Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-10
BANK SURPLUS IS INCREASED
First Nationals Capital Now Equals
That of Omaha National.
YEARLY MEETINGS ARE HELD
All National Institutions Hold Elee-
tions and but Few Changes in
the Directories Are An
nounced.

The First National bank. at its annual
meeting Tuesday morning. increased is
surplus from SDoO.9 to slGo.0aO. making
its combined capital and surplus Ss,500vt0
exactly eQualing the combined capital
and surplus of the Omaha National bank
which. with capital OF Sl.cc,oo9 increased
its surplus about two weexs ago from
S2Oo.000 TO $4,000
The United States National is only Sleo
90 behind in this respect. having re-
Gently Increased its capital from s5la.0VJ
TO $4,000 and its surplus from $4,000 to
$1,000
All of the national banks held annual
meetings today. only few changes in the
directorates being made. Z. l.. Burke OF
Kent & Burke. cattle feeders at Genoa,
Neh., was added to the directorate Of the
United States National. e. Z. Yost and
John 5. King were added TO the director
ate Of the Stock Yards National bank Of
South Omaha. George \. Joslyn OF
Omaha and George n. Peek OF Moline. Ill.
became additional directors OF the Mer-
chants National. Harold kountze OF
First National 10 succeed his father. the
late c. b. kountze.
The New Directories.
Following are the directors and Officers
elected:
First National-Offlcers: President, c
T. Kountze; vice president, f. H. Davis
second vice president. L. l.. Kountze:
cashier. T. l.. Davis: assistant cashiers
Irving Allison, G. 7. Zimmerman and o.
7. Eastman. These. with J. d. Creighton.
Harold Koun,ze, A. +. Kountze. W, ;
Poppleton and f, NJ. ANDERSEN. compose
the board of directors.
United States National-Officers: Pres
ident. NJ. T. Barlow. vice presidents q.
W. wattles and V. b. Caldwell; cashier.
w. L. Rhoades; assistant cashiers. @. E.
Haverstick, r. z. Morsman. J. Z. Nc
Clure and g. H. Yates Directors: NJ. T.
harlow ID Brandeis $ s Caldwell
Y II caldwell n A duff Thomas A
Fry G w Lyman. Euclid Martin 4.
Nnlard NJ Norsmap A I. Reed W
Rhpadas II F. smith W A smith
~ " Ws,,Iss and - = yost
Nercnar,s, Na,,,,aI-ofncars prasi.
dan, Iu,hor Droko. ,,ic,, nrosile,t L,ranL
IT IIar,iI,on. ,ash,ar Eraa % tIar,iI,o,,.
assistant cashiers n n NrcIIs and - a
DusdaIe Diractors. Iutber Drake Frank
= Hamilton q 7. Rogers Fred p
IIa,,il,o, Coorga T. pri,cbe,t Caorys A
Ios,vn and George N Paak
live Stock Natinpal-Officers. pres,-
dent. G. f NcGrew. vice president r r
GledhIlI. cashier L. NJ Lord; assistant
cashier + w. Thomas Directors. T F.
Gledhut A II Fricke A T. HerouIst
Z I. Howe w & Lambert II q Ed.
wards T. Iced W + Adkins & +
McGrew and L. NJ Lord
stncks Yards Nati,naI-Offcers. T.resI-
dent II g Rostwick. vice president V
n FoIda, second vice president = W
Clarke. cashier / G French. assistant
70 president. J. 8 King: assistant cash.
iers II G Miller and Fines Cory DIrec. |
tors. / Ogden Armour X. C. Barton. II
Z. Bostwick Truman Buck. L, BuckInr-
ham f. A. Cudahy. L. A. Cudahv. ir., G.
r Coffee. + w Clarke. r. J. Durham.
T. F Folda l. c French. r. C. Howe |
J. 8 KING f. M. Morsman jr: J. d.
Standish and C. f. Yost.
Nebraska National officers--Presldent |
Henry W. Yates; vice president. Warren |