The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 1, 1932, Page 1

North Dakota's Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Call Bismarck Mass Meeting THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1982 The Weather Cloudy tonight and Wed., snow to- Right; little change; shifting winds, PRICE FIVE CENTS Japs A GONFERENCE 10 BE HELD: AT. SHANCHAL APPROVEDIN TOKYO Joseph Paul-Boncour, French Delegate at Geneva, Pre- sents Proposal FAR EAST FIGHT CONTINUES Nipponese, However, Believe Meeting Will Come After Chinese Defeat (By The Associated Press) Efforts for peace between the fight- ing forces of Japan and China con- tinued Tuesday, as the most bitter battle of the Shanghai front shook that area. ‘The Japanese government accepted et =: Nonpartisans to Indorse Slate in City Wednesday delegate at the League of Nations council at Geneva Monday. In gov- ernment circles at Tokyo it was said Peace efforts seemed to be making little progress. » Japanese officials at Shanghai claimed the entire Chinese line from Chapei northward through western environs of Kiangwan to Miaochang- chen was driven back by terrific thrusts. They said 12,000 reinforcements landed in the last 36 hours helped do this, but Chinese civil authorities de- nied this additional force had land- ded. The Chinese said their gunfire caused withdrawal while landing was attempted. Belief China might seek to regain Mukden by force due to its success at Shanghai was expressed in Wash- ington, where that nation’s announce- ment it will send a punitive expedi- tion against the new independent state in Manchuria caused no sur- prise. PEACE PROPOSALS ARE ACCEPTED BY JAPANESE (Copyright, 1932, By The A. P.) Tokyo, March 1.—Peace proposals end the conflict at. Shanghai made (Continued on page two) | Weather Report ———_—_—_—_______—_ FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy tonight and Wednesday, with snow tonight; little change in temper- ature; fresh to shifting kota: Cloudy; snow tonight and probably east por- tion Wednesday; somewhat colder extreme west por- tion; fresh to strong winds. For South Da- kota: Local snows tonight ‘and prob: ably northeas Snow portion’ Wednes- day morning; somewhat colder to- night extreme west portion and north- central portion Wednesday. For Montana: Unsettled tonight and Wednesday; occasional snow east portion tonight: colder tonight north and east portion: For Minnesota: Wednesday, except extreme south, not much change in temperature; fresh to strong easterly winds. Snow tonight and rain or snow in CONDITIONS A low pressure area is centered ever the southern Plains States and extends northwestward to Sas! wan while high pressure are: centered over the Pacific coast and over Manitoba and the Great Lakes region, upper The weather is unsettled in all sections and. precipi- tation occurred at many places in the central and northwestern — districts, Colder weather prevails throughout the northern and western states. Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.09, reduced to sea level 29.91. Ice in Missouri river 21% inches thick. Snow on the ground, none. Dy ATU! At 7 a.m. Highest ye: Lowest last night PRECIPITATION Amt. 24 brs, ending 7 a, m. Total this month to date . Normal, this month to date’. Total, Jan. 1 to date . Normal, Jan. 1 to date . Accumulated defelenc: an, 7: 46 155 91 NORTH DAKOTA POINTS m. Low Pct. BISMARCK, cldy. 30° 3 Devils Lake, cld: Fargo-Moorhead, cldy.. eldy. . eldy, w 0" Grand Forks, cld; stat eeeEeAe,, e Other Stations— ‘emprs. Pro. Low High Ins. Amarillo, Texas, cldy... 72.00 Boise, Idaho, pelay: . Calgary, Alta, peldy.:. Chicago, Til, cldy. 26 28 27 27 28 25 Ramonton, Alt Havre, Mont., Helena, Mont, sno’ Huron, 8, D., cldy. Kamloo} c. Mo.. ty, Mont y. Modena, Utah, peidy.... No, Platte, Neb, rain.. Oklahoma ‘City, 0. ane, Wi Swift Garrent, ‘The Pas, Man., Toledo, Ohio, cl In $30,000 ‘Baby Hoax’ Probe as A strange story of an alleged “baby hoax” was revealed when Mrs. ccept. League Plan for 67 CANDIDATES AND FIVE MEASURES"GO ONPRIMARY BALLOT Period For Filings With Secre- tary of State Expires Tuesday Night BELIEVE FILINGS COMPLETE Murray, Roosevelt, Coxey, and France Are Aspirants For Presidency Sixty-seven candidates and five Peace Parley __For Govemor | Denies Connection With Removal Club Montpelier Man Says He Is Not Incorporator of Jamestown- For-Capital Body DID NOT ATTEND MEETING Says Sewage Disposal Problem Should Have Taught Jamestown a Lesson Fargo, N. D., March 1—()—Named as one of 10 additional incorporators for the Jamestown-for-Capital club at the