THE OUTTA-LUCK CLUB
Well, it Certainly Sounded Like It!
By DOK WILLARD
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DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
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DANCE IS PLANNED
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
The Old Arp Pension Community
Club of Douglas Is planning a good
time for tlte peoplo of the Island in
the nature of a dance which will lie
given next Saturday evening in the
Eagles’ Hall. Good music has al
ready been engaged to play for the
affair and everyone who dances will
be sorry if they do not take it in.
CLUB MEETING TONIGHT
The Douglas Island Woman's Cluh
will meet this evening at thy home
of Mrs. William Donaldson.
MRS. NESS SURPRISED
; Mrs. Tom Ness was pleasantly
Burprlsed by a number of hot
friends at her home last evening, the
occasion being her birthday. Cards
were played as a pastime for the
evening. Mrs. Ness was presented
With several nice gifts as a remem
brance of the dayr.
NEW JOBS ARE GIVEN
DOUGLAS MEN AT A.-J.
Knute Durham and Lawrence Cash
fen, who were recently employed at
the Ready Bullion, yesterday signed
pn for work on the wharf at the j
Alaska-.!tine ait.
MANY ATTEND JUNEAU
LODGE INSTALLATION’
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Bp!ween 20 and 30 Eastern Stars
of the Island were guests of the
Juneau Lodge last night in attend |
*nre at their installation of officers.
An excellent time was reported by
tile visitors.''
three stars at
LIBERTY TONIGHT
Have you, as a picture fan, ever
come across these lines?
"What a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive."
This might b° the text of “Don't;
Tell Everything,” which is at tael
Liberty tonight and tomorrow night. I
It Is a Paramount picture with Wal
lace Reid, Gloria Swanson and El
liott Dexter in the feature roles.
In the story the handsome Cullen j
Dale, played by Mr. Reid, is en-'
snared in a trap of his own making
when he tries to deceive tlu> girl he
Js engaged to, in some cases, and i
tells her the truth in others. Tli ■ ■
result is that she doesn’t believe him
at all and when tlm other woman
comes inlo the story, is jealous j
lliere is a battle of women's wits I
and a self-sacrificing friend played |
T HUNTER HOTEL
I Nicely furnished, 15 rooths
tobaccos and soft drinks; pool,
[ billiards. Barber shops in con
I nectlon. EMILIO UBERTI, Mgr.
I Phone Douglas 26.
by Elliott Dexter, who tries to belli
Marian (Miss Swanson) to win out
against the intrigante, played by Dor
othy Cummins.
There is a polo game, a scene hi
a luxurious mountain lodge, some
love scones that are most entranc
ing]}' real, a lot of good wholesome
comedy and withal the spirit of the
out of doors. The climax is a com
plete surprise.
This is the type of picture that
makes you want to hunt and golf and
play polo and bo an outdoor type.
If you can’t or if you can—you'll
enjoy the picture. Ham Wood was
the director.
STRANGE MURDER
CASE BEGINS IN
SEATTLE; MYSTERY
(Continued from Page One.)
time she was 12 years old until his
death.
Hochbrunn, a bullet wound in the
back of his head, was found dead in
a small alcove off the bedroom of
his ward who had been, for several
months previous to the murder, also!
his housekeeper—early in the evon-i
ing of December 21, 1921, at the old i
man’s home, 2520 Fifth Avenue. The I
coroner believes Hochbrunn had ^
been dead two months when the dis
covery was made.
Tho homicide discovery came
when Pierre Cbetodal, occupying
apartments on the first floor of the
dwelling, went upstairs to the five
room Hochbrunn apartments with a
plumber to repair a water pipe. The
body was found lying alongside a
trunk owned by the Skarin woman.
The weapon with which the slaying
was done was never discovered, but
was known to be of 32 caliber.
Suspicion was immediately direct
ed to Clara Skarin, as she was
known to have visited the Hoc h
brunn apartments two to three times j
a week over a period of at least, five- j
weeks following the disappearance |
of Hie old men. She left Seattle j
November 2S. almost a m ■ ltli b ore I
the body was found.
