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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-05-18

budget committee OF the storthing
has placed itself on record in favor OF
the projected university in Bergen.
A fund of $4,000 has already been
raised by private subscription on the
initiative of the Bergen museum. and
the Bergen city council has voted a
free site valued at 100000 crowns.
The plan for the new university Is to
build It up gradually with the Bergen
museum as a nucleus. The museum
will celebrate it's one hundredth ami
versary In ten years. and 1t is hoped
to have the department Of mathemat-
les and science established when the
centennial is reached.
The 1915 year book OF the central
statistical bureau of Norway has Just
made its appearance. It contains,
among other things. a table of cities
with estimates of the population at
the close of the year 1914. and an
ether table showing the representa-
t:en of the several centers in the
storthing. According to tho year
book the population OF the leading
cities of Norway Is IS fallows:
Christiania. 25o.741 Bergen, 7S,aSo.
Trondhjem, 1859: Stavanger, 40.
500; Drammen. 25.5o0; Christiansand.
$4,000 Fredrickstad. 1928; Aalesund.
$4,000; Haugesund. $4,000: Skien. H..
500: Sarpsborg. $4,000: Fredrikhald.
1850; Arendal, 1o.60o: Horton. TO-.
900: Larvik, 1880. The table giving
the representation in the storthing
shows that Ffekkefiord. with 1855
population and one representative, has
211a times the proportional represen-
tation of Christiania, where there is
one representative to every 5o,1sS OF
population, A similar relation exists
In the representation of the other
small and large cities OF the country.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-05-18

The imports to Russia from Sweden
have trebled during the war.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-05-18

According to reports received by the
state immigration department seeding
Is about completed in Minnesota. Wet
ground has interfered In some sections
OUT on the whole the state is well
advanced, Tame grasses are In ex.
eeLsnt condition. Clearwater, Dodge
ana Meeker counties report excellent
winter wheat. Norman county expects
ABOUT the same corn acreage IS last
year Pennington. Jackson and Clear
water counties expect Z larger cora
acreage There II promise OF q laru-
e. fruit and berry yield in Akin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
U-53 Sent to Test u. s.
Position. Is London View

London, Oct. 9.-The operations OF
the U-53 have created the greatest
amount of interest here, but the For
cign Office states il is inadvisable un-
der present circumstances to make any
announcement in regard to the atti-
tude of the British government.
"The Westminster Gazette" says:
"The U-53 was shepherded by the
Do into port, where a mysterious let
ter was duly handed to journalist
the only man allowed aboard-who, in
turn, posted il by the next mail"
The newspaper referred to the En-
tente Allied memorandum regarding
submarines. which, it says, apparently
was not published in the United States,
although that power surely was one Of
those TO whom II was addressed. The
paper says il is certain Germany knew
the contents of the memorandum, and
il may be that the U-53 was sent to
test the position of the United States.
1.-THE Westminster Gazette" quotes
one of President Wilson's Lusitania
notes and concludes:
"If the U-53 got neither fuel nor
supplies at Newport it might be diff
cult to argue that it had used that port
as q naval Ddot, DGN We Nuii Coy sAoSf
after claiming the hospitality of the
United States, her next proceeding was
to disregard the rules of fairness, rea-
son, justice and humanity We don't
say that the United States government
did not behave correctly but the re-
connoissance is little likely to improve
Germany's position in public opinion
in the United States. Americans will
hardly like the notion that they pay
for and provide lightships and destroy
ers TO rescue British seamen from the
poor measure Of safety accorded them
by ruthless U-boats."
"Tho Manchester Guardian" in an
editorial on the exploits of the U-53
declares its conviction of the desire Of
the United States government to OBJ
serve strict neutrality.
Maybe there were some special po-
litical circumstances about the mis-
sion of the U-53 which made the Unit
ed States government give it a special
escort" says 1.-THE Guardian"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10

