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Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
By JOHN DEGANDT
United Press Staff Correspondent
(COpyright. 1891 by limited preSsl


MADRID, April Is. U.P) - The|
Republican government of Spain,
headed by fiery, white-haired Nil
ceto Alcala zamora, strove today
to establish its power permanently
in the ruins of the monarchy.
Alfonso XIII, whose reign of AL
years ended yesterday, departed
from Cartagena on the cruiser
Prince Alfonso, apparently bound
for England, where he will be re-
united with the royal family.
Queen Victoria, the Prince of As-|
turias, who was heir apparent to theI
throne; Princess Christina, Princess
Beatrice and Prince Gonzalo slep inI
the royal palace last night, but de-
parted today for Paris and London !
The queen was an English princess
and the royal family probably will
go to Kensington palace, the homo
OF her mother, when they reach
! England.
The provisional government de-
clared today national holiday ii
! honor of the Republican triumph
The capital was slowly resuming il
normal aspect after many hours d
celebration. Taxicabs and stree
cars were operating regularly again
There was serious danger of dis
! order and fighting in Catalonia un
der the new regime, but Republica
| forces headed by the Separatia
! leader, Francisco Macia, recently re
turned from exile, were in contr(
at Barcelona after sharp fightin
| last night. Three persons were kille
and several score injured in fightin
| in Barcelona before the army, moi
under Republican control, restore
order.
Macia was rapidly establishing
the Catalonian Republican governs
, ment to be autonomous, but to worl
in harmony with the Republican re
gime ar Madrid. 1t appeared tha
CATALONIA would merely be one o
the republics within the great re
public Of Spain, similar to tht
United states system.
In Madrid, where the publication
! OF AlfonSos last message to the peo
pie was waiting with intense excite
ment, there was the widest celebra
tion in every district except the roy
al palace, which Alfonso left secretly
last night to start his dash by auto
mobile to the coast.
Plans Outlined
A manifesto issued by the new
government, which has cancelled
| the monarchist cabinets order re
establishing martial law, outlined
the plans of the Republicans to car
ry on the government until con
stitutional assembly is convoked.
The manifesto said the action o
the provisional government will b
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
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TROUBLE BREWS
AS BARCELONA
STAGES STRIKE

BARCELONA, Spain, April Is
U.P)-A general strike was declared
in Catalonia today by the United
Labor Syndicate.
The strike, effective Immediately,
began peacefully. The new Repub-
lican government, headed by Fran
cisco Macia, had tried desperately
to avoid the strike, which was part
of extremist efforts against the new
regime.
The revolutionary extremists who
have long made Barcelona a hot
bed of intrigue, stirred the populace
into riotous street demonstrations
and began agitation among the
laborers in the outskirts OF the city.
Three persons have been killed
and dozens injured in fighting,
which the Republican troops halted
after wide disorders.
The extremist leaders created is
| olated revolutionary committees"
on the outskirts of Barcelona, ar
rested various businessmen and
wealthy persons and declared a
| general strike in Catalonia.
NoOAh SOfNll1l4iCilt oSO dk'
yesterday interviewed and persuad-
ed some of the strikers to return to
work, but only after clashes in
which many shots were fired.
Mobs of rioting demonstrators
wrecked and looted stores and de-
manded money and arms from the
authorities. They attacked h e
prison and freed 600 convicts. All
inmates of the women's prison were
freed. The authorities had great
difficulty in controlling the situa-
ton.
Macia, in declaring Catalonia a
republic, conversed at length by
telephone with Niceto Alcala Ia
mora in Madrid. 1t was then an
nounced that Catalonia would b.
autonomous, but a part of the re-
public established by the Madrid
leaders.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
SUBCOMMITTEE
OF SENATE PAYS
VISIT TO VALLEY

