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...captain of the Vidar, on reaching Stockholm, reported that his ship had been "struck by something under water with an awful shock"; and experts representing the Admiralty were at once despatched to examine the Vidar's slightly damaged hull. They reported that "every circumstance connected with the affair seems to point to a collision between the Vidar and the M-1 when the latter was on the point of rising to the surface...
Fifteen years ago Thorpe was in his prime. In 1911 and 1912, playing with Carlisle, he won a place on Walter Camp's All-American elevens. The next summer on the U. S. Olympic team at Stockholm, he won the all-around track and field championship, but his medals were taken away from him when some snoop found out that he had played in a professional baseball game. He signed with the New York Giants, but soon showed that he was not good enough for big league baseball. Though speedy in the field and on the bases, he could...
...years ago he converted his impressions of Africa into a play called Kinangozi. And when it was produced by a distinguished cast of Swedish actors, who greasepainted themselves into the likeness of Negroes, the sensation created in Stockholm was so great that the play later passed triumphantly to Oslo, Norwegian capital, and was acclaimed there...
...announcement comes from Stockholm that a new play by Prince William is shortly to be put into rehearsal by the Swedish National Theatre. This time the Prince has essayed a drama dealing with life at sea, has entitled it On Board, and drawn for background upon the events surrounding the several active commands which he has held in the Swedish Navy. Considering the passion for seafaring which animates so many Scandinavians, the Prince's latest choice of subject matter is considered as well advised, if not so sensational, as his negroid theme of two years...
...Stockholm last week was published an official denial of the Olaf-Astrid fiancailles...