Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-05
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINGs IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
OF Interest to the Scandinavians
In America.
NORWAY.

The views expressed by Norwegian
admiral In the Christiania Morgen-
bladet OF September "a may be taken
as typical of what has been said In
Europe of the affair: The efforts OF
the English to blockade the Baltic
and the North sea have been given
their death sentence since a German
submarine with crew of 20 men
managed to break through the cordons
established, travel some two hundred
sea miles and from its base and slip
about easily in the waters controlled
by the English fleet. That the three
cruisers were old does not mean any.
thing. The fate that overlook them
can overtake tomorrow the entire Eng
| fish battle fleet. The North sea and
the Baltic are no longer in the pos
session of the blockading English
armored monsters. A new era with
new method has begun for the small
| powers when they will be able to
maintain large number of these
cheap and efficient sea arms, and in so
doing even up things with a powerful
enemy whose greater resources per-
mitted him to build up a navy entirely
beyond the means of small govern.
ments."
| Rev. A. Weenaas has celebrated his
semicentennial jubilee as minister
of the gospel. He started his career
in the northern part of Norway, and
in 1869 was called as professor OF the
ology at the theological seminary of
the Scandinavian Augustana synod at
Paxton, Ill. He continued this work
at Marshall, Wis, and at Augsburg
seminary, Minneapolis, MINI. In 1876
he returned to Norway and served
congregation in Telenarken. A few
years later he again went to America,
and occupied chair at the Red Wing
seminary, but in 1884 returned to Nor
way for good Since that time he has
served parishes in Namdalen, Sond-
more and Mes. and is now parish
| priest at the place last mentioned. In
the early seventies he was a great
power in the Norwegian Danish con-
ference Of America, and the newspa-
per articles and pamphlets which he
contributed to the church controver-
sizes of his day were widely read Rev.
Weenaas is seventy-nine years old
Capt. Road Amundsen stated to q
reporter that the Fran will soon be
laid up at Horton. The trusty old
vessel needs thorough overhauling
II 1t is found that the repairs will cost
more than the money saved up by
Captain Amundsen he said that he
would dispose of some of the provi-
sions stored up at Horton and In Chris
tiania. There is no sense In keeping
those provisions indefinitely. But II
the Fran can be put In serviceable
| shape with a reasonable outlay of
money he wants to dispose only of
certain brands of canned goods which
experience has taught him to be diff.
ficult to preserve for any great length
of time. Captain Amundsen states that
when he gave up the government ap-
preparation offered him he did not in
tend to give up the arctic expedition,
for which he has been making prepa-
rations for several years past.
About one hundred burial mounds
not known to Psychologists until now
were discovered last summer by a man
sent out by the university. All of them
are in Smaalenene. There are 20
mounds at the Prestegaard forest, and
the others are scattered in the same
neighborhood, which is known by the
name of Skiptvedt. The discoverer
was often mistaken fora spy when he
explored the country, and occasionally
his whereabouts were reported to the
sheriff.
Orjan Olsen's expedition to Siberia
should have stayed away to the end
OF October. But 1t returned to Chris
tiania September 20 on account of the
war. The sources of the Yenisei river
were traced. The scientific result of
the expedition was very good. Tho
collections had to be left In Siberia
on account Of the embargo placed on
exports.
Wedel-Jarlsberg, Norway's minister
to France. has recently demonstrated
his bravery. He visited the battle
front in northern France and went SO
close to the firing line that his auto
mobile was hit by the fragment of q
shell and his driver was killed. From
his wrecked automobile the minister
made his way to safety on foot
through hail of bullets.
The Norwegian-South American
steamship line is success. BY means
of special arrangements for ventila-
ton the ships of the company can
preserve fish and fish goods more easily
than can be done by carriers that re-
load the goods on the way.
The work on the new navigation |
school at Ekeberg is somewhat re.
tarded by the war, but it will continue
until the plant is ready One of its |
features will be radio station at |
which the students can learn to handle |
wireless messages.
Mr.. Oppedal, one of the leading |
journalists of Norway. is going TO |
spend almost half wear in Amarica