Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02
NORWAY,


experience at Copenhagen which az
did not relish. He was to deliver
lecture on the war in support OF Ger
many, but the audience would not
hear him, and after the chairman nae
vainly endeavored for an hour to Cd
tain order, the meeting was adjourned
The members of the German delega-
ton at Copenhagen occupied promi-
nent places on the stage, and they
were about the only persons present
in sympathy with the speaker. The
Danes declared they would listen to
German, but not to a man from
neutral country advocating the Ger
man cause.
The new government ruling grant
ing to women the right to speak in the
state churches Of Norway has created
a big stir and may lead to wholesale
Withdrawals from the state church,
both on the part of preachers and lay
men. DR.. Sigurd Odland, one of the
members of the theological faculty OF
the University Of Norway prior to the
formation of the new theological SEM
mary, called Observation-Disclosures
and foremost in organizing the lat
ter institution, has resigned his pro-
fessorship on the ground that he will
no longer train mer for the ministry,
IL women are permitted to invade the
church pulpits. He has a large fol-
lowing among the orthodox and anti
modern Lutherans of Norway and his
| withdrawal from the church will
doubtless have momentous results.
A Christiania correspondent makes
the interesting report that the lowest
| mortality among infants, the highest
mortality among adults between twen-
ty to thirty years, and the lowest
again among adults above fifty years
of age in any country in the world
are found in Norway
The figures Of the statistical bureau
show that there has been uniform
| decrease in the death rate of the coun-
| try, except in the case Of young wom-
| EN- between eighteen and twenty-four
| years. Among this class the death
rate has been especially high in the
| country districts. In general, there
| are now many notable exceptions to
the generally accepted rule that the
| death rate is higher in cities than in
the country. The tendency in mortal
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married women than to unmarried
women. The average age of men dur.
ing the period under consideration was
| 54S years and for women 97.7 years,
an increase of A and 81 years, re-
spectively.
| 1t is reported from Christiania that
the American buying and selling OF
futures" in the grain exchange have
their counterpart I'm Norway in the
trading of ships that exist for the
present only on paper. Two strik
ing instances of this sort have recent
| ly come to light.
In the one instance a Skier
shipowner placed contract last No
vember for ship at 10000 kroner
In January he sold it to Christians
man for $4,000 kroner, and in April
tho vessel passed to HaugesunG
-, tinancier in consideration OF 4l5,O0t
kroner. Recently the ship has AGAR
been sold, this time for 100000 kro
ner. The vessel will not be finished
before January or February, and it Ii
estimated that by that time it will bt
worth $4,000 kroner.
In the second instance a Berger
company contracted last November fol
ship of 10000 kroner. Not long
after the company sold the yet non
existent steamer to a sChristiansant
company for 100000 kroner. The com
pany quickly sold the ship again Il
Bergen parties for 100000, and it II
now for sale for $4,000 kroner
The vessel will not leave tht
yard until next March.
4 is announced that another trans
atlantic ship line, which will carr!
on trade between Norway and tn,
western ports of South America, is il
process of organization in Christiania
The new company is planning to pu
in operation two motor boats of 700,
tons each as soon as these can b,
secured. In the meantime leaset
ships will be used. The company will
cooperate with Swedish lins operat
ing in the same ports OF South Amer
lea.
The Selmerske Rederi of Trondh
jem, leading shipping firm of Trondh
iem. has declared two dividends, tn,
first Of 40 per cent, the second of 8
per cent, This is indicative of tn
enormous profits which are being real
ICED by aggressive shipping firms o
Norway and must incite the jealous
of even the munition manufacturers Q
America.
A cable line is to be put up for car
rying lime stone from Gielebak to
factory at Gullaug, nrammensfiord,
| distance of six miles The Nordstrnn