The Santa Cruz Evening News, Santa Cruz, California, 21 Dec 1941, pg 9.
H.J. BIAS, 41 YEARS SANTA CRUZ ATTORNEY, IS DEAD:
Community of Which He Was Native Mourns Leader Whose Long and Useful Career Is Ended
Harry J. Bias, for 41 years a member of the bar in Santa Cruz, the city of his birth, died yesterday morning at the age of 62.
Death came to him suddenly after he had suffered two heart attacks during the night. Last Wednesday he was in San Jose presiding as referee in bankruptcy, a federal position he had held for many years.
A son of John B Bias and the late Mrs Emma Bias, he made Santa Cruz his home for his entire lifetime. He attended Laurel and Mission Hill schools and was graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1897.
Throughout his life Harry Bias was active in civic affairs. For the Chamber of Commerce he performed many functions. At the time of his death he was chairman of the flood control committee of that organization, a position which required much time and legal knowledge.
Mr Bias studied law under Judge John H Logan, one of Santa Cruz' famed jurists, and was admitted to the bar in 1900 at the age of 21. Soon afterward he became justice of the peace, being the youngest man in that position in California at the time. At one time he held the post of police judge in the city.
In 1913 Mr Bias was appointed referee in bankruptcy for Santa Cruz and Monterrey counties and only last month his jurisdiction as referee was extended to include Santa Clara and San Benito counties.
Mr Bias was a man who treasured his associations. After his graduation from the high school here he was long active in its alumni association. He took and active part in the Santa Cruz County Bar Association, of which he was president for several terms, and represented it on many occasions at the state bar association, in which he was an active and well known member.
Justice of the Peace W.A. Deans was Mr Bias' law partner until Mr Deans was appointed justice. When Mr Bias' nephew, Robert Belden Bias, was admitted to the bar he became associated with his uncle, until the nephew left to enter the government service, in which he is now stationed in Washington, D.C.
Harry Bias was the son of one of three brothers who came to Santa Cruz about the time of the Civil War, William H, Robert and John. After they had established homes they sent to Wisconsin in 1878 for their parents, Mr and Mrs James Bias, both natives of England, who had come to the United States in 1837.
Despite his English birth, James Bias had fought in the Black Hawk War in the same company with Abraham Lincoln.
John Bias married Emma Winterhalder, daughter of Charles W Winterhalder, the pioneer Santa Cruz jeweler. They made their home on Lorenzo Lane, then one of the better residence streets of Santa Cruz where Harry Bias was born in 1879, the oldest of six brothers.
William H Bias, who married a daughter of William Anthony, a hardware merchant here before the Civil War, who represented the county in the legislature. "Billy" Bias in the early days drove the stage along the coast from Santa Cruz to Pescadero; later he was county treasurer for several terms.
Harry Bias was baptized and confirmed in Calvary Episcopal church, of which members of both the Bias and Winterhalder families were among the first communicants. He was for years a member of its vestry.
Mr Bias is survied by his widow, Mrs Alice Bias, and two sons, Harry James Bias, Jr, and Daniel B Bias. He is also survived by four brothers, George, Robert, Belden and Leslie, and by his father.
SIDE ARTICLES, SAME NEWSPAGE:
1) TRIBUTE PAID TO JUDGE BIAS BY BAR ASSOCIATION: Tribute to Judge Harry Bias was paid yesterday by James Scoppettone, secretary of the Santa Cruz Bar association, and acting president of that body during the illness of its president, J. Leslie Johnston.
"Judge Bias was a man who had practiced law more than 40 years in Santa Cruz county and during that time his career was such that he was respected by all members of the bar as well as the bench. He has a host of friends throughout the county.
Mr Bias was a particular help to the younger lawyers, especially in Santa Cruz. We deeply regret his untimely passing."
2) MOURNED: Harry James Bias:
JUDGE FOR DAY ON QUEEN'S BENCH IN LONDON IN 1924:
Judge Harry Bias was not only admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, and honor conferred upon distinguished lawyers visiting Washington (DC), but was admitted to the Queen's Bench of Great Britain.
