Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-23
Norway.

VI S@uIistiAulus xNOTWhys HHS Hhuue Ruu-
lie report In which liz described q
process OF manufacturing coal from
waste materials Oh paper factorIes
an Industry which holds forth pruuni1e
Of reducing the cost Of paper ana 1ur-
nishing at small cost an excellent NH
stitute for coal MS 4 fuel product. The
project Is said to be practicable ana
an exploiting corporation already has
been formed by Norwegian interests.
Department officials are keenly inter
ested In the report. They discussed
whether such a project could not be
undertaken successfully In the United
States, particularly In paper produc-
ing localities, and pointed out that II
this We're done II might provide some
relief from the threatened coal famine
and prove valuable to paper manufac-
turers, The inventor of the coal sub
stitute Is named by Consul Dennison
as II. v. Strelenert, Gothenhurg en-
gineer. The process IL said TO he that
OF producing coal In powder form
from sulphite I've. ut Ii stated that
this process" the report says. PRO.
duces coal powder almost equal In
caloriiic value to first class coal
namely. 6,900 calories against 1000
In the case Of the best English coal.
The process has been tested and
proved to the satisfaction Of Norweg-
ian interests. A company under the
title Of Sulphite Coal. Ltd, has been
formed with minimum capital OF
$42S.0O0 to exploit it. II is estimated
that Ii the coal powder Ii made Of I'LL
the sulphite I've refuse Of Norway. 80
per cent Of the import eoal will be re-
placed. According to Doctor Streien-
ert's method the I've will he mixed
with some foreign material after the
| boiling Of the sulphlte and then Ii viii
be transferred to large kiln. where
IL IL boiled again under high pressure.
Under this process the I've Ii changed
and the substance, which IL converted
into coal sinks to the bottom md is
then taken out In the form OF u thick
black paste. The water which M
mains In the paste Is then removed
| In centrifugal machine and the resi-.
due Ii the coal In n powdered form.
The powder Will then, In all proba-
biiity, be made into brickettes and
used In the same manner ns coal. Ii
may seem strange that coal can be
produced from I've, but the following
will explain the reason: Under the
sulphite process only 45 per cent Of
the weight Of the timber la utilized.
The remainder falls az refuse into the
I've and II Is this, tower half OF the
timber) which Mr. Strelenert's process
transforms into COAL"
The Norwegian reply to the German
protest against the U-boat ordinance
of October 81 was delivered to the Ger
man ambassador In Christinnia Mo-
vember .. The controversy between
Norway and Germany became ncute
with the passage OF the ordinance Of
October ID, by which submarines Of
belligerents were forbidden to cross
Norwegian waters except I'm emer-
gency, and then they were directed
to remain upon the surface and fly
their national flag. Mercantile subma-
rines also were ordered to remain on
The ordinance provoked strong feeling
In Germany, and DR.. Alfred thinner.
mann. German under secretary for for
eign affairs, was quoted MS saying the
German note Of protest would be se-
rious, and that Germany would not
submit calmly to the action OF the
Norwegian government.
A dispatch from Superior. Wis.,, says
that a 3,300-ton freight steamer,
named Cleveland, was launched Sat
urday, November 4, mt Superior
for the knud Knudsen Ship company
of Haugesund, Norway. The ship is
261 feet long. 1t will be taken In tow
to Detroit, where Its steam boilers
will be installed, and then proceed to
the Atlantic. 1t Is probable that the
ship will be used to carry food sup
plies for the Belgian relief commits
sion. II Is reported that two more
Norwegian ships will be built In Supe-
rior.
Political circles in Berlin are pes
simistic regarding relations with Nor
way. according to an Exchange tele.
graph dispatch from Amsterdam. 1t In
said the Norwegian reply to Germany's
note on the submarine question IL I'M
satisfactory on all points of principle
and 1t Is believed Germany will make
another attempt to Impress upon Nor
way the consequences Of insisting upon
her present policy, which is unfavor-
able to German submarines.
About 5000 foreigners are residing
In ChristianIa. Most of them are
| Swedes. but there are also many
Danes and Russians. This makes
rooms much more scarce than they
would have been If there had been no
foreign population. In Bergen there
were $50 families that could find no
houses to rent. and they had to he
quartered In public buildings.
Tn and I'M goes the stock I'm fhp Nor