Senators Lynn j. Frazier of North
Dakota, Burton K. Wheeler of Mon
tana and Elmer Thomas of Okla
homa, members of the senate sub
committee on Indian affairs, are
in the valley today as a part of
their tour of investigation of Indian
affairs throughout the west.
They will be guests of the Braw-
ley Chamber of Commerce at the
Planters hotel in Brawley tonight
at 7:30 o'clock. All residents of the
valley are welcome to attend the
dinner.
At luncheon today they were
guests of the Imperial Irrigation
district at Andrade and were taken
for a tour of interesting points
about the irrigation works in that
vicinity.
They were met in Ell Centro by
Irrigation District Directors c. w
Brockman, F. w. Beal, w. o. Blair
and Ira Aten; M. j. Dowd, chief
engineer. Rev. Charles Wilson
Baker, who was associated with
Indian affairs for many years, also
met the senators here and accom-
panied them to Andrade.
A delegation from the Brawley
Chamber of Commerce met the
senators and their party in Palm
Springs this morning and conduct
ed them about the valley during
the morning hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
Death Penalty
To Be Opposed

SACRAMENTO, Cal, April Is
U.P = Indictment of California S
capital punishment law will be
made tonight by August Vollmer
Berkeley, noted criminologist, and
Kathleen Norris, novelist, when a
hearing is held before the assembly
judiciary committee on the Horn
blower Rochester Anti Handing
bill.
Condemning the death penalty
as an obstruction to effective en-
forcement of the law. Chief Voll-
mer will claim that the hanging
law more often protects the Grim
inal than society.
Mrs. Norris will speak from the
moral aspect of the law. Other
speakers will be William B. Horn
blower, author of the bill, and Pro-
fessor o. K. McMurray, dean of the
College Of Law, University of Cali
fornia.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
SchWab Winner
In Steel Fight

NEWARK, N. j., april Is. up
A bitter fight of many months be,
tween minority stockholders and
officials of Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration apparently has ended in
victory for Charles NJ. Schwab and
his bonus system.
Although a chancery court in
junction restrained officials from
making announcement of the vote
of stockholders at the annual meet
ing. they indicated today the bonus
plan under which officers of the
company received approximately
$36 900 900 in IA years had been rat
flied.
Proxies representing 52,867 stock
holders and 3,122,786 common and
preferred shares upheld the right
of Schwab, as chairman of the COM
pany to continue payment of bon
uses. while opposition force could
muster votes representing only
1902 shareholders and 478 ,043
shares, in defeat of the plan. Total
outstanding shares are 44,2o0,000
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
Raiders Obtain
Big Liquor Haul

LOS ANGELES, April Is. U.P)-
Liquor valued at $4,000 was con-
fiscated today in raid at 425
South Euclid Ave, Pasadena, ac-
cording to the Los Angeles county
sheriff's office.
A search of the premises re-
vealed 1000 gallons of whisky and
1000 gallons of mash. A huge still
and other paraphernalia was also
seized.
Officers are searching for Howard
w. Barbee, whom they say leased
the house last July. Mrs. Lillian
Barbee, %, said to be an eXpectant
mother, was held in technical GUS
tody She was the only one on the
premises when officers made the
raid.
At the rear of the residence a Sc
dan was found containing 10 gal
Ions of liquor
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
CHICAGO SEEKS
CAUSE OF FATAL
FIRE IN TUNNEL

CHICAGO. April Is. U.P)-Min-
ing experts joined today with city,
county and state officials in ef-
forts to determine definitely the
cause of a tunnel fire which killed
II men in Chicago's most costly
underground disaster and to plan
safety measures so that such a
tragedy can not happen again.
A coroner's inquest into III e
deaths of the Il men was adjourned
until April 81 to give officials time
to perfect their reports. The jury
was taken today into the tunnel.
Besides the IL who died inside
the tunnel, there was one other
whose death was attributed to the
disaster. He was traffic policeman
Harry Fielder, who was killed by
an ambulance speeding to hos
pital with some of the rescued.
Fifty-four men were injured SER
iously enough to require medical
attention. Scores of others, most
of them firemen, suffered minor in
juries. 1t was believed all the in
jured would recover.
Opening testimony at the inquest
did not establish whether it was
sawdust, packed about the wooden
forms for the concrete walls, or the
forms themselves. which h h d
burned.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
AUTHORITY OF
CITY COURTS IS
GIVEN SETBACK

