Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-08-12

0WSuGH.
The Arm Of c. Hildisch, Jr., & Co. or
Lund was recently caught by the ar-
thorities in an attempt to violate the
embargo On the expectation OF hides.
The firm ordered 1000 cured hides
from South America last winter by
the way of England, where they were
held for long time, but were finally
allowed to reach Sweden on the ex-
press understanding that they were
to remain there. Upon the arrival OF
the hides at Lund they were stored IN
barn and kept there for some weeks.
when an effort was made to export
about half of them In single ship
ment. The authorities, however, were
suspicious OF the firm and had
watched them closely, SO that the
hides were promptly seized. 1t Is
claimed that the profits of the firm on
similar transactions In the past have
been 100000 crowns, and had they
succeeded this time their profits
would have been swelled by another
100000 crowns.
The efforts to provide employment
for the stone cutters OF Bohuslen,
who were thrown out OF employment
on account of impossibility of ship
ping the stone, have been quite sue
cessful. Some have been given work
at Trollhattan and others in factories
at Goteborg. Those auarries which
have been shipping stone to South
America are not affected by the war
and are running as usual, but those
which were supplying German mar
kets have been hard hit. The one at
Blekinge, which has been turning out
stones for street paving and quays
in Germany has been obliged to shut
down entirely. Needless to say. the
workmen who are thus thrown out OF
employment are face to face with q
precarious situation. At least 5000
OF the men employed in Blekinge live
on the islands and cannot find employ
ment on the mainland.
1t Is announced that the Swedish
army is now the largest and most eff.
cient In the country's history. Since
the outbreak of the war the army has
been almost doubled It now aggre
gates $4,000 trained men, of whom
100000 are troops OF the first line and
the remainder landsturm. New train.
ing schools established since the war
commenced have added 10000 non
commissioned officers to the army. b
The clover crop in southwestern
Sweden Is the lightest known for
many years. The result will be re.
duction of the stock unless the second
clover crop should happen to be ex.
ceptionally rich. The small grain has
suffered much from drought. frost and
strong winds. On light soil the pota.
to crop is damaged. and in some
places the rye does not produce any
kernels.
The Russian minister for foreign af.
fairs recently gave out a statement
in which he deplored Sweden's dis.
trust of Russia. He declared EN-.
phatically that both the Russian gov
eminent and the Russian people are
animated with the friendliest feelings
for Sweden and have no more inten-
ton of attacking Sweden than the
moon
Considerable excitement was caused
by spring at Grebbestad. in b.
huslen. It's waters became brown In
color and tasted like whale OIL It
was believed that the spring might
the peculiar water was ordered ex-
amined by chemists. At this writing
the result of the analysis is unknown.
The women of Sweden are deter
mined to have peace, and already over
$4,000 of them have Joined in move
ment or demonstration to that end A
Peace Sunday" was recently held,
with well-attended meetings in vari-
GUS cities. Former Premier Staaf adj.
dressed one meeting of 5000 and an.
other of 1000 at Shame.
Automobile accidents occur In
Sweden as well as in America. Re-
Gently four men who had been "cele-
brating" drove into Stockholm. The
chauffeur was also drunk and lost
control of the car, which dashed
against a stone wall. killing two OF
the occupants and seriously injuring
two others.
1t Is costing Sweden $4,000 900
crowns per month to maintain its
army at the present time. and the
rigsdag has been asked for another
appropriation Of 100000 crowns.
Denmark
The Danish steamer Florida from
Baltimore and the Norwegian steamer