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= Dr. WALTER T.RITTMANN

modern high explosives are made. are
also the raw materials from which
are derived all the so-called coal tar
dyes, upon which our textile Industries
are absolutely dependent. All of the
anilines colors are derived from these
two protean substances.
Bearing in mind that as soon as the
war in Europe broke out every pound
converted into death-dealing explosives,
and the exports of dyes were abso-
lutely cut off. thereby rendering every
textile mill in the United States power
less to renew supplies of dyes when
stocks on hand were exhausted, the
Importance, to the immense spinning
and weaving and dyeing industries of
the country of this discovery of a
method of making our own dyes can
not be estimated.
These points are sufficient explana-
tion of the flood of kilograms of in
quiry received at the bureau of mines
within twenty-four hours of the first
public announcement of the discovery;
they furnish a reason for the anxiety
of some of the biggest refining inter-
ests of the United States to be per-
mitted Immediately to avail them
selves Of the discovery.
X *
To DR.. Walter F. Rittmann, chemical
engineer of the bureau of mines. the
credit for this great discovery is due
To DR.. Rittman's unceas sing and untir-
ing investigations, experiments and
laborfous research is due the fact that
tremendous industries OF the United
States are to be no longer at the mercy
of foreign countries. and that the ma
tion's power to defend itself against
attack or aggression may continue un-
abated, even though foreign powers
hold within their own borders all of
the materials they produce for the
manufacture of today's terrible agents
of destruction.
Dr. Rittman. who is attached to the
Pittsburgh laboratories of the bureau
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ment this course by attending the
state College classes for a time. To
help defray his expenses he has COM
piled a small book mainly of verse.
himself printer, illustrator and binder,
as we'll author"
In New Year letter to Mrs. Moore
he wrote: You were a stranger to
me, and yet you found room in your
heart for me. Your sympathy and good
counsel and the many little tokens OF
kind remembrance you have sent to
me have made you seem to fill my
mothers place as no one else could
have done"
Another San Quentin man wrote last
New Year day: "Mr. L. and I received
the Christmas books and beautiful art
souvenirs. 1t puzzles me how you can
think of so many Of us and remember
us in such an appropriate way. Such
time as you have at your own disposal
must be very systematically arranged
to admit of your accomplishing so
much. In reviewing some of
your letters, as l like to do on Christ
mas night, feel that / have so many
things to thank you for that it is no
small task to itemize them all.
The Agricultural Club has nov 140
nembers,( and will undoubtedly reach
the 200 mark before the end of jan
uary"
A letter to Mrs Moore from another
San Quentin man gives in its latter
half an appreciation of BILLY" Sunday,
with whom he was for time asso-
ciated. This man wrote lasn month:
1 was very glad to hear from you. FOR your
letters always bring good news and encourage
ment ] do not know what / would do without
them. may as we'll tell you now that what
! accomplish whatever may amount
to for good in the future owe to you. l really
believe that / would have gone under long ago
II 1t had been for you. Your letters gave
hope and encouragement; spurred me on un,
til began that there was some good
left in me- and gave hope for tine future
that | had entirely lost. Don't you
know that would be glad to tighten the burden
tat have placed upon you even to the extent
Of receiving only short note month from
you; That would be the greatest sacrifice l
Yes. Billy does get excited and nervous when
he tackles big Intellectual gathering. have
seen him that way and he cannot do his besr.
,asSe him in small towns tear the place
wide open, and his talks BEAUTIFUL
might say perfect. Then | have gone with him
10 big town where he had to face five or ten
times as many people and he would fall away
below the mark. He used TO say, Charlie, l
would rather he big toad in little puddle
than a little toad In big puddle" Still, he
very good and I don't believe there Is
other man In the world that can sag q thing, or
bring home a fact. as Billy Sunday can And
the beauty OF 1t is he means every word he
says and have known lin to say some pret-
ty rough stun and get away with 1t. l had the
chance Of my life with hinas@ and had a double
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sacrificing work for the "down-and-
outs"
Does your correspondence with pris-
oners take all your spare time?"
Most of it. but l find time to ad-
rocate by every means in my power
better measures than exist in connec-
ton with two laws affecting the well
fare of prisoners. l refer to the re-
striction put upon their writing letters
and to their parole laws.
DO you know that in many prisons.
