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SCANDINAVIAN NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP PENINGS IN FAR OFF NORTHLAND. ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME Resume of the Most Important Events in Sweden, Norway and Denmark— Of Interest to the Scandinavians in America. So groat has been the prosperity of the last two years that It Is reported tiie governments of Denmark, Nor way anil Sweden already have paid off. or have sufficient funds in the state coffers to pay off, all outstanding foreign Indebtedness. So in a brief space of time the three sinnll neutrals lying In the very lap of the war. have been transformed from the borrowing to the lending class. When prosper ity first came to Scandinavia it was distinctly n prosperity of the mon eyed classes. People with money were quick to take advantage of the war opportunities and not a few of them have made fortunes by merely dealing In foreign money. There were stock booms that made the manipulators of American “war brides” appear as am ateurs. But gradually the Inflow of money affected all industries. Unem ployment became unknown and the skilled laborers received high wages. Tho farmers participated In the prosperity from the beginning, and their share has been steadily Increas ing until this year they will divide n crop yield estimated at more than 9400,000,000. against a normal of less than half that amount. The mid dle classes and the cities, the salaried employees, have as usual been caught between the millstones of high prices and big profits, the salaries having in Do case kept pace with the Increased cost of living. Savings banks and commercial bunks show deposits far In excess of any expectation. Luxu ries are in great demand and of course bring fabulous prices. The summer resorts report a record season. The governments of the three Scandina vian countries were quick to see the trend of the times and by special taxes and heavy income levies have tilled the national treasuries to over flowing. Part of their enormously in creased national revenue lias been de voted to the maintenance of armed neutrality, the naval and military ex pense* having been very heavy ever since the war began. SWEDEN. There has been a further and rather sham exchange of notes between Great Britain and Sweden in regard to the difficulties brongnt altout by the al lied blockade and Sweden's retalia tory seizure of mails In transit be tween England and Russia. No solu tion of the problem is in sight. The British foreign secretary. Viscount Grey, insists that as a condition to sub mitting the matter to arbitration, Swe den must promise not to Interfere again wlUi British parcel-post matter in transit across Sweden. The Swe dish government, apparently, Is de termined not to make such an engage ment. Until now the correspondence has been conducted by the Swedish minister In London, Count Wrange!, but Viscount (irey's latest note snys the count's communication is not un derstood. and that the British minis ter at Stockholm is being directed to present, the matter to the Swedish government. Viscount Grey has fn stru 'ed the British minister at Stoek holm to point out to the Swedish gov ernment that Great Britain “must, ns a condition precedent to any arrange ment involving recourse to arbitration, have assurance that the Swedish gov ernment. will definitely cease to Inter fere with the transit of parcels to and from the United Kingdom across Sweden." So the matter rests. The commanding officer of the Rus sian submarine which seized the Ger man steamer Desterro In Swedish ter ritorial waters has been removed from his command and severely punished. ests'Ctally for his abuse of the Swe dish flag, says the reply of the Rus sian government to the Swedish pro test concerning the capture. Tue Des terro will he released Immediately. # * The Swedish steamer Oilmen, of 2,017 tons register, has been sunk, according to a Lloyds report. The crew was saved. The Gnmen was built at Rlyth in 1002 nnd was owned by the Rederl Aktiebolaget Condor of Stockholm. • * • Thp total Income of renl property, capital and labor, was In 11)12 eight times larger than in ISO 2. If one distributes < over the entire popu lation, it means that In 1802 the In come of Sweden from these sources was .811) per capita, and In 1913 sll2. or nearly six times larger. The Swedish ltl Cross has ar ranged for 1,000 Austrian and Ktis sian war prisoners who have fallen sick during their confinement In camps In enemy countries to come to Swe den to stay while recovering from their ailments. Establishments at Trosenes formerly used by the Swe dish military are heing prepared for their reception and the first party Is expected to arrive there in November. Efforts are being made to extend the scheme and a committee has been funned under the presidency of Prince Karl. Manners and Morals. Do not let yourself think that If your aim Is right, it does not matter about your manners. Just us a beau tiful picture deserves an appropriate frame, and just as a pretty faee needs suitable dressing to set It oft, so char acter must be framed in courtesy. If It Is to be appreciated. Positive Proof. She —"Papa says that unless you know how to make money yon cannot marry me.” He —"P.ut If I marry you I do know how to make money.”