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Show THE LEW SITN. I.HI'. UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Alfonso of Spain Surrenders Power, but Does Not Abdicate Illinois Governor Vetoes "Wet" Bill Nicholas Longworth Buried. a: By EDWARD W. PICKARD Ex.King Alfonso KINO AL- onto ma members of the royal family teat tered into exilo, loaders of the Spanish republic moved to Insure the life of the new retime and to make royalty's return re-turn to Spain Impossible. Im-possible. The prison gates of Barcelona, Valencia, Va-lencia, J oca and other cities were pened for thousands of political and revolutionary hostages incarcerated incar-cerated during the dictatorships of the last eight years, while crowds Boisterously celebrated the death of the monarchy and the blrtb of the republic. Don N'lceto Alcala Zamora, provisional pro-visional president of Spain, at once assumed power. Born on May 17, 1880, sis months after the death of his futher, Alfonso Al-fonso XII. Alfonso XIII automatically automatic-ally became Ihe king of Spain. Mis mother. Queen Maria Christina, waa appointed regent and ruled the country as sovereign until Alfonso Al-fonso became sixteen, when, according ac-cording to Spanish constitutional law. he reached his majority and ceme Into his full kingship, Alfonso made no bluff of abdicat lng in favor of his ton. The kingdom king-dom of Spain Is at an end. And Alfonso, by yielding without bloodshed, blood-shed, won for himself a unique honor lie did not have to take to his heels and scamper for bis life. He went out of Spain in a dignified way, a man who feels that he has served his nation well and who knows himself worthy of this last mnrk of consideration. It will be Interesting to watch the developments In Madrid during the next few weeks, for the trend in government on the continent of Europe has not been wholly a victory vic-tory for present-day democracy. In certain countries, notably France, a republican government has functioned with admirable stability. sta-bility. In others the tendency has been toward dictatorships. And the chief difference between monarchy and a dictatorship is that Individual ability and dominances dom-inances rather than accident of birth, bring about the selection of the ruler. IN ASSUMING his duties as viceroy vice-roy to India. I-ord Wllllngdon finds the country vastly more complex com-plex and infinitely more difficult to deal with than was the Dominion of Canada. Instead of having to handle 10,000.000 people with only two principal languages, the new governor general hns 350,000,000 speaking 222 vernaculars, all crowd-td crowd-td In a space about half the size of Canada. Lord Wllllngdon Is facing a country coun-try not only clamoring for the right to shape her own destiny but ne beset with acute racial and religions re-ligions cleavages and animosities, with Hindus outnumbering Moslems y S to 1. To be sure, every viceroy has had this Moslem-Hindu communal problem to struggle with. Observer Observ-er in India say it will always exist, ex-ist, as long as the Hindu worships the cow and the Moslem eats it, tor It Is the so-called desecration f this animal that causes most race riots. One of the few bright stmts Lord Wllllngdon will find is that the Nationalists Na-tionalists are now at peace with the British government. Bnt how long this will last depends " on what measure of Independence Oandhl secures when he goes to the second "round table" conference confer-ence In London this summer. If Increased remuneration and honors are any compensation for the trials he must face. Lord Wllllngdon Wll-llngdon may find some satisfaction In the fact that his $50,000 salary m governor general of Canada is doubled and bis expense allowance quadrupled. " TnE funeral of Mcnoias iona worth at Cincinnati Cincin-nati was attended by notable men 1 from all parts of the United States, all of them warm friends of the late speaker of the house of representatives. represent-atives. President Hoover laid aside pressing public duties du-ties to do honor to the memory of Mr. Longworth. Affectionate Affec-tionate tributes from all parts of the world laid stress upon his attractive at-tractive personality. These expressions, expres-sions, and the high esteem manifested mani-fested by the public and through the press, are a rich legacy f comfort to his family. Mr. Longvrortb's death has. of eourse. completely changed the course of events In the house, A ttrnggie for the speakership would have ewurred In any event, but l was taken for granted thnt Mr Longworth would command all the votes f his party and thus hold an even chsne of winning the sieak rshlp. The Republicans must now tfiooae a r-indidate fur speaker and lie will fare the difficult task f consolidating- the entire party. Although a few Republicans hsd threatened to bolt, "Nick" Long A ' F - i Mrs. Longworth worth's personal popularity was such that solid party vote was confidently expected to appear when needed. Now the would-be bolters may not be drawn Into line by personal affection for the party leader. Archie Roosevelt, brother