and the majority of them in the east.
prisoners may only write one letter a
month: Think of it; one letter a
month, This is the rule in the eastern
penitentiary. the state prison of Penn
sylvania- 1t is the rule in Maryland
also. In the state of Virginia prisoners
may write only one letter in two
months. l believe Virginia is the worst
state in regard to this restriction.
There is what is termed an extra let
ter privilege in most prisons, granted
at the warden's discretion. but, as YOU
may imagine. this is not at all the
same as freedom TO write letters within
penologists now advocate the removal
of restrictions regarding the receiving
and mailing of letters further than ex-
aminlng them.
Where prisoners are permitted to
write as often as they please to family
and friends on the outside reform is
more readily accomplished. The lib
erty of daily letters is now granted In
most progressive institutions, notably
In the western states. and the results
have been unfailingly satisfactor.
Nothing has more uplifting influence
upon a prisoner than the right sort of
letter from without. Nothing is more
conducive to gloom and despair than
lack of contact with family and friends
outside, and nothing is SO morally det-
rimental as gloom and despair"
Mrs. Moore has written to many war
dens in many prisons to elicit opin-
ions on the subject of prisoners mail
restriction, and from the majority of
them, who are eager for the best In
terest of their wards. the answer is the
same-the restriction of prisoners mail
is an obsolete custom and an unneces-
sary hardship. Thomas Mott Osborne
he could see only benefit to the men
under his care in Sing Sing from the
unrestricted mail privilege.
She Is also working hard to aid the
cause of the parole for prisoners. Pa
role has worked well in the states
where it has been thoroughly and ef-
fectually tried-notably in Arizona,
which stands out in it's progressive
prison reforms.
why not" Mrs. Moore asks; in all
there should be better parole laws that
will insure greater liberty In tho
granting of paroles than now obtain
In some states and even in the federal
prisons. 1t has been proven by statis-
tics that where a liberal parole policy
prevails the percentage OF violations
is much less than under restricted con-
ditions.
I'm Great Meadows prison, New York,
where applications for parole are sell
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covered process-perfected on a labo-
ratory scale by eight years of exhaust
I've tests and experiment work - is
that 1t has solved the problem of an
Independent supply of toluol and ben
zol for the United States.
Toiuol and benzol have heretofore
been derived. in German and English
laboratories, from coal tar, and the
two countries mentioned have up to
the present time enjoyed a practical
1t is stated that toluol and benzol are
the bases from which are manufac-
tured all of the modern high explo-
sives used in the warfare of today,
and that until this momentous discov-
cry was made the worlds supply of
these two materials was in the hands
Of nations with which it is conceiv-
able that the United States might be-
come involved in war. it is easy to ap-
precfate the tremendous national inn
portance of the discovery
Circumstances might arise under
which the lack OF supply of toluoI
and benzol by t:ae United States would
force this country to enter upon a war
In the conduct of which it would be
compelled to depend on such explosives
as were used at the time of our civil
war. Against nations supplied with
modern high explosives. it is claimed,
such condition would mean nothing
short of national humiliation, if not
national extinction
Nor is this all; the discovery has an
other phase of economic importance
which is of far more value, from a
commercial point of view, than that
of making available a domestic sup
nj fNf tA TIL
manufacture substances for the taking
Of human lives in untold numbers
Toiuol and benzol, besides being the
bases from which lyddite and the other
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OF opening correspondence with Co.
lumbia University. New York, in his
behalf. The member of the faculty in
charge of this department wrote OF
books could be supplied. Mrs. Moore
saw that these were forthcoming, and
SO she had the pleasure of giving an.
other man a lift toward independence
and clean living when he has regained
his liberty. This man is one of class
which is learning Spanish as possible
aid in equipment for living.
Another man in San Quentin is max
ing himself a good Bible student, and
has formed a class for Bible study. One
of the mems classes in Calvary Baptist
Church. Washington. sent him, through
Mrs. Moore, a donation of Bibles for
his work
1t is hard to be imprisoned in good
health. but sadder to spend ones days
of ill health in a prison hospital. This
is the case of one of Mrs. Moore's cor
respondents in the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth. Kan. The man has
been there for over two years, most of
the time having been spent in the hos
pital with an organic malady He