adorned with the signatures Of the Of
ficers of three ships which were sunk,
that of Captain Hanrahan, of the tor
pedo destroyer Balch, and those OF sew
eral rescued passengers.
Gregg Kennedy reached New York
with one Canadian dollar in his pocket,
all that he had been able TO save from
his belongings.
"Sure | saw the submarine" he said,
just after leaving the train. "She fired
shot across our bow. We stopped,
and they lowered the boats and made US
get in them. II took us about ten min
utes TO get to the States destroyer.
Then we patrolled around and had TO
watch the little boat blow up a Dutch
tramp and fire on our ship. 1t wasn't
very pleasant. The poor Dutchman
reared up on end and went down stern
first. The Stephsno, without man on
her, seemed to be fighting for herself.
She wouldn't sink, en- tough they
filed her full of holes from their guns.
At last they torpedoed her. They hit
her in the boiler room, and there was
big cloud of smoke and steam. Then
she settled over on her starboard side
and disappeared. 1t was a shame TO
see her go like that"
His serious face suddenly changed to
smiles.
81 came here for a vacation" he
laughed. "It's fine vacation Pm going
to have on one Canadian dollar in New
York City"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
Dutch Steamer Awaited Turn
Till U-53 Sank Stephano
Crew Watched Liners Fate While Preparing to Leave Own
Ship-Cabn Boy Now Veteran of Three
Submarine Attacks.

About twenty members Of the crew
Of the Dutch steamer Bloomersdijk.
sunk Sunday afternoon BY a German
submarine off Nantucket. arrived last
evening, at the pier of the Holland
America Line in Hoboken. The crew
of fifty was brought into Newport after
the sinking Of their ship by the United
States destroyers Benham and McDou-
gall. Those who arrived last night
were the first to reach New York.
The men were reluctant TO talk Of
their experience. and it was said their
officers had warned them against it.
"Our first warning that submarine
was near was when he got a she'll
across our bow" said one member of
the crew. I'VE Immediately laid to
and the submarine appeared. We were
warned TO wait until she got through
with the Stephano, which was in sight
about two miles of. While We made
our preparations TO take to the boats
the submarine stopped the Stephano.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
ATTACKS BEYOND
THREE-MILELIVIIT
U-Boat's Position Com
manded Both Lanes
of Traffic.

Boston. Oct. e.-When Lieutenant
Captain Hans Rose went warning on
enemy shipping he placed the subma-
rine U-53 in a position to command both
the incoming and outgoing lanes Of
what is known as the outside course"
Of Atlantic travel.
The island OF Nantucket lies twenty
miles south of the elbow Of Cape Cod.
The Nantucket Lightship is stationed
forty-fve miles south of Nantucket
Island. Between the island and the
lightship are dangerous shoals. Ac-
cordingly, while operating OIL the iight-
shin the t-53 was forty-five miles from
American territory and slxty-hve miles
from the mainland. SO far as an in
vasion of the three-mile limit neutral
zone was concerned, the warship might
as we'll have been in midocean.
Immediately south of Nantucket ISL
and is the lane followed by eastbound
vessels. Twenty miles south OF the ISL
and is the path OF shipping bound IN
for New York.
The U-53, scouting ten miles south
Of Nantucket in clear weather Sun
day, was able to pick up every craft
going and coming on the outside course
and only had to wait for her prey.
Vessels that on being warned shifted
their course to the inside route that
took them over the perilous shoals be-
tween Nantucket and the mainland
escaped the submarine, but it is ap-
parent that shipping generally chose
the submarine danger in preference to
the hazard Of the shoals.
Captain Smith, OF the Red Cross liner
Stephano, one of the submarines vic
tins, apparently preferred TO face the
warship rather than the dangers of
! Nantucket shoals. The Stephano was
warned Of German submarine in the
"outside course" it was said, at s
o'clock Sunday morning. A personal
friend of Captain Smith said the COM
mander evidently was confronted with
the question Of whether TO hold his
course and risk the submarine or shift
to the dangerous inside" route.
The commanders friend believed
Captain Smith thought the presence on
board of American passengers gave his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
BRITAIN WON'T
PROTEST RAID
Continued from page I

ica's own submarines. straying into the
danger zone. inadvertently might en-
counter the fate reserved for a 'boche.
IF the German submarines are en-
couraged by the use of American ports
TO ply adjacent waters it means that
no submarine of the American navy
can visit the same waters except at its
American government to decide whether
the Atlantic coast shall be frequented
by its own submarines or By Ger
nanv'e -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10

