1UT0 MANUFACTURERS
DISCUSS UTILITY OF
- ALCOHOL AS POWER
EVENING LEDGi3R--PHiLADELPHIA, EJfrDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916
.Varying Opinions on Prediction
' Mado by Experts Before tho
American Chemical
Society.
VIRTUES AND DEFECTS
Alcohol can be successfully used In mo
torcar by making a alight chanco In tho
mixing compartment. If alcohol can bo
told at a cheaper rate than eaiollne, It
would bo welcomed by tho automobile
manufacturers In general. Then two opln.
joni wera expressed today by Louis C.
Block, manager of the Philadelphia branch
r the Ford Motor Company, while com
tritntlnff on the prediction made yesterday
before the American Chemtcat Society in
New York that gasollnn would be replaced
by alcohol In tho near future. Mr. Block
.ld:
"Tho use of alcohot Is practicable. It
would require a slight change In tho car
buretors of the present-day engines. Car
buretors for alcohol and keroseno had al
ready .been made. Alcohol or any other
cheap fuel of quality would bo welcomed
by the manufacturers of automobiles, If for
no other reason than bringing competition
In tho market."
On the other hand, Howard R. Miller,
superintendent of the Flat motorcar branch
In this city, was skeptical on the possibil
ity of alcohol replacing gasoline. Mr,
Miller said:
"Alcohol has greater compression than
gasoline. In fact, too much for the ordinary
gasoline engine. I have tried both alcohol
and kerosene In cars, but neither of them
proved as efficient as gasoline."
An official of tho Dodge Motor Company
aid that he would be ourprlsed If alcohol
could be manufactured as cheaply as gaso
line, but was of the opinion that If It was
successfully accomplished It would bo of
extreme value. He also mentioned that
(he carburetors in use at the present time
would have to be changed.
It was tho belief of A. T. Hawes, of the
Locomobile Company, thnt thero Is plenty
of gasoline, and that the Standard QU
Company would meet any reduction of price
In fuel made possible by the manufacture
of alcohol.
SEES OBSTACLES TO CHANGE
From B. D. Gray, jot the Hess Bright
Bearing Company, who for many years
made an extensive study of motorcars and
their fueV being former engineer for the
vA'co motorcar, when asked his views as to
whether alcohol' would over bo the chief
fuel for automobiles, said:
"It would be remarkable If such a thing
took place. Alcohol cannot be used In tho
present gasoline engine. Changes are nec
essary to provide for proper vaporlxatlon:
Thero are a number of stumbling blocks to
be overcomo before It could be; success
fully used. Carburettors would have to be
adjusted. Thi-re Is more than the mere dif
ference of price per gallon. Of course, if a
big margin In price separated tho two fuels
a change would be warranted, purely for
commercial purposes."
CHEMIST FAVOnS ALCOHOL
At the session of the chemists In New
Tork, Dr. Arthur D. Little, of Boston, as
serted that thero Is no longer any question
of tho commercial success In the manu
facture of alcohol. Ho said that It was
cleaner than gasoline for uso In engines,
and it would not explode or easily catch
Are, and It would develop virtually as much
horsepower as gasoline.
J3y the new method of treating sawdust
sulphuric acid Is added and the combina
tion subjected to heat and pressure. By
this process the cellulose is split, and later,
after fermentation, alcohol Is taken from It.
The chemists said sulphide liquor and
"black-strap," a sort of molasses that is a
by-product of the sugar refinery, also can
bo used to manufacture grain ajcohol.
Survivor Monitor Fight Dies
FOND DU LAC, Wis., Sept. 29. Chris
topher Price, member of the crow of the
Monitor in Its fight with the Merrlmao
during the Civil War, is dead at his home
at Stockbrldge. He was seventy-nine years
old. Frlco'B death Is said to leave only one
survivor of the Monitor's crew. Price never
drew a pension from the Government
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Young Woman Said to Havo De
manded $20,000 of Inno
cent Physician '
CINCINNATI, Sept. 29. Miss Margaret
Oorey, a trained nurse, ,1s under arrest to
day, accused of attempting to blackmail
Dr. L. A. Itced, a prominent physician. Her
arrest followed a Grand Jury Indictment.
According to tho police. Miss Oorey was
trapped by a telephonic devlco over which
sho Is alleged to havo been heard telling
Doctor Heed sho knew ho wan Innocent of
Immoral conduct, but also knew he could
not prove It was false. It is alleged sho
demanded $20,000 as tho prlco of silence.
THOUSANDS AT TRENTON'
FAIR ON GET-AWAY DAY
Automobile -and Motorcycle Rac
ing Closing Feature of In
terstate Exhibition
TIIENTON, Sept 29. Automobile nnd
motorcyclo racing attracted many thou
sands to the Interstate Fair today, tho last
day of the exhibition. This Is "get-away"
day and by nightfall most of ths stands
and booths will be deserted. Salo prices
were reduced on goods nnd a thrlvlne busi
ness was done by those who sought to get
rid of their stocks. Hundreds of bargain
seekers waited until today to visit the fair
In order that they might get the ndvantage
of a lower price. Business was brisk
throughout the day and both booth pro
prietors and patrons were happy.
Owing to the epldcmlo of Infantile paral
ysis few children have attendcM tho fair
this year, and the little, ones havo been
missed. A fair almost childless Is an un
usual thing.