—life. DENMARK. The treaty providing for the pur chase from Denmark of the Danish West Indies for $25,000,000 was rati fied by the United States senate Sep tember 7. There was no roll call and less than half a dozen senators voted against it. The vote followed sev eral hours of debate In executive ses sion. An amendment by Senator Nor ris to reduce the purchase price from $25,000,000 to $10,000,000' was defeat ed by an overwhelming vote und the treaty was approved just as It was signed by Secretary Lansing and Min ister Brun on August 4. On the previ ous day the proposal of the conserva tive party for the appointment of a parliamentary committee of 30 mem bers to consider the negotiations for the sale was agreed to by the repre sentatives of various parties in the rigsdag after a lengthy meeting. A cable dated September 10 says that the government will make an other attempt to have tho treaty for the sale agreed to and Intends to submit a bill upon the proposal made by the conservative party. The con servatives suggested that witli the formation of a coalition cabinet a par liamentary committee be appointed to examine into the negotiations for the sale of the Islands und to make a re port thereon within a limited time. It was proposed that after the making of the report a plebiscite be held, probaWy about the middle of Octo ber. The attitude of the left and con servative parties toward the govern ment’s hill Is uncertain and it is not known if the genera) elections cun be avoided. Negotiations for the pur chase of the islands have been in progress Intermittently for half a cen tury. Under the terms of the treaty Denmark would sell to the United States the islands of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix together with ad jacent islands and rocks and Including “the right of property in all public, government or crown lands, public buildings, wharves, ports, hurbors, fortifications, barracks, public funds, rights, franchises and privileges and all other public property of every kind of description now belonging to Den mark, together with all the appurte nances thereto.” St. Thomas and St. John are a part of the Virgin Islands so named by Christopher Columbus. St. Thomas lies about 36 miles east of Borto IMco with St. John immedi ately to the eastward. St. Croix, the la 1-4-11 of the tiiree, Is situated übout 40 miles south of St. Thomas In the I Carrtbbear. sea. St. Thomas, an im portant coaling station end depot of j trade with an excellent ha-bor. is 12 miles long, east and west, anti from one to throe miles broad. The only article of export is buy rum. St. John is eight miles long, east und west, and of Irregular breadth. Its area Is übout 40 square miles. It oc cupies an excellent position near St. Thomas and its port of Coral bay on the east side is said to be the best har bor of refuge from cyclones In the Antilles. St. Croix, also named by Co lumbus. Is 10 miles long, of Irregu lar breadth und contains 51.890 ucros, of which over 10.000 acres are de voted to the cultivation of sugar. Chrfstlanstad, commonly called the Basin, Is the capital city of the Dan ish West Indies, and is situated nt. the heat! of an Inlet on the north side of St. Croix. There are harbors at the capital and I’rederikssted is the sec ond largest to rn. The islands are In* habited mostly by free negroes. NORWAY. The Norwegians, with their wealth of shipping nnd their extensive fish eries. have reaped such a golden har vest that the term “Norwegian mil lionaire" Is a common designation for men who two years ago were pos sessed of merely modest means. The Norwegians rather “put It over” the Swedes at the beginning of the war by buying up many Swedish ships be fore the Swedish owners realized the mammoth profits that were to come from neutral tonnage In war time. Despite the many losses Inflicted upon Scandinavian shipping by German submarines and North mines the tonnage of the northern neutrals has shown a steady Increase. Many of the big shipbuilding orders placed in the United States In the past 18 months have come from Norway. Shipping shares on the stock exchanges, under these circumstances, have hail a boom unparalleled In nil history. They have jumped hundreds of points In n day and Instead of selling In the tens of crowns are now selling In the thou sands. Ship values have Increased about fourfold. Christiania can safely boast of the most magnificent merchant marine college In the world. There the fu ture Norwegian captain takes a course of study that leads to the de gree of master mariner. A power ful radio station and immense tele scope are examples of the institution’s up-to-date equipment. Situated at the high point of Ekeberg, with a most wonderful view of the entire fjord, it is an ideal location for the splendid school with its imposing architecture. • • Oustav Vigolund. the most noted Norwegian sculptor of our day, is working on an immense statue of Itoosevelt mounted on horseback. This will eventually