A decision that may have a dras-
tic effect on the treasures of seve-
raj towns in Imperial Valley was
handed down by Judge A. C. Finney
today when he released Rolly B.
Hardwick from the county Jail on
writ of habeas corpus, ruling that
the Calexico police judge had no
right to sentence Hardwick to the
county Jail.
Unless arrangements are made
between the city and the sheriff
for housing and caring for prisoners
IN the county Jail, ruled Judge Fin
ney, defendants cannot be sentenced
to the county Jail, but must be held
in a city Jail.
Further, Judge Finney ruled that
Sheriff George l.. Campbell, if he
wishes to do SO. may recover money
from various cities which have been
in the habit of sentencing their
prisoners to the county jail. Past
expenses can be recovered, said the
court.
Hardwick was sentenced to the
county Jail for 90 days, for allegedly
being drunk, by Judge E. E. Kiefer
of Calexico. Other towns in the
valley have followed the same pro-
cedure said Undersheriff Rodney
Clarke in the courtroom.
The decision has a direct bearing
on the affairs of FL Centre. Some
members of the city council have
held that it is unnecessary for the
city to maintain a jailer at the
county Jail to take care of city pri-
soners. BY Judge Finney's ruling
this contention is made groundless
Should Ell Centro remove its jailer
from the county Jail, it would be
necessary to construct a city jail
and employ a staff of men to care
for prisoners.
Edward B. Patterson, attorney
for Hardwick, pointed out this
morning that it is not enough for
city to pay the county to hold
prisoners, but that the law requires
city jailer to be kept in the Jail
to care for prisoners.
Little opposition was given this
morning to the writ of habeaS COR
pus granted Hardwick, all attorneys
being agreed upon the fact that the
city was without jurisdiction in
sentencing the petitioner to the
county jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
DEMPSEY Y-TAYLOR
CAMPS CONTINUE
WORDY WARFARE

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April Is. UP)
-Estelle Taylor, the actress, plan
ned today to sue Jack Dempsey for
divorce, if necessary-but not on
grounds that he ever "beat her up
either before or after he ceased to
be worlds champion heavyweight
prizefighter
ITS Just another of those thou
sand and one rumors," said Miss
Taylor in denying yehemently that
Dempsey had beaten her.
Whether the actress filed suit de-
pended. she said, entirely upon
whether Dempsey planned to file
one of his own in Reno, New.
I'll sue unless he tells me he has
no intention of obtaining a divorce
in Nevada" she said, 'and if he
remains silent, I'll act"
She ordered her attorney, Joseph
Scott, to communicate to Dempsey
that she planned to file suit i'm
mediately. but to newspapermen
she qualified this order by limiting
she would not try to get a divorce
if Dempsey assured her he would
not either.
She said that if she did file, the
grounds would not be sensational.
I'm going to make it as easy as
possible for Jack, because l have nc
desire to hurt him." she said.
RENO, New. April Is. U.P) - The
effect of Estelle Taylor's divorce
plans upon Jack Dempsey's inten-
tions in the same direction were
problematical today. The former
champion was in seclusion and
members of his household refused
to say where he could be located.
Dempsey, who announced Mon
day he would seek a divorce etc
please Estelle," returned from a
long automobile ride late last night
and then left his house again in q
few minutes.
Jack has indicated all along
that he would act any way Miss
Taylor wishes" Leo Sacks, his bus
iness manager, said, in discussing
the film actress statement that she
would seek a divorce herself. u
can't say whether he will commun-
icate with her in the next 48 hours.
Questioned concerning rumorG
that Dempsey had left by automo-
bile for Hollywood. Sacks denied
that he intended to leave Nevada.
I'VE will positively stay here,
Sacks protested We've paid $500
for a months rent IN advance"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
BUSINESSMAN DIES
IN PLANE CRASH

