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FERRIS WINS BIG
THEATRICAL CASE
GIVES CHARLES FROHMAN A
JOLT
Decision Is the Moat Far.Resching in
History of Stage and Is Hard
for the Syndicate to
Swallow
By I suit which Kick Ferris, lion.l "f
tho Auditorium stock company, won in
Chicago yesterday from Charles Froh
mnn, which hud bocn ponding for 18*01
years, every English, French nnd Other
foreign piny which producers have be mi
holding as their own In the United
ltatesI Itates Is thrown open to anyone who
may choose to play it. No more far
reaching decision has been given In tho
history of the theatrical business.
The case which ended In Ferris' favor
lnI In tho Illinois nppelate court yesterday
hedged about a certain production of a
melodrama called "The Fatal Card," n
big English success, which Frohrnnn
lmportedI Imported elghl or nine years ago. Oust,
Charles Frohmun's brother, had this ,
melodrama, and ordered a large quan
tity of printing from a Chicago (Inn,
which he afterward refused to take. ;
When Ferris, who was barnstorming
then, wen! T.i this house looking for
some posters he was shown this lot an.l
lnformedI Informed that a play could be "faked"
around It. He had this done, and
started out on the road with it. Noth
ing was done by the Frohmans till he
reached the Jurisdiction of the Chicago
courts, when ho was enjoined from
further us on the ground that it was
an infringement on "The Fatal card,'
in which Frohman claimed the rights.
Ferris BOUght out a clever lawyer,
who told him to fight it. The case went
into court and Frohman had to put up
a bond of $50,000 to protect Ferris in
ceasec case the latter won. It was defended
by Ferris on rather novel lines.
While his play, also called "The Fatal
Card," was not a very close imitation
of the English one, yet he went Into
court and admitted that it was a
pirated edition. But, he held, Frohman
had no more rights In the original th.m
had anyone else, though he had bought
certain alleged rights from the English
author. Frohman held those under the
common law. which provides that a
man's property is his own and that he
may dispose of it as he sees lit.
Ferris' lawyer, on the other hand,
held that a special law superseded the
common law when a special law was
passed, and that this was the case in
England, where, to hold a play it
must be actually produced. The same
holds good in the United States, where
a special law covers the case under the
copyright rules, which provides thai
two copies of a play must he deposited
with the librarian of congress in Wash
ington, these two to have been set up
and printed in the United States. Fron
man had merely been buying the com
mon law rights of the. playwrights, ■
whereas as a special law governed both
here and In England there, were no com
mon law rights in existence.
May Receive Royalties
The novelty of this ..intention was
startling-, hut it w.is sustained by the
trial court, and it has been by every
other one, with one exception. Judge
Gary, in one trial, set the case back,
1 but, on taking it to the appellate court,
Ferris and his attorney won yesterday,
and the only i nance left for Frohman
is in the United tes supreme court.
This, it is not believed, he will invade,
as the law points h; ye been very clear
ly set forth in all the trial courts,
without a flaw being found In them.
The direct effect of this decision on
Mr. Ferris is that he r lands to secure
every dollar of royalty that Frohman
has taken in through "Th. Fatal Card"
in the last seven years, with all his at
torney and court fees. The damages
which he can secure by a separate ac
tion are, of course, merely guess work.
But as the bond is only $50,000 and the
regular charges will amount to this at
least, it is hardly probable that a suit
for damages will ensue.
But the indirect effect of the decision
is what really counted. The majority
of the plays that the syndicate— of
which Charles Frohman, Indicted in
New York this week, Is a leading mem
berproduces .re Imported, Its great-
■ ■ est successes are all brought over the
ocean, on the principle that it is cheap
er and safer to buy a tried show than
to put on a native one which has not
had a tryout. It has been using these
lmported plays for several years and
then farming them out to cheaper . tars,
stock companies and the like, working
them to a frazzle for all the money
possible. The result has been practi
cally to kill American productions, no
matter how good. A native play has
had precious little chance. And the
minor player and the stock companies
have had to prodvee year after year
the tawdry Importations for lack of
native material, while the syndicate has
made enormous fortunes farming out
the work of foreign writers, whose
supposed "common law rights" it has
bought. Now, however, every one of
these importations not protected under
the United States copyright laws can
bc used by any. ■ who may desire.
