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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
ALASKA BOXING
LOCALIZED, BILL
is NOW SIGNED
President Signs Measure
Authorizing Boxing
Under Commission

The bill legalizing oxing
matches in Alaska became a law
today when it was signed by
President Coolidge. Information
to this effect was received this
morning by j. F. Mullen from
Delegate Dan Sutherland.
As originally introduced in
Congress and passed by the
House, the law authorized the
Governor Of the Territory to APP
point Boxing Commission to
issue rules and regulations gov
erning the holding of boxing
matches The Commission has
the power to delegate it's author
ity to representatives in the diff
ferent localities. While no report
has been received on the measure
in its final form, it is not be-
lieved there VERB made any
material changes.
The moyemnt to legalize box
ing III the Territory was launch
ed two years ago by the Ameri-
can Legion organization in AL
aska Through its influence, the
Territorial Legislature in 1927
memoralized Congress for the pas
sage Of an act authorizing it, 1t
was supported by Gov. George A.
Parks and other officials in the
TERRITORY The American Lee
gion's national organization also
took an active interest in it.
The organization Of the Com
mission authorized probably will
be delayed until the receipt of
the law from WASHINGTON.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
Cracksnnen Make Big
Haul in Robbery Of !.
Seattle Ballroom,

SEATTLE. Feb. 9.-Cracksmen
who welded a 10-pound sledge
hammer to knock Off the dial Of
the safe Of McElroy's Spanish
Ballroom this morning escaped
with $1,000 haul, the nights
receipts. Detectives said the Job
was apparently the work of Il
band of safe crackers who have
knocked off combinations of three
strong boxes during the last few
days
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
Hoover Off on Special
Trip; Two-Fold Purpose

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. .
Herbert Hoover, for the third
time in less than three weeks,
prepared to set out from his pre-
inaugural home on trip that
has two-fold purpose, to at
tend the birthday celebration of
Thomas A. Edison at Fort Myers
and to try his luck at tarpoon
fishing on the Florida West
Coast.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
WINDOW FOUND
0pEN;W0MAN'S
BODY is BELOW

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Mrs. Viola
Fokker, wife of Anthony Fokker,
airplane designer and manufactu.-
er, was killed last night when she
jumped or fell from window of
her apartment on t IN e fifteenth
floor of a Riverside Drive building
She was 35 years of age and had
been in illhealth for some time.
Mr.. Fokker had just left for an
adjoining room and when he re-
turned he saw the window opened
and his wife's body on the ground
below
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
Political Fienre

Asa Keyes mas been q agure
in Los Angeles political circles
Tor quarter of century and
he went on trial with one OF the
most astounding bribery plots in
the history of Los Angeles.
Keyes' name is identified with
many sensational trials including
the Aimee Semple Mcpherson case
end the murder trial Of William
H. Hickman for staying of Il
year-old Marian Parker.
The famous prosecutors sat u
"a Familiar c0art on DecembeF -
while Burton Fits. his elected
successor and one-time aide in
office, sought to prove that Keyes
accepted brides to secure the ae-
quittal Of the notorious Julian
Petroleum Corporation promoters.
The history of that alleged oil
scandal was as much a part of
the trial as the stock prosecutor
himself, for three OF the men
charged with part in the swindle
of more than 10000 investors
also were caught in a grand
jury's charges of corruption.
The case against Keyes was all
the more sensational in that it
involved man whose name scan
dial never had touched before in
a long public career.
Reyes prosecutor. once Lieu
tenant Governor OF California.
was elected after Reyes. short
time before the grand jury laid
its cards on the table, announced
his retirement.
One Charge Made
Reyes, the grand jury said, had
engineered the Julian trial which
resulted in the acquittal Of every
defendant. AS one witness put
it: The verdict nearly knocked
Judge Doran off his chair"
The jurors asserted that Reyes
had conspired with the Julian
promoters to obtain either the
dismissal of charges or acquittal
in the event of trial.
The money involved in the al
legged bribery was not large, the
Indictment disclosed. Officially it
totaled $S2.S00, but rumors sent
it soaring to huge sums. A Unit
ed States District Attorney said
Berman made $3,00O,000 OF the
Julian collapse.
First evidence of ripple in
the smooth workings CT Keyes
office came when an employees
of the tailor shop, Milton Pike
angered at the Getzoffs for al
legged salary differences. took
httie diary 20 q county official
It reeited the frequent meet
ngs of Reyes and curious de-
PENDANTS in Gatzof1's shop Pike
said be and other employees oyer-
heard Interesting conversations
~ the partioned office A three
sided mirror facing che office re-
heeted the actions OF the oecu-
pants ana Pike said be saw large
sums Of money exchanged Sab
seGuently ether related alleged
snrreptitiops deals IN Reyes Of
fiee centering about the Ltasker
and Julian cases
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
CoRDovA WOMAN DIES

