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

of reducing the. cost of paper and fs1f.
nishing mt small cost an excellent eub-
stitute FOR coal as fuel product. The
project il 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. Y. Strelenert, Il Gothenburg en-
gineer. The process IL said To be that
OF producing coal In powder form
from sulphite I've. ST Is stated that
this process" the report says. "pro-
duces coal powder almost equal In
caloriflc value to first ciass coal---
namely, 6.9O0 calories against 1000
In the case of the best English coal.
The process has been tested md
proved to the satisfaction OF Norweg-
Ian interests. A company under the
title of Sulphite Coal, Ltd, has been
formed with minimum capital OF
Si2S. 600 TO exploit It. II In estimated
that II the coal powder III made OF all
the sulphite I've refuse OF Norway, 30
per cent of the Import coal will be re-
placed. According to Doctor Strelen-
ert's method the I've Will be mixed
with some foreign material after the
boiling OF the snlphite and then II will
be transferred TO a large kiln, where
II Is 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 and In
then taken out In the form Of a thick
black paste. The water which re
| mains In the paste liz then removed
In centrifugal machine and the resi-.
due In the coal In a powdered form.
The powder Will then, In NIL probn-
bility, be made into brIckettcs and
used In the same manner ms coal. 1t
may seem strange that coal can be
produced from lye hut the following
will explain the reason. Under the
sulphite process only AZ per cent OF
the weight of the timber In utilized.
The remainder falls as refuse into the
| I've and II liz this, tower half OF the
timber) which Mr.. Strelenert's process
transforms into coal"
The Norwegian reply to the German
protest against the U-bont ordinance
of October 81 was delivered to the Ger
man ambassador In ChrIstianin Mo-
vember o. The controversy between
Norway and Germany became acute
with the passage Of the ordinance OF
October Is. by which submarines of
belligerents were forbidden to cross
Norwegian waters except In emer-
gency, and then they were directed
to remain upon the surface and ny
their national flag. Mercantile subma-
rines also were ordered to remain on
the surface and display their colors
The ordinance provoked strong feeling
In Germany. and DIR. Alfred thinner.
mann, German under secretary for for
eign affairs, was quoted as saying the
German note OF protest would be Sc
rions, and that Germany would moi
submit calmly to the action Of the
Norwegian government.
A dispatch from Superior Wis, says
that 3,3O0-ton freight steamer
named Cleveland. was launched Sat
urday, November 4, Mt Superior
for the Knud Knndsen Ship company
Of Hnugesund, Norway. The ship Ii
261 feet long. 1t will be taken I'm 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 I'm Supe.
rior.
Political circles In Berlin are pes.
simistic regarding relations with Nor.
way. according to an Exchange tele.
graph dispatch from Amsterdam. II II
said the Norwegian reply to Germanys
note on the submarine question liz I'm.
satisfactory on all points of principle
and It IL 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 II there had been no
foreign population. In Bergen there
were $50 families that could find no
houses to rent, and they had to be-
CHARTERED In public buildings.
| Up and up goes the stock In the Nor
wegian American Steamship company.
Now 1t is sl94.40 per share. which
represents value of 300 per cent
above par.