The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 14, 1935, Page 2

New Colors--New New Crepes DINNER DRESSES . . . .. FORMAL GOWNS . . . .. DAYTIME FROCKS . . .. Youthful styles equally appropriate to misses and matrons .. . Qfi‘fimdg m Jw@ S 7_'/,(7 /—/ Felts in Brims " Metallics in Turbans Popularly Priced B.M. Behrends Co. Juneau's Leading Department Store THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1935 Styles , Inc. A. ). EMPLOYEES STARWITNESSES AT RIOT TRIAL Nick Kobafiointed Out as Man “Who Hit Me Over Head with Club” (Continuec wom Page One) evidence, the government called two of its star witnesses this morning in the trial of the 25 men accused of rioting on that day. They were James Lynam and Ted Danielsen, both A. J. mine employees and members of the group that marched from A. B. Hall on the morning of June 24 to the mine to register for employment Both said they had been assaulted during the trouble. Lynam, the first witness called, told on direct examination how the mer wishing to go back to work at the mine assembled at the A. B. Hs preparatory to marching down to the employment office at mine. He declared several of the so-called un- ion men then on strike also attended the meeting and attempted to break it up by shouting and not letting any one talk. The witness said the meet- ing got so “rowdy” as a result of the action on the part of the so-called strikers that it was impossible tc hold the meeting as planned and the group decided to start the march to the mine around 10 o'clock that | ed to the union men to disperse. general fight; Lynam said he saw . B. Hall before the march started one man down, whom he thought was ' and the witness replied there was a special policeman, and that union no vote taken. That attempt was men were kicking him. He said he | made to take one, but that the union saw a club flying and that again men made so much disturbance it Chief of Police Roy Hoffman shout- | could not be done. Cross Examination Atempting to bring out that the Agoff Identified At this point, in answer to query by Assistant District Attorney George i W. Folta, Lynam said he saw a man take a swing” at Officer Gilbertson. Asked to identify him, he pointed to “the man in the gray suit” among the defendants, who was later iden- tified by Deputy Marshal Walter Hellan as Frank Agoff. The witness said he was assaulted himself by Nick Nobak. Lynam said he had gone to help a man who was | down and that two other men reach- | ed out and grabbed him by the arms. | At the same time, he charged, Nick| Kobak “pulled a club out from under | his coat and hit me over the head, with it.” Then men who were hold- ing him and Kobak then disappeared into the crowd, he said. Shortly af-| ter that some one threw tear gas bombs and the union men dispersed, Lynam recited, opening up space for | he marchers to go through. The witness said that when his yroup neared the vicinity of the saw- mill on the way to the mine, War-! en Beavert appeared again and started toward him saying, “Let’s et the fink.” About the same time, he related, some one of the union men shouted, “Let’s go down to the nine and stop them there” and Beavert joined the group of union men running toward the mine. Larson Accused morning. He identified Nick Kobak George Kodzoff, Warren Beavert Benny Larson. all defendants, and Al Nygren, President of the Al aska Mine Worsers Union, as mer who were present to break up the A B. Hall session Lynam said he of the line o. they arrived i Nugget Shop on ognized Nygren who shout men to ru group fr near the Alask jon Hall on Low said, they foun € up across the street from the sheet metal shop, to the union hall. He declared that he heard men saying, “you can't pass,” and “We won't let you pass.” Asked to identify men who made the siatements, Lynam stepped down and pointed out Beavert, Kobak and and Frank Agoff, three of the de- fendants. The witness told again the story related at the prelim: hearing that Police Officer George Gilbertson and Marshal William T. Mahoney told the union men to make ‘way for the marchers but that they refused to do so. He said some push- was i (he fron! n and that when the vicinity of the ont Street, he rec- nd Beavert as men to the striking unior on ahead. When the e A. B. Hall arrived Mine Workers Un Front Street, he union men lined to register for employment, Lynam said the striking workmen again re- sisted them and identified Benny A is one of the men “who was hrowing his fists at us.” He quoted Beavert as saying to Ten Danielsen near the mine office, “I'll get you for his” The witness explained that 1e told Benny Larson, the union man had no right to attempt to keep hose who wished to go to work off nine property and that Larson “took | swing at me.” Lynam told of seeing a man with \ bolt in his hand during the melee ut did not know just who it was. At the mine office where they were | o marchers were armed, Goodman ask- ed if Lynam or any of the rest of his marchers had a club or clubs. The witness said they did not. Good- man then attempted to have Lynam describe the men in the front of the marchers as to their height and other details, but the court sustain- ed the objection of the District At- torney that the matter was too far afield and had no bearing on the case. A sharp clash came between at- torneys when Goodman asked the witness if he had been paid or been offered $10 to march on that day. Folta immediately objected to the way the question was put. The jury was excused while the point was briefly argued, the court holding with | the prosecution. The jury was recalled and Goodman asked Lynam if he had been paid $10. Lynam replied with an emphatic “no,” adding “and I wouldn't have taken $1,000.” Defense Battle Defense attempted to bring out that Lynam had other than a per- sonal interest in going to work, but attempts were frustrated by objec- the court. Goodman also declared his intention on several questions to discount the credibility of the witness by asking him relative to testimony at the preliminary hear- GLENMORE DISTILLERIES (0 On cross examination, Lynam was asked by Defense Counsel Irwin Goodman if a vote was taken at A. K e —— INSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Inc. Established 1898 ing started and directly there was 8 Juneau, Alaska /ing in Commissioner’s Court. Lynam {admitted he had forgotten that he had seen Abel Anderson on the day of the trouble but when his memory was refreshed he said he did recall seeing him near the California Grocery. ! Ted Danielsen, President of the Juneau Mine Workers Association, told much the same story as Lynam, | pointing out that he too had been assaulted during the encounter on | Lower Front Street. He said he was fighting with Warren Beavert, whom he called Jack Beavert, when he was lsudden]y struck from behind on the i head. He went down he said, and a |man by the name of Ed Herrin smcked him up, turned him around and said “that’s the man who did it,” pointing to Harry Datoff. Datoff, , Danielsen said. had a bloody club in {his hand. The witness also said he saw Nick Kobak with a big bolt in his hand !but did not see him use it as a weapon. Cross examination of Danielsen had just started when court was recessed at noon until 2 o'clock {Goodman was attempting to elicit from Danielsen the purpose of the Juneau Mine Workers Association. B AR 'DUFRESNE SAILS ON | YUKON FOR SEATTLE Prank Dufresne, Assistant Execu- i tive: Officer of the Alaska Game | Commission, is to sail for Seattle | this evening aboard the steamer 1 Yukon, Dufresne will spend a month con- ferring with game officials in Se- attle and Portland, and will be joined ! by his wife in the latter city. — e - ’ John G. Shepard, assistant inspec- , tor for the Public Works Administra- tion, left for the westward last night on the steamer Northwestern for a routine inspection of PWA projects. Shepard will return in about two weeks after going as far as Anchor- age. Registration Begin Tuesday — Classes in Cooking, Orchestra With the completion of the first ten weeks' period of night school next week, enrollment for second-term | N'GHT scHuuL |and not for i e » | rolling for band or orchestra need 5 | not pay the $5 at the time of regis-| EN sEcuNn tration. If enough enroll for these| L | courses the registration fee may be| eliminated entirely. Those interested | TERM lN DEG. (1) report at the high school at 7| § p.m. ‘next Tuesday or Thursday: night, or (2) write in by mail stat- instrument you play, (c) the ex-| perience you have had withf other | musical organizations. | naturally would supply the piano and drums, but all other instru- ments must be furnished by the classes will begin Tuesday, Novem- Th 3 i e second session will open De- ber 19 and end on Thursday, No-| orner 5 and meet every Tuesday No new classes for beginners will| el i be started in either shorthand, typ- o ing or Spanish, but those enrolle Twfl GASBUATS their studies in these fields, it was | Superintendent of Schools. REPGHTED LUST { The enroliment fee of $5 is due at - (the time of registration. Unless| class pay its way, the elass will be | safory of the men aboard two gas- be refunded. Unless notified to the o ipaact Alaska waters. ‘contrary, the same 111struclors wx'd\ The Marshal's office in Juneau teach the second session as are|qq informed this morning that the In addition, classes in coakimz.