The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 12, 1924, Page 1

ather Arrests His Son ote by Precincts Will Be Found on Page 3 as Killer of Young Wife we penaenanieunanaaonee Temperature Maximum, 52. Today NOL: 3 26. NO. 16. ftome Brew Howdy, folks! We Jost! Ha! Hat 9 and the vice} The Vésted intere tarter, but forces defeated he said today are sol idly bebind Brown and “Choir eded in deluding | those opposed to fish cast their “Smoke screen Boy” Lundin succ the voters, but a! iding pet sold votes for me. ‘ GREATER IN DEFEAT THAN IN VICTORY to take thit Pi sate | the thousands of good clti-| voted for me,” Joseph rl , losing, candidate for F, ‘declared Wednesday. defeated in the mayoralty| ‘teetion, 1 will continue to give my Det efforts for the upbuilding of | wa city. Dexpite my defeat, Seattle sould “still forge ahead’ | oe ‘The nearest thing Motion that has ; fa a bootlegger's av ries, to perpetual been discovered | making deliv In the secret code used by Wash ington officials interested in the oil xpose, the word “Apple” was used oNt-and Thure- westerly winds. Last M4 Hours Minimum, 39. neon, 45. <> The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation i in Washington The Public PO Voted; Shorrock and Smith Win! for School Board By John W. Nelson Seattle voters, by electing « 100 per cent municipal owner: ship council ticket Tuesday, emphatically warned opponents of publicly-owned utilities to keep HANDS OFF the city’s light, water, port and street railway Investments. The fight’ for municipal ship was .as spirited as the owner. race DATTI , WASH., f] n RT BONDS CARR EDITORIAL ATTLE again demonstrated clearly its desire its ability Def. to protect its municipal enterprises. ing the two candidates backed by Big Busi- ness for places in the city council, the people selected for their representatives The Star—Carroll, Moore, the ning on the public ownership y n who were run- form indorsed by Nichols and Campbell. four 1 The best indication of the earnestness with which the voters went about the business of saving the Skagit and other publicly-owned utilities for Seattlé Was shown in the standing Nichols. of Cotnetman-rect Rap] Nichols stood at the bottom, sixth in the list of councilmanic candidates in the primavi Cohen, present councilman, votes, » with Lou leading him by 16,873 Nichols, staunch public ownership man and indorsed by The Star, in the finals jumped from 10,801 votes to $2,417 votes, and led Cohen, who with Elmer Con- ner was indorsed by Big Business, by 3,383 votes. The Star, early in the Seattle’s public ownership game, saw the danger to program. It realized that this issue would be far more important than that of the mayoralty because the city council was the key position in any attempt to fail. 3 So The Star investigated tions of the councilmanic candidates, make municipal ownership the records and the inten- and it indorsed WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1924. The Seattle Star * Edwin J. Brown, Successful Mayor “SHAKE DAD, WE WON” Candidate, Congrz atulates Ed- win J. Brown, Jr., His Campaign Manager, and Vice Versa TW YOUTH JAILED ‘Left Suicide Note and Disappeared; Returns toHome; Is Surrendered PENDL ETON, | Ore, March 12.—A_ God-fearing, law-abiding father today gave his son up fo face 4 murder charge, Elden Hutchinson, 25, whom @ coroner's jury blamed for the murder of his 20-year-old bride at Kelso, went bome last night for the love and sympathy of Young ‘Hutchinson was brought to Pendleton today and held for Wash- ington authorities. Olive Hutchinson's body was found February 13 in her home at |Kelso by a friend. Two 10-penny nails had been driven into her head and her wrists were slashed. Notes left behind by the husband declared his intentions of drowning jhimself in the Columbia river. Hutchinson's capture ends the jmystery of whether he was dead or alive. Sheriff’ Studebaker, of Kelso, jfound. the following note when the crime was discovered. It was ad: Teint rey wo nego oS ogee oR TET jfor the mayoralty in which Edwin J. Brown, incumbent, won over Alfred H. Iaindin. B colved fo designate “Alkali Al” Fall. ate “Atel dressed to the boy's father at Pilot Wouldn't “Razzberry" have the four men with whom it believed our utilities would ake jock: been | be safe. More appropriate? Would you call this Canned Can Gate Week? Willic, full of fun, al time in @ threc-inch gun. The Fourth it was; and sad to say,| Willic-came down in the form of -) -aproy. ~-Widow. eee H 41 Gee Gee should slap a sticker i cheek carrying the warning: "Keep Otf-—-Wet Paint.” wn ‘aca of » Ford: *. i ® Now that the campaign is over, Street car motormen report that thedie brakes are again working. Up Until Yester, ‘all the air was being Bed by the candidates Te men quarreled about a dvaby,| ta do heard the baby Mad just reached twenty-two. i ibe Will approach within 20,000,- WW tulles of the earth this August TWehad “better be careful