The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-03-30
: NORWAY.

/ The following incident happened to
an American citizen connected with
large American cod.liver OIL con,
Germ. I'VE 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 tho
fisheries In Norway, and went to tho
steamship office to get rates, as was
my custom. They told me fatty that I
could not ship them. l went to the
British consulate In New York which
has to %. K. every shipment of any
kind that goes out of New York. They
told me L 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. I. It worked.
In an interview at tho Amalienborg
palace by the Norwegian prime minis.
ter, Gunnar Anudsen, who Is attending
tho conference of Scandinavian min
listers, said: 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. It 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 NyjLrdet is responsible for the
statement that in LON Gudbrands-
dalen there ii; house which is still
older than he famous Finneloft
building in Voss. The house in ques.
ton ia now standing on the Ere farm,
but was originally standing at Syn
stnes, whence it was removed about
the year 1880. It Is claimed that
King Saint Olaf stopped in this house
when he passed through LON. As that
happened 1874 years ago the building
must be at least 900 years old. The
house was remodeled when moved to
it's present location, and the second
story, in which King Olaf slept several
nights, is no longer In its original
shape.
H. Berggraf Of Stranger invented
an electric fiat ir>jn 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 fiat iron has the advantage
of being self-regulating and fire
proof. With full current turned on
it may be put On paper, cloth, or any.
thing combustihle 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 Molde, and they brought 1000 tons
Of coal in England. But the English
government refused permission. to ex.
port the coal. In this case there was
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 tho expectation
Of the coal.
A man who took the trouble to
count the announcements Of tie or
ganization of new business corpora
tions or the extension of old ones.
found that 145 such announcements
were made in three and half months,
or about one day on the average.
The maximum capital called for was
$50 100000, the minimum $47,250,0O
No less than 10 were shipping com.
panies. =.
J0rgfne 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. OF descendants still living she
has children, 30 grandchildren, and
Is great-grandchildren. Her husband
died at the age of ninety-une 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 torpcdoed without warning and
sank in five minutes. The Americans
will be sent to their homes by the
Norwegian consulate.
The Norwegian steanship Memona
and other Vessela Sound FROM ENGLAND