Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-06-22

DSuSuuu NHu uaCk again VIM t0<metty
three-fourths per cent. now II Ii ~
per cent.
Professor Helberg. president of the
University OF Denmark, recently mAsl8
q sensational speech at meeting of
tho Copenhagen rarents association.
He directed 4 fierce assault On the
higher education as II II carried %
Mt the present time. He said the stu
dents are very poorly versed In Ian
guagcs. not knowing even their nativs
tongue. He characterized the present
"0verproduction" OF students IN .na.
tional calamity for Denmark"
Norway.
The city Of bergen ID ambitious ok
becoming 10 Norway what Hamburg
ID 10 Germany. Liverpool 10 England,
and Antwerp 20 Belgium. aid Daniel
Hum In recent public addrxs.. 10
realise this ambition Bergen Ii busy
considering plans for 1 greater. city,
built upon the ruins or tho old. ana
for expansion N every direction. An
extensive enlargement Of tho haFbor
Ii one OF the BIG features Ii tho plans
for the new city. In order To- provide
proper facilities for the great volume
Of commerce which Il ID believed tho
city II destined to receive III the futurA
Bergen business men look for vask
development OF the manufacturtng a.
dustries Of the nation within the next
few years, and o . result : cosrer
spending expansion OF shippine. In
dicative OF the trend 81 tho times q
tho growth Of the exports of manufao.
tured goods from 10000. 900 crowns II
1913 to ISL. 600. 900 crowns Ia 1911. In
ports have increased even more, ana
totaled $4,000 crowns In 1911.
The Norwegian steamer Prosper IN
has struck mine and sunk. The first
ofiicer Of the vessel In believed To DO
the only survivor. She smiled from
Newport News May 20 for In PAllice.
France. The Prosper III was Of 4.2o7
gross tons, 834 feet long. and was
built In 1912. She was owned Ii
Drammen.
The Norwegian Rnbblt-gr0wfng ~
sociation has 200 members. Arrange
ments have been made for establish
Ing rabbit farms. where tho different
species Of rabbits will be raised tor
the market.
Lieutenant Gjertsen Of the Norwe-
gian navy Ii asking for 4 compensation
OF 6,OO0 crowns for having taken !
course Ia aeroplane flying with the
view OF serving as aviator In ROAD
Amundsen's expedition to the North
pole. Captain Amundscn has now de-
cided not to use the aeroplane. q hs
had originally inteHde:!. = ,;vsyss*'
-Sss~sssssa4 S44ss. \
A majority Of the stocks OF tho
Christiania street railway company,
which for many years past have been
In German hands, namely. Gesellschaft
fuer Eiektrische Unternehmungen
Berlin, have just passed Into the pos-
session Of Norwegians. The law arm
OF Eckbo 4 Rygh had the honor Of
negotiating the deal. All the stocks
Of the other street railway company
Of Christiania. namely. Christiania
Elektriske Sporvei, have always been
owned BY NorwegianA
III. III. Wranger a Company Of Aals-
sund have recently purchased four
ships from a Sandfjord firm for 0.O0O.-
600 crowns.
Sweden.
Tho women of Sweden. like those
OF Switzerland. are aiding German
war orphans on a large scale. Under
the protectorate Of Queen Victoria, .
large society has been organized 70
procure temporary homes for several
thousand German boys md girls
whose fathers have been killed on the
battlefieids. The children will be
taken care Of In Sweden until the Ger
man government can provide Tor them.
Many Of them win be adopted by the
members Of the society, II the Ger
man authorities consent to this.
This resolution has not found favor
among the socialists OF Denmark. 4
fact to which the socialist paper, Cog.
enhagen. calls forcible attention.
The Russian government asked the
Swedish railway department for per.
mission to send food through Sweden
to the Russian captives In Germany.
II was mentioned that the goods would
amount to about twenty carloads .
day. The Swedish government has
given a favorable answer.
Striking q mine Of Santana, M
island OF the archipelago ut the en-
trance to Stockholm. the Ewedish
steamship Para sank recently. Ths
Para displaced 1893 gross tons. she
was 266 feet long, 81 feet beam ana
l6 feet deep. She was built Ct Sun
derland In 1882.
A dispatch from Sweden says IL
Swedish steamer Emmy has Seen A.
stroyed BY mine OF Falsterbo. The
dispatch says one of the crew 80