The time of Hochbrunn's <! -up-j
pearance w.a n >ver < <. fixed,
although Mrs. Cbetodal, the f ount.|
gave the date as October •! And Ed->
ward von Tobel, for many years tit-1
torney for Hochbrunn, tlx ! it tit
about October 20.
Forged letters to \ttarn v v >:i
Tobel, following t he old nun's d
appearance, had direct 1 him to - md
rental moneys to “Hochbrunn" at
various addresses, in Port hind. San;
Bernardino and Oakland. Police
search for tlie woman follow ,1 in ■
the three ejties mentioned, purtieti-i
larl.v, while San Francisco, ,Santa '
Barbara and oilier California cities !
were combed for her.
( Disappeared From San Francisco •
On the evening of the day of the1
homicide discovery, Oapt. Charles
KHAKI CLOTHES FOR MEN
We have everything in the line of khaki shirts and trousers
for men. And for these winter days our warm woolen overcoats
are especially desirable.
F. A. J. GALL WAS, Douglas.
PHONE 17
T-'nrtant, head or the Seattle polie?|
cli-i) tmrnt detective division, learn ]
esl that site had been staying at the
Doran Hotel, San Francisco, up to
within a week of tit it time. San'
fratu -co detectives h-.trned 0:1 call
ing at tile Doran that the young
wont a had left the hotel that morn
ing. She had gone with the first
newspaper announcement of that
morning giving the account of the
murder and the search was begun
for her.
The suitcase which the girl loti j
hc’i ,d at the hotel in Her has!..v «le-1
par lure, was alleged by officers to
have been the property I loch-1
hrunn. That suitcase is in Captain
Tennant’s possession now. The ar !
rest, of Clara Skarin unsealed the |
detective chiefs lips for the first |
time regarding her presence at the|
Doran Hotel and his custodianship
of the suitcase.
In the meantime, while the search
for Clara Skarin was In progress,
the police were preparing their case
against her In connection with the
murder.
Clara Elizabeth Skarin was the
daughter of Philip anil Emma Skarin
The lather, a Seattle barber, died in
1904. The mother, with a 12-year
old daughter to rear, a year after
the death, accepted a position as
housekeeper for Hochbrunn, a |
wealthy real estate owner, a bachelor
and recluse. For six years the
woman held this position. Her
uaiigbter, Clara Elizabeth, was edu
< ated by Hochbrunn, clothed aaid
cared for as one would care for one
ot his own family.
Obtaining a business college edu
cation, the girl, then IS, took her
mother to live apart from Horh-|
brunn while she helped to earn aj
living for herself and mother. They
l.vcd at 15 Harrison Street.
To this place on August .1, 1918.!
'vent Mrs. Clara Winborn, wife of
Robert L. Winborn, a Seattlp barber
with whom the Skarln girl had be-i
i ■■me infatuated. Mrs. Winborn shot!
and killed Mrs. Skarln in an effort:
to Kill her daughter. She then shot ‘
''ne girl in the hip and finally turned!
tae weapon on herself, taking her!
own life.
After recovering from her slight
wound, ih ■ Sk ■ n girl obt tin* ;
employment at i local telephone
exchange. 1! re ■ v. . known nl
Alias Gr<
year at this placo, leaving for Kain-J
in■'zoo, Mich., to help nttrs- Robert |
Vvinborn, “the man in the cis-." J
Winborn died about six months later,
-r early In 1920. The voting woman j
always lias maintained that she noir- ■
”icd Winborn on iiis d; athbed. Sac
used the name of Clara Elizabeth |
W inborn in her correspondence ;:f;cr
WY ids.
When Ferdinand Hochbrunn !■ in,
ed of his former ward's ilia. •% Ini
th. spring of 1921, he sent her tram J
j'“.rtaticn and money to conic to hi.- ■
IfdUic to keep hoa -c fi him. »£~h ’
earn, to Seatilc In July of last y -jr
and assumed the place as house-i
he.-pm for It ii! ,m:i. A or . hort
tune, howciiT. - ; ■ let; th..-* hou.-,e at
• aiO Fifth Avenue, and applied foi
iter r imer jamition at the telephone
exchange. There was no vacenci
at the mne and she went to live first I
will, her aunt, Mrs. W. C. ha teaman >
Av■ ■:,■ 11• x. w„ ami later
■■ ■o' mad her no for same weeks
wilh ■ con i- ■ Anna Clark, also
of tins city.
