Morris tribune., 1914-12-18

the statement went out that WORD naQ
been received from Liverpool agents
that the ship merely had been de-
tanned by British authorities for ex
animation. The cargo of the Ran, it
was said, consisted of varied com
modities, among them cottonseed
products, copper and leather.
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The North German Lloyd liner
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, which has
been lying in the port of Bergen for
some time, drifted ashore in a gale
Dec. 4, according to Bergen dis
patches. The ship is now fast on a
sand bank The Prinz Friedrich Will
helm, vessel of $500 tons, piled be
fore the war between Bremen and
New York. After the outbreak of hos
4 tilities the boat was unable to make
! German port and has been at Bergen
and the neighboring port of Odde for
a long time.
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Several days last week the southern
coast of Norway was in the grip of a
! violent storm and the country was
j flooded. The water rose several feet
! in Christiania harbor and caused the
smaller craft to break away from their
moorings. The great wharf of Wy
lands was submerged and goods in the
| warehouses sustained serious damage.
Fifty motor boats we're wrecked at
| Moss. The Australian steamer India
/ went ashore at Larvik, sixty-f1ve miles
southwest of Christiania.
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A dispatch from Christiania dated
Dec. states that King Haakon went
to Trondhjem that day, where he en-
parked on the battIeship Harald Haar-
fagre for a cruise along the coast
from Trondhjem to Bergen in order
to inspect the measures for defense
taken in behalf of Norwegian neutral.
ity.
It is announced officially that the
parliamentary Nobel committee has
resolved not to sit this year for the
distribution of the peace prize, says g
Reuters Telegram company dispatch
from Christiania, Norway.
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| The Danish-American association
devotes it's quarterly bulletin for No
vember to a travel sketch of the brie
, but highly interesting tour of Dr.
George Brandes, the famous Danisl
critic, author and educator. Few Eu
fopean literary visitors have received
as warm welcome as DR.. Brande
and his spicy, original comments Oh
, nearly everything, with his readiness
r to discuss any question, endeared hin
r to the American interviewers. Tn
story begins with the meeting OF DI
Brandes on a revenue cutter in New
York harbor and follows him to Val
and the great cities and universitie
of the country. The editorial con
/ ments of the Outlook, the Dial, tn
d Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Herald
n the Literary Digest and the Mime
apolis Journal are published in full
The natural wonder of the readers c
this work is that man of seventy
two years could survive the strenuou
dinners and other social function
that were sandwiched in between hi
" scholastic lectures.
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i Girls of the Royal Danish ballet al
Il placed in a serious dilemma. The
l. cannot get their ballet shoes frol
it Paris. The ballet shoes manufacture
It in Copenhagen are so heavy that til
# girls cannot dance with them. If tn
J. conditions do not improve the bale
: master will be compelled to arrane
. ballets with naked foot dances.
:. MARION S. NORELIUS.
j. Conditional
& Examiner-Now, William, if a ma
can do one-fourth of a piece of wor
in two days how long will he take t
IS finish it? William Is it contrac' 10
E. or is he workin by the day?-Life.