New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
MANY BANKS MEET
FEW CHANGES MADE.
Old Officers and Directors
MOSTLY Retained.

The snnual meetings of the shareholders
o. the national banks of this city, of most
Of the state banks and of several of the
trust companies were held yesterday. The
usual number OF changes were made in
directorates. hut none were of marked sig
-lifcance, and there were no real surprises.
Mortimer l. Schif. of Kuhn. Loeb & Co,
and l. F. Loree. president OF the Della
ware & Hudson Company, were elected di-
nectors Of the Fourth National Bank. one
20 succeed the late Charles Stewart Smith
and the other an additional director;
bu, neither enters the board as repre-
sentative OF the Hanover National Banks
interests
The stockholders OF the American Ex-
change National Bank elected Basil W.
Rowe. treasurer of the Adams Express
Company. TO succeed the late Dumont
Clarke in the board. The board subse-
ouently organized by electing Lewis L.
Clarke. vice e-president. 10 the presidency, as
successor TO his father. as was predicted in
The Tribune fortnight ago; and Edward
Burns for many years cashier. vice
president Walter II. Bennett, formerly
assistant cashier. was appointed cashier.
and A * de Guiscard was promoted from
head bookkeeper to assistant cashier.
The directors Of the Chatham National
Bank in which a syndicate headed by
Philadelphia men recently acquired a large
interest. were reelected. and four addi-
tions were made to the board. August
Heckscher. Charles c. Lloyd, Robert H
Rucker and Joseph H Wright being named
II was announced that William A. Law. OF
Philadelphia, had been elected a director
ar a recent meeting, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of John II. Washburn.
Gerrish II. Milliken. Of Deering. MILL
i-en & Co. who for some time following
the panic was vice-president of the Mer-
camille National Bank. Of which his father,
Seth NJ a1illiken. was temporarily pres-
dert. and George H. Church were elected
directors of the National City Bank. to
all vacancies which have existed for some
time: and at the organization meeting of
the new board President Vanderlip and the
others officers were reelected. J. H. Nc
Eloowney, assistant cashier. who has
been in charge of the bond department,
was elected a vice-presdent.
Henry p. Dawson, OF ]. P. Morgan &
Co. was elected an additional director of
the Chemical National Bank, with the
president of which. William H. Porter. he
is associated on the boards OF the Bankers,
Astor and Guaranty trust companies.
Richard H. Williams. of Williams &
Peters, was elected a director of the Ma
tional Park Bank, to fill the vacancy Gre
ated by the retirement several months ago
of George S. Hart. Mr.. Hart also retired
from the Battery Park National Bank. the
other directors of which were reelected
yesterday, the board being reduced by one
member.
Several changes were made at the cleo
ton of the National Reserve Bank. the
new directors being Joseph Di Giorgio,
Royal Victor Phoenix Ingraham and
Apram I. Elkus. The retiring members of
the board are Nelson G. Ayres, Eugene
Britton, George l. Gillon. Thomas n.
Jones' Mortimer H. Wagar and the late
II. Louderbough At the Chelsea En-
change Bank Michael II. Blake, George
Kern, William B. Krug and O. H. Bartine
were elected 10 the board, succeeding B..
L. Elgar, ID, T. p. Spencer, D. q. French
and Or. IL. r. ConnOr, and Mr.. hrug was
elected a vice-president.
The stockholders of the Fourteenth Street
Bank reelected the old directors and added
10 the board William E Wheelock, Michael
Blake, Thomas p. Spencer and Louis e.
Ennis. Jose NJ. DiaZ and David L. Luke
entered the board Of the Merchants EX-
change National Bank one to ill a vacancy
and the other an additional director.
r. Tilden MattoX has been appointed as
sistant cashier of this bank Charles Z.
Schafer was elected director of the Ger
man-American Bank TO fill the place made
vacant by the death of John d. Rockwell.
A vacancy in the board of the 41tna Ma
tional Bank was filled by the election of
William Ottman.
Samuel McRoberts, formerly treasurer of
Armour & Co. who became vice-presi-
dent of the National City Bank few
months ago. was elected yesterday di-