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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1923)
Man Who Launched Boom for Bryan in "1900 Passes Away • I Former Mayor Webster Davis Dies at Kansas City—As sistant Secretary of In terior Under McKinley. Kansas City, Feb. 22.—Webster Davis, 61, former mayor of Kansas city anil assistant secretary of tlic interior in the McKinley administra tion. died at a local hospital today of inflammation of the heart. Mr. Davis nominated William Jennings Bryan as candidate for the presiden tial nomination at the democratic national convention here in 1900. Shortly after Mr. McKinley's elec tion in 189(1. Mr- Davis was appointed assistant secretary of the interior. While serving in this capacity he was sent to South Africa. The Boer war was in progress and Mr. Davis be came so interested In the question in volved in that war that he resigned his position in the Interior depart ment. Returning to this country, lie gave his attention to making speeches and urging placing a plank in the re publican platform in 1900 declaring recognition of the Boers in their tight against England. Dr. Davis was unsuccessful in this and denounced his party, becoming a democrat. Air. Bryan, Air. Davis ex plained. had come out with the very plank he had been advocating. Air. Davis said he would support the can rV'iatn who stood for this measure. * In the democratic convention here in 1900 Air. Davis was called on for a speech. The convention was turned into an uproar when Air. Davis, In ills frenzied address, renounced the repub lican party and made his famous pledge of loyalty to Air. Bryan. Air. Davis was mayor of Kansas City from 1894 to 1896- In recent years he practiced law in Chicago. He was unmarried and leaves two brothers. Walter Davis and Harry Davis of Phoenix, Arts:. Road Conditions (Furnished by the Omaha Auto Club.) Liricoln highway east: Roads good.. Lincoln highway, west: Roads good. C. I.. P. Reads good. Meridian highway: Roads good. Comhuskcr highway: Roads good. Highland Cutoff: Roads good. S. T. A.: Roads fine. Black Hills Trail: Roads good to Nor folk. Washington highway: Roads fair to good to Sioux City. Omaha-Tulsa highway- Roads good to Topeka. Omaha-Topeka highway: Roads good to state line. King of Trail*, north: Roads f.ne. King of Tails, south: Roads fine. River to River mad: Road* fine. White-Way **7” highway: Road* good to J»ea Moines; fair to good to Da\en j'ort. F. O. A. Short line: Roads good. Blue Gras* Trail: Road* good. Weather reported clear at all station*. | Yankee Whaler’s Son Commands Leviathan [Capf-HA .Cunntn^lta-gi' C'apt. Harold A. C unningham, com modore -f the United States lines and comma,:-;er of th- S. S. George Wash ington, will command the Leviathan, greatest ship under the American flag, now nearing completion of her recon ditioning in Newport New a. Captain Cunningham is the son of an old Yan kee whaler and is very popular among his colleagues. He is only 40 years old and has been following the sea for 20 years. He began on little yachts in Sag Horbor, served as able seaman and worked his way up until, just before the war, he was given the command of a Southern Pacific liner. Ho later commanded the Panhandle State (now the President Garfield) and also the George Washington. Fathers of Legionnaires Honored at Scottsbluff Pcottsbluff. Neb.. Feb. 22.—(Special.) —A dad is wanted by the Scottsbluff legionnaires as a member of an aux iliary of the local post of former ser vice men. Legionnaires here have not only opened the e-lubroom to father at all tlrms. extending him full privi leges. but have set about under the leadership of Phil .Smith and Fred Stone to form an active fathers' aux iliary. Trades Auto for Violin. Held for Investigation After he is alleged to have traded his father's‘mortgaged automobile for end more to his liking and later to have traded th?- second machine for a violin and 56.73 t*. hoot, Raymond Stan wood, 26. sun of J. IT. Stan wood, 3732 North Forty-third street, is in j til for invcsigai ion, and faces a pos sible charge of taking mortgaged prop erty out of the state. Ree Want Ads Produce Results. I Buy These February Furniture Sale Features on Our Easy Monthly Payment Plan Kitchen Cabinet Base All White-enameled Cabinet Jlase |"v ^7 Pf with white enameled porecliron 1 W I S top,; fully efpiipped. Special— M. X 9 a 1/ r ireside Chair or Rocker Large Wing Chair or Rocker with loose spring, filled cushion seats; assorted velour covering. Special 47.75 Solid Mahogany Chair or Rocker Cane Seal and Hark Wing.Chair or Rock er in solid mahogany. Special 18.75, Seventh Floor. Slain Engineer Held Bootles^er cu IN allies of Socially Prominent in List of Clientele, Police Declare. I.os Angeles, Feb. 22.