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Of acctyline. employed to-day all over
the world for lighting purposes. Thus
was recorded tho birth of the carbide
industry. IN which millions and mill
lions of dollars are to-day invested.
With this in mind ii is peculiar
coincidence that over Ia North Caro-
lima. nj Badiu, which is less than one
hundred and nifty miles the crow
flies. from the birthplace Of the car
hide Industry, there are being develop
cd probably the largest plants III the
world for tho manufacture Of metallic
aluminium This may hc called the
twin brother of the carbide industry,
rs IT also depends on the utilization or
thousa nds and thousands OF horse pow
or OF electric current for the smelling
Of aluminium lngots. which no doubt
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ta!lic aluminium at New York for 1910
1914 inclusive, the reader can readily
ascertain that the average price OBJ
tanned was around twenty cents per
pound. There u good profit at
even this price, because it is said that
the production costs are not more than
twelve cents per pound. But the Alum
mum Company has undoubtedly profit
ed enormously by war conditions. BY
the end OF 1914 surplus stocks had been
absorbed and the price OF metallic
aluminium was on it's way skyward
During the latter part of 1915 quota
ti"ns at one time reached sixty-three
cents per pound, and AT no time has the
price been under ffty-fve cents in the
last sixty days. ON production Of
one hundred and forty-four million
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THE ALADDIN STORY OF
A Record OF Achievement for American Brains and
Capital - Remarkable Growth of the Industry.
Illustrations by Manufacturers Record Mover

nearly eighty million pounds OF tho
white metal. The remarkable and
steady growth is aptly and clearly
shown by the table OF production pre-
pared by the United States Geological
Survey. Washington. II. c.. and illus
trated in this article. According TO tho
Boston News Bureau. MIR. Arthur Z.
Davis, president of the Aluminium Com
pany OF America, I'm n speech at De-
troit last fall, stated that his company
was producing at that time eighteen
pounds OF aluminium where ten pounds
were made In 1914. This would indi-
cate that last year tho output was In
I'll" neiChborhood OF one hundred and
forty-four million pounds. And i, would
not surpass the expectations OF those
in n position To know If the output for
1916 exceeded two hundred million
pounds. taking into account the new
plants and large extensions to the ones
already in operation.
The actual profits rolled up nv the
Aluminium Company last year should
read more like fairy story rather than
tho plain facts taken from a stock
holders report By referring TO the
illustration showing the prices OF me-
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candle plants, and Is largely employed
where vessels are required OF metal
that VIII not corode nor tarnish nor
become affected by certain acids en-
ployed In these industries 1t Ia elso
used In connection with the production
OF peroxide Of hydrogen. oitrio ncid.
slycertne and a number of less known
chemicals. 1t Is tho lightest metal
known. being only little over two and
half times as heavy as water, while
lis admirable physical properties in
many respects make 1t exceedingly val
liable for various uses too numerous to
mention hero.
The aluminium Company Of America
has large plants scattered all over this
country. and even In Canada It Is
backed by some of the largest financial
Interests In Pittsburgh, including Henry
c. Frick, tho famous coke king and
millionaire, the Mellon banking inter
ests and others. II Is considered one
OF the most efficient and richest cor
porations in the entire country The
capital stock is twenty million dollars
all of which has been issued ana Is
closely held. At the last salo made
several months ago the quotation was
$ia5 per share. on par valuation of
$4,000
The largest factor in the production
OF metallic aluminium is cheap electric
current. which can only be developed
whore there is large water power.
