Morris tribune., 1913-08-15
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has been INDUCING in his customary
summer cruise in Norwegian waters,
supervised in person the erection OF
the Frithjof monument. While in
Bergen the other day he did not fail
to pay visit to his friend Erikssen.
the umbrella maker. The emperor
has been spending considerable of his
time in the mountains and has call
ed at many of the peasant homes.
His imperial majesty is, of course, an
object of much interest to all tourists
and just at present there are all kinds
of them in the country. Norway has
at this time more tourists than ever.
There is an unusually large repre-
sentation of German tourists this sea-
son and it is believed that this is
due to the fact that the German en-
peror has for many years taken such
keen interest in Norway, Prior to
leaving Norway Emperor William win
visit the Trondhjem cathedral and
true to his old custom donate an
other 1000 crowns for its continued
restoration.
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Emperor W;shelms bronze statue,
entitled "Frithjof," is twelve meters
high and weighs $4,000 kilos. The
sword measures six meters. On the
side facing Balholm the word Firth
jof" is inscribed and on the other
eide the following words are in
scribed in German: "Don Norwegern
Kaiser wilhelm II. 1918. Dieses
denkmal wurde geschafen Vom Bid
hauer Marx Unger zu Steglitz-Berlin
In der Zeit 1910-1912. Den Bronce-guss
fuhrte die Aktien Gesellschaft Glad
enbeck in Friedrichagen in 8
Monater aus. Den socket baute
Ingenior Hertzberg in Bergen"
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The Catholic paper, st. Olaf, pub
lished In Christiania in the interests
of the Catholic church In Norway.
recently printed papal decree to the
effect that Spitsbergen is to be in
cluded in the Catholic church organ
ization of Norway and will hereafter
be known as ,"the yicarate Of Nor
way and Spitsbergen. It has been a
matter Of much discussion in papal
circles as to where to place Splits
bergen, but at the suggestion OF
Bishop Fallize Of Christiania and
Bishop Bitter of Stockholm the pope
decided to unite this part Of the Cath
lie mission with Norway.
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During q recent Sunday morning
service in Our Sayiour's church in
Christiania Rev. Otto Jensen, the
pastor, preached sermon full OF
caustic criticism against the modern
dress of women and also against 80
ciety life in general, stating that it
is the fashion in our day for family
to give great dinner on very lavish
lines, purely for the purpose Of out
CHASING the friend who had given one
previously. Rev. Jensen's sermon
was reviewed by one of the Chris
tiania dailies, who commended that the
pastor had struck the nail on the
head.
Norwegians in Chicago are aroused
because officials of the Field Mu-
scum have permitted the Viking ship,
a relic of the worlds fair, to go to
ruin. The other day they started a
movement to restore the vessel, as
was done with the Spanish caravals,
and place it in the lagoons of one of
the parks. Museum officials explained
that the nature of the institution has
changed from general to natural
history museum, and that the boat is
now out of place.
A consignment of Swedish matches
arrived at Drammen the other day.
This is evidently the first time for
great many years that Swedish
matches have been able to find their
way into Norway. The matches were
ordered from Sweden by Bergen
firm, in spite of the fact that there
exists protective duty on matches
of q ore per gross.
Trondhjem is now getting to be
very up to date city. There is gas,
electricity and telephones in every
home. No country in the world has
better facilities for generating cleo
trio power than Norway, with her
almost innumerable water falls
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The Norwegian war department has
worked out plan whereby fourteen
flying machines are to be maintained
for military purposes. A sum of
100000 crowns a year will be set
aside for this purpose.
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Ibsen's peer Gynt" is to be re-
produced in films by Theatrical Di-
rector Fahlstrom of Christiania. This
will be the first of the Ibsen plays to
be reproduced in this manner.
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The Norwegian coal fields in Splits
bergen have been sold to a Russian
syndicate for 100000 rubles. They
are said to be unusually rich in coal.
but it is difficult to mine.