Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-02-19
DENMARK.

parties. In one case the award is $135
a year for six years to the widow of
man who lost his own life in saving
that of another. In the other case
$3.50 year was awarded indefinitely
to man whose wife lost her life in
saving her little girl brom being run
over by train. The managers also
decided to issue a Carnegie medal. =
Great confusion was caused in the
Danish garrison cities when it was
announced that the battalions would
have to leave Iylland as soon as pos
sible and take possession of the new.
garrison building in Sjalland. Twen-
ty-eight battalions left Aarhus in one
day, and the Nyborg garrison departed
at the same time. The school children
at Nyborg were given a holiday, and
1000 people accompanied the soldiers
to the ferry. Only about 100 soldiers
aow remain in Iylland. The cost Of the
removal was $4,000.
A man equipped with an inordinate
amount of cheek managed to get into
the Solvgade barracks, Copenhagen, in
the middle of the night. In the room
Of the sergeant on guard he found
sergeant's uniform, which he promptly
1onned and started on round through
the rooms. of the men. In most cases
the men aWOke when he entered, but
seeing that the man wore a sergeant's
uniform they did not suspect anything
wrong. When he had picked up about
score of watches and pocketbooks he
departed. One Of the soldiers who
was more suspicious than the rest
went to the window and noticed that
the man entered the sergeant's room
and sOO1 came out again clad as
citizen. The soldier had seen enough,
and gave the alarm. Soon a number
Of men were on the street looking for
the daring robber, but he made good
his escape for the time being.
AS formally stated in these columns,
patriotic citizens raised $135 900, which
was offered to the government as a
gift on condition that it be spent for
new Notifications at Eremitagen, near
Copenhagen. The government, re-
piled that there was no permission to
build a fort at that place, but that the
Qualifications to the rear of Copen-
hagen were very detective and that
The money might be used there to the
greatest advantage. When this seri-
3us defect in the existing defences be-
came known to the givers they i'm
mediately decided to go to work to
raise $150,000 in addition to what had
already been raised. A deputation
from the givers conferred with the
government, and then issued the fol-
lowing appeal: "The minister of war
.elt hat he had no authority to accept
The $4,000 for the intended purpose,
but he urged upon the undersigned, as
representatives of the givers, to obtain
, permission to use said amount for
remedying other defects in the land
defences of Copenhagen, which the
chief of the general staff has been au.
thorized to make known to us. These
defects being so serious as to demand
immediate action under the present
unsettled international conditions, and
The worst defects requiring only $780,:
300 for repairs, the undersigned have
decided to appeal to their countrymen
to assist in raising this amount. SIS,
; 300 has already been subscribed. The
i $4,000 already raised we shall, with
! the consent of the contributors, for the
; time being turn over to the govern
ment for the intended purpose, and We
hope that it will be so used. If we
also succeed, as we hope, in raising
the amount for which we now make
an appeal, the defences of Copenhagen
| will be strengthened to such an ex
tent as to increase our hope of sue
ceeding in protecting our neutrality
in case of European war;"