The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-29
sALTA|R's SUNSET
CHARMS sC|ENT|s|
World-Famed Men Who (,
raVel Natures secret,
Guests of City. \
IMPRESSED WITH LA
Expert From Berlin Tells
Successful Working outl
Fertilization Problem
sI Wnnderbnr,N

So exclaimed the party o, d
guished foreign scientists WIN
through the city yesterday =,
stood on the edge of a pier Al d
and watched the beautiful
Great salt Lake. The sciertiss"
passed through nearly all tbo
OF interest in this country on
way west from the InternatiouaJ r
gress of Applied Chemistry !,
York city, agreed that the ..
Utah,s dead sea was ono of '' w
beautiful natural sights seen 'Is
country. 'sen IN
The distinguished visitors, ,i;,,v
N number; were delegates n Z.
tcrnailonaL chemistry congon,;oa ~ .le
IN New York, September 4 r. !.
elusive, The party left New e ~ -
a tour OF the United States s .vrk
10. They passed through Cb;sapsesn
trolt, Denver and other LARGO so,
route arriving here yesterday 's y,
noon IN their special train =,
Denver y Rlo Grande about 2 ~,
In the party were Austriaps co,s p
foilanders, Belgians and FrensS ''a; 4,
OF the party were Germans a.s
tnat reason ali the Congresses ana
speechniaking was in that languao % !.
Are Guests Of Zion.
DIR: David T. Day Of Wasb;n,,..
{, chief chemist Of the Iinii.ss s'Sa, Sl,
geological survey, was in vM .hn.s o''
the party. The visitors wero =,
IN tow, as. soon as they arrived
representatives OF the Commercial
and Utah Society OF Enpincsrs
shown over the city. After = u
seeing trip on open street ca,.
were escorted to the Tabernacle II
Prof. j. J. Mcclellan PLAYED , ths.. w
man selections, Pilgrim s chorus Z,
iia,nnhauser," :" Schumann's uTnn
rel - and the Wacht Am Rbiuc VI ~
music was much appreciated and /,
were many expressions OF wonds-
the - Vox Humana'' of tbe iabsra,
organ. y
Immediately after The coucs,.
visitors were taken TO Salfajr ;r
special train. There they oatbe,ad
the pier and listened to a sbors :,
gwen in German by DR., W c ms,
professor Of chemistry AZ tha S' js.s'
sity Of Utah. Dr, Ebaueb ernIa;
the rise and fall of the lake p;-, srS
the scientists that while the INN,
inland sea had once contained az \
as ~ per cent. salt, it now was Z
ABOUT IL per cent mineral The
was Just casting its setting GLOW 4
the waters and the visitors were =
impressed by the beautiful sight I
Enjoy Banquet at Club.
After returning from the Lake
visitors We're taken to the Commer
club, where a banquet was eiyan'
the club In their honor. DR.. Eba
acted as toastmaster and welcomed
scientists IN a short talk. The n
was made III German by Prof. Ia X,
Of Berlin.
The local committee in charge az
party was composed of GeorseI
Dern, Joseph j.. Caiue, q. 1. A. Cull
r. r. Jennings, B. W. MendenhalI,
x. Brown and o. II. Honnald Of
Utah Society OF Engineers, Prof.
ert Stewart of the Utah Agriculu
college ut Logan. Victor c. Heikes
the United States geological sur
and DR.. Ebaugh of Utah uDiversif,
The international convention nj
every three years in some impcri
city. The next meeting will be in
Petersburg, Tho party left Salt Il
City last night about 10 clock for
itornia, where San Francisco and
Angeles will he visited. They will
return by way Of the southern ssa
Notables in Party.
In the party were many scientist
international reputation, Among \
were DR.. F. Honig5berger. eyperlme
chemist OF Berlin, Germany; Lcol
Singer, famous petroleum expert
Vienna. Austria. and DR.. \. Manssl
Cologne, son of the famous Wlln
Mauser, inventor of the Mauser =
and himself noted chemist ana
vcntor.
"At this congress We did -
things OF great value. but the mosI
portant discussion was that OF
method bv which ammonia gan
taken from the air for iertlhss'
purposes" said DR.. HonigsbeIgr y
discussing the work Of the cons1 III
"By this new method chemists M m,r
able to secure for the agrleul,'u' ~
unlimited quantities of fertilizer Il II,
form OF ammonia, Heretofore Sl
monia has been extracted irpT, III. a
acid and has been expensive. i,rs,s aas
other practical fertilizer was niu''i
soda known az Chila saltPe.el, :,
Chileans have had a monopoly .sa,' on
business and the supply is ss. D
exhausted. With this new, pros;ss' s;s
can take nitrogen from the e.,,ei;e, ali
place it in the soil IN a p''''