The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-16
in the United States. Il
is married, but has no children.

c. EMIL MARoTT, editor Of gyms
Socialdemokrat" since 1896, was born
in Denmark sixty-two years ago. He
is of French extraction He has been
a member of the Danish national
parliament since 1903. He is a mem
Der Of the financial committee of the
house of representa- ives in the par
Lament, and In that capacity has
been specially interested in. the abo-
lition of the land privileges of the
Danish nobility, in the reform of con
ditions under which agricultural
workers live, and in the protection
of domestic animals, a humane cause
in which he has succeeded in having
enacted a special aw.
He was elected to the parliament
from the first borough of Odense. the
capital of the island of Funen, re-
ceiving 5000 votes to $500. He Is
a member Of the socialist party.
He is married and has two daugh-
tiers and one son.
CARL JOHN ENGsTRoM Of the
"Svenska Dagbladet" OF Stockholm,
Sweden. was born 6fty-seven years
ago in the duchy of Dalsland in the
southwestern part of Sweden. From
that province. as statistics show.
more Swedes have emigrated to the
United States than from any other
province in Sweden. The southern
part Of Walsland is also the most
typical small peasant district in all
of Sweden.
elementary schools, in the grammar
schools nf MNfo1o oo1 un1S{rohoro
and at the University of Uppsala,
where he received the degree of
bachelor of arts. In 1895 he became
associated with "Svenska Dagbladet"
in Stockholm and has been connected
with hat journal eve since, having
been since 1901 head of it's foreign
news section.
Since 1877 he has contributed orig
inal verse and prose to a great
variety of periodicals in Sweden,
and now is chiefly interested in the
writing of verse.
His personal recreation is found in
mountaineering.
"Svenska Dagbladet" is published
every day of the week, Sunday in
cluded, and issues one edition for the
capital and one for the province. It
is n Of the three greatest news
papers Of Stockholm. 1t surpasses
all the others in the size of it's cir.
culatfon among the well-to-do people.
1t is a conservative journal with an
issue Of about 10000 copies.
ANDERS vIGEN of the Der
Denmark, was born in Aastrup, a
1jft1o uiI1o no IN T,f1orJ t 1;c erAt1-
being q ~"husmand," Or small farmer.
He is 80 years old, married and has
children.
He was educated at the public
schools and later graduated from the
University of Copenhagen, an institu-
ton with 1000 students, several hun
dred OF them being women.
In 1905 he became a member OF
the staff Of "Kobenhavn," a daily
liberal newspaper of
of about $4,000 to 10000
In 1910 he became an editorial
Of the paper and wrote up to
the present time most Of it's editorials
about domestic politics of Denmark.
also has written about foreign
politics, especially during the war,
his paper, "Kobenhavn," being one OF
the Danish newspapers most fervent
for the aus of the allies.
Since December l Of this year he
has been a member of the staff of
''Berlingske Tidende," an Independent
paper, one of the oldest
and most prominent daily newspapers
Denmark.
HERMAN LEHMKUHL is the edi.
tor of "Verdens Gang" Of Christiania,
the capital city of Norway, with a
Of 260 1000.
His paper is a very influential and
one In Norway. and its
has had much to do with the
trend of thought in that country.
He has a pleasing personality, is
and educated. knows music
as well as world politics, and is full
energy.