Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 52, 2 March 1922 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND.. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1922.

Deadly Chemicals Made Useful and Harmless By FREDERICK J. HASKIN

I yey of all of the commercial and industrial uses to which war chemicals are being put. It is merely an outline, , necessarily incomplete.

WASHINGTON, D. C. March 2 The Conference for the Limitation of Armaments, recently concluded here, agreed upon a treaty ending the use of the gas in -warfare and upon chemical warfare generally. Until the Senate ratifies this treaty it will not be

binding upon the United States, oi coursa. and there is strong opposition to ratification from those who contend that troops and ships could be rendered ineffective easily and with far fewer deaths and permanent injuries through the use of chemicals than with the older weapons of war. At this time, though, the Cnemical Warfare Service is turning its attention to peace time uses of the combinations of chemicals worked out during the war. Before the war Germany had practically a world monopoly in many chem

ical lines. So far as the United States

is concerned- its new chemical indus

try. -while growing tremendously, is

classed as an infant industry. An industrial war between the German

chemical houses and American man

ufacturers is in orogress now. This

fact has helped to stimulate the Army

to finding peace uses for war gases

Fhosgene gas, described as the most effective weapon of this sort devised during the war, is now being used in

the manufacture of perfume. It is being converted into a delicate, penetrating and lasting perfume which is ex pected to gain considerable popularity,

In the work of converting chemicals

to the uses of peace and industry, the

Chemical Warfare Service Is cooperat

ing with the Treasury department, the

Department of the Interior, the Depart

ment of Agriculture, and the Depart

ment of Commerce, as well as the Bureau of Standards. One or more cooperative projects with each of these governmental agencies has been undertaken. Ship Fumigation Experiments . With tbe Treasury Department there has been taken up the question of fumigating ships, with the idea of making this fumigation more efficient and at the same time safer. At present, hydrocyanic acid is urged for this purpose, The great trouble with it is that after fumigation it is difficult to determine that this highly poisonous gas has been removed from all parts of the ship. It is not readily detected by odor or otherwise. Deaths now and then occur from some one

entering a compartment from which

all of the fumigating gas has not been removed.

Then occured the idea of combining tear gas with the poisonous hydro

cyanic acid gas. Cooperative exper

iments are being conducted with this

end in view. Difficulties have arisen,

as is usually the case in this experimental work, but these difficulties are being ironed out rapidly, and there

is promise that the Public Health Ser

vice of the Treasury Department soon

will have at its command a ship fumigation method much safer to human

life than that which has been used. Phosgene gas to kill rats is being experiented with, too. In one experiment undertaken with the Public Health Service this , gas was used n gainst the rats in the seawall at San Juan, Porto Rico. The experiment was pronounced officially as "of value", as the extermination of rats in seaports is one of the principal means of guarding the country against the entry of plague. In the experiments undertaken with the department of the interior, the use of the gas mask for industrial purposes is being developed. Close co-operation exists between the bureau of

mines and the chemical warfare oer-i

vice. Many ideas of great value in' the use of the gas mask in industry ' have been developed, notably the discovery of "hopcalite," which when put in the canister of a gas mask, changes the deadly carbon monoxide gas encountered in mines and about blast furnaces into harmless carbon dioxide. '. Making Ice Plants Safe The use of ammonia in hotels, res-1 taurants. ice plants and the like for!

refrigerating purposes has become ex

tensive. Ammonia gas is used in Industry under high pressure, and when s leak occurred it was formerly impossible for anyone to enter the room

and shut off the valves. The chemical warfare Bervice discovered that silica gel, used in the canister of a gas mask, 'was adequate protection against ammonia gas. This has proven a great boon to industry, and made an ammonia leak an easily controlled

and minor event.

The research work of this servivce

has developed tremendously the knowl

edge about the production and uses

of high grade charc&al. Relatively lit

tle had been, known about it. One of the uses of this high grade charcoal is in obtaining gasoline from natural gas. Experiments are now under way with the Idea of producing charcoal

direct from coal, .something of im

mense industrial imponance wnicn has never yet been done. In co-operation with the department of agriculture, chemical experiments are being conducted for the development of new means of destroying animal and bird pests in this country. Tentative projects have been outlined for killing gophers, ground squirrels, blackbirds, and other pests which do millions of dollars of damage to crops every year. Chlorine gas, first used by the Germans at Ypres has been found efficacious in exterminating gophers. Co-operative projects are under way to determine what chemical agents are useful for exterminating insect pests and to hit upon the best means for employing them. Several of the most important war gases have given great promise of usefulness in this direction. Partial success has been obtained in

