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AMAZING CHEMICAL NSeOVERIES : I UV LM 'f the In nor .lart until rvcently ... m w4 H't Ir. Walter F Klttmau. (ht'tnitut ettgi- r ol tlfl bureau of ruuies, I iiiuU.- io lietnual dis . - : - n( -tiK !i making ,Mrt;uce. (tif. it a aiuiüunted, will greatly In rJi ctlon of gasoline; the itMai that the other l uited ftao - iau . '' I rett of the world in the of materials ueeeaaary for kUtry and the manufacture 9NM r'ic ; tji ll.C the of I ! i .t Interett b 1 ot ideally MM prokal l) of tha highe; value com Th- o!ii methott of rpfiu.iix petro leum a to heat up the materia? in a stil! Hid .1 dense the vapors (.--nilag äff ;-.;:: im all of the vapor wh'H. :aes off up to degrees cen tigrad- This waa a timide distilla tion rroce. The experimental work of Dct"r ii.tlniau liua Been done at vano near I lows of n tlKid- .i k s pressure rrom up to Itcunda per square imh psUttol vacuum and at ranges . HW from LIN degrees eon lOWl to the lowest tempera furo at which the apparatus could be worked. hi lata moratory at Ha-. -nie) er hat! I. .' .: uMversitv he ha an e j."riü"!i!al apparatus which occupies one end of a small room and in which . .-.. .1. -ip. rinieuts upon any oil under nr. conditions he chooses. The results are carefully tabulated and the produ H produced are analyied. Bf fir' .8 out these actual eeri ntt?nf. however, the problem was at tacked fret the purely theoretical ') Work ttg from a theore'i. al stand jint. expected results were mapped out and then the experiments were trud under the chosen coudi Mm In rde r to either verify or dis prove the prognostications. Tsing t ti is general method of procedure, the re var. t. .va carried on and the discov ery rtM.:- of the conditions neceasary to i '.arger yields of gasoline fron ; -t. um. Later were found the eoad'.tinns necessary for the produc tion of toluol and benzol from petro leum Th' t MM itnption of gasoline by au tnmoh lea, i-.otor cycles, aeroplanes. -.,..: s. and the various tyjies of internal locihuatlon engines used for power has n( rejsed enormously in the last few years The increase in the nutr. b"r of motor vehicles shows this, for. m . remg to the best estimates, her in 1910. 3&0.000 such ve- Hk-let; in 1S12 there were 990.000. while at the present time the number has rea. hed 1. .100.000 I'pon the atv sijmption tr.at each motor vehicle uses in bai: of gasoline per year, the demand trom this source alone would (,.. r. ."('0 barrels of 42 gallons each. The gas. I.t.e exported and that used for other purpose makes our annual -onsumrtion reach a total of about H ü i . gallrm? which is the pffOt nt production. The supply has not been increasing as fast as the demand, however, and n now it would be inadequate were It M( U r the fact that in the last three years many new pro esses have been patenifd 'or increasing roost of the production. Theae have had no com mercial a'.u". however, except one. the Hurton process, which Is con tmiied by the Standard Oil company. Ttoe situation which developed when this prtss v.as brought out Ihr years ago was an Interesting one The mpply of gasoline was so nearly ex I ded by the demand that the sltua tloo was very critical and the price a There was a real 'gasoline problem." It seemed impossible to meet the increasing demand with an adequate supply. Baguol was alao put fot.var.l -. a saboUtdlC It was found possible to MM this material for motor vehicles io EurofM to a certain extent by em piovint upecial carburetors, although It was not entirely satisfactory. After all. nothing was really able to tak. M place of gasoline In being en llrefy -arff factory, nor waa there an idequate supply of any other material, it vm t this time that the Standard i til ton.pany solved the "gasoline MfOfetoM" by utllltlng the Burton proe . which gave prospect of an abun dant of ca-ol.ne for some years at lnt. i i of the independent refin ers, who were prevented by the patent trom using this superior meth od of d .Milling their crude oil. could not materially increase their output ANO AFTER THAT. THE ALTAR Really There Wat Nothing Else to It Wfen Me Had Been Led to Make the Plunge 1 if course, whei' he str.,ped !n fro u( of th j weler s window h" had I s'op too It would hardly have ' ( ! potltx to walk on and leave her t 'iere ih see the irav Ml of lovely dia vond rinn''' he