The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-05-15

According 70 the Swedish press. the
question Of . new railway between
Sweden and Dbrway has again come
TO the trout. on account Of = bill In
troduced in the riksdag By Bergman
OF Herjedalen appropriating money
for the construction Of the standard
gauge line from Hedekyrkoby through
the Ljusnans valley to the Norwegian
border. Bergman says that the time
has come to give the construction OF
. Swedish-Norwegian railway OF
standard gauge serious consideration.
for be knows. that the interest IN
such line Il very strong In Norway
ct this time. and he believes that II
the Swedish government viii build to
the Norwegian border the storthing
and the Morse government will take
hold and extend the line to the Ice
free harbor Of Trondhjem. Bergman
stated In his speech that the dinicul-
ties in the way Of such q line are
not great. but that the benefits to b
derived would be immense. The line
would be boon to the central and
interior parts Of Sweden. and pront-
able both to the people and the gov
ernment In time the line would do
an immense business, In his opinion.
with Russia and Finland.
The well-known Swedish artist.
Lindstrom. 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 q Stockholm cafe. when
Lindstrom entered, dressed in his uni
form as q life guard. He was in ILL.,
humor, and In the course Of the eve
ming cracked q 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.
It IL reported that Swedish en-
gineer named Berglund, residing In
Berlin. has made q 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
1ects 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
real play.
have mentioned the fact in former
issues that electrical energy To- 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 duty be Inn
posed upon electricity the same a.
upon other commodities? The govern
ment holds that 1t ought to be taxed.
but the folkething refuses to take this
view of the matter.
Lieutenant Winblad of the army avn
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.