The importers have no more right In
them under the law than If they had
originally pirated them.
Decision is Far.Reachlng
How far reaching this Is only those
in the business can ever cuess, When
it is recalled that tour fifths of the sue
cesses of the lust few years are of
foreign make; that almcmt nil the big
Klaw & Krl.u i:. r spectacles, such as
"Bluebeard," plays like "The Uuke uf |
Klllikrankie," 'Teter ran," "His Ex
cellency the Governor^' — which <hi Hi
lascn pays "royalty" for next week —
and hundreds of thers, are all free to
anyone, it may easily be guessed that
the decision is epochal.
lt throws the whole business of tho
play importers and play brokers Into
confusion; it will, If those who have
paid royalty ihoose to niaki it, lead to
endless litigation for royalties paid In
the past under the now exploded theory
that 'he oh 'I ■-. ■- were Just and due; It
will confuse the entire theatrical world,
permit anyone to pirate the big thin •
that the Importers have brought over
and turn the theatrical firmament top
sy turvey.
"Of courso, it 1h a big > liins for me,"
said Dick Ferris last night, when asked
about it. "No! only rim i proud of my
victory, but i am delighted at the trou
ble it will mak. for Frohman, who
treated me like a dog from first to last.
lt is impossible i . limit its effect, and
lt completely wipes out all property In
ton ■' plays unless th same have
been duly protected in the 'nil. States
under our own copyright laws, which
hafin't been done in one case out of
twenty. I have only a Ire announc
ing the decision and am waiting a
letter with full particulars."
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SOFT SOUTHERN DRAWN
FINDS AUDIENCE'S HEARTS
WILLA HOLT WAKEFIELD
"Yes, I was born in CJpnrßtn," snid
Wiiia Holl Wakefleld, but tho aoftly
turned consonants and the broad vow
els had already told the tale. The fair
skin and goldl n '>rown hair spoke just
a< Btrongl) of a descent purely Kns;
lish. "But my people oelong to all the
south. They are scattered over all of
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and
Missouri." Miss Wakefleld did not ndd,
though shr mißht truthfully have done
so, that her family hus given to the
south legislators, governors, generals
yes, and . lergymen.
But no Individual of cither the Holl
or Wakefleld families could be more
delightfully charming than the dainty
artist now appe iring at the Orpheum.
Hers is a simple little act. The
press agenl did not herald her coming
In long: type and she Is not even a head
liner, but an enthusiastic audi 1
night recalled her rive times and then
a sixth.
Sin comes upon the stage almost j
bashfully, with n few somewhat stilted
words of Introduction, fingers a few
measures of prelude on the piano and
then— just talks. That is all— just talks
three little songs, two of them humorous
and one sentimental. That is all — but
it is done with a voice so melodious
and a manner so appealing that she.
reaches straight out to every hi art.
That is all— hut no one else has ever
done it.
All the time the agile fingers are
drawing an improvised harmony from
the Ivory keys, tut with the magic of
that voice In their ears, none hears
the accompaniment. The;-, she is gone.
Jolly— dimpled— delightful; that is
Willa Holt Wake fl eld.
And sympathetic— without a nature
nt once int. use and vibrant to every
emotion she could not hold the rest
less Orpheum audience as she does.
Is it art or is it personality? Prob
ably It is both, for Miss Wakefleld is
a woman Of culturi by birth and edu
cation, and sorrow and suffering have
given her an insight Into every emotion
of the human heart. ..n artlsl recently
here has appealed to her audiences as
she has.