Occasional visits were paid Hoch
lirunn *o owing her giving up the
h ’UScKfeci ‘Og duties late in August
Hhe never removed her trunk frotr
the Fifth Avenue house, and most of
Iter eloth'ng was left there.
Some tune between October C and
October 20 Hochbrunn was mur
dered. Tne crime was not dlscov
ered up Lit December 21. '
Visited Scene of Tragedy
The Skarin girl, in tho interim
ftom 'he olu man’s disappearance In
October until she left Seattle No
vember 28 for Portland on route to
San Bernardino, a.s sbo gaVc it on.,
visited tho .iceiu of the murder twice
or three times weekly, always, ac
cording to Mrs. Chedotal, taking
something away with her, usually
'lotbing Once she took Mrs. Che-'
Jotai upstairs with her and another!
'Inc she took Mrs. Clark, her con-1
*]“• ,0 ‘he Hochbrunn apartments.!
H.iwcver, she took neither to the
front of the apartments, where the
body lay.
Her explanation of her visits to
lie house, made to her aunt, cousin !
111,1 Mrs. Chedotal. was that Hoc It '
<ruiiii had asked her to look after t
hr place during his absence.
.iliortly after tho disappearance of |
Hociibt'unn the young woman told
\ttorney von Tobol that Hochbrunn
i.td gone to Portland. Sbo exhibit
id letters she 3aid she had received
hi him thprc. I. ;.r letters from'
A.ii 1’i rnartliDo, dir.. t tag, as in tin* I
ui a ol .1 letter to von Tobol from)
Portland, that be -"tid tho rental
moneys }'rom the North Seattle and
I.'elKown properties to an address
giveu it .Sun Ueruari.no. All of
these letters were subsequently de
clared to have been signed by the
young woman.
Nobody, as a matter of fact, ever
e. tiicd for tlio letters at the San
Dernurdino address, hut u forward
’!■; addre is to < ■ I., 1 was left.1
T tis Oakland add' was never i
i.o by At orney Tobol. I..
f. aet, a letter of slmil -r purport wu
reacivid from Oakland d.rectinp
flea (imp rental moneys to that city, j
1 be address was lost and Mrgotten. !
One cheek for $t!75 was sent bj I
the lawyer to San Hornardlno in i
curse of time, but it was not eallts
for, and this was subsequently re !
covered by the polios.
When leaving Seattle, the young!
woman told the attorney and her
aunt and cousin she wh« going to I
Portland to meet dfochbrunn and;
thence would proceed to Sun Ber-|
nardino tor her health.
Police investigation in Portland re
Ycaled that shn had visited that city, i
stopping at the l)ei Ma Jo Hotel, No-!
vcmber fi. At this time, the policei
theory is, alia wrote iho letter, to
herself and (ho attorney, purposing!
to come from 'Hochbruun. She re-'
turned to Seattle alter only otic day
at Portland, but "before leaving Port
land left a forwarding address ai
the Imperial Hotel for any mall
addressed to Hochbrunn. Tlie for
warding address was 2520 Fifth A'-e ;
ntto, Seattle.
On November 28. at night, she'
it wintered at the Del Mti Jo Hotel
uttln, giving her address at Tacoma
idle remained until December 3, and
It,ft as she announced, for Santa Bar
Xo further hotel stops, or
’■lopping Maces of t j young
wo.ii..11, w re ills<uvered l>> iiio po
lice v^ih the exception of the Horan
Hotel, San Francisco, which place
site left the morning of I),-comber
22—immediately after the newspa
pers of that oily published the uo
. onut of the lloeltbrunn honiM-ido and
the search for her.
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l'or many weeks San Francisco
San Bernardino, Sun: a Barbara am
Oakland polite kept a lookout to
the young woman, but no news wai
received of her.
Eastern connections were alst
watched: for, it was known that sin
was In correspondence wilh a mai
to whom she was to he married, !i
Michigan, up it) within tt few titty
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PRESENTS FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
Big Special Production with three big
stars—laugh triumph.