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pounds the net profit must have been
in the nciChborhood of between nifty
and sixty million dollars. on a capital
i@ntion OF twenty million dollars. and
II has been these large surplus profits
which has enabled the Aluminium Com
plants IN other parts OF the country
and 10 carry through without a hitch
the enormous development work at
Badin. which will probably represent,
when completed. an outlay OF twenty
million dollars. including the sums
which have already been spent at that
point by the Whitney Reduction Com
pnny. whose interests were acquired
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last November by the Pittsburgh Cor
uoration.
me electric furnace has been the
wizard by which the wonderful prog
ress and transformation In the manu-
facture OF metallic aluminium has been
brought about. II was at Niagara Falls
that practically all the Industries so
Intimately connected with the electric
furnace have had their beginnings. This
was because OF the tremendous electric
current developed and made CONNER
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that practically all of the aluminium In
been improved from time to time. and
the one which is now used was first In
stalled at the company's plant In East
st. Louis several years ago. Briefly
speaking, Bauxite the ore from which
tho metal is extracted. and technically
known as hydrous oxide Of aluminium,
is ground up fine. then mixed with
caustic soda by means OF steam under
pressure. This mixture goes through
several processes. then Is mixed with
two substances technically known as
cryolite and nuorite. after which & Is
put into shallow watts containing cleo
trodes charged with electricity, and
after treatment thus for a certain time.
1t goes to tho electric furnace, and
finally energies from the plants as the
white metal itself in the form Of In
gots.
The mineral Rau1ite is produced
chiefly In Arkansas and Tennessee. and
there is town in the former State
named after the mineral where, accord
ing TO reports, there are deposits so
large and SO available that railroad
tracks are laid over the beds OF the
ore. which is then mined with Va steam
shovel In a manner similar to the iron
deposits OF Michigan. and the famous
porphry copper deposits of Nevada and
Utah. II is said that of the other min
erals used in It's manufactur the fluor-
lite is brought from France and India,
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hundred thousand horse power while
an additional nifty thousand horse-pow-
or Will no doubt he developed
at the Falls. three miles below
this point. and still another nifty
thousand horse power will likely
he developed at the different powor
sites below the Falls. All OF this cur
rent viii doubtless he used for the
smelling OF aluminium and when 1t Is
remembered that the Same corporation,
using twenty-five thousand horse-pow-
er Mt its Maryville plant for tho Same
purpose. employs 500 men at that point.
IL Is n. simple process or arithmetic to
figure out working force for tho
smelling and aluminium plants alone at
Badin of thousands of men. which
would mean new city for North Caro-
lima ut that point OF from fifteen to
twenty thousand people. after the fun
plans have been carried out. and all
the plants are in operation.
IT will be remembered that I'm tho
first part of this article it was stated
that the original plans of the French
Syndicate called for tho development OF
an annual production of twenty four
million pounds OF metallic aluminium so
that with the development OF two hum
dred thousand horse power there
should be an annual capacity of nifty
million pounds OF metallic aluminium.
all OF which I. perfectly clear in tho
not distant future TO those men who
are entirely familiar with tho growth
and development of tho industry
Tho building OF this dam will create
an immense Iake some eight miles long,
extending to whitney. and no doubt in
this next few years It Is likely to create
n summer play ground along It's
shores which may compare with Lake
Toxaway and the famous Sapphire
Country near Ashcville. In the Land OF
the Sky.
over at Badin the construction work.
both on the dam and the aluminium
smelling plants is proceeding with ire
mendous and fcverIsh activity induced
no doubt by the remarkable high price
of the metal which is at this writing
around Gu cents per pound. and at
which figure there is an enormous pro-
Mt. Who would not speed up produc-
t"n Under such circumstances? The
Manufacturers Record of Baltimore
sometime ago stated that there probab-
~ would be one plant of steel and re-
inforced concrete construction. cover
ing twenty acres of ground. Work on
buildings Is now going on day and
night. electric lights being strung over
the area for that purpose.
There is already Il water and sewer
system in the new town. and electric
current brought in over a limo from the
snh-station OF the Southern Power
Company in Albcmarlc. and which Will
be used for lighting purposes and as !,
source OF power for construction work
and the smelling of aluminium in the
plants already constructed until the
current from the large dam is available
next December. The company has al
ready provided n club house and nearly
300 cottages for the comfort Of its en-
ployecs. and modern up to-date in
dustrial town is the making.
The company's own railroad runs d.