Mi--s Wakefleld la the same chaining
personality off the stage aa behind the
footlights. Talk with her of music,
art, psychology — anything — and you
will find a mind ained and stored with
knowledge sclentlflcall i iund and Im
mediately available. Her self is the
last topic of conversation that she
■ hooses, but persistent effort elicited a
l. w fads aboul her career.
"When 1 found myself under thf>
necessity of earning my own way in
the world," she says, "1 became a pro
fessional Boclety entertainer
JUDGE CONSIDERS
ASCOT BAR CASE
PETITIONERS ASK INJUNCTION
ORDER
Would Restrain Race Track Officials
from Selling Any More Liquor,
Though Former Privileges
Had Been Promised
The question "'" the right of thn
owners of Ascot park to conduct a bar
ut the piii'k :■ i .hi. is during ihe rui li
Kouaon v till unsolved, Yesterday
:11"i: 11"i: 1 1" i . ■ r both the contending parties, ivp
renontod by IU-v, Samuel T. Mo ■
gomery on Hi" one hand and the Abcui
rnprcjsfntatlvo on the other, hud argued
thulr dltftcultiPH In court Judge Walter
Kni'hwil of department 9 took th.- sub-
Jeci unjor consideration, and a da
ilsioii Is not cxpectod Ik fore the early
part <>f noxt ... . v.
yesterday the, petitioners asked thai n
rostrutnlUK order b<- Issuod to the court
to proven I the sale of liquor at ill- 1 raco
track until a question of permanent la
junction could be considered.
Tim prefsent/flght spreada buck ovor
considerable linn-. win ii the track
season tlml opi.-uiil Hi., men who op«
poHcii v iii paHt years Bprung a Ml |ll 110
by taking up the annexation of the
shoestring mi rip lion.
The strip \wis voted In and Ascot
park w;ih then ;i part of I.os \m. ; i s
city.
Th>- representatives <>f Ascot ralliil
quickly ami filed an Injunction reitraln«
lng tint secretary of stat»> from receiv
lng Hi. certificate uf election in regard
to ii. annexation proposition".
Following that move the who was
taken before the local superior com
i ' . i.ii i nil.;-? and Anally « hen it wan
taken before Judge Jamci hr> ordered
i in- cave scrritciieii off the calendar on
tho ground that ii had boen si tic. i out
.it court.
Teiii.s of settlement were not known,
but soon after the bar at Ascot was!
opened, Immediately tin. county was
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 2, 1907.
"At first my Intense sensitiveness
wns against my sin-ess. If a person
whom i thought unfriendly were In the
room my work was ruined. Bul de
termination to succeed overcame thl»
and I am now, I think, quite calloused
and Indifferent to unkind criticism.
"But I shall never become Indifferent
to friendly criticism or advice. I am
always grateful for well meant criti
cism.
"There were many unpleasant fea
tures of Society entertaining, especially
among tne nouveaux arrives, though
these are naturally th ■ best paying
patrons.
"I Jim In vaudeville because it is the
natural sequence Of my work as a so
ciety entertainer. It took me two years
to secure even a hearing by a vaude
ville manager. They .old me my act
was all rlprht In a drawing room, but
would never .^o In vaudeville, I have
found Orpheum audiences most kindly
and appreciative. They are more at
ease and freer to applaud than a draw-
Ing room audience.
"It was at a benefit for Vassan col
lege that I made my tirsL stage appear
ance. Then Mr. Keith offered me a
year.--- contract.
"Almost everywhere I am asked for
advice about suing on the stag ■•. It Is
n.ld that girls plan to go on the stage,
while men usually are surprised when
they find themselves there.
Sympathizes with Cripple
"Only this morning 1 a little girl came
to me at my hotel. I was not yet out
of bed when the card was brought in.
" I saw you at the Orpheum and like
you,' she said. 'I want to go on the
stage.'
" 'What can you do?' T . asked.
" 'I sing,' she replied.