cro" I ' Yet." he admitted. T r : fT . iMatMo f''" t ' m 1 HB a, waltz? k mrrsfAtt of gasolfne. and it is In this connec tion that Doctor Hitlinau's discovery w ill be of such vreat U'n'fit. Not only will it be available to tin- Standard Oil 1 oti.pany. but it will be at the dis- posal of any reputable company n the I n'ted Stat s The patents, when they are issued, will be given absolutely to the people of the I'nited States, and measures will be taken to insure that the new process will never be allowed to anv one to us" as a monopoly. The discovery as to gasoline it per haps exceeded in importance, how ever. b the discovery of the fact that such product as toluol and benzol, heretofore obtained from coal tar alone, can nw be mad.' from petro leum In norma! times there Is produced an enormous quantity of benzol and toluol in Germany, where, as in all Kurope. the cok" is made in by-product ovens, and the tar and its associated .-!u s sav d lu th' I'nited States only about 25 per cent of the coke is made in such 1 way as to save the by products. Benzol and toluol ar1 raw materials in the manufacture of many medicines, dyestuffs and explosives. The fact that th' I'nited States is apparently to have a plentiful source of raw mate rial for the making of thesf will prob ablv be a stimulus to th- building up here of new industries l'p to the time of the pr"seut war Americans pro duced only a small fraction of the dye stuffs actually used in American in dustries. The fa"t that since the out break of the war the I'nited States has been unable to obtain an adequate supply of dy-fl has had already an effect in causing effort to be made for launching an industry for the produr tlon of dyestuffs The Kittman disco' -ries are also of the utmost Importance as to explo sives. In case of a war in which the I'nited States would be shut off from an outside supply of benzol and toluol, it wouia be able to produce for the use of the army and navy from its large supplies of petroleum practically any amount of these materials desired Man;, of our mod rn drugs and medi eines are made directly or indirectly from benzol. The production of this latter material at a cheap price would be a great stimulus to the building up of a large synthetic drug Industry In this country. At the present time (Jer many has a moniflpoly In this business. The man wlm has made these no table dlseoviTies was born In San dusky. Ohio, December 2. 1883. In l'." s he received a bachelor of arts degree from Swarthmore college. in Pennsylvania, and in IIMiO he re GOlfOi his master of arts degree from the same place. I luring I'.ioH he served as chemist for the I'nited Gas Im provement company of Philadelphia. He served as lecturer and laboratory Instructor in Swarthmore from 1909 to l.12. and continued his studies in 1:1 lneering. so that he was granted a degree of meclianlral engineer in 1911 Whih- at Swarthmore. and especially during the last three years, he was engaged In professional chemical engl They're engagement ringt!" Shouldn't be surprised. " he replied Hut come on. we've s''ti them now. you know." They're the gotgeousest engage tnent rings." she sighed. "The dia mol ds look diamond olore'd niw. but when you put them on your finger they turn a bright pink" ' Peruke, I hardlv believe that," ho rebuked. "They do' Tiny do' Come and I'll show you." and she dragged him Into the shop and had the jeweler l2?a?y or coluwa uwuensT" tieenng work, both in chemical anil ; met named! lines. lu the fbll of 1912 he ciuif to 10- I lumbla university to do the work which got for him. in June. l'.'H. the d';ree of doctor of philosopliy The research vvurk for this degree wa car I ried out la the industrial laboratories of lUvoOMJTOf hall. Columbia, unücr the iiractloa of Prof. M. C. WMto. The nsult of these investigations . re OOMtlriMji in the May and June. VJ14. numbers of the Journal of Indus trial and IlUlOMlIM Chemistry, and were upon the subject "Thermo-Reac tions in Carbureting Water C.aa" In tb 1 research work was laid the toun dation for the viork which led to his discoveries. This piece of research was bo much praised that he was asked to take a position with the I nit Oi States bureau of mines at IMtts burgh as chemical engineer. After accepting this position he continued to study the problem of obtaining larger yields of gasoline in the distil