finding chemical means of fighting

the cotton boll weevil. Experiments with gas bombs to control forest fires

in their initial stages were tried, and the information gained has been of benefit to the forest service. Fighting Potato Bugs One use to which chemicals are being put is in the eradication of the blister beetle, commonly called the potato bug. These insects make their appearance suddenly, and a reliable insecticide is necessary in order to control them. There are and have been insecticides on the market for years, but the chemical warfare service has experimented along this line with the idea of obtaining an even

more reliable means of combating this pest and one which could be sold at a lower price than- usually obtains. It is officially stated that "valuable results have been obtained to date from the actual test of these chemicals on plants." For the bureau of standards, the chemical warfare service is co-operating to aid in determining the flow of gas from natural ga3 fields through the medium of great meters. The apparatus of the chemical warfare service will be used for this purpose Chemical means are being used or experimented with to destroy locusts in the Philippine Islands, rats in the

sugar cane fields of Hawaii, in the matter of spraying fruit trees from airplanes, and in the improvement of the oxygen breathing apparatus in use in mines the world over. One difficulty with this apparatus has been to find something impervious to gasoline vapors, and it is believed that this difficulty soon will be overcome through the perfection of a chemical

ly treated cloth. Another important development, coming out of the necessity of devising clothing and materials impervious to mustard gas, has been to obtain much material of value in determining methods of water proofing cloth and leather. This does not pretend to be a sur-

Frank Meyers Fractures

Hip at Rock Island, 111. Frank Meyers, proprietor of a local cigar store, is in a hospital at Rock Island, 111., suffering from a fractured hip sustained when he fell Wednesday on the ice. Mr. Meyers had gone to Rock Island to see his mother who is critically ill. Mrs. Frank Meyers, of Washington Court, received word of her husband's accident Wednesday, and left Wednesday night for Rock Island.

WOULD HAVE TAX VALUATIONS REDUCED

case of disagreement, disputes Bhalllview, or, if their decision is unsatis-lto the state federation, which will flla be taken to the county board fo re-I factory, evidence shall be turned over I complaint with the tax commission. .

Circuit Court

SUIT DISMISSED The suit of the First National bank

against Richard Study was dismissed t-t the cost of the plaintiff Thursday

morning. FINDS FOR PLAINTIFF The suit of the First National Bank of Hagerstown against Charles L. Petry, Otho L. Williams and Albert S. Heidman on note for $525 was tried

in court Thursday morning. The court

found for the plaintiff. JUDGMENT FOR $408

Judgment for Frank Waltz to the amount of $408 was rendered by the

court in a suit against Charles Petty,

on note for $410 Thursday. GRANT FORECLOSURE Foreclosure of mortgage for $1,000 was granted in the case of the Farmers' State bank against Charles G. Miller and Nellie Miller Thursday. DIVORCE GRANTED Rena Irene Sibert was granted absolute divorce and restoration of her maiden name of Rena Edwards, fol

lowing trial of her divorce suit against Reuben Sibert Thursday morning. MARRIAGE LICENSE GRANTED Marriage license was issued to Thomas Chappelow and Emily Boval Thursday morning.

Resolutions for a reduction in tax valuations of Indiana farm lands were adopted by the executive committee of

the Indiana farmers' federation in a

meeting Wednesday. The resolutions were in accordance with the recom

mendations made by the state tax com

mittee of the federation, of which Ever

ett Hunt, of Richmond, was a mem

ber.

The farm lands .of the state will be

assessed at their true cash value, in accordance with the new state law in

effect this year, and It has been the contention of the farmers that the ac- j tual farm land value is somewhat less ! than the assessed value. The state organization recommends that each; township farmers' association appoint; committees to assist the assessor, and i

that a county committee of five farm bureau members be appointed to co

operate with the county assessor, in

TIME FOR PROSECUTING SLACKERS IS EXTENDED WASHINGTON, March 2. The house by a vote of 264 to 20, yesterday

passed the senate bill extending indefinitely the time during which draft

evaders and deserters from the army

or navy during the World war could

be prosecuted, by continuing the mm tary status of deserters. The meas

ure also extends for another three years the time during which draft dodgers can be brought to trial in civil courts.

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