April 1, 1916. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



365 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



David L. Kubie, son of Samuel Kubie, president of the 

 Raw Products Co., has been elected secretary and director 

 of the company. Mr. Kubie was formerly identified with the 

 Raw Products Co., but resigned for the purpose of making an 

 outside connection. His preference for the rubber business 

 was stronger than for any other line, consequently he has 

 returned to the fold. He will represent his father in a great 

 many transactions to which Samuel Kubie previously had 

 to give personal attention. The young man matriculated at 

 the Wharton School of Finance. University of Pennsylvania. 

 He made an excellent record from both a scholastic and 

 athletic standpoint. 



A party, consisting of directors and guests of the Atlantic 

 Coast Lumber Corporation and United Timber Corporation, 

 including Colonel Samuel P. Colt, Francis Lynde Stetson, 

 James B. Ford, Lester Leland, John D. Carberry, M. J. 

 Quinn, R. J. Cliflford, E. J. Hathorne, Walter S. Ballou, H. 

 Stuart Hotchkiss, United States Senator LeBaron B. Colt 

 and Edgar B. Davis, left last week in private cars over the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad via Atlantic Coast Line, for George- 

 town and Charleston, South Carolina, on a tour of inspection 

 of the various properties in South Carolina in which they 

 are interested. 



George B. Hodgman of the Hodgman Rubber Co., Tucka- 

 hoe. New York, returned March 21 from a three-weeks' visit 

 to Bermuda. 



John Scott McClurg, president and general manager of the 

 McClurg Rubber Co., Coshocton, Ohio, was married on Febru- 

 ary 23 to Mrs. Anna Barry Cunningham. 



W. H. Palmer, for several years in charge of the advertising 

 department of the United States Rubber Co., New York City, 

 has assumed a new position in the sales department and will 

 devote his efforts to the development of the canvas rubber sole 

 shoes manufactured by the company. L. E. Seddon. formerly 

 assistant cashier, succeeds Mr. Palmer as manager of the ad- 

 vertising department. 



The New Jersey Zinc Co., New York City, announces the ap- 

 pointment of A. H. Peck as sales manager, in place of Alfred 

 W. Dodd, resigned, and E. V. Peters as assistant general sales 

 manager. 



.■\nnouncement has been made of the promotion of .-X. M. Jack 

 to manager of the Pittsburgh branch of The B. F. Goodrich Co. 

 Mr. Jack, whose home is in Dayton, Ohio, was engaged in 

 newspaper work several years. For six months he was court 

 reporter for the old "Dayton Press" ; later he did reportorial 

 work in Cincinnati for eight years. Ten years ago Mr. Jack 

 was admitted to the Ohio bar, and he has been employed by 

 the Goodrich company for the past five years, during which time 

 he has made steady advance to his present position as manager 

 of the Pittsburgh office of the company. 



J. E. Dufifield has become identified with the United States 

 Rubber Co. interests as sales manager for the Mechanical 

 Rubber Co., Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Duffield's activities as 

 western manager for the Thermoid Rubber Co. have made 

 him well known in Chicago. 



W. V. Bilger, for a number of years advertising manager 

 of the T. Eaton Co., Limited, Toronto, Canada, succeeds 

 R. W. Ashcroft as advertising manager of the Canadian Con- 

 solidated Rubber Co., Limited. Montreal. 



Nathan Owitz, sales department of the Wheeler Condenser 

 & Engineering Co. of Carteret, New Jersey, has been elected 

 sales manager of the J. P. Devine Co. of Buflfalo, New York. 

 Mr. Owitz has been with the Wheeler company for 11 years; 

 -S years at their general office and works at Carteret, 2 years as 

 manager of their Cincinnati district, 2 years as their Pittsburgh 

 district manager, and manager of the Philadelpliia territory for 



1914 and 1915, handling their entire line of equipment; an ex- 

 perience which will qualify him for his new position. 



Frederick C. Hood, vice-president and general manager of the 

 Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts, will spend a few 

 weeks at Bermuda early in April. 



Dr. Eugenio Dahne, who has planned a remarkable exhibit of 

 Brazilian products at the Panama-California Exposition. San 

 Diego, California, leaves on the -'Vestris" for Brazil on .\pril 1. 

 The doctor has been somewhat handicapped by the blocking of 

 the Panama Canal. Only a part of the notable exhibit has ar- 

 rived, therefore, with characteristic energy, he is going after it, 

 and undoubtedly he will come back with shiploads of coffee, 

 rubber and a great variety of interesting Brazilian products. 



William L. Wadleigh, of Wadleigh Co., Limited, Singapore. 

 Straits Settlements, who has been in Malaya since Novem1)er of 

 last year, starts for home April 8 by the Pacific route. He ought 

 to arrive in New Y'ork by the first of May, and will certainly re- 

 ceive a warm welcome from his many friends. 



Russell W. Earle has retired from the firm of Earle Brothers, 

 crude rubber dealers, 66 Broad street. New York City. The 

 business will be continued at the same location, under the same 

 firm name, by William P. Earle. Harry W. Laird, William P. 

 Earle, Jr., and Everett W. Laird. 



J. F. Douse, for many years in the tire business with head- 

 quarters in San Francisco, California, recently assumed the 

 management of the Seattle, Washington, branch of the Fisk 

 Rubber Co.. Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. 



RUBBER MEN ESCAPE IN SUSSEX DISASTER. 



Among the passengers on the steamer Sussc.v, damaged by 

 explosion in the English Channel, were Edward H. Huxley, 

 president of the United States Rubber 

 Export Co., and Francis E. Drake, Euro- 

 pean manager of that company, both of 

 whom had exciting experiences. We arc- 

 pleased to record that both gentlemen 

 escaped injury. Mr. Huxley gave one of 

 the clearest and most graphic accounts 

 published of the explosion and the excite- 

 ment which followed, and the many de- 

 tails mentioned by him show him to be 

 a close observer. His story of the affair 

 was cabled by the Associated Press to all 

 the leading papers in this country. 



Another passenger on the Sussex, who. 

 however, did not escape so easily, was 

 Joshua D. Armitage, of Taylor, Armitage & Co., 

 City. 



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of New York 

 Great anxiety was felt by his partners and friends at first, 

 because of the absence of any word regarding him, but later re- 

 ports stated that he was suffering from shock and bruises, but 

 was not seriously injured. 



BRAZIL AIDS TRAVELLING SALESMEN. 



The annoying delay occasioned by the customs officials of Bra- 

 zil in entering and releasing travehng men's samples is well 

 known to the fraternity. Recent legislation has been enacted 

 through the efforts of Ambassador Morgan, whereby in place 

 of the usual duty, 5 per cent is levied on the value of the samples 

 according to the accompanying consular invoice. .Advertising 

 samples will pay regular duties less 50 per cent. 



The I'ifth National Textile Exhibition will l.c held in .\le- 

 clianics' Building, Boston, .April 24 to 29. and tlie Xational .Asso- 

 ciation of Cotton .Manufacturers will hold its 100th meeting at 

 Copley Plaza Hotel during the same week. .Many men well 

 known to tire manufacturers will participate. 