writes an effeminate hand of almost
coppeFplate clearness and delicacy,
which has evidently been made Of use
in the prison, as he writes: II am a
patient. but I am doing the clerical
work. 1t agrees with me, and it is
best that 1 do it,
Mrs. Moore Is working hard upon his
case in the hope of securing executive
clemency on account of his physical
condition. In the letter above referred
to, which was written on the last day
Of the old year, he said. Don't think L
will get discouraged or downhearted,
no matter what is the decision. 1 feel
that you will do your best. and feel
grateful that l have you to assist me.
and I think each Gsy how l can repay
you for your kindness"
This mans wife, in writing to Mrs.
Moore from her home. in Cleveland.
Ohio. said In a letter. dated February
81 Of this year: Il don't know how to
begin to thank you for your great
kindness. really didn't know that
such good people as you existed. May
God bless you for your kindness and
goodness to us in our distress"
r
Such letters, and they come to her
every day. are all the reward Mrs.
Moore expects or receives for her self
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OF mines. is a young man-perhaps
one of the youngest scientists in the
service of the Department of the In
terror. Rather short. stockily built.
with square. aggressive chin and jaw.
he looks like a foot ball player. rather
than a man who has just completed a
labor that is destined to revolutionize
gigantic industry and place the ma
tion for which he works in position
OF independence of any other country
in certain tremendously vital lines.
And he does not belle his appearance.
Foot ball, base ball and other athletics
OF strenuous character are the diver
sions to which he is devoted and to
which he gives a large share Of the
credit for the physical ability to COM
plete the work which he has just fin
ished
ITO foot ball. base ball and other
forms of outdoor athletics" DR.. Ritt-
man says, II attribute the physical
strength without which I should never
have been able to complete this work.
Athletics of the most strenuous kind,
out in the open, have been solely re-
sponsible for the physical condition
and the vigor necessary to carry on
for eight years-since 1907-without
interruption. the work that Is briefed
in the statement issued by Secretary
Lane.
Most Of this work has beea done in
the laboratories of Columbia Univer-
sity. in New York. and at Swarthmore
College. The laboratories at these
places have been at my disposal. and
the time and expense required to bring
the work to completion would have
been far greater had it not been for
this aid and cooperation. The process
has been perfected on a laboratory
scale; it has not as yet received the
test of operation on a commercial
scale.
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q
chemist of the federal bureau of mines.
of process whereby the product OF
gasoline from petroleum could be
fripled-that is. process that Welded
Hoo per cent more gasoline from
given quantity of petroleum, the raw
material from which kerosene, gaso-
line. benzine and similar products are
made.
Within twenty-four hours after the
publication of this startling statement
by the head of the great Department of
the Interior more than fifty kilograms
had been received at the bureau Of
mines. asking for detailed information
IN regard to the discovery. and Offer
ing huge sums of money for rights to
use it,
The kilograms came from every sec
tion of the United States. most OF
those sending them being independent
refiners of petroleum: and in every case
the offer was for the strfctest govern
rnent supervision of plants proposed to
he built. the absolute vesting of the
patent rights in the federal govern
nent rather than in any individual or
corporation, and the payment of all ex-
penses for building and installation of
the plants by private capital.
All that was wanted was the privi-
lege Of constructing. equipping and
operating the plants 1or the aKe OF
obtaining the products Immediately.
80
One of these kilograms offered the
sum Of 100000. to be available as
whole Immediately the sanction Of the
government was given to the plan for
constructing and operating huge
plant. This offer came from one of
the biggest Independent refining con-
Germs in the United States concern
amply able to meet every obligation it
entered into.
These offers illustrate graphically the
economic importance of the discovery
announced by the Secretary of the In
terror. They do more than this. too:
they show as nothing else could do
the importance of this one piece Of re-
search work that has been completed
by the federal bureau of Hnines-a
piece of work that. taken absolutely
alone and -disregarding anything else
which that bureau has done. amply
justifies its creation and it's existence
And 1t Is not alone in the vastly
more economical production of gaso-
line that the discovery is of impor-
tance. Another phase Of the newly dis
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PLOYEg SHE SENDS SUNSHINE INTO PRISON CELLS

