Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11
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 seandlnavIans
In America.
SWEDEN.

body believed that the ship had struck
mine. Every means OF escape was
in perfect order, and in a few mo.
ments all the boats were on the water
and the men in them. No one took
time to stop the engine, and the pro.
pellers kept on twirling. The boats
were rowed out of the reach of the
supposed danger, and then stopped in
order that the men might see the ship
go down. They waited minute after
minute. Finally the fire went down,
and the propellers stopped. High seas
had been beating against the bow OF
the steamer all the time. 1t took only
few powerful waves to knock the
steamer back, and the way it behaved
proved that it had been riding on the
side OF rock and kept there by the
propellers. The men we're glad they
were mistaken and returned to the
ship as fast as they could.
A Stockholm jeweler has a valuable
souvenir from the meeting Of the three
kings of Scandinavia in Malmo. The
object is not of great intrinsic" value,
being only a plain, cheap penholder.
But the fact that 1t has been In the
hands of the three soyereigns repre-
senting the northern entente and has
been used for signing their agreement
makes the penholder relic OF great
historic value. II is to be furnished
with gold trimmings bearing the in
scription: ION December Nineteenth.
1914, the Agreement Between Sweden,
Norway and Denmark Was Signed
With This Pen at the Malmo Resi-
dence." II is not known at this writ
ing where the pen and penholder are
to be kept
An eighty-year-old tenant farmer In
Kyrkhult parish, near Karlskrona, used
a big sheet of paper for starting fire
in his stove on Christmas day. The
paper burned faster than he expected.
and the flames reached the ceiling,
which was soon in blaze. The old
man was utterly unable to check the
fire, and the whole house was soon
wrapped in a sheet of fame. The old
man succeeded in saving his own life,
and he is now cared for at an old
peoples home in that locality.
Almost five hundred foreigners ap-
piled for naturalization papers from
the beginning of the war to the end Of
the old year. About one hundred and
thirty were Finlanders, 100 Norwe-
gians, IS Germans, so Russians, so
Danes, 10 Englishmen and 6 Ameri-
cans There were also about fifty
who applied for restoration of their
lost rights as Swedish citizens.
The teachers and pupils of the Lotto
parish were invited on the second day
Of Christmas to the Drottingholm pal
ace, where they were entertained by
the king and queen. Each child re-
ceived big bag filed with different
kinds of dainties. apples and cakes.
The queen distributed the gifts in per-
son. The teachers received souvenirs
from the gathering.
The Social Democrats of Germany
have withdrawn their promise to de-
posit some money in the Socialist
bank In Stockholm. II is limited that
this change of mind on the part of
the German Socialists may have been
caused by the manner in which the
Socialists have shown their hostility
to the Germans during the war.
General Hjalmarson, head Oh the
Swedish gendarmerie in Persia, has
reported to the Rad newspaper that
the Swedish government has resolved
to recall the Swedish officers within
three months unless the Persian gov.
eminent pays the wages of the gen.
darmerie.
The increase of the population of
Malmo for the year 1914 was 11,87S.
But 1O,111 of this number was added
to the population by the incorporation
of the city of Limhamn into the city
of Malmo. Malmo now has a popula-
ton of about 107.700.
vaxio is the only one of the larger
cities OF southeastern Sweden that
shows decrease Of population for the
past year Helsingborg made gain
OF 400. and now has 35,131 inhabitants.
Three brothers officiating at the
same Christmas morning service is
rare. This happened last
Christmas in the Ingaberge church
Harald Bergenz preached the sermon
and conducted the communion service,
Karl Bergenz presided at the organ,
and Algot Bergenz acted as precentor.
It is claimed that the hoof-and-mouth
disease has been carried by sparrows
for miles and miles in southern Swe- |
den. This seems to be the only way
OF explaining the appearance Of the |
pest in so many isolated localities.
The government abolished the i'm
port duty on foodstufYs on account Of |
the war. This was very agreeable to |
the Social Democrats. and they have
started an agitation in favor Of con.
this policy after the close Of
the war;
The governor OF Stockholm has de- |
prived large number Of Stockholm |
OF the right to sell wine
This measure is aimed at q cheap !
wine which has been causing a great
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