lation of crude oil. He found that at the laboratories in Pittsburgh there was not the kiud of apparatus that was required for the work which he had in mind The work which he had done in studying the thermal reactions in the carburet ing ol water gas required a special piece, of apparatus, and this had been designed and built in the laboratories In Havemeyer hall, so that It was de sirable that in the contiuuance of his researches he be able to use this ap paratus. Through the courtesy of the university authorities he was able to take up his invetigation for the bu reau of mines in one of the private laboratories of the department of chemistry, where he could make use of the apparatus which lie had for merly usd as a graduate student. While bis experimental distillation apparatus is not large enough to be . ailed factory s4ze. it is much larger than the ordinary laboratory size, and he was ei.Jhled to get results which gave indication that the process was feasible on a commercial scale Doctor Kittman is modest 111 his claims and desires to have time to perfect his processes in larger size units before making any' afOtMMOtl as to the cost of the production. The apparatus which has been BO 1 in all of the experimental work is prac tlcallv the same as that used in the n search which won for him his Ph. D. from Columbia university last June The oil. which may be a crude oil, and which by th ordinary process of dis tlllathH might yield no gasoltn 1 at all. is introduced into the apparatus by a feeding device which controls the rate at which it is led Into the furnace llesides crude oil It is possible to use residues which remain from former distillations by the old process, and even the oils from the California oil ti Ids. which yield practically no gaso line. As the oil euters the top of the furnace it comes In contact with a mass of hot steel balls which vapor izes the oil The furnace itself. Into which the oil vapor next passes. It simply a piece of iron pipe heated by an . I. (trie current which passes through a eoil of resistance wire :ur mundi.ig the pipe but separated from it bv asbestos What aeiu.Viiy takes place in the distillation process is io doubt a breaking down of the larger and more complex molecules of the oil used, Into the g.Kolnw molecule or th" benzol molecule as the case may be This process is technically known as 'crack ing" the oil. The foreiRn patents which DoctOf ItittniHii Is taking out will, of course, he his own personal 'property The entire rights of the American pat nts aril' bt to tO in the .Hibllc. however, and he will receive no compensation ' v ;' !,: .-i.il.iry. I bring the rings in out of the window I "Now slip ne on my finger and we'll I see," she pouted, and held out the I dangerous finger of her left hand, anl I with considerable curiosity he slipped a ring on It. "Jack"' she exclaimed. "This Is so I sudden!" ' Kthel!" ho cried And. oblivious of the j'weler. of all else save love's young dream, they irashcd Into each other's arms. As a matter of fart the chorus girl Is merely a matter of form. MEN S 2.50 3 3.50 4,00 4.50 5 5.50 SHOES WOMEN'S 2.0O 2.50 3.0O 3.50 & 4.00 SHOES BOYS' 1 .75 2 2.50 3.00 MISSES' 2.00 & 2.50 YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY WEARING W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES .ii.l " quality, mm cuaaiurvable, a.i.jr a.iaiag ft lliey at. uusuroiuarü. Tlie t O0. J.5A and V4.00 ahn.fi wlUgtva gooit nor. Ire U.rniak.- - 1 lug I 00 1. in. The 4M.&(. W-Voo 11 J , .0 .n.H a t. r latnrably Ho otiiir Diakva toailn ih.Tr .. many uira all.. .. I ill .nil I Ii '11 Duugl.i tlioi'l caunol CAUTION ! mmmprn on ig. r.i.om. noo. inita niionoj a.o aJ.aya i ris ihrprW Mi l f them Kor ,u ytmii W I. fi.Hi.iaa tua ii ati ! p-.nr - f I . .r . r .1.: 1 : huh t - ' t-y l.nona -.Mt AM l'P.lllki ata. pv-A' on ttH'bo'teui Ntfwa thaw l.v iha fa'too 1.. not be irr.drd la lk. an.n olbar maka rlalmtd in b. Jiutt aa goo1. V. u re paMuc uuinnn mmx i-r. enilned 10 Lb. Ixau M -ur .Ualer aupply ou. writ, f.ir Illua- tr.il I . . al.ic; .-1 11 g h. w to ..r.lr b BialL 1. . mii;I, if lo park !., Uro. klon. Mn'.e. Enjoyed a Joke. Jirusnn - I Just tell you. you can t find n tiisn anywhere who enjoys a Rood joke better than I do. Friend Guess that's so. 1 have ' heard you tell the same juke forty finit s. and laugh at It every time. New Y. rk Weekly. TOUCHES OF ECZEMA At O ice Relieved by Cuticura Quite Easily. Trial Fre. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to aoothe and heal. Nothing better than these fragrant super creamy emollients for all troubles af fecting the skin scalp, hair uhd hands. They mean a clear skin, clean scalp, good hair and soft, white hands. Sample each free by mall w ith Book. Address postcard, Cuticura. IVpt. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere Adv. Helpless Man. The late Fanny Crosby, author of ' Nearer, My God. to Thee" and in- , numerable other hymns, was blind, but this did not pn vent her from see ing strrught into the hearts of im-n A Urooklyn friend of the aged hymn writ r was repeating some of her epi grams. "A Brooklyn hai.k clerk." she said, had stolen a lot of money and run off with a chorus girl W In n I told Fanny Crosby about this- she sighed and said: ' "Every man hfiPBIftl a fly when a w rb of lace Is spread.' " Gives Beauty Advice. Girl- young ladies and misses. It't I no use to spend jour coin on rouge and powder to make yourself look heautmi! It will not Improve your looks And if you insist upon wearing small, tight shoes with hiRh hels. you can depend upon it that they will bring hard, drawn lines in your face Another menace to beauty is a four pound skypiece on your belfry This is all according to Dr Ida Nahm, who makes a sweeping denunciation of these things If you want to r'tain your ;oiithful beauty for ever and ever, follow thi se dictates, says the doctorss: Plenty of soap and warm watr. lots of outdoor exercise, espe cially walking, and drink two quarts of Otter every day These w ill insure ; health, red hecks and a sliin. youth ful figure. Doctor Nahm recommends the water cure and walks especially IOC ladies with too much nibonpoint Sin says it's the safest, surest and mlckoot way to reduce. The Case. "Our toloohone Rirl tells me she has I roken her togOOJOtOBt.M "Ah, a case with her of ring off." A FOOD DRINK Wr-.ch Brings Daily Enjoyment, A lady doctor writes: ' Though busy hourly with my own affairs. I will not deny myself the pleasure of taking a few m.nutes to tell of the njom nt obtained daily from my morning cup of Postum It is a food beverage, not a stimulant like coffee "I began to use Postum 8 years ago. not because I wanted to. but because coffee, which I dearly loved, made my nights long, weary' Periods to be dread cd and unfitting me for business dur ing the day "On advice of a friend. I first tried Postum, making It carefully as sug gested on the package As 1 had tl w ays used cream and no sugar,' I mixed my Postum so It looked good, was clear and fragrant, and it was a pleasure to see the cream color it as my Kentucky friend always wanted her coffee to look, 'like a n"w saddle ' "Then I tasted it critically, for I had tried many 'substitutes' for coffee. I was pleased, yes, satisfied with my Postum In taste and effect, and am yet. being a constant user of It all these yean. ' I coniinually assure my friends and acquaintances that they will like Pos tum In place of coffee, and receive benefit from Its use. I have gained weight, can sleep and am not nerv ous " Name given by Postum Co.. Pattlo Creek. Mich Read "The Road to Well vllle," In pkgs. Postum comes In two forms: Regular Pottum must be well boiled, lit and 23e packages. Instant Pottum is a soluble pow der A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In t cup of hot water, and with cream and sugar makes a delicious bewcrage Instantly. 30c and f.Oc tins Both kinds are equally delirious and cost per cup about the same "There's t Reason" for Posta m told by Grocers. th. t. .: tlouteatle and Importal irrlull I ' I UT 111. luu.il 111 rousi t y. Nuutlior In.tk. . L.Doiigla. alio-, lor at) la. Bad Language. Thomas A. Kdison on h's sixty . in lull birthday snid to a reorter: 'The result of this war will he al OonUUI republic that In fifty years w ill for ahead ol all of us " The reporter, impressed hv Mr. Kdi son s war kMWloifOi asked: What lannuane do the Hclftiana use Walloon. Trench. German"'" "Hhiiiph ." said Mr Kdison "I know well what language I'd use if were a; Mi lgian ' "LIFE, LIBERTY AND A Western Canada Farmer Writes as to Conditions. A O, Hansen is a farnu r living near Clav, t, Sask . and as an old resident of Minnesota, takes strong exception to some of the articles