Salem Southbound Railroad will build n
rectly on to the property from whitney,
some SIN or seven miles away. and IL is
freely predicted that the Winston
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been Immensely stimulated By war con
ditions. but the remarkable rise in tho
price OF the metal was not caused by
any use OF this material in the manu-
facturc Of munitions or war supDlIc7 OF
any kind. In fact. according 10 the
Boston News Bureau President Davl.
stated some time ago that his corpora-
ton had not sold dollars worth OF
aluminium for war purposes. What
then caused the advance In price? Moth
Ing more than your old familiar law of
supply and demand.
Previous TO the war large amount
OF the metal. and even OF the materials
from which 1t is manufactured. were
imported from foreign countries Az
these sources OF supply were automa-
ucally cut off shortly after the ba-
ginning or hostil.ties, and prices have
gone steadily upward. and tho Aluml-
mum Company has no doubt rolled up
an enormous surplus out OF which IS
extensions to the old ones.
Thus after the war is over this gi-
gantic American industry will doubt
less find itself In position to produce
between two and three hundred millions
pounds annually at n manufacturing
cost not 10 exceed 10 cents, which will
still mean an exceedingly profita
business even should aluminium sell at
twenty cents per pound. which is not
probable in the next five years.
The Aluminium Company is not eH-
actly war baby, because II was a
Grown-up before the war began. 1t is
digestng its profits as it goes along.
and is getting steadily bigger. There
will be no slump at Badn nor mt any
of its other plants in various parts of
the country. The demand for the metal
is growing faster than the supply, and
il is destined TO become the great rival
OF copper, especially in the electrical
industries. due to it's superiority over
the red metal In many respects. And It
us entirely possible that tho OUTPUT in
this country may amount to a billion
pounds annually in the next ten years,
If the past growth Of the Industry (.
any criterion by which TO Judge the
future.
AZ all events North Carolina is 10
share In the prosperity OF the white
metal trade. and is to be congratulated
on having in sight the fruition OF two
previous attempts and several years OF
development work at Badin, which will
not now be abandoned, as the work is
in strong hands and will he rushed to,
completion. y town OF which every
Tar Heel may he proud is assured
before many months have gone ~
and years hence when stranger asks
What have you got in North Caro-
lima the answer will he: well, will
tell you about the biggest thing first"
and then whoever tells tho story will
relate how after the Whitneys failed,
and after the French failed. Badin grew
to be the location Of the largest plants
In the word for the manufacture Of
metallic aluminium, producing ovfr
nifty million pounds annually, and lust
ly earning ITS title. THE White Metal
city or tho Old North State"
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powdered metal. known as aluminium
bronze powder, is used I'm printing,
lithoSraphing. and in the manufacture
OF explosives. Aluminium foil is also be-
Ing used to replace tin foil in some
cases As an alloy OF certain kinds OF
steel Ii is almost Indispensable. In
brewing plants it is used for large YES
sells, and probably the next drink of
beer you take came out OF an aluminium
vat. II is also used for vessels in var
nish and sugar factories, soap and
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North Cardinals greatest single pro-
ducins industry With the events
which have transpired in the last six
months. there can be no doubt OF this
fact. An expenditure OF twenty mil
hon dollars Is bound 10 produce large
results. The magnitude OF the enter
prise, however may be greater. az
rolling mills for both wire and tubes
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cialiy feasible by the International
iowcv Company at that point. Carbon
undum and its allied Industries were
developed there by MIR. Henry AtchoSpu:
likewise the greatest growth OF tho
carbide industry was also witnessed q,
Niagara Falls. Tho real development OF
the aluminium industry starts i'm the
late eighties, from the Hall process.
which was invented by the late Charles
VI. Hall. former president of the ALUMNI
mum Company. and 1t is by this process
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Tor this work twenty miles OF standard
gauge railroad track, over thirty no.
loot cranes, tho same amount Of hoist
ing engines. two locomotive cranes.
over twenty locomotives and nearly 100
freight cars. besides n large amount OF
the various Kinds OF machinery ncces-
sarY FOR an enterprise OF this char
actcr.
AS long ago as 1914 ii was said in
responsible circles that this was 10 be
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tiiizcr in time OF peace and is a very
necessary element OF explosives In
time OF war. This seems very pertinent
at the present, when the question or
producing nitratcs by tho electrical
process is before the country. remom.
boring that our sole supply is now from
Chile. which would be immediately cut
off IL our coasts should he blockaded
by an enemy i'm time OF war.
