The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-28
N FAR NORTHLAND'
important Events In Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
Rtsrsstino itsms From The Three
Crest Kingdoms Of the North o.
lectsd for eeandInavIans and
Their Descendants.
sy MARTIN W. oDLAND.


Norway.
Al has been feared. q shortage Of
coal and coke IL threatened ~ re-
suit Of Great Britain's curtailment Of
the export Of coal. and in view of the
fact that the British government may
decide upon a complete prohibition Of
it, expectation. foresighted men are
beginning to look about for q substi-
tute fuel. The substitute that lies
nearest to hand in Norway II cleo
tricity. The great obstacle In the
way of It's use for this purpose at the
present time Is the cost. However. to
meet the local situation. the manager
Of the Christiania Electric works has
recommended to the city council re-
duction of the price of current used
for cooking and heating. In the event
that the situation should become par
ticularly desperate. he suggests that
the cooking be done in school and
communal kitchens, thereby reducing
the waste entailed in family cooking.
The Norwegian Total Abstinence
society recently held its forty-eighth
annual convention at Voss. The So
ciety Is In very prosperous condi-
tion. and It's membership is larger
than ever before. Norwegians In
America have become recognized as
ardent advocates of temperance
measures, and their brothers In Nor
way are turning their backs upon the
liquor traffic more and more. At the
close of the year 1914 the membership
consisted Of 43.034 men. 55.S52 women
and S.432 children under fifteen
years. The suborganizations number
s97 women's societies, 1900 young
peoples societies. 676 children's soci-
ties. and GIT choruses. During the
year 5000 meeting were held. The
societies own property valued at l.
160.829 kroner.
A Christiania correspondent writes
that. as was expected. the foreign
tourist traffic in Norway this year has
been reduced to practically nothing.
A few Dutch and Finnish travellers
are seen occasionally, and sometimes
q Russian or two, but not even Swedes
and Danes are seen In any consider
able number. Practically the only
that can be expected are
Americans coming from Germany.
where the growing anti-American feel
ing may cause some of them to take
IN excursion into Norway. On the
other hand, the domestic tourist travel
10 much larger than usual. Nordland
has been especially much sought by
Norwegian travellers.
Press dispatches state that the
Trondh1emsf1ord, a freighter of the
Norwegian-America line. was tor
pedoed and sunk last Friday by
German submarine. The crew of 80
were all saved and landed at Copen-
hagen on Monday. August Q. The ship
was on its way from New York to
Norway, and no reason is assigned In
the reports for the sinking of the ship
by the Germans. The Trondhjems-
ford was acquired by the Norwegian
America line last fall when the heavy
transportation demands made neces-
sary an increase Of the lines tonnage.
The freighter was a vessel of 2.730
tons net
The German government has ex-
pressed its regrets to the Norwegian
government for the sinking of the
Morse steamer Minerva by a German
submarine. It is explained that the
officers OF the submarine we're under
the impression that Minerva was q
British ship. The expression Of re-
ret means. OF course. that the German
government will compensate the own
ers Of the Minerva for the loss of the
ship
The city Of Lillehammes is building
a waterpower plant at the Mesna falls
and hopes to realize enough from the
enterprise to pay all current expenses
and thus eliminate all municipal
taxes. The plant. II is estimated, will
produce 1900 horse power. II the
citizens realize their expectations,
their city will have a most happy
and unique distinction. 4.
Ia 1870 the public highways Of Nor
way had a total length of 1920 kilo-
meters; in 1911 the total length was
a1,S76 kilometers, and today It ia
about $4,000 kilometers.
The tonnage of Norway's merchant
feet IN 1900 was 49, ora; in 1918 the
tonnage totaled 1.764.405. OF which
1,32s,s10 tons were credited to the
steamship feet.
The news comes from Germany that
Jacob Krag. a Norseman serving az
major in the German army. has been
awarded the Iron Cross of the first
class. Krag was born in stavanger,
the son Of q sea captain, who moved
20 Rotterdam. He was educated In .
German military school.
In 1915 Norway's national debt was
e1.5s crowns per capita, or . trifle
over dollar; now It IL 144.6b crowns
Der capita and growing rapidly, the
war contributing largely to this re-
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