New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
DR.. LANCE NEEDS MONEY
Laboratory and Residence OF
AichemISt To Be Sold.
c. C.. DICKINSON HIS FRIEND
Late Banker Was Said to Have
Inhaled Poisonous Gases IN
LANCE Laboratory.
UBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Scranton. Penn. Sept. u--Instead Of be-
coming as wealthy as Crusus through his
supposed discovery Of a process to trans
mute base metals into silver DR.. Frederick
W. LANCE, of this city. faces a serious
financial situation Unable TO pay the in
terest on heavy loans the doctors resi-
dence. on Jefferson avenue, and his labora-
tory and office building. on Adams avenue.
have been seized by Sheriff Conner, and
they are included in list OF properties TO
be offered at public sale on October l.
On the heels OF the doctors reverses
comes an announcement that his brother.
Louis A Lange. has left the city. Louis
LANCE is secretary Of the New Schiller
Building and Loan Association. one Of the
largest investment enterprises of its kind
in the country. Thousands Of working per-
sons, majority of whom are thrifty Ger
mans living in South Scranton. are its
shareholders Officers of the associa tion
admit that the secretary is out Of the city
and that his private affairs are in bad
shape. They deny, however, that the
finances Of the association are involved.
Since The death Of Charles & Dickinson.
the New York banker, which was said 70
have resulted from inhaling poisonous
fumes in DR. Lange'S IaboratOTy. the al
chemist has been in comparative retire
Tent. Pressed for an explanation Of Dick
insons visit to his laboratory. Dr.. Lange
told sensa tionaI story Of his sIchemic dis
coveries. The New York mans resources
would have been at his command in ex-
plotting the transmutation discovery. he de
clared, and his death was a severe set
back
Ever since his graduation from college
Dr. LANCE has been engaged in business
besides practising medicine. With his
brother Louis and others he planned 70 en-
list capital 10 float the Transmutatio
scheme. and to that end preparation were
made 70 issue stock. The Doctors practice
suffered. il is said. and he was compelled
20 negotiat r. large loans to keep other en-
terprises in which he is Interested going
Among the enterprises that have been
promoted BY the LANCE brothers are silk
mill. d condensed milk and baby food fac
tory and a women's hair dressing store. The
last named was an iIl-fated venture.
Louis LANCE enjoyed the confidence Of 10
cal business men and he had no trouble in
securing indorsers for his personal paper
During the last week several of his notes
have gone 10 protest in local banks. and
this. coupled with Lange's absence. has
ca used much uneasiness
The soundness Of the New Schiller As
sociatio has never been questioned. The
=ngs Of poor persons in its keeping
amount 70 hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars.
Dr. Lange's laboratory is the one In which
Charles 9. Dickinson, former president Of
the Carnegie Trust Company. was said to
have inhaled poisonous gases during
demonstration on May Is. resulting in his
death in St. Luke-s Hospital on May p
Much mystery surrounded the fatal acct
dent. the Casualty Company or America,
in which he was insured for s65odo. holding
up the claim An autopsy on Mr. Dickin-
sons body was performed al Mount kisco
Cemetery. The doctors reported that he
had died from natural causes.
Dr. Lange's laboratory comprises nearly
all the cellar Of a frame building, which
has been partitioned off TO give the physi-
clan strict privacy during his experiments
The workroom floor is OF earth.
In one corner Dir. LANCE had large
electric blower. This famed into intense
heat the flames OF three large gas burn
ers adjusted in q furnace in tho middle Of
the place. The furnace was imbedded in
the earth floor Gas vas fed to the burn
erS through 2 two-inch pipe. With his three
jets Dr. LANCE could get 40Ho degrees Of
heat at the end Of an hour.
Around and over the furnace was 4 gal
vanized iron box about four feet square.
4 f7ue ran from. the top Of II and was
set in brick chimney built about three
feet from the furnace In order that the
physician might breathe none OF the
fumes from the chemicals which he used
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on the box When these were closed the
"a ses ran through the fue into the chin
ney.
Everywhere about the room We're large
bottles containing all sorts Of aciCs and
packages containing chemical salts. Hun
d-eds Of other boxes and vessels lined the