The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-10-18
I'M FAR NORTHLAND'
Important Events In Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.

Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Interesting Items From tho Three
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TheI: Descendants.
Norway.
The Jorgen Moe monument erected
by the young peoples society OF Ring
erike, was unveiled recently in the
presence of some 700 to 500 people.
The monument stands on an elevation
In front of the Moe residence In Up
per Hoe, Ringerike. where the poets
descendants still live. The monument
is a rough-hewn stone, four meters In
height. with portrait medallion Of
the beloved poet on the front side and
an inscription on the ,other-the In
scription bearing these words: "Jor'
gen Moe, 1S13-1S82; erected by the
young people of Ringerike.' Mr..
Saetre, the church singer, spoke frst
at the exercises, explaining the steps
taken to bring about the erection OF
the monument, and was followed by
Prof. Prytz, who delivered the me-
mortal address, in which he spoke OF
the poets worth, pronouncing him
Ringerike's greatest son. The monu'
ment was accepted on behalf OF the
Moe family by student Moe Faerden.
A ditpatch from Christiania says that
Thv. Kalveness, the author, has been
sentenced to "a days imprisonment
for resisting the collection of taxes
on his property in Laardal. In his
plea before the court Klaveness as
serted that he was not liable for the
taxes claimed and that he resisted
the tax collectors procedure In de-
tense of the rights OF the home. The
court thought differently, however,
and sentenced him to a prison term.
Klaveness has appealed the case to
the higher court.
Klaveness Is we'll known in the
| United States, which he visited sew
eral years ago, delivering series OF
| lectures from ono coast to the other.
While in this country he was involved
In violent controversy with Prof.
Rasmus B. Anderson. editor OF the
| Amerika OF Madison, Wis, who as
sailed Klaveness as an atheist whose
influence upon the Norwegians OF
America would be baneful.
Rev. Mikkal Hertzberg has contrib
Lted an article to Tidens Tegn, In
which he declares it to be an estab,
lished fact that culture and morals
have decayed in the communities
where big industrial enterprises have
been established. He deplores espe-
! cially conditions in Hardanger; that
wonderfully beautiful valley. whose
praises have been sung by poets since
the earliest times, is no more. Every
where people bow the knee to nam
mon. and mammon is god. The most
sacred sentiments of the human breast
have been stifled, and the ideals OF
true culture are failing. Shall culture
| and morals be allowed to depart from
our valleys? asks the preacher.
About IS months ago Lord Rob
erts," an English trawler, was appre
hended for unlawful trawling in Morse
waters in Varangerfjord, but the
boats owner claimed that he was not
| in Morse territory and appealed the
case to the supreme court. Since
that time both English and Norwegian
| commissions have been studying the
| boundary between the Morse and Brit
ish TRAVELLING territory, and the case
will be taken up for final adjudication
| next December.
The feeling is strong in Norway
that the storthing made a mistake
when 1t declined to accept the invita-
| ton to participate officially in the
Panama exposition at San Francisco
| in 1915, and 1t now seems probable
that the matter will be taken up again
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next year. On account of Norway s
large merchant marine and her ambi
tion to extend her foreign trade, 1t Is
| felt that she ought to have fitting
exhibition at the Panama exposition
Ludwig SAKE, law student at the
University of Christiania, has just
completed tour of the world as a
representative of Northumberland
| In order to investigate conditions
among sons of Norway who have emf
| grated to all corners of the earth. and
he delivered the other day an address
on his observations. The hall was
packed with people, 30 eager are the
Norsemen to hear about their brothers
In foreign lands.
On its last passage OF the Atlantic
from Bergen to New York, the Kris.
tianiafjord had 1000 passengers. II
broke It's own record for time, which
was also the record time from Nor
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