The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 23, 1924, Page 1

} Temperature Last 24 Hours st Maximum, 48, Minimum, 42. STetay noon, at) noon, 47 RN ennnnnnn nnn x a meriege Secretary Called in Oi Kotered as Se “NO. 308. Howdy, folks! Payday! Hooray! Now we can eat again! preg bind a barber ving himself ays, “Your mae ine a washing, sir.” : Raschini ‘Beew Is ‘The Pullman sleeping car company morma roscoe Ordered to» Talk Before Senators Monday Morning we could get a job naming their cars!} eee Yesterday was ton's birthday. mous for never telling a lle. was the use? widow. jeorge Washing: Washington was fa What married to a He was SERIES ovale SAYS PRESIDENT IS COURTING RUIN WHEN HE OKEHS DAUGHERTY ASHINGTON VAMP, SEZ: How many miles can your baby get out of a gallon of | milk? , ‘That's the worse part about a baby carriage. The manufacturers will athe aeuate never guarantee the mileage of the eanah wan detivaree tres. ogg: aa had been announced te House that Mr. One of the worst things about a ud indorsed Daugherty “Coolldge Ohio to the tional conve “It must be Robinson. said, the president re mate poltical adviser a man who has lost his confidence and the confidence of the people, tt is cal culated to work out the political ruin of the executive.” great man’s death |s that some sales- man immediately tries to sell you a de luxe edition of his complete works oe A little strep— How dare she breathe A little cough— Good evening, Eve! ee delegate” from next republican na fon. ear to everybod that so long ns as big in The most ingenious scoffiaw we ever knew didn’t like to shake cock. tails by hand, so he merely put the shaker in the front seat of his flivw Mrs. Edwin J. Brown BY PAUL BR, MALLON RE fs the way Mrs, Edwin | | EI and started the engine. (United Press Staff Correspondent) eve WASHINGTON, Feb, 23— | H* Brown summed up hor husband's candidacy a o And while we're on our feet. who, After a series of conferences, de- | ca nd andidacy In 30 ne rs those beer steins at Billy's Jigned to develop a new line of | aes fig. which new customers used to) **™ i! (Q) Has Mayor Brown made 2°} inquiry in the oft investigation, | goody istake at first for goldfish bowls : tar Senator Thomas J. Walsh today (A) Ho surely has. @ seconds.) CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON | (Q) How aia *he'do' tt? IVY CLUB tary to President Coolidge, to ap- notified Bascom Slemp, secre- | | | (A) By working 16 hours a ‘The bimbo who writes into & | pear before the investigating | day. (3 secdnds.) newspaper to ask when he shall committee at 10 a. m, Monday. (Q) How do you netp him? pay the interest on his Liberty Stemp will be the first witness | Se ate nent. Se and strong indications were given pomse tite-idgale-Oucsenralty. ite : that he will be questioned closely | ivays han been a joy to the The authorities have again ordered, about certain stock transac- doctor, myself and our children. King Tut's tomb closed. ‘They'd bet-| tions (8 seconds) : ter hurry and excavate that guy Or) wos made this announcement (Q) What do you think of the after conferring with Senator Adams and Senator Kendrick, democratic he'll he dead when they get him. me Rip Gon that has deen ralecd in connection with your hus- Charlie Chaplin is going to play | members of the committee. Nends candiddel? Hamlet. Gosh, we'll bet hel be) wash aid not make clear what (A) It is Peppa: Dr. funny in the graveyard scence! “stock ‘transactions Slemp might be; Brown doesn't | f open a ise. questioned about. Other members of} tdwn. The vice isn't It's getting more and more difficult | the committee are interested in ask any more in evidence now than to keep an office boy. The darn kids ing the presidential secretary just) jt ever was—and probably not get mad because they can't find a|what moved him to go to Palm) xo much If Seattle people place to park their cars. Beach in December when former Sec-| could understand’ as I do how =F Aa retary of Interior Fall and Edward Mayor Brown has sought to Some of these candidates who are|B. McLean, publisher of the Wash-) make this city one they can be running for office are standing still.