of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, said that his sister "has never and will not seek political office." Roosevelt made this statement at the Longworth home and added that "my slater will of course go back to Washington where she has a residence, but Cincinnati is her home and she Intends to make it such in the future." Further than this, he said, Mrs. Longwertb has no future plans. This would seem definitely to set at rest rumora that Mrs. Longworth would be a candidate for her late husband's seat In congress. GOV. LOUIS L. Emmerson, contrary to expectations, expec-tations, vetoed the hill for the repeal of the Illinois search and seizure laws. The measure, which would have placed Illinois sixth in the column of states repealing their prohibition enforcement acts, . had been enacted by the state senate by only a two-vote margin, 20 to 24. The vote for It in the house had been 91 to 56V. Several of those who voted for repeal in the senate, where the turn of two votes would have changed the vote, frankly "admitted they voted for it only because be-cause of the referendum, by which the voters of Illinois, by a lnrge majority, expressed' their approval of repeal. Governor Emmerson, however, left the way ,open for alterations In the reealer, which he said would cause it to meet with his approval. He declared in his veto message that if the repealer had contained a referendum provision "so that the people of the state, with the full knowledge of the consequences, could vote on wiping out all state liquor legislation without reptrd to the Constitution of the United States, I should feel compelled to sign the bill." The governor nsserted that the efforts of Illinois "wets" to strike all prohibition laws from the statute books was nullifk-atlonlsm. ft t"' v) O i n J 'it Gov. L. L. Emmerson P II AIRMAN r , 1 James C. Stone James C. Stone of the federal farm board said in a recent statement that Russian activities activ-ities In the dump lng of wheat "were largely responsible for demoralising the world markei and necessitating a renewal of the wheat stabilization operations the middle mid-dle of last November Novem-ber to prevent fur ther effects of that collapse from being felt in our own market." That Is to say. the dumping of Russian wheat Into the markets of Europe at any price It would bring was largely the cause of that great accumulation of wheat In storage which now embarrasses the board and the market. That Russia was the main cause of that calamitous slump In wheat last November Is a fact that Is not questioned by responsible re-sponsible authorities anywhere In the world. Yet little or none of this wheat came to America. The tariff on wheat Is practically prohibitive, even for Russia. And we can If we wish effectively prevent the entry en-try of any Russian products That, however, will not enable ns to escape es-cape the consequences of Russia's prodigious economic program, the most extensive and the most auda clous economic experiment In the world's history. It need not touch as directly at any point hut we cannot escape it. Russia Is in a position to make the price In the world market, and It will not be a profitable price. ' Much the same situation Is developing de-veloping In relation t lumber and oil. Russia has a larger area of useful timber than any country In the world and as fast as It can. by forced labor. It Is turning that timber Into lumber In order to real-Ire real-Ire cash or credit on It from Its sales In the markets of the world. The effect on lumber prices must he similar to that on wheat. The world of the established or der has never lwen confronted by such an economic menace aa Russia Rus-sia now presents, not to speak of Its social and political menace. IN THE federal court at Evans 1 vllle. Inrt Hnrry E. Rowlmttom former representative In conjrres of the First Indiana district, was convicted of accepting, bribes from -ersons who sousht office appoint !entS.. . . The former congressman wiw sentenced . immediately by Judge I'harles E. Woodward to serve one year and one d;ij in Leavenworth (enitentiary and was fined S'-'.WK). In refusing a request to have the defendant pJoced on probation b cause of his physical condition and on the grounds that others Involved In the post office deals were not Indicted, In-dicted, Judge Woodward said : 'Respect for public office Is lessened les-sened If they may be bought and sold. The offense of which this defendant has been found guilty is grave. I do not deem It necessary to impose the extreme penalty but the sentence must be of such a nature as to deter other congressmen congress-men from such practices." Rowbottora's attorneys Indicated that no appeal would be taken. The Jury returned Its verdict after deliberating two hours and five minutes. The ex-congressman, testifying at a witness, told of receiving money from Job seekers, but Insisted In-sisted It came to him with expressions expres-sions of sympathy over bis unsuccessful unsuc-cessful campaign for re-election last November. ri ''- ft ECRETAR Y SEC of Secretary Adams Adams ordered the cruiser . Memphis from Guautanamo. Cuba, to a position