October 1, 1916. 



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chiisetts, and graduated from ihc ^^'oonsockct lii'gli scliool, at 

 Woonsocl<Lt, Rliode Island. 



Follovvint; his graduation he entered the Laurence Felting Co. 

 with his fatlier, the late William J. Doues, who was the founder 

 of the plant and for years its manager. L'pon the death of his 

 father, Mr. Howes assumed management of the business and con- 

 tinued in charge for some time after the United States Rubber 

 Co. acquired it, remaining until July 1, 1915, when, after 27 years' 

 service, he resigned on account of poor health. 



During the past summer Mr. I'owes si)ent much nf his lime at 

 his summer home at Pleasant View, near Xarragansett Pier. 

 .About the llrst of .Seiitt-niber he experienced a change for the 

 worse and later returned to Millville, where he had another sink- 

 ing spell and gradually grew worse until death came. I le was a 

 member of Millville Lodge, United Workmen, and \\ onnsocket 

 Lodge of Flks. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, 

 his mother, three Iirothers and two sisters. 



LIEUTENANT ROBINSON. 

 Presidein W . II. Ivobinsnn. of the Canadian t Husolidated Rub- 

 ber Co., I.united. Montreal, Canada, has the sympathy i.t hishcists 

 of friends in the trade in the recent loss of his son, 1-. Reginald 

 Robinson, wlio was killed in action on .August 19. When the 

 73rd Royal Ili.gblanders of Canada was organized, he was among 

 the lirst to join, an<l afterwards qualitied as a lieutenant. His 

 battalion went tn l-jigland early this spring, and he had been only 

 on€ week at the fmnl when death overtook him. 



A VETERAN BOOTMAKIR. 



Otis York, one <i\ the oldest employes, as well as one longest 

 in service, in the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.'s Fells factory at 

 Maiden, Massachusetts, dropped dead of heart disease at the 



door of his home in that city on Septemix r l.V He was OS 

 years old. 



HIS SON WELL KNOWN IN THE TRADE 



Janus L. Locke, father of Colonel l-rank L. Locke, for 

 many years superintendent of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.. 

 died at the home of a nephew in Chichester, New Hamp- 

 shire, aged 84 years. He is survived l)y two sons and two 

 daughters. 



S. SCHEIN & SONS. INC, 

 The .\'eu N ork and London headi|uarier~ ..i .S. Schein & 

 Sons. Inc.. lUalers m crude and scraii rubber, .ire in process of 

 enlargement. The New York City branch wa< opened about a 

 year ago at 140 Nassau street, and warehouse facilities being 

 found neces.-ary to care for the expansion of the company's 

 .American business, a six-story liuilding was secured at 30 City 

 Hall Place, where alterations and !nii)ro\ rnient^ are now being 

 made. The liuropean hcad(iuarters have been transferred from 

 l-"insbury street, London, to ()fi-70 Lawrence Road, Tottenham, 

 Fngland. This new jdani has a frontage of 240 feet and a 

 depth of 230 feet, and consists of live buildings, completely 

 equipped for the expeditious handling and grading of rubber 

 material in crude, scrap, tmished or semi-linished state. Simon 

 Schein and his >i>n. Stanley, are in charge of the business at 

 Tottenham, the .Veu 'lork plant being under the supervision 

 of Jo.seph and Maurice .Schein. 



The manufacturers of toys in Canada formed an association 

 last March to foster the jjroduction and marketing of Canadian 

 made toys in the Dominion. The rubber toy indu.stry is appro- 

 priately recognized by the choice of J. A. Wade, of the Canadian 

 Consolidated Rubber Co.. .Montreal, as vice-president. 



i'ook P.\CK1NG OF PuXTI,\.N.\K. 



Rubber manufacturers have often complained of the bad shape in which rubber arrives, particularly when it conies from 

 a distance. The accompanying illustration shows a shipment of Pontianak just as it was unloaded at Bush Terminal Docks, 

 Brooklyn, .New York. The picture is so graphic that further comment is unnecessarv. 



