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of Womens Coats,
Suits and Dresses
Suits fashioned from tricotine. twill and
weave fabrics, in plain tailored and fur
trimmed styles.
Coats developed of the season s most
fashionable materials, plain and fur trimmed
styles.
Dresses fashioned of Canton crepe and
wool twills in a diversity of pretty styles.
ONE-FOURTH OFF
CLEARANCE OF GLOVES
Offering a broken line of Chamoi
suede gloves in white and chamois.
Large sizes only.
85 cents a pair.
A NEW MIDDY BLOUSE
FOR SCHOOL
The smart tailored style that girls
like of white middy cloth, long sleeves.
Sizes 6 to 20 years. $2.25.
STYLE-PLUS CLOTHES
Another shipment of Style-Plus Clothes for men and young men.
Gray mixtures and presidential striper. All wool.
$30.00 to $35.00 a Suit.
POLL-PARROT SHOES FOR CHILDREN
ONE BUCKLE ARCTICS at $1.00 A PAIR
B. M. Behrends Co.. Inc.
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ANGLE; TESTIMONY OF ATTORNEY
INCRIMINATES GIRL DEFENDANT
—
(Oontlnueu r-rom Pago One.)
of the Seattle police department,
•who went South from Seattle to take
the girl 'hark to Seattle:
"I killed Ferdinand Hochbrunn in
defense of my honor, it was after
he had attacked rae In his home and
wo had fought bitterly, I am willing
to go back to Sevat. 1 e at once and
taco trial. 1 knew that. 1 would
eventually be caught and I have
nothing to fear now. 1 am willing to
tell It all from the very beginning.
“Sometime in 1909 I do not re
member the exact date—1 was living
with my mother at the Hochbrunn
home and we became great friends
with him, but soon after we went to
Lars Angeles to live and Hochbrunn
followed ns there. When wa went
•back to Seattle wo lived at the Hoch
brunn house and my mother took a
position with him as his house
keeper.
The exact date 1 cannot remem
ber now, hut one day in the base
ment of the house he attacked me,
or rather he attomptod to. 1 told
my mother about it and as long as
there had been no serious conse
quences mv mother tried to smooth
the matter over with Mr. Hochbrunn
t* avoid notoriety. *
mr. TTocnorunn about $4,000 to in
vest for her and we continued to
live in his home for about five
years.
“During this time I became ac
quainted with Mr. Win horn, who was
a barber and married. There was
nothing wrong about our acquaint
ance, but old Hochbrunn became jeal
ous and attempted to prevent my
seeing Mr. W inborn. Some heated
words were passed and 1 decided to
leave the Hochbrunn home, and told
my mother she could leave with me
or stay, Just as she pleased. Mother
decided to go with’ me. and we went
to live on Harrison Street. 1 think
the number was 15.
“While we wero living there Mrs.
t Winborn called at our home. This I
was In 1918. It was her intention, I
learned later, to kill me, but she was
Hot successful. However, she did
kill my mother and wounded me in
the Wp, and then turned the gun j
on herself and ended her own life.
/
"Mr. Winborn after this went to I
Ann Arbor. Mich . and shortly after
ward I went there to meet hitn. He
was very 111. Ho was suffering from
a cist on the brain and from this
lie died, although 1 believe the death
certificate, which was signed nt
Kalamazoo, gave pneumonia as the
cause of death. During all the time
1 was in Michigan with Mr. Win
born I was not married to him and!
1 kept up a correspondence with Mr.!
Hochbrunn because of the invest
ment which my mother had placed
with hitn some years before, and 1
believed that after his death I was!
entitled to something from the estate
which she left due to this invest
ment. A
“Finally Hochbrunn sent me trans
portation to come back 'to Seattle.
This was on July 31, 1921. When I
arrived at the home the room which
11 had formerly occupied was not
fitted up for occupancy. The only
I room was the one which Hochbrunn
I occupied. We wanted me to live
| there with him, hut I rofused and
I finally fixed up my own room.
