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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-02
ROMANTIC STORY OF ALUMINUM'S
VAST GROWTH BEGAN IN A GERMAN
LABORATORY ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO

Overhead stretch thousands Of miles
Of high tension cable, an aluminium
way for the lightning to ride. Mil
lions OF aluminium screws, wires,
tubes for shaving creams or tooth
pastcs, wrappings for candy, radio
cordcnscrs, hcad-pieces, automobiles,
motor boats and parts are produced
annually in the United States.
During the war millions Of shells,
made with aluminium powders, turn
ed night into day in No Mans Land.
The metal that is three times as light
rs steel also goes into the frames of
some railway coaches. And alum.
mum is so ductilc that it can be
made into fcathcry, silver papers.
Cars, paint, ,airplanes, pots and
pans, organ pipes, explosives and
paper! Was there ever another such
metal
Wohlcr. who first extracted the
metal from the earth, was not thu
first who CROPPED for it. Hundreds
Of scientists in the centuries before
him had hunted for aluminium By
chemical reduction, some not know
ing what they were seeking.
Sir Humphrey Davy came very
near in 1903 when he reduced al
-aluminum- bearing clay to an iron
aluminium alloy, but tho secret bind
ing aluminium to the earth remained
hidden from him.
Close to tho Secret
|. II. G. Ocrsted, in 1924, tried to tear
the metal from Natures grip b!
means of potassium amalgam. HI
failed, but only by reason Of mercur.
in his reducing mixture. 1t wa
written that while the mercury wa
there the aluminium would not cons
| out.
Then Wohler repeated Ocrstcd'
experiment, but he used potassium
alone. His cry Of triumph as h
gazcd into his test tube expressed
another victory for man and chem
istry. The key had been found t.
unlock from the ores the bluisl
white powder that was to revolution
ize metallurgy.
Experiments often travel in cycle:
with several men, in several part
of the world. working with the sam
means toward the same end. H. 81
Clair Devillc. in France, repeate
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-02
and automobiles for hire will become
effective June 80.
- -1sVa@'
Dates Arranged
For Wollyen's Club
District Meetings

Lisbon. N. D., March 2.-<N-Plans
for spring meetings in the various
districts Of the North Dakota FEEDER
alton Of Women's Clubs have been
worked out by Mrs. A. E. Jones Of
this city, vice president Of the state
body. The dates for the various
meetings have been 30 arranged that
state officers may find, it convenient
to attend all OF them.
Clubwomen Of the third district
will meet at Ray. the fourth ut Hope,
the fifth at Sykeston and the seventh
at Beach. Three district presidents
having served two terms, are ineligi-
BILE for reelection. They are Mrs
E. c. Haagcnson, Grand Forks, frs,
district; Mrs. E. O. Dickinson, Minot
third district, and Mrs. August Peter
son, Harvey, fifth district. All 9th.
erS are expected to be reelected.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-02
BilIWOuld Adjust
Water Right Charges

Washington. March 2.-R)-Chair-
man Smith of the house irrigation
committee yesterday introduced
bila to adjust water right charges on
q number Of western reclamation pro-
jccts in line with recent recommends
lions Of the interior department.
Settlers on the lower Yellowstone
project in Montana and North Dakota
would be relieved of s40.727. This
would include tracts of land withheld
because Of a right Of way owned by
the Great Northern railway. as we'll
IS other land which has been con-
ycrted into townsites. Suspension Of
payments would be permitted on
other acreage damaged by erosion,
water-logged, or covered by forests
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-02
NORTH DAKOTANS
ARE ENTERTAINED
AT CAPITAL CITY

