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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1917. 



MAJOR OSTERRIETH AND HIS CANINE PAL. 



WHEREVER the Belgian Commission has been entertained 

 with acclaim in America, the commanding figure of 

 Major Leon Osterrieth, former rubber merchant of Antwerp, 

 has arrested the attention of every onlool<er. Of towering 

 stature, huge physique, distinguished bearing, and in facial char- 

 acteristics somewhat resembling the late King Edward VII of 



England, he 

 stood head 

 and shoul- 

 ders above 

 all the other 

 members of 

 the Commis- 

 sion and was 

 the first to be 

 seen in a 

 crowd. Few 

 except those 

 near him, 

 however, no- 

 ticed the wire- 

 haired fox 

 terrier that 

 w a s seldom 

 absent from 

 his side, yet 

 Major Oster- 

 rieth declined 

 to accompany 

 the mission to 

 America when 

 refused per- 

 mission to take "Nellie" with him. The Belgian Government 

 gave in, however, the dog is on the trip and so comes to light 

 a touching little human interest story of canine devotion and a 

 master's appreciation. 



"Nellie" first went to Belgium with an English army officer 

 during the early days of the war. The Englishman was killed, 

 and for weeks "Nellie" wandered aimlessly among the Belgian 

 and English. Time after time officers and soldiers sought to 

 make her a pet but in vain. "Nellie" was what dog fanciers call 

 a "one man dog" until she ambled by the major's tent one day 

 and heard his deep voice proffer a kindly invitation to share 

 his meal. For the first time since the death of her old master 

 "Nellie" displayed friendliness and accepted the bone he offered 

 her. Then she disappeared. 



During the German attack that night the major forgot "Nel- 

 lie." Not until the early hours of the morning was the attack 

 repulsed. Then as the major was settling down to sleep in his 

 make-shift cot he heard a piteous whine outside the tent. He 

 got up and looked out. 



There was "Nellie." A German bullet had almost torn her 

 right shoulder off. The big scar can be seen there today. Ten- 

 derly did the major take the dog in. He bound up the wound 

 and gave "Nellie" a place in his quarters. Since then the dog 

 has never left him, and his affection for his canine pal in some 

 of the bitterest battles in the war can only be measured by his 

 willingness to sacrifice a great honor to prevent their separation. 



Two Belgi.\n Visitors to America. 



DOMINION EtTBBER SYSTEM PEOMOTIONS. 



H. R. Willans, druggists' sundries department, Montreal branch, 

 has been transferred to the Ottawa branch as salesman for drug- 

 gists' sundries and waterproof clothing. 



Alfred E. Cox succeeds Mr. Willans at Montreal. 



L. A. Blanchard has joined the staff of the Montreal branch 

 and will develop trade for Rinex soles and heels among shoe 

 manufacturers. 



FERBONAI. HENTION. 

 -Among the names on the Birthday Honors List of the King 

 of England was that of Sir Frederick Smith, Bart., J. P., who 

 has been created a Baron of the United Kingdom. Sir Frederick 

 is chairman of Chas. Macintosh & Co., Limited, which firm he 

 joined about 25 years ago. He is also chairman of the New 

 Liverpool Rubber Co., Limited, the North Borneo Rubber Co., 

 Limited, and is on the boards of the Lancashire and Yorkshire 

 Bank and of the Garswood Hall Colliery Co. In the year 1912 

 he was created a baronet. 



Thomas A. Aspell, who has been manager of the truck tire 

 department at the New York City branch of The B. F. Goodrich 

 Co., Akron, Ohio, has been placed in charge of the specification 

 work this company is doing for the United States Government. 

 While this duty will require his frequent presence in Washing- 

 ton, D. C, he proposes to make his headquarters in Akron. 



J. E. Powers, who for the last eight years has been in charge 

 of the truck tire department of the Buffalo (New York) branch 

 of the B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron. Ohio, has been appointed to 

 a similar position at the New York City branch of the same 

 company. 



Victor Van Der Linde, recently returned from a tour through 

 Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia doing special technical 

 work for The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, has great con- 

 fidence that the Russian democracy will do its full share in the 

 struggle against German autocracy. Mr. Van Der Linde was in 

 Petrograd when the revolution took place, and had an excep- 

 tional opportunity to observe its immediate causes and effects. 

 The American commission, headed by Elihu Root, he says, 

 put new confidence into the Russian people. The army is now 

 eagerly resuming the offensive and if an adequate supply of 

 munitions, food and clothing be maintained by the workingmen, 

 will fight as never before. Europe generally, he says, is much 

 impressed by the entry of the United States into the war, yet 

 it is his personal opinion that the war cannot end under two 

 years' time. 



Albert F. Hill has severed his connections with the Rubber & 

 Guayule Agency, Inc., and on and after October 1 will be con- 

 nected with the firm of Wallace L. Gough & Co., IS William 

 street. New York City. 



Fred Haupt, formerly vice-president of the Ten Broeck Tyre 

 Co., Louisville, Kentucky, has succeeded to the presidency, fill- 

 ing the vacancy created by the death of H. L. Lewman. 



Arthur H. Clark, formerly of the Lycoming Rubber Co., Wil- 

 liamsport, Pennsylvania, has been made assistant superintendent 

 of the St. Louis, Missouri, plant of the Goodyear's Metallic 

 Rubber Shoe Co. 



C. W. Hardin has been appointed manager of mechanical sales 

 of the Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio. 



R. L. Devoe, for several years branch manager at Chicago, 

 Illinois, of the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., and more re- 

 cently assistant sales manager at the home plant at Dayton, Ohio, 

 has been made sales manager. It is claimed that the 1918 «x- 

 pansion plans will place tliis company among the more prominent 

 rubber manufacturing plants of the country. 



A. Boyd Cornell, secretary of the Empire Rubber & Tire 

 Co., Trenton, New Jersey, has tendered his resignation. He 

 started in the rubber business immediately after graduating 

 from Princeton in 1901, and worked in every department, 

 thereby gaining practical knowledge of the business. Several 

 propositions are being considered, but his future plans are 

 not yet decided upon. 



Harry R. Nason has been chosen secretary of the Empire 

 Rubber & Tire Co., Trenton, New Jersey, succeeding A. Boyd 

 Cornell, resigned. 



John F. Bresnahan has been appointed general sales and 

 advertising manager of the .American Chicle Co., New York 

 City. 



