November 1, 1918.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



95 



News of the American Rubber Industry. 



EMERGENCY HOSPITAL OF THE HODGMAN RUBBER CO. 



THE effect of influenza on tlie rubber mills might have been 

 more serious had not the manufacturers promptly adopted 

 the most efficient methods in combating the disease. 

 Regardless of convenience or expense tliey have safeguarded 

 the health of their employes and in many instances joined hands 

 with each other in this laudable vi'ork. 



The value of community of interest was admirably demon- 

 strated last month at Tuckahoe, New York, where the influenza 

 was making considerable inroads among the employes of the 

 Hodgman Rubber Co. Realizing the danger, George B. Hodgman 

 telephoned Frederic C. Hood, whose company at Watertown, 

 Massachusetts, had just experienced a struggle with the disease, 

 asking if doctors and nurses could be secured from that section, 

 as none were available in the vicinity of New York. Prompt 

 and generous was the answer from Mr. Hood who immediately 

 sent to Tuckahoe one of the physicians and two nurses from the 

 Hood Rubber Company's staff, who were later followed by 

 others. Suitable hospital quarters could not be found in town, 

 but fortunately the modern office building of the Hodgman Rub- 



ber Co. offered ideal accommodations. Forthwith, the second 

 story of the west wing was vacated by the officials of the com- 

 pany and quickly transformed into a modern sanitary hospital. 

 The kitchen and the employes' restaurant in the same building 

 were also placed at the disposal of the hospital staff and the 

 nearby home of F. A. Hodgman was opened for their 

 accommodation. When a sufficient number of beds could 

 not be obtained in New York, an order was sent to Boston 

 and 25 additional cots were promptly delivered by motor truck. 

 Thus Emergency Hospital No. 2, as it is known, was created by 

 the common interest of two well-known rubber companies and 

 the local chapter of the American Red Cross, for the benefit of 

 the mill workers and the citizens of Tuckahoe and nearby villages. 



SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, NEW YORK SECTION. 



The New York Section of the Society of Chemical Industry 

 held a meeting on October 25, at Rumford Hall, 50 East 41st 

 street. New York City. The program consisted of an address 

 by Major H. "W. Dudley, British-American Anti Gas Service, 

 entitled, "Gas Warfare Both Offensive and Defensive." The 

 illustrations were official English war pictures. The usual infor- 

 mal dinner was held at the Chemists' Club before the meeting. 



SENTENCES IN RAINCOAT FRAUD CASES. 



The investigations in the cases of the raincoat makers in New 

 York City charged with various unpatriotic and criminal prac- 

 tices, have resulted to date in the pronouncement of two sen- 

 tences. Felix Gouled, the army contractor accused of conspiracy 

 with Captain Aubrey W. Vaughan to defraud the Government, 

 was convicted of this charge in the Federal District Court during 

 the week of October 14 and sentenced on October 22 by Judge 

 E. E. Cushman to pay a fine of $10,000 and serve seven years 

 in the Atlanta penitentiary. His counsel asked that he be re- 

 leased on bail pending an appeal, and this was agreed upon, 

 the amount being fixed at $25,000, which Gouled furnished. 

 Gouled is facing trial under a further charge of sabotage, and 

 if convicted may be sent to prison for an additional 25 years. 



Captain Vaughan was sentenced to two years in prison, upon 

 pleading guilty to a part in the conspiracy. Clemency for him 

 will have to come from the President, the judge stated, as he 

 was sentenced while wearing his full uniform. 



The case of the C. Kenyon Co. was also begun on the 22nd 

 of October, in Brooklyn, and nineteen others are to follow. 



David L. Podell, the lawyer employed by some of the com- 

 panies to draw up their agreements, was exonerated from any 

 complicity and received a certificate from the judge and jury to. 

 that effect after a six days' trial. 



DIVIDENDS. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, has declared its regular 

 quarterly dividends of $1 a share on common stock, payable 

 February 15, 1919, to stock of record February 5, and of $1.75 

 a share on preferred stock, payable January 2, 1919, to stock 

 of record December 20, 1918. 



The Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts, has de- 

 clared its regular quarterly dividend of one and three-quarters 

 per cent on preferred stock, payable November 1 to stock of 

 record October 19, 1918. 



The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New York City, has declared 

 a quarterly dividend of one dollar ($1) a share on its common 

 stock, payable November 1 to stock of record October 15, 1918. 



The Keystone Tire & Rubber Co., New York City, has received 

 the approval of the Capital Issues Committee of a stock dividend 

 of fifteen per cent, payable Deceiuber 1 to stock of record No- 

 vember 11, 1918. 



The United States Rubber Co., New York City, declared quar- 

 terly dividends of two and one and one-half per cent, respectively, 

 on its first and second preferred stock, payable October 31 to 

 stock of record October 15, 1918. 



The Westinghouse & Electric Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, declared its regular quarterly dividends of 

 one and three-quarters per cent on its common and preferred 

 stock, the former payable October 31 and the latter October 15, 

 to stock of record October 4, 1918. 



THE PETLEY RUBBER COMPANY'S FINANCIAL PLAN. 

 Lynn S. Pease, acting general manager of the Petley Rubber 

 Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wis., reports that a committee 

 consisting of Andrew Bause, chairman. Otto J. Koch, Frank J. 

 Edwards, E. F. Hase and J. J. Hosch, has been formed to work 

 out a plan so that creditors may be paid one hundred cents on 

 the dollar. They claim that the total assets of the company are 

 about equal to the total liabilities, and that the present productioni 

 is almost entirely for the Government, either directly or indirectly. 

 The company plans to issue notes to its creditors payable in 6. 12, 

 18 and 24 months, with interest at 6 per cent per annum, accounts; 

 of less than $100 to be paid within 90 days. 