he erected in Fargo. N. D., by Roosevelt's many admirers. * • • The Norwegian steamer Itjornstjerne BJnrnson, blacklisted by the Bri.ish and denied fuel and provisions In Ber muda. has been aided by a tug sent from Norfolk to her relief, according to n passenger aboard the Quebec liner Bermudian, arriving at New York re cently. Revolt of Small Masculinity. Larry's mamma had been trying to impress it on his mind that little boys should always be polite to little girls and let them be first in games and play. But tills did not seem to appeal to Larry that day. and he remarked in un injured tone: "I wish there was a special kind of boy that didn't need to give up to girls.” Optimistic Thought. The block of granite which Is an ob stacle In the path of the weak beconus a stepping stone to the strong. AGAIN A FAME Democratic Party Has Once More Shown Indifference. Events Must Have Convinced the Voters That the Country Will Suf fer From a Continuance of President Wilson’s Rule. The people have had enough of Democratic rule once more to last them for at least 20 years. The par’y now in power has manifested its ineffi ciency to govern the country proper ly, whether the subject is regarded in the light of prosperity In our indus tries, iu the light of making the in come and the outgo balance on the books of the treasury, or in its deal ing with foreign nations. When tiie present party went into office its leader. Doctor Wilson, an nounced with triumphunt notes, with a courage based upon ignorance of the facts, that every act of his administra tion would be an open book to the American people, lie was to be like the man who had a glass window fixed up in front of his heart In which every beholder might rend his every thought. Vou would think from this announcement of the president upon his inauguration, or soon after, that the representatives of the press were to be invited to every council he held, including cabinet meetings. He made another flourish of trumpets which was repeated several times by going before congress and reading a message to that body very much after the fash ion of the English monarch in his ad dress from the throne to the house of commons. This promise of Mr. Wilson has been, like all the others he has made, very much ilk - thlu pie crust, made to be broken. There never was an ad ministration at Washington more se cretive In its actions than that carried on under the leadership of the Princeton professor. It wa? only the other day that Senator Stone of Mis souri, otherwise known as “Gumshoe Bill,” raised n tremendous howl in the United States senate because some enterprising newspaper man had become possessed of the details of tite negotiations being curried on be tween the administration at Washing ton and the Danish government look ing to the purchase of a few little patches of islands In the West Indies at a price just five times ns high as that nt which a former Republican administration barely failed to se cure possession of these few little cab bage patches. Promises of Economy Not Kept. An indictment against the present administration which tiie people will not forget when they come to render a decision at the polls is the promise of retrenchment in public expenditures and of economy made in the handling of the public funds made by the presi dent and ills followers. In the face of these brave promises the administra tion has been extravagant in its use of the taxpayers’ money. It has heaped an inheritance tax on the buck of ev ery citizen of the country who has a dollar to be taxed out of. It has im posed a stamp tax on documents, on California wines, and yet in spite of these additional sources of revenue it has been unable to make ends meet in the government accounts, or come within speaking distance of each other. Now we shnll be treated to an addi tional tax in the increased inheritance tax. and now we are to have an in crease in the Income tax. Country Has Been Fooled Before, Senator Underwood doesn't approve of the effort to gain votes for a Demo cratic candidate by stealing the Re publican party's protection clothing. There are likely to he other Demo crats who will sympathize with his in dignation, while consistent believers In protection will have little faith in Democratic professions of support for protective principles on the eve of an election. Progressives Back in the Fold. Will follow T. K. anywhere. Balti more Progressive club reaffirms alle giance.