ave saw about thirty shells fred at
the liner, and we knew what was COM
ing to US. Finally, the tSephano was
torpedoed, and as We took 10 our boats
We saw her 60 down. Only three shells
were fred at the Bloomerdijk. The
submarine captain evidently realized he
could sink her much more easily with
a torpedo, and soon after We put off
from the ship she was blown up. Our
first mate went on board the subma-
rine to show our papers, and then We
were told to make for the Nantucket
Lightship, which was not far away. We
were taken care of there until the de-
stroyers took US off,
Among the crew Of the Bloomersdijk
is a fourteen-year- cabin boy, who is
veteran of submarine warfare. He
says he has twice before been on yes
sells which were sunk by Uboats. Mem
bers of the crew said he was the most
unconcerned person aboard when the
submarine overhauled the ship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10

waves. The rest of the U-boat was not
visible. Shortly after. however, her
long, gray body rose slowly out of the
water and in a moment her matches
were opened and ten or twelve men
appeared on her deck.
Clip on Captains Nose.
81 had Immediately ordered our boats
TO be lowered, and while this was
being done the submarine came along
side and eight or ten officers and men
from the U-boat came aboard. One
peculiar thing / noticed was that the
captain wore q metal clip on his nose.
What the purpose of it was | could not
imagine. The captain spoke excellent
English, telling me we were thirteen
miles east southeast of the Nantucket
lightship. He ordered all hands off the
Strathdene and returned to the sub
marine.
"As the last of our boats was being
lowered the submarine fired two shells,
but | think they were merely TO make
us hurry and that there was no inten-
ton TO hit US. After our boats had
left the ship, the submarine fired half
a dozen shells at her, but could not
sink her.
"Just then the Christian Knudsen
came in sight and the submarine
started after her. Through my glasses
! watched the U-bost 60 alongside, and
Immediately the crew took to the
boats.
Took Oil from Tanker.
"For three-ouarters of an hour the
U-boat Law alongside the Knudsen, APP
parently taking oil, for saw two hoses
run from the submarine into the
tanker. Then the U-boat drew off, and
presently we heard the crash of an
exploding torpedo. The Knudsen al
most Immediately began TO go down by
the bow, and soon she had disappeared.
"The submarine returned and fired
two more shells into the Strathdene.
When she did not 60 down, torpedo
was used. and / saw my ship plunge
70 the bottom. Ny boat finally reached
the Nantucket lightship after hard
pull"
The P. L. NJ. " was passing Nan
tucket Lightship on its way from Que
bee 10 New York at about p. m. yes
terday, when Captain Yates saw the
urgent" signal displayed. Drawing
closer he was megaphoned TO stop and
was asked to take aboard part OF the
crew of the Strathdene. There were
sixteen survivors on the lightship, only
one of the Strathdene's two lifeboats
having reached it. After proceeding
five miles further Captain Yates sight
ed the second boat and the rest Of the
crew were taken aboard.
Shell Falls Near LifebOat.
The stories Of the men of the Strath-
dene. told at the shipping Offices OF the
British Consulate, 25 South Street,
where they were taken after their land
ing. conceded with that OF the captain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
SAW U-53 TAKE
OIL FROM TANKER
Strathdene's Captain Tells
of Torpedoing of
Two Ships.

Still weary from exposure, loss OF
Leep and six long, exhausting hours of
labor at the oars Of lifeboats, thirty
Two members Of the crew of the British
trsighter Strathdene, sunk early Sun
isy morning of Nantucket by the
German submarine U-53, arrived in
New York yesterday afternoon on board
II. steamer P. L. NJ. ". of the Oriental
Mitigation Company line.
The vivid picture of submarine war
fare they had witnessed was still fresh
in their minds. as they told how they
bad seen their ship sent to the bottom
By the crashing explosion of a torpedo
ud had watched the submarine take
ma supply Of oil from the Norwegian
ank steamer Christian Knudsen, and
then sink the tanker while their life
boats tossed on the waves amid flying
fragments Of bursting shells. 1t was a
grin and memorable example Of the
businesslike efficiency Of the German
rubmarine which the crew Of the
su,thdene described yesterday.
Gun First Thing Seen.
After the P. L. N. " had docked,
Captain ". B. Wilson, of the Strath-
s.n., hurried at once to the Office Of
Il. British Consulate and was closeted
ros. Of the afternoon with the British
Consul General, Give Bayley. Mr..
5syley refused TO allow reporters to
zee the captain, but details of the lat
i.rs version OF the sinking Of the
Srsthdene, as told on board the P. l..
XIV, were given by Captain Yates, of
TIA. vessel.
sour first knowledge Of the presence
q the submarine came at a m.
Sunday" said Captain Wilson, when
shell came flying across our bow.
new what that meant instantly and
ordered the vessel stopped. AT first
We could see nothing. Then | made
%: the forward gun Of the submarine,
which seemed 70 be riding on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
Insurance Rates Jump.

