Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-06

According to the Swedish press. the
question of a new railway between
sweden and Norway has again come
10 the front, on account of a bill in.
troduced in the riksdag by Beremas
OF HerJedalen appropriating money
ior the construction of the standard.
gauge line from Hedekyrkoby through
the LJusnans valley to the Norwegian
poraer' Bergman says that the time
mas come to give the construction of
Swedish-Norwegian railway OF
standard gauge serious consideration,
Ior ne knows that the interest in
such a line is very strong in Norway
at TINS time, and he believes that il
the Swedish government will build IN
the Norwegian border the storthing
ana the Morse government will take
noia and extend the line to the ice
iree harbor of Trondhjem Bergman
stated in his speech that the difficult
ties in the way of such a line are
not great. but that the benefits to be
derived would be immense. The line
would be boon to The central ard
interior parts of Sweden. and profit
able both to the people and the gov.
eminent. In time the line would do
an immense business, in his opinion,
with Russia and Finland.
The, swellknown, Swedish s,alrtist,
Llndstrom, Who has been serving with
the Swedish life guards, came to grief
on account of an indiscreet remark
he made with reference to the queen,
A group of artists were enjoying them
selves at Stockholm cafe. when
Llndstrom entered, dressed in his uni
form as a life guard. He was in Ill.
humor, and in the course of the eve.
ming cracked joke at the expense of
the queen, which angered Mr. Lager.
strom, another well-known artist. The
TWO quarreled and as result Dagger.
strom reported the offensive remark
made by Lindstrom to the head of his
regiment. He was placed under ar.
rest and disciplined otherwise. But
the artists are indignant over the
action of Lagerstrom in reporting his
friend and colleague to the military
authorities, and the incident has Gre
ated widespread interest and COM
ment.
1t is reported that a Swedish en-
gineer named Berglund, residing in
Berlin, has made a remarkable in
vention that may revolutionize the
motion picture industry He has con-
structed an apparatus which repro
duces the pictures without the agency
of white screen or curtain, the OBJ
lects portrayed standing out distinct
ly in midair, and are made to move
back and forth of the machine, as
well as to and fro This increases the
illusions of reality, making the NOV
ing picture drama seem more like a
real play.
| have mentioned the fact in former
issues that electrical energy is to be
brought from waterpowers in
Sweden to Denmark by means of
heavy cables. This has raised an in
teresting question in the Danish par
lament, namely, shall a duty be i'm
posed upon electricity the same as
upon other commodities? The govern.
ment holds that it ought to be taxed,
but the folkething refuses to take this
view of the matter
Lieutenant Winblad of the army avi-
alton corps few from Ostersund to
Stockholm in four hours and eighteen
minutes. He alighted once. Another
member of the aviation corps attempt
ed to make the flight at the same time,
but met with a slight accident and
stopped at upsala to repair his ma
chine.