In 1924, on a visit to London, the United States ambassador gave him introduction which secured him the honorary post as a member of the Queen's Bench. He was given a judge's gown and a place on the bench, where he was consulted by the British judges who were his confreres for the day.
3) FRIENDS INVITED TO ATTEND BIAS RITES TUESDAY MORNING:
Funeral services for Judge Harry J Bias will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from Wessendorf's mortuary chapel, with rites by the Elks Lodge, of which he was a past exalted ruler. Rites at the Santa Cruz mausoleum will be in charge of the Masonic Lodge, of which he was a past master. The public is invited to attend the services. In other fraternal affiliations Mr Bias was a member of the Knights Templar and of the Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was a past president of the Santa Cruz Parlor of Native Sons, and was first president of the Santa Cruz Rotary Club. He was for several years a member of the school board and its president at the time the Mission Hill, Gault and Laurel school buildings were erected. During World War I he was a member of the draft board of this county.
H.J. BIAS, 41 YEARS SANTA CRUZ ATTORNEY, IS DEAD:
Community of Which He Was Native Mourns Leader Whose Long and Useful Career Is Ended
Harry J. Bias, for 41 years a member of the bar in Santa Cruz, the city of his birth, died yesterday morning at the age of 62.
Death came to him suddenly after he had suffered two heart attacks during the night. Last Wednesday he was in San Jose presiding as referee in bankruptcy, a federal position he had held for many years.
A son of John B Bias and the late Mrs Emma Bias, he made Santa Cruz his home for his entire lifetime. He attended Laurel and Mission Hill schools and was graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1897.
Throughout his life Harry Bias was active in civic affairs. For the Chamber of Commerce he performed many functions. At the time of his death he was chairman of the flood control committee of that organization, a position which required much time and legal knowledge.
Mr Bias studied law under Judge John H Logan, one of Santa Cruz' famed jurists, and was admitted to the bar in 1900 at the age of 21. Soon afterward he became justice of the peace, being the youngest man in that position in California at the time. At one time he held the post of police judge in the city.
In 1913 Mr Bias was appointed referee in bankruptcy for Santa Cruz and Monterrey counties and only last month his jurisdiction as referee was extended to include Santa Clara and San Benito counties.
Mr Bias was a man who treasured his associations. After his graduation from the high school here he was long active in its alumni association. He took and active part in the Santa Cruz County Bar Association, of which he was president for several terms, and represented it on many occasions at the state bar association, in which he was an active and well known member.
Justice of the Peace W.A. Deans was Mr Bias' law partner until Mr Deans was appointed justice. When Mr Bias' nephew, Robert Belden Bias, was admitted to the bar he became associated with his uncle, until the nephew left to enter the government service, in which he is now stationed in Washington, D.C.
Harry Bias was the son of one of three brothers who came to Santa Cruz about the time of the Civil War, William H, Robert and John. After they had established homes they sent to Wisconsin in 1878 for their parents, Mr and Mrs James Bias, both natives of England, who had come to the United States in 1837.
Despite his English birth, James Bias had fought in the Black Hawk War in the same company with Abraham Lincoln.
John Bias married Emma Winterhalder, daughter of Charles W Winterhalder, the pioneer Santa Cruz jeweler. They made their home on Lorenzo Lane, then one of the better residence streets of Santa Cruz where Harry Bias was born in 1879, the oldest of six brothers.
William H Bias, who married a daughter of William Anthony, a hardware merchant here before the Civil War, who represented the county in the legislature. "Billy" Bias in the early days drove the stage along the coast from Santa Cruz to Pescadero; later he was county treasurer for several terms.
Harry Bias was baptized and confirmed in Calvary Episcopal church, of which members of both the Bias and Winterhalder families were among the first communicants. He was for years a member of its vestry.
