The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-03-06

NorHay
According to news reports from Nor
ways capital. an appropriation for
the portable wireless outfits for- use
In the fisheries IL included ntbs budg-
ct submitted by the ministry to the
storthing. Great possibilities are seen
In the utilization of the wireless In the
fisheries. The uncertainty Of the loca-
ton Of the fish shoals requires quick
communication between points along
the coast or on the islands, in order
that the fleets OF the fishermen may
be informed about the whereabouts OF
the best fishing places. This has IN
the past been done to some extent BY
cables connecting the islands and BY
telephones, but the cost OF building
these has been prohibitive to their
widespread use. The portable wireless
stations will solve this problehm, az
they can be provided at comparatively
low cost and can be moved from place
to place as the situation demands.
A new skating record was recently
set at the preliminary tryouts at
Trondhjem. according to dispatches
from Norway. The new record was
made by Sverre Aune in the 5000
meter race. who made the distance In
minutes 1913 seconds. The previous
worlds record, held by Oscar Mathie-
sen, was minutes 1858 seconds. The
new record will not entitle Aune to the
worlds championship. however, as It
was made at preliminary compett
ton and not In national or interna-
tional tournament, as the rules re-
quire. Aune is only twenty-one years
old and is employed at the Trondh1em
post Office. Confidence is expressed
that he will be worthy successor to
Oscar Mathiesen, the Morse skater
who has held the worlds champion
ships in various skating events for a
number Of years.
The Norwegian tourist bureau OF
Berlin Is "a semiofficial affair of very
modest pretensions. But at the head
He, even knows what is of still greater
practical Importance. He behaves In
such a manner that people like him.
The bureau has undergone striking
change since the beginning Of the war.
Instead OF being Norwegian office 1t
has become an international travellers
bureau which negotiates passenger
traffic between Europe and other parts
of the worldly way of Norway. BY
means Of this Office the Norwegian
American steamship line is becoming
recognized connection between Eu-
rope and America. From purely ma
tional line 1t is becoming an interna-
tional one. And Norway is surely not
the loser by the change.
The steamship st. Louis, arriving
at New York from Liverpool, brought
the crew of the Norwegian steamship
Obidense, which left New York No
vember "a with cargo for Rotterdam
and was caught In gale and wrecked
of the English coast January while
on the return voyage. Her captain.
Johan Smith. and Al of his men we're
on board the st. Louis. According to
the men. the ship struck ground early
In the day and wireless calls for as
sistance were sent out. These were
answered by a tramp freighter and
the British destroyer Acheron. the
tramp taking of 20 Of the men and the
war vessel the others. all OF whom
were landed at Kirkwall, Scotland. The
Obidense was last reported to be hard
and fast aground near Harwich.
A Christiania dispatch says that
seven men were killed by q premature
explosion of charge of dynamite in
the mine OF the South varanger com.
pany near Kirkeness in northern Nor.
way. The charge consisted of more
than two tons Of the explosive and the
blast rent the mountain side and pro
duced result like that of big land.
slide.
The winter fishing at Finnmarken
has proved q failure. Most Of the
fishermen returned almost empty
handed and are in hard circumstances
financially. Those who are able will
try their luck at the Lofoten islands.
The packing houses at Stavanger have
had representatives at Finnmarken
buying up small herring. the price
they pay being 2.33 crowns per case.
One of the English mines which
drifted to land at Sorlandet was ex-
ploded by the authorities there in or.
der to ascertain the effects of the
explosion. The explosion was some
thing terrific. The air pressure was
felt distinctly some three English
miles away, and pieces Of the mine
were hurled over 800 meters. Fish
were killed at a distance OF so yards.
A granite monument. bautasten has
been raised on the grave OF the late