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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1916. 



William Lyall will long be remembered by his many friends in 

 the rubber tire trade with genuine appreciation and regard. Mis 

 inherent courtesy of manner and genial kindness endeared him to 

 tliose who were fortunate enough to come within the sphere of 

 his influence. 



At the time of his decease, Mr. Lyall was senior member of the 

 firm of J. & \V. Lyall and also president of the Brighton Mills, 

 manufacturers of standard and special tire fabrics, Passaic, New 

 Jersey. He was a director in several banks and fire insurance 

 companies, and identified with various social and charitable or- 

 ganizations, and also a member of the Union League Club, and 

 the Chamber of Commerce of New York City. He has had a 

 long and intimate connection with St. Andrew's Society, hav- 

 ing served as manager, second vice-president, first vice-presi- 

 dent and president. 



Mr. Lyall is survived by his widow and six sons and daugh- 

 ters: William L. Lyall, treasurer of the Brighton Mills; Charles 

 E. Lyall, Herbert J. Lyall, Kitty E. Lyall, Earl H, Lyall and 

 Pameli* W. Lyall. 



GEORGE H. F. SCHRADER. 



George H. F. Schrader, formerly president of A. Schrader's 

 Son, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, died on November 15 on ship- 

 board while en route from Iceland to Norway. 



Mr. Schrader, who was 57 years of age, was the inventor 

 of the Schrader valve for pneumatic tires. He withdrew from 

 the business in 1504 and he devoted his attentions' largely to 

 philanthropic and humanitarian work. In 1907 he gave the 

 "Caroline Rest" to the New York .Association for Improving the 

 Condition of the Poor, and since then supported this home prac- 

 tically iniaided 



He spent liis last few years abroad. In Iceland he in- 

 terested himself in the 50.0(X) ponies that in winter are turned 

 out to forage for themselves. He built shelters for the ponies 

 and conducted a campaign of education among the people. He 

 also established a "Caroline Rest" for needy Icelanders. 



FREDERICK J. ALDEN. 



On January 14 Frederick J. .-Xlden. who had lieen in the em- 

 ploy of the Boston Belting Co. for thirty-seven years, passed 

 away at his home in Winthrop. Massachusetts, after a four 

 months' illness. 



Mr. Alden was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, 60 years ago, 

 and was educated in the public schools of that city. He started in 

 the grocery and provision business in that city, and was quite 

 successful, until a fire totally destroyed his business establishment. 

 He then entered the employ of the Boston Belting Co., and later 

 was promoted to the position of traveling salesman. For 30 

 years he represented the company in New England, the Maritime 

 Provinces and the North Atlantic states. Possessed of a genial 

 nature he was counted as a personal friend by his host of cus- 

 tomers. He was an Elk, and a memlier of the United Commer- 

 cial Travelers' Association. He married Miss Alice C. Olmstead, 

 of Chelsea, who survives him. 



J. K. LINDSAY. 



J. K. Lindsay, office manager of the Toronto branch of the 

 Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, Montreal, Canada, 

 died on December 26 after a brief illness. 



Mr. Lindsay's business experience began with the Munster 

 r.ank in Ireland. After five years' service, he developed the 

 spirit ■if adventure, traveling extensively for several years. 

 I-'inally he settled down in Canada, where he obtained employ- 

 ment in the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Later he was of- 

 fered the position of financial manager by a Montreal shoe 

 manufacturing and jobbing house, where he acquired consider- 

 able experience in the footwear trade. Leaving this, he became 

 secretary-treasurer of the J. D. King Co., where he remained 

 until 15 years ago, when he entered a partnership in the rubber 



and leather footwear business. On the dissolution of this part- 

 nership four years ago, he became accountant and office man- 

 ager of the Toronto branch of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber 

 Co., Limited. 



During his entire life Mr. Lindsay was a keen student of men 

 and affairs, and his dealings typified honor, fair-mindedness 

 and zeal. 



ERNST ULE. 



.\ late number of the "Tropenflanzer" chronicles the death in 

 Berlin of Ernst Ule, one of the leading authorities on Brazilian 

 rubber trees. 



Professor Ule, who for many years held an important scientific 

 position at the Botanic Gardens in Rio de Janeiro, from 1900 

 to 1903, explored not only the upper Amazon as far as the 

 Peruvian frontier, but also the tributaries of that great river. 

 On this tour he studied rubber plants and discovered a number 

 of the Hcvea varieties. He is credited with having first dis- 

 covered the Castilloa Ulei, which bears his name. His account 

 of the results of these studies is given in Engler's "Botanischen 

 Jahrbuchern," XXXV, Fifth Edition, under the title of "The 

 R,ubber Plants of the Amazon Expedition and Their Meaning to 

 tlie Geography of Plants." In the "Tropenpflanzer" (1905 Supple- 

 ment I) he told of this expedition in an article entitled "Rubber 

 Gathering and Rubber Trading on the Amazon," and in the same 

 publication (page 788, 1907) he contributed "The Hevea Discolor 

 as Producer of Rio Negro Rubber." An important book of his 

 is entitled "The Vegetation of the Amazon Country." 



On his return to Germany from Brazil, Professor Ule arranged 

 and classified his extensive collections of tropical plants, and in 

 1906, tlie Bahia Rubber Syndicate of Leipsic sent him as expert 

 to investigate the Imme of the Ceara rubber. On this expedition 

 he discovered three new species of the Manihot variety and 

 lirouglit their seeds to Europe whence they were distributed to 

 plantations throughout the world. He also wrote a book on these 

 plants which he called Manihot Dichotoma, Manihot Hcftaphylla 

 and Manihot Piauhycnsis and which produce Jequie, Sao Fran- 

 cisco and Piauhy rubber, respectively. 



Professor Ule made his last long trip from 1908 to 1912, when 

 he explored the northern branches of the Amazon and went as far 

 as British Guiana. It is said he was the first expert to explore 

 the Acre territory, which of all Brazilian land is richest in rub- 

 ber. As a recreation during this tour in 1910 he visited Ceara 

 and found time to make a thorough study of the "Boll Disease" 

 of Ceara rubber. He was continuing the work on this subject 

 when death overtook him. 



Botanic science loses in Professor Ule a man of unusual 

 strength, a tireless, energetic worker, a reliable investigator and 

 a careful collector. He possessed a constitution that adapted 

 itself to the damp, mosquito infested climate of the Amazon 

 wilderness which enabled him to accomplish results where others 

 have failed. Unlike many explorers he was equipped for his 

 work by a thorough botanical education. 



G. LEONARD PORTER. 



G. Leonard Porter, managing partner in the Market Harboro 

 Rubber Co., died December 11. 1915. in London, after a short 

 illness. Mr. Porter belonged to a well-known Leicester family 

 and was for 20 years associated with the company, during the 

 latter portion of which period he served as managing director. 

 He was about 40 years of age and unmarried. 



HENRY SPEAKMAN. 



Henry Speakman, head of the firm of Henry Speakman & 

 Sons, rubber and asbestos merchants, Manchester, England, died 

 suddenly at Brooklands in the 73rd year of his age. As a 

 young man, over 50 years ago, Mr. Speakman started on his own 

 account as a rubber merchant and mill furnisher, and later ad- 

 mitted his two sons to membership in the firm. 