Secretary M. IX. Margcrum expressed his
complete satisfaction with the success of
tho exhibition this year. With the excep
tion of Monday, which was children's day,
and comparatively few children attended,
the dally attendance has been up to the
average, and yesterday all attendance rec
ords were broken. Thero were 77.614 per
sons on the grounds, which Mas C000 more
than any day of tho fair In any previous
year.
ItAIN CURTAILS LAST DAY'S
ATTENDANCE AT LANCASTER FAIR
Road Exhibit by Stnto Highway De
partment an Interesting Fenturo
LANCASTER. Pa., Sept. 29. Haln'thls
morning spoiled the last day's nttendanco
of the County Fair, though the ban against
children under sixteen years of age was
lifted by fiio State health authorities.
An exhibit that attracted much attention
all week was that of the State Highway
Department maps, charts and models Illus
trating the methods of work, tho center
piece of the exhibit being a largo model
showing old roads and tho replacing of
them by new ones In better localities In
ordor to avoid heavy grades, washing by
storms and dangerous crossings.
, Lieutenant Governor McClaln spoke at
one of the lectures given yesterday after
noon In the Highway Department tent on
the advantages of good roads to tho farmer.
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deny Politics in loan fight
Ovcrbrook Property Owners Say Thoy
Aro Protecting Rights
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Robert A. Brggs, Jr., counsel for the
Overbrook Association and the residents of
Wynnewood road, Ovcrbrook, who aro
fighting to prevent the removal of Sixty
fourth street ninety feet west of the orig
inal bed, said last night Director Dates
man's view that It was ft "publlo Im
provement" differs widely from tho opin
ion held by his clients. Me also said that
before tho Overbrook nMdents would sub
mit to tho removal of the street they were
prepared to fight the 1114,000,000 loan bills
In the courts. In his version of the dispute,
he said!
"In juttlco to both my clients and myself
I wish to deny unqualifiedly tho reports
that solely for political or factional reasons
these Improvements were put Into question.
I nm and have been In this matter from, tho
start purely In a professional capacity as a
lawyer, and my clients nro In It to protect
their property rights. There Is no politics
so far as they nnd myself are concerned.
CRUSOE'S LITTLE J AtlNT
MADE TO LOOK MILD
California Fishermen "Drifted"
All tho Way to Australia.
Tho Story
LOS ANGELES, Sept. S9. A talo of
amatlng adventures, begun when tho engine
of his motorboat went wrong and ho and
a companion were compelled to drift "for
a week at sea, was told by Charles Borden,
a bookkeeper, who had been missing since
April 7, nnd who returned hero today as
cabin boy on n tramp steamsIMp,
Borden said he and Fred Meyer were In
tho motorboat on what was Intended to be
a week's fishing trip, and that they saw
no land after their engine broke down tin
.111 they were landed on n rocky Island,
tho location of which he did not know.
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tlMjr wW taken off Vy ttafcan
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to the HoutH Better, and which was
A Fretich steamMft picked them op IM
landed them at Hydney. Australia. wlrr
Meyrr died as a remit of hi prlratloWi ftrst
vrwiiJtrii jviiicu uio Aunmimn bi iiir. worer
ma riirciru m rcnauu uy mmnmrHV n
old injury to his foot After his i ssjlwfM
lind been tirrftr4 tn Krrttt. Vimllr.
sl Ipped as cabin boy for the rsturn tli ..,''
homo.
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NOW SHOWING
NEW FALL MATERIALS
SUITS, $25to$50'
Above is the Kinscy School, nt Sixty-fifth avenue and Limekiln piko;
below, tho Franklin, at Cresccntvllle, which aro two of the new
buildings erected to reduce tho part-time pupils, which last Juno
numbered 24,000
WORKMAN STABBED IN QUARREL
Police Looking for Assailant of Hugh
MofTettj Who Is Seriously Injured
Hugh Moffett, twenty-seven years old,
221S Itltter street, was" stabbed In the left
side today during a quarrel at Nineteenth
street and Allegheny avenuo. Ho was taken
to tho Samaritan Hospital In a serious con
dition, and tho pollco aro searching for
Casino Gallkne, a fellow employe, who re
sides at 304 6 North Twenty-first street.
Tho pollco allege that Oaltkno did tho
stabbing and made his escape. Peter
Dacho, John Lucl and John Qraclo, all of
3048 North Twenty-first street, were held In
1300 bail each by Magistrate Pride at tho
Itldgo and Mldvale avenues station as
material' witnesses.
Minnie Ate 6,000,000 Creams;
Paul Drank 400,000 Beers
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 29.
MINNEAPOLIS consumed 6,000,
000 dishes of ice cream during
the summer, sustaining Minnie's
girlish reputation.
Brother Paul, across the river,
drank 4,500,000 glasses of beer in
the same time.
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Ashing .rods and motor
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The Laurel House is more attractive
than ever with many new baths and
other improvements. You will find it
the center of social and outdoor life
and the most dejlghtfully spacious and
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cratic Ticket, for House
Albert II. Ladner, Jr., Democratic reels
tratlon commissioner, yesterday filed his
withdrawal papers as a Democratic candi
date for Stnto Iteprescntatlvo In the Twen-ty-flrst
district, which embraces the Twonty
ceventh, Fortieth nnd Forty-sixth wards.
City Chairman Lanl; announced today
thnt a meeting of the committeemen of the
district will be called within a few days to
fill tho vacnncy on the ticket. The Demo
crats of the Forty-sixth ward will hold a
meeting tonight at G206 Chestnut street.
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New Top Coats, $10 to $30
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Children's Coats & Dresses,
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Young Men's Pinch-Back
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