"About the first of September,
1^21, Hochbrunn appeared In l»y
I room entirely nude and made ad
vances toward me. We had a battle
i during which a hairbrush was my
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him off and I left the house at once
i and went to live with my cousin,
i Mrs. Clark, at 900 Twentieth Avenue,
[Seattle. Mrs. Clark's husband Is a
[railway mail clerk and he was away
from home a great deal. I lived
there with her for some time and
often went back ,.nd forth from her
house to the Hochbrunn home, as
when I left his place to go to live
with iMrs. Clark I only took with
me a hand grip and left my trunk at
Hut nbrunn's. During these caltr
upon Hochbrunn 1 tried to rersuade
him that I should get tin money
from mv mother’s estate-the money
wh.ch she had given him to Invest
years before and which I considered
lightfully belonged to me.
On September 23 I bought a re-1
voher In Seattle after haring ob
tained a permit from the Seattle ;
police department to purchase one.
1 bought this revolver pertly because
1 was afraid of the advances which
Hochbrunn made toward me and
partly because of the fear that i!
might need protection going back and
forth and while living at Mrs. Clark's
home, as’ her husband was away
most of the time.
"On these trips I carried the gun
wrapped up In a newspaper, and
on October 12 or 13—! believe it
was the 13th—about 7 o'clock in the
evening, I went over to Hochbrunn’s,
and was in my room and he came
in. He made improper proposals
to me, and when I refused to listen
to him he became rough.
Threatens to Kilt
"He treated me frightfully, anV. I
reached into the grip and phlled out
the gun, which was wrapped In a1
newspaper. 1 told him it was a gun,
and that 1 would kill him If he at
tacked me. He called me vile
names, and in a scuffle he got the
gun away from me. Later he lost
possession of it, and 1 clinched with
him and got th<5 gun while we were
kneeling in this position on the floor.
"1 tried to get my hand under his
so as to get him off his balance
and shove him away, but he had his
hand behind him and I could not
reach It, I bad the gun. and I placed
my arm back of him as we clinched
there on 'the floor, and with my
thumb I pulled the trigger and the
bullet entered the back of his head.
He crumpled on the floor and in 15
minutes he was dead.
Vlaita Murder House
"I stood there for a minute or two'
and watched him. Then I went into
another room and fixes! my hair and
arranged njy clothes before the mir
ror, and then went away from the
house. [ visited the house for sev
eral days after that, but I never went
into the room whore the body was.
I told Ain. CbetU&d, wbe In
<-*\e apartment downstairs, that Hoch
brnnn bad gone to Portland.
"I wrote all the letters and signed
Hochbrunn's name from various
cities in Oregon and California deal
ing with his business affairs and
asking that rents and other moneys
which were coming to him be for
waided to the California cities whore
I said In these letters that Hoch>
brunn would be."
LADIES’ ALTAR SOCIETY
WILL ELECT OFFICERS
There will be a meeting of the
Ladies' Altar Society of the Catholic
Church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at Parish Hall, when election of off!
cm-s will be held. Attendance of
all members Is desired.
Loat something? You can gat It
back bjr using the "Lost and Found”
column of The Emplrs.
FORMER KINS
CONSTANTINE
PASSES AWAY
Dies Suddenly in Sicilly Where
He Had Fled Following
Abdication of Throne.
(Continued from T*agr Onfe 1
sidcrations of t'no welfare of the
Greek*.
King Ousted From Throne
Finally Kins Constintine was vir
tually kicked off Lhe throne and a
government headed by Premier Veni
selos took charge of affairs. The
Greeks joined the World War on the
side of the Allies.
When the war was over, Constan
tino slipped back upon the throne.
Then the war between Greece and
the Turks started. It was owing toi
defeat of the Greeks that trouble j
started again in Greece, Constantine i
saw the handwriting on lhe wall,
abdicated and fled to Sicilly. Tuis
was several months ago.
Once Idol of People
Born on August 3, 1S68. Constan
tino was educated largely by private
tutors from Letpsic, which was said
to have stamped upon hint a perman
ent German influence. His military
education was furthered by attend
ance at maneuvers in Germany.
