Jfing Aifonsc Abdicates; j
iZHiin Proclaimed Republic
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■ T,i:rosi:n' monarchs lose no
TIME IN QU ITTING SPAIN;
> NOW IN PARIS.
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. MADRID, April 13.—A crisis ir
E Spanish affairs, with grave threats
. agn nst-the monarchy, is forecast bj
the . (Sweeping victory of republicans
- in .yi-srterday’s election, was brought
■;to a head today by the resignation oi
the present cabinet.
VMADRID, A,pril 14.—The throne oi
Spain, oc.upied for 981 years by the
.House, of-Bourbon, fel today, King
lfonso. acceding to the demands of
i truniphant republican leaders, not
merely abdicated but resigned, and
. tonight left the city. Provisionally,
. the. .government, headed by Alcale
T Zeaora, was proclaimed a republic
throughout Spain tonight.
BARCELONA, April 14.—The re
public of Catalona was proclaimed
I here today, with Francisca Macia, re
- publican leader, assuming the presi
dency.
EHENBAYE, France, April 15.—
Former Queen Victoria of Spain, and
: her children, bound for exile; arrived
>. hpre tonight.
LONDON, April 15.—Former King
- Alfonso, fleeing from Spain, is ex
ic.ed to arrve here in a few days
on a visit to his mother-in-law, living
here.
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j PAIRS, April 17.—Former King
Alfonso of Spain arrived here last
".ight. Welcoming him were thirty
thousand French • Spaniards, wildly
claiming him at the raiway station.
ONE DRY REPEAL VOTED
BY ALASKA LEGISLATORS
! A special to the Anchorage Times
from Juneau says:
“By a vote of 10 to 5 the House
Friday afternoon passed the Hel
eiv h-Allyn measure repealing the
A'aska bone dry law and supporting
a memorial to Congress asking en
orsement for such action by the
':gis:ature by a vote of 11 to 4. I
“I onnelley, Johnston of Fairbanks,
I McCutcheon, Nerland.and Nylen vot
I cd against repeal, but McCutcheon
■wp. hed his vote and supported the
| proposed memorial to Congress.
"The votes were taken without ar
gument or a single speech. The bill
and memorial will reach the Senate
today, but no action is expected for
several days, and there has been no
indication of the outcome.” I
KING AND QUEEN OF SIAM.
VICTORIA, April 17.—The king
and queen of Siam, on a visit to the
United States, arrived here today.
■ Reorganization of Office of
Indian Affairs Goes Into Effect
%WASHINGTON, March 30.—Com
plete reorganization of the Office of
’-.Indian .Affairs has been put into ef
fect. The plan for reorganization,
which has just been approved by Dr.
Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the
Interior, is the result of more than
. a year’s sctudy by Charles J. Rhoads,
> Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and
, J. Henry Scattergood, Assistant Com
missioner.
Five field divisions of health, edu
cation, agricultural extension and in
dustry, forestry, and irrigation have
been organized with a technical or
, ;pr fes ional director at the head oT
each division. This new staff of ex
per£* now has direct executive and
,. administrative power over the re
spective field services. These divi
: sions are grouped under two assist
ants to the commissioner, whose
spheres are defined as: “Human re
lations” and “Property.”
The old organization, basicaly un
changed for over fifty years and op
erated largely along purely clerical
lines, was cumbersome. Division
1 heads lacked the necessary executive
powers and, with the erception' of
those of health and forestry, none
s had a technically-trained man in au
* thority. The standards of qualifica
tion for the administrative offices, di
•: rectors' and assistant directors have'
neW been raised, and saaries have
• been made more attractive.
Both Mr. Rhoads and Mr. Scatter
good consider that the new pan will
., work out to the best advantage in the
administration of Indian affairs. They
hope it will make for a simplification
in the management of the complicat
• ed affairs of the Indian service and
will make the office much more re-1
sponsive to the needs of the field
through simplified procedures and di
rection by trained people who knew
the service conditions.
Coordination and cooperation is the
keynote of the new system. For in
stance, the ne wassistant to the com
missioner on human relations wiH be
directly responsible to the commis
sioner for the coordination of the di
visions of health, education, and ag
ricultural extension and industry. His
office will serve as the coordinating
center for all imports and correspond
ence affecting the human progress of
he Indian office. He will be respon
sible for the cooperation of the three
divisions and will call frequent con
ferences between the directors and
their assistants. All personal prob
lems and policies of the field activi
ties will be worked out by him, and
he will be responsible for conducting
a recruiting program for al types of
positions. The directors are to keep
activey in touch with the field and,
are to make trips to the field as often
as it is found necessary, in order to
maintain the efficient working of
their divisions. They are to aid the
assistant to the commissioner in the
selection of ne wemployes and are to
recommend to him any change needed
for the continuance of a high stand
ard of work.
