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1 Page 34, The Citizen, Ottawa, Saturday, June 19, 1976 Crime flashback: TROPICAL DINING LOUNGE How to hoodwink the tycoons with penny-a-gallon gasoline PI 'I I I I. green solution with a gallon of water? fore the U.S. entered the war. Yoakum claimed that Louie, too, was a Ger Celebrates Their 2ND ANNIVERSARY Specializing In: MALAYSIAN FUKIENESE FOODS Try our Rigsttajel, a 14 course dish with curry and jo iQ sambal also ooh-Chian or Fukienese mee IS 10 DISCOUNT ON ANY MEAL WITH THIS ADVERTISEMENT It 599 Sussex Dr. (In Grand Hotel) LICENSED AMPLE 233-9388 PARKING In the end it took the great Thomas Edison to solve the mystery.

He experimented extensively ana louna mat acetone and acetylene, when combined with a dash of Prussic acid to neutralize the offensive odor of the acetylene, could turn over an en8ine when mixea with water. The new product did have some basic drawbacks. For starters it was more expensive than gasoline and for finishers it would corrode a motor. (Copyright 1976, Toronto Sun Syndicate) i OTTAWA FILM SUMMER SERIES Good advertising is essential to a good newspaper. Merchandise and service advertised in The Citizen is expected to be accurately described and readily available at the advertised price.

Deceptive or misleading advertising is never knowingly accepted. SOCIETY COMEDY 1976 Le Noir" V7 "Laughter In The Dark L' Humour Dans was'such'that he got the man spy. His iniiuence supreme court to issue an order to open the safety deposit box. All that was found inside were a few Liberty Bonds. It was estimated that Louie took in almost half a millinn rlnllars in the four years he played the game.

He was finally nailed on a grand larceny charge, and was sentenced to seven years in prison. By then a frail old man, he was released after serving a year. A short time after his release he died of natural causes. But what was it made that car run when Louie mixed an ounce of his Reverend John Wesley White Tells you how to put real joy in your life. Evie Steals your heart as her songs calm your soul.

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lie Dienert Talks to women in these troubled times magic equals some eager First National Bank to be placed in a safety deposit box. It took two keys to open the box, one held by Louie and the other by Yoakum. Should Louie die in the meantime, Yoakum was to have his key. Benjamin was so enthused that he went to the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, and offered the secret to the U.S. government.

Wilson sent some army brass to see Louie's demonstration, and they were extremely impressed. Everyone became so excited by the idea of gasoline for a penny a gallon that Louie had to start stalling the eager beavers. In spy's company At this point Yoakum became suspicious and had Louie investigated. It was discovered that our Robin McCullogh Don Dickinson Ann Twohtg Peter Torokvei Libby Stephens "A SMASHING REVUE" The Globe Mail TONIGHT Final Performances 20 OOh 22.30b $4.50 lisiTngriii By Max Haines It is one thing to con little grey-haired ladies Out of a few hundred dollars, and quite another tfc hoodwink some of the richest and most powerful men in the United States. This is how one guy actually did put one over on some of the biggest financial wizards of his time.

I In 1916 most of the world was engaged in one of its periodic shoot-outs. Louie Enright was a little over 70, stood six feet tall, and had a white flowing beard. If he hadn't been in the con business he could have made a fortune selling southern fried chicken. an April, 1916, he called a press conference at his home in Farming-dale, Long Island. He announced he had invented a substance that, when mixed with water, turned into gasoline.

To be exact, one ounce of Louie's green substance plus one gallon of water produced a gallon of gas. Louie said the cost worked out to be a penny a gallon. To prove his point he showed the assembled reporters a four cylinder car end gave them a couple of ounces of his green liquid. The, reporters themselves mixed it with water and poured it in the tank. Front page news 'Much to their surprise, tlje engine turned over and they drove away.

The skeptical New York reporters didn't even trust Lpuie's water. They got some of their own from another source. But the car seemed to love the concoction, and chugged merrily along. JThe next day the story was front page news. Then who should show up at Louie's house, in a Ford, of course, but Henri himself.

Louie gave him the same demonstration as the reporters. Henry Ford drooled. He stayed with Louie for four days. Skeptical and suspicious. Ford finally satisfied himself that the invention was on the level.

He wrote Louie a cheque for $10,000 as a good-will gesture, with the understanding that details of a contract and the exact price would be worked out later. Once the magic of Ford's name was coupled to the invention there was no suppressing Louie or the public's interest. Investment money started to arrive at Louie's house with the daily mail delivery. Everyone wanted to get into the act. Louie said thanks, but no thanks.

He was out for bigger game. Hiram Maxim's father had invented the machine gun and Hiram ran the huge Maxim Munitions Works in New Jersey. With a war raging in Europe, to say Hiram Water plus was rich would be the understatement of the century. He was loaded. Sent cheque back Hiram went to see if he could make a deal with Louie.

After seeing the demonstration and driving around Farming-dale in Louie's car, he became a believer. Maxim wrote out a cheque for and in addition provided funds to build a lab to produce the green liquid beside Louie's house. The cumbersome details were to be worked out later. One of the details was a further payment of $900,000 when the first commercial batch of the miracle substance was produced. Louie sent the $10,000 back to the furious Ford.

He never even cashed the cheque. It now was a year since those reporters first met in Farmingdale. The U.S. had entered the war, and Hiram Maxim had the large and profitable task of providing his country with the necessary weapons. He lost interest in Louie and called off the deal.

Benjamin Franklin Yoakum, past president of the St. Louise and San Francisco Railroad was the next to approach Louie. Benjamin took in the impressive demonstration and as fast as you could say "sucker," he became Louie's partner. He put up $100,000 in cold cash. The only thing that bothered Yoakum was Louie's age.

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