Mrs. Edward Hargrove, whose
husband is member of the Cop
per River Railway staff, died re-
Gently at Cordoya. aged SO years.
Interment was that that place
under the auspices of the Re-
bekahs. She is survived by her
husband and daughter. the lat
ter residing in California.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09

the wings by steel struts and drive
four bladed pusher airscrews. Nose
radiators are fitted to each ma
celle. All fuel pipe lines, valves
and the like are accessible to the
mechanic through a passage in
the wings during flight
Watertight doors seal each com
partment in the cabin. 1t is built
so that it could weather hig h
waves, if necessary to alight on
water, and operate as yacht.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
Woman Beaten to Death;
Slayer Sentenced to Life

TOWANDA. Penn, Feb. g.
Arthur Leonard, aged % years,
farm hand, convicted of first de-
gree murder for the killing OF
Mrs. Juanita Jones, has been SEN
fenced to life imprisonment.
Mrs. Jones was beaten to death
in her home.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
Stunned Money
Ciues Clue 10 Crime;
W@e TIPS Cqse on

SEATTLE. Feb. 9 Harry
Garner aged - IS accused Of
killing william RozeHboom aged
f6 years with hammer or other
weapon last sunday Filing Of
first degree murder charges fol-
lowed a coroner's jury verdict
which found Rozenboom had been
killed in a robbery and the finger
OF suspicion pointed to Garner.
Mrs. Garner told officers she
received blood stained money
from her husband after he re-
turned from an announced trip
to collect rent from Rozenboom.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
Singer and Song
Writer Are Married
BY Mayor of N. Y.

NEW YORK. Feb. 9-Fanny
Brice, singer, was married last
night to Billy Rose, song writer,
Mayor James j. Walker officiating.
The bride is 81 years of age and
the groom 20 years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
Moslems Lay in Wait
For Solitary Hindus

BOMBAY. Feb. 9.-Rioting re-
sumed with the esventh success
sive day of disturbances. Groups
of Moslems lay in wait on side
stretes Of the Bazaar and mill
districts for solitary Hindus.
Four murders have been re-
ported.
Tram car service has been dis
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09
Confidence Is Voted
Poincme Government
BY Chamber Deputies

PARIS, Feb. 9.-The Chamber Of
Deputies today gave the Poincare
a vote of confidence
on motion expressing the Cham
ber's belief in the patriotic at
tachment of the population OF Al
sace-Lorraine to the Republic
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-09

The recent reduction in the
price OF postage stamps has re-
suited in loss of $4,000, GOO
to the Post Office Department,
New Britain herald., 1929-03-28

Texas, nest of which police believed Were committed by the kimes bandits
 Having eluded their pursuers for five days, and triumphant over the success of their first stick-up, the brothers plotted with the gang to pull off one of the most daring robberes in his tory. The plan included the simul taneous robbing of three banks in Beggs. From two banks they took sl8,000. The clock of the third banl: was fortunately three minutes slow and before the gang could make their at tack, officials were warned by pistols fired from across the street.
 It was during this raid that Matt is said to have calmly stated his plat form:
 "We are not ordinary bandits. We are just giving back to the needy some of the money the rich have taken from them"
 But he was given little chance to carry out his plans after that. By this time the outraged citizens of every State in the Southwest had organized posses in their determination to capture the desperadoes.
 The birthplace of the bandits sug- eested a haven of retreat as they made their way into the Ozark Noun tains of Arkansas, they were finally brought to bay by three men who had pursued them from SaIisaw, Oklahoma. It was in this fight that Matt proved he was no "sssie cake-eater" Single handed he made prisoners of two of the men and wounded the third
 Realizing that his woud-be captors were far from home, and one, famous Cherokee Indian deputy, Chalculate, was badly wounded. Matt sought to live up to his ideal of bandit chivalry After giving each one of the captured men S20 bill to "get home" and box of cookies, the only food at hand the outlaw called back as he drove into the night:
 "See that the wounded man gets the best hospital treatment and publish the cost in a newspaper. I'll pay for it."
 But the outlaws did not know as they fed further into the Ozarks that the Indian died from his wounds. and that Matt was hunted on a charge of mur- der Perhaps if they had been aware of this, they might not have attempted to return to the home of q relative few nights later Ray Terrills school did not provide instructions for escape
New Britain herald., 1929-03-28
N THEN the smoke of the phan.
 " tom boy bandits cleared away,