Friday night session in James- Chauncey Smith, right, Kenmore, N. Y., widow, was arrested at Cleve- to {8nd the surrounding territory under shifting |break up, with Glendive and Sidney land, Ohio, on a technical charge o kidnaping Baby Terry Tower, left, @ foundling. Mrs. Smith claims the baby is her own, but police charge She is childless and seeks to share in a $30,000 legacy which her father- -in-law provided would be settled on the family of his son, Chauncey, if | 1 there were any children. NORTH DAKOTA HIT BY GENERAL WIND AND SNOW STORMS Ice Continues to Hold in Mis- souri Here; Floods Report- ed in South Dakota A wind and snow storm broke here Tuesday morning, leaving Bismarck a blanket of wet snow, which was drifted by a southeast wind. The snow came after several days of spring-like weather, which réach- ed a peak Saturday when the ther- mometer registered 65 degrees to shatter all previous February marks. ‘The storm orginated in Montana, according to 'O. W. Roberts, head of the local weather bureau, who said that it is moving east rapidly. It had reached Stutsman county at 11 a.m. at Ft. Benton, Mont., and at points below is open, the ice still is solid at all points in North Dakota, Roberts said, The Yellowstone has started to reporting ice going out Sunday. No Damage Reported The ice in the Heart River north of ; Mandan started breaking up Friday, | Roberts said, and a considerable amount of it had been carried to its; mouth at frccdeor yaaa No damage has been . ‘The ice in the Missouri at Bismarck| continues to remain solid, the thick- ness at 7 a, m. Tuesday being 211 inches, Damage to bridges and flooded lowlands was reported from several places in southeastern South Dako- ta, according to the Associated Press. Rampant rivers and smaller streams brought flood conditions to many sec- tions as an aftermath of the thaws last. week. Several families were forced to leave their homes at Sioux Falls as the Big Sioux rose several feet and! a number of bridges were reported washed out along the Vermilion sale er. Ice Holds at Pierre i Tee in the Missouri at Pierre wasi holding, as it was at Yankton, but) a quick break up at the latter point was predicted if present weather con- i .20| the Jim river. .36| for Tuesday night in the western por- 6 |dom from marital ties. He was grant- 0 Avinnemuecs: Nev. f FH | in. ose 2! Winnipeg, Magers W. ROBERTS Official in charge. ditions continue. Yankton reported a rise of a foot in the Missouri and three inches in It was cloudy and snowing gener- ally throughout North Dakota. Snow! and, somewhat colder was predicted tion of the state. Fresh to strong shifting winds were in prospect. | ‘The temperature in Bismarck andj throughout the state generally hov-| ered around the 30 mark. AS os a Feb. 29 Infant Is |! | Born in Bismarck t a a a y in every four | before the world at the Bismarck hospital Monday at 3:45 p. m. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Carlson of Baldwin, she was the pred leap year baby born in ag glen wait until she is four years old before another Feb. 29 | rolls around so she can celebrate { her first real birthday. Inconvenient for a youngster, | perhaps, but think of later years. She can stay “sweet 16” for four years, “comely 20” for four more and so on ad tum. OLCOTT MARRIES AGAIN Reno, Nevada, March 1.—(?}—Dud- , ley Olcott, New York social regis- terite, Tuesday after a few hours of tfree- | was @ married man again | While the ice in the Missouri river! Thoresen, Langer, and Lynner Loom as Gubernatorial Possibilities North Dakota’s first state conven- tion designed to draw up a state ticket of candidates to be entered in| the June primary election will be held! here Wednesday when the state con-| vention of the Nonpartisan League | opens. Indorsements of candidates for U.: 8. senator, governor and the lesser State offices will be the principal busi- | ness before the meeting. | The candidates indorsed by the; convention will compete for nomina- | tion at the June primaries with the} slate to be entered by the Independ- | ent Voters: association group, which’ designates itself as the “Real” Repub: licans. Indorsement of U. 8. Senator Ger- | ald P. Nye for reelection was consid- | ered as certain at the Nonpartisan | convention, but a free-for-all race for ; \the gubernatorial indorsement was in| prospect. i Most prominently mentioned candidates for the league’s indorse- | ment for governor are T. H. Thoresen, | Grand Forksg former candidate for governor and one-time state tax com- missioner, and William Langer, Bis-; marck attorney, former