Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-01-24
Scandinavian News
Important Happenings in far off Northl.nd.


ticular Interest In the United STATES
at this time. It provides for the up.
pointment Of tribunal Of five to nd
just disputes between employers and
employees, the chairman and two 9th.
er members to be appointed by the
national labor organization whose
members are involved, and the second
by the Norwegian Employers associa-
ton. The Norwegian act provides
that the king may forbid any labor
suspension by either side during the
arbitration proceedings, and labor and
wage conditions are to continue as
they were when the dispute arose un-
til Judgment is rendered, or unless the
parties otherwise agree. Any person
who participates In a lockout or strike
while the arbitration tribunal board is
considering the dispute, is subject to a
fine of from $1.S4 to $1,000. No Judg-
ment Of arbitration under the act re-
mains in force for more tfan three
years without the consent of both p3r-
ties.
The production of arms and nmmu-
milton is now many times greater than
1t was before the outbreak of the war.
The capacity of the government arm
DRY at Kongsberg has been largely in
creased and the production speeded to
the limit. according to Christiania
news report. Huge quantities of large
and small arms are being made, and q
vast reserve supply of shells and small
ammunition is being accumulated. 1t
is the intention of the government
that If the country should be forced
into war, Its army shall not lack weap-
ons with which to fight. A branch Of
production Of but recent growth in
Norway is the manufacture Of air
planes. The machines: are made after
French models and very considerable
number have already been construct
ed. In the near future. however, the
output will be doubled. The manu-
facture of the machines has been aid
ed by the circumstance that the oppos-
Ing belligerents in the war have pub
l1shed the construction secrets Of their
enemies machines The training of
airplane pilots is also going Oh apace
and recently 20 young men were grant.
ed flyers certificates.
According to a note recently trans
mil fn1 tn no TYyst
dor at Berlin, the sinking of the Nor
wegian steamer Tripel by a German
submarine was justified. The note
says: "As stated by the German naval
authorities, the Norwegian steamer
Tripel, on November 10, 1916, was
stopped by German submarine sand
captured after it had been made GER
tain that the cargo was Of steel, and
under Italian war command, with Ge-
noa as her port Of destination. Since
it was impossible in the prevailing cir.
cunstances to bring the steamer into
q German port, the ship was sunk. Be
fore this, sufficient time was left to
the crew to leave the steamer. The
weather was very good and the Span
ish coast was hardly ten miles away,
SO that full guaranty was given for
the rescue of the crew."
According to recent dispatch, q
sound intensifier for telephones and
has been invented by
and company, called the
company, has been organ.
ized for the purpose Of manufac turing
the instrument It is asserted that the
new invention wilt double the distance
over which telephone can be used,
and likewise increase the tone
strength of monographs.
Knute Hanson, the Norwegian au-
thor, is enjoying great popularity in
at the present time During
the past year 100000 copies of his
books were printed, and enjoyed
larger sale than any other works, ex-
cept the Morse classics. Seventeen
thousand copies of his novel Hunger
and 10000 copies of children of the
Time" were sold.
A man, age sixty-tree, was re-
Gently sentenced to serve a term in
prison for stealing bicycle at Chris
tiania. This is the thirty first time
he has been convicted Of stealing 9. 9.
fraud and it is announced that his
life, since his boyhood, has been made
up Of one prison terms after the other.
The storthfng opened January IL. In
his speech from the throne King Haa-
kon referred to the ever increasing
difficulties neutral nations are expe-
riencing in the war and declared that
the Norwegian government had en-
deavored to observe strict neutrality
toward all Of the belligerents.
The food supply commission Of Nor.
way has contracted for 1000 barrels
Of mutton in Iceland to be delivered