Evening star., 1927-10-25
DAVIES WARF{lD
DIES IN BAL LT|M0RE
Seaboard Railway President
Succumbs in Hospital
at Age of So.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, October 25. 3.
Davies Warfield, president and chair
/ man OF the board of the Seaboard Air
/ Line Railway Co, died last night A.
Union Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 3
! o'clock Thursday afternoon at Em'
! manuel Protestant Episcopal Church.
/ Burial will be in a local cemetery.
The immediate cause was blood.
| clot in an artery of the heart during
/ convalescence from an operation FOR
double hernia.
Mr.. Warfleld was 6S years old. Mem
her of a prominent Maryland family,
he early became interested In State
politics. Later, as president of the
Continental Trust Co. of this city, he
| became co.receiver and finally presi-
dent of the Seaboard.
AS president of the National Asso'
citation of Owners Of the Railroad Sc.
curities, he was frequently before
Congress.
| His work in extending railways In
| Florida was an important factor in
recent development of that State. He
pushed the Seaboard across the PENN.
| sula, opened new traffic channels on
the East Coast and greatly improved
railway service. The Seaboard Is now
one of the largest property owners In
the State.
During the shopmen's strike in 1922,
he was the only man at the meeting
of the Association Of Railway Execu,
tives in New York to insist that ne
gotiations with the strikers be main.
tanned. With B. M. Jewell, president
of the Railway Employees Depart
ment of the American Federation Of
Labor, he developed plans that made
possible individual agreements be-
tween railroads and their men.
Mr.. Warfield was born September 4,
1859. at his fathers Summer home,
near Mount Washington, Baltimore.
His father, the late Henry NJ. War
field. was a business man of Balti-
more and was a reform candidate for
mavor in 1875. 1t always was main.
tanned by his adherents that he was
elected. but the late Ferdinand c.
Latrobe, the regular Democratic
nominee, was seated.
The Younger Warfield became filled
with an ambition to avenge his
fathers defeat and to become mayor
himself. This latter ambition was not
realized, although he was nominated
by Independent Democrats in 1891 and
was indorsed by the Republicans. He
was defeated by the same Ferdinand
C. I.atrobe. That seemed to chill his
personal political ambition. although
he still took considerable interest in
politics.
Allied With RefOrmers.
In 1888 Mr.. Warfield was one of
4 AI,D AIrFN nh
which took an active part in President
Cleveland's unsuccessful campaign for
reelection.
Mr.. Cleveland was elected for a
second term in 1892, and next year he
appointed Mr.. Warf1eld postmaster OF
Baltimore. Senator Arthur p. Cor
man. who was opposed to Mr.. War
field, held UP his confirmation for a
long time.
AS postmaster, Mr.. Warfield's rec
ord was generally commended, except
by politicians who sought to obtain
berths for their followers. He OBJ
served civil service rules strictly and
was complimented by the Civil Service
Commission in it's report for 1895, the
Baltimore office being the only office
| mentioned in the report. He was re-
appointed by President Mckinley in
1899.
Independent Move.
In 1893 Mr. Warfield organized the
movement which led to the. election
Of the Independent DeniocratsLWil-
liam Cabell Bruce to the State Sen
ate and Thomas s. Baer. j. Hemsley
Johnson and Archibald II. Taylor to
| the House of Delegates. In 1894 he
| was active in the campaign for the
election of Mr.. Cowen as Representa-.
tive in Congress from the fourth
district.
In 1896 Mr.. Warfield bolted the
Chicago platform and Bryan and took
a leading part in organizing the