Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-30
NORWAY.

an American citizen connected with
| large American cod-liver oil con
| Germ. 1--WE find it necessary to ship
cod-liver oil from Norway to our re-
| fineries in the United States in tin
lined barrels" he said. II made ar.
rangements to ship 5000 empty bar
| rels from the United States to the
fisheries In Norway, and went to the
steamship Office to get rates, as was
my custom. They told me fatty that
could not ship them. | went to the
| British consulate in New York which
has to o. X. every shipment of any
kind that goes out OF New York. They
told me | could ship the barrels to
| England, but not to Norway" Anoth-
er American business representative,
| who is in Scandinavia, has had the
time of his life trying to get expense
| money from the firm he represents.
| Although he cabled frequently to New
York he received no reply. Finally
he took his last expense money and
used it to pay for wireless message
from Berlin to Sayville, l.. |. 1t worked.
In an interview at the Amalienborg
palace by the Norwegian prime minis
ter, Gunnar Anudsen, who is attending
| the conference of Scandinavian min
listers, said: 1.-The situation for the
| neutrals is getting darker. We all
| hope we shall remain merely specta-
tors, but the British blockade is be.
| coming cramping, and English public
| opinion is in favor of even stronger
| measures. II will be difficult for the
British government not to pay atten-
| ton to this demand. What the neu.
| trail states can do is to be careful to
| carry themselves proportionately neu-
trail. In commercial life the widest
honesty is necessary. 1t is not enough
| to impose big fines. Personal punish
ment also is required
Olav Nyjordet is responsible for the
statement that in LON Gudbrands-
dalen there is a house which is still
| older than the famous Finneloft
building in Voss. The house in ques-
ton is now standing on the Ekre farm,
but was originally standing at Syn.
stnes, whence it was removed about
the year 1880. 1t is claimed that
King Saint Olaf stopped in this house
when he passed through Lom. AS that
happened 1914 years ago the building
must be at least 800 years old. The
house was remodeled when moved to
its present location, and the second
story, in which King Olaf slept several
nights, is no longer In its original
shape.
H. Berggraf of Stavanger invented
an electric fiat iron which has been
patented in all countries. The West
inghouse company of the United
States paid the inventor $4,000 for
the right to sell the invention in all
countries except Scandinavia. A sep
arate company has been organized for
| the business In those countries The
Berggraf fat iron has the advantage
of being self-regulating and fire
proof. With a full current turned on
it may be put on paper, cloth, or any
thing combustible without scorching,
The United Brick Factories of Fred
rikstad made extensive preparations
for making brick and tiles for the re-
building of the burnt cities of Bergen
and Mode. and they brought 1000 tons
of coal in England. But the English
government refused permission to ex-
no danger that the goods produced
might be exported to the Central pow
| ers, so the British government must
have had some other reason for put
ting an embargo on the expectation
of the coal.
A man who took the trouble to
count the announcements of the or.
ganization of new business corpora.
lions or the extension of old ones,
found that 145 such announcements
were made in three and a half months,
or about one day on the average.
The maximum capital called for was
63,450,00O, the minimum s47,250,000
No less than ITO were shipping com
panies.
Jorgine Ensvar of Tysnes has Just
entered upon her one hundred and
third year. Her eyesight Is still good
and her mental powers are in fair
shape. or descendants still living she
has 4 children, 80 grandchildren. and
Is REORGANIZATION. Her husband
died at the age of ninety-one years.
The rescued American sailors In
the crew of the Norwegian bark Silius
were taken to Havre They stated to
the American consul that the vessel
was torpedoed without warning and
sank in five minutes. The Americans
will be sent to their homes by the
Norwegian consulate.
The Norwegian steamship Memona
and other vessels bound from England
for Norway are missing It is feared
they have been sunk by mines.
From the settlement of Valdris 140
horses were shipped to Christiania in
one week. The average price paid was
about COTE