Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-08-09
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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friends on the occasion Of their gold
ell wedding anniversary. Mrs. Jorg-
ensen has since died.
Executed.
Ludwig Halvorsen Lee, former New
York janitor, was electrocuted In the
Sing Sing penitentiary on Friday OF
last week, all efforts to obtain
of his death sentence
having failed. Lee was convicted OF
the murder of Mrs. Selma Bennett
and Miss Sarah Brownell of Brook
Ign. He came to this country from
Norway but few years ago, and Is
said to be the first Scandinavian to
have been executed in the United
States.
F. H. Gade Resigns.
Frederik Herman Gade, Norwe-
gian minister to Brazil, has resigned
because of failing health. Mr.. Gade
is a native of Norway, was brought
up in the United States, graduated
from Harvard university, and was for
some years lawyer in Illinois; twice
Mr.. Gade was mayor of Lake Forest,
ILL.,, and also Norwegian consul for
the Chicago district. In later years
he renowned the American citizen
ship rights which he had acquired,
again became a citizen of Norway,
and became a member of the diploma
= 10 oor,c IF that oonntrV
Gus. Schultz Manager.
Gustaf Schultz, affectionately
known as Gus" among his friends,
has been appointed manager of the
new giant New York hotel, The Bea-
con which is now nearing completion.
MI Schultz who was born In
Sweden, has formerly been mana
ger of Reisenweber's famous cafe in
New York, also of the New York Ath-
letic club, the Waldorf-Astoria and
the Louis Sherry restaurants.
To Participate in Race.
Mrs. Mile Gade Corson, the Danish
woman who was hailed as "the first
mother to swim across the English
Channel" is to take part in the
Wrigley swimming marathon in Tor
onto this fall, according to an an
from the management of
the race. Miss Edith Jensen of Dem
mark, one of the crack swimmers of
northern Europe, is also expected to
participate. Mrs. Corson makes her
home in New York, and from time to
time takes part in aquatic contests.
Experts who know her we'll claim
tina she is in better form than when
she crossed the Channel two years
ago.
Received Spirit Messages.
August Soennichsen, a medium in
New York, says that he has received
spirit messages from Road Amund-
sen, Norwegian polar explorer miss
ing since he set out June 18th in an
effort to help the stranded crew of
the Italia expedition. Mr.. Soennich-
sen is quite specific, too, for he says
that the messages received indicate
that Amundsen is alive, with his five
airplane companions, at position
given as latitude S6.29.7, longitude
7.13. They are weak from loss Of
food and from exposure, but Amund-
sen is-according to this spiritualis-
tic report-trying to keep up the
courage of his companions by holding
out promises of rescue.
Lagerlsf Gives Money.
Hans Lagerlof, head of the Lager
lof Trading Co., New York, has do
mated $4,000 Finnish mark to the Red
Cross hospital at Helsingfors. Mr..
Lagerlof who is a native of Sweden
a near relative of the famous move
list, Selma Lagerlof-has on former
occasions donated various sums to
charity in both Sweden and Finland.
He has also donated to the Swedish
postal museum one of the largest col
lections of rare postage stamps exist
ing anywhere.
The Bast Case.
Anton Bast, former Methodist bish-
op of Scandinavia, has-as was re-
ported here for some time contem-
plated going to the United States. 1t
APPEARS, however, that his plans are
somewhat indefinite, but the latest
is to the effect that he
thinks 1t possible to be elected past
or of a congregation in this country.
Less than two weeks ago he resigned
as minister-as we'll as a member
from the Methodist church of Den
mark, at the fnsistence of the lead