attorney gen-' eral. ' Mayor A. T. Lynner of Fargo also, is a candidate for the indorsement for | governor. His supporters believe that | should Langer or Thoresen be unable to obtain a majority in the conven- tion, Lynner will become the strong; man. : To be settled at the convention is) the plan for a proposed fusion by the newly-created Progressive Republican party of North Dakota. The Prog- ressives have offered their support to the Nonpartisans if the new political: faction is permitted to name certain | state candidates for the Nonpartisan | ticket. H. N. Tucker, secretary of the | Progressives and a member of the committee charged with conferring hoped the two factions could reach some agreement. I. J. Moe. Valley City, is mentioned | as one of the Progressives’ candidates | for governor. i Numerous delegates were on handi Tuesday and indications were that! nearly all of the 69 selected at county | conventions would be on hand by Tuesday night. In addition there; will be four or five labor delegates,' making the total number of votes in |the convention 73 or 74 with 37 or 38 necessary to elect. ! Preliminary polls showed that none | of the gubernatorial candidates had; enough votes to go over on the first | ballot. | Am blackboard, the usual Nonpartisan’ method of nomination, were those of | U. L. Burdick, Fargo attorney, Wal ter Maddock, former governor, and Peter Garberg, Fargo, U. 8. district attorney. Each candidate has some votes pledged to him but there was; little indication that these candida-! cies would he @ major factor, except as their supporters swung to one of the leaders. | Among candidates for congressman ' to run with J. H, Sinclair, who will be! renominated, were Burdick, William, Lemke, Fargo and Garberg. There’ was no indication as to which had| the most strength as the convention gathered and Lemke was the only avowed candidate. Such talk as was heard of a plat-' form indicated that the plank to be most strongly stressed would be one calling for curtailed expenditures in| government, lower taxes and elimina- tion of many state commissions. Reno. | Port Deposit, Md., will make a bid for ithe Republican presidential nomin: ition. President Hoover is not a can- | dale, incumbent, who has the indorse= ‘her fight for reelection by Mrs. Selma 'the tax burden in the state. with the Nonpartisans, said -that he; jong the names to go on theic paton, Fargo: J. E. Garvey, Cava- {with neither the Roosevelt or Murray the March 15 state primary ballot as the final hour for filings approached Tuesday. The last opportunity to file for the! z primary will come at the close of busi- . The “Reverend” James Delk of Sulli- ness in the secretary of state's office | van, Mo., former convict and now an late Tuesday. Indications were that | evangelist, combines religion and pol- no-further filings would be made. _| tics in his preaching. Delk has an- Governors William H. Murray of nounced his candidacy for governor Roosevel! measures were assured of places on! didate for the preference vote. Three-Cornered Fight For Republican national commit- teeman, a three-cornered fight will be evidenced, with F. J. Graham, Ellen- jot Missouri. He frequently preaches Oklahoma and Franklin D, it} garbed in prison stripes as shown of New York will contest for the here. presidential preference on the Dem- cratic ticket, while on the Repubii- can side “General” Jacob Sechle: T AXP AYERS PROPOSE Coxey, Sr., Massillon, Ohio, and for-! mer Senator Joseph Irwin France = MEASURE ‘ DESI GNED TO GUT TAX BURDEN, eS: ment of the Nonpartisan League, |Plan Initiative Measures Reduc- SURI Miarn, Hises bores | ing Assessed Valuation “Real” Republicans or I. V. A. group.! and Mileage Fees and H. C. Schumacher, Fargo, who filed Monday without any party in- dorsement. |_ Devils Lake, N. D., Mar. 1—(?)— Representative Minnie D. ‘Petitions are being circulated on |Esmond, national Republican, com- initiative measures proposed by the mitteewothan, indorsed by the Non-'¢xécutive committee of the North Da- partisan League, will be opposed in|Kota Taxpayers association to reduce Stenérson, Minot, I. V. A. Republican. | measures will be voted on at the June | H. H. Perry, Ellendale, indorsed by | Primaries, if. sufficient signers are the Democratic state convention for obtained. a Democratic national committeeman,| The petitions ask: will be opposed by the incumbent, J.; 1. Reduction of assessed valuation Nelson Kelly, Grand Forks, who failed |0f all property from 75 per cent to 85 ito receive the support of the state ,50 per cent. convention, and filed as an individual! 