Washington. d. c.. March q The
congressional delegation from North
Dakota, Senator and Mrs. Gerald +.
Nye, Senator and Mrs. Lynn J.NFraZ-
Ter. Representative anl Mrs. y. u.
Burtness, Representative James San
clair and Representative Thomas Hall
were the guests Of honor of the
members of the n. f. A.. from North
Dakota who are attending the conven-
ton being held here, at breakfast
Yesterday morning at the Grace Dodge
hotel.
Miss Minnie Jean Nelson. supcrin-
tendent of the state department OF
public instruction. was chairman OF
the meeting, and Mr.. George A. Nc.
Farland, president of the state normal
school at Minot n. D.. was toastmas..
ter. superintendent j. G. Moore Of
Fargo; Superintendent G. &. SWAIN OF
the Mayville normal school; NJ. f..
McCurv Of Washburn; Superintendent
r. B. Murphy of Bismarck; Repres-
entativc Burtness and Senator Frazier
rave talks on the educational bills
before congress.
The quests included Mr.. Mrs.
@. B: Burtncss. Grarl Forks: Mr..
George A. Mcfarland, Minot; Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. p. Nyc. Cooperstown; Mrs.
+. II. McCullodch. Bottincau: r. B.
Murphy, Bismarck; N. Z. Mccurdy,
s. Washburn; H. O.. Saxvik, Bismarck;
Mr and Mrs. j. A. Burger and dangh-
\ ter,> Sally. of Fargoa B. G. B. Ti.he.
Fargo; Miss Minnie Nelson. Valley
CITY: Miss Grace Hudson. Bowman:
J.. G.. Moore. Fargo; Mr.. and Mrs. w.
!, 81. Stockweil, Fargo; Miss Ida A. Ser.
umgardJ Devils Lake; Thomas Hall
Bismarck; Miss Martha r. Tatem
Bismarck; A. L. Schafer. Warrington
Is. q: Miss Louise r. Larson, Fessen,
den: Miss Emma Smith. Towner; 5
4. May, Dickinson; Mrs.. erowags
Knudson, Bcttineau. n. D.; Supt- e
C.6wain. MAyville. N. D.: Senator and
Mr.. Lynn J. Fras er. noorae; Prof
!. G. NJ Hanna. Valley City; Mr.. snd
Mr.. w. 4. StOckwell Fargo; Mss
bertha Tweed. Crosby; Miss Oigi
Pst1rson Nohnll; y. III SfrclaiE. Ken.
lnoret IN. &, St$bhins Grand korkg;
e. +. Robertson, jss11atoNn, = 4
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-02
FAMILY ALTAR
BIGGEST NEED
OF THE NATION
Free Love, Divorce, Birth
Control Are Assailed by
Rev. HOlderby

Detroit. Mich. March 2. H)-- A
return to the old custom Of holding
family worship is set forth as a
means Of stemming the tide Of ode
tcriOration in American home life"
Dy the Rev. w. NJ. Holderby Of Chi
cago. director of the Christian Family
Crusade.
Free love, divorce, birth control
and childless marriages were assailed
by Mr.. Holderly in an address at an
interdcnominational rally here last
night. closing the Michigan end Of
a campaign he is conducting through
out the country for a revival Of re-
ligion and Worship in the home
''Thc purpose Of today Of the enc
mics Of American life seems to be
an open attack on the family" Mr..
Holdcrby said. "Thc great gaping
wound in the heart Of Russia today
is not due to distortion Of economic
laws or the misapplication Of rules
Of finance, but to the attack on the
family.
1.-The results Of free lovc-dvorce
and the childlcss marriage
eventually the deterioration Of the
strength Of American family life. on
which the hope of the perpctuity OF
the nation rests"
Mr.. Holdcrby said the home wor-
ship campaign has the endorsement
Of President Coolidge, and he read
the following quotation from a letter
written by the chief executive.
with the rapid growth Of com
munity activities. we are prone tt
forget that the American home is the
true civic center. and that the source
Of our strength lies there rather thar
in organizations and movements foi
the public welfare The foundation
Of all these things is religion. If the
home has the benefits Of its teach
ings, net only the home will prosper
but we .can be assured that the coun
try viii. be secure"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-02
KING ALFONSO
PLANS TO FLY
TO ARGENTINA
Commander Franco Will Pilot
Piane-Ten Planes to BE
in Royal Fleet

Paris. March Up The Journal
says it learns from the Paris cor
respondent Of the Diario Universal
of Madrid. that King Alfonso Of
Soain plans to fly to Argentina for
his contemplated visit to Sou i Ame r
lea. pilotcd by Commander Franco of
the scaplanc Plus Ultra.
He will be accompanied by Queen
Victoria. Premier Primo dc Rivera
and brilliant suite. Ten seaplancs
will comprise the royal fleet AMI ,hcy
will follow exactly the same route
that Franco took across the ocean
and down to Ducnos Aires, but the
jumps will be shorter
Alfonso. the correspondent told the
Journal. conceived the idea Of the
fligh, when the news of Franco :
safe arrival in Buenos Aires reached
Spain.
To Build Snccial Planes
That was why Franco and his COM
pan,onS were ordered back to Spain
by ship. As soon as they arrive.
worL will DC begun in building ten
specially constructed planes.
TN the ARRIVAL OF me royal fleet
at Buenos Aires, the plane IN which
Alfonso Is a passenger viii be pre-
tcucu DS aHolHSF lodGeu Win Ndich-
cia roses which will be dropptl on
the waiting crowds. The monarch.
when he alights. will walk on the
petals of the roses.
The arrangements for the visit are
III charge Of Fernando Diaes Demon
dosa, hus t,and Of the actress, Maria
Guerrero. from whom the correspond
ent says he learned Of the plan in IA
Madrid club The correspondents d"cs
not say what has been the reaction
of Queen Victoria, General Primo de
Rivera and other officials who arc
listed to make the journey to the
plan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-02

