The Washington herald., 1917-10-19
Holland Writes of Great
Aid to Country from
Inventors.

FOR an apparatus which would enable
a chauffeur or other driver of a car,
by a turn of the wrist or pressure
OF the finger. to control the lighting
Of the car.
Mr.. Deeds and Mr.. Referring be-
gan about three years or a little
more ago, to give this problem very
earnest consideration. They CO.
operated IN the work, each one fur
nishing suggestions which would be
worthy Of testing. At least they
perfected the apparatus commonly
known as a self-started and self
lighter and in that way solved a
problem which some of the automo-
bile manufacturers believed could
not be solved, at least without de-
failing almost prohibitive expense in
making the apparatus and fitting it
to car.
Demand for Appliances.
The apparatus was patented. 1t
attracted the attention OF all auto
mobile manufacturers 1t was found
to merit all the claims made for it.
There followed a very great demand
for 1t until now the apparatus is used
for all. excepting the very cheapest
Of automobiles.
It yielded one OF the very great
fortunes which have resulted from
the invention of apparatus suitable
for automobiles. a proposition was
made to Mr.. Deeds and Mr.. Ketter-
ring thst tLsy sell their patents and
as much as 10000 900 were offered for
the ownership of the patents. The
proposition was accepted and there
two men divided equally s1O,OO0,O0O so
that eoch one became by reason OF
the invention a moderate multi-riIl-
HCnaire.
Another Important Invention.
No sooner had Mr.. Deeds and Mr.
Ketterrlng parted with the patents
than they began experiments and
tests which. if satisfactory. would
show the way by means of which an
entirely new apparatus, especially
available for farmers in remote or
isolated sections. or those who lived
long distances from commercial CEN
tersc could be evolved. The inven-
tion when completed would furnish at
very low cost a portable electric
light. not a flash light, but one which
could be maintained any length OF
time the farmers desired and which
would be likely to prove of great
value for farm work and in the house
and barns
As Mr.. Deeds and Mr.. Referring
possessed abundant capital that came
TO them through the sales of their
self-starting apparatus patent, they
we're able to finance. themselves, the
construction OF = very large manu-
sScturing plant near thee aeroplsne
plant at Dayton. Ohio. This factory
is 1000 feet long and Sc feet wide
The expectation was that it would
soon furnish employment for many
hundreds OF skilled artisans, as there
was no doubt that the apparatus,
raving been perfected. would create
a very large demand for It from
the farmers especially in the Far
West.
Eject of War.
Then OF A sudden came the entrance
OF the United States into the war as
one Of the belligerents and also the
announcement that Congress would
appropriate hundreds of millions for
the construction CT aeroplanes. The
government at Washington planned.
IL was presumed. the manufacture
within a year or a -ear and a nalf of
more aeroplanes than England, Ger
many or France possessed. This
manufacturing plant seemed to be es-
pecially available for the government
purposes. Il was contiguous to the
greatest aviation plant in the United
States. 1t is located at the home of
OrvilIe Wright. who is still regarded
as pre-emiuent among the experts
whose mastery Of the science OF con-
quering the air has been one Of the
marvels Of the time. Mr.. Wright has
been associated as an expert with the
aviation plant at Dayton, and 1t is
understood that he was especially
pleased when Mr.. Deeds and Mr.
Referring abandoned until after the
war Is ended their contemplated
manufacture of an electric lighting
apparatus for farmers, and turned the
great plant over to the government as
an auxiliary 60 the aviation plant at
Dayton.
Mr.. Deeds. in addition, relinquished
all of his busine SIS activities and join
ed the army and now has the rank of
colonel. lie is enc of that small but
wonderfully efficient body OF experts
and inventors whose cooperation
made possible the invention Of the now
famous Liberty Battery, and ap-
paratus which Is to be of supreme
lUC ana
operation of aeroplanes. Mr.. Referring
remains at the factory supervisins
the construction Of aeroplanes or at
least associating with those experts
who are utilizing this factory.
with Rainbow Division.
For some years before the United
States declared war upon Germany.
Noble P. Judah was earning a very
large income in his practice of the
law at Chicago. But as soon as we
declared war or at least as speedily
as possible after the government be-
gan to organize Its armies, Mr.. Judah
gave up his law practice and great
Income, enlisted and Is now a major
in the so-called Rainbow Division.
With that division he will sail for
France as soon as the government.
ls prepared to send the division across |
the Atlantic. Although Mr.. Judah goes
with his division he is speedily to /
Be followed by Mrs. Judah, who is |
q daughter Of John G. Patterson. Of /
Dayton As soon as Mrs. Judah ar
rives in France she will organize an
Information bureau of department
whose special service will be of bene-
nt to the Rainbow Division. At the
time of the great flood at DAYTON.
Ohio. when thousands were homeless
for awhile and when there were an
prehensions Of severe suffering for
lack OF food. Mrs. Judah organized
q great commissary department, SO
to speak, utilizing some part of her
fathers manufacturing plant and in
that way was able to feed for some
weeks many thousand persons who
otherwise would have actually suffer-
ed the pangs OF hunger.
At the time of the Dayton flood
thp great benefaction and Mrs. Ju-