" tom boy bandits cleared away,
 Western bank officials, from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande, breathed a sigh of relief. George and Matthew Kimes are behind the bars of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for life and the power of their wicked. quick-shooting gang is broken.
 These two soft-voiced, hard-eyed, baby-faced youngsters staged as many spectacular robberies within a few months as were accredited to the fa- nous Jesse James gang during it's en- tire career. Once they held up three banks in Beggs, Oklahoma, at the same time and got away. Again they robbed a bank, walked nonchalantly across the street, robbed another, and whizzed out of town in high-power cars. They kidnaped sheriffs, tied up bank tellers, gave away money as carelessly as they stole it, but in the end their audacity brought about their down fall.
 Now George kimes has a twenty, five-year prison sentence and the pos sibility of fifty-year sentence ahead of that. Matt is "lifer" and lucky to escape the electric chair for murder. With the two boys who were called the "ghost riders of the prairie States" finally frustrated, attention has been turned to their tragic family back ground.
 Their two pretty girl-wives will never see them in freedom beyond prison walls, their father and mother are dead because of their bandtry, and their two sisters face the world alone.
 Haunted by fear of the law that was closing in on his sons, the father was shot and killed while trying to flee from officers who were approaching his home. The mother, unable to bear the strain, died heartbroken. Her fu- neral was attended by two solitary mourners, her two daughters.
 These two girls, known throughout famous outlaws, form the most striking part of the present picture. They have determined to vindicate the family name. I've will show the world,' said Nellie Kimes, the elder, recently, "that the kimes have good stuff in them. We will make the world respect the kimes name"
 Thus the picture, as the smoke of the phantom boy bandits clears away and their exciting deeds become rele- gated to the past. Eighteen-year-old Nellie Kimes is dependent on the money she can make as an entertainer in an oil-field dance hall. She is shielding her fourteen-year-old sister. Jessie, who is living where the nor bidly curious cannot find her Nellie is determined that Jessie shall not suf- fer because of the family publicity.
 There are three astonishing and sig nifcant aspects of the Kimes brothers rapid-fire excursions into crime. First, it is said that George and Matt made up their minds while still attending school in short trousers. that they would follow in the footsteps of the famous desperadoes, now romantic fg- ures in carly Oklahoma history. The exciting stories of Billy the Kid" Al
New Britain herald., 1929-03-28

channels while they were still young.
 Such an effort was not made, appar- ently, and no further attention was paid to the kimes boys until they were arrested for petty thieverv and thrown into Jail for short sentence. It was there that they met Ray Ter.-ill, a no
 torous bank robber When they were released from jail, they were we'll schooed in the tricks of the trade and eligible to join Terril's gang. They wasted no more time on small jobs. They were ready for the real thing. The fresh enthusiasm of their newest
New Britain herald., 1929-03-28

they made theil haul of s5.000 and es- capped.
 This should have been warning to .he Southwest that a new phase of bandit history was about to be made Here were two fearless youths who de- pended upon sheer as1acity to out match alert police This fact evi- denced in their first bank robbery dis tinguished their entire criminal careers.
 This was the first of a series of bank robberies which terrofized Okla homa, Kansas, Arkansas. Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee, Kentucky and
New Britain herald., 1929-03-28

members fired the gang to daring ex- ploits never before dreamed of. Matt was soon the ring leader and George his trusty confederate.
 Curiously enough in their first ma Jor crime, they made good the threat of their boyhood. They strolled into the bank at Beggs, in much the same way they had done several years be fore, but this time there was no cause for amusement. They were unmasked, but well armed. After ordering en- p,oyees and customers into a vault.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-28

