Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1911 — HAS NEW AUTO ENGINE. [ARTICLE]

HAS NEW AUTO ENGINE.

Elwood Man Refuses $300,000 for the Right on Compressed Air Patent. Elwood, Ind., Nov. 20. —Wayne Leeson, an Elwood merchant, who financed the invention of a young genius at Webster Lake, is said to have been offered 5300,000 for the patent rigfet. and the full control of same. The offer was refused, and the device, which is a compressed air engine for use on automobiles, will be tried out here, an engine now being fitted to one of Leeson’s autos. It is said to operate with greater force, has no ‘‘mass fires,” never balks and is destined to revolutionize the automobile engine business. If the engine proves all it 1s claimed, a large factory will be erected here for its manufacture.