"Her little body was so frail that she
rould not have produced enough sound
to fill the smallest of theaters. My
heart told tne at once her secret. Crip
pled and so deprived of a girl's natural
ambitious in life she hoped to make
a name- on the stage. What could I tell
the dear child except that the way to
fame Ik long and hard and few there
ar that reach the goal.
" 'Have you ever appeared in pub
li.?' i asked her .
" 'Yes, and 1 received the very kind
est newspaper notices. The very best
in the whole concert. 1
1 'Ah, reporters have hearts,' 1
thought, as 1 listened.
■Finally I told her to ask pome tho
atrlcal manager to her act and hear
her sing and to take his advice what
ever it might be.
■I had not the heart to tell her the
truth— truth is pom. tlmeti the. unkind
est thing in the world — to listen to."
called upon to shut up the bar. The
county officials refused on the ground
that the shoestring strip was n part of
the city. The city officials were loath
to claim tho strip, and finally when they
found that it was really within their
jurisdiction Chief K'-rn was ordered to
close up the Ascot bar, and he promptly
did bo.
The city officials then ordered it re
opened by one of those peculiar emer
gency clauses lot the good and p.a. '
the community, but before it could he
Big 1 Mayor Harper and Harry I.e
lande were enjoined to prevenl the til
ing of t he ordinance.
Y.ster.iay the terms of the agreo
menl be! ween the city and the repre
sentatives of As.-ot came to light, when
i 1i 1 was admitted In eourl that one of the
agree i.ts had been thai ahcoi should
■ i.joy the same privileges ii had before
the annexation of the strip.
Judge Bordwell will give his deaislon
regarding the bar within the next few
.lays. ■
GOVERNOR ADAMS CALLS
ON IViAYOR HARPER
Former Governor Alvah H. Adams of
' olorado, who is Ii i on iiis
way t" thi Orli ni , < 'ill.- i on Mayor
Harper yestci day,
c;. iv. in.. i Adams and party stopped
long . nough to say some woiilh of praise
for Southern California,
IN win tirst visit Ja pan and then take
a leisurely trip around thi Asiatic
countries. Mr. Adams, like Mayor liar
■ ihe hardware bustm ss.
Ulsoussina i '..lor, pi., condltloos he
s.i.i thai st. lie was doing like Califor
nia letting the world know what it
had and Inviting . veryone to come and
himself,
POSTMASTER AND BANKER
PUTTING IN FULL TIME
in. otßi i .I term of Postmaster Flint
pi March I. 1608, The salary is
Hi. Flint entered upon
bin din ■. as Ibe new iy
elected president of the Metropolitan
i i Trust company, devot Ii
eiai hours to Hi.. Interests of the bank
and then directing affairs at the post
.lie. ii. has not resigned his position
KH p.islinaster, and at present nays he
intention of doll ■
Kverythliig you want you will find In
tho clatitilUed page— ■<■ modern enryclo*
nciiia. Onu cent it word.
Underwear
We're pretty well posted
on the subject. There are
I thousand and one dif-
ferent kinds, but we know
more about GOOD un-
derwear — OUR kind.
Even as low as 50c we
have a splendid quality of
balbriggans — extra well
made, with spliced crotch,
ribbed ankle and wrist.
Other and better qual-
ities, made of Sea Island
cotton, up to $1.50 I gar-
ment. Fine mercerised
goods, in pink, blue and
lesh. $2.50 a suit and up-
wards. Still finer grades
in light weight wool, me-
rino and linen mesh. Let
the Silverwood stores sup
ply your needs — if you're
particular.
SILVERWOOD
STORES ■
21 So. Spring Street
Broadway and Sixth
Also Bakersfield and Long Beach
INVEST MILLIONS
IN THEIR PLANT
ELECTRICCOMPANJES FURNISH
VALUATIONS
Telephone Officials Ignore Law Which
Compels Public Utility Reports
Each January to the
City Clerk
With the last day of January closes
the last day of grace for the public
utility corporations to submit their an
nual reports of business to the city
clerk. This is a requirement of the law.