—Newspaper headline. The wisest thing the Progressives can do now Is to live up to their campaign hymn of 1912, “Follow, fol low. we will follow Teddy," and go with him back to the Republican fold. The Baltimore Moose set a good nnd sensible example for the rest of the herd. Precedent Shattered. We reaffirm our belief In the doc trine of a tariff for the purpose of providing sufficient revenue for the operation of the government econom ically administered. —The Democratic Platform. Out of the window with “for rev enue only!” The unconstitutionality of Republican protection was forgot ten at St. Louis. What will the Re form club say to this? Hughes Must Succeed. At every spot In the country where Charles E. Hughes. Republican can didate for president, appeared and ad dressed the people, his reception was most cordial and h s imernnces re ceived plaudits which seemed to In dicate an unmistakable trend of the American people back to the old party which for 50 years and more lias ruled the destinies of the country, creating new industries, maintaining Increasing prosperity and upholding the honor of the American name at home and abroad. California Safely Republican. It was demonstrated at the state election in California Iti 11*14 that the Republican party when split Into two sections is so near unanimous tqion the whole, that the smallest section is 150.000 votes larger than the United Democratic party. That's the answer to the Democratic rainbow chasers who think that Mr. Wilson has a shake-down chance of getting the electoral college rote of the Sun kissed orange state this year.—Ex change. THE VERNON COUNTY CENSOR, VIROQUA, WTS. UP TO PEOPLE TO DECIDE Simple Tariff Facts Which Make for Prosperity, or Otherwise, Surely Easy of Comprehension. A large part of the Republican cam paign argument Is directed against the Underwood tariff, which is asserted to be detrimental to the Interests of labor by encouraging imports and thus providing men in other countries with work and wages which might be done and paid in this country. In order to test the accuracy of uua argument it Is necessary to consider imports of finished manufactures apart from Imports of raw materials, since the working tip of the latter provides employment here and when the mate rials are not produced in this country their importation does not decrease de mand for American labor but provides that demand. A familiar illustration is rubber, which is hardly produced at all under our flag, but whose import is the basis of employment for many thousands of workers. -Textile manufactures and chemicals, on the other hand, when imported In a finished state, provide work and wages in the country of or igin which might have been done and paid here. Now the report of the department of commerce for the fiscal year ended June 3d shows that imports of chemi cals and dyes and finished manufac tures of cotton, wool, silk and other fibers Increased In value from $230,- 1105,000 In 1915 to $390,392,000 iu the last fiscal year. The difference large ly represents a wage bill paid to for eign labor, which under a different tariff might have been paid to Ameri can labor. Whether it would be to the advan tage of the nation as a whole to have a tariff which might divert this SIOO,- 000,000 or so from foreign workers to Americans It is each voter’s privilege to decide for himself. The broad facts are here presented for the benefit of the large number of voters who are thinking about the subject. CONDEMNED BY ITS RECORD Cold Facts Show That Democratic Party Is Not Deserving of tho Country’s Confidence. The Democratic party in congress, by the record, shows the largest ex penditure in the country’s history, out side of preparedness expense. The Democrats lack knowledge of how to run the country. They legislate and industries are stifled and annihilated. They kill business and give no re turn to the masses of the people. They increase prices to the con sumer and destroy, or at least lessen, tiis chance of making a living. They annul $60,000,000 or more an nual revenue on sugar and ut the same time increase its price to the con sumer, and allow the sugar interests to buy ahead and make larger profits —and then afterward reverse their ac tion. Vera Cruz fizzles, Mexican mud dles and frenzied statesmanship cry to heaven. A Republican victory next Novem ber in the White House and in con gress will be the salvation of these United States. Cause for Democratic Dismay. It Is amusing as well as interesting to note the concern of Democratic newspapers over what they are pleased to call the assassination of the Moose party, the fact being that the party, what there was left of it, decided by the overwhelming vote of its duly con stituted representatives to return to the Republican party, from which it had seceded four years ago. There is occasion for dismay in Democratic cir cles, it must be admitted —not on ac count of what this foreshadows as to the former members of the Moose party, but as to what it menaces with respect to the Democratic party and the presidential candidate of the Dem ocratic party, Woodrow Wilson. Hughes Quick to Decide. Mr. Hughes’ unqualified Indorsement of equal suffrage Is an Indication of how he will meet an issue when presi dent. Confronted with the necessity of decision he does not hem and haw nor cloud his meaning with rhetoric hut stands forth squarely for or against. And the need of a man who can decide nnd act is sadly manifest in national affairs. It Doesn’t Balance. According to the latest work of fic tion, the Democratic campaign book, the wage-earners of the country re ceived during the Wilson administra tion $3,000,000,000 more than they re ceived under Taft. And all it cost them to keep something In the dinner pall was $0,000,000,000 more.