Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-04-22
COMING POWER
FOR The AUTO
Investigation and Test Of Power
Derived from Water and
Chemicals. w..
FUEL AT A CENT A GALLON

Tine engaging possibility of running an
automobile with few gallons Of water
and mysterious green chemical -
motive power, the whole costing lesB
than cent gallon, caused william
E Haskell. publisher Of the Chicago
Herald 70 visit Louis Enrlcht, tho IN
yentof Of tho mixture at the lntters
home IN rarmingdale, 4. l., last Sunday
Mr. HasEcil. who said no made tho
long trip from Chicago for the sole pur-
pose u milking d personal investigation
Of the discovery. confessed 70 q reporter
fof The Times thal be- embarked upon
Ida mission win considerable 8kepticism
Having been an enthusiastic owner of
automobiles since lsa5. be was anxious, he
faid 10 witness demonstration " The
discovery that had beea widely published
10 the lat fcw days az promising 70 put
n dent In tlie revenues " The STANDARD
oil company
y am FRANK NJ o9nfeaa that IA spite
u tho accounts published IN some ~ tho
New York evening newspaper no.
pronehod the proposition with caution"
said ME llaakell last night following
hia return from Farmiugdalo = found
Mr. Enrieht stumbling on the lawn Of his
pretty littlo home With couple of news
paper mon from Philadelphia who had
como over 10 SOC FOR themselves the
wonder They had fead about So many
ngeuts Or The Standard OH company had
been to sec Mr EmIeht ~ The gulse Of
newspaper mon That his manner WIS at
fra trlfo fobddlng but after ! had
established ry idontity he Expressed bis
Willingness N give me q first hand
9egenstfntion.
"a small cycle cnr ~ simple conBtf1e-
ton. with four-cyIlndor engine ~ con-
tinontal design about tho size Of Tho
engine used IN the Ford car. was chosen
for the toat The fuel tank was under
The hood, directly back of the engine,
and had q capacity N NOT more than
three gallons. II was provided WIN pet
cock 70 drain II ma small copper wire
led directly 10 tho c1rburetor which vas
aiso supplied with n pet cock
II first examined the entire conatruc-
ton Of the car 10 make sure that there
was no place 10 conceal another fuel
tank. ana then drained the tank 81 egeS,
drop Of fluid n contained, letting II drip
on my hands, smelling II, and drying II
by evaporation, II looked Ike water,
dried like wntef felt like water. and had
a slight bitter almond odor Ike that Of
prliaalc acid also looked into the tank
through the largo filling opening meas
lred the inside Of the tank with stick
10 be sure there was no false bottom, and
convinced myself that the tank was alb
aoutely empty and that nothing IN any
shape or form could reach the carburetor
except through the small copper PIPE
from tho bottom
II took an ordinary white China pitcher
and filled Il from hose faucet that pro-
truded from the side n the barn. took
a drink from the pitcher and what
drank was pure wnter ] then took a
small vial from his pocket and poured
Into the water IN the pitcher about an
ounce Of fluid slightly tlnged with green.
This | stirred into tho water with a stick.
and then ! poured the contents OF the
pitcher into tho tank Of the car. which
had been under my eye al the time the
pitcher was being filled.
II then tested the fluid from the pet
cock AZ The bottom NJ the tank and at
the earburetor and foupd the fluid OK
aotly the same rs that previously poured
| from the pitcher. A couple OF turns at
the starting crank and the engine started,
racing flercoly with an open throttle. IT,
ran even and true and never missed an
explosion. I then got into the car and
drove II all around the village Of Farm
ingdale. and the pulaatious OF the engine
were always vigorous and the explosions
always even"
Air Haskell said lie later had talk
with the inventor who expressed the fear
that he would have to dispose 81 bis dis
covcrY for a small price, owing 70 the
fact that the water and chemical conn
pound was susceptible Of simple analysis
and that although he might patent the
formula anybody could obtain II from tho
patent office for very little money
lie told me he introduced the chemical
that gave the bitter almond odor merely
ta disguise another odor that might re.
veal the Identity of the moro important
ingredients" said Mr. Haskell "llc said
the ingredients were SO cheap and com
mon no ono could possibly make cor-
nor OF them
Alr Haskell said lie WAS frankly as
tonished nv ne demonstration and felt
that Do had been a personal witness II
tha beginning % au industrial royolu
tlou
IL ans one else had tried 90 convince
mo ~ what had Witnessed myself /
would not have believed him. was the
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