Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-08-19
SCANDINAVIAN news
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 Scandlnsvians
In America.
SWEDEN.

A few Sundays ago $4,000 Swedish
women attended peace conferences In
some of the larger cities of the coun-
try. In most cases they either
strengthened their existing organiza-
tons or established new ones. On
June z, the tenth anniversary Of the
breaking up of the union OF Sweden
and Norway, the Nerikes Tidning said:
1.-THE Union. instead of uniting the two
nations. finally stood as wall between
them. Therefore. its fall was the best
thing that could happen. The Union
in which nature has placed them still
stands. A dissolution of the Union
could not force them apart And they
begin to feel that they are more close
ly connected now than at any time dur
ing the Union period"
Some boys in Ronneby found
pocketbook full CT money and papers
near pile of garbage. They did not
know what 1t was, and so asked an
old man for an explanation. He could
easily see that there was a snug sum
of cash, but the papers he did not I'M
derstand. He advised the boys to show
what they had found to the police, and
so they did. 1t was found that the
cash amounted to $50, and there were
three bank checks of $3.50 each. The
police soon found the owner, who had
lost his pocketbook while digging for
angleworms in a back yard.
The Swedish army has been consid-
erably developed since the beginning
of the European war, according to a
correspondent Of the Exchange Tele-
graph company. 1t Is officially an
Iounced that Sweden. now has 100000
regulars and 175,000 Landsturmers.
Supplies of ammunition and war ma
terial have been brought up to date,
and the Swedish military writer's state
that the army has never before stood
at such high point OF efficiency. Five
thousand new officers and noncommis-
stoned officers have been appointed.
Book publishers all over the country
have organized special company for
the purpose of using this as a means
of disposing of books which cannot be
sold in the usual way. The idea is to
sell the books at a very low rate
through this company. The capital
stock of the company must be no less
than $4,000 and no more than $4,000.
1t is reported from Gothenburg that
Sven Hedin received telegraphic in
vitation from Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg to be present at the capitu-
latien of Warsaw. Won Hindenburg
urged Hedin's immediate departure in
order not to miss witnessing the great
historic event. Hedin left immediate
ly for Berlin.
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Stockholm says THE British govern
ment has granted permission in the
Swedish Cotton Spinners' association
to convey to Sweden $4,000 bales of
cotton now lying in English ports,
provided satisfactory guarantees are
given that the cotton will not be re-
exported.
DR.. Sven Hedin has spent several
months along the battle line In France
and Flanders. and he will soon pub
lish new book on what he has seen.
This book will be larger than the one
he wrote about his observations along
the eastern battle line. He will be
sure not to handle the allies with silk
gloves.
The Swedish Cremation society has
published it's annual report for 1914.
The membership at the end of the year
was 3,724. The number of cremation
funerals for the year was 1923, of which
SIS took place at the Stockholm ere
matory.
Two more Persian Swedes" have
returned home from Persia, namely,
Maj. G. Fl. Prayitz and DR.. II. Karl
strom. They had very pleasant trip
through Russia. where they we're treat.
GU win cACSptlOudi hluQutSS.
The fuel dealers of Stockholm have
raised the price of wood, the amount
being from so cents to 81 per cord.
The most expensive wood is unsawed
birch, which is quoted at about s11
cord.
Russia has abandoned the plan of
putting an embargo on the expectation
of grain to Sweden.
Mrs. Ida Trotzig, who has distin-
guished herself by her study of the
tea ceremonies of the Japanese. has
sent valuable collection of Japanese
insects to the national museum OF
Sweden. The insects were gathered
In the vicinity of Kobe, from which To-
cality the museum had very few speci-
menss Mrs. Trotzig has promised to
send more specimens so as to complete
the collection from this locality.
In spite of the embargo on the ex.
portation OF eggs. the price OF eggs
is constantly going up.
According to the central statistical
bureau there were 633.277 horses In
Sweden last year. OF this number
516,42s were over three years old. The
increase for the year was over $4,000.
No less than 1900 suites of rooms
are for rent in the Swedish capital.
More than one-third OF the vacant