BEACON, N. Y. April Is. U.P) -
An Indianapolis business man was
killed, his pilot was SO seriously in
jured that he is not expected to
live, and a Minneapolis man was
slightly hurt in an airplane crash
here today.
The dead man is A. Stein, Indian
apolis. The pilot was r. G. VIM
slow.
George B. Benton, Minneapolis,
was only slightly hurt. He was
taken to the hospital.
The ship, Curtiss Robin cabin
monoplane, struck the top of pine
tree just after taking off and nosed
into field,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
SCREEN ACTRESS
GRANTED DIVORCE

LOS ANGELES, April Is. WP)-
Ethel Kenyon, New York actress,
today had decree of divorce from
A. Edward Sutherland, motion pic
ture director. granted by Superior
Judge Raymond l. Turney on ground
Of cruelty.
Miss Kenyon said her husband
quarrelled with her continually,
and called her a wet blanket" be-
cause she would not accompany him
on parties. Sutherland previously
was divorced by Louise Brooks, act
ress.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
GAMlLL-
Wy 's0w:

PANAMA CITY, April
IA. (Special) - Spanish
paper on the street just
now says the king Of
Spain is out. He has had
a stormy career and his
troubles are all over now.
l bet Mr.. Hoover says,
"the lucky guy" Well, if
they think running a re-
public is a cinch, all they
got to do is look around a
little. l been in eight re-
publics in the last 10 days
including our own - and
every one of 'em ought to
be under Mussolini.
The paper says the Re-
publicans took over Spain ;
now watch som e poor
Spanish farmer try and
get relief.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
MARINES
PREPARE
TO FIGHT
American Citizens Lives
Endangered By Threat
ened Sandino Attack
COMPANY CRITICAL .
Administration Fl a ed
For Policy Pursued In
Nicaraguan Trouble

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April Is.
WR)-Marine corps airplanes load
ed with bombs and ammunition
were made ready today for a quick
dash to Puerto Cabezas, where 300
United States citizens awaited AN
attack by rebel bands under the
leadership of Augusta Sandino.
The U. S. S. Asheville was stand
ing by at Puerto Cabezas with ma
line forces ready to evacuate the
Americans if the insurrectionists, in
their new assault on the Nicaraguan
National Guard and the Marines.
should reach the city.
The National Guard, or Guardia,
which is commanded by United
States Marine Corps officers, was
struggling with the insurrectionists
in the jungles which lie between
here and Puerto Cabezas and foc
this reason reports from the various
outposts were confusing.
Private advices sent out from
the Bragman Bluff Lumber COM
pany near Puerto Cabezas, however,
said IL Americans and an undeter-
mined number of British subjects
had been killed in the bandit at
tacks. United States Navy advices
yesterday reported the death of
four Americans and said three 9TH
crS were missing.
Some Of the patrols commanded
by American officers were reported
cut off from Puerto Cabezas by the
rebels in the jungle.
The cruiser Asheyille was ordered
TO send landing parties ashore last
night to protect the lives of Amer
leans. Presumably It was felt the
National Guard forces there were
not strong enough 10 cope with a
possible attack by Sandinistas, since
the Marines have been ordered not
to 60 into action against them un-
less United States citizens are i'm
perilled.
The greater part Of the lumber
company's railroad into the inter-
ior was reported in possession of
the rebels. 1t was in this section
that the American casualties &C.
Cured
NEW ORLEANS, April Is. UP)-
Ten employees of the Bragman
Bluff Lumber company were killed
by Nicaraguan rebels near Puerto
CabeZas, it was announced today
by the Standard Fruit & Steamship
company here, of which the lumber
firm is a subsidiary.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April Is.
(U.P)-Officials of the Standard
Fruit and Steamship company have
entered a vigorous telegraphic pro-
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
LEGAL TANCLE
OVER MATERIALS.
BADLY SNARLEI

