The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-16

r,,a position at home Of the dis.
.,.a,ished scandinavian journalists
~ ne are Keokuk's guests today is in
s s,aoted by these skeleton sketches Of
their life work
JACOB vIDNES Of the Social
nsnokaten," of Christiania, Norway,
pDos norm In 1875. Up to last spring
We ss had been editor in chief OF the
aSocial Demokraten." the socialist
.0saa for the Norwegian labor party.
~ resigned when the revolutionary
a;ne of the labor party came into
v%.iit;cal power in the party congress
pooause he would not remain as edi-
~ with that element in control.
For many years he was a member
tbe International socialist bureau
" brussels and was also a member
~ the socialist peace committee in
Stockholm, Sweden, during its entire
sy;stence in 1917 and 1918.
He is chairman of the board of ra-
,oning in Christiania, the capitol Of
Norway. and is also vice chairman Of
,he food supply committee in that
city a community of 100000 people.
He is a member Of the municipal
conncil Of Christiania.
In 1915 he was at the French front
during the battle Of Verdun and WIS.,
Nod the battleields where the Amer
loan boys later won their victories.
During the entire war, as editor
and as a socialist politician, he has
shown strong sympathy for the cause
Of the allies.
ERIC OTTO PALM of the "Ost-
poten'' Of Linkoping, Sweden, was
horn in Filipstad, an iron and timber
Industry town of 1900 inhabitants in
The west central part of Sweden. He
e AZ years old. is married, and has
Two children. His education was re-
ceiyed in elementary and private
grammar schools, followed by con-
idbutions to several newspapers. In
1909 he became editor Of "Bergsla-
pen," a semi-weekly liberal news
naper of F1lipstad, but when that
PAPER was bought by the conservative
marty in 1905 hi left 1t and started.
in the same town, "Bergslagemas
Nyheter," a semi-weekly liberal paper
which greatly succeeded while its
-iyal was forced to suspend publica-
ion.
In 1907 he disposed of his semi
weekly in Filipstad and became a
member of the staff Of "Osgoten," a
morning and evening paper of 1880
circulation, published in the district
metropolis Of Ostergotla4d. a city of
$4,000 people. In 1916 he became Its
associate editor.
In later years he has contributed
TO it's political policy columns, and he
edited its war news during the entire
European conflict. He is also the
papers dramatic critic. He is inter
ested in gymnastics and athletic
sports, and also in the temperance
movement.
vALDEMAR GALSTER of the
'Nationaltidende" of Copenhagen.
Denmark, was born in Copenhagen, a
= city of TOO, 900 people, and he is 80
years old, married, and has two chill
dren.
He was a Danish government tele-
graph engineer Of Copenhagen and at
Newcastleon-Tyne in England. He
was also travelling correspondent. for
leading Danish, Norwegian and Swed-
ish PAP while touring Italy,
Germany, Greece, and the Balkan
countries, and paid one visit of W
weeks to New York City.
He was editor of "Fyrtoget," a
weekly newspaper.
During the war, from January OF
1916 to January of 1917 he was cor
respondent at Berlin for National
tidende," which is the leading con-
servative daily paper of Copenhagen,
capital of Denmark.
Since January Of 1917 he has been
telegraph editor Of "Nationaltidende"
and its special editorial writer on
foreign affairs.
He is the author of "Dybbol," HI
story of the battle of that name in
1864, when little Denmark had her
southern province. Slesvig. wrested
from her by Germany. This article
has been very widely read. I
WILHELM TvEDT is the represen.
tative of the "Tidens Tegn," a liberal
party daily newspaper of Christiania,
Norway, with a circulation of about
$4,000, by far the largest circulation
OF any newspaper in Norway.
He was born in 1879 at Samnauge,
hear Bergen, and is SO years old.
He Is married and has, several chill
dren.
he entered newspaper work In 1903
as a member of the staff of the
Mergenavisen" in Bergen, a city of
1Ioo0 people. In 1909 he was a re-
porter on "Verdens Gang" and in
1910 went over to the "Tidnes Tagn,"
winch was started that year by the
former editor of the "verdens Gang"
v. Thommessen, for the last forty
years probably the best known news
paper man in Norway.
Wilhelm Tyedt has edited the war
news and written a daily brief war
from the beginning Of the