Morris tribune., 1912-10-25

After leaving 10000 crowns to her
relations Miss Emma Augusta JOhans-
son of Stockholm, Sweden, willed all
her remaining property, amounting in
all to more han 100000 crowns, to diff
ferent branches of mission work.
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Professor Axel Hoist of CHRISTIANS
recently delivered lecture on beri
beri at Washington, D. c., before tn.
International Congress Of Hygiene
Beri-beri is disease which is wide
spread among Norwegian seamen
especially ON board ships engaged il
the foreign trade and which make
long voyages. The disease is closel
related to iscurvy. The larger part
those attacked recover, but are in
capacitated for work for long perioC
following. Although the causes O.
the disease are not yet clearly known
1t has been ascertained that the case
are most numerous on ships tha.
make long voyages and are thus pr,
vented from obtaining fresh foods an
fresh supplies. Norwegian whalin,
vessels are especially afflicted with
the disease. Beri-beri was almost un
known until the year 1894, when the
new food regulations on board Nor
wegian ships. went into effect, bring
ing about change of diet from ry
bread and salted meat to fine whea
bread and canned meats. The discus
sion OF feVers and their carriers
formed an interesting part of one OF
the sessions. In certain diseases, fol
instance infantile paralysis, cerebro
spinal meningitis and typhoid fever
carriers are of great Importance. In
, other diseases they do not do SO much
harm. In scarlet fever and diphtheri.
children that have been sick recent
are the principal means of spreadins.
it. In infantile paralysis and menin
gifts those that have not been sick
at all, or who have been well for some
| time, are more apt to spread the
! disease than the others.
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Director Blakstad of the TyssefaI
dene company is seeking a franchise
for the development of water power in
| the Hardanger valley, where a plant
OF $4,000 horsepower may be built
| The project was first planned several
years ago and Director BIakstad is
holding out for more favorable terms
on the ground that the company he
represents secured title to the water
sources long before the passage of the
recent laws governing the granting
| OF water power franchises. The com
pany threatens to locate it's factorie.
at Trollhattan, Sweden, unless more
favorable conditions are granted. TIL.
estimated cost of the project is about
! $1,000,0O0
The prospect of unusual high prices
/ for coal is causing much uneasiness
in Norway. The advance is in part
due to the state of the world market
but the main cause is the English
coal strike, which exhausted the coal
supplies in store, and the rigorous
laws that have been passed in Eng
land regulating the relation between
employer and miner, such as the min.
imum wage, sick and accident insur
ance and the eight-hour work day.
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Regulations concerning safety at sea
did not touch Peter Peterson and H
c. Slate, who last May set out from
San Francisco, Cal, in the seventeen
ton scow Alice Stofen, forty-six years
old and schooner rigged, for 5000
mile trading voyage to the Arctic. Ac
cording to the Springfield Republican
word has now been received that the
frail craft arrived in safety and the
profits may enable the adventurers tt
return in a more seaworthy vessel.
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Ole TheObaldi, the Norwegian vic
| linist, and the widely advertised DR.
Frederick A. Cook, the polar explorer
and claimant to the discovery of the
North pole, started on second lee
ture and concert tour Oct. 1. Cool
illustrates the discovery of the NORTH
pole with stereoptican views and The
obaldi gives samples of Norwegian
music initiative of the lowing of cat
tie, the bleating of the sheep, thu
singing of the birds, etc.
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The Norwegian Synod of Americ;
has leased a house at As Whitehall
street, New York, as the new home O
the Immigrant mission. The work 0
remodeling the building will be begun