Jennings and Jesse James, supplemented by Wild West fiction. stimulated their imaginations.
 Secondly. the boys gave evidence of developing into anything but bold, bad men. In fact they early won the reputation of be- Z ing village sheiks, adept in the art of "queening." hair clustering, and jazz step ping. They were typical young "cake-eaters," but even then their popularity indicated that they were natural leaders.
 The third aspect is prob. ably the most interesting of all. The boys followed the old Robin Hood tradi- ton, robbing the rich but refusing to take anything from the poor. Even in their bank robber- ies they refused to
 take money that
 was not insured,
 and other money
 that they thought
 might belong to
 widows and or.
 phans." Because in their own minds
 they justified their
 crimes by creating
 hs,, la.se uea,s' ana George Ri ;nst;not ~ e .ieli Pho,Ogral .i,i.' .h;n .h Lo. 'eauel When He sh,e T s : ":le Known | anS hoIa tasa.h t,sa..1e Town She . laval T a.ro .osvlie. ",h;eh Beggs .;dod .hss hs ln." Oklahoma c,.;n, % tha;. m n,e. e Before
 Wb.. % 4h. 'bs.. b Became . r..a .4;ii ; uoss Robber. vonn, tha Eaos Ess the Smil fsm;Iv nnv.d f.a Confide tha 6,arL Maun % Expressi tains of Arkansas
 to the prosperous little tow Beggs, Oklahoma. The family became a part of the life of u tie community, attracting littl tice as they lived in the quiet ner of other law-abiding citize the town.
 The first unusual act attriI to the Kimes boys. was late called by residents of Beggs. said that one day Matthew George, still in short tro, walked into the leading ban Beggs and approached the pres with the question:
 Mister, how much none there in this bank ?"
 They received . casual answ. the busy man:
 "Oh, thousands of dollars"
 Little significance was attach to their rather astonishing repl,
 Well, some day we're comir to rob this bank"
 But as citizens now view the they feel that the boyish thr vealed an unfortunate state of cent mind. They regret that st fort was not made to direct tn imaginative energy into const
New Britain herald., 1929-03-28

given twenty-five years. The charge against Matt was much graver, and while his fate was still undecided, an event took place which once again ter rified the Southwest.
 One dark night six masked men stormed the Salisaw, Oklahoma, jail, beat the guards unconscious and re- leased the leader of their gang. Almost immediately, the daring robberies were resumed. During the months that fol- lowed Matt eluded his captors with mysterious cleverness.
 On one occasion he walked, undis- guised, down the main street of little town. He passed three sheriffs who were discussing poster decorated with his likeness, which also offered . re- ward for his capture "dead or alive" He was apparently delighted when one of the men recognized him. It was another adventure to Matt. He jumped into a car standing by the curb and sped away. It was not until he neared the outskirts of the village that he dis covered that he had unwittingly com mitted a crime not included in his schedule. He had not only stolen an automobile, but he had Kidnapped . sleeping baby in the back seat. At the risk of being caught he turned back and placed the child, still sleeping, in churchyard. It was later found un- harmed by the frantic parents.
 At times when hunters were too close upon him for comfort the elusive outlaw found it necessary to resort to tangible means of deception. To throw a pack of bloodhounds of the scent, he once smeared oil and tar on his shoes as he made his way across the desert.
 About this time, Matt had cause to realize the tragedy he and his brother had brought upon their family. He heard somehow that his mother was dying. Under cover of night he went to his old home and asked her forgive ness. She died few hours after the visit of her wayward son. Again his heart ruled his head, and he defied the law by going to her grave and placing his offering of wild flowers on the earth.
 It is rather ironical that the boy bandits love of beauty was finally re- sponsible for his capture, and that the desperado who had stolen thousands of dollars had less than three hundred dollars at the time. The splendor of the Grand Canyon lured him to a dan- gerous spot where he was easily penned in by posse which, as usual, was trail- ing him. The quietness of his final surrender offered striking contrast to the exploits of his outlaw career.
 For the first time in his adventure some life. Matt faced fear-fear of the electric chair. And as he stood on trial for his life he learned that the brave sister who had made such . heroic struggle to uphold the family name. had also fallen into the clutches of the law
 But Nellie, although implicated with two dance hall "buddies" in an oil field brawl in which man was killed, was able to secure bail and a postponement of her trial. This permitted her the opportunity to earn money for her court defense, and chance to prove her contention that some members of the kimes family were to be trusted.
 No longer are Matt and George col- orful desperadoes at large in the wide open spaces. In their last adventure, the boy bandits are just ordinary pris- oners in drab. gray world
New Britain herald., 1929-03-28