‘a week ago from Gambier Bay, and orchestra are being offered, each| puieerf and Geqrge Matukin are class to meet twice weekly, Tuesdays | gp,5a1q the vessel, and left the Capi- and Thursdays. Band and orchestra tal City two weeks ago for a brief auditorium. All other classes €On- rphe customs Office was told to- In announcing the band and or- ,,mper T3036, was scheuled to leave chestra classes, Mr. Phillips said t0- goonah for Sitka ten days ago, and e !has not been hard from. Deputy band or orchestra must (1) have ka wired the local office to ask the how to play it. The only reason for whereabouts. offering these colirses is in response -, to many requests for practice periods!| SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! | various instruments. Students en-l in band or orchestra should either i 8 i sted, (b) the s Nextl‘“f‘ (a) you are intereste | “Inthe case of the orchestra, we individual.” vembelial | and Thursday until February 15. in the present term can continu | announced today by A. B. Phillips, jenough students enroll to make & poare have been aroused for the dropped, in which case money willlp ..o reported to be missing in teaCiiing Sue o | boat Jennie K. was due back here sewing, public speaking, band and has not been sccounted for. Gus classes will meet in the grade school hunting trip. | vene in the high school. day that the boat Mary B., license “Persons interested in either the|Customs Collector Bolshanin at Sit- your own instrument and (2) know Estebeth to inquire as to the boat's Talk Turkey! Corn-Fed Rirds from “THE LAND O’ CORN” ; H | THAT TURKEY NOW! tions of the Government, upheld by | Aogam SELECTED, nstruction on any qf[ , DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER +(By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneaun and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., November 14: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, continued cold; fresh to strong east and northeast winds, decreasing Friday. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 29.95 25 81 SE 4 2997 25 56 SE 2 2992 23 46 NE 20 CABLE AND KADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24¢hrs. Weathe - e 22 - 3 -14 -14 -16 14 4 2 0 -4 -28 -22 -34 36 34 Time 4 p.m. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Weathe Lt. Snow Cldy Pt.Cldy Station Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor .. Kodiak ... Cordova Juneaun Sitka .. Ketchikan Prince Rupert .. Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francnsco ..... New York .. ‘Washington 16 12 4 4 Cldy Cldy Clear Clear Clear Cldy . Cldy Clear Cldy Cldy Rain Rain Cldy Cldy Cldy Clear Cldy Cldy -12 40 36 48 42 46 WEATHER CONDITIONS AT § A. M. Ketchikan, cloudy, temperature 41; Wrangell, snowing, 34; Skagway, clody, 17; Radioville, cloudy, 28; Sitka, cloudy, 39;.Soapstone Point, partly cloudy, 30; Cordova, clear, 26; Chitina, clear, -4; McCarthy, part- ly cloudy, 2; Anchorage, clear, -1; Fairbanks, clear, -28; Ruby, clear, -15; Nulato, clear, -18; Kaltag, clear, -19; Flat, clear, -17. WEATHER SYNOPSIS ‘The storm area that was noted yesterday morning as being over the North Pacific Ocean has moved southeastward during the past 24 hours and this morning it was centered about 800 miles west of Van- couver Island. Abnormally high tarometric pressure was reported this morning from the Seward Peninsu'a eastward to the MacKenzie River Basin, the crest being 30.84 inches at Fort Smith, Canada. A steep baro- mefric pressure gradient existed this morning between the Coast Range and the Gulf of Alaska. This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation over Southeast Alaska and southward to ‘Washginton followed by clearing in the Juneau area. Fair weather continued over the interior, western, and northern portions of Alaska. It was colder this morning from Fairbanks eastward to the Mac- Kenzie River and southward to th: northern portion of Southeast Al- aska. It was warmer last night over the Seward Peninsula and at Ketchikan. 0 | pian hares have been provided by the | governor’s office. ‘Glaciers make a giant rabbit pen out of the region from Yakutat to |Cape Fairweather, though none of | the animals now exist in the section. YAKUTAT EYES Section to Be Giant Pen tat natives will no longer complain for 100 Actor Hares ‘of their depleted game supply. ——ea— and Offspring | NEW ROOF COMPLETED MESSERSCHMIDT BLDG.; Natives of the Yakutat section wiil OIL BURNER INSTALL: find a welcome addition to their ‘;mcnz supply in the 100 snowshoe hares recently given to the Alaska Game Commission by Norman Dawn, movie director, it was revealed today. , Frank Dufresne, assistant executive officer of the commission, announced that the rabbits, now performing be- fore Dawn's cameras near Anchor- agze, will all be freed at Yakutat. From top to bottom! That's {- extent of improvements on the Mes- serschmidt Buildirng on Second Strete, housing the San Francisco Bakery. 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