Shipping circles are unduly per-
turbed. Although the present haul is
heavy. it is pointed on. tnat unless the
German submarines have secret base
their fuel margin cannot be large and
their operations. therefore. will be
short.
Chief anxiety rests with the question
of insurance rates, which have har-
deneG considerably already. as might
have been expected after the loss Of
the Strathdene and the West Point,
whose value alone is estimated at ST.
100000. apart from the cargoes.
The price of ships and freights al
ready gives signs OF rising as result
Of the raid. but unless the submarines
meet with unexpected success it is not
likely that the shipping supply will be
affected greatly.
Some anxiety prevails in London
among those whose friends are on east
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10

which she had been transferred. cir
cled about looking on at the sinking
Stephano.
'It was GIL when started down to
the dining ROOM" she said. Gust as
stood at the door the first shot was
fired. The stewards ran about, telling
every one TO be calm. | never saw a
quieter crowd than the one that was
hustled off the Stephano in fifteen short
minutes. A steep and slippery ladder
led from the sinking ship to the life
boats, and | don't know how the other
women felt, but / was more afraid TO
20 down il than / was of the submarine
itself.
About midway down the ladder I
heard the young girl in front of me
whimpering that she had no life pre-
server. When | got down ! asked r
man for his knife and ripped my pre-
server in two. giving her the right side
Of it, ] don't know who she was, and |
never saw her again. Miss Florence
Jennings. our friend from New York,
was on the other side Of me on the
ladder
Weeps on Seeing Husband.
One of the women who came smiling
into the Grand Central Station burst
into sobs when she saw her husband
awaiting her. Her courage reached the
breaking point the instant she saw =
protector at hand. She was Mrs. Mar
tin Kosher, of Newfoundland, with
nine-months-old Catherine in her arms
and Marie, three years old, holding TO
fold OF her skirt. Marie was the
youngster whom the steward had for
gotten to bring down the ladder. Her
mother had imperilled her own life
going back for the child. and had found
her nursing a broken-nosed doll. Marie
sobbed yesterday because the doll had
been dropped, in her mothers haste.
Miss Josephine Kane and Miss
Bridget Kane told their story in an &C
cent that smacked strongly of New
foundland, which they had never before
left. The sisters were coming to New
York to work as housemaids. Bridget
was to be married in a month or two,
dress that made them wiring their
hands.
Every stitch put in by hand" said
Josephine.
81 cannot be married without q we'd
ding dress, and | have no money left
for clothes" Bridget said, grimly.
miss America" was the proud title
won by little Marcella Kennedy, eleven
years old, of 1923 Butler Street, Phila-
Gelphia, because in the middle of the
torpedoing she had kept telling the
other passengers that nobody would
dare hurt any Of them-weren't they
Americans She was on the way home
with her aunt, Miss Ellen White, of
Newfoundland.
Marcella's spirit was not broken, but
she had thought that her heart was,
when she missed her shipboard play
mate, the captains dog, the ship mas
cot. Later he was found on one Of the
lifeboats.
Was Long in War Zone.
One OF the Stephano's passengers had
travelled for weeks on the Mediter-
ranean, each day expecting that his
ship would be torpedoed by German
submarine. lie escaped without mis-
hap, only to come 10 grief IN neutral
waters. He is Joseph Lupini, of New
castle-on-T Tyne, England, who is in the
shipping business. Since January l he
had touched every port in France, Italy,
Egypt and Malta, as well as cities on
both coasts of South America. Recently
he has been in Vancouver, and was re-
turning TO New York by way OF Hall
fax. lie came ashore with only the
a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
AUSTRIAN WARSHIP LOST

Paris, Oct. 9.-One of the largest
Austrian warships blew up recently at
Pola, according TO press dispatch
from Zurich. The dispatch says ref
ucees from Dalmatia brought the news
20 Switzerland, but they did not know
the cause of the explosion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
Shell Falls Near LifebOat.