The aluminium industry. 1t is true. hs.
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COMPANY OF AMERICA

can be added. as well as factories to
turn out numerous articles for which
aluminium Is better suited than any
other metal. y different process for
the publication of BauXite may be ad-
ded later. which involves the fxation
OF atmospheric nitrogen that is recov-
cred in the form OF ammonia and nj
trates and rendered available as fer
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branch from It's main limo from Palcs-
tine. while an electric trolley will
doubtless he built from Albemarle
The equipment now being used In
the construction of the dam is prob
ably the largest and most remarkable
ever seen In North Carolina. The i'm
monsity of the job can be realized from
the fact that there are already in use
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
PRESIDENT MAY.
TAKE STUMP TO
ARGUE DEFENSE
Mr.. Wilson Possibly viii Speak
in Number of Cities on
Military Needs
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Associated Press by Federal Wireless
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 10.-Vig
orons efforts are being made and
planned by the national administration
to impress upon Congress and the
country that the administration pro.
gram of military and naval expansion
is justified by its view of the facts.
It was learned today that the pre-
sident will possibly put the question
of national defense before the coun-
try in series of speeches, in order
to assist in getting the necessary leg
islation through Congress. Many cit
les are inviting the president to speak
before their people.
That the administration and the
military experts are working together
to secure enlarged defense facilities
was further apparent today when Gen.
Hugh l.. Scott, chief of staff of the
army, testified before one of the con-
gressional military committees. In the
event of war the United States would
need an army Of from one to two mil.
lion men or must accept disaster" "
said Gen. Scott.
He reiterated Secretary of War Gar.
rison's view that if the plan for a
continental army fails there is no es.
cape from compulsory military serv-
ice.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
DENY RIGHT OF
KUHIO TO file
SUIT FOR QUEEN
Trustees of Estate Say Dele
gate Would Be Sole Heir if
She Died InteState
mot "FIT AND. PROPER
PERSON." SAYS ANSWER
Ask Dismissal of Suit, Naming
II Reasons; Say LiIiuoka-
Iani Understood Deed

That ii does not appear that Dele
gate Kuhio as an individual has any
right, title or claim to all or any of
the property of Queen Liliuokalani;
that the delegate does not appear to
have had any right to institute suit
in behalf of the queen, and that the
suit Instituted was without the approx
al or, consent of the queen-these are
among the reasons given by w. o.
Smith, Curtis P. Iaukea and S. M. Da-
mon, trustees of the Liliuokalani
Trust, why they believe the suit
brought by Kuhio to set aside the
Queens trust should be dismissed
The trustees of the Liliuokalani
Trust, through their attorney, the law
firm of Smith, Warren, Hemenway e
Sutton, filed in circuit court late this
afternoon demurrer to Delegate Ku.
HOS petition, setting forth 81 grounds
upon which they believe the suit to
break the trust in which the Queens
is held should be dismissed.
kuhio Would Be Heir.
One of the salient reasons for the
dismissal is the contention that, if the
trust deed is set aside as prayed in the
delegates petition, then the delegate,
as he claims, wuold be next of kin to
and sole heir at law of the Queen, and
CONTINUED on page four)
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EARNEST
men PRUNING AT
CITYS BUDGET
"Do Not Want to Go to Jail
June &c." Says Shingle;;
Many Cuts Made

Seven very earnest city supervisors
were at work on the 1876 budget this
afternoon In the assembly room OF the
city hall They began the meeting this
afternoon at 12:15 o'clock, and finish
ed at $3.50.
After much discussion the general
fund appropriations were passed al
$2S5,340, with the exception of fund
for the courts which has not yet bean
definitely decided upon.
Il take it that we do not all want to
go to Jail on June 30," said Robert
w. Shingle, half jokingly, as he moved
for the withdrawal of $500 from the
donation of $3.50 to the children's hos
pital, "and we've got to save every
where We possibly can" None of the
others laughed at the joke about the
Jail, however.