two per cent tax, even though it is
about to be abolished.
dodge Brothers do not believe
this penalty should be imposed on
a buyer simply because he wants 8.
car Immediately" said Robert c.
Graham, vice. president and gen
eral sales manager. eve have
therefore decided to make the full
amount CT the reduction available
at once to our dealers and through
them to their customers and have
so notified them by telegram. We
will absorb this cost ourselves, and
have instructed dealers to file
their claims on all cars sold from
midnight tonight until the govern
ment puts its reduction into ef'
feet"
While no figures were made pub
lie, it is estimated that Dodg'
Brothers action in assuming thu
tax themselves will cost them hun
dreds of thousands of dollars
With the cars being built at thu
rate CT 500 day there is always
from $4,000 to $4,000 or more er
route to dealers or in stock in tn
latter's establishments and the re
duction will apply against Thu
number as a minimum.
In spite Of the fact that man!
people all over the country hav'
been delaying the purchase Of car
until the impending tax reduction
became effective, Dodge Brother
| .etail deliveries this year have sur
| passed all previous records. 3,
assuming the full amount OF tn
tax reduction 80 days in advance
the factory will obviously stimu
late purchasing to an even create
!, font and it is therefore expecte
that even more remarkable record
will result.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-02
Dodge Buyers Get
Benefit Of Tax
Reduction at Once

Instead of being compelled to
wait thirty days as stipulated in
the bill, buyers CT Dsdge Brothers
motor cars will benefit Immediate
ly by the excise tax reduction on
automobiles, it was announced to.
day.
The bill reducing the tax on au.
tomobiles from five to three pei
cent and eliminating it entirely or
trucks, was passed early this week
by congress and signed Saturda,
by the president. It does not be-
come effective, however, for 3,
days. Thus the man who wants {
car today must still pay the extra
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-02

Editors note The eyes of the ma
tion are turned upon aluminium. With
two government departments differ
ing on charges of monopolistic prac-
tees by the Aluminium Company of
America. certain congressman arc de-
handing another investigation like
Teapot Dome.
The Tribune is publishing here
with the first of series of four ar
ticlcs telling the romantic s.ory Of
aluminium in the United States. The
series tells of the men who fought to
build the industry, and Of the won
derful discoveries that made It's
phenomenal growth possible')
BY w. NJ. BRAUCIlER
NEA Service Writer
One hundred years ago, in q labor
atory Of Gottingen, Germany. young
chemist with crucible fought a bat
tie with Mother Earth and won for
the world new element aluminium.
Memory Of him has vanished, but
what a story Of industrial and seen
tific romance he started! For out OF
the test tube Of that chemist, Fred
erick Wohler, has evolved wonder
brain and Drawn with tremendous
problems of minerals, labor and pow
er, against overwhelming odds, anc
the final mastery of gift Of Nature
to yield one of the worlds most Use
full commodities.
The world uses the gift and think:
little of the toll it cost The motor
list presses a button that sets fly
ing the aluminium pistons that rusi
his automobile. In every kitchen il
America is some piece of aluminium
a pot. pan or skillet that will no
rust The housewife turns a switcl
on her vacuum cleaner or washing
machine that does the work in !. few
minutes that once took long, back
breaking hours.
The witch's broom of aviation i
compounded Of the metal. Men o
the air fly past in planes mace o
! duraluminum. cleaning with the sill
very shine of aluminium paint, or il
! dirigibles built on frames mad
partly of aluminium.
| aluminium Everywhere
| For aluminium now is everywhere
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
Minot's Ledge lighthouse on the
Massachusetts coast which rises
into the air right out of the very
sea

