The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-17


greece ................... .io"
Denmark ................... ..lo'
sweden .................. LIZ
Holland ............... 81
Germany .,................. AZ
FINLAND .................. ~
france ............... 90
spain .................. 1880. 20
Italy .................. 20
United States .................. ~
In total tonnage the Norwegian
merchant marine ranks fourth in the
world
The Hamar Iron works has just de-
livered its one hundredth locomotive.
being the only factory in Norway that
has turned out this number. The
company has orders for IL LiWe.
The food situation In norway Is
improving. Large shipments Of food
stuffs are coming in almost daily and
II was estimated that early In April
the supply would be suficient to feed
the country until the next harvest is
gathered. When the war broke out
there was considerable uneasiness
and the government. as well as whole
sale houses, put forth their best efforts
to secure from foreign countries what
the psople would need.
It is reported that the Tivoli gar
dens, one of the best-known amuse-
ment places in Christiania, has passed
under the management of new d.
rector named Jacobson, who was
prominently connected with the expo
sition last summer. A new building.
to be known as the Crystal palace,
will be erected 1t will have a seat
ing capacity Of 1000. and will be
used as a moving picture showhouse.
II is 80 designed, however, that 1t can
readily be converted into an ordinary
theater, and will then have seating
capacity of 1900.
Henrik Isben's study Is now per-
manently installed in the Norwegian
Folk museum at Bygdo. Norway. The
room has been restored to its original
condition, with the furnishings as they
were when the poet occupied it.
A dispatch from London says that.
suspected OF carrying food products
to Germany, the Norwegian steamer
Frogner. from New York to Gothen-
burg. Sweden. was detained March 15
at Kirkwall. Scotland. where she will
be required to discharge her cargo
of lard and other products of Ameri-
can packers.
The Tancred. a Norwegian ship
from Galveston to Gothenburs; the
John Blumer, Norwegian, from Sa-
vannah to Gothenburg, and the Sou
ira, Norwegian. from New Orleans
to Gothenburg, we're detained at Kirk
wall on March IA for an investiga-
ton. The Norwegian ship Rialto was
detained at Kirkwall on March 9, and
is held still.
Denmark.
Reference has already been made
to the preparations being made by
Denmark to strengthen her defenses,
and now dispatches from Copenhagen
give a more or less detailed account
of some of the work. The fortifica-
ton Of Copenhagen, says the dis
patches, is being extended to the
west, In addition to the northern de-
lenses. At point some nine or ten
kilometers (about six miles, along the
railway to Korsoer. extensive barbed
wire entanglements have been laid
alongside the tracks and field artil-
lery placed behind recently thrown.
up earthworks. Trenches and bomb,
proof shelters. too. have been pre-.
pared. All the railway stations in
Zealand, Fuenen and Jutland are
picketed by troops carrying fixed bay
onets on their rifles day and night
Civilians are brusquely ordered away
from the vicinity Of signal boxes and
wires. Though on the German side of
the frontier an almost continuous line
OF intrenchments stretches across Jut-
land from the Baltic to the North sea.
the Danes have made no attempt to
fortify their side. An official at YAM
drup, the little frontier town Of the
train traffic between Germany and
Denmark, declared that Danish troops
were being kept away from the Dor
der line in view of the possibility that
the strained relations between the
frontier Danes and the German SOL
diery having dominion over the
Danes Of Schleswig- Holstein might
lead to fray. Every yard OF the
German side OF the frontier is watched
and all carriers driving out Of Ger.
many wagons in which anyone might
find concealment have to unload and
let the guards examine the freight.
Examination OF the passes permitting
Danes on the Danish side to visit
Danes on the German side is very
searching.
Representatives OF the shipowners