The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-01
Sweden.


To one who desires to make imam
cial success of his life, the career Of
an officer In the Swedish army offers
little inducement, says O dispatch from
Stockholm. The discussion attending
a movement to increase the pay of Off
GERS has been pointed by the fol-
lowing instance, which Is declared
to be average and typical. The officer
In question served three years as sec
ond lieutenant without pay and Ave
year. He was then for FIVE years
first lieutenant at $3.50 year. then for
seven years regimental ,adjutant at
1857 yearly. and five years regimental
quartermaster at 1858 yearly. When
forty-six years old, after 20 years serv-
Ice, he became captain and received
$9O6 year for one and half years.
For the next four years he received as
major the yearly pay of S1,405, and
then became lieutenant colonel at
$1.75O His retirement pension was
$500 year. The officers cannot, Of
course, support themselves and buy
their uniforms on their pay. They must
either have independent incomes, mako
rich marriage, or else devote their
little spare time to profit-bringing out
side work.
A lawsuit that Is attracting wide at
tantfnn 10 undar triol NJ VTpcalo lingo
Sandberg, Stockholm merchant, Is
suing the A. s.. Upsala Stove works
and the A. S. Upsala- Ekeby for almost
100000 crowns In damages on ac-
count Of contract. He alleges that In
1912 he made a contract with the two
Upsala concerns for the delivery to
him of stoves and furnaces at the
price then In force. The contract was
to run for year and should continue
indefinitely, If neither party gave no
tice Of a discontinuance Of the same.
No such notice was given and the
plaintiff therefore holds that the con-
tract Is still In force and binding upon
the defendants. In February and March
this year, Sandberg ordered nearly
100000 crowns worth Of stoves and
furnaces from the two Upsala fac
tories, but the order was turned down |;
hence the suit. Sandberg alleges that
his loss is about 100000 crowns, on
account of the defendants failure to
deliver the goods ordered. The defend
ants reply that the alleged contract Is
NJ In, ms N
use Of by Sandberg before.
At the close Of the morning services
on a recent Sunday, about 400 labor
ing men, including number of ex-
convicts, filed into church at Helsing-
fors and remained there all during the
day and succeeding night, singing
songs of all descriptions, mostly hi
larious, and conducting themselves In a
very improper and unseemly manner,
refusing to leave and to be orderly.
On Monday morning ten of the leaders
were arrested. Their defense was that
they had no other place to gather and
amuse themselves.
Engineer Erik Bildt believes that
he has discovered a very much cheaper
method of gathering peat and has
asked the government for an appro-
priation Of 100000 with which to de.
velop the necessary machinery and
make experiments. At present man
can gather about 100 tons of peat dur.
ing the season. while Mr.. Bildt be
lieves that with his invention 1t will
be possible for one man to gather OF
put up ten times that much.
A Roumanian was recently robbed OF
purse containing cash In the sum OF
5000 crowns and a check for 10000
crowns in the city of Stockholm. Al
this writing the thief had not been
apprehended.
The national food supply commission
has petitioned the government that
the tariff on vegetables be suspended
for the time being.
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