The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-05-12
Sweden. .

Sweden.
A dispatch from Stockholm says
that dissatisfaction with the size of
tae bread ration, the shortage In many
kinds of provisions and high prices
generally resulted recently In n strike
ot laborers In all the shops OF Vester-
v,k, which has population OF about
3 600. The laborers quit work nt
noon and formed into procession and
visited the various municipal authori-
ties who promised to obtain for the
workers supplementary bread cards
and n reduction In the price of milk
and food for earners of small incomes.
ers assembled at the city hall and
sent delegation to the mayor TO de-
mLnd an increase In the bread allow
ance. The shortage In many articles
OF food daily grows more apparent.
Potatoes cost from 30 to 40 cents n
litre CO. pounds). In Stockholm milk
dealers are accepting no new custom
ers and are reducing. the amount Of
milk allowed to old customers. Dat
meal has vanished from the market,
ann it is difficult to get butter.
Bassett Digby writes from Stock
holm that Mrs. Ira Morris, wife of the
American ambassador, has started on
IA plan for making and supplying
CHEEKY books that can be read by sol
| diers blinded in the war. With sew
eral members of the American Wom-
ems club in Stockholm she is trans
lafing Mark Twain's stories and turn
ing them into braille, laboriously dent
ing the sentences letter for letter and
word for word on specially prepared
leaves from which large quantities of
books will be manufactured. Some of
the women are working by hand and
others, including Mrs. Morris, with Il
braille machine like Il typewriter.
Each worker has chosen her own story.
Mrs. Morris is "A Curious Expert
enCe."
The workers of Stockholm made y
| spectacular demonstration before The
riksdag April u while the food sltua-
ton was being discussed. In speaking
Of the event, the correspondent for the
Exchange Telegraph says: Through
out the delivery of the speeches in the
riksdag the crowd outside was quiet,
but occasional cries for republic and
| a revolution were to be heard. This
demonstration has caused an enormous
|
Of revolution are persistently circu-
lating throughout the country. Fresh
demonstrations of far more serious
character are expected May /. The
royal castle is being strictly guarded
by marine infantry
AS was stated In this column recent
| ly, a storm of criticism brook loose in
the Swedish press on account of the
refusal of Tor Hedberg, manager Of
the Dramatic theater of Stockholm. to
present a play submitted by the
Swedish author, Captain Munthe. 1t
is charged that Hedberg Is prejudiced
against plays produced by home nu-
thors, but, of course, this Is denied by
Hedberg and his friends. The matter
was appealed to the directors Of the
theater by the Swedish Dramatists'
association, but the directors felt 1t
incumbent upon themselves to sustain
the action of Mr.. Hedberg.
|
Rev. Per PETERSON of Orsa famous
Baptist preacher. died ut the age Of
lightweight years. lie was present
when the prosecutions broke loose
against the Orsa revivalists in the tif-
ties of the past century.
Anna Brita Person. the oldest in
habitants of Rolfstorp, parish, Halnnd.
died mt the age of one hundred years
and twenty-seven days.
A number of mines at SvardsJo that
were abandoned for many years are
now operated again. and the work
seems to be paying.
| Denmark.
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