Mr Bias is survied by his widow, Mrs Alice Bias, and two sons, Harry James Bias, Jr, and Daniel B Bias. He is also survived by four brothers, George, Robert, Belden and Leslie, and by his father.
SIDE ARTICLES, SAME NEWSPAGE:
1) TRIBUTE PAID TO JUDGE BIAS BY BAR ASSOCIATION: Tribute to Judge Harry Bias was paid yesterday by James Scoppettone, secretary of the Santa Cruz Bar association, and acting president of that body during the illness of its president, J. Leslie Johnston.
"Judge Bias was a man who had practiced law more than 40 years in Santa Cruz county and during that time his career was such that he was respected by all members of the bar as well as the bench. He has a host of friends throughout the county.
Mr Bias was a particular help to the younger lawyers, especially in Santa Cruz. We deeply regret his untimely passing."
2) MOURNED: Harry James Bias:
JUDGE FOR DAY ON QUEEN'S BENCH IN LONDON IN 1924:
Judge Harry Bias was not only admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, and honor conferred upon distinguished lawyers visiting Washington (DC), but was admitted to the Queen's Bench of Great Britain.
In 1924, on a visit to London, the United States ambassador gave him introduction which secured him the honorary post as a member of the Queen's Bench. He was given a judge's gown and a place on the bench, where he was consulted by the British judges who were his confreres for the day.
3) FRIENDS INVITED TO ATTEND BIAS RITES TUESDAY MORNING:
Funeral services for Judge Harry J Bias will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from Wessendorf's mortuary chapel, with rites by the Elks Lodge, of which he was a past exalted ruler. Rites at the Santa Cruz mausoleum will be in charge of the Masonic Lodge, of which he was a past master. The public is invited to attend the services. In other fraternal affiliations Mr Bias was a member of the Knights Templar and of the Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was a past president of the Santa Cruz Parlor of Native Sons, and was first president of the Santa Cruz Rotary Club. He was for several years a member of the school board and its president at the time the Mission Hill, Gault and Laurel school buildings were erected. During World War I he was a member of the draft board of this county.
The Santa Cruz Evening News, Santa Cruz, California, 21 Dec 1941, pg 9.
H.J. BIAS, 41 YEARS SANTA CRUZ ATTORNEY, IS DEAD:
Community of Which He Was Native Mourns Leader Whose Long and Useful Career Is Ended
Harry J. Bias, for 41 years a member of the bar in Santa Cruz, the city of his birth, died yesterday morning at the age of 62.
Death came to him suddenly after he had suffered two heart attacks during the night. Last Wednesday he was in San Jose presiding as referee in bankruptcy, a federal position he had held for many years.
A son of John B Bias and the late Mrs Emma Bias, he made Santa Cruz his home for his entire lifetime. He attended Laurel and Mission Hill schools and was graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1897.
Throughout his life Harry Bias was active in civic affairs. For the Chamber of Commerce he performed many functions. At the time of his death he was chairman of the flood control committee of that organization, a position which required much time and legal knowledge.
Mr Bias studied law under Judge John H Logan, one of Santa Cruz' famed jurists, and was admitted to the bar in 1900 at the age of 21. Soon afterward he became justice of the peace, being the youngest man in that position in California at the time. At one time he held the post of police judge in the city.
In 1913 Mr Bias was appointed referee in bankruptcy for Santa Cruz and Monterrey counties and only last month his jurisdiction as referee was extended to include Santa Clara and San Benito counties.
Mr Bias was a man who treasured his associations. After his graduation from the high school here he was long active in its alumni association. He took and active part in the Santa Cruz County Bar Association, of which he was president for several terms, and represented it on many occasions at the state bar association, in which he was an active and well known member.
Justice of the Peace W.A. Deans was Mr Bias' law partner until Mr Deans was appointed justice. When Mr Bias' nephew, Robert Belden Bias, was admitted to the bar he became associated with his uncle, until the nephew left to enter the government service, in which he is now stationed in Washington, D.C.
