New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
BANKS MAKE CHANGES
lanes StiIIman RetiTeS from
Several DireCtorateS.
ANNUAL MEETINGS HELD
q W. Perkins Quits National
City and McRoberts the
Metropolis Board.

,r,al meetings of all the national
ond of a number Of state banks and
'-. companies in this city were held yes
w., and many changes were made in
d,,ectorates. Chief among them were
r.tirement Of James Stiilman, chair
% ", Of the National City Bank, from the
.,as s Of several banks. the resignation of
go w. Perkins as a director Of the
s,.nonal City Bank and the retirement OF
s.,,usl McRoberts, vice-president Of the
s.a,,onsl City Bank, from the board OF the
n.nr Of the Metropolis. The largest num-
-, ~ changes was in the Liberty National
n.,k which elected eight new directors.
A. stiIlman's resignation from the sew
.,.i boards was due, Il was said, TO his de-
.,,e 70 retire as director from all banks
.I,b which he has been connected except
,hs National City. The retirement of
George W. Perkins from the National City
psnk directorate was in line with his
,,.ter,ent made last August that, II was
Mis- intention, as soon as possible, TO further
,,rcumscribe his business activities so as
a. devote more time to corporate work and
matters of.a public nature, which was also
,bs reason he gave for his retirement from
The firm Of ]. P. Morgan & Co, on jan
uary l. a year ago.
z. P. Swenson, of L. W. Swenson & Son,
Of No 81 Wall street, was elected a director
Of the National City Bank, to succeed Mr..
Perkins The other directors were re-elect-
cd The board of directors of the First
National Bank was increased TO fifteen
members by the election of Charles d.
Norton, who resigned as secretary TO Presi-
dent Taft last spring TO become vice-presi-
dent Of the bank II. c. Fahnestock de-
cIned reelection as vice-president
Liberty's Board Increase.
The Liberty National Bank increased the
size Of the board. from sixteen to twenty
four members and the following new di-
Iectors were elected Newcomb Carlton,
Otis H. Cutler, Samuel L. Fuller, T. Z.
LOomis. Daniel Pomeroy. Seward Prosser,
Charles II. Sabin and Albert H. Wiggin.
Charles A. Moore retired from the board
The officers all were reelected
AT the meeting of the stockholders Of
the Hanover National Bank all the retiring
directors were reelected with the excep-
ton Of James Stillman. William V. :.
Thorne succeeded Mr.. Stillman.
H. B. Thayer was elected director Of
the National Bank of Commerce. to sue
eeed Frederick Cromwell The other retir-
ing directors weSe reelected. At the an
nual meeting of the National Nassau Bank.
Augustine J. Smith was elected director
10 succeed Richard Young. resigned The
other directors were reelected. l.. F. Dom
merich and Charles L. SChafer resigned as
directors Of the German-American Bank,
and their places on the board were filled by
the election Of Martin J. Quinn and Ed
ward Schafer.
Samuel McRobeTts, resigned as director
Of the Bank Of the Metropolis and was sue
oeeded on the board by Stephen Baker.
The other directors were reelected. f. s.
Giese, cashier Of the Bryant Park Bank,
vas elected director to succeed Henry l..
Cohen. resigned.
Irving NJ. Shaw retired as president of
the Chelsea Exchange Bank and was sue
ceeded by a. Z. Stilger formerly vice
president and cashier Mr.. Shaw remained
as a..director J. ~ WHY'S, president OF
the willys-Overland Automobile Company
vas elected vice-president 10 succeed Mr.
Stllger and also a director. filling a vacancy
en- the board.