The stories Of the men of the Strath-
dene. told at the shipping Offices OF the
British Consulate, % South Street,
where they were taken after their land
ing. conceded with that OF the captain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10

waves. The rest of the U-boat was not
visible. Shortly after. however. her
long, gray body rose slowly out of the
water and in a moment her matches
were opened and ten or twelve men
appeared on her deck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10
Many on Stephano Lost
All When Ship Was
Sunk.
HEAR LAST TORPEDO
WAS USED ON HER
Captain Warned U-Boat
Americans Were on
Board.

New York City had feeting glimpse
of one of the hardships of the Eu-
ropean war yesterday afternoon, after
survivors from the torpedoed Red
Cross liner Stephano arrived in the
Grand Central Station.
There were thirty-one first class and
twenty-five second class passengers;
twenty-nine were women and fourteen
children. All had left Newport shortly
after II o'clock yesterday morning, and
had been rushed to New York in charge
of Purser Jones, of the Stephano, and
three Red Cross women nurses, on the
Boston Express, which arrived at
o'clock
The first class passengers were all
passed by customs inspectors before
they left the train, but those who had
travelled in the second cabin were
marched through the crowded corridor,
of the station, and were huddlcd to-
gether in hot, stuffy improvised hos
pital on the lower level of the terminal
to wait until they could be formally
passed by the customs men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10

ern bound boats. but so far there is no
sign that American-Csnadian sailings
will be interrupted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-10

ship immunity from attack. Had he
made for the Cape Cod coast he could
have proceeded easily within the three
mile limit and passed through tho
shoals, barring misbap, and on through
Vineyard Sound and in neutral waters
TO New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-29
For NOn-Payment of Taxes.

Sacramento, March 29.-By spe-
cial proclamation issued by Governor
Hiram W. Johnson which was filed
with the secretary of state, the Ford
Automobile company must go cut of
business in California so far as in
trastate business is concerned as a
penalty for refusing to pay the state
franchise tax for 1915.
This means, according to state OF
ficials, that the Ford branches, as
sembling plants and distributing agen-
cies in California cannot do business
in the state because the charter has
been forfeited.
The Ford Motor Company refused
to pay the $4,000 tax levied by the
state upon the ground that it was
excessive.
Included in the governors procla-
nation were the names of $500 cor
porations which failed to pay their
taxes. No suit will be brought against
any firm that owes less than $25.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-29

The bonds of the Irrigation Dis
trict have been passed on favorably
by Charles P. Eells, bond attorney of
San Francisco, named by the South
ern Pacific Company to determine the
validity of the bonds in the possession
Of the railroad company. The an
Douincement of this fact came as a
surprise at this time, for Mr.. Eelis
had written Secretary Berry when
the transcript was furnished that he
would write from time to time regard
ing the matter. No letter came from
him, and it took him but ten days to
go over the records, which were vo-
luminous, and apparently the record
was so clear that no further infor-
nation was required. 1t would be
difficult to pay higher compliment
to Mr.. Berry's ability as a secretary,
for upon his work the real issue of va
lidity devolved mainly.
The letter bringing the information
is as follows:
"San Francisco, Cal, March q,
1916.-C. M. Berry, Esq, Secretary
Imperial Irrigation District, Ell Cen
tro, Cal.-Dear Sir: | have received
your letter of March 25th and the
certified copy of the judgment roll
and resolution, for which | am great
ly obliged.
81 have notified Mr.. Guy V. Shoup
of the Southern Pacific Company that
] shall be prepared to render an opin-
ion in favor Of the validity of the
bonds of the district purchased by
.hem upon the permission of the Rail
road Commission being obtained for
the transfer of the system to you.
81 remain, dear sir, faithfully yours,
"CHARLES P. EELLS."
The directors of the district have
been notified that the State Bond
Commission will be in session April
z and will then pass on the petition
for confirmation of the sale of the
irrigation system to the district by
the Southern Pacific Company. This
is believed to be simply formal mat
ter, and the directors and secretary