Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-03-25

visiting whalers and seal hunters ii
most marked. No power ever has
made a serious claim to spitzbergen,
the mountainous islands having been
regarded as almost valueless. But the
discovery Of coal, which Is being
worked principally by American capt.
tai, has completely changed the out
look. and incidentally brought the
United States into the group Of powers
whose voices are to be heard concern
Ing the future Of the islands. Two
International conferences will be held
before July. Early in June represen.
tatives Of Russia, Sweden and Nor.
way will meet ut Christiania to- draw
up proposals, to: be submitted to the
general conference to be held two
weeks later. Great Britain, France,
Holland. Germany, Denmark and the
United States will be represented in
the general conference, the United
States having been invited because of
the local interests of the American
citizens there. The coal mines are
located on Advent bay and have been
worked In the summer time since 1906.
Some of the miners occasionally
spend the winter in their quarters and
are completely shut of from the outer
world for about eight months. Brit.
1sh participation is justified on coal.
Ing operations also. while Germans
are interested as owners of an i'm.
portant meteorological station there.
II the memorandum submitted by the
Norwegian government is confirmed
by the conferences Spitzbergen will
be declared neutral territory open IT,
all nations, but under the control Ct
three northern powers. The admins
tration would be in the hands of a
commission of three members-a Rus.
sian, Swede and a Norwegian-the
expenses of government beingsmet by
land taxes and other arrangements
for revenue, subject to the assent of
all the signatory powers.
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In honor of his f1ftieth birthday an
niversary Consul Haitian Wilhelmsen
donated 100000 crowns for a hospital
In Tonsberg. Such an institution is
greatly needed in that section of the
country, as there has been a great
deal of sickness there during the last
few years.
Norway, according to recent stats.
tics, has about 100000 acres of pub
lie forests, which are valued at sc ,O00,.
900 crowns These forests are being
opened and are making great lum.
Der industry for the country.
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The Standard Oil company, which
has invaded Norway, will have big
fight on it's hands soon with the pow.
erful Holland-British oil trust, which
also has commenced to operate in the
same field.
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Maurice .Egan, minister from the
United States to Denmark, the other
day announced that he will visit
America during April and May to lee
ture in the Southern states on Danish
agriculture. Beginning in Virginia
and going as far as Louisiana he will
speak before several legislative com.
mfttees with the idea of interesting
them in improvements of an agricul.
tural nature. In a recent interview
Mr.. Egan said: while money trust
Is great danger, land trust is i'm.
mensely more to be feared. It will be
pity if the Southern farmers are
taught to look to the federal govern.
ment for aid, instead of depending on
! their own resources and the loca'
pride of their states" The minister
| has accepted invitations to deliver lee.
lures at Harvard and Columbia uni
versities and to hold illustrated con.
ferences on agricultural subjects in
Chicago and Dubuque, Ia.
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According to a Copenhagen CORE.
! spondent the distinction of being the
only feminine master mariner in the
world and the only woman sea captain
in Denmark is claimed by Mrs. Won
Bauditz, the wife of physician. She
is now commanding a ship running
between England and Russia and has
been promised promotion to steamer
In the American service. Captain
Won Baud1tz, early became interested
In yachting and finally she took an
examination for masters license. Her
skill was so marked that local ship.
ping company gave her command Of
one of it's largest steamers.
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In one OF the churches in Aalborg
there was held recently a missionary
service Of more than ordinary inter
est. Five persons we're ordained as
missionaries for the Danish mission
field in Soudan. Two of them had
come from America, one man came
from Holstebro and two women from
, Copenhagen.
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Lieutenant Fredriksen, who some
! time ago was arrested as a spy, op'
Grating In Sweden in behalf of the
Russian government, has been sum
marily discharged from the Danish
coast artillery.
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According to the latest bulletin
there are now .2,735 students enrolled
In Copenhagen university. OF these
1874 are female students. '
MARION s. NORELIUS.