The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 21, 1924, Page 1

NEIGHBOR ACC | By Dyin RAR AARP WEATHER _ Minimum, noon, 48. | » Last 24 Hours ; | The Newspaper With the Biggest Cireulation i in Washington od Class Matter M ay 2, 180%, wi SEATTLE, flee at Seattle, the Act of Congress Ma WASH,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1924. Daugherty Calls in Sleuths! Howdy, folks! The Spokane counell has passed special fic laws to regu ing over the town. that all loose bolts, ak nes. which | of a plane must be parachutes, in a tall same to low. t must sig pedestrians on the st ee Parking on clouds ts strict hibited. pro SUGGESTION Now that Spokane has passed traffle laws for airplanes, they ought to fill up those dangerous “holes in the air” the fliers are always complaining of. Attorney General | Urged to Resign | by Republicans, | but Stands Pat BY A. L. BRADFORD (Chited Press Statt Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—At torney General Daugherty today was faced with the alternative of | resigning from the cabinet “to Felieve President Coolidge from an embarrassing position” or un- dergoing senate condemnation, in a resolution similar to that adopt- ed in the case of Secretary of the Navy Denby. Daugherty, perhaps the most plain- |spoken executive in the administra tion, has taken the attitude that his —- %| Fecord is clean; that he doesn't care J | What the senate, or, in fact, anyone | [else thinks; that he knows what he's about; that lie's ready to fight it out When would y a u ca calf tes down to rest The bone and Are dad dut mig But if a ukulele A wheelbarrow the t be makes music, is a hearse. sarophone worse; Que more problem of the ages | That makes the wise owls dink;| If a slide trombone is music, | Then this near-beer is @ drink. | e’e. | This is Better Malling Week, and} crowds of happy letter-writers are mging the postoffice corridors in} ‘us celebration of the festival. DATE FOR THE POISON IVY CLUB The bloke who orders iced | | | tea and an oyster cocktail for | | With his accusers, | breakfast. | |resign uniess the president asks him | a— mg | to. | But republican senators are not de- ‘The latest fashion is for girls to|#irous of having any knockdown, ¢ ‘cks. To appropriate |dragout fight with the attorney gen- se of Dean Condon,}¢fal, whose ability has long been have weak knees or | Proved in rough and tumble politica! \jams. Hence, th are exerting Pressure both on President Coolidge and Daugherty himself to create a vacancy in the attorney generalship without further furore. become of the old- who found a thrill in| turning sheet music while the Only Girl played the parlor organ?—Tam-| Late yesterday Senators Lodge and pa Tribu: | Pepper calied on Mr. Coolidge to thin He's out on the Bothell highway |end and today other republican sena- trying to drive with one hand. |tors are getting into the play, mostly . |with Daugherty. W. J. BURNS CALLED IN BY DAUGHERTY Daugherty today called in William J. Burnf, head of the department of c service, to help him @ counter attack on his shioned bo ‘The “ti which has been used on several criminals in Callfor nia successfully, was tried yesterday on two San Die But it didn't work, The fuse blew out. TURN ON TH HOT WATER AND WATCH T CARS GO BY (Thenx to 8. V.) Burns and R Daugherty, who recently has been Vor Sate: Doubje-constrndied —four- | ting in” at hearings of the sen room house, plastered, hot and cold wa-|ate Teapot Dome committee, spent ter, bath on car line—Star Want Ad. | several hours in Daugherty's apart Sis ea ment. It was intimated there might be a statement later replying to the attack on Daugherty by Senator wi Mon author of a reso lution for in ation of Daugh lerty inistration. At the White 4foune it no a 2 to tell w Why up It is almost impos: take th Mah ven celer, Sdison says that radio will never supplant the pers, and jutely right. How would ple get along out pictures of | juty thing beautie eee Another argument against radio as You can’t paper the es with it | ewspapers, perhaps, was stated clopments were expected to- the recommendation of admin. ion senators that President ec ask Daugherty to resign. Senator Wheeler’s resolution will be taken up in the sei tomorrow, White House sald. their} new Coo! reach Up betimes, and to the offices. About noon comes one that had formerly known me and T him, but I know not