The assistant to the commissioner
on property will be directly responsi
ble for all activities dealing with the
guardianship of Indian property,!
tribal and individual,-land, irrigation, I
and forestry. He will keep all the
activities of his group in harmony
with the plans and projects of the
branches of the Indian service which
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CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
REVERSES CONVICTION DF 8
IDAHO RUM RBBELLMW® CASES
SAN FRANCISCO, April -13.—The
United States Circuit Court of Ap
nea's today reverse! the conviction* of
h 3 c 1 y hi defendants in “rum rebel
on” cases of Shoshone county, Idaho,
in which Herman J. Ross, mayor of
Wallace, R. E. Weniger, sheriff ^of
Shoshone county, and fifteen others
were convicted of conspracy to vio~
the' national prohibition act.
R ITRATON AND CONCILIA
TION, WESTERN HEMISPHERE
WASHINGTON, April 14.—Presi
; er.t Hoover, addressing'the (l egates
,j the Pan-Amer can Union today,
nvisioned a Worde n Hemisphere of
..ns in the f L re as settling
' e.y major did n e j • anciliation
_.;i arbitration.
SAYS ROOSEVELT WILL BE
NOMINATED .BY AL SMITH
LOS ANGELES, April 14.—Scott
Bulktt of Seattle, Democratic ’na
io. ai comm tteeman from Washing
on state, told the conference of
Weste. n Democratic ’eaders here last
:. ght that Governor Franklin Roose
velt of New York will-be nominated
as Democracy’s standard hearer by
. one other than Alfred E. Smith at
the next convention.
ALEX.’ PANTAGES HALED TO
COURT ON NASTY COUNT
LOS ANGELES, April 1§.—Testi
fying yesterday at the preliminary
hearing of Alexander Pantages and
four others on charges of immorality,
Leslie White, an investigator connect
with the district attorney’s office,
said he-had obtained confessions, from
two of the defendants, Mrs. Olive
Clark Day and William Jobelmann.
The confessions as obtained by White
were afterwards repudiated, but they
paralleled the story of the alleged
party as told at the, opening of court
by Lydia Witto, one of the girls, and
part’ally followed, by testimony, the
^tory related by .Camille Livingston,
-he, other alleged victim.
Mrs. Day and Jobelmann, it was
stated by White, voluntarily admitted
that they had supplied two 17-year
o'd girls for a party here last,-.Octo
ber, at which Pantuges and Jess
Shreve and John P. Mills, former
business associates of the showman,
are aleged to have had improper re
ations with them.
NEWTON D. BAKER MAY BE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
CLEVELAND.—Newton D. Baker,
former Secretary of War, may be the
Democratic candidate for the presi
dency in the forthcoming campaign.
W. B. Gongwar, Democratic county
chairman, issued a statement today in
which he announces that Baker is not
seeking the nomination, but that he
will not refuse it if it is offered to
him.
Lon French, well known radio op
erator, after an absence of about
three months at An horage, to which
place he went to receive medical at
tention, returned to ’ s post at Idit
arod yesterday, traveling with Pilot
Barnhill.
SEATTLE, April 18.—The steamer
Alaska sailed for Seward and South
western Alaska ports this morning,
carrying 310 passengers, including
105 for Seward and interior points. 1
Alaska Game
Commission
DECENT AMENDMENTS TO FUR
AND CAME REGULATIONS
OF TERRITORY
JUNEAU, April. 7.—Amendments
to.the Alaska, game law. made by the
Act of February. 14, 1931, together
w „ii the recommendations of the
A a ska -Game' Commission for modi
fications, in the- Regulations, respect
ng game and. fur-bearing animals
and birds of, Alaska, were published
on April 2, to become .effective July
1, 1931. The revised Regulations
ware t:. ~ .od by Secretary Hyde of
the Eu. a-sr, eat of Agriculture on
i Mafch and will appear in new
game J fur law Circular No. 8. Ap
pended in the new circular is a large
map of 'Alaska on which have been
outlined the boundaries -of the eight
11.- V« I. —I V 10.1 Lici.
A supply, of .the new Circular No. S
i I roon ha received from the printer
for distribution. As in the past.
opi.s wi:l be mailed to all persons
who hoi (licenses fo.r this year, as
well a,s to .many others whose names
ppear on the commission’s mailing
.st. Those who do not receive a copy
through the mai may secure one from
the local game commissioner, game
warden, a censing officer, or from the
, ecutive office at Juneau.