2. Reducing mileage fees of sheriffs candidate. Nellie Dougherty, Minot, ' 0 10 cents per mile, or half of the has no opposition for national Dem- | Present fee, and mileage reduction of ocratic committeewoman. jall orey county employes to seven Without Opposition cents. ig The four candidates for presiden- | 3, Pune of mnilsee of ae tial electors, indorsed by the state | CMPloybes Bt Seven cen cae Democratic party, have no opposition. | __ * ig ie sal of he They are Pierce Blewett, Jamestown; | lected | stat leers approximately P. H. Costello, Cooperstown; W. D.|20_Per cent. | 5. Reduction of salaries of all Bat cig cil cilgaia Porter, | county officers approximately 20 per Two slates of presidential electors | © if will compete for election on the Re-| gant opiect of salary bills is to de-| publican ballot. The Nonpartisa2/ = ie League has filed E, H. Brant of Lin- | meet tax reduction under the 50 per i a Sane af Oa Nels (Cent valuation proposal, and to bring Stenisan pep an py d Gilkeri: Mos. | the salary of public employees to cor- kau of Grand Forks, while the I. V. A.| respane Pi na The | decrenned ogi, of or “Real” Republican group has filed |b ad jee salen ya once: Gary of Mandan, Vine D. Lord. of gaieRieers of ine _commitise who Cando and P. D. Norton of Minot. Two sets of candidates for delegates to the national presidential conven- | were here included F. F. Lamb, Mich- jigan, president of the State Taxpay-' ers association, and Harold B, Nelson, Rugby, secretary. “The measure for 50 per cent as- | sessed. property valuation should: re: | duce taxes,” Lamb said, “and give de- jlinquent, payers a chance to re- {deem property.” A report of the committee -will be submitted to the state association, which will conduct its state meeting probably in Devils Lake June 8. Members of the executive commit- | tee besides Lamb and Nelson include: | Harrison Garnett, St. Thomas, vice president; Andres Johnson, Watford City; P. G. Bottem, Sheyenne; Dr. R. R. Hogue, Linton; and J. W. Evans, Carson. OO | Rudy Defendant In ‘Piracy’ Case A Santa Monica, Calif., Mar. (®)—Two years of waiting and re- cent strategy which involved making process servers of bathing girls, finally has placed a $1,000,- Oo aan. suit complaint in the hands of Rudy Vallee. The suit was filed in Los An- geles by Roberta Hudson McKay, who charged Vallee pirated her song, “Vagabond Lover,” and pub- lished it as “I’m Just a Vagabond Lover.” When the radio crooner arrived tons have been filed on each of the; major party ballots. The state Democratic party has filed a slate of delegates pledged to Governor Roosevclt,. while George T. Murray, Berthold, brother of the Ok- Jahoma governor, has entered dele- gates pledged to Governor Murray. The I. V. A. Republicans have filed delegates pledged to President Hoo- ver, while the Nonpartisan League has entered delegates who aze unin- structed but pledged to supoprt a “Progressive” candidate at the na- tional Revublican convention. 2 Candidates Are Listed - The Democratic delegates are: Roosevelt delegates: Gertrude Dwire. Minot; Jonathan Mer; William £E. Glotzbach, Ana- moose; David Kelly, Grand Forks; P. W. Lanier, Jamestown; R. H. Lea- vitt, Carson; Leo J. McDonald, Man- dan, R. B. Murphy, Bismarck; A. C. Pagenkopf. Murray delegates; Charles Baldwin. Williston; L. T. Berdahl, Rugby: 8. 8. Clifford. Bis- marck; Emil Emanuel, Sr., Berthold; | C. J. Lee, Valley City; P. H. Miller, ‘Washburn; George T. Murray, Ber- thold; D. J, O'Connell, Towner; J. Simonson, Turtle Lake, and Sara M. Wood, Fargo. John J. Sprafka of Minto has filed as a candidate for delegate to the Democratic convention. He is aligned with the complaint. He was hard to find. Agents for Miss McKay's attor- neys equipped four girls with | copies of the complaint and told | them to frequent the beach as | bathers on .the chance that he rinty erent share, "Dak Be Wad He was met by a male process server, however, as he drove up to the home of his father-in-law, Chief of Police C. E. Webb, Mon- day. ‘SENTENCE GANDHIS SON Meerut, India, March Gandhi, forces. Republican delegates are: Hoover delegates: (I. V. A.) J. E. Davis, |! Today in Congress ‘ town, M. M. Cone, manager of the Mary Gray Lee Farms at Mont- pelier, wants the world to know, “I have not been, am not and do not in- tend to become involved in this con- troversy over the location of the capital.” “I do not pretend to judge the merits or demerits of the propos- ition,” Cone wrote to the Fargo Forum. “Had I been present at the meeting, I would most certainly have Tefused the nomination. His letter follows: “I was greatly surprised to read ——— | >$—_____________ | New Jap ( Chief | Failure of Japan's battle forces to rout China’s tattered but courageous defenders with expected ease has re- sulted in the appointment of General} Yoshinori Shirakawa, above, to re- Place Lieut.