his name, to borrow 20 shillings of me, but I had! the wit to deny him. . Thi to the hockey ‘hy course of people present, and a pretty wench did do fancy skating on the See, which did fill_me with Joy, but my wife | id say that these professional lady ath: jes do always have muscles e lems botled eggs. 00 I said nothing more, lent ¢ take offense. And 0 to home. Police Force Patrolman §. Hy Short was rein stated in the city by action of the clyil serv ice commission Wednesday. Patrolman’ Short was suspended hk arrest on A man- Who remembers the old-fashioned | following | his slaughter charge, after he had ac. gil who used to 60 ‘her Dally Dosen | fide tally shot and fatally wounded over the washboard? ree lienac Hamburger, secretary to Judge E. E. Cushman, on Westlake To foil bandits who rob bank mes-|) ee 17, while shooting at sengers, Seattle banks are going to|® fleeing shoplifter suspect. A su- By y-armored car | perior court jury acquitted Short ot t might od to t port | charge. Another of Short pedestrians Second a permanently injured eafety. Davie. a heay also be the bullets Violet acros: Mrs PENALIZE PUAT MARSHFIELD, € Ieb, License of F. E. Neigon, first mate ‘of the steamer Columbia, wrecked | while being piloted by him into Cooq bay on Sun automo’ be * and will be p We hope Steal itt equipped bullet-proof win lated with armor. | the bandits don't 21— eee ‘There are times when it is just as well to quit and suve the Peete for Ad bed inspectors. ish Holland, assistant Commission Places Short on} | argument the police department of |! | question | party +» was suspended for| a a year by United States steamboat | statements he made at the time of | form declaring unequivocally for ad- HERE’S The quiet neighborhood of Seattle Heights was shocked early Wednesday when the home ‘4 that he won't| found in flames and Mummey’s body picked out of a small duck pond nearby. He was still alive. A search for the wife is in progress, View shows ruins and scene of the crime. man Brown Takes Lead Again P and up she goss! Over 1,900 mark Thursday ‘6 straw vote on the a campaign. When the ballots were checked up at noon Thursday Mayor Brown was found to have edged again into the lead over Alfred Lui din by a margin. of only The result Edwin J. Brown Alfred H, Landin Oliver T. Erickson Total votes . If YOU haven't voted yet, DO IT TODAY! The stra vote ends at midnight Satur day. You'll find a ballot on page 16, PERJURY CHARGE : IN COURTROOM Knutson’s Witnesses Give | False Information? votes. | Charges that there had been} “rank perjury—and lots of it” am wit nen 0 testified in Knutson, alleged hit car ¢ ms Judge a J, Iiman, | trial, Thursday, | by o BEC or rt Mac | farlane The Superior charge was the made during | pilit ire on admis t Mr c present at the nts of Mr. and | on the night Tene haw was killed. Knutson is ged. with manslaughter, the state alleging that on the night in his car struck the cripple gitl and inflicted mortal injuries. | Mrs. Johnson was put on the| stand by the state to impeach the| testimony of Knutson, whi had not been drinking ot the Holt Mrs, Johnson was asked if had been served on the night hen Attorney George | veer, for Knutson, object. | saying the witness could not be | mpeached on teral tasue, Knutson took the sand Wedn day and denied that his car struck the girl. “He sald he hit a plank, that he saw the y before he hit | it, and that he was sure it was not girl testimony contradicted | of testimony Johnson rty Mrs. Bran ch: who the apartn Oscar Holt, beer ques A. V ion, de Tits his arrest. 5 WHERE AX FIEND sald he |* Reed, \TTACKED AGED MAN of Joshua Mummey was “Photo by Price & Carter, Star Btatt Photographers COAST FREIGHT | RATES UP % * % SHERIFF SEEKS AGED MAN WHO IS BLAMED Friends and Family Stil Still Scour Woods for Missing Wife; Doubt Story __ Told by Viet Victim Charging that he was the victim of a murderous attack by Arthur Weaver, a neighbor, Joshua Mummey, who was | found early Wednesday in the yard of his home at Seattle Heights with his’skull fractured by blows from an ax, made a complete statement of the trag- edy Tale Mason at the ii n hospital Thursday during a brief period of consciousness. Will Be Boosted 25 Cents a. Ton March 1 Coastwise freight shipments will | | bear a general increase of practical- |ly 26 cents a ton. March 1, |sorb increased costs of ful ol! and | higher