or Los will annex it Ste: now as 4, 000 inhabi- ty announeed. ‘The city rapidly, Take the wer Thirty years ago there "now there are 16,000, a. “Trt eo. clit baths are being used to make ee Mnien beautiful. Gosh, but some of patience ought to be lovely! By lg May, what has become of Premabloned stereoptican sales. i Soke say this for a sword swal- is 3 takes great pains to do ee BM Boorer's taken nin 1 “Mle Had is share think, last drink, On carth, we nd jena sad, Clove he tack. alas, alach swallowed o WERE oft ¢ Wh Annuat i 4 SEB you at’ Eagle's tonight 1G, until then; tho News wre § Audi ASS. |W. T. Campbell, ‘The Star because of I thought @ foolish thing was a a total of 40.545; Lundin, 00 Ralph, D. Nichols, William. Hick man Moore, John Carroll and all of whom were indorsed by their clean record o municipal ownership, were sent into the city council to protect the public's huge |investment. Ajl_ made thelr cam | paigns on the utilities issue. In every instance where pub- lic ownership was involved, the voters made known their wishes in mandatory fashion. Not a single candidate who has ever compromised himself in oppo- sition to s public utilities issue, slipped by the rigid scrutiny that the majority of the voters exercised. Not only did the voters publie ownership men to ma their utility investments. but (Torn bl Page A shaniad 5) Ax Victim Is Told Tale of select they Wife’s Death ‘Mummey Hears Story | of Murder for First Time BY LELAND AND HANNU M Joshua Mummey, 73, still suf- feria from the ax attack of Cart Ryberg, early the morning of Feruary 20 at Seattle Heights, was informed for the first time Wednesday of the murder of lils 6%yeur-old-wife, In an interview with his physician, Dr. J. Tate Mason, at the Virginia Mason hospital. Mummey, whoge fron constitu. tion has'thus far withstood the results of a fractured skull, was deeply, moved, It the shock of the information did not seriously affect his health, Doctor Mason reported Mummey, suffering from ghastly wound in the head, | now able to sit up in a wheel chair and propel himself about his hoxpital, room and to smoke his favorite old briar pipe and “ip quietly with several old * days who a is cronies of his "gold rush’ in Alaska and the Yukon, come to visit him. Four days ago, emoved the fractured ple (Lurn to Page 4, Column 4) Doctor Mason { of ) eee moments of my life,” said{I am sorry it didn’t succeed I am) | | | | | tration | slightest. |aecomplixh how ‘the confidence reposed in me. lof it was pretty It told its readers frankly where the danger lay. That the voters have seen fit to believe in The Star’s judgment is a matter of gratification to us, of course —gratification in the knowledge that Seattle is still solidly behind the program of municipal ownership that The Star has been sponsoring for years. Seattle is safe, for the time being. But The Star wants to pledge this, to the folks who have so whole-heartedly backed its judgment: That it will continue to champion the cause of public ownership at all times when public ownership is feas- ible. That it will seek out and throw the light of publicity on all attempts of the enemies of public ownership to endanger our Seattle-owned enterprises and— That if any ‘of the four councilmen in whom the |) voters reposed their trust, upon the condition that |) they support a public ownership program, shall, at any time, for any reason whatever, get off the track, The Star will be the first to point it out. The people have kept faith with them. keep faith with the people! Morning After “Yes, I'll admit this is one of tho Mayor Brown Wednesday “My frien hi strated their loy ty and the people |; of Seattle have once more express: | ed their confidence in my adminis- could ask for morning I demon: } more “While L regret. the campaign of | k slander and the questionable meth: ods employed in an effort to ettet | |my defeat, 1 shall pursue the course | I have mapped out and 1 shall let} no petty troubles annoy me in the | I shal! show by wht 1) much I appreciate Dis | will endeavor | y turn as they | but that's part of | strength or lack well demonstrated | appointed politic to trip me have in the thelr_game. nat Their ‘Tuesday. “With our troubles behind us, we! in Herittle re rendy to look | forward «to ® period of peace and prosperity greater even than’ that whiel we bave experienced during the past two years.” Alfred H, Lundin, defeated candi | date, exr 1 satisfaction that “it} is allover” and » “welt, there isn't We were beaten; now much to # that's about all, They must We put up a good fight and while} gratified over the effort my friends | de to express their protest against the free and easy way things have been run in this city “1 wish to express my thanks to the thousands who voted for me and who gave their time during the cam: xn. The majority has spoken and we shall have to abide by it. “No, I haven't any idea of run: ning again. 