Harry Bias was the son of one of three brothers who came to Santa Cruz about the time of the Civil War, William H, Robert and John. After they had established homes they sent to Wisconsin in 1878 for their parents, Mr and Mrs James Bias, both natives of England, who had come to the United States in 1837.
Despite his English birth, James Bias had fought in the Black Hawk War in the same company with Abraham Lincoln.
John Bias married Emma Winterhalder, daughter of Charles W Winterhalder, the pioneer Santa Cruz jeweler. They made their home on Lorenzo Lane, then one of the better residence streets of Santa Cruz where Harry Bias was born in 1879, the oldest of six brothers.
William H Bias, who married a daughter of William Anthony, a hardware merchant here before the Civil War, who represented the county in the legislature. "Billy" Bias in the early days drove the stage along the coast from Santa Cruz to Pescadero; later he was county treasurer for several terms.
Harry Bias was baptized and confirmed in Calvary Episcopal church, of which members of both the Bias and Winterhalder families were among the first communicants. He was for years a member of its vestry.
Mr Bias is survied by his widow, Mrs Alice Bias, and two sons, Harry James Bias, Jr, and Daniel B Bias. He is also survived by four brothers, George, Robert, Belden and Leslie, and by his father.
SIDE ARTICLES, SAME NEWSPAGE:
1) TRIBUTE PAID TO JUDGE BIAS BY BAR ASSOCIATION: Tribute to Judge Harry Bias was paid yesterday by James Scoppettone, secretary of the Santa Cruz Bar association, and acting president of that body during the illness of its president, J. Leslie Johnston.
"Judge Bias was a man who had practiced law more than 40 years in Santa Cruz county and during that time his career was such that he was respected by all members of the bar as well as the bench. He has a host of friends throughout the county.
Mr Bias was a particular help to the younger lawyers, especially in Santa Cruz. We deeply regret his untimely passing."
2) MOURNED: Harry James Bias:
JUDGE FOR DAY ON QUEEN'S BENCH IN LONDON IN 1924:
Judge Harry Bias was not only admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, and honor conferred upon distinguished lawyers visiting Washington (DC), but was admitted to the Queen's Bench of Great Britain.
In 1924, on a visit to London, the United States ambassador gave him introduction which secured him the honorary post as a member of the Queen's Bench. He was given a judge's gown and a place on the bench, where he was consulted by the British judges who were his confreres for the day.
3) FRIENDS INVITED TO ATTEND BIAS RITES TUESDAY MORNING:
Funeral services for Judge Harry J Bias will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from Wessendorf's mortuary chapel, with rites by the Elks Lodge, of which he was a past exalted ruler. Rites at the Santa Cruz mausoleum will be in charge of the Masonic Lodge, of which he was a past master. The public is invited to attend the services. In other fraternal affiliations Mr Bias was a member of the Knights Templar and of the Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was a past president of the Santa Cruz Parlor of Native Sons, and was first president of the Santa Cruz Rotary Club. He was for several years a member of the school board and its president at the time the Mission Hill, Gault and Laurel school buildings were erected. During World War I he was a member of the draft board of this county.
H.J. BIAS, 41 YEARS SANTA CRUZ ATTORNEY, IS DEAD:
Community of Which He Was Native Mourns Leader Whose Long and Useful Career Is Ended
Harry J. Bias, for 41 years a member of the bar in Santa Cruz, the city of his birth, died yesterday morning at the age of 62.
Death came to him suddenly after he had suffered two heart attacks during the night. Last Wednesday he was in San Jose presiding as referee in bankruptcy, a federal position he had held for many years.
A son of John B Bias and the late Mrs Emma Bias, he made Santa Cruz his home for his entire lifetime. He attended Laurel and Mission Hill schools and was graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1897.
Throughout his life Harry Bias was active in civic affairs. For the Chamber of Commerce he performed many functions. At the time of his death he was chairman of the flood control committee of that organization, a position which required much time and legal knowledge.