More complications TODAY entere'
the undergrade crossing suit OF tn
Great American Indemnity com
pany against contractors and stat
departments when the H. c. Fentol
Material company filed an answe
and ross-complaint to the Indem
nifty company suit
Named in the crosS-complaint ar
the Indemnity company and tn
other defendants who we're name'
in the suit brought by that com
pany. so that by virtue Of the cross
complaint the plaintiff becomes de
fendant with other defendants in
cross suit brought by one of the de
PENDANTS.
Defendants named in the com
plant of the Indemnity company
aside from the materials company
were the DeWard and son Con-
struction company, the state OF Cal
ifornia, the Department OF Publ|
Works, the State Highway Comnis|
sion, G. T. Gunston as disbursin|
officer of the department OF publi|
works, and Ray L. Riley, state comp
troller.
In its cross-complaint the Fentoi
Material company asks Judgment d
1858 20 and S7i2.66 attorneys feed
for materials furnished to the com
tractors, DeWafd and Son, whel
they were constructing the under
grade crossing near Coyote Wells
State departments are named Al
Withholding payment Of money du|
TO the contractors and sub-con|
tractors. The Indemnity compan|
first brought suit as bonding conn
pany for the contractors.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
Flyers Fail In
Endurance Trip

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April Is.
W.P)-A cloud-burst which made it
advisable to "come down or bail
out brought to an end today the
attempt of Walter Lees and Fred
Brossy to establish a new non-re-
fueling endurance record in a Deis-
el-engined Bellanca monoplane.
Six miles south of Jacksonville
pier, on Jacksonville beach at l0:40
a. m. (EST). the flyers brought
down their plane 73 hours and 48
minutes after they started at 8:52
a. m. last Sunday. The record is
rs hours and % minutes, establish
ed by two French flyers last month
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
WHAT'S DOING

TONIGHT
NJ. T.. Sunday school board,
1880, Leslie Mcconnell home.
Mid-week meetings, churches.
City council, 1880, city hall.
Moose lodge. s, Moose home.
Oasis lodge, r. and A. NJ,
7:30, Masonic Temple.
Eagles, s, $50 Broadway.
Troop 8. B.S.A., Z, Scout hut.
Civic orchestra, 1880, Wilson
school.
Fox Imperial Theatre, Trad
er Horn.
TOMORROW
Rotary club, Barbara Worth.
10000 club, $3.50, club house.
Missionary meeting, all day,
First Baptist church.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
JONES MAY PLAY
CHARITY GAME

LOS ANGELES, April Is. W.P)-
Bobbie Jones, king of golfers, will
play a charity match in Portland if
he can fit in the engagement so
that it will not clash with others
he has already contracted, o. B.
Keeler, his manager, announced to-
day.
In any event Jones will not be
free to make any definite arrange
ments until his motion picture
work is completed, Keeler declared
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
BANK OF AMERICA
ADVANCES MILLAR

LOS ANGELES, April Is. UP
Richard W. Millar, president of the
Bankamerica Company. was elected
to the board of directors of the
Bank of America at its meeting
yesterday, announcements today
said. Millar is a director of the
Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc,
and Rio Grande Oil Company.
The board also named James A.
Bacigalupi, president of Transam-
erica Corporation, as chairman of
the general executive committee of
the bank, and Armando Pedrini,
vice president of Transamerica. as
a member of the banks advisory
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
SOUTH REFUSES
PEACE MOVE BY
LEVEY FACTION
Retaliation For Attitude
Threatened By North
ern Delegation
BY HOMER l.. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent


SACRAMENTO April Is. DIP
Riding high after their recent vic
tory in the battle over reapportion-
ment, Southern California forces
today flatly refused to consider any
request from the San Francisco del
egation for a change of assembly
and congressional lines in their
own county.
In the face of almost certain pas
sage of the Mckinley redistricting
| bills, giving Los Angeles eight con-
gressmen and 30 assemblymen, the
San Francisco delegation, headed
| by Assemblyman William B. Horn
blower, asked permission to amend
the bills so that the districts in San
Francisco would be satisfactory tc
them.
Sorry, replied Assemblyman
Walter j. Little for the Los Angeles
delegation, after a caucus late last
| night, ''it will be impossible to con-
cede your request"
The assembly lines, Hornblower
charged, were drawn without the
knowledge of the aSSemblymen
from San Francisco. Efforts to dis
cover who outlined them for the
Mckinley bill failed.
In all instances the new districts
are unsatisfactory, and the San
Francisco lawmakers are fighting
mad" about it. Every overture
made by Hornblower, even the sug-
gestion that Little name the men,
bers to sit in on the free confer
ence, were promptly turned down.
Although the reapportionment is
sue is settled, and needs only the
perfunctory roll call to become a
fact, echoes of the fight are expect
! ed to resound in all committee
hearings from now on.
But there is program of retail
iation under way, and the evidence
of it is not a secret.
Measures introduced in the as
sembly by the victors are virtually
| certain to meet with ruthless op-
! position, in committees solidly
packed with the defeated forces of
| Assemblyman Edgar G. Levey, San
Francisco.
SACRAMENTO April Is. U.P) -
The reapportionment battle in the
state legislature came to an abrupt
close today. ..t,+st.--
The assembly adopted by vote
of 46 to 81 the congressional re-
| apportionment bill of Senator j. w.
Mckinley. Los Angeles, and sent it
to Governor Rolph for his approval.
Immediately afterward the lower
house voted, 46 to 33, to concur in
the senate amendment to the as
sembly reapportionment bill of Ed
ward Craig, Brea, which contains all
of the provisions of a similar bill
( by Senator Mckinley giving Los
| Angeles 80 assemblymen.
Action on these measures marked
'finis' on one of the most bitterly
contested questions before the state
legislature in many years. The new
| congressional reapportionment di-
vides the state on the so-called
"11-9" basis in favor of Southern
California. This would give Los An
geles eight congressman, San Fran
cisco two, Alameda two and the San
Joaquin valley one.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
Alfonso Bids
Spain Farewell
Copyright 1881
BY United Press

CARTAGENA, Spain, April
Is. U.P)-Alfonso XIII, until
yesterday the king of Spain,
sailed into exile today with
the cry, Long Live Spain."
on his lips.
The deposed monarch--per-
haps the 1ast" of the Bour-
bons-boarded the fast cruiser
Prince Alfonso in the dark
hour just before dawn after an
all night motor drive from
Madrid and was carried away
from the land over which he
had reigned since his birth Al
years ago.
As he departed, Alfonso
made brave gesture toward
the newly born republic of
Spain:
Il preserve and follow my
traditions" he said in a firm
voice as he shook hands with
a little group of high army
and navy officials who stood
beside him on the deck.
Then the few persons who
witnessed one of the most
dramatic events i'm Spanish
history saw him turn abruptly
and enter the motOrbOat which
was to carry him to the cruis-
er, waiting with steam up for
departure, presumably for Eng
land.
"Viva Espana." cried Alfonso
as he stepped from the soil of
the republic.
"Viva Espana." was the echo
from the shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-15
RUTH STARTS WELL

NEW YORK, April Is. U.P)-Yes-
terday's American League hero was
Babe Ruth, who started his 18th
major league season with a home
run and single in three times at
bat. Ruth also stole a base and
turned in two excellent fielding
plays, making a shoestring catch
for the final out of the game.