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' Aires. 'of Latin-America, chairman and 'Register from July, 1904, to June, 1906 'and from July, of the ~ Marine News in a Personal Way Intimate Gossip About What Leaders in the been elected chairman of Lloyd's Register of Shipping. He suc- ceeds Sir Thomas Devitt, who has re- tired on account of ill health J. HersertT ScRUTTON. has been made Ss" JOHN H. LUSCOMBE has deputy chairman and treasurer of the society. Sir John: Luscombe is a well 'known underwriter at Lloyds. young man he sailed before the mast As a He was deputy of Lloyd's in his father's ships. treasurer 1919 until his recent election as chairman. He became a member of Lloyds in 1870, serving as _chairman in 1902, 1908, 1909, 1912 and : 1914, 'dential Assurance Co. a partner in the firm of Messrs. Scrut- ~ton, Sons the General Shipowners' society in 1905-6. ' He first joined the committee of Lloyd's He isa director of the Pru- Mr. Scrutton is & Co. He was chairman of Register in 1906, having served con- tinuously since. He was vice president Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1918, ill - health at the end of his term preventing his election as president of the chamber. kk OK Harotp A. AGNEw, for 10 years head of the Spanish department of the United Fruit Co., and for the past two years connected with Goethals, Wilford & Boyd, has resigned from the latter com- _ pany and will enter the exporting and freight forwarding business in Buenos He left New Orleans late in February on a 2-month tour of the ports prior to opening Offices in the Argentine capital. ee W. L. Awnperson has been appointed 'general manager of the National Ship- ' building Co., Ltd., Goderich, Ont. He _was formerly connected with the Sturte- vant company and with Goldie & Mc- 'Culloch, Galt, Ont. : oe & Davip W. Simpson was elected presi- dent and treasurer at a recent stock- holder's meeting of the Boston. & Gloucester Steamship Co., Boston.. i te L. N. Freeman of Baker, Alling & Young, Boston, and Frepericx R. 'FEN- TON ,of Fenton, Davis & Boyle, Chicago, were elected directors at a special meet- Maritime World Are Doing ing of the stockholders of the Elder Steel Steamship Co., Boston. The board of directors was increased from seven to nine members. sk 8 CLARENCE SAMUEL KING was elected secretary of the Atlantic Coast Ship- builders' association at a meeting in Philadelphia Feb. 21. For the past three years, Mr. King has been manager of the Philadelphia office and secretary and treasurer of the Delaware river SIR JOHN LUSCOMBE section of the association. He succeeds Henry C. Hunter, New York, who was appointed counsel. * * * "Henry B, Oatcey, CuHartes H. True and Gitpert E. Rypir have just been elected vice presidents of the Super- heater Co., formerly' the Locomotive ' Superheater Co. Mr. Oatley takes charge of engineering with offices at 30 Church street, New York. He has had wide experience in locomotive and super- heater work, having been chief' engineer at the time of this appointment. 'Our- ing the war he was an officer on the battleships OH10 and InpiaNaA, Mr. True takes charge of production with offices at East Chicago, Ind. He has had years of experience in locomotive and car shops and in recent years has been 170 works manager of the East Chicago plant. Mr. Ryder takes charge of sales with offices in New York. He has had thorough training in railroad work, and until this 'time has been in charge of the service department, responsible for the operation of the 30,000 superheuters on American locomotives in addition to handling the stationary and marine ap- plications. cook e Sir JAMES CHARLES of the Aguirania, senior captain of the Cunard fleet, has just been appointed commodore by the Cunard line. He is just rounding out 41 years of service at sea and has won high honors including the award of € B. (Companion of the Bath); C. B. E. (Commander of the Order of the Brit- ish Empire); K. B. E. (Knight Com- mander Order of the British Empire). He went to sea in 1880 in a sailing ves- sel. Since 1895 he has served on Cun ° ard vessels, his first command being the ALEPrPo in 1904. Later he took charge of the LusirANiIA and during the war was variously in command of MAURETANIA, SAxONIA, AUSONIA and CarMANIA. In 1918, he took charge of the AQuITANIA, first in returning American troops and later when she entered passenger sef- vice. He has served as a member of the British departmental committee on boats and davits, 1912-13, and as nautical adviser to the British delegation, international conferences on safety of life at sea. 1913-14: Rok A. D. Mearns, A. C. F. HENDERSON and S. J. Lister have been made joint managers of the Cunard Steamship Co. Mr. Mearns has been general. managet and Mr. Henderson managing director of the Anchor line. eee C. S. Levrrr, formerly manager 'of the Federal Export Corp., has joined the staff of the Moore & McCormack Co, New York, and will look after bookings of freight for Havana and Mexico. oe ok Joun J. Dwyer, formerly with Phelps Bros. & Co., New York, and Geyelin & Co., Philadelphia, is now general pas senger and freight agent of the Amefr can-Black Sea line for which Stephatr dis, Benas & Co., 21-24 State street, New York, are general agents.