Mrs Ella Damn Moore Washington Unonay
She Believes Prisoner Chance Helps
Appointed Work and Her Rwmmpoyed Department Agriculture She
Her Interesting
Relating o Correspondence
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Government Chemist Til p|es GasoGneXe|d

DR.. Walter F. Ritz
mann, Chemical En-
gineer of the Bureau of
Mines, Discovers New
Process of Extracting
Gasoline From Petro-
leum - Also Solves
Problem of lndepend-
ent Supply of Toluol
and Benzol for United
States - They Are
Bases From Which
Lyddite and Other
Mo dern High Ex-
plosives Are Made-Dr.
Rittmann a Young Man
and an Athlete He
Worked Eight Years on
His Discovery The
orocess Explained.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-01-07
KILL HOG LICE BY
USE OF PETROLEUM
Spray Pump Will Coat One Hog
in Few MinuteS-PenS Should
Be Scraped Out.

A quick and economical way to
kill hog lice is to spray each hog
with crude petroleum. The back, I'M
der the legs and around the head
should be well coated. II the crude
petroleum cannot be had use coal oil
or kerosene emulsion. To make the
emulsion dissolve one pound of hard
soap in four gallons of hot water. Re.
move the soap solution from the fire
and pour in two gallons Of kerosene
and stir vigorously for ten minutes
When It is to be used mix one quart
of the emulsion with six quarts OF wa
ter, stir thoroughly and then apply.
A spray pump will coat one hog in a
few minutes. The pens should be
scraped out, then washed with hot
soapsuds, and when dry coated with
quicklme. Lice viii prevent growth
and a dirty pen will breed lice To
cleanse the skin after the hog has
been oiled, wash with warm water
and carbolic soap, use a stiif brush
after washing rub dry. A clean hog
will take less feed to make growth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-01-07
DANISH PEER DIES INCOGNITO
Aged kenosha Resident ConceaIs
Royal Title in Life, But Wears
Ribbon of Rank in Death.

Kenosha.-A son of Danish peer,
a man who one time carried with his
name the title to vast but ruined es-
tates in both Denmark and Norway,
died in a humble cottage in Kenosha,
and it was not until after his death
that the facts in regard to his early
life were made public.
The man was Carl Christian julius
Won Ahlefeldt Lauvigen, only son of
Adolph Won Ahlefeldt Lauvigen former
Danish peer, whose ancestral estate
was Tornholm, Korsor, Sjalland He
was 81 years old and had carefully
concealed from Danes in Kenosha the
story of his life.
Here he was known as julius Able.
feldt kindly disposed old man. His
one son Carl Ahlefeldt, an engineer,
had given him home since he came
here from Denmark some years ago.
He was buried here and wore on the
breast the ribbon of his rank.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-01-07
STOP EATING MEAT IF
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take Glass Of Salts to Clean Kid
neys II Bladder Bothers YOU
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other. says a well-known authority,
because the uric acid In meat excites
the kidneys. they become overworked;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts Of distress. particularly backache
and misery in the kidney region; rheu-
matte twinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver.
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary IT.
ritation.
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right. or If bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces Of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy:
take a tablespoonful In a glass Of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act hne.
This famous salts Is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity, also to neutralize the acids in
the urine so it no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot iniure anyone:
makes a delightful effervescent lithia.
water drink which millions Of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean. thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-01-07
MADE PRIVATE SECRETARIES
Former Newspaper Men Appointed
Governors Private Military and
Executive Aids.