After we became party to the Euro
pean turmoil the lightships bore their
share of the burden. But what did these
keepers care for mere war? They had
often warred with the elements and
won. Bring on your war!
The war came to the Diamont Shoals
lightship at 2.30 o'clock on the morning
of August s, 1918, when a submarine
calmly began firing from about mile
and a half away. The lightship at its
own peril sent wireless warning to all
other ships in the vicinity. The baffled
submarine fired six shots and stopped to
give chase to a merchant ship, knowing
that the lightship was easy prey at any
time.
When the sub came back she peppered
seven more shots at the defenseless boat.
The lightship's crew managed to get
away in their boats watching the ocean
60 beneath the waves. Rowing long
and hard they finally reached Cape Hat
teras lighthouse at $50 at night.
Like the San Francisco woman who
carried on when machinery failed the
crew of the lighthouse tender Kukui
wrote her name on the hero roles. The
Annie E., siXty-ton schooner from
Honolulu to Hawaii with cargo of lum-
Der and gasoline, sprang several leaks
on August s, 1920. Two sailors left
the ship hoping to make shore and pick
up assistance. These were in turn picked
up by fishing sampan. Motor boats
and navy hydroplanes and airplanes
searched in vain for the leaking ship.
Seven days Liter, guided by a wireless
report from the United States transport
Madawaska, the lighthouse tender Kukui,
which was having its boilers repaired,
fixed up temporary patch, got up steam
and renewed the search. The next eve
ming it located the disabled schooner
225 miles from Honolulu and rescued all
of the crew. In such bad shape was the
schooner because of its drifting that it
was necessary to set it atire to prevent
it from becoming a derelict menace to
navigation.
This rescue was made by the Kuku
when she herself was not in the best of
shape. Mainly it was made because
from its captain to cook the men were
determined to rescue the craft regard
less of all the dangers.
In August, 1898, Martins Industry
lightship was driven from its station in
a hurricane. The ship lost all its boats
and the master had three ribs broken.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

On bleak, dreary, misnamed Angel
Island in San Francisco Bay looking out
through the Golden Gate there is a light
house. 1t is a very important beacon,
particularly when the heavy cold fogs
sweep in from the gray Pacific or the
thick, soupy tulle fogs come down from
the great inland rivers.
The keeper of this light is woman.
She reported in the usual matter of fact
way that because the mechanism failed
to work "she had struck the bell by hand
for twenty hours and thrty-ive minutes,
until the fog lifted"
And as if one such experience was
not enough of contribution to the
deeds Of glorious service she tells of
how the fog warning signal machinery
again became disabled just as a fog
swept in and enveloped the steamer
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

maintain his footing, he shouted at the
top of his voice until at last he attracted
the attention of the men who were cling
ing to the fast disintegrating vessels. He
ordered them to jump.
They jumped into the frothy, boiling
water. AS they leaped the keeper would
plunge in to seize them as they came to
the surface. He guided them on to the
ledge. There were a woman and an old
man and these he carried ashore in his
arms making two trips while the heavy
sea pounded at his feet.
The glory book of heroic deeds in
Washington archives includes the women
keepers of the light. There are quite
few of them and they are equal in every
way in courage, fortitudc and stamina
to the men. They too carry on regard
less.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

made his feeble way with his lantern to
the top to satisfy himself that it was
still burning. 1t was. But the exposure
was too much and he died shortly after
ward.
Not all lightkeepers are in the houses,
some of them are on lightships that
float the waves. Here, too, are other
chapters to this glory book,
At the time of the German submarine
rampage when the U-53 visited New
port, later sinking a number of ships,
the Nantucket Shoals hghtship, forty
miles off Nantucket Island, did faithful
service picking up the shpwrecked until
there were 1l5 men and nineteen boats
aboard. Had It not been for this ship
the most of these sailors would have lost
their lives, according to Captain David
B. Studley, the master,
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17
~ "