appearing in American pap rs disparaging the truo conditions in Western Canada The Cottonwood CWNtt" of Cottonwood, Minn, an important weekly paper in th- southwestern part of the stale, re cently published a lett-r from Mr. Hansen, which is interesting reading lu his letter Mr Hansen makes a splendid case for Wettern Canada against those who seek to deter fann ers in the States from tettlins in Can ada He says: The district in which we live it a fair comparison to any other district In the country, made up mostly of set tlers from the Statet. The majority here consists of Americans Pom Mln nesota. Iowa and the Dakotas, with a few Canadians and an odd Ht.glish man Wt have been here eleven yoars. o tf since this part of the country' 'RB settled, and the majority have done well If they have not. it is certainly not the fault of th- country ' There has not been a crop failure in this district tlnce tettled Thlt year was the poorest, caused by Itck of rain although a fair estimate of wheat is about twelve bushels per acre, average, and oats about ten. Some farmers got as much as twenty five bushels of wheat per acre, and we all got good prices. ' The laws of Canada are nearly the same at those of Minnesota, and we enjoy the same privilege!. ' So far as the European war Is con cerned, we suffer to a certain extent as all the world does Canada Is glv ing a helpInK hand to her Mother Country, and we American-Canadians Mrmly believe It Is Canada's duty to do so. I have not heard one Amert can-Canadian who has expressed a dif ferent opinion Canada Is not com pelled to send her soldiers The serv ice rend' red Is all voluntary service "The accusation that old settler are considered undesirable citizens and are forced out of business, even In danger of being 'mobbed at their own fireside,' Is all false, a mere fabrics Hon in the mind of badly informed correspondents There are a few who have been discovered carrying letters, others papers and plans to prove thm spies, and whose object Is to conspire against the government These have Justly been arrested Such a clast of people cannot be considered good oltl 7ens. whether living In Canada or In the Pnlted States "Some people are fallnres wherever they are. and as an excuse for failure In their country It may seem ensy to put the blame on the Canadian people and the Canadian government. Pact Is, thousands of people from the I'nited States are er''rratlng to Canada at the present time which shows they nre not afraid of the Canadian "govern ment. "The government Is giving away. free of ch.irce, provision through the " Inter to farmers In certain districts effected by the drought, and Is alto sending seed grain to those in need of help This Is very different from driving settlers away from their own homes. "I have always observed that the people who love their Mother Country most are those wh make the best Citi zen of their adopted country The glorious 'Stars and Stripes' will al ways stand for what Is goo'' and noble to us, though we live In a neighbor country where ojtj also mjoy 'life, lib erty tnd the pursuit of happiness,'" Advertisement Mort. prlvilpRc to a, Wv. al V.OWC'dsMf BBaam'! w v aaaaarrauar a t.imr' r mj 1 9wimmmMwmmmMmmm9Mmm - I5jv m UUHWl aMKm.iaa- m aBBBBBBBBW .iksaaal 1 a- aT . 1 ? 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' f price; gn list amek . llaWt" TWKH ANI ARM disfigured with super M I hilirinkiiii it r. niotiMl wi'h "I'lran flu (ur a ox. I .'sew . , XS M OCU TDflViTfl t.iiaranteed lnr. 4 g" DlH I nUV A I U i 1.Klor!irml'l.- nfe. ' l tauptaSiiK. I. KKKK. hi. John H HI sisrlliU "hipped anrwhere: dells- DIU ..il.i ''r. It.a. awke l.is-' " s.i Biamsw BwHaar Osai 1 ADSMtaOJ itutTie.1 at r : ui rrpsaia. l'aruc uir f rss. L. W John, o Hal Make the Liver Do its Duty Nin times in ten when the liver B right the stomach and bowels are nht. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS Hen 1 1 y but fi rm 1 y com- pa l lazy liver to. do its duty. Cures Con stipation, In- I .'e. lion. Sick tirade he.' id D.i tress After Eating SMALL PILL, SMALL DOS;. SMALL PW Genuine must bear Signature b koK t R S HAIR BALSAM A t lt i i llelM to tra.Hi al il '' ' j Far R .storing Col.r jnl Beaut r laGrap or r aded Mo e. and l se t linirii',ll AV sässjBL BBSjjas r spsTrill AlkWAmm st-ii tT I gfl nl l I ; a - N. U., Indianapolit, No 17-1HN w.