Newspaper Feature Service. 1929.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-28
Two Phases of the kimes Brothers

Upper Part of the Drawing Shows the Boys They Ap
 peared When They Made Good Their Threat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-25


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The Washington times., 1929-10-05

For the next Is days, during the
used car Round washingto tons
best bays" will be found In Times
and Herald Classified ads
The Washington times., 1929-10-05
REALTY SCHOOL
OPENS SOON

The Real Estate Forum held un.
der the auspices Of the Y. M. c. A.
will meet for the first time this sea-
son, next Tuesday evening, and, ac-
cording to DR.. James A. Bell. dean
of educational activities, has de.
veloped a brief but intensive series
of discussions of interest to those
engaged in the real estate businss
as well as others interested in real
estate.
Opening with 1.-THE Fundamentals
of the Real Estate Business" as
the initial topic, the discussion by
John A. Petty. executive secretary
of the Washington Real Estate
Board, will present comprehensive
outline of real estate as q vocation,
indicating it's importance and OPP
portunities. Subsequent sessions of
the Forum will be presided over by
Mr.. Petty as chairman, and the va.
rious topics assigned on the Forum
program will be discussed by him
and others prominent in real estate
circles.
The following Is a complete pro-
gram Of the Forum activities.
Property ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Of rent department, including a
detailed discussion of the response
bilities of the Property Manager and
the development of modern rental
service. Real Estate Contracts
a study of contracts vital to dealings
in real estate; Real Estate Finfnc-
t,,er ,esr lN,
and their intimate relation to real
estate activities, Chain Store Leas-
ing'-the specialized aspects of chain
store and other commercial leasing;
Real Estate Titles'-an explana-
ton of various forms of title papers
estates in land and instruments Of
conveyance; Selling Real Estate
the basic factors underlying success
full selling methods; Operative Build
of the building bust
ness with particular emphasis on
present day development of home
communities; "Appraising Real Es-
tate'-consideratio of the underly-
ing principles of appraising from the
standpoint of the practical appraiser;
License Laws and Ethics
ton of real estate license laws and
the application of the realtors code
Of ethics in actual practice.
Differing from the real estate
courses which heretofore the Y. M.
C. A. has conducted on very ele-
mental basis, the Real Etate Forum,
D.. Bell said, will be conducted on a
more advanced scale in order to be
helpful to the many young men en-
gagged in the real estate business who
are seeking an opportunity for in
dividual development.
The Washington times., 1929-10-05
Building Permits

Permits issued this past week for
the erection Of s1,O27,S32 worth of
new buildings include the construc.
ton of 81 private dwellings,, one
apartment house, one garage. two
gas stations and one stone cutting
building.
A detailed listing of the projects
are as follows
Frank Tomlinson-s375.OO 900. for tn e
erection of a fiYe-story brick and Mile
apartment building at 1851 Park Rd,
n. W., lot ss-lsS-Sls-S17-s20, square
267s
Wardman Corporation-t2es,4sO, for
the erection of II two-stoky brick and
tile dwellings at 1925 Sheridan st.
N W.. lot S1-54, square 2TS9
Louis s. Owsley-$90 900. for the erec.
ton of one four-story stone and brick
dwelling at 2347 S st. N. W.. lot 80.
square 251s.
A. J. Howar-S9O. 600. to erect one
tnree-story brick and concrete garage
building at 1850 NJ st. ". w.. lot Sl2-
l3-l4-2O, square 1l9B ~
j. B. Shapiro Co--$s0;0OO, for the
erection of three two-stnry brick dwell.
lngs at 607-15 Ogletho rp st. ~ w. lot
240-42. square 3202
Boss and Phelps-$30, 600 to erect five
two-story brick dwellings at 4Sl1. n
Forty-fourth st. N. W.. lot Bs- 81. square