according to yand. ia a. brotherdn-law named ,Grimes,..who lives near the Moms farm at Seattle Heights,|2OUNcement of three Unes affected | the local sheriff's office learned, He|hero Thursday. ‘They jwas among the first to arrive at! cific Steamship Co. jthe burning home and aided in succoring the stricken man. In the meantime deputy from Snohomish county, under the leadership of Sheriff Jim) MocCol- |, lough, aided by neighbors and mem Francisco bers of the Mummey family, were| companies, scouring the woods near the Mum mey home in search of Mra. Mu mey,. who has beeb. mysteriou missing ‘since ‘her husband was tacked Wednesday morning. Mummey, in his statement to Dr. Mason, declared. that “he. had “last | es vey eae seen’ his’ wife ying n° the back |poreh. He wns unable to tell how! i jshe~happened to be there or to sive | } | any hs Gatalle lou Farmer Reported on Street Car Monday The victim could. not giv Seattle police considerabl |motive for the attack According to his statement, |nearér Thursday to solving the m: ~| tery of the disappearance of Edward Mummey was awakened when er threw a burning toreh | Widmer, farmer, of Foster, Wash. } Widmer was in Seattle last | the window of the Muni: mey bedroom, A second later he threw a bottle of gasoline (Turn to Last Page, Column 3) | Mon on a street car, according to | City Fireman William Quinn, 2613 W. |ooth st. Quinn ‘reported seeing Widmer to Miss Minnio Widmer, a sister of the missing rancher. Miss Widmer lives at the Sheridan apartments, Wid jmer has becn missing since last Thursds First Arrival Has Rights on Corners much-disputed of right-of-way at street intersections was brought up in ‘Thursday when Police Chief Severyns received | from yet-|an opinion from L. D. McArdle, di erang that the republican yote might |rector of the riment of ef: be estranged the result of the | ficiency at Olym | president's opposition to the bonus.| McA declared that tate “I hope and believe,” he said, | ed said that, despite Coolidge's |supreme court had ruled many that the republican party In this)action, he belleved the majority of|times that the first of two cars to tate will put a plank in its plat-|the people in the country and the |¢nter the intersection of Livo streets Majority of the former service men|hed right-of-way, and cited three and women fayer the bonus. cazes, 5 of a man | an wages," are the Pa- | Steamship line and the Nelson Mnes. | The nev rate will bear a 10 per cent sheriffs | differen: All commoditie ities, I be affected in was added ofticin\s ere tlfe rate order originated, claim the will not operate to ylel additional, profits if the hage and {dent |were handled jagain th increa reased | i them | ton- Mummey accuses We ing fir and. then. with having over. the head. He was: ¢ rational when we made. the Dr. Mason f Pe same ate modities mpletely statement, ["> eported the Matt Starwich, who, turn, notified Sheriff .Jim Mc Cotlough, of Snohomish county, wi ig in charge of the case. McJollough declared that he wo’ place under arrest on an and him while is checked, Weaver was info ut dep: him and | |. nt iy inerit as to where open Mummey‘s story was out tending a the time MeCollough of the injured mi utiew ordered to fin hold him. Weaver {s said to be n‘g story, were were $2 years old Reed Declares Ce O. P. Will Support Bonu neen Tells Veterans State Organization Will! Favor Compensation publican yen) A Veterans’ C of Washington committ Ii support the bo nus for former: service men: and women, in the belief and virtual pledge of backing given by Mark of Shelton, Coolidge nanager, In an address to ex-nerv men Wednesday night, at the Hotel Butler club was 6r ganized by no Charles 11 Edward Sheehan about 50 hearers, with thst Paul as chairman and as secretary. Th meeting followed the ' Justed compensation.” The SeattleStar “to ab»| McAdoo Enters in ° McCormick ck | referential primaty. as a democratid |candidate for president. |tion of |Murphy and William the | Ch tures. g Victim of Brutal Ax Attack | TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. Poison Has No Place in Our Schools EDITORIAL T us be done with this insidious propaganda in- L tended to fill the impressionable minds of our school children with partisanship and cheap adyer- tising. The Seattle school board at one time enforced a drastic ruling banning any such thing from reaching into the public