•One interesting chapter of Con
stantine's life Is the way in which
ho became the people’s idol. After
having boon dismissed a3 commander
of the dreek army in 1909 because of
popular clamor. Constantine, then
Crown Prince, decided to accept a
command In the Russian army, but
the opposition to him at home lost
Its rancor and he wa3 restored to
his former dignities.
Ho finally became a national hero
in the Balkan war of 1912, when be
led an army of 10.000 Greeks to the
capture of Salonlki, causing 30.000
Turks to lay down their arms. His
popularity was such, as a result of
this feat, that Greeks in America
raised several thousand dollars with
which to purcha.se a gift sword, in
scribed: “To Constantine, the Liber
ator.”
When Constantine eamo to the
throne it was said he aimed to re
store the former grandeur of the an
cient Hollenic Empire, and that he
was a believer in the old national i
prophecy that undor the reign of a
Constantine and a Sophia the East
ern empire would be called Into life
again and the cross restored on St.
Sophia at Constantinople in place of
the crescent.
I
BROWN IS SENTENCED.
Bruce Brown, who Tuesday en
tered a plea of guilty to a charge of
violating the Alaska Bone Dry Law,,
was sentenced yesterday by U. S.i
Commissioner V. A. Paine to pay a;
fine of $760 and to be imprisoned ini
the local Federal Jail for ten days. |
He was arrested last Saturday even-]
ing following a raid on the Arctic!
by Federal Marshals. An abatement1
proceeding hits been started to close!
the Arctic, alleging to have been]
operated as a common nuisance.
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BUOY IS DRIFTING
Red buoy No. 2. in south Inian
Passage, at tho westward entrance
of Cross Sound, ha a boon dragged
from its moorings, according to re
ports received today at the U. S.
Customs office. ,/Tho report war,
mado by Captain Smoland, of the
fishing boat Mildred II.
The buoy has drifted to a point
about one mile southoast of the Cape
Spencer light. It was in position
on the main steamer Channel before
drifting.
N. W. FISHERIES
TO OPERATE NINE
PLANTSINNORTH
Increase Operations — Four
Plants Idle Two Years to
Be Active Says Nilsen.
The Northwestern Fisheries will
operate nine tanneries in Ala ka this
coming gea'on, four of which have
been Idla the past two reasons, ac
cording to a statement ma'le today
by (’apt. A. Nilsen. uperintendent
of the Iiunilas Bay cannery. Captain
Nilsen arrived In Juneau last night
on a gashont from Dundas Bay,
wher"> he has boon to inspect the
plant there. He expects to leave on
the steamship Northwestern for Se
attle.
The canneries which will be oper
ated this season are the following,
the*first four being those which have
boen idle two seasons: Dundas Bay,
Kenal, in Cook's Inlet; Shakan,
Quadra. Nushagak, Naknek, Chig
nik, Oyak and Kasaan.
Cannery craws will begin to arrive
at the various plants in March and
operations will start at the usual
time, during April.
The market for the Northwestern
Fisheries' output has been practic
ally cleaned up and for this reason
all the canneries will be operated
this year, Captain Nilsen said.
Captain Nilsen said that before he
left iSeattlo for Juneau he heard ru
mors that many of the canneries
which were idle last year will be op
erated this season, but he cannot
state definitely which Diants they
will be. He said he understood the
Pacific American Fisheries plant at
Excursion Inlet will be operated and
that tho A. & P. Products Corpora
tion will no doubt operate the plants
held last season, and may extend
their interests in the North.
Captain Nilsen will remain in Se
attle until March, when he will re
turn to Dundas Bay to remain
through the season.
JUDGE REED TAKES UP
LIGHT CASE; EVIDENCE
CONSUMES SHORT TIME
The Alaska Electric Light & Tower
Company had put ia all of Its evi
dence this afternoon in its suit to
set aside the light and power rate
ordinance passed by tho City Coun
cil last September. The case was
taken up this morning in the U. S.
District Court by Judge T. M. Reed.
The company's testimony was
mainly confined to tho record of its
operations in tho community cover
ing tho years It has been in busi
ness and a description of the various
services It has performed. General
Manager W. S. Pullen was on the
stand virtually all morning and for a
short time this afternoon. A deposi
tion from Presidont J. T. Corbu3
was also read into the record.
