Ji'i.v 1, 1914. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



553 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Mr. George B. Hodgman, president of the Hodginan Rub- 

 ber Co., and also president of the Rubber Club of America, 

 sailed on the "Olympic" on June 20 for a few weeks in Eng- 

 land and on the Continent. He went first to London to 

 visit the rubber exhibition, expecting later to visit Berlin, 

 Paris and other points. He will return about August 1. 



Mr. F. C. Hood, general manager of the Hood Rubber Co., 

 Watertown, Massachusetts, sailed for Europe on June 23, with 

 .the expectation of remaining until September. 



C. L. Garrison has been appointed manager of the Miller 

 Rubber Co.'s branch just opened at St. Louis, Missouri, and F. W. 

 Stalcy has been engaged as traveling representative for Illinois 

 and Missouri, where he was formerly manager of the Diamond 

 Riiliber Co. branch. 



.\ii inventory of the estate of the late George H. Hood, of 

 the Hood Rubber Co.. Boston, places its value at $472,447.86, 

 •chiefly personal and composed of bonds and stocks of various 

 ■corporations, the realty holdings being valued at $15,000. 



At a recent meeting of the directors of the Post-Graduate 

 Medical School and Hospital, of New York, James C. Brady, 

 son of the late Anthony N. Brady and a director in the United 

 States Rubber Co.. was elected a director of the hospital board. 



John E. Whitmyer, who has lately returned from a honeymoon 

 vacation spent in the White Mountains, has been promoted from 

 a position in the sales force of the United States Tire Co. to 

 the management of the Worcester, Massachusetts, branch of 

 that company, succeeding William B. Ellenbeck, Jr., who has 

 become associated with another tire concern in N'ew York. 



Harry S. Quine, secretary to President Seiberling of the Good- 

 year Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, was overcome by heat during 

 the first hot wave of the season, while adjusting the engine of 

 his automobile on his way home from work. He was found 

 prostrated in the street and carried to tlie residence of a physi- 

 cian, where he was revived. 



Clarence L. Weaver, of the Banigan Rubber Co., Providence, 

 has just returned from a trip to Europe. During this trip, 

 taken in company with Mrs. Weaver, and which he describes 

 as being one of uninterrupted pleasure, England, France, 

 Switzerland, Italy. Belgium, Holland and Germany were visited. 



Among those who sailed for Europe on the "Adriatic" on 

 June 11 was Dr. J. J. Thompson, chief chemist of the Federal 

 Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Cudahy, Wisconsin. During his 

 stay abroad Dr. Thompson expects to visit a number of the rub- 

 ber manufacturing centers for the purpose of studying conditions, 

 as well as to attend the London Rubber Exposition. 



The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York has 

 compiled a list of its members who are ready to act in the ca- 

 pacity of arbitrators in cases of commercial dispute submitted 

 to that body for settlement. The members listed for arbitration 

 in rubber disputes are William Hillman. Theodore S. Hodgman 

 and I'arnham Yardley. 



Miss Edith Marion Bass, daughter of Mr. William Fred-. 

 erick Bass, vice-president and general manager of the Gen- 

 eral Rubber Co., was married on June 13 at her father's 

 residence, 77 Eighty-second street, Brooklyn, to Mr. M. 

 Henry Keip. Jr. Mr. Keip is a graduate of Cornell, class of 

 1910. and is engaged in business in New York. 



Theodore Hofeller. president of Theodore Hofellcr & Co.. of 

 Buflralo, New York, and prominent in the waste rubber industry, 

 sailed on the "Kronprinzessin Cecilie" on June 16, for a three 

 months' pleasure trip to Europe. The tour, on which he was 

 accompanied by his wife, will include visits to .Austria, France, 

 Germany and Switzerland. 



Mr, .Mbert D. Thornton, superintendent of the Canadian Con- 

 solidated Rubber Co.. was married to Miss Jean A. Hannah, 



daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hannah, at the First Pres- 

 byterian Church in Montreal on June 3. 



Mr. Clarence Guild, who for the last seven or eight years has 

 been an assistant to the general manager of the United States 

 Rubber Co., at the New York office, was married on June 3 to 

 Miss Helen Mcllvain, of Brooklyn. 



Mr. L. R. Macphail, who has been associated for some time 

 with The Waterhouse Co., of Honolulu, in charge of their in- 

 terests at Singapore, passed through New York the middle of 

 June on his way home to England for a few months' vacation. 

 He met a number of the prominent rubber men of New York, 

 and gave an interesting account of the situation in the East. 

 He expects to return to Singapore about the last of the year. 



MR. BROMLEY OF COLOMBO IN NEW YORK. 



Mr. H J. Hromley. representing Bosanquet & Co., rubber 

 shippers of Colombo, Ceylon, is registered at the Holland House 

 in New York. He intends to remain in this city until the middle 

 of July and expects before leaving to arrange with one of the 

 New York importers for the direct shipment of Ceylon rubber 

 from his cnni])any to lliis port. 



MR. MULLEN BECOMES NEW YORK AGENT. 



William I'. Mullen has recently been appointed New York 

 agent of the United Malaysian Rubber Co., Ltd., of London, 

 in place of J. Warren Bird, who lately resigned that position. 

 Mr. Mullen has been with this company ever since it was or- 

 ganized, being one of its traveling representatives, so that he has 

 a thorough knowledge of the recpiirements of the position to 

 which he has been promoted. 



CHANGE IN PATTERSON RUBBER CO. MANAGEMENT. 



The Patterson Rubber Co., of Lowell. Massachusetts, incor- 

 porated in October, 1912, has recently been reorganized, the 

 former president and vice-president, John S. and James ^L 

 Patterson, having resigned and disposed of their holdings in 

 the company. The original organizers of the company were 

 John S. and James M. Patterson, F. H. Appleton, F. H. Appleton, 

 Jr., and George F. S. Singleton. The last three, while not 

 active in the management of the company, continue their inter- 

 est and holdings in it. The business is now being carried on by 

 John L. Morse, treasurer, and Walter N. Macdonald, factory 

 manager, both of whom are extremely optimistic regarding its 

 future prospects. This company manufactures automolnle tires 

 and tubes exclusively, its factory having a capacity of about 200 

 tires per day, and it is said that indications point to a necessity 

 for increased facilities in the near future. 



RAVAGES OF THE BOLL WEEVIL. 



In a statistical report the I'.ureau of the Census points out that 

 the Mexican Boll Weevil first appeared in Southern Texas in 

 1892, and has since steadily advanced northward and eastward. 

 The total area infested in 1913 has been estimated by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture at 296,500 square miles, while the total 

 loss thus caused in the production of cotton in the United States 

 is believed to be in excess of 10,000.000 bales, representing $500,- 

 000.000. In addition to these losses, a further reduction would 

 be represented by the total or partial abandonment of cotton 

 growing Ijy many farmers. 



The boll weevil has infested a t?irge part of Texas, a con- 

 siderable portion of Oklahoma and Arkansas, practically all of 

 Louisiana and nearly all of Mississippi. It is now in the south- 

 ern part of Alabama, in Western Florida and within a few mile? 

 of Georgia, which State it will probably invade in 1914. 



As to methods for combating the evil, authorities have recom- 

 mended the destruction of the infected plants in the fall by 

 pulling up and burning the stalks. October is the most favorable 

 time for this work, though a good deal can be accomplished in 

 November. Conditions throughout the cotton belt vary con- 

 siderably. Some methods may be more beneficial in some sec- 

 tions than in others, but it is believed that the above are appli- 

 cable to all sections and will greatly minimize the destructiveness 

 of this pest and mitigate the losses following its appearance. 