—Federal pro hibition agents today joined the police in their search .'or the slayer of Earle Remington, electrical engineer, shot down in his own door yard a week ago last night. Their entry came after a declaration by the police th'at the widow, Mif. Virginia Lola Stone Remington, had told them the dead man was a "society” bootlegger, and after the police had found, questioned and temporarily released a man who admitted having operated three still3 for the engineer. The police also said they had lo cated a large quantity of liquor said to have been in Remington's posses sion, but the chief interest of the federal officials was believed to rest in the police statement that one of Remington's, notebooks containing 200 names and records of sales had come into their hands. A Select Clientele. It was said .that although the liquor in question was distilled by an ama teur it was sold to a select clientele, including persons high ill business and society circles of Los Angeles. The police questioned several men whose names appeared in the Rem ington notebook and stated they ob tained admissions of purchases of liquor trom the engineer. The officers took nearly 100 gallons of bootleg whisky from tho basement of the Remington residence and de clared they had been told by the man who admitted having operated still? for the slain man that one of (hem, with a capacity of 7i gallons, had been installed first in the basement of Remington's business office here and later moved to his ranch near Chino, 10 mile i cast if Loa Angeles. Strang* Men. Mrs. Remington was said to have told the police of frequent visits to their home by strange men who made bargains for the sale and purchase of liquor with her husband, anri of how- his whisky-making made the | house smell so strong of alcohol that she was forced to give up social activities. "Earle had a terrible quarrel over the telephone with somebody—I sup pose a man—two nights before the tragedy,” she was quoted. "I so loathed Ills part in thb liquor traf fic that I tried to avoid hearing the conversation hut some of it was forced upon my ears. It was ap parently an argument over the priee of some goods. I heard Earle threat en the person with whom lie was tuft ing and no doubt, the other person threatened Earl/' ’ Willie Earle and I started to drift apart inorc than three years ago, the last six months of our life together v as the hardest for me. It has been a horrible nightmare since he first made this house the resting place for liquor.” Goes to Prison for Mail Robbery Tim Murphy, ( liiengo labor leader, who lias long (ought going to prison as the result of liis conviction in con nection with the Dearborn street mail robbery in ('hieago, lias been ordered sent to Fort Leavenworth at onee. North Bend Man Elected Head of Telephone Body Lincoln, Feb. 22.—(Special.)—E. L. Kelley of North Rend was elected president of the Nebraska Telephone association at the dosing session of the annual convention Thursday. Other officers are: Vice presidents, E. D. Warner, Scottsblulf, and .1. W. Richmond. Wisner: secretary treasur er, A, W. Forbes, Stanton. Directors were chosen as follows: Three years, George Decker. Pawnee City; 1„. IJ. Wilson. Omaha; It. E. Mattlson, Lin coln; two years, Warren Pratt, Kear ney. and M J>. Young, franklin; one year. W, ]). AAalt, Comstock, and J. E. Grant, Sargent. Ninth Judicial District Bar Association Formed Norfolk, Nob, Feb. 22.—(Special.)— At a banquet given here by District Judge AV. A'. Allen and Anson A, AVclcli, the Ninth judicial district bir association vat organized with Fred S. Berry of AVayne elected president. Other officers arc AVebh Illce, Norfolk, vice president; AS", ft. McFarland, Nor folk, secretary; Lyle B. Jackson, Neligh. treasurer. Nebraska Press Association Holds Convention in Lincoln Lincoln, Feb. 22.—(Special.)—The Nebraska Press association (J petit d its 60tli annual convention at the Lin. dell hotel Thursday. The annual ban quet was lie-id Thursday evening with President J. 1’. O'Furey of Burlington * presiding. J. E. Lawrence, managing! editor of the Lincoln Star, spok- at the afternoon session. Manager of True Vt ortli Garment Company Die Fred Schneider, 60. 