Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-12
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

Tuesday evening of this week
the DANA society of Minneapo-
lis celebrated it's fiftieth anniver-
sary at a banquet given in it's
hall. The society, which has a
membership of about 400, is af-
filiated with the United Danish
Societies of America, and has
functioned uninterrupted since
its start on November 10, 1875.
Speakers at the jubilee banquet
were Lieutenant Governor w. J.
Nolan, Christian Nelson, presi-
dent of the society, and G. E.
Bardenfleth.
"N-25" Bought.
A group of Norwegian-Ameri-
cans have bought the airplane,
"N-25," which was used by the
Amundsen-Ellsworth Arctic ex-
petition last summer. The price
is said to be about one hundred
thousand Kroner, and the buyers
are planning to exhibit the ma
chine at the Sesqui-Centennial
exhibition in Philadelphia next
year. The other airplane used
on the polar trip, "N-24," was
left in the ice fields, and it will
probably not be recovered.
The Rose King Dies.
Andrew N. Pierson, known as
"the Rose King of America"
died last week at Cromwell,
Conn.,, rs years old. He was
born at Eslov, Scania, Sweden,
came to the United States when
10 years old, and founded a
nursery. Gradually he became
one of the best known nursery
men of the country, and he was
famed for his rose cultivation,
having produced an astounding
number of varieties of this
flower. Mr.. Persons funeral
was attended by representatives
of horticultural firms from all
over the United States.
Crew Rescued.
Last week the schooner, Eva,
of Marshal, Denmark, was aban-
doned in the North Atlantic sew
eral hundred miles east of New
foundland, according to wireless
messages relayed from the steam
er Idaho which rescued the crew.
The wreck was said to be in a
sinking condition and dangerous
to navigation. According to mari
time registers, the Eva was a
wooden three-masted schooner of
1856 tons, 81 feet long.
DIR. III. Gundersen Dead.
DIR. Henrik Gunderson, profes-
sor at the University of Chicago
died a few days ago, aged &c
years. He was a native of Tronsp
Norway, studied theology at the
Christiania university and was
graduated from that institution,
In 1883 he came to the United
States, taught Greek and Bible
Interpretation at the Baptist
Union Theological Seminary, and
was for eighteen subsequent
years professor at the Dano-Nor-
wepian Theological Seminary
maintained in connection with
the University of Chicago. From
1913 to 1921 he was the head of
the Norwegian Baptist depart
ment at that university.
Minister Wins Suit.
Rev. O. Liljeback, Swedish
minister in Brooklyn, last week
was awarded $4,000 by a New
York jury which had been hear
ing his suit for $4,000 damages
against the Finnish Worcester,
Mass, paper, Eteenpain. The pa
per was alleged to have libeled
the minister in such a manner
as to make itself criminally LA
BILE. According to the latest
available information, the Eteen-
pain will not appeal the verdict.
Will Sign Agreement.
Count Carl Moltke, former
Danish minister to the United
States, now Foreign Minister of
Denmark, has informed the par
lament at Copenhagen that the
German government is willing to
sign an arbitration treaty with
Denmark. The decision of the
German government is said to
have been largely influenced by
the outcome of the recent inter
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