schools. But it is coming back. One teacher The Star knows about is teaching radicalism to pupils. A newspaper recently had the opening installment of a new serial circularized thru the teachers in at least one school classroom. And now comes an attempt by anti- public owner- ship interests to use the public schools in their cam- paign. This attempt already has the O. Josephine C. Preston, state school head. It comes in the nature of an essay contest on “Regulation of Public Utilities’ and the prize offered is a $1,000 scholarship, donated by the Northwest Electric Light and Power Co., a combination of private utility companies. Here is the “dynamite”: With the details of the contest there are sent out a set of pamphlets and other literature as “guides” to the pupils in preparing their essays. And these pamphlets are filled with anti-public ownership propaganda. What after-effects will the close study of such mat- ter by a child, who sees only the lure of a $1,000 scholarship, have on that boy or girl of immature years? Neat, isn’t it? A. S. Burrows, superintendent of King county schools, has seen its danger and announced that the contest would not be sanctioned in the county schools. Superintendent Cole, of the Seattle schools, says the matter is up to the school board; that he has no authority to act in the face of a rule that bans all prize contests in the schools here. The Star earnestly suggests, then, members of the school board, that you stamp out this peril at once. And that while you are cleaning house you sweep out these other dangers to our children that have been creeping in of late. We intrust our children to the public schools for,; an impartial education only. The parents can do the¥ rest. : K. of, Mrs. SPRINGFIELD, | Wiliam G | ontered Calvin Coolidge as |didates for president already are on as| file. are handled |candidate to enter the {eee Legion Executive Flays Mellon Act WASHINGTON Feb. 21.—The: “Mellon interests” are coercing em Ployes to write members of con- gress, opposing the soldier bon! John R, Quinn, nations! command peti-|of the American Legion, charged in” of{}* Speech last night before the Nae)” tional Press club. Quinn's speech was. made after he had presented the Legion's bo nus views to President Coolidge, There was no apparent change in the president's attitude on the ques- tion. “The Illinois Primary Il, Feb, 21.— McAdoo today formally the THinols presidential ‘The secretary filed by W Coleman contained 4,971 signa- the former treasury was go. It tions of Hiram Johnson and republican can- Mellon fortune,” Qiiinn charged, “is being used in part to Promote the paid propaganda against the bonus.” Jobless Men Say Poll Shows Erickson Leads {DITOR THE STAR: Your 5 .4 banner, slung across one of the downtown streets ask- ng for a straw vote on the mayoralty contest, brought the thought to mind that you might be. interested in the re- sult of a canvass conducted by this organization, We requested otr precinct workers to take a random poll of 60 voters in certain precincts A tabulation of the returns shows that in. 93 precincts which gave Mayor Brown a majority two years ago, Voters were asked the que: tion, “Who is your choice for mayo own, Erickson or Lundin McAdoo is the first democratic Illinois pri 885, divided as follows: érickson, 060; Brown, 19,- 084; Lundin, 17,241. But, as stated above, Lun- din can take a thousand of the mayor's votes as easy as taking candy from a kid, if he plays a game of his own instead of playing the may- or’s game, as at present. What ‘we are trying to get over to Al is this: Don't spend too much time on your reputation, for we voters never think of that until after election, and then we don't care. If you doubt this, pleaso stop and think of all the kind words you have ut- tered about our officials and please never refer to an offi- cial as our servant, for they are not thi They are a re- flection our intelligence, for you cannot plant squash and raise a crop of cofn, but Plant corn and raise you properly treat Respectfully, ASSOCIATION OF UNEM., PLOYED. By W, R. ALLEN, Secy, Erickson, Lundin, 1.682; 1,209; 984, No choice, 1,121 Our. deductions are lows: n sure in the tion; the large number no-choice voters can climinate either Brown or Lundin Taking thee 93 precincts as a basis, there should be a total vote in the primary of of as fol of place of it the corn.