This year only the Los Angeles Gas
and Electric company, the Pacific Light
and Power company and the Edison
company have made their reports. The
People's Gas (Lowe) and the telephone
companies have ignored the law alto
gether.
One of the requirements is that the
companies shall state the valuations of
their holdings. • This has been com
plied with by the companies reporting.
The Los Angeles Gas and Electric
company makes the following report of
holdings:
Actual Present
ln Los Angeles. coat, value.
Gas meters 1 373.352 $ K33,33G
Gas services &M.331 567,942
Gas works 1,641, 1,473,0115
Minor improvements
( 70 per cent) ?.. 21,956 16,864
Office bldg (70 per cent) 52,688 50,068
Real estate 270,848 604,860
Regulators 18,988 15,327
Stable (70 per cent) 4.9U1 4,302
Street mains 2,334, 2,172,518
Totals 15,340.729 $5,137,844
in county of Los Angeles-
Gas meters $ 12.736 $ 11.371 !
Gas services 28.194 25,648
Regulators 6,684 6,005 1
Street mains 121.872 113,427
Totals S 169.467 I 166,452
Grand totals 18,610,187 $5,294,297
The Pacific Light and Power company
and Its subsidiary companies reports:
Land $ 456,306
Steam and hydraulic power
plants complete 2,050,786
Transmission and distribution
systems 1,874.474
Horses, wagons and harness — 10,197 ,
Total *5,29T764
Replacements $ 455,476
Actual cost of properties $5,747,240 j
The Edison Electric company fur
nishes these figures:
Real estate and buildings $388,940 I
Steam plants 244,260
Electric plants 396,7*3
Shops 6,298
Stnbles 8,162 1
Testing appliances 7,901
Hydraulic plants 848.70T
Water wheel plants 33,918
Hydro-electric plants »5,150
Transmission and distribution
systems and material 1, M1, 287
Cash value j:i.2s!i,m:(
Actual cost of above ?3,818,1!»9
ATTORNEY EXONERATED OF
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
Carlyle Winn, the young 1 attorney
who was recently arrested on a <+turse
Of embezzlement, was exonerated when
the ease was called in Police Justice
court yesterday.
Wlnn was said to have neglected to
pay $!io he had collected i" a woman
client. The woman swore out a war
rant for Ills arrest. It was shown In
court that Wlnn and the woman were
partners in the case tho money was
collected for. It was also testified that
Wlnn had been stopped on the street
by the woman and the money demand
ed of him.
The attorney agreed to pay her what
was coming, but dIC not have sufficient
funds In his pocket. Wlnn Is said to
nave agr i to send her a check cov
ering the amount, but before he had
time to do so she swore out a com
plaint for his arrest.
INCENDIARY FIRE DOES
BUT LITTLE DAMAGE
Fire Bald to be of Incendiary origin
was discovered at an early bour yes
terday morning In the rear part of
the lodging house owned by Mrs. J. j.
Boyle, ;".-i Ceres avenue,
Five gallons of gasoline are said to
have been poured over the clothing of
„ be i on the second Floor. The fire
bugs then tOUChed a match to the bed.
The sin. ike from the burning mattress
■wept through the windows and was
seen by i>«deutrlann. The flames were
extinguished after about $15 damage
had been done. Detective Hoaick was
detailed OH tho case. According to his
story the flrebUg had evidently broken
into the room
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SUICIDE'S MOTIVE
IS NOT SOLVED
BOY'S PROSPECTS APPEARED
BRIGHT
Had Everything That a Nineteen.
Year.Old Could Desire and Was
Preparing to Enter
Yale
Possfssod apparently with everything
that should make the life of a 19-year
old boy worth living, Andrew D. White,
son of Mrs. Annie White and grandson
ot Andrew D. White, former president
of Cornell university and at one time
American ambaaaador to Germany,
ftred two bullets through his head Into
Thursday afternoon and died while en
route from Nordhoff to Los Angeles for
medical attention.