|ington Post, were there proud of, they would KNOW os They also desire to ask him about) 24 1 do that he has been ‘faith SQuIsH! confereno : ful 1 that he should be to finish nis t star Man ts now able to broadcast sounds. But that’s nothing. A grapefruit can broadcast juice. eee an opportunity indicated he has ask beyond those, Chairman Lenroot, of the Teapot |Dome committee, conferred today Another broadcasting outfit Wwe! with an accounting expert who has don’t like is the gink who chews! toon surveying books of Washington tobacco. brokerage firms. The survey prob. weet: ably will be completed by the middie Old Silas Grump, the sage of| of next week, Lenroot sid. Pumpkin Hollow, says: “A man i5| peniais were made by all memt uch like an engine. When he be-| o¢ the committee that the nam ins to knock, you know something !s any additional officials Wrong with the internal mechanism.” | round ‘on the brokerage book bith 34 GET THE FACTS Q AN Hudson Maxim, the inventor, gt oye PLAN Show Ss says coffee is intoricating. The old ; Who hasreturned to Wash song will now be sung, “It's ahcays fair weather when good fellers get ington after a week's absence udy the scope of the inquiry, is bent upon together, with a percolator on the" iu ae pa % getting the investigation out of th x iyaek Ae it once more to channels that will dig | ()N TUESDAY next, wo are to M4 at the fundamentals of the scandal use the eliminator, It is If coffee is intoxicating, will people fae “eat off, Walsh would turn the then that the city primary elec Sriio drinic 1 be Secopieetawert permite on the trail of the “inside wtih he Malde: and we- alzall a 5 story” of the entire deal for leasing! choose the car are TODAY'S DEFINITION the naval oil reserve. This story, it; to make the final run, A wife is a woman who asks |i, said, will yield the grounds we may a little you if you have put on your rule | Ciminal pronecutions, because it is d just w (Turn to Page 3, Column are to do on Tuesday, it mig! © 8-0 : a be well to look over the ground BOOS TRIAL SET .: “Did I tell you of the fright I got on my wedding day? “Jou don't have to. dates for selected at I saw her.” | $f | the primary to stand at the The state legislators missed one 5 ete | general election on March 11. source of tax revenue when they/ Mercer Island Killing Case) ‘tne rine point of this game is to failed to pass a law compelling kiddie | get at least one good one who Starts March 12 kara to carry licenses. os natty ‘ ers ee . There r 7 Erick 0 + Next to gilding goldfish, the most)” 445153, Boos will be tried for the| who been a councilman fot tedious job in the world is to be 4) er of J, C. Smith, on Mercer| 13 ye If you like his re geismograph watchman. island, March 12, 1923, Prosecutor! and: war promote him, th bah ch 5 announced Satur-| is your opportunits teed een 1 H. Lundin has bee Up, tetimes, and to the office, bet) Boon will be (red on a first-de practicing attorney in the. cits greatly Joath to work on ® holiday.) murder charge for a number ars, and wa when other folks are lazing late in bed) 1,108 said that no compromise meecuting. attortiey for’ | two fatto ot 7 ae Se tnes: venich te| had been reached with attorney for| terms. If he looks like’ tie best ‘= mighty idle, rougeish book, but yet net) poos, but intimated the will he vu, ¢ more vote will ee ® man one to read over) | noit a plan of second-degree mur. be eclated by Al {9 inform himself in the villaiay ef the)” “s¢ Boos wishes to plead guilty You know from his record, on world, And so to home. A.J. 8. nich he is standing, what kind S to such a charge. ’ he The Newspaper nd Class Matter May | SI With the Bi at the Postoffies at Beattie, I'TLE, WASH., 2° st Circulation in We fashington ~The Seattle Sta SATURDAY, War Mar FEBRUARY 30-Second Interviews WITH THE MAYORALTY CANDIDATES’ WIVES Erickson Now