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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March i, 1908. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



Charles W. Linthicum. 



CHABLES W, LINTHICTTM. 



^HARLES WESLEY LINTHICUM, president of the Lin- 

 ^^ tiiicum Rubber Co., of Baltimore, died in that city on Feb- 

 ruary I, after an ilhiess of several weeks, in his fifty-fourth year. 

 The immediate cause of his taking off was Bright's disease, Mr. 

 Linthicum was a native of Anne Arundel countj-, Maryland, 



where several 

 members of his 

 family were per- 

 sons of distinction. 

 Mr. Linthicum had 

 been for a number 

 of years interested 

 in the rubber boot 

 and shoe business. 

 For a while he 

 had the Baltimore 

 agency for the 

 United States 

 Rubber Co., which 

 developed into the 

 Linthicum Rubber 

 Co., with Mr. Lin- 

 thicum as presi- 

 dent, a position 

 which he filled to 

 the time of his 

 death. He took an 

 active interest Sn 

 the business life of 

 Baltimore apart from his own house, as is indicated by his 

 membership in the Credit Men's Association and in the Shoe 

 and Leather Board of Trade of Baltimore. Of the latter he 

 was vice president. The funeral occurred on February 3. Sur- 

 viving Mr. Linthicum are a widow, three sons — Charles M., 

 George S.. and Garland Linthicum — and a married daughter. 

 Charles \V. Linthicum was a man of many pleasing qualities, 

 who will be mourned by a host of friends. 



■WILLIAM H. FTTLLER. 



WiLLL\M H. Fuller, whose death from pulmonary troubles 

 occurred on February 13 in the Presbyterian Hospital, New 

 York, was a man of most interesting personality. He had been 

 connected with the auditing department of the United States 

 Rubber Co. for ten years, but this was only the closing chapter 

 of a long and varied life. Born in England over 70 years ago, 

 he studied at Oxford and, after completing his education, went to 

 India, where he became connected with large commercial enter- 

 prises. But he early developed a taste for literature and made 

 many acquaintances in the literary and official circles of that 

 country. Among his personal acquaintances at that time was 

 Rudyard Kipling. 



After many years in India Mr. Fuller moved to Canada, and 

 while engaged there in banking found time to do a good deal of 

 literary work. "The Canadian Alen and Women of the Time," 

 a book published in 1898, describes him as an essayist and play- 

 wright, and speaks of "a local burlesque from Mr. Fuller's pen, 

 which had a remarkable successful run during two seasons." 

 Mr. Fuller became a resident of New York about ten years ago, 

 and while connected with the auditing department of the United 

 States Rubber Co. devoted his spare moments to literary work, 

 particularly in the line of short dramatic productions. Three 

 years ago he took one of the prizes offered by Munsey's Maga- 

 zine for the best "topical" verses. 



Mr. Fuller was a man of fine literary appreciation and of ex- 

 tensive reading. He was a Shakespeare scholar of no mean 

 order. While a man of retiring disposition his long and varied 



experience and his knowledge of literature made him a most 

 interesting personality and an entertaining companion, and he 

 numbered among his friends many of the most prominent literary 

 and artistic people of the day. 



CHASLES H. NELDNEB. 



Ch.\rles H. Neidner, of Maiden, Massachusetts, died at his 

 home on January 31, in his seventy-first year. Born in the king- 

 dom of Saxony, he came to America in 1863 and became inter- 

 ested in weaving. Ten years later he settled in Maiden and 

 became employed in the linen fire hose industry. In 1893 Mr. 

 Neidner began the manufacture of linen fire hose on his own 

 account, and became very successful. Gradually other lines of 

 production were added, including cotton fabrics for insulation. 

 Less than a year ago the business was turned over to a cor- 

 poration styled Chas. Neidner's Sons Co., the business of which 

 has been controlled by the sons of Mr. Neidner, who had pre- 

 viously been engaged in business with their father. Mr. Neidner 

 had been an invalid since December, as result of an accident. 

 He is survived by a widow, three sons, and two daughters. Mr. 

 Neidner was a member of the Boston and Maiden Turn Verein, 

 which body was represented at the funeral on February 3. One 

 of the sons is chairman of the Maiden board of aldermen. 



A VISITOR FROM ITALY. 



pvR. ALBERTO PIRELLI, of the great rubber manufacturing 

 "-^ concern, Pirelli & Co., of Milan, Italy, is at present in the 

 United States, and will be here for some weeks. One of his 

 pleasant duties was to watch the start of the Zust car in the New 

 York to Paris automobile race which began at Times square on 

 Wednesday, February 12, that car being equipped with Pirelli 

 tires. 



Speaking of the company of which he is one of the officers, Dr. 

 Pirelli reports a great increase in their business, so much so 

 that they are soon to establish a third factory at Greco, some 

 3 miles out of Milan, which will be devoted to the manufacture 

 of reclaimed rubber for their own use, and also heavy cables. A 

 very large area of land has been plotted for the factory buildings 

 and for the homes of the laborers, of whom there will be 500 at 

 the beginning. The power will be electrically transmitted by 

 cables from waterfalls a few miles distant. 



Dr. Pirelli, on coming into the United States, brought 

 with him a young man who has done brilliant work in the great 

 factories at Milan, and whom he planned to introduce to various 

 leaders in the rubber trade here. Unfortunately, however, the 

 day before the start of the New York-Paris automobile race, the 

 visitor in examining a wheel of the Zust car, the rear end of 

 the car being jacked up, was unlucky enough to have his foot 

 under the wheel rim when the jack slipped out and the car 

 dropped. Some of the bones in the foot were broken and his 

 vacation visit to America has been largely spent in the hospital. 



HOW TO TEST OXIDE OF ZINC. 



AVERY simple test for zinc oxide is as follows : Put a small 

 quantity in a test tube or vial and add diluted muriatic 

 acid (such as can be obtained in any drug store) ; agitate to dis- 

 solve all lumps, and if it is commercially pure oxide of zinc, no 

 residue will remain. The only adulterant likely to be found 

 which would not leave a sediment would effervesce violently. 



Should the addition of acid to the pigment produce sulphureted 

 hydrogen, the odor of which is unmistakable, no doubt would 

 exist that the sample is not oxide of zinc and probably a much 

 cheaper pigment. There are many pigments on the market called 

 zinc and containing some zinc in various forms, which have their 

 uses, but should not be confused with straight oxide of zinc. 



