The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-01-31

According to press dispatches
charges that the Norwegians are try
ing to appropriate Russian territory
on the border between the two coun
tries are made by the st. Petersburg
newspaper Novoje Vremja in a recent
issue. The paper asserts that the Nor
wegians. failing to get the Russian
government to recognize their claims,
have now adopted the plan of inducing
the Lapp inhabitants of the region to
cede to them their rights to the fish
cries OF the rivers. The paper further
charges that the Norwegians after
failing to secure q concession for the
use OF Boris Gleb falls resorted to the
high-handed procedure of changing the
boundary line. so that the falls were
brought within Norwegian territory.
The attention OF the Russian authori-
ties being brought to the matter. so
the story goes, men were sent to the
place and the Norwegian flag and EN-
blem OF ownership were destroyed.
The results of the 'samlag" cleo
tons Of 1913 to settle the license ques.
ton in various communities OF Nor
way surprised, the most sanguine tenn.
perance workers. In almost every
community the "samlags" or societies
which petitioned for the right to sell
liquor were voted down. so that in the
entire country only eleven commune
ties are "wet,v and all OF those com-,
munities are cities, the liquor traffic
having been wiped out OF all OF the
rural communities. The increase In
the number Of anti-license votes since
the previous election was more than
1000, which is very large. indeed.
considering the fact that only a small
percentage of the communities partici-
pated in the elections. a.
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DR. Harry Felt has been appointed
keeper OF Norway's archives, or ma
tional antiquarian. by the cabinet. He
was born in 1875 and received the
bachelors degree at Chrisitania uni
versity in 1896. He studied antiquities
at the Universities of Munich, Strass-
burg and Berlin and in 1898 received
OF degree foPh. ID. He is member
of several learned societies, has writ.
ten many important articles on an
tiquities and Is editor of the excellent
periodical, Art and Culture" He is
man of fine taste and deeply interest
ed in the preservation of remains OF
Norway's past.
From Gotham comes the report that
Oluf Bjornseth. a wholesaler Of
Bergen, Norway, and his wife. have re-
Gently presented the juvenile section
OF the Fifth Avenue public library in
New York with 200 Norwegian books.
The library has juvenile books in many
languages. and the absence of books
in the Norwegian language attracted
the attention Of Mr.. Bjornseth when
he was on visit here.
The board Of directors announce
that applications for places for exhib-
it's at the centennial exposition next
year have been Unexpectedly large,
especially in the industrial division.
and II now becomes evident that room
for all will be lacking. In the indus
trial division there will not be places
for more than about half Of the firms
that have already fled applications.
When the navy department OF Nor
way issued an order directing that all
officers on board Norwegian vessels
use the commands Right" and Left"
instead of the time-honored express
sions formerly In use, feeling of In
dignation became general among
Morse seamen. and recently mass
meeting to protest against the change
was held at ChrIstiania. Meanwhile
Ship Inspector Wettergreen has an
nounced that all officers who use the
old commands or expressions will be
mulcted. whether accidents occur or
not.