pan Vote . Mrs. Alfa A. Lundin eres f° s0decoaa inter view with Mra, “Alfred iH Lundin, the Wife of the mayor alty candidate? (Q, Do you think your hus Band ia the dest man of the three candidates? (A) If I said that, someons would think I was binned! (6 seconds), (Q) But, frankly,’ do you thinks sof (A) F know it muse I know my husband! (1 seconds). (Q) What will you do if your husband is elected? (A) IT. do what any fo would do, (5 seconds). (Q) And what is that, Mrs Lundin? (A) Well, I will try to make hig administration a success by keeping his home life so pleas ant that he won't have a thing to worry t-except city af fairs, And I guess that's about the best help any mayor's wife could be, (15 seconds). TOTAL: 30 SECONDS. abot Pioneer Dies Here Charles B, Myers, ploneer Alaskar miner nd cannery man, is dead. following six weeks’ illness in Proyl dence hos Hoe was sident of the Seldovia Packing company, lua Warns of Some ss" Things About Election Points Voters Must Watch at tees on Tuesday of a ma makes, If his record set ought, to kno’ ndidate ix 0 one « J. 1. Kenned made good. You can him or alone But it is a for council that T want to make a few remarks. are 19 of these, and 11 of them will be eliminated at the primary. Onl eight will be up at the regular ele. March, and four Of these r the three the twe vote leave it only in can win 19 there 13 t ur term, ure and And will have to ear term » is where y wateh your step. For instanee, if you ve Ralph D. Nichols, William Hick man Moore and John E. C ‘ote for you cannot vote Mra, Bertha E i. Connor und ¥ other ear tert tho it f for the six (Turn to Page 3, Column 1) Wren th The 8 mack OLIVER 'TUERICKSON 1,6 EDWIN J. BROWN 1, FRED H, LUNDIN 1,494 Total votes .. ~ 4,680 ve one more chance tc every ballot that is TWO ( IN SEATTLE. CONFESSION TELLS OF AX DEATH RAID! Former Member of Mummey Family Admits Killing Aged Woman and Attacking Man; Then Burns Home HUNT ROBBERS IN SEATTLE Detectives From Vancouver Comb Underworld Here BANK BANDITS ESCAPE Photographer “Snaps” Men } in Action, Report of threo on held ug yes of $3 hree Vancouver ¢ tle Saturé gangsters te The Mrs. Oliver T. Erickson 8. OLIVER 4 are men who have in the pa | | weeks committed several daring h T. ERICKSON, 30 neconds gave Astr- | ups in Seattle, escaping with nearly of her confidence in her | $50,000 in cash husband's ability. While admitt they were Q) Why do you think Mr. | pursuing the ba lonely and | Erickson ought to receive the | wore in possession of information | . Mayoralty nomination? which may lead to the discovery of | (A) Because he has a thoro (tho identity of the bandits, the Van | understanding of the city’s r officers would say nothing } pr reports The city is dear to x y he seeks an opportunity Friday noon the holdup took place > accomp of the |in the heart of Vancouver. K. An things he accomplish |derson and J. Bromwell, of the Im as a councilman (11 seconds). perial bank, were forced to the curb What would Mr. Erickson ‘o by a bandit driving a do about vice conditions? & Washington license. Two | (A) He would make Seattle a on the sidewalk stepped for | wholesome city, He would ne- | ward with guns and robbed Anderson lect a chief of police’ and put /of a grip containing $32,000, SP pe 9 erin Rath AER eI two men then jumped Into the chief. the chief failed, he jhandit auto and darted awn would Mr. Erickson Is & (feature of casa wah { clean r rally and hischar- | graphing of the holdup by a 1 be reflected in the ea cam tor who happened to hay juct of police affatrs (10 see: ora handy and took a picture of the An Bin two bandits in the act of grabbin. (Q) How could you hei the money case. This photo may (A) By baking home-made | prove to be an invaluable aid to th ead for him and otherwise police in running down the gunmen & Wholesome, com The trio of Vancouver officer fortable atmosphere inthe home. | were in conference with Captain of I get up in the middle of the | petec Charles Tennant Satur night now and