-Gen. Kenkichi Uyeda as commander of the expedition at Shanghai. | CAPITAL DEFENSE TO BE DISCUSSED THURSDAY NIGHT Tremendous Turnout Expected By Committee at World War Memorial Building CIRCULATE QUESTIONNAIRES Acceleration of Letter Cam- paign and Vote-Cetting Emissaries Are Objects Decision to call a mass meeting of Bismarck residents to discuss plans for @ final campaign to defend the capital location was announced Tues- day by the capital defense committee. The meeting will be held Thursday night in the main auditorium of the World War Memorial buliding and every resident of Bismarck and Bur- leigh county who is interested in the issue is invited to attend. J. E. Da- vis, chairman of the commiitee in charge, pointed out Tuesday that this includes every person employed in the county or the members of whose fam- ily are employed here, and every Property owner or person with other interests in the county. Expect Big Turnout “We expect a tremendous turnout,” Davis said Tuesday. “The committee in your issue of the 27th that I was elected a director of the Jamestown- For-Capital ‘club. “If I had been present at that meeting I would, most certainly, have refused the nomination as I have not been, am not, and do not intend to become involved in this controversy over the location of the capital. “I do not pretend to judge the merits or demerits of the proposition. It might be more convenient to have the capital nearer the insane asylum than the penitentiary. That would depend entirely upon the personnel of the capitol. “If having the capital in Bismarck is responsible for the condition de- scribed in an unsigned letter pub- lished in the Jamestown Sun, Feb. 26th, from which I quote ‘Bismarck is so rotten with corrupt politicians that it stinks,’ then I would «say ; Jamestown would be better without ithe capital as it already has all the |‘stink’ it can absorb from their sew- contaminating the atmosphere with unpleasant odors from ‘rotten po-/; liticians.’ “Speaking of politicians, it is to laugh to hear the pot call the kettle black. “In order to keep the records straight I would appreciate it if you! would give this letter the same pub: licity that you gave to the above re- ferred to article. “Yours very truly, “M. M. Cone.” HUSBAND SOUGHT IN SLAYING CASE Police Looking For Bevans Aft- er Wife Is Found on Rub- bish Heap Minneapolis, March 1.—(P)—Jack Eevans was the object of a police search Tuesday, authorities believing he could throw some light on. the laying of his wife, found dead on a rubbish heap in a gravel pit near Superior boulevard. Mrs. Bevans, 42, had been shot twice with a revolver and struck four times on the head. The body was! found early Monday afternoon by George Bruels, Mounds, Minn., when he went to the pit for some gravel. The slain woman was seen alive at 4 a. m. Monday when she got into a coupe with her husband, a for- mer co-publisher of the now extinct weekly publication, Twin City Re- porter. They left a party at a rooming house operated by Mrs. Bevans. Po- lice pressed their investigation on the theory Mrs, Bevans was killed some- where else and her body taken to the gravel pit and abandoned. Bevans has not been seen since he and Mrs. Bevans left the party. Hej has served time in Wisconsin and |Minnesota penal institutions for vio- lation of the prohibition laws and once was indicted by a Hennepin county grand jury for suspected generate of & gambling house. ° TUESDAY _ ‘d te Senat x cominues debate on anti-injunction Postoffice committee takes up pameerne emergency fund W. R. Perkins, New York attorney, to be heard by banking and currency oa Opening’ short-selling in- quiry. Judiciary subcommittee resumes i hearings on nomination of Judge James H. Wilkerson for cf appeals, House Acts on conference report on the lame-duck constitutiona? amendment. Continues consideration of treas- ury-postoffice a tions. ppropriat ‘Ways, and means committee studies wi | tax increases. Agriculture circuit court | tary ALFALRA BILL HAS | LEFT FOR N. D. 10 LAUNCH CAMPAIGN isit Fargo, Valley City, Jamestown, Bismarck, Minot, and Others To Oklahoma City, Beckoning to “the rank and file! votes” of North Dakota, Governor William Henry (Alfalfa Bill)” Mur- ray headed out of Oklahoma again ‘The age disposal plant