The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-07-18
NFAR NORTRLAND'
important Events N Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM. OLD COUNTRY
interesting itsms From ths Thrse
Great Kingdoms u the North -
Isctsd for seandlnavIans and
! Their Descendants.
sy MARrIN NJ. oDLANp.

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~ MARTIN W. oDLANp.
Norway.
A London dispatch brings the inter
ssting information that Prof. Olof
Birkeland Of the University Of Chris
tiania, famous a. inventor and scient-
lst, haS just returned from Egypt and
the Sudan. where he spent six months
In taking Q series Of observations OF
the xodiacal light Professor Birke-
lands observations are most interest
Ing. and they promise to throw much
light on the hitherto unsolved prob
lem of the xodiacal and northern
lights. by numerous good photo
graphs and exact drawings" said Pro
lessor Birkeland. I'VE proved that this
tight, visible In the western sky after
sunset and In the eastern sky before
sunrise, IL more than thirty times the
radius Of the earth away from our
planet. Thus It appears certain that
the phenomenon is not specifically q
terrestrial one. but belongs more to
the sun. While I vas in the Sudan
observations Of the northern light were
made at my polar aurora observatory
near North Cape, Norway. Both the
sodiacal lights and the northern lights.
believe, are due to the radiation Of
electrons and radiated matter from the
sun. 1t appears that these radiations
are principally gathered in the plane
Of the suns magnetic equator In an
alogy with what happens when mag
netic cathode sends QUE electric radia-
tors In q great vacuum vessel. II this
Is 30. the zodiacal light arises from the
diffusion of solar light reflected from a
thin plane Of radiant matter around
the sun, In much the same way as thin
cigarette smoke becomes brilliant
when It enters a well-defned sunbeam
N an otherwise dark room" Professor
Birkeland has led three expeditions
into the arctic regions for the study
of the aurora borealis, and Is the CO.
inventor with Samuel Eyde Of the
process Of manufacturing saltpeter and
fertilizer from the atmosphere.
It IL reported from London that Capt.
A. N. Holland of the Norwegian navy
announces the invention Of device
that assures the secrecy Of communi-
cation by wireless telegraphy. The
machine, according to the press re-
ports, is one for transmission and au-
tomato receipt Of printed messages in
the manner Of typewriting. The in
ventor claims to have typed messages
by wireless waves between Berlin
and the big relay station at Nauen. q
distance Of "a miles. He says he has
perfected relay which 30 amplifies
wireless signals that the typewriting
device may be operated over greater
distances. The secrecy feature of the
invention is established by the fact
that the sending apparatus may be ad-
justed at q moments notice so a. to
employ any Of 720 different code ar
rangements of the alphabet, while the
receiving device will Automatically reg
lister the messages In decided and
legible form. Only dots are used In
the transmission and by their spacing
the mechanism of the receiving appa-
ratus IL controlled so as to recon-
struct the message. Captain Holland
declares that the apparatus can be
worked in any wireless system and
that It will render wireless tapping"
impossible.
The "Mindegave" has been sent to
Norway by L. o. Thorpe of Willmar.
MINI, treasurer of the "Mindegave"
committee. It was sent In the form
of draft, payable to Jorgen Love-
land. president Of the storthing. and
was for $4,000 crowns or about $685.
$50. Money may still be contributed
toward the .Mindegave" fund, but It
is very doubtful II much will be forth
coming. The enthusiasm for the me-
mortal gift has not been nearly so
great a. was anticipated several years
ago, when the idea was FIRST suggest
ed. At that time It was expected that
q million dollars would be raised by
Norway's sons and daughters In Amer
1ea, but the enthusiasm and inter
est have declined instead Of In
creased with each succeeding month.
Then, too. the movement for making
separate gifts to the various local.
ties Of "Bygds" interfered with the
campaign for the "Mindekave."
J.