Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-04-22

N~ Qnsiss Dsahe Beuuidk
Z year Of Captain Road Amundsen's
expedition to the North polar regions. |
Tho FRAN has been recalled to Chris |
tiania and explorers are inclined to
believe that the plans for the expedi
ton will never be carried out, be. |
cause Of the apparent impossibility Of
raising the extra 100000 needed.
Since Peary reached the North pole
and Amundsen the South pole public
interest in polar explorations appears
to have cooled of considerably. Cap
tain Amundsen is bitterly disappoint
cd ut the delay. as he had made care
full arrangements for the expedition
He will ask the Norwegian storthing
In view Of the extraordinary predica
ment Of the expedition, to make .
grant Of the necessary money to keep
it alive, but owing to the heavy state
budget it IL doubtful whether he can
procure the appropriation. If his ap
peal to the government fails the cap
tain declared the expedition will be
given up. Inability Of the Fran to
complete tho trip around Cape Horn
In time to leave San Francisco July I
really is responsible for the postpone
ment. The slow progress of the Fran
made this early start impossible, sc
Captain Amundsen considered that
good judgment dictates years post
ponement. The Fran has therefore
been ordered back to Norway, where
she will b thoroughly ovsrhauled.
Newspaper dispatches state that
Halvard T. Askeland of Minneapolis
who went to Norway last December
to be private secretary to the new
American minister, Albert Schmede
man Of Madison, Wis.,, found he had
NO position when he arrived in Chris.
tialia. Dispatches further state that
schmedeman has refused to put Aske
land on the payroll, though there is
: . difference Of opinion regarding the
motive for this act. One report is
that Schmedeman employed Askeland
while he was Of the opinion that the
United States government paid the
salary Of private secretary, confusing
"privats secretary" with the "secre
tary of the Legation" that when he
reached Christiania he found there
was no fund to pay = private secre-
tary and he decided he could not af
ford to pay q private secretary cut
Of his own salary. Friends close to
Askelaud declare that Schmedeman
made the deal with Askeland with full
knowledge that the minister would
have to pay his private secretary;
that Schmedeman cannot speak Nor.
wegian and thought he would need 4
private secretary that could speak the
language; that he found when he ar.
rived in Christians that nearly every.
body with whom he had omcial deal.
ings spoke English and that he would
not need Norwegian speaking secre.
tary. -. n .=z:..: :.
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A staunch defender Of the old the.
ology was Rev. Ole O. Barman OF
Aaselund, Norway. He died recently
1T the age of ninety-seven years. BY
teaching and other work he succeeded
In. finishing his studies at the age Of
thirty-three years. He continued the
work Of teaching until 1861, when he
was appointed pastor In sunnelven.
He retired from. tho active ministry in
1890. but took . warm interest In
modern thought to his end. 49,
4. 2s .:1s 80. s.
The national debt Of Norway June
80, 1913, was So, 743,499 crowns Zone
crown being about Il cents). This
makes about $40 for every .inhabitant.
In Sweden the national debt amounts
! 70 about $40. 81 Denmark about $34
per inhabitant The main reason why
Norway has larger per capita debt
| 10 due chiefly to tho fact that she has
built long railways through mountain.
Gus districts.
= ~ $50.
! Norway IL divided into nix dioceses,
each presided over BY : bishop. Fifty
!, years ago the Christiania diocese was
divided, forming ! new. one known
% the Hamar diocese. This was. the
last one formed and Ii the smallest.
E
= 8 = I. + = I. = 4. = +
= DENMARK.
= = /, i. = + + = 4. !. I. 4.