make him coffeo | day tanalt' of the: conference aftor he has been speaking. T'd | was mplricad expect to do it a good many mes after he is mayor (9 sec: onds), TOTAL: 30 SECONDS. THUGS BEAT MAN ANOTHER DEATH Rob Victim After Brutal Attack; Get $20 DRIVER HELD. M na brutal manner by two hi n Friday night, W. J Watchman Killed at Ever- camp! Bi ropees. OC bisa eaiee and $20 and left unconsc at 12th ett; ave, and W Nic Await Charges Campbell had off a street ca: Immediately | followi th and was walking toward his hom in Everett. Friday afterhoo hen the men accosted him, Camp the Pacific highway east of that |Showed fight, but was overpowc a igihe trail down: 7 and badly beaten. He was then day night by a car driven by 8. W. | Knocked insens we blow on Dale, Prosecuting Attorney C, ‘, {tte head. He came to the police sta Toedse:cantounéed < that: | tion several hours later and was put 7 leased at 6 a, m. Saturday. Jobhnsor wa lirectin tra on : 4 the narrow, one-way thorofare belr Engineer Buried used thru the f Everett nd Cavaleros Cor ses of the acci in Slide of Dirt Pay! hae A landsli de of earth i Johnson bad oppe n n 1 + cavation pdrtinily j Care at | the J re Baer PB Beck, engineer, at Belen 5 HO Oh 50 ; nd California ave., Friday afternoon, Ss a rol one pee ran Heck, who lives in Salem, Ore., was Pages: iar = wets taken to the Pre hospital, suf. jhave disregarded the warning, 964) fering trom inju the head and ran squarely into Job At | shoulders frantically waving a sign kas ie won wiis rushed to t der pital in Everett, where it} Booze Raider 5 wh found that both le were broken and that he wis sufforin Shot; Six Held from numerous internal inju GLENROSE, Texas, Feb. ed at 3 o'clock Friday et (men fac al today for the st. here of Richard Watson, prohil Dale held in the county Jail. | officer He told uthorities thy b is a Watson, who was the state's chief packer, and had aad? Seattle! witness in a number of cases against 1s hoi during the past bootleggers, was shot down near the nths city square Thursday night. “}complaint of “his former wife, BY JOHN W. NELSON Death holds no terrors for Carl Ryberg, confessed mur- derer, ax-fiend and firebug, who Friday in a signed state- ment to Sheriff Jim McCulloch of Snohomish county ad- mitted that on last Wednesday morning he shot and killed Mrs. Laura Mummey, 63, beat her husband, Joshua Mummey, 73, over the head with an ax, and set fire to their Seattle Heights home, leaving them to be consumed by the flames. Saturday he calmly awaited his fate in his cell at the county jail in Everett. The crime did not seem to weigh heavily on his mind and he talked freely from behind the steel bars which separated him from the rest of the world. “I’m ready to do whatever you want me to,” he told Prose: cutor C. T. Roscoe. “I’ll plead guilty and let the judge decide my fate. 4 “I was justified in my act. I’m even, and I’m satisfied.” Revenge prompted the muerdous attack — revenge upon the Mummeys because they, he said in his confession made \to Sheriff McCulloch at the Everett jail Friday, caused his — |former wife, a granddaughter of the Mummeys, to divorce him, taking thelr baby with her. "They made a convict out of mi sald, referring to his arrest eal charg- | he Ing non-eupport “They tried. to take out revenge | IN F A "jon me. TI have taught them re- venge is not good. “I feel that I was justified in doing what I did. Sabet dace nae | Coroner Denies Two Burned qullty-ot, Going, that Uningeantadt in Mummey Home the judge do what he wants with m “I am ready Reports that there was evidence |that two bodies had been cremated in the fire which consumed the Joshua Mummey Heights Wednesday morning, were branded as “totally unfounded” by Coroner C, H. Fickle Saturday. “I have been unable to find any authority for such statements,” Coroner Fickle said. “While some of the bones were more completely consumed by the flames than othe ers, and I have never seen a mofe, complete case of cremation in #& house fire, all of the