without further! Tuesday with his home-spun cam- paign for the Democratic presidential | nomination. Before he hoisted himself on | north-bound train Tuesday morning he told newspapermen he hasn't “enough money” for a national man- ager. In three days “Alfalfa Bill,” aim- ing partciularly at the independent farm vote, will make seven speeches in North Dakota. He hopes to wrest the ee Democratic national convention del- egation from Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in the March 15 preferen- tial primary. After that, he doesn’t know where he'll campaign. He in- dicated Monday he weuld not try out in Georgia. “There is nothing I can do to get on the ballot in Georgia,” said Mur- ray, whose application for filing ar- rived too late to allow him to qualify for the preferential primary there. “They might go to the polls and write in my name. That wouldn't get any- where. I think I'll just let it go.” In North Dakota Murray will visit Fargo, Valley City, Jamestown, Bis- marek, Minot, Rugby and Devils| ce, FRANCE TO SPEAK IN JAMESTOWN SUNDAY Dr. Joseph I. France, former Mary- land senator, and a presidential pre- ference candidate in North Dakota's March 15 primary, will lecture at Jamestown at 8:15 p. m. Sunday, H. N. Tucker, secretary of the state pro- gressive Republican party, announced here Tuesday. . France will speak on “the horrors of war,” on which subject he has fre-| quently lectured in various parts of the country. FINLAND REVOLT DECLARED FIASCO Withdrawals From Banks One of Notable Developments Following Movement Helsingfors, Finland, March 1.—(?) —Withdrawals from banks and con- siderable difficulty in securing for- eign currency were among the most notable results Tuesday of the Fas- cist revolt which led to an encounter with government troops 25 miles from Helsingfors Monday. The Fascist wishes to make a report to the Ne of the work done thus far and oe oat line to the people the manner in which they can, in the judgment of the committee, best assist in defend- ing their own interests.” It is probable that one of the meas- ures for public participation in the campaign to be stressed at the meet- ing will be to place new emphasis on the letter-writing campaign to friends and relatives throughout the state and the development of crews of men to actively participate in the final Stages of the campaign. Questionnaires are being circulated to members of the luncheon clubs asking how many can take time off from their business or employment to go out into the state and tell Bis- marck’s story to the voters. Wherever Possible, efforts will be made to send these crews into sections where they are best acquainted. Another section of the question- naire asks how many persons can fur- nish automobiles for this purpose. It is probable that the cam} com- mittee will make provision to pay, or at least share in, the actual expenses of the volunteer workers. ‘Rarin’ To Go’ That citizen sof the city are “rarin’ to go” is indicated by many inquiries received at the committee headquar ters regarding the best way for indi- viduals to make their activities felt other than by writing letters. Many Persons have finished the letter-writ- ing campaign, which they outlined for themselves and are ready for further activity. The program for the Thursday night meeting has not been an- nounced, but it is expected that sev- eral speakers, some of whom may be from points outside of Bismarck, will appear. A subcommittee of the capital de- fense committee, composed of J. E. Davis, S. S. McDonald and M. H, At- kinson, has been placed in charge of arrangements for the affair. DRAMATIC CRITICS TO ANSWER SOLON Review of Congressman Siro- vich’s Play in 1924 Made Basis For Defense Washington, Mar. 1—(®)—A house committee awaited responses Tuesday to polite notes calling on a group of dramatic critics to show up and tell why they are “ruining the legitimate theatre.” After larruping the critics as de- structionists guilty of drama-murder, Rep. Sirovich (D., N. ¥.) sent the notes, asking for the “benefit of your advice and suggestions.” CONGRESSMAN’S PLAY IS BASIS OF DEFENSE New York, Mar. 1—(?)—Dramatic critics, panned by a congressional committee as know-nothings mas- querading as know-it-alls, used some old newspaper files as ammunition for @ counter-panning Tuesday. The files contained comment on a play, “‘Schemers,” produced in 1924. It was written by Congressman William I. Sirovich, who made the motion Monday to invite the critics to ex:- Plain what was called their destruc- tive criticism. The old clippings, jof the critics, of