We've got a milestone about our
necks, said William Larsen soon
after. Just previous to this Larsen
had moved for a donation of $3.50 q
month for the Promotion Committee
instead of $3.50. The motion was sec.
onded by Single, but both withdrew
their proposals when Logan suggested
that the budget had better be passed
as it now stands. - +.
I'VE are holding up everything
now" said Logan, better that we
should pass the budget, paying our
January donations il necessary, and
retrench later in the half-year."
How to make the sewer department
pay, a thing which ii has never yet
done, formed the basis of consid-
Grafton at late hour this afternoon.
Chairman Larsen suggested that
the rates be raised or that consumers
who do not pay for sewer privileges be
shut off from the sewer mains.
Secret Session Sunday.
Meeting in secret session yesterday
from o'clock in the morning until
s o'clock in the afternoon, the super
visors held earnest consultation over
their 1916 expenditures, and when
the assembly broke up the former
proposed budget was shaven and
shorn. The budget as it stands to-
day ready for adoption into the .muni-
cipal fold is less by about 900 than
the appropriation bill of last year.
Assuming that there were over
appropriations of $4,000 to meet,
and that the July bill should be the
same as the hlnuary one, the total
for this year would be $77.979.75 over
the estimated revenue This meant
that one-half of the excess stated
should have to be trimmed off the de-
mands for the six months ending June
30, or $3S S,989.S7. r.
Water Appropriation Reseinded.
1t was decided to rescind the resolu-
ton appropriating $4,000 for water
Then came an appro-
priation of the entire balance of cir.
cult court expenses for Is months,
lately made by special resolution on
the advice of the first deputy attor-
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STORM SUBSIDIES
near HILO And
BAY IS CALMER
HakaIau Sugar Mill Damaged
BY Waves Striking at
Underpinninq
MAUI FEELS FURY OF ..* -. ]
TEMPEST BUT IS LUCKY
Little Serious Damage Done;
In Honolulu Torrents Caused
Much Discomfort -.
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HILO, Hawaii, Jan. 10.-The storm
which has ragged along this coast lof
Hawaii since last Friday is gradually
subsiding, but the waves are still fair
Iy high. The Hakalau sugar mill was
badly damaged by mountainous waves,
which swept some of the underpining
from. the structure and also washed
some tanks away. .-s-
At d.aupahoehoe the biggest sea
seen in 40 years oyerran the rocky
peninsula, and damaged several
houses. The lumber schooner Mawee-
ma, in port here, dragged her anchors
Sunday, but with the aid of the Mauna
Kea was made fast to huhio wharf.
The oil tanker Lansing arrived this
morning and stayed one nour, for med.
fcal attendance to one OF her crew,
who had several broken ribs. The
tanker is again en- route to the coast
Water in Kuhio bay was fairly smooth
this morning. ....:. -.
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MAIL SERVICE ON VALLEY
ISLE BADLY DlS0RGANlZED
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WAILUKU, Maui, Jan. 1O.--Maui
has been gripped and torn In the tre-
mendous storm of the past few days.
Old-timers dec1are 1t the worst that
has ragged for many years, and the
continuous rains are particularly un-
precedented.
The Inter.Island steamer Claudine
was unable to make the port of Ka-
hului either on Saturday or Sunday.
Kahului harbor is in the worst eondi-
ton of years from the storm. For the
first time in II years, say the old
residents, Maui has had tremendous
rain over the whole island.
No very serious damage has been
done to roads except that the high
water makes the Wailuku-Lahaina
road service impossible. The mail
service on the Valley Isle is demoral-
lied. In Ioa valley the storm was the
most terrific in years. The bridge IS
partially gone and the raging, torrent
washed out the large. vegetable gar
dens along the streamJ No lives are
reported lost On the high levels The
cold is severe and on ,Haleakala there
is more snow than observation has
ever before shown. = fss@..s-. . -.
Plantations, however, have not SUI.
fered seriously. 'sss=
Unusual thunder and lightning were
experienced yesterday. This morning
the weather Is clear. -. r.