bones are of similar size and sre undoubtedly Ryberg was to be charged with first dogree murder in an infgrma- tlon to be filed by Prosecutor C. T. Roscoe, of ett, Saturday. His case will be set for trial Monday and formality of trial gone thru as nas the calendar permits, Roscoe sald. The state, too, must have its revenge upon Ryberg, and it, too, will probably exact the death pen alty, it is believed. | Sheriff McCulloch, who obtained Ryberg’s confession, said he consid- ers the mystery closed Saturday, All of the links of evidence unearthed before Ryberg’s confession have been | those of Mrs. Mummcy.” wound up, the sheriff said. How Coroner Ficklo said the place the ever, McCulloch and his deputies Sat-|bones were found corresponds @x- ure ruins of the y were combing the ashes and Mummey home in an actly with the confession of Carl Ryberg, and alsdé with the statement effort to find every particle of burned |of Carl Grohm, neighbor of tho) bone, that rumors of two fire victims | yfummeys, who said he saw the might be definitely established or Set/ outline of the body in the slowing at rest embers of the burning home. IPF PLANS | 5 “We have definitely accepted 4 SEARCH OF RUINS y that the bones are thse of @ “1 think the case is closed, Mummey and that only oné \ precautionary measure we ly was burned,” sald Fickic. “T ing to remove all the deb have notified relatives to take search it careful hm the sheriff said probably about 5 Il, Ryber talked wwrassment to Th Friday. Like ol ehild, reciting a well he related th domestic relations, the charge of the remain: Mrs. Elmer Mummey, daughter: inlaw of the tragedy victims, said a conference on the funeral will be held Saturday. It will probably take place in Everett, she suid) eticent sc rned lesson, of his unhappy the motives which prompted fiendish attach, and then, in the same even tc detail by detail, nS commis ns the night b immediately att earlier in the | he had told the story—once to | iff MeCulloch and again to Pros 1. SORRY HE CAUSED word-painted the and u crime his act hours erward Former Wife Absolves Aged Mummey Couple vier Ryberg’s conviction that hisaged victims caused the trouble between home at Seattle | See SO MUCH TROUBLE |himself and his now-divorced wife ‘Then, turning to Roscoe, who was{8 2n illusion, Mrs, Peter Paul: standing near, he said: son told The Star. Saturday. She I'm awful sorry I caused you|!8 the divorced wife and a grand< 5 folks so much trouble. I guess re-|Child of Mr. and Mrs, Joshtia Mum> venge isn't much good. aft nv |tey. With her husband and Baby riff James McCulloch said that| Laura Ryberg Paulson, she lives = Ryberg’s confession tallies exactly} © fivencre tract near Martha with the physical evidence the ruins of the burned home, It] Way. clears up several details that had/ “Grandfather or — grandmother not been explained previously. |never made any trouble between Rybers myself and Mr. Ryberg,” said Mrs. night at the s hotel hf Seattle, Paulson. made—or rather he where he lived, after Sheriff Mc-|/made it Culloch bad found that he had “He in Seattle Heights on the evening | goéd preceding the crime and had not! son, who was c arrived in Seattle until § o'clock the|ily Ford for following morning. hard enough Weaver, (octogenarian | bab proper neighbor’ of *the’. Mum-ig"My grandmother didn't who was arrested: Thursday}t® marry Ryberg in the dgication he. by Sheriff McCulloch on a stats.‘ but after T did she by the af ment made by Mummey at the Vir-!to it," went on Mrs. Paisely, the fact ginia on hospi was released after T found 1 coul; Friday afternoon. ‘The old man-was, with him, of fy pc: as please at the turn of events clari-| home and stayed. ar indication that |fying his name. else te g0, Bgtpy him, (Tarn to Page 3, Column 3) - ‘made Ryberg sund in| Lake, off the Seattle-Everett baci was arrested Thursday all, wash't provide: what you'd calle interrupted Eas anking up thc for trip. “Didn't > keep bis Ye if ae, © approve ve been ac- Arthor cow-herd meys