April 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



363 



lis close-clipped hair, rises, bows 



William J. Kelly. 



WILLIAM J. KELLY. 



HAS anybody here seen Kelly? 

 In response to this orchestral query, a big-boned, rangy 

 American, with a look of eager youthfulness contradicting the 

 right and left, and 

 one of the old- 

 time customs of a 

 Rubber Club din- 

 ner is complete. 

 Needless to say 

 this is William J. 

 Kelly, known to 

 the rubber trade 

 far and wide. 



To quote one of 

 his own biograph- 

 ical phrases : "I 

 came within three 

 days of being born 

 a fool," which 

 means that he first 

 saw the light on 

 April 4, the year 

 being 1861. His 

 home was in Old 

 Roxbury, Massa- 

 chusetts, just a 

 few doors from 

 that of the late 

 Charles H. Arnold. 

 It was quite natural, as the boys grew up together and attended 

 the same schools, that when they ■ came together in business 

 later in life, there should have been a very strong bond of 

 affection between them. 



Young Kelly showed his first interest in rubber when as a 

 boy he often strayed to the Boston Belting Co.'s factory in 

 Roxbury, and wheedled bits of pure rubber from the workmen 

 to use as chewing gum. 



In 1880 he secured a position with Henry A. Gould in his 

 Boston office. Later he went with Geo. A. Alden & Co., and 

 in 1903 became associated with his old friend Charles H. Arnold, 

 first as a rubber salesman, and a successful one, and later as a 

 member of the firm of Arnold & Zeiss. He is known from 

 one end of the country to the other, is popular, respected and 

 successful. Incidentally, Mr. Kelly is something of a golfer, an 

 enthusiastic baseball fan. and one of the fathers of the Rubber 

 Club. 



AN IMPORTANT TRADE-MARK DECISION. 



The decision of the District of Columbia Court of .*\ppeals in 

 sustaining the decision of the commissioner of patents in ex parte 

 United Drug Co., according to the "Bulletin of the United States 

 Trade-Mark Association," establishes a precedent w-hich may 

 easily be the cause of far-reaching confusion in commercial 

 fields as to what constitutes unfair competition. The United 

 Drug Co. attempted to register the word "Stork" as a trade-mark 

 for rubber nipples, and the commissioner refused registration 

 because of the existence of the Stork Co., a corporation engaged 

 in the manufacture of waterproof goods, although the latter com- 

 pany does not make rubber nipples and does not oppose the regis- 

 ■ tration of the word by the United Drug Co. 



The American consulate at Mombasa, Africa, desires to 

 receive from American manufacturers and exporters, catalogs 

 of rubber goods for its commercial library and reading room. 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



Harvey S. Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., .Akron, Ohio, left for Florida late last month, where he 

 will remain for a few weeks. 



W. H. Bell has been made manager of the Chicago, Illinois, 

 district by the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New York City, 

 having formerly managed the company's Pacific Coast ter- 

 ritory. 



J. E. Redman has been made assistant sales manager of 

 the Chicago, Illinois, territory by the Michelin Tire Co., 

 Milltown, New Jersey. 



Frank C. Stover, formerly of the Star Electric Co., Chicago, Il- 

 linois, has been appointed manager of the municipal department 

 of the United States Tire Co., with headquarters at 1222 Michi- 

 gan avenue, Chicago. 



Franklin Kesser. well known in the tire trade, has recently 

 become Eastern district manager of the Batavia Rubber Co., 

 with headquarters at their New York branch, 1906 Broadway. 

 Mr. Kesser's experience covers a period of ten years as man- 

 ager of the Hartford Rubber Works Co.'s branch in Philadel- 

 phia; five years in an executive capacity at the Hartford fac- 

 tory; three years in executive positions with Akron tire com- 

 panies, and for the past year jobbing representative of the Ba- 

 tavia Rubber Co. for the Philadelphia market, which experience 

 entitles him to be called one of the deans in the tire world. 



Ernest Brandt has become connected with the Ajax Rubber 

 Co., Inc., New York City, to assist J. C. Matlack in the conduct 

 of the sales department. Mr. Brandt was with the Hartford 

 Rubber Works Co. for many years, later joining the Fisk Rubber 

 Co. in an important capacity. He then became sales manager 

 of the Corbin Motor Vehicle Co., was one of the district man- 

 agers of the United States Motor Co., and, still later, eastern 

 district manager for the Hudson Motor Car Co. 



Charles G. McCuUough, New York manager for the Pennsyl- 

 vania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pennsylvania, is engaged to marry 

 Miss Isabelle Matlack, daughter of J. C. Matlack, sales manager 

 of the Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., New York City. 



E. B. Sigerson has been appointed manager of the Buffalo 

 branch of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 

 In 1910 Mr. Sigerson joined the Goodyear forces as salesman 

 in the New England district. Since then he has risen by 

 rapid stages to his present post. 



FOUNDER OF BATAVIA RUBBER CO. RETIRES. 



.'\shton W. Caney, president and active manager of the Ba- 

 tavia Rubber Co., Batavia, New York, and one of the original 

 incorporators, retired from an active position with the company 

 on March 1, having sold the greater portion of his stock. He 

 will, however, still be connected with the company as a member 

 of the board of directors. 



Mr. Caney came to Batavia 29 years ago, and has been a 

 prominent figure in its industrial affairs ever since. He has 

 been actively engaged in the rubber industry for 17 years. In 

 1900 he became interested in the Batavia Rubber Tire Co., intro- 

 ducing the Sweet patent solid rubber carriage tire. The business 

 was successful and in connection with the Batavia Carriage 

 Wheel Co. it was sold to the Standard ."^nti-Friction Co. of New- 

 York. Mr. Caney remained with the latter company until 

 .August 1, 1902, when he resigned as manager of the rubber de- 

 partment and, with other Batavians, organized the Sweet Tire & 

 Rubber Co., of Batavia. In 1908 the property of this company 

 was sold to a representative of the present Batavia Rubber Co., 

 which was formed by Mr. Caney, and a number of other officers 

 of the old concern. 



