The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-16
war until he recently left for the
United States.

war until he recently left for the
United States.
SIGURD KoNSTAD Of the Nor
genbladet." the leading conservative
party paper of Christiania, capital of
Norway, a morning and evening jour
nal with q circulation of $4,000, was
born IN the rural district of Torpen,
in the eastern part of Norway. He
is "a years old and unmarried.
He was educated at Hamar college
and also at the West Point OF Nor
way, and was a su~blieutenant of re-
serves in the Norwegian army from
1905 to 1914.
He began his metropolitan journal
istic career in 1907, with the "Aften-
posten" Of Christiania; in 1916 be-
came associated with "Stavangeren;"
and in 1917 transferred to "Morgen-
bladet," all Norwegian dailies.
He is a member of the Norwegian
Press association, an organization of
active journalists Of the nation.
He is interested in literature, art,
foreign politics. and in military mat
tiers.
OTTO JOHANSSAN Of the Social
Demokraten" Of Stockholm, Sweden,
was born in Hagebyhog county in the
province Of Ostergotland in the south
eastern part of Sweden and is SO
years old and unmarried.
He was admitted in 1907 to the
of Uppsala. a coeducation-
al institution with more than 1000
students, 400 of them women, and
there specialized several years in the
study of political science. He then
taught in public and private schools
four and a half years till January of
1917, completing his college course
in the meantime and taking the de-
gree of bachelor of arts.
In January of 1917 he became a
member of the editorial staff Of the
leading socialist paper of Sweden,
the "Social-D emokraten," a journal
with a daily circulation of 5000.
First he was a parliamentary writer,
but latterly has been editor Of foreign
news originating with Scandinavian
countries.
Since 1907 he has been a member
of the socialist party and his prin-
cipal interest has been in politics. In
the general elections of 1914 he was
alternate member Of the
Swedish house Of commons for one
district Of the province of Smaland
in southern Sweden.
He is a member Of the Publicist
club of Stockholm. Sweden.
TAGE HALBERSTADT was born
in Copenhagen, Denmark, is II years
old, and is married.
He studied law at the University
Of Copenhagen, the only university IN
Denmark, an institution now with
1000 students, including several hun
dred m Because of his political
ind journalistic interests he left the
and entered upon pract1-
cal newspaper work in 1912.
He worked for some years for the
.Venstres Foikeblad" in Ringstad, for
The sVenstreblad," and for the
'Nordsjaellands Venstreblad" IN
all radical party papers
Danish provincial towns. n IN
1916 he became a member Of the stan
"Politiken' of Copenhagen. the
chief paper of the Danish radical
party. which has been in power since
1913 and supported by the socialist
i
During the war his special work
in that papers foreign telegra-
phic news service, and ne also
handled the news of the superior
courts and the sea and trade urt
the Danish capital city and special
interviews on foreign politics. "Polit-
ken has a daily circulation OF about
100000 copies.
ARTHUR RATCHE was born In
rdal. Helgeland, in the northern
part of Norway. After having gone
through the public school he worked
,s a business man and also acted as
, journalist.
His regular journalistic career be-
gan in 1907. when he became a re.
porter on the daily paper "Nidaros'
Trondhjem. Then he was EN-
oloyed on the "Stavanger Avis" m
hen from 1910 to 1915 as city editor
the "~Trondhjems Adresse Avis
From 1915 to 1916 he was city edi-
or of the daily "Verdens Gang" OF
Since 1915 he has been Christiania
correspondent. for several provincial
newspapers, "Stavangeren," "Stavan-
and '"Trondhjems Addresse
In addition he has been city
EDITOR of the "Farmand," a CONNER
.ial weekly of Christiania, and city
,ditor of "Nationen" (The Nation). a
daily paper in Christiania, which
ne began editing December OF this
rear. Arthur Ratche wrote articles
or all these papers IS organs of the
lnionist liberal party in Norwegian
,~olitics.
Aided by the royal Norwegian
ecclesiastical department, he has re-
a public stipend to aid him
his year in the study of technical
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