6409 Florence boulevard, manager of the True AA ortli Garment company, Sixteenth j and Harney streets, died yesterday at* i local hospital following an Illness of four months. He was born at Bloomington, 111., and had lived in Omaha 35 years. He is survived by his widow, both parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Schnei der, 2222 Ogden street, and one broth er, Albert i>. Schneider of Kansas City, Mo. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. I Edward Kurtz Ends Life by Cutting His Throat Edward Kurtz, 54, 2202 North Sev enty-first street, committed suicide yesterday by cutting his throat with a razor in the clothes closet of his apartment. His wife heard him get out of bed Those who drink \ M*J*6 will ten >*>u that it is an ideal coflee iotjlavoj' ©Whether you drink it Mack or with cream there is a smooth mellow l flavor not found in, j\any other coffee Quality Cqffpetf Omertcct a"-T ^ Groneweg & Schpentgen Co. 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A style for every typo of miss and woman. There is no cml to the many beautiful col ors delicate alludes of blue, pale, yellow and lavender, green, red, brown, rose and pink and others too numerous to mention. . k M* Mb* '^PSWItTT?* *""CS5TC3rii|t5S3r™* •.•»■»•.*«•*"•.« r "••*» «•» * ••» *• • -•'* ^*V• •• i^lirgigvlorl fMinaEvforl [Minalfttorl ...—' ~ ****WV- ■ rr. shout S yesterday morning anil later heard him moving about In the closet. It was noon before she became alarm ed. She called O. It. Wagenseller, 2203 North Twcgty first street, who t ri<-d to force the door of the closet. Police were called. Van Dense!), pried open the door, they found Kurtz lying on the floor with wounds in his throat and left wrist. where an artery had been severed. Kurtz had been dead about four hours. Kurtz is survived by his widow and five rhildren. Ill health is believed to havd l>een the eause of his art. What i" believed to be the large-* ruby In the world was recently re ceived in London. The 'stone is oval in shape, weighs 22 carats ar.U is val ued at $60,000. Buy on Oakland's “Mileage-Basis” Plan—and Know In Advance! When you go to the show judge the cars you see on the basis of the actual mileage they will deliver! y ou ha ve proba bly own edone car, perhaps more -you’re motor wise! Look for power, beauty, econ omy-look for a body that pleases the eye and a price that fits your purse— but look beyond these things! Make sure—in advance—of the quality built into the car, and of the satisfying mileage it will deliver! For the Jirsl time in motor car history, you can do this! Under Oakland's “mileage basis” plan you can know, before you buy, those things you have hitherto, perhaps, learned only by experience. Oakland will tell you. jor in stance, that its valves will function properly for 15,000 miles or more be fore requiring grinding! I Oakland will tell you that its main crankshaft bearings and con necting rod bearings will require no attention or adjustment under - 40.000 miles or more! An Oakland Six will deliver 20 to 25 miles per gallon of gasoline - 15.000 to 25,000 miles per set of tires! ind the major parts oj an Oakland Six (axles, frames, bodies, etc. , will endure throughout the life of the car. When you weigh these Jig ures in the light of your own per sonal experience as a motorist with cars of various makes you will ap preciate how remarkable they are. .ind when you remember that Oakland last year guaranteed the performance of its engine for 15.000 miles, and that it cost Oak land only a fraction of a cent per car to make good this guarantee-then you will appreciate how certain Oak land is of its ground and how accu rate these figures are! See all the cars at the showl —judge them all on Oakland's “mileage-basis” plan—and only a car tcith Oakland quality which will be way above Oakland in price! trill satisfy you.’ )\'atch for complete details of Oak land's "Mileage-Basis'' Plan in the Show S'umbcr of this Scwspaper Oakland Motor Car Co., Pontiac, Michigan tfttm ef Genera’. Metvn Cerln*eafscn OAKLAND MOTOR CAR CO. Oakland Bld|. 20th and Harney Street* Telephone AT lantic 2929 Wholesale, Retail—Factory Branch Serv. ice, which mean* a permanent interest in every Oakland and it* owner. (Oakland^) USB BEE WANT APS—THEY BRING RESULTS Straight Downtown Animated Film Advertising Service There is a difference be tween straight downtown animated film advertising service and running in sub urban houses. Ask us about rates, circula tion. in the World, Sun, Moon and Muse theaters. Also notice the difference between Art Anima film ads displayed at these theaters, and others. 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