WALLACE REID,
GLORIA SWANSON
and ELLIOTT DEXTER
IN
“DON’T TELL EVERYTHING" j
A modern up-to-the-minute story wtih pep and punch and E
action from start to finish. jj
Because he loved her, lie told her toe much—and the mit- =
understood. » E
Then came another girl who undeistoad t.a well—until—? =
A picture that thrills with lively sensations.
A big two-ieel Mack Scnuett Comedy ‘ Babbling’ in Art" and E
a late Weekly will open the chow.
Admission 20 cents and 40 cents
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/ Delicious
JL Hams and Bacon
m AND EGGS SUMY MORNING
A man looks forward to Sunday morning for it
> brings him time to enjoy his home and his family and
a good breakfast.
Give him a slice of FRYE’S DELICIOUS HAM
just crisped on the edges, a couple of eggs fried in
the ham fat, a plate of toast and hot coffee.
Keep a whole DELICIOUS HAM hanging in the
cooh.r if your family is large, or buy it sliced to your
taste at your dealer’s.
FRYE’S DELICIOUS BACON produced, like
FRYE’S DELICIOUS HAM, from choice young corn
fed porkers and cured “The Government Way” has
a flavor that words will hardly describe. It’s Bacon
at its best. •
Most good Alaska dealers handle FRYE’S DE
LICIOUS BACON and FRYE’S DELICIOUS HAM. If
vours does not we would appreciate being advised
of the fact.
Aik your dealer for a copy
of FRYE'S DELICIOUS 11AM
RECIPES.
FRYE & COMPANY
Seattle
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Is no
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brol in
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tends
i Hoohl
enter’
. ry of Hoehbrunn’s
for the crime was
1 -bai, there were
i wi known to be of
i i ion and of violent
’ was known to have re
l attentions bis ward re
frOm others.
Theories of Police
io■. advanced by the police
it npiioa liiat the Skaria'
-la i bin)—w is that lie had
. her and sh > had shot him.
was that tile woman had
dy killed him for his
• tli the ultimate purpose of
•lie man In Michigan to whom
'ended to bo married.
1 beory would have indicated
premeditation; the other de
p premeditation,
e always remained the mys
ho psych olofcical aspect—of
turning two to three‘tithes a
to the murder house Without
ary attempt to dispose of tha
locked trunk in Iloclibi linn’s
Deputy Coroner Frank Koepfii
r. d $1,960 in currency. No
' by the murderer to open tlio
had been made,
victim's trousers had been
he pockets and only a few
were left.
estate of Ferdinand Hock
valued at more than $100,000,
a litigation. A former busl
K-iate lias held up the dls
. of the estate, between a
of Hochbriina's and the
daughter, by a court or
is former .associate con
ii. was in partnership with
unii in various Seattlo realty
j Debi Commission to
Have Powers Extended
W.'.s . M<rTONr, Jan. 10—Cni
gre^ I probably be asked within
a . to broaden the powers of the
‘ n • Debt Funding Commission
dean' >fh all foreign debts. Sen
ate it, member or the commis
sion, <e this statement to the
Se ini nance committee this fore
noon
ELIMINATE
Co- earing,
i Ash ;u, tiling,
| Oa; p- sweeping,
: B ,1 making, ;
i Tub s ouring,
Light, water, phone
■md fuel bills,
Getting up freezing to death
•■I.' he morning,
Shaving with and bathing in
• cold water,
W ishing your own dishes
BY LOOMING AND EATING
THROUGH THE WINTER AT
THE
i GASTINEAU
HOTEL AND CAFI
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Furnished Rooms For
Rent.
GOLDEN NORTH ROOMS
LILLIAN FOOTE.
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TOED FUBNITUBI
Bought, Sold and Exehnafei
N. BOCOYICH
211 Seward Bt.
Te)i phone 441. P. O. Box SSI.
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0 . prices are right.
O', r of town mail orders
promptly filled.
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P. 0 Box 517. 310 Front St
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PARLORS
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CANDIES
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V • make our own Ice Cream.
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.Alaska Transfer Co.
General Hauling, BaggacW
Coal, Contract Healing.
' Main Street.
arcade cafe
MARY YOUNG, Proprietor,
“Mrs. Malloy’s