Mr Bias studied law under Judge John H Logan, one of Santa Cruz' famed jurists, and was admitted to the bar in 1900 at the age of 21. Soon afterward he became justice of the peace, being the youngest man in that position in California at the time. At one time he held the post of police judge in the city.
In 1913 Mr Bias was appointed referee in bankruptcy for Santa Cruz and Monterrey counties and only last month his jurisdiction as referee was extended to include Santa Clara and San Benito counties.
Mr Bias was a man who treasured his associations. After his graduation from the high school here he was long active in its alumni association. He took and active part in the Santa Cruz County Bar Association, of which he was president for several terms, and represented it on many occasions at the state bar association, in which he was an active and well known member.
Justice of the Peace W.A. Deans was Mr Bias' law partner until Mr Deans was appointed justice. When Mr Bias' nephew, Robert Belden Bias, was admitted to the bar he became associated with his uncle, until the nephew left to enter the government service, in which he is now stationed in Washington, D.C.
Harry Bias was the son of one of three brothers who came to Santa Cruz about the time of the Civil War, William H, Robert and John. After they had established homes they sent to Wisconsin in 1878 for their parents, Mr and Mrs James Bias, both natives of England, who had come to the United States in 1837.
Despite his English birth, James Bias had fought in the Black Hawk War in the same company with Abraham Lincoln.
John Bias married Emma Winterhalder, daughter of Charles W Winterhalder, the pioneer Santa Cruz jeweler. They made their home on Lorenzo Lane, then one of the better residence streets of Santa Cruz where Harry Bias was born in 1879, the oldest of six brothers.
William H Bias, who married a daughter of William Anthony, a hardware merchant here before the Civil War, who represented the county in the legislature. "Billy" Bias in the early days drove the stage along the coast from Santa Cruz to Pescadero; later he was county treasurer for several terms.
Harry Bias was baptized and confirmed in Calvary Episcopal church, of which members of both the Bias and Winterhalder families were among the first communicants. He was for years a member of its vestry.
Mr Bias is survied by his widow, Mrs Alice Bias, and two sons, Harry James Bias, Jr, and Daniel B Bias. He is also survived by four brothers, George, Robert, Belden and Leslie, and by his father.
SIDE ARTICLES, SAME NEWSPAGE:
1) TRIBUTE PAID TO JUDGE BIAS BY BAR ASSOCIATION: Tribute to Judge Harry Bias was paid yesterday by James Scoppettone, secretary of the Santa Cruz Bar association, and acting president of that body during the illness of its president, J. Leslie Johnston.
"Judge Bias was a man who had practiced law more than 40 years in Santa Cruz county and during that time his career was such that he was respected by all members of the bar as well as the bench. He has a host of friends throughout the county.
Mr Bias was a particular help to the younger lawyers, especially in Santa Cruz. We deeply regret his untimely passing."
2) MOURNED: Harry James Bias:
JUDGE FOR DAY ON QUEEN'S BENCH IN LONDON IN 1924:
Judge Harry Bias was not only admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, and honor conferred upon distinguished lawyers visiting Washington (DC), but was admitted to the Queen's Bench of Great Britain.
In 1924, on a visit to London, the United States ambassador gave him introduction which secured him the honorary post as a member of the Queen's Bench. He was given a judge's gown and a place on the bench, where he was consulted by the British judges who were his confreres for the day.
3) FRIENDS INVITED TO ATTEND BIAS RITES TUESDAY MORNING:
Funeral services for Judge Harry J Bias will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from Wessendorf's mortuary chapel, with rites by the Elks Lodge, of which he was a past exalted ruler. Rites at the Santa Cruz mausoleum will be in charge of the Masonic Lodge, of which he was a past master. The public is invited to attend the services. In other fraternal affiliations Mr Bias was a member of the Knights Templar and of the Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was a past president of the Santa Cruz Parlor of Native Sons, and was first president of the Santa Cruz Rotary Club. He was for several years a member of the school board and its president at the time the Mission Hill, Gault and Laurel school buildings were erected. During World War I he was a member of the draft board of this county.
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