—Boston Transcript. Fame for Daniels. Secretary Daniels, however, has the distinction of being one of the greatest arguments the Republicans have ever had. —Detroit Free Press. More Watchful Waiting. It appears that the administration is withholding recognition from the pres ident of Santo Domingo, who Is defy ing it. So much secrecy is maintained at Washington about Santo Domingo that it has been impossible to gain enough information to Judge the merits of the quarrel there: but It is an interesting fact that under the “doserving-Donioeratlc" policy of the present administration in Santo Do mingo virtually all Americans living in the country have fled for their llfes to Porto Rico. Will Shine for Republicans. The Democratic spellbinders can see nothing but gloom in the prospect of a Republican president in the White House. They should cheer up. Be yond the fourth of next March the sun is still shining. One Thing Worth While. What would be gained by returning 1 the Republican party to power?—Jo sephua Daniels. Well, for me thing, a competent and i dependable secretary of the navy. , (.ut itih j‘" ■ a&a ■ Above, the new bridge across the St. Lawrence at Quebec, showing the Immense central span in position for raising. Below, the scene at the moment of collapse, showing the mass of steel pluuging into the river. A num ber of lives were lost, and the financial loss was very large. AFTER FATAL RIOTS IN HANKOW, CHINA Fatal riots occurred recently in Hankow, and were suppressed by the foreign residents, aided by United States bluejackets and marines. The photograph shows Chinese searching in the ruins of their homes for valuables that might have been overlooked by the looters. CAPITAL LANDMARK HAS NARROW ESCAPE One of Washington’s historic spots was endangered a few days ago when a building inspector discovered that Kieth Sutherland, an old plantation durkv, was conducting a restaurant with only a push-cart license. This inspector reported to headquarters and a health department inspector became Interested. The latter reported to headquarters that the restaurant was Insanitary, and trouble began. Sutherland had built the shack piecemeal over a period of more than ten years, and his stand had become popular with railroad hands and many other laborers who enjoyed not only the food, but the quaint sayings on the wall and signboards as well. Sutherland Interested a great many influ ential friends In the effort to save his shack, the fight having extended to the district commissioners. , FUNERAL OF VICTIMS OF MEMPHIS WRECK J>V.V,.\ . ..ft T This photograph shows the beginning of the military funeral accorded th. victims of the wreck of the United States cruiser Memphis in Santo Domingo bay The procession started from the Solace, naval hospital ship, which docked in Washington at the nearest point to Arlington cemetery. The hand from the Dolphin, the vessel used by the secretary of the navy, and tne of the nine coffins with their cannon caissons are shown. Four of the bodies were claimed by relatives. ITEMS OF INTEREST Maricaibo, Venezuela, has 000 tele phone users. A Chicago woman is the inventor of a dressing table with detachable legs, the whole affair folding so that it can be carried like a suitcase. Working women in Pennsylvania's Industries are paid almost 5*5,000,000 a year. Alaska has forbidden the employ ment of boys under sixteen la mines underground. India yearly devotes 75,000,000 acres to rice growing. North and South America together produce at present about 78 per cent of the world’s copper supply. Pittsburgh has opened a big new market building where farmers may meet and deal witli city customers. In Norway there is being built a plant that will produce 4,000 tons of aluminum annually. Wedges of appropriate shape for straightening crooked toes have been patented. RALPH ALBERT BLAKELOCK Ralph Albert Blakelock, the famous landscape artist, who for 17 years has been confined In an insane asylum. Many prominent people believe that Blakelock Is now entirely sane. Through the persistent efforts of Mrs. Van Rensselaer Adams and others he has been granted a six months' fur low of freedom in which to prove his sanity. Blakelock says that he will paint his way back to freedom, despite his seventy years. Phew! A Close Shave. The brother of a former prosecuting attorney of Marion county recently visited the state prison at Michigan City. After arriving at the penitenti ary, he asked the warden where he should go to get shaved, and he was in vited into the prison barber shop. Lie stepped into one of the chairs i.nd while the barber inmate was draw ing a keen-edged razor across his throat the barber whispered to him: “Don’t you know me? Your brother sent me up here.” After he had stepped out of the chair, nicely shaved, the visitor felt much more comfortable.—lndianapolis News. In a Drug Store. “Young fellow, I see you carry paints, putty, glass, wall paper and oils.” “Yes. sir." “Here's a prescription calling for drugs. Sec that you don't put nothing but drugs in it.”—Louisville Courier. Journal. Truly So. “Who are the people that be'ong to the underworld, pop?” “Those people you see or. the road under their automobile, son.”