Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-13

pr Reese. after tolIehlug On hc manu-
a, ,turc uj black powder and tine brown
pnWdct used ~ the spanish American
Nag Is uur government. went into the
inter, ~ttu. HISTORY al high explosives
a discussed thc history and the manu-
tst8r, ii dynamite lie told ~ tho
t.I.nnug .t thc industry and q is
an.vth gp ~ Tho present tImo. doscrh-
X ,he Iau grade dynamite the Ecla-
.g.s~ mi the other dNnanIte~
II, .'~o touched on the explosives
5, y have become knowi. q he public
+ largo through thur use ~ the war.
t ~prak ne ai fuuurotoluol. ihc famous
N I tbou which 50 much las
,,n -t-l Dr Reese made the interesting
f4fsucut that prtor - lAl~ uoi pound
thus ,Nplo~lNv was manufactured in
.le I u,cd States Tie told of d tup
broad =, made some wears ago ami ot
l~ Sl~l; t. ono factory III England and
evo plants IL Germany. where tT0Itro-
-etaol MAS hcinL made lie stated that II
.aat .uHc the German rlant~ were tclug
alaer3tei 6 about q fhfrd ~ thclr capac-
81, u Reese described t-lutrotoIaol
5 bou1 : vcrl good explosive. III that
IL was safe IA handle llc h,,amc c.n-
v5n,rd of the necessity ot the manufac
tun, ii Tho explosive IA this co1utr, and
went ~ Washington whcrc hc utcv-
viewed government officials fnaIll ar
r4Hr.uE 10 hutd plant for the pTo,!uc
'fou 81 tins lGChlv important compound
lHe output o that plant Wa relatively
L, stated. Whom compared 10 the
:; amount if I'll, explosive now helnC
,n4'atlrci ,1 this country
Il, - gave some statistics 81 Show
tlo ,noma4> growth Ii the hlah eNrio-
~Iv, ig~.ur~> ri th esIufrS and later
ou m bis lecture touched IN tht various
commercial u~c> ~ Vhch dynamite
,s.u ~ puf IT, also ~ltah, ei tie plcrIc
ald explosives winch arr sSrd Nt1ciy
nj thi- VAT. aaIrr different names in
dit,-l countries N,nukcie~~ powder
w. t.-,t.~~,d and ~.,!uc interesting lights
goNu IA ii- lu~tnrN and tllc various
Iud- j pow der manufactured l1 the
VarIo.- governments at War
en-, II lto 'luc~ brought out Was that
s>pemu,ni- hai been nadc ~ tins conn
try - t~e WooI pulp instead d cotton
- f... .ias' 81 fhc powder 4nd llr Reese
~tat,d thaf IL Isr IS Investigations
showed ~, Wooi lalp powder va@ a.
-ood a- hat }godurcd with cotton Wood
uuip eeH ~ extensively used. i there
should he 5 shortage Of cotton tor { he
Extraordinarily l..rg, amounts oi >uokeIe~~
powder bcInc manufactured III thl~ coun-
tr
Dr Ere-e t~. mentioned ,Iirhcn,
lImu, 'i~,.! ~ q ~tatHit<cr nj the manu-
+ -'ure ii ~utobcto~- pnV lIcr and revealed
50. ia"' that bet1rs fhc prc~ru, world
oaI th- MAS Ita u4ic n his country
IA crcs.t tiuafff.t,- " hcu the war
commenced he sHom@I Ms produced
~ -lIeA our~mo. qautltlc- III >uch d
>ter' tlrnc that -, uGiklnr ~ a single
.,ofla.t u1 >gfaktIe>- powder tuf the Mines
vs- not d,iaHca e minute he ~slI
u4 t'r re-purec'uiHe-~ of fht american
chemists M Tins Particular lu~faucs frI-
u.Hphsd II las III evcrH t4tlc m tue
scientific WeI.a
he l"ttr, va Illustrated With q
lfg' unlhcf - >ltde~ showing .pptr4tu,
u-ed io. testing tIsh ,NpioslNc~ .sud here !
IS re = ruHinrr of pilates shown illustrating /
the effects ai NarIpfj~ tests Pictures were
Also shown illustrating the manner in
s. .uct permissible explosives are tested
..ad the tunnels and other apparatus in
use for working towards The btst results
TIE meeting of the section preceding
+. lcrf4re Mas animated The m,nber>
q The Delaware section are now engaged |
+. . campaign -oi new members tild j. is |
'tslr purpose IL make their organization /
s. strong snd ~ such fcirfulue,- ha1 II /
vii D. atlo - render efficient public
-rr,lea b many iIu,~ a. other similar /
Organizations are doing ir other CITIES !
], WA ..tuo.n .nccd Al the meeting hat !
two soulpaule- ~ TIN city nau1 oi whose !
f1plate- $40 meiuhcr- II the section had |
Donated sums 4. mout, tur the purpose /
+ lr.plnI 3 nitbe rhc body financially /
l,p,ui.n The names - these com |
la4s- Ver not Huounccd bcc4u,c the /
H4irM.n stated fhat + va~ Hoped other /
rHpaup> s, an nav ouploy,- III 'hc |
ulbcT-.up might want 10 Jo,n III the /
~! wort TIL, mcfnhcr- of the eection |
ra.~.el resolution unanimously |
.ng 'hcir lnpafbie- - I.amruot du /
stft~I4,ut b the -cctIou. who's, wife /
seutlt ulrd