The sun., 1910-05-27
FAMV GNNOYS GLCHTKIST
DR. LANCE SAYS HE ONLY MADE
NITRATES AND CHLORIDEG

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factuFe-A New Nan-eogrosh aletal.
, SSgANroN. Pa. May - DR.. Frederick
v IAhse. Yesterday thoughtful medical
rractitionar and dAbbler In chemistry.
'n-iay awoke to find himself famous and
rrolslnds spsCulating on WHISTLER he had
n -cmed the secret Of nature and solved
tho problem Of the centuries, the trans
mutation Of bass metals into silver and
gold
~ little flashes Of temper revealed dur
irg the day Dr. lange showed that he vas
not pleased with the attention that he
was attracting
~ lange WAS very careful to-day
a. 70 the wording or bis interview. =
have not been ahle 10 change base metal
rrto gold or silver he aaid What
% done and all thst clain 20 have
oo TO take a silver matriK and by
the ,"sss which | have discovered
rroduc, more chlorides and nitrates
n silver /, - have ever been produced
before have produced 100 per cent.
not 100 times more silver than existed
hslore have had the products oG my
work AssAyed in New York. Philadelphia.
Boston and Chicago. 81 the United States
mint and the reports all show that il
vas pure silver. The latest report came
from Prof Wallace Of the University Of
Pennsylvania. his analysis showing S
per cent. pure silver
The discovery I have made con-
tinued Or Lange. -is gigantic. cannot
even estimate the value Of Il commercially
~ applied 10 the arts of photography and
electricity and the plating industry. The
Possibilities o. IL are sufYicient 10 day one.
but have not become Eighty over IT,
Dr. LahEe said his analysis showed
traces Of gold, but that he was unable
n explain its presence He went on 20
cypress a belief IN the theory ol inorganic
evolution and hinted az the possibility
NJ . rearanRement Of the molecules Of
the elements 10 produce new ones. Dr..
LAnRe Was asked again II his discovery
vas not in reality the transmutation Of
base metals to gold and silver. and he
replied.
= viii neither aHsrm nor deny
VIII YOU define the actual nature of
vour discovery DR. lAnge was asked
again. To this he replied i produce
certain chemicals from certain elementary
r-cducts that are Csefu in the arts of
photography. electricity and the plating
industry
Would you care to give the cost Of
these ohemicalsf-
They are produced a. ~ per cent less
than ihe same chemicals cost AZ present
That Ia a modsrate estimate might say
th-y sre produced with many times less
than that cost
Some u he nitrstes' the doctor said. he
cont 'p Rlchester. the hOme Of photlg-
p INV. whers thew stood the kesnest -
. N '-sis the SIN test The nitF1tes were
'sH -U~cesslully tested there IN the
HIrtnr ird1s.rv, Re then communicated
Nth / rye de lers in New York % whom
rs sent samples q the chlorides and
.sed vhf' thsy would pay for such
rev answered IS n pound When the
ctor sk"d how much ~ the product
''ev would take Et THAI prize they said
"-U lrads
O. -ssms thst e e. Dickinson came here
o.. meet ~ lanEe az the invitstion Of
'slor . HeriEepeth. vice. president ~
Irf ir1sc NE Securities ConTnny and
NJ Hai-aue'h As present % the eK-
rHrt,r. project. TO-DAY Mr. Hedgepe,h
sn Nav York sttending he funergl. hui
sfore hs EFT he told reporter thrt ne
Ano~s nothing q DR. lance trsnsmuta-
" Z Ainsna "a perp interested
m a uou- oTrlHiVp r1tal wnica the dort Or
iAi di- 1yered ha saii -rae metal
is hNl1g tested ~ nules and o. seems 10
have greet possihilitiss in the manufar-
'rrr of val-es and Other equipment which
- subject - the action ~ IRE. wafer
gas and other destructive elements.
A. Tar gs ! know the doctor performed
no experiment with gold or silver The night
Mr. Dickinson was IN his leborltorg
continued Mr. Hedgepeth. -bH h. did
demonstraie the cOm30unding of tn
non-corrosive metal
Dr. lang confirmed statement
ABOUT the project M. Dickinson was
irvsEtiEatiug. The Temple iron COm-
any b. testing the non-cnrrosiyr metal
and u Mr. Dickinson had lived h, would
rrlhably have promoted thq manufacture
- q, aid the doctor. -Bun ] have dis
covered other processes. ore of which J.
tho inrreasing Of gold and silver nitrate. .
one n Dr. Lange's callers this mcrnin 2
vas a representative of an acc idsnt In.
tI-ancs company In which Dickinson
carrisd large policy. WHISTLER hts death
vss fhs result % an accident 'lu courts
vii probably bs called upOn 20 decide
W Iange has said thai pneumonia Eas
he csuse and that u was induced pre-
-nablv by inhaling nitric acid fumes
Since unNumOnia u q natural cause the
- company vii prohably contest the claim
CoT'"ndlrg hat Il matters not how the
wer' va rnntraCted