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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 1, 1920. 



Emphasizing the truism that "Politics ought to be the most 

 honorable business in the world," Mr. Alden, who is widely 

 -known and esteemed in the rubber trade, in a neat brochure, ap- 

 ipeals to the American electorate to take a livelier, patriotic, and 

 ^on-partisan interest in the selection of the men who make and 

 administer the nation's laws. Appreciating the usefulness of 

 political parties, he contends that they should be tolerated only 

 as a means for obtaining better government and not for reward- 

 ing mercenary politicians or aiding selfish labor, capitalistic, or 

 other classes. He would have independent voters so aggressively 

 organized that they would indeed hold the balance of power, and 

 the great parties would eagerly court their favor, not merely by 

 repressing vicious elements within their own ranks but by even 

 vying with one another in presenting capable and deserving 

 nominees. Especially does he urge the foundation of a central, 

 independent bureau to teach the science of government and to 

 impart to the oft-bewildered citizen that complete, truthful, un- 

 partisan information on national affairs which is the right of 

 £very American. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



A WELL-KNOWN NEW ENGLAND RUBBER MAN. 



LEC J. M.^VBERRY, manager of the Boston, Massachusetts, 



^ branch of t!ie United States Rubber Co., died suddenly 



of acute indigestion at his home 



in Allston, February 26, 1920, 



aged 49 years. 



Mr. Mayberry was born in 

 Bangor, Maine, May 22, 1870, and 

 attended the grammar and high 

 schools there. He became asso- 

 ciated with the retail shoe busi- 

 ness in Bangor, later accepting a 

 position as traveling salesman for 

 the .'\dams Dry Goods Co., re- 

 signing in 1897 to accept a similar 

 position with Converse & Pike, 

 traveling in Maine. With this 

 firm and the Tremont Rubber Co. 

 ■ he remained until 1910, when he 

 went to the Springfield Rubber 

 Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, as 

 president and treasurer. In 1916, 

 he was made manager of the Bos- 

 ton branch of the United States Rubber Co., a position which 

 he held until his death. 



Mr. Mayberry's untimely death was a severe shock to his fellow 

 employes who greatly liked and respected him. During his rub- 

 ber career he had become known throughout the trade in New 

 England and elsewhere. He was a member of the Boston City 

 Club, the Shoe Trades Club, and various bodies of the Masonic 

 fraternity. His wife died about two years ago, and surviving 

 liim are his mother, two sisters, Miss Carrie Mayberry and Mrs. 

 Joseph Stewart, and also a brother, Herbert A. Mayberry. Mr. 

 Mayberry also leaves a step-son, Stanley A. Bridges, of Winthrop, 

 Massachusetts. 



DIRECTOR OF A NEW AKRON RUBBER COMPANY. 



Judge Dayton A. Doyle, a director of the recently organized 

 Doyle Tire & Rubber Co., died February 28, 1920, in Akron, 

 Ohio, from hardening of the arteries, aged 53. 



It was as a lawyer and as one of Akron's inost prominent life- 

 long-residents that Judge Doyle was best known. Born Sep- 

 tember 27, 1856, he was graduated from the Akron high school, 

 Buchtel College and later from the Cincinnati Law School with 

 ■degrees of A.B. and LL.D. He was admitted to the bar in 1882 



Alec J. M.wberrv. 



and entered law business with ex-Senator Dick. The firm was 

 known as Dick, Doyle and Bryan with offices in Akron and 

 Washington, D. C. 



He later served two terms as city solicitor, two terms as 

 referee in bankruptcy and two terms as judge of the Summit 

 County Common Pleas Court, his term expiring January 1, 1918, 

 when he returned to private practice. 



He is survived by his widow, three sons — Dayton A., Jr., 

 Arthur W. and Frank W., and three daughters— Harriet E. and 

 Ida Ruth Doyle and Mrs. Harold Belzell. 



PRESIDENT OF A. SCHRADER'S SON, INC. 



Dr. Charles K. Cole, president of A. Schrader's Son, Inc., 

 Brooklyn, New York, manufacturer of pneumatic tire valves and 

 accessories, died recently at Pasadena, California, aged 67. 



Dr. Cole was born in Plainfield, Illinois, and began the prac- 

 tice of medicine in Helena, Montana, upon completing his educa- 

 tion, and there also became prominent in public, business and 

 social affairs, holding many positions of trust. Later, at the 

 instance of his friend George H. F. Schrader, he established his 

 permanent residence in New York City at Chelsea-on-the-Hudson 

 and in 1914 became president of the Schrader company. 



Dr. Cole was a member of the Rocky Mountain Club, Mon- 

 tana Club, Old Colony Club, Aero Club of America, and also 

 held membership in several fraternal organizations including the 

 Elks, F. and A. M., Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and 

 Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is survived by his 

 widow, Harriet Gillett Cole, a son, Dr. Philip Gillett Cole, and 

 a daughter. Miss Alma Gillett Cole. Interment was at Maple 

 Grove Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. 



SECRETARY OF A TRENTON RUBBER CO. 



Horace M. Royal, secretary of the Home Rubber Co., Trenton, 

 New Jersey, dropped dead on March 20, 1920, at his home in 

 Morrisville, Pennsylvania. He had been in poor health for the 

 past year and suffered from heart trouble. The death came as 

 a great shock to the members of his family and his friends in 

 the trade. 



Mr. Royal, who recently removed from Trenton to Morris- 

 ville, was born in Germantown, Philadelphia, and after receiving 

 his early education there, went to Trenton, where he secured 

 employment with the Home Rubber Co. He was promoted at 

 different times and from a minor position rose to the office of 

 secretary. His amiable disposition won him many friends. He 

 was a member of Column Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, the 

 Scottish Rite and the Shrine. He is survived by his widow and 

 three sons, Joseph, Edward and Horace M. Royal, Jr. 



A RUBBER MACHINERY ENGINEER. 



Melvin B. Newcomb, aged thirty-one years, chief engineer of 

 the rubber machinery department of the Wellman-Seaver-Morgari 

 Co., died March 13, after a short illness at his home, Akron, Ohio. 



Mr. Newcomb was born in 1889 in Bridgeton, New Jersey. 

 He received his mechanical engineering education at the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin. He has been engaged in engineering work 

 with the I. P. Morris Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The .Mlis- 

 Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin; The Wis- 

 consin Engine Co., Corlis, Wisconsin, and The Firestone Tire & 

 Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 



In January, 1918, he joined the hydraulic turbine engineering 

 department of the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co., and a few 

 months later he was appointed chief engineer of the rubber 

 machinery department. 



Mr. Newcomb was a member of the American Society of 

 Mechanical Engineers, the Cleveland Engineering Society and 

 the Akron Engineering Society. He leaves his widow and two 

 young daughters. 