The mpst. extensive change is the
.ivision of the Territory into eight
_ r districts instead of three as here
tofore. Open and close seasons for
lie taking of fur-bearers have been
changed slightly to conform to the
r.ew districts ami follow generally the
ccommendations. of persons residing
,n the districts affected. Until the
rem its of the trapping of beaver and
i..ai>teri. during the past winter; are
known, the Commission has deemed
it advisable to announce a close sea
son on these fur-hearers throughout
he Territory.
In conformity with an amendment
to the act, provision is made for t'he
recaptture of fur-bearing animals
that escape from fur farms. To pre
vent the killing o fmany mink during
the summer, it is now requred that
“blackfish traps” commonly. in use
abng Bering Sea coast be screened.
Regulations on hunting migratory
game birds have been made to ac
cord with federal regulations under
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. No
change has been made in the dates of
the open season on migratory birds,
but the taking of Ross and Cackling
geese has been prohibited, and the
bag limit on brar.t combined with
that of geese and limited to-fourv-in
the aggregate in any one day.- The
marimum possession limit of, geese
and brant is placed at eight in .the
aggregate of all kinds.
The Keystone Canyon closed area
near Valdez has been ertended from
Milepost 13 to 20 from Valdez instead
of ending at Milepost 16 as hereto
fore.
Increased protection is accorded the
large brow., and gritzy bears by the
addition of two: areas in'which- a resi-.
dent oi 'be Territory may take an-’
imals iy durng the open season
from i uoi uary 1 to June 20. One of
the new areas is on the north side of
Kodiak and inclvdes the drainage to
Shelikof Straus uetween Cape Ugat
and Cape lko.ik. ihe other is on the
Kenai Peninsula west of the Kenai
mountains and includes the westerly
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Nicaraguan
Turbulenc
COSTS LIVES OF NINE AMERI
CAN MARINES AND MANY
.NATIVES ..
PANAMA CITY. Aprii T?.—The
Pan-American today said that twen
hy-five Americans have been killed ip
a light between United States ma
rines and national guard patrols and
insurgents in Nicaragua.
PUERTO CABEGAS, Nicaragua,
April 15.—United States marines
from the gunboat Ashville were
landed here today to protect the pop
ulace from Nicaraguan insurgents
whose forces are estimated at .about
three thousand. Nine Americans and
many natives have been slain sincr
Saturday.
REAL BATTLE FOR DEMPSEY
HOLLYWOOD, April 17.—Estelle
Taylor last night, announced that she
proposes to divorce Jack Dempsey,
who is now in Reno, Nevada, prepar■
ng his attempt to divorce her.
5,000 SEAL PELTS SOLD
AT ST. LOIIIS AUCTION
ST. -LOUIS.—About 25,000 seal
: kins, three-fourths of them front
Alaska herds owned by the Govern
ment, were sold at auction, bv the
I'ouke Fur Company today.
Sales of 20,000 pelts at the morn
ing session brought $453,609. Prices
averaged for blacks $29.44'; scarred1
and faulty pelts, $21.26; poor pelts,
$6.94; brown, $22.43.
Fifteen hundred .additional peti
were sold for the United States, Ik000
for the Union of South Africa, 300
for the Japanese government, ant1
$1,200 far other nations.
MRS. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH
GETS BULK OF BIG ESTATE
WASHINGTON, April 17.- The cn
tire estate of the late Nicholas Long
worth, the value of which is estimat
ed at $16,000,000, has been left to
the widow, Mrs . Alice Roosevelt
Longworth, according to the terms of
the will probated at Cincinnati’ yes
terday.
Emil Anderson, well known dredge
man, after a winter spent at. Oakland,
C'alif., with his family, was among
those who returned here yesterday,
traveling from Anchorage with Pilot
Jo.* Crossen. Traveling from Anchor
age on the sani& plane were Captain
George A. Green, who landed at Mc
Grath, and a Mr. Stone, who landed
here.
Dick Rhodes, well known oldtimer,
owner' of the East Fork Roadhouse
on the winter trail, was a yesterday
arrival here, coming up with ) Pilot
Joe Crossen.
Thomas Lake, Ted Elkins add
Clarence Ulrich arrived here three or
four days ago, having driven over the
tiail from Nenana.
Axel Peterson, from his winter
headquarters on Beaver, was a Thurs
day arrival.
Nels Vibe was a Thursday town
visitor.
Jesse Baugh was a Thursday town
visitor.