Howard B. Case, one of the Rochester men who went down with the Titanic, was born in Rochester April 20. 1864, and was educated in the schools of the city.
His mother, Mrs. Helen B. Case, lives at No. 103 Dartmouth street, and her son's tragic death has made her critically ill. brother-in-law of Mr. Case, Edward, Prizer, a vice-president of the Vacuum Oil Company, said of him yesterday: "In 1885 Howard B. Case was employed by the W. B. Morse Lumber Company, The Vacuum Oil Company then needing an active man in its selling department, made a proposition to Mr. Case, and he entered its service. "He was eminently successful in his appointment, and remained in Rochester until June 1887, when be was transferred to Liverpool, England, as an assistant to the general manager of the English business. He remained there until the spring of 1891, when he returned to Rochester.
He returned again to England in the spring of 1899 as general manager of the business of the Vacuum Oil Company, Limited. London, which position he filled with very great credit to himself and satisfaction to his employers until his unfortunate death.
"He was eminently successful in his management of a large business, being exceptionally capable and a master of details. It will be very difficult for the London company to find a satisfactory successor to him.
"During his residence in England Mr. Case was intimately, connected with the foreign selling organizations of the Vacuum Oil Company for all of Europe, and it placed the greatest possible reliance on his judgment and advice. The company feels, therefore, that his loss is one of vital consequence, not only to his immediate relatives but to the business as a whole."