The relatives and friends of the boy
can find no reason for his action and
at the Thatcher school at Nordhoff,
where he was a student, classmates
and teachers axe unable to throw any
lsht on the Buiclde.
Late Thursday afternoon young
White left his friends and went to his
room. Nothing more was seen of him
until a short time later a nurse who
was passing his door heard two shots.
closely followed by the sound of the
falling of a body. When she entered
the room sho found the unconscious
form of the boy stretched on the Boor,
and iieside him a 88-callber n volver,
Dr. Blegoi ni' Nfordhofl was called, and
two BepcialistS were summoned from
l,os Angeles, Upon their arrival they
announced that the only ii<i|»e of sav
ing White's life would be by Retting
him to a Los Angeles hospital. His
two aunts, the- Misses Bruce, two phy
sicians and a nurse aocompanied hlnii
and every effort was made to save his
life, but he died before the train
reached the city.
Whether or not the deed was prc
medltated cannot be learned, but
young White gave no intimation of his
intention, If he had any, to those asso
ciated with him.
He \v»m preparing to enter Yale eol
lose with the opening of the next term
ami had already successfully passed
some <>f his preliminary examinations
and was studying for others to be given
soon.
George re. Rodgers, a friend <>r the
family, who wan at the Alexandria
yesterday with the aunts of tho boy,
While making mningemontß for the
disposition "f the remains could give no
clew to White's reason for ending hia
life.
•It is all a mystery to us, and try
us we will we 0M find no reason why
Andrew Bhould have desired to ond
ria life. His prospects were bright In
every way. He was a studious boy,
almost too studious, and the only thing
that we can think Of Is that he became
despondent over his studies and in a
troubled moment ihot himself. Thar*
illy no reason why he should
have been despondent; be was doing
well and had successfully passe.l pan
of his examinations for Yule.
"He had no love affairs ami hits
had nothing to dfl with girln tkUOt he
was a small boy."
in» mother .-'mi oas of his aunts
w«<r« prostrate. l .vst.i .lay uh a result
«.r tin- terrible shock and the tragedy
lias c;isl a shadow over Ihe school.
Arrangements for the funeral huvn
BOt Imcii made, but lliure will bo a
private service.
"HOLY CITY" WILL BE GIVEN
A WEEK FROM NEXT MONDAY
Dick Ferris announced yesterday that
"Tho Holy City," the religious melo
drama which made so trumendous a hit
In the Auditorium recently, would go
on again a week from Monday.
"We were going to hold it for an
Easter production," said he, "but the
Insistent demands have been so enor
mous that we simply can't. We will
therefore put ,it on for February 11.
And for Easter we will give a great pro
duction of "Parsifal," with a very largo
orchestra, the organ, si singing chorus
for certain parts and a dramatic pro
duction of the rest. It will be the
blggesl showing of 'Parsifal' outside
the Metropolitan In New York. Wo
have the only other stage in the United
States that permits it."
Mr. Ferris has wired for the hook and
music of ".Salome," and If obtainable he
will put that on as soon as he can ar
range, it.
FENDERLESS CARS
CAUSE TROUBLE
Prosecuting Attorney Threatens Street
Car Officials with Arrest for Fail.
ure to Comply with Fender
Ordinance
circumstances tending to show that
the officials of the Los Angelas-Pacific
Hallway company are making no effort
to fulfill the promises made .in open
court a month iik« to equip all cars
running on its lines with fenders, art)
said to have be.-n brought to the at
tention of Prosecuting Attorney Qoorge
Heebe. Yesterday Mr. He.be served
notice on the attorneys representing the
railroad company that unless' they
showed evidence of their Intentions at
once complaints would be tiled and
motormen operating fenderlesa cars
would be arrested, together with the
officials of the company.
Early in December Oeneral Manager
T. Ft. (label of the Los Angeles-Paoiflo
was arrested in company with a motor
man on the charge of violating the
fender ordinance. The latter was lined
$10, while Mr. (label was lined $200.