near Nlcaraguan waters for nse if the rebel movement move-ment In Nicaragua should become serious. se-rious. The gunboat A s h e v i 1 1 e also started up the east coast of Central America from the Canal Zone. Advices received at Panama City by officials of the Standard Fruit SteumBhlp company at Cristobal said three United States marines were killed in an attack by a large force of bandits on the commissary at Logtown. Nicaragua, seven miles from Puerto Cahezas. Puerto Ca-hezns Ca-hezns Is on the northeastern, coast of Nicaragua. The three marines listed as killed In the reports to the steamship company were Capt. Harlan Pefley, Lieutenant Darrah and Sergeant Taylor. Several native employees of the commissary also were killed, the report said. Rev. Karl Bergener of Water-town, Water-town, Wis., a Moravian missionary In the Prlnzapolka district, was reliably reported killed when Cape Graclaa a Dtos .was. captured by Insurgents. Other American residents resi-dents of Cape Graclas a DIos Include In-clude Albert and Edwin Fagot of New Orleans, and William J. Green of Allegheny, Pa. D UTH NICHOLS. Rye (N. T.) aviatrix, set a new speed record rec-ord for women over a three-kilometer course at Detroit (slightly less than two miles) with a speed of 210.085 miles an hour. Amelia Earhart Putnam held the previous record of 181.157 miles an hour. Miss Nichols flew the Lockheed-Vega Lockheed-Vega plane in which she set a worn nn's altitude record In March, over an ofllctal course laid out near the flying held. . Hnrry H. Knepper of the National Na-tional Aeronautical association, checked the flight, and R. A. Lea-veil, Lea-veil, another aeronautical official, timed the race. Miss Nichols made two round trips over the course and the speed was the aveniKe of the four timings. tim-ings. In the trips nsalnst the wind she was timed at 11.030 and 202.814 miles an hour, and with the wind the times were 221.825 and 220.880. The only comment the nvlatrlx made wns that "there wasn't anything any-thing particularly exciting about the flight." D INHIBITION DIRECTOR Woodcock announced a new high peak in federal prohlb'tlon enforcement for the month of March, with more arrests and more automobiles seized than In any similar sim-ilar period since July, lie declared de-clared it was "the best month the bureau hns lind since 1 took office nearly a year ago. Notwlthstand lng . the Increased activity the courts more tlftin kept up with ns. There, were 23,583 cases on the docket at the end of February and only 21.848 on April 1. "Further." he claimed, "we have established a definite trend in these figures showing that the average of fines is steadily decreasing while the average of Jail sentences has been steadily increasing in the nine months since prohibition enforcement en-forcement was transferred from the Treasury to the Justice depart--menta." J! 12 Arlstide Briand A DANGEROUS-ly DANGEROUS-ly complicated complicat-ed situation has arisen In the political po-litical situation developing de-veloping In Europe, especially in con nectlon with the Austro - German tariff union and the forthcoming visit of the German chancellor and foreign for-eign minister to London for conferences confer-ences with Brit ish government leaders. Behind the official silence In various vari-ous capitals many French observers observ-ers saw Important Issues centering In the tariff agreement and In the Franco-Italian naval accord, which It was said France Is attempting to Imp because the government was never fully convinced that It was profitable. France desires to remain on friendly terms wtth Britain, be--ause Foreign Minister Aristlde Briand has asked the British for elgn secretary. Arthur Henderson, to use pressure on Germany to modify the tariff accord when the German chancellor ton to England next month. Briand has been placed in an ex- liigl. eml-rrrassins position he-.iitse he-.iitse of the p.-asilillifv that he will elected !resi.Ient of the repuh lie In May. while he wmild prefer in conclude the naval accord with Italy by continuing his work at the jual d'Orsay. ! IJJI Wwtera Kaapr Colon! Intermountain ilsvs Briefly Told by Busy Readers ROAD IS OPES TO PARS LICENSE LSSUE IS LESS ASK DECREASED RATE UNMARRIED FAVORED GAS FUMES FATAL nrrm ml TTl T?llhl School UtUli, board baa ruled against employing married women teachers neit year and reduced the salary schedule on beginning teachers In the high school and elementary school. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. County Assessor Clayton reports Bonneville Bonne-ville county motorists were behind from 500 to 600 In the purchase of automobile license plates aa compared com-pared with last year. CASTLE DALE, UT. Many fish are being planted In Emery and Carbon Car-bon counties this spring by the Carbon-Emery Fish and Gams club. LEWIST0N, IDA. Fumes of a household gaa range were fatal to Lawrence Prlne, 20, and Homer MacFarland, 22, at the Prlne home. RUPERT, IDA. Worry Is believed believ-ed to have caused Wm. Lonck, 43, farmer, to take hla life by poisoning poison-ing himself. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Utah's coal Industry has Initiated a movement move-ment for lower freight rates. The coal Industry has requested a BO cent per ton decrease In rates on lump coal and the same on slack. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. Yellowstone Yellow-stone highway Is open for motor travel as far as Mack's Inn, the Idaho Ida-ho Falls Chamber of Commerce reports. re-ports. However, between Mack's and the West Yellowstone entrance to the park deep drifts still hamper traffic and make passage difficult. LOGAN, UT. Through efforts of Logan chamber of commerce, 500 acres of seed peas will be planted plant-ed in Cache valley this year, although al-though no plants of the Utah Packing Pack-ing corporation will run. It is virtually virtu-ally assured, however, that a full run will be at all the plants in 19-82. 19-82. Three hundred acres will be planted in Smithfield and 200 in Franklin. LEWIST0N, IDA. The Idaho Parent-Teachers association held a three day meeting here of the state organization. - PROVO, UT. Forest Supervisor Charles DeMolsy, Jr., has received 10000 Douglas fir trees, to be planted plant-ed In Diamond fork, Spanish Fork canyon, as an experiment to determine deter-mine the species best suited to this region. The trees were shipped from the Monument nurseries at Monument, Monu-ment, Colorado. ELY, EV.-!-Wool Is being sent to market at an average price of 15 cents per pound. POCATELLO, Ida. Building now going on In Pocatello entails expenditures ex-penditures of around $50,000, al-mot al-mot $30,000 of which is being used In thp construction of new buildings. FHJiKDItE, UT. With most of 24,oOO volts from a high power line surging through his body, Reuben Davis, 27, city electrician of Fill-more, Fill-more, was critically burned as he was working on the new Fillmore substation. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. According Accord-ing to the monthly unload report of Leonard S. Fenn local representative representa-tive of the federal-state market news service Salt Lake Is rapidly growing in importance as a fruit and vegetable market. There were 2C3 carloads or their equivalents of such commodities marketed at Salt Lake in March 1031 as compared with 213 In 1930. BOISE, : IDA. The first shipment ship-ment of 2000 baby turks have been received in Boise from California and Oregon hatcheries to increase the depleted Idaho stocks and 50,-000 50,-000 more baby turks have been ordered. or-dered. They are being handled by the Idaho Turkey Growers association associa-tion and come straight from the hatchery to the Idaho growers who meet them at the trains. BOISE, IDA. All persons who hunt or fish, or trap fur-bearing anl-mals anl-mals must have a license, except veterans of the Civil war may hunt or' fish, and children nnder the age of 14 years, residents of the state of Idaho, may fish without a license. If license Is lost, a tew one must be purchased to hunt or fish. SALT LAKE CITY. UT.-The oil and gas possibilities of Salt Lake valley will be tested by the drilling of wells about two miles north of the city. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-Blds will be opened in the United States bureau of public roads office May 5, for two construction Jobs In Idaho. Ida-ho. The projects are: Four miles of construction between Copeland Junction and Addle, leading north from Bonner's Ferry the Canadian Canad-ian line at East's Fort The other project Includes grading and sur-facing sur-facing of seven miles of hishway east Stanley along the Salmon river. . OGDLX, UT. A department of Identification with fingerprint de-vires, de-vires, will be established in Weber county. Sheriff A. M. Uammon has announced. j vr.., u.-xue sixth annual , Osdon horse show committee, In i charse f the exhibition in the coii-; coii-; aeum May u, 13 and IS i, veasei over th response made by donors of trophies for winners In the var-lous var-lous classos at this years show. Al-ready Al-ready many trorhles have been of-fered of-fered i by 0;;den and Salt Like firms and bu!nesa peopK Plane Crash in Front Yard Kills Twc n- ., 1 11. 11 ill " II 1 I v , .wfarF7i , if f K 3 IN? Y. 1. a Losing control of a monoplane flying above Loa Angeles, two men were killed when the mt intO U26 ZTODC juru VI uuujo. Scenes and Persons in the Current News f rjrn g K mm It' 111 All ? f xJH 3 vn..A:mrMU 1 Scene at the funeral of the late Sneaker Nicholas Lonzworfh at Cincinnati. 2 UTipmJ rest in the Longworth burial plot In Spring Grove cemetery, Cincinnati. 3 Warren R. Austin united states senator from Vermont. Robot Opens New Air Service Jr i IY WW - Kc'pji : New Speed Boat King of Waves ' ' ' - v v. .' w worirS Vf&Pg Sta1 -tablished a new "-" rer . measured course la tte ItiL?n Speed nf ur-4 mile an e IUver rrana at Buenos Aires. BOY IS AIRPK mvw'jj. i ."" vmi .1 tL ft A'. iV- j ''is,. a Hugh Shepherd. fb ' troit. Mich., has Just passed his flying tests ' awarded a private aW" t license. I CHICAGO'S NEWI i , t Y -- Anton J.CermaB. -" -ed mayor of Chicago n. breaking majority Thompson. TeIlUTk1 -There is u- such tW , says a psychologist. .j. it some folks gives TranscripL iftott As- |