The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-03
FORTUNE IN THE BALANCE.

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From the New York World, Halt
the governments of the world have
eyes on a case now pending at WASH
ington whose issue may involve mil
lions and the fortunes of war. On the
records 1t masquerades as "Intcrfer-
ence No. 17.411, Bauschlickcr vs..
Porsch." II has to do with The manu-
facture OF smokeless powder, that new
munition of wal which is revolution
izing the destinies of battle.
Not so long & In Frankenthal,
Germany, there lived two men, August
Bauschlicker and Heinrich Nowak, the
best Of friends. On, Of them invented
the chemical acetone, the basis OF
smokeless powdcr-whlch n the
Washington patent Office is trying To
find out. Nowak grew rich beyond his
widest dreams by virtue OF the process
that all the nations VI Europe would
have given fortunes to possess solely.
Bauschlicker didn't remain poor.
either. But at last things went wrong
Nowak lost every %pfennlg he owned
and sought the United states To recoup.
Letters passed between The two old
friends. Finally Nowak, now Or. OF
tokar Porscn, got out II patent on ace
tone. and the Orangeourg CLemita,
company OF Nyack started IN to make
and sell Il.
BauschliclteI got wind Of It. 1t was
his process, he asserted. The Hast
lacher & Rassler company were selling
II In this city, too. 81 he brought sui.
and o the case Ia neal final settle
ment. Thousands aud thousands nj
pages Of testimony have been taken
here and In Germany. DIR. Porsch,
who now lives It 932 Park avenue, Ho-
boken, admits that he has changed his
name from Nowek 10 Porsch. hut says
he did 1t because he wanted to start
life M here. lie swears that he in
vented the process Of making acetoner
and his wife, Olga. backs him up.
In his testimony. taken aboard,
Bauschlicker swears that the invention
is his. and that one day In q At Ct
confidence he told the priceless secret
to his friend Nowak. He accuses him
nov OF having sold the secret to the
United States and to Russia for Use In
the manufacture OF smokcloss powder
for their respective armies.
This has caused mi a loss OF 81 ,000.-
600 In royalties" swears Bauschlicker.
1T isn't true that he invented ace
tone" swears Porsch. just as positive
ly. II discovered II years ago in my
factory in Frankenthal."
"Porsch worked for me In my fac
tory" rejoins Bauschllcke.', 'and
there learned the secret SO valuable In
warfare"
Porsch's disappearance from his old
town was a mysterious one. No one
knew OF his whereabouts, swears
Bauschlicker, until he heard that ace
tone was being manufa ctured in the
United States by one Ottokar Porsch.
He had grown wealthy over II.
Bauschlicker wanted the royalties that
every pound Of smokeless powder had
to pay, and so the action was brought.
He wants the patent declared null and
void. II he wins he will sue all the
manufacturers who have used acetona
under Porsch's patents.
When the missing Nowak was frm-
Iy established here as Porsch he sent
f,,, hi. x.,tPa lta nunpInUAro aAnt khoeu
expressman to the steamship for her
trunks. but o n could be found. The
Only ones that the check called for
we're those Of a Mrs. Heinrich Nowak.
The expressman came back with his
story and the secret so long concealed
came out. DR.. Ottakar Porsch was
Heinrich Nowak.
Power of Sunshine.