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              Bulletin HASKINS & SELLS 71
Ralph T. Hollis
IT IS with deep sorrow that we announce
the death on September 10, 1922, of
Mr. Ralph T. Hollis, a member of the
firm, and resident partner at the London
Office.
Mr. Hollis sailed for this country from
Southampton on August 17, by the steam­ship
Caronia, in order to attend our annual
meeting. On the second day out he was
stricken by an illness which defied the
analysis of the ship's doctors. On August
25, we received a radiogram from the
Caronia reading: "Urgent meet Hollis.
Necessary arrange hospital." The ship
was due the next morning and Mr. Sells
and Mr. Carter were at the pier with an
ambulance in which they conveyed Mr.
Hollis to the Roosevelt Hospital. There,
after numerous consultations, the malady
was diagnosed as epidemic encephalitis,
commonly known as sleeping sickness—a
disease extremely rare in this country.
In spite of the heroic efforts of doctors
and nurses, and the best of care and atten­tion,
it was impossible to combat the di­sease,
and Mr. Hollis sank steadily until
the end on Sunday morning, September 10,
at about 6.30 A.M.
A funeral service by an Episcopal min­ister
was held at four o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, September 12, at the Campbell
Funeral Church. The body was sent back
to London by the steamship President
Garfield, sailing on Wednesday, the 13th.
Mr. F. A. Tilton, representing the firm,
accompanied the body to London, where
Mr. Hollis is survived by his wife and three
children.
Mr. Hollis was born in London, July 7,
1874. His first accounting experience was
gained through an apprenticeship, at the
age of 16, to Mr. F. Barnes of Messrs.
Barnes, Dunn and Broughton, Chartered
Accountants, London, England. From
1897 to 1905 he conducted his own practice
in London as R. T. Hollis & Company.
Coming to this country, he joined the
staff of N. A. Hawkins & Company in
Detroit, Michigan, a connection maintained
continuously from 1905 to 1908. In the
latter year he withdrew to resume practice
on his own account in Detroit under the
name of R. T. Hollis & Company.
This practice prospered and on May 1,
1915, he admitted to partnership Mr. F. A.
Tilton and Mr. T. L. W. Porte, the style
of the firm being changed to Hollis, Tilton
and Porte.
On August 1, 1921, the practice of
Hollis, Tilton and Porte was consolidated
with that of Haskins & Sells. Messrs.
Hollis, Tilton, and Porte were admitted to
membership in the firm, Mr. Hollis later
returning to London as our resident
partner.
Mr. Hollis was a member of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales, and a certified public accountant of
Michigan. His loss will be deeply felt by
the many friends and associates whom he
had drawn about himself during his hon­orable
and successful career.
National Association Enjoined
THE Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia under date of July 27, 1922,
announced by final decree that the Na­tional
Association of Certified Public Ac­countants,
defendant in an action brought
by the United States of America, has been
"perpetually restrained and enjoined from