depth finders and other modern
triumphs of science and inven-
tions have greatly lessened the difficult
ties of ocean navigation. But nothing
yet devised has been able to remove the
necessity of marking the reefs, shoals
and rocky headands along every much
frequented coast with lighthouses to
guide approaching ships.
So the lighthouse service continues
to be ore of the most important branches
of the governments activities. With
unfagging vigilance its. faithful little
army of nearly 1900 men and women,
scattered along our lengthy coast line,
burn the powerful lights and sound the
fog horns and deep throated bells that
mean so much to the sensitive ears and
eyes of the navigator.
No other servants of the government
render more useful service 10 the
nation and the world. And yet surpris-
ingly little is known about these men
and women-of the lonely lives they
lead in their sea swept homes, of the
privations and hardships they endure
and the dangers they frequently face.
Like all people whose lives are init
mately connected with the sea the light
house keepers are reticent folk, reluc-
tant to talk of their deeds. Even when
they have done something remarkable
in the way of heroism, endurance and
loyalty to duty they seldom get into
print. They are the nations unsung
heroes and heroines.
To get even a faint idea of their
sturdy courage and self-sacrificing de-
votion to duty we must go to the records
of the lighthouse service in Washington
where some of their achievements
though by no means all-are described
in the most prosaic language.
Since the days of President Jefferson
the annals of the lighthouse service have
been filled with simple, matter of fact
accounts of service rendered under the
most trying conditions. There is the ac-
count of Ebenezer Skiff, keeper of the
Gayhead lighthouse who wrote that
"clay and ochre of different colors as
cend in a sheet of wind opened by the
high cliffs and catch on the lighthouse
glass, which often requires cleaning on
the outside-tedious service in cold
weather. The spring of water in the
edge of the cliff is not sufficient. have
carried almost the whole of the water
used in my family during the last sum-
mer and until this month commenced
from nearly a mile distant"
The Senate of the United States dis
cussed the matter and in legislative en-
actment stated that "the service of the
is one of great isolation for
themselves and for their families, and
character. 1t calls for the highest de-
gree of faithfuness and attention, not
only involves the giving of warnings by
lights and other aids to navigations, but
oftentimes involves the saving of lives
and wrecks of ships"
But the Senate underestimate, as it
frequently does, 1t stated the case too
mildly. The voluntary hardships and
risks taken by these quiet heroes num-
Der from $50 to 200 year They are
recorded in the matter of fact reports
received at Washington. That in most
cases is the final word. But these re-
ports make a national glory book of
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

WOuIu nOI ItaNt Tearing LI1aC
something might go wrong.
On one very stormy night a
ship was wrecked near the fort
at Key West. The keeper, then
nearly seventy years of age, ex-
cited by the storm and the pro-
longed whistle blasts of the un-
fortunate vessel, insisted that
the front range light was out.
He feared this had caused the
wreck.
His son could not quiet him
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

lanes. So she stood all night on the
cold, foggy outside platform striking
the bell with a hammer. The report
states that she did it with all her might,
for the fog was dense"
Another woman, keeper of the New
Canal light on Lake Ponchartrain, stuck
to her post the night of the great hur-
ricane which passed through New Or
leans, on September %. 1915. She was
alone at the station and kept the light
burning by fastening a lens and hanging
lantern in the tower while the cyclonic
winds wreaked terrific damage all about
her
There are no special bursts of loyal
service. These deeds are not performed
to martial airs or under the stimulus of
comrades, cheering sidelines or wars
propaganda. They are done when every
impulse of a human being is to seek
safety and when without doubt the sug-
gcstion becomes insistent that there is
no need of service and no one would
ever know if it were not given.
Yet these keepers are constant in
season and out of season. The tradition
of constancy is ever with them. There
was the keeper of the Key West light
who after thirty-five years of service be-
came so absorbed in his duty that he
New Britain herald., 1926-09-17

From the keeper
the post lights on
Johns River in
Florida came
this:
Arrived at
the light at ]
$50 in the s
morning. Took +,
the lamp out f.
and as l went Y
to blow it out
it exploded, ~
knocking me
off the light twenty
two feet to the
ground below. ! did
not know anything
until about noon.
When l came to |
crawled back to my
boat which was $50
feet away, got an
other lamp, put it
on the beacon and
lit it. Then I came
home, a distance of
eight miles. Injury,
b L o k e n leg, just
above the ankle, and
severe bruised shin
and bruised arm and
lick on the head"
There is the keep
er of the Pilot Island
lighthouse on the
Great Lakes who
one, wild, stormy
night saw through
the gloom that two
schooners had been
driven on the island.
Making sure that his
light was burning,
he picked his way
through the surf and
along a ledge of
rock. The wind was
of furious velocity
and a misstep on the
slippery stone meant
broken bones, if not
death. But he fol-
lowed the ledge I'M
til he came to the
wrecks.
Standing on the
last ledge of rock
upon which he could