The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-13

6Ob AAto OOdAt dC a WitICI an odd way. AS a type setter O the San Francisco Examiner il 1894 he was printing an accoun ] of a baseball game when tn Copy was blown out of tn ] window by the wind He had wit messed the game so he wrote yarlt typed his own version. The resul was so amusing that the reporte who was assigned to the stor, got a $25 bonus, but he was so in dignant at what happened to hi copy that the typesetter's role wa l discovered Davis was hired a once as a writer and made good. New York finally attracted him In his varied experience as a met ropolitan reporter and editor ht had two important scoops = tht exposure of the Spanish -Ameri. can war beef scandal and the GOV ering of the memorable heavy weight championship fight betweer James J. Corbett and Robert Fitz- simmons.
 l Beef Trust Scoop
 The beef trust story was the re- suit of some good detective work but his story of the fight was a human interest classic. He had paid Bob Fitzsimmons $lo,O00 for exclusive rights to every word he uttered. but he had to live with him day and night to do it. Davis had never seen fight before in his life but he predicted accurate | ly the knockout round and punch. As a reporter he catalogued the 1 name of every person he met, jotting down names, addresses and l other information in note books. In time he had 32,000 names list ed. Whenever a story broke on any front, he referred to his list and usually had a good news source. | From NeWS 10 flcuOn From news he turned to fiction in 1903 and edited various maga- zines until The Sun turned him loose to cover the world. His col umn was called, Bob Davis Re- veals.'
 Robert Hobart Davis was born, March 23, 1869 in Brownsille, Nebraska. His father was an Epis- copal clergymen. Bob's parents had gone from their native New England to do missionary work among the Indians. Bob was edu- cated at Carson City and moved to San Francisco, where he got his start. t I He Liked To Feat a. 1 T should never have been a writer he once said. T shoul6 have been hotel proprietor. like to see people eat and I like to see them happy Bob himself liked to eat He travelled all oVel [ the South to get the lowdown or the Smithfield ham; he searched the world over for decent pan icakev and finally found it in. New Jersey. He believed that any mar who married good cook was 2 genius
 He was an author of these plays The Family The Welcher," ''Ef. ficiency and Laughter" with Per. ley Poore Sheehan). He wrote z number of books: Ruby Robert alias Bob Fitzsimmons' Over MY Left Shoulder; Tree Toad; "Au' tobiography of Small Boy anc a series of volumes of his travel! abroad
 He interviewed Benito Mussolin in Rome, September 13, 1926, fol The Associated Press and wa. made an honorary life member of the staff of that newsgatherins organization, an honor he highly prized. ga Il He married Madge Lee Hutch. inson of New York in 1899. Sht accompanied him on his world wide jaunts.
 I Found" o. Henry
 O. Henry's star was just begin. ming to rise in 1903 He was il New York but no one knev where. Davis, as a World reporter
 was assigned to find him ant make him three offers of a job at $40, $50 and $60 a week, tn, lowest figure preferred. Davis lo cated him in hall bedroom in :
 downtown rooming house, eatin,