The Princeton union., 1909-06-17

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Skien jail the other night IN 4 most
dramatic manner. Tonnessen, with
the aid Of a short iron bar which he
had in some manner secured, sue
ceeded in breaking out Of his cell, and
then proceeded to break open the door
leading to his companions cell. When
they had gotten thus far they, how.
ever, encountered another difficulty.
They had no clothes. They therefore
concluded to wait for the jailer be-
hind hall door, overpowered him and
took his clothes and also repeated the
performance with his assistant, Sc
cured the keys from them and then
made their escape. They have not
been seen since in spite of the most
rigid search. Several robberies have
since been committed and it is laid
up against the two escaped convicts.
It is believed that they have large
sums OF money dug down in the woods
In the vicinity of Skien and that they
are trying to get hold of this before
they make an attempt to skip the
country. Their escape was of a most
sensational order and the police of
Skien are completely baff1ed.
The decision of English capitalists
not to rebuild the Bohndalen paper
mills, which were burned down last
year, has set the people in that vi
cinity to thinking. In order to arrive
at full and reliable information on this
subject those who are directly con.
cerned in the matter obtained copy
of the report of the meeting of the
English proprietors, and synopsis OF
the report has been given to the Nor.
wegian press. It is stated in the
plainest terms that the mills will not
be rebuilt because the present admin.
istration favors laws which tend to
reduce the value of investments in in.
dustrial enterprises. A London bank.
er who is financially interested in the
Bohndalen plant also stated in his an.
nual report that if the government bill
providing for the regulation of factor.
les becomes law it will be practical.
ly impossible to make it pay to run
industrial plants in Norway.
The receipts of the National rail.
way in Norway were during the
month of February of this year 1925.
622 crowns as against 1,272,S07 crowns
In February of last year. The total
receipts from April 1, 1908, to March
1, 1909, were 16,4O7,929 crowns, as
against 15,463,357 crowns during the
same period the preceding year. The
traffic on the new Bergen railway has
been increasing rapidly and indica.
tions are that travel along this route
will be unusually heavy this season.
German fishing trawlers who ply be.
tween Iceland and Stavanger have
during the past year been doing
rushing business. They have already
made seventeen trips from Iceland to
Stavanger and have delivered $50
tons of fish at the latter city. A
Stavanger paper notes that it is singu.
lar that some enterprising Norwegian
ship owners do not take charge of
this business instead of leaving it in
the hands of the Germans.
Bishop Wexelssen celebrated his
sixtieth birthday June and was on
this occasion the recipient of many
telegrams of congratulations from all
parts of the country. The bishop also
received a large sum of money, which
his friends desire him to use for &
trip abroad in the interest of his
health.
Carl Lulnholtz will within a few
days start on a long exploration tour
in the interior of Mexico Cor the pur.
pose of making chronological and geo
graphical explorations. He will travel
alone, but will be escorted by Mexican
scouts, whom the Mexican government
has placed at his disposal. Lumholtz
calculates spending year in Mexico.
The Norwegian submarine boat
"Kobber,' which was recently com.
pleted at Kiel, Germany, was launched
last month and is giving excellent sat-
isfaction, according to statements of
the various naval experts of the coun-
try. It is at present stationed in
Christiania.
During the first quarter of the pres.
ent year there were nearly three
times as many emigrants that sailed
from Trondhjem as during the same
period last year. All indications are
that this will be one of the heaviest
emigration years on record.
The Wellman expedition ship is
commanded by Captain Larsen. of
Akersund. The ship stopped at
TronhJem not long ago where fifteen
Norwegian laborers were engaged.
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