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has charged him with the task of
studying the effects of the famous
Bratt system for the restriction of the
sale and consumption of liquor. Pro-
fessor Thompson says that so far he
has found lot of diss abstraction with
the system among the Swedes them
selves, but believes that it fits the
conditions in Sweden while he is very
doubtful that it would be feasible in
the United States as a substitute for
the laws based on the Volstead act.
"Came the Dawn -!'
A short time ago it was reported
that a Danish woman, Mrs. katrine
Nielsen, Brooklyn, N. Y, had be-
queathed one million dollars to her
native city, Husum in Senderjylland.
Denmark. Great rejoicings in Husum!
Diplomatic negotiations, necessary in
such cases, were begun, and the ex-
citement of the Husumites Gained
down considerably when it was finally
learned that the one million dollars
turned out to be - 100000 Germany
marks, which amount is a good deal
less than even one hundred thousand
American dollars. Still money is
money, so Husum's willingness to &C
cept is presumed.
TOrstein Jahr Dead.
Torstein Jahr, former reviser in the
catalog division of the Library of
Congress, Washington, D. c., died last
week in Norway, his native country,
where he had spent the last few years.
He was born in Holmestrand 60 years
ago, came to the United States at the
age of 10, studied at various colleges
and universities, reOrganized the Ii
braries of Luther College, DEBORAH,
Iowa, and of Luther Seminary, ST..
Paul; in 1901 he came to the Library
of Congress as an assistant cataloger
and the following year was appointed
reviser, position which he held until
his retirement because of frail health
about two or three years ago. Mr..
Jahr had written extensively on Scan
dinavian phases of American history.
VIII Try Again.
Christian Johannsen, the Danish
aviator who recently made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to fly across the At
lantic from Germany to America, and
who-together with his two fellow-air
travelers-was picked off the wreck of
the machine after having spent seven
days and nights on a stormy sea, told
newspaper men in Copenhagen the
other day that he is planning a new
attempt next year. Although Mr.. Jo-
hansen is a Dane, he is flying as a
registered German pilot, and German
American capital will back his next
transatlantic flight.
Won Second Prize.
Oscar l. w. Hansen, Norwegian
American sculptor of Chicago, won
second prize-$7, 5OO-for his model of
Columbus statue for the Pan-Ameri-
can Union. Artists from nearly all
countries of the earth took part in
the competition, and first prize was
awarded to an Englishman by the
name of Gleaven. AS sort of conso-
lation prize, it wasn't so bad for Mr.
Hansen, after all.
Anticipation.
Firmly believing that the era of
economic depression is soon to end,
Swedish tourist organizations are be-
ginning very elaborate campaign in
this country to interest American
travellers in the scenic and other at
fractions of Sweden. The opinion
seems widespread that next years
tourist travels to Sweden will break
all records. Carl Miller, a Michigan
newspaperman who recently spent sew
eral months in Europe, reports that
Sweden seemed to be less hard hit
by the economic crisis than other
countries in the Old World; that fact
may constitute part of the background
for the intended tourist propaganda.
Organization Dissolved.
Den danske Forening" (The DAN
ish Society of Omaha, Nebraska, for
two generations ia1 ooptor Of