DAVIS, Edward Clarence (YOKOHAMA), Merchant"; Senior partner Samuel, Samuel and Co.; b. 1874; m. Clara, o. d. of H. W. Andrews, Yokohama and Cincinnati. Educ.: St. Paul's School; Heidelberg College. Arrived in the East in 1896 to join firm of Samuel, Samuel and Co.; was made senior partner in 1901; when war broke out firm was entrusted with responsible duty of supplying the Japanese Army and Navy; successfully negotiated Kansai Railway Loan in 1905 (first Japanese railway loan ever floated abroad); has been holder of Formosa and Japan Camphor Monopolies for six years; has been President, Yokohama Foreign Board of Trade for last two years; President of Yokohama Amateur Dramatic Club; one of the founders of Beethoven (Mus.) Society. Clubs: Thatched House, Lond.; Yokohama United. Address: Yokohama, Japan; 29, Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London.