1 have no political am. bition, Tam glad to return to the practice of law and to resume my | place among the rank and file.” DO YOU WANT THIS Here is another little home that someone will want: bungalow, ving and Kitchen; North with ¢ dining full ¢ Al Priced At $4,000; $600 Gash. Sec this The Want you who property Ad columns will tell will show you -this Father and son congratulated each other Wednesday. | Brown, mayor and successful candidate for a second term. Jr., campaign menager for his father. The father (right) is Edwin J.) The son is Edwin J. Brown, | The smile on father’s face radiates the 4,845 vote en rolled 2 in his. favor over Alfred Lundin, defeated candidate, * a With ea haan in Office, What'll Happen? With Ma other two of his majority of 4,8 din | Mayor Tells Some of Things He'll D in Way of Political Appointments yor Brown gua ears in offic Tuesday, interest ranteed an- as a result over Al Lun- Wednesday | turned to what's going to happen in land this is what ensued: | Question: Well, mayor, now that | you're elected, what changes are you going to make? Answer: None to speak of, Q. Who.will you appoint in the place of Dr. Hiram Read as head of | the health, department? | JA, Lhaven't decided yet. 1 want to confer with some Seattle phy: cians first. , Q. But Read goes out of office March 17, and that’s only six days away? We'll have a man then to take his place. —¢ Q. Will Bil Severyns pointed chief of pol A. He certainly will, And you can tell the folks for me that there's Jonly one thing needed to give Sev- leryns a life job as head of the potice | department, and that is for peo: ple of Seattle to get acquainted with him, Q. Will Fire Chief Mantor be re- appointed? be. reap: A. Mantor never fire chief by me. from was appointed | always has been torn by dissension and differences, and some tinre ago I | appointed a committee from the board of public works to make a lsurvey of the entire department to |figure out a means of strengthening its morale. This committee has not | lyet reported. And until it does, 1 |will take no action on appointment | lof a chief. Q. Will J.D. Ross be reappointed as superintendent of city light? (This reappointment should have been made in December) AY He will, Q. Why wasn't before? |be to put a recommendation before the city council to increase Ross’ y to $7,5 he reappointed he was getting before committee a year ago cut it to $6,000, I wanted to get this increase in pay for him. before making the appoint: (Lurn to Page 4, Column 3) % }and when I came in I told him to go | ahead and do the best he could with | "| the departinent. The fire department | —Photo by Price & Carter, % IO) | Brown He is a holdover | _ the Caldwell administration, | | The first thing 1 will do will! 00 w year, the amount | the budget | r Staft Photographers THE VOTE Complete returns from the 294 pre- cincts In the city give: FOR MAYOR | Lundin 185, 1842 FOR CORPORATION COUNSEL Kennedy en to Page 4 Column 3) “I have made a mess of every- thing, and I believe I am crazy, so T am ending it all. J am taking my wife so she will have nothing to grieve over. You will find my body somewhere between the Cowlitz river and the ocean.—Elden.” The Hutchinson murder was a gruesome crime. The couple, mar ried only a few months after a high school romance, appeared to be happy together. Miss Inez Free- man, a friend of Mrs. Hutchinson, discovered the body about 10 days after the killing supposedly hap- pened. Young Hutchinson had not been seen since February 4. Jailbreakers Are Again in Custody THE DALLES, Ore., March 12.-- After a gun fight, C. R. Williams and Bert Taylor, Wasco county jail- ‘breakers, were captured today by Sheriffs Levi Chrisman, Wasco county, and Hugh Chrisman, Wheeler county, in Fifteen Mile Creek canyon, The sheriffs are brothers. 4 ‘The prisoners escaped Friday after holding up the jailer with an anto- matic pistol which, friends appar- ently smuggled in to them. No ons was injured in the fighting, accord. 1s to telephone reports from the scene of the fight. Little Closer This Time, Folks— HE STAR'S eléction extta was out only five - minutes ahead of its nearest competitor, but we Kept our promise to give you the returns first. And we gaye you a prediction, based on a sufficient number of precincts to make it accurate and depend- able. Just read the THE STAR stfects) Uist"; the “casualty (first on 100 precincts on mayor, show: ing Brown elected. 50 precincts on council, show. ing Carroll, Moore, Nichols and Campbell elected, THE streets) — 60 precincts on mayor, showing Brown leading, 12 precincts on council, show: ing Carroll, Moore, COHEN and Nichols leading. THE TIMES (third streets)— 70 precincts on mayor, show- ing Brown wins. 20 scattered precincts on coun ci, showing Carroll, Moore, Nichols, Campbell leading. In times of election or when ANY big story 0: jtates extra editions, you'll get the best news first if you P.I, (second on the on the Demand “THE STAR”