The defense made by the attorneys
for the street car men was that there
was only one firm which manufactured
fenders which answered all the quali
fications called for in the ordinance.
The attorneys claimed that llrm was
choked up with orders which would
k.ep It busy for years. The attorneys,
for their clients, at last agreed to equip
the cars with lenders as soon as they
could manufacture them, and said all
cars would bS equipped With them
within a few weeks.
INCORPORATIONS
Crystal Bottltßi oonapany. Direotora:
Charles ('. Fife, Win. A. Cooper, M. A.
Hammond, A. A. Greenwood, ii. c,
Kobsahm. capital sunk 175.Q06, of
which 169.600 has been subscribed.
iinhi.in.l Park Bbell association. i'i
reotors: Mary c. Osmond, Anna it.
Brooke, Cors C, Parkard, Belle B. iiam
maoki Frames w. Kobinson, Bmma n.
loiiii, Sarah Il'.I I . Judsun. Capital stork
(25,000, of which $120 has lieun sub
scribed.
Walker Quaker Making company.
Directors: Peter Uawaoa, Joaeph walk.
nr, C. V- Westlake. Capital hlock
$50,000, of which $iOOO lias been sub
scribed.
JUBILEE FOLLOWS
BANK ELECTION
JUDGE BICKNELL AND 0. T.
JOHNSON DIRECTORS
State Bank and Trust Company Is
Strengthened by Addition of New
8100d — Gen. John R. Mathews
Re, elected President
The annual nieetinfj of the stock
holders of the State Bank and Trust
company, one of the oldest financial in
stitutions In Los Angeles, held Friday
afternoon terminated In a jubilee lovn
feast after the election of the hoard of
directors and officers.
The directors elected were Judge John
I>. Blcknell, lately a director of the
First National bank and for ninny
years Identified with the Huntington
interests; (). T. Johnson, owner of thn
Westminster hotel and one of the
largest property owners in Los Angeles;
C, T. CrOwell, capitalist and lumber
dealer; QeorgO W. Scott of Scott &
Vanaradaie, lumber merchants of San
Francisco, a director In the Crookdr
batik at San Francisco and also l
director In seven other banks; A. C.
Harper, mayor of Los Angeles and
member of the firm of Harper, Rey
nolds & Co.; A. \V. Ryan, retired capi
talist and for eighteen years superin
tendent of the LOB Angeles Water com
pany; t. EC. Qibbon, prominent lawyer
and formerly Identified with the Salt
Lake railroad; Carroll Allen of the law
ii-iti of Lawlor, Alien A Vandyke, at
torneys for tin. 1 bank, and Gen. John K.
Mathews, who for twenty-four yens
has been actively Identified With the
business interests of J-os AngelOS,
Later, as soon u» the by-laws of the
bank are amended, tWO well known In
ftuenttal residents of Los Angeles win bo
added to the directory.
These officers were elected: President,
Gen, John it. Mathews; vloe presidents,
Mayor Harper and A. W. Ityan; cashier,
S. F. Zonil.ro, who hus been In th.s
banking business all his life ami came
to Los Angeles from Ban Bernardino,
where he was Identified with tho
Farmers ESxohange bank.
The State Hank and Trust company
was established seventeen years ago.
The present capitalization Is $500,000.
A Capitol Joke
"John, <leur," snid the wife, coax-
Ingly, "instead of buying an expensive
ready-made dress i could net the ma
terial for *20. isn't that a capital
idea?"
"If that's all a new dress would cost,
no ahead," replied tho faithful John.
A little later he whs .•icannlrnf tho
bill, which mentioned {24 for making,
|20 for lace, $ii for buttons, and $11 for
findings,
"When you spoke of a •capital Idea,' "
he commented reproachfully, "i did not
suppose thai you meant the Karrlaburg
capitol iilea." r.iasl Seaman's Journal.
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