin foreign Office.
At the Swedish legation a similar
denial was made.
Herr e. Kjellberg of Karlskoga has
promised that in case Bishop Billing
and two other well-known bishops will
appoint few more men and organize
themselves into society to be known
as For Sweden and the Christian
Faith" Herr Kjellberg will donate s27,-
900 to such society as the beginning
of large permanent fund The aim
of the society shall be to advance the
cause of the Christian faith and patri-
otism The bishops have accepted
the offer.
An invention which may prove to be
of epoch-making Importance has been
made by two young scientists. Engi.
neer Ahnstrom and Doctor Tenow. 1t
is new kind of log which at any time
shows the speed of a vessel. the dis
lance covered, and the distance from
any point passed at given time. The
log may easily be mounted on any
vessel 1t has a kind of oifferential
manometer attached to clockwork.
1t has been tested by the swedish
navy and has given the best of results.
The invention will greatly facilitate
the running of submarines and be of
particular service to warships during
action. The invention is to be manu-
featured by syndicate backed by al
most 100000 and branch factories
will be established in Germany,
France, England, Italy, Russia. and
the United States.
Karl Gustafsson of Bjorkheden was
out hunting moose the other day. He
was lucky enough TO get a shot at
one, but the animal at once disap-
peared few seconds later another
animal came. and. taking it to be the |
same one. he emptied the other bar
rel of his gun. When he came to the |
place he found that he had killed two |
moose.
Representatives of the tobacco trust |
and its employees have agreed on a |
series of rules which are to be acted |