The city began presentation of
its evidence this afternoon. City
Clerk A. E. Gurr rend minutes of
tho several meetings of the City
Council at which the question of
light, and power rates were discussed
and other data relative to the pass
age of the ordinance in dispute.
Mayor R. E. Robertson was called
to tho-stand lato this afternoon. It
was expected then that all evidenco
would bo completed before the ad
journment of court today. Argu
ments in the ease will probably be
heard by Judge Reed tomorrow.
See The empire wntn jou need a
good Job of printing.
Old bundles or newrpapers at the
Bmptre. 25 cent*.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S
Weather Bureau.
Forecut for Juneau and vicinity for 24 hours beginning 8 p. ra. today:
Snow flurries tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature;
moderate winds, mostly southeasterly.
LOCAi. d A T A
Barom. Temp. Bumidity Wind Velocity
8 p. m. yest’y .29.41 31 88 NW 3
8 a. m. today 29.53 31 96 SE 10
12 noon today.29.56 32 94 S 7
CABLE ABB RADIO REPORTS
_2rE3T*HirAY I —TODAY ;-*
Highest 8 p.m. | Lowest 8 a m. Prscip. 8 a. m.
tempt, tempt. | tempt, tempt. 20 hr*. Weather
Dutch Harbor 38
St. Paul 84
Kodiak . 2*
No®* r-.
NwiTUs . *-2A
Tanana .—16
Eagle -14
Fairbanks -16
McKinley Park- 4
Anchorage
Valder. .
Juneau .
SiUta
Prince Rupert
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
6
14
33
36
42
48
62
50.
38
34
-20
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-16
-24
-16
-10
-10
2
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32
42
42
46
48
38
32
16
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-33
-18
-10
-12
- 4
30
34
36
36
42
44
42
36
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31
34
40
38
44
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Weather
Cldy
Snow
Snow
Rain
Cldy
Clear
C:atr
Pt. Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Clear
Cldy
Snow
Cldy
Pt. Cldy
Cldy
Cldy
Clear
NOTE: Obaervatlons at Prince Rupert, Seatle, Portland and San
Francisco are made at 4 a. m. and 4 p. in., Juneau time.
The center of activity on the weather map today has shifted to the
Bering Sea region, where an unusually intense low pressure area has
developed, with a barometer reading of 28.42 inches at St. Paul at 8
a m., and a fall of 1.08 inches In 12 hours. Rising temperature has
prevailed in the region covered by the disturbance, and It is somewhat
warmer also in the Tanana ancTYulon Valleys. Zero temperatures are
reported from hte Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound regions
this morning.
Snow flurries have continued In Southeast Alaska, and rains over
British Columbia and Oregon and Waahlngton.
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PHONE 6 JUNEAU, ALASKA.
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JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS
Manufacturers of high grade Sitka spruce and
hemlock lumber. Boat lumber a specialty. Inquiries
for both local and foreign business given prompt
attention.
Mills and office at Juneau, Alaska.
Seattle Office: 506 Mutual Life Building.
New c= Records
FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Come in and hear them.
JUNEAU MUSIC HOUSE
FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The cornerstone of a building is firm and
lasting. But the corner stone of a savings ac
count in this bank—a dollar bill—is more than
that. It not only lasts, it grows!
Lay the cornerstone of your success today—
at tills bank.
Interest at the rate of four per cent paid
on savings deposits.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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I YOUR AID WHEN THE TEMPERATURE 1
1 DROPS TOO LOW. 1
| We have a complete line of hardware |
| for every use. g
| Sleds, Skates and Skiis for sports offered |
g by the present fine weather. |
j C. W. YOUNG CO. |
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FOR THIS YEAR—1923
TRY TRADING WITH US. OUR GROCERY LINE IS KEPT RIGHT
UP IN STANDARD AND CHOICEST BRANDS OF ALL GOODS.
Everything in our bakery line is electrically baked and that
means the best way.
Bread—3 loaves for 25 cents.
THE AMERICAN BAKERY AND GROCERY
We Deliver Phone 8W
“THE BAKER WHO BAKES”