Madison.-R. B. Pixley, Milwaukee,
and Charles d. Stewart, Hartford, the
first an active Newspaperman, and the
second former newspaperman and well
known author and Shakespearean
scholar have been appointed private
and executive clerk respectively by
Gov. Emanuel l.. Philip.
Mr.. Pixley succeeds Col. Duncan Nc
Gregor. He will receive salary of
$3.50 year and the title of colonel
Mr. Stewart succeeds Harry C. Will
bur- The salary is $500, but the legis-
lature empowered the governor in
some cases to augment salaries. I'm
der this provision Wilbur received
$4,000
PiXley has been assistant managing
editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel for
some time.
Mr.. Philip also announced that
Miss Elizabeth MacCarthy, who was
his private secretary during the cam
paign, will become his personal secre-
tary at Madison. She will not be an
employe of the state, however.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-01-07
DETAILS COUNT IN
THE SHEEP FLOCK
Allowing Ewes to Clean Up Fields
Is of Observation-Disclosures
Need Exercise.

During the early part of the winter
the man who is keeping breeding ewes
should let them get full value from
the stalk fields and wheat fields.
While they are picking this feed they
will get exercise at the same time.
The raising OF sheep is profitable II
the details are handled properly. Al
lowing the ewes to clean up the fields
Is important. The breeding eve re-
quires exercise-she must have it.
It Is advisable to have the fields fenced
dog and sheep proof Then there will
be no annoyance from incoming dogs
or escaping sheep.
Silage Is used by many farmers as
a feed for breeding ewes with good
success. 1t Is fed in quantities rang
ng from one and half pounds up
ward. Uusually two pounds a day
per animal should be sufficient. Care
must be exercised to see that the sill.
age is not nodded or sour Cases Of
abortion, Indigestion, etc. frequently
result from feeding sour or moldy sill
age. Frozen silage should never be
fed. The eve requires good treat
ment. Usually half pound OF grain
per day is sufficient until after the
lamb comes. Oats and bran should
form the greater part OF the grain
ration. OIL meal in quantities which
do not produce too much of laxative
effect gives good results. Ewes ap.
preciate a variety OF feed Alfalfa
hay, cowpea hay, etc, make a good
dry roughness for them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-01-07
INACCURATE new
STATE OFFICERS
OATH OF OFFICE is ADMINISTER
ED BY CHIEF JUSTICE WINS
LOWTO NEW EXECUTIVE.
Philip is NOW GOVERNOR
Immense Throng Greets the Incoming
Governor and Attend the Cere-
monies of Marked
Simplicity.

adison.-Emanuel l.. Philip was
inaugurated Governor of Wisconsin,
Jan. 4th, under ceremonies of marked
simplicity.
Arriving from Milwaukee by special
train, from whence he was accompan-
led by over 500 representative citizens
of Southeastern Wisconsin, the COVER
nor was met at the station by an i'm
mense throng, in which nearly every
city of the state was represented.
The official inaugural committee
and the Madison company of the Wis
consin National Guard acted as escort
to Governor Philip, the party pro-
ceeding Immediately to the capitol
AT shortly before noon the state
officials-elect, led by the retiring and
incoming governors, left the executive
offices and marched to the assembly
chambers. Chief Justice Winslow ad-
ministered the oath of office to Mr.
Philip and the other state officials at
II o'clock. Present were the families
of the new officials, the present state
officials, former governors of Wiscon-
sin, former state officials and con-
gressmen.
With Chief Justice Winslow at the
speakers desk was Marshal of Cere
monies William r. Bagley; Col. SAILS
man, marshal of the day; The Rev. w.
j. Mckay chaplain.
After the swearing in of the officials.
the procession reformed and returned
to the executive chambers whence the
new officials were escorted to their
respective Offices.
From to o'clock receptions were
held by the new officials in their re-
spective offices. The Milwaukee party
was the first admitted to see Gov.
Philip and offer it's congratulations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-01-07
PLAN COMMUNITY GARDENING
Idle Lots in Superior Will Be PIowed
by Improvement Club and Ap-
portioned Among Poor.

Superior.-Community gardening on
large scale is to be undertaken nv
members OF the Fourth Ward Improve
ment club, now arranging for the right
to use a 4O-acre tract inside the CITY
limits.
1t is proposed to have blowing and
other preliminary work done, after the
tract has been divided among those
VINO Will cultivate it, charging only
the actual expense to each holder.
Through the plan it is believed q
material reduction in living expenses
can be brought about, and if it be-
comes apparent early enough in the
year that the plan will be a success.
effort will be made to get the use of all
idle land in the city.