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The Omaha ' Daily ' Bee Mr. Roosevelt goes to Africa. 'So does Butter Brown. Go along with him in the Sun day Bee. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair. for IowaPartly cloudy. l'or weather report see rg I- VOL. XXXVIII NO. 245. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 191W. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WEEK'S WORK 0''1 ''0N6RESS Three Men Are BATTLE WITH BIG HILLS ARE Carried Over Cedar Falls Duck Hunters Drown in Sight of Several Hundred Penoni at Waterloo, la. CREEJUNDIANS YETIN FILES Lower Hous' A Continue the Five Companies of Militia Marching" Nebraska Legislature Has Big; Task General fe't the Payne X( ' l. Into Hickory Hills,. Back of Henryetta, Okl. Cut Out for it for Next Four Days. ) Ti LIMITATION f, WENDMENTS BLOODY BATTLE IS EXPECTED APPROPRIATION BILLS EI SENATE Committee en Rule'' .Continue to Study Situation. ROT SURE OF ITS POSITION Sesire for Change. May Make it Difficult to Adopt Rule. SENATE HAS LITTLE TO DO Its Finance Committee Will Continue to Siady Schennlee Censoe Bill Mar Possibly Be Con sidered. WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The activi ties of congress during' the present week will be. confined almost exclusively to the consideration of th tariff. The house will proceed with the consideration of the Payne bill In general debate, and the hpur of the dally alttlnga will be extended, the sea lions beginning at 10 o'clock In the morning and ending at night at 11:3 with an inter mission for dinner between S and I o'clock. The senate will not be In. position to take up the bill until It la passed by the house but the senate committee on finance will continue consideration of the various ached ules of the measure. In the meantime the beyond the Introduction of bills. The edict of the "steering committee", that no legis lation beyond tariff and the bill providing for the thirteenth census shall be under taken, has gone forth. If reported to the senate, the caucus bill might be considered during the week, but the census committee has given no attention to It. It is ex pectod that this measure will receive large consideration, however. Opinions differ as to how long the 'dis suasion of the tariff bill by the house may continue under the order of general debate, but the latltudlnarlana do not extend the time beyond the present week, and most members predict that the end will be reached by Wednesday. The long hours proposed will rapidly exhause the general speeches and there will be a cessation of oratory under this order as soon as a de cision regarding the procedure under the flve-mlnute rule can be reached. The house leaders are not quite assured of the ad visability of permitting opportunities to amend the bill, and It now seems probable that general debate will be continued until they eait reach sure footing on that point. Kljhty-flve members have made known their desire to speak under the present ardsr. Among the republicans who will be t, " heard during thf week are;. Meeera Kc 1 Uull (Mass), Gaines W. Va.). Calderhead (Ken.), Needham (Cal.) and Bputell (111.); . ., 'While the democratic list will Include, Rcp- ... resentatlve, Ranadell (Tex.). Griggs (Qa ), Ollte James (Ky.), and Burleson and Gil lespie (Tx). The senate, after the Introduction of a number of bills tomorrow, will adjourn until Thursday. Beware the Oil of the Prophet t Don't Ever Let a Fortune Teller Hand Ton Any Compli ment!. When fortune tellers ere unable to read your hand without feeling the soothing and satisfying balm of a SS bill or gold piece In the clasp of their unoccupied , digits better not let them flatter you, for you may not feel flattered after the prophet has made his ndicus. ' Mrs. Martin, a colored woman living at Eighteenth and Nicholas streets, was so sr xlous to find out what kind of an Easter bonnet she ought to buy that she willingly allowed a fortune teller to light the lamp of ' kiuwUdge by holding one of her fa bills. When the seance was ended the soothsayer forgot to return the "V" before Miylrig goodbye, so Mrs. Martin asked the uoiK-e to find him and recover the green berk palm oil. Dredge to Deepen Salina Sea Machine is Wanted by Park Board Silt to Be Used to Grade Park. Fids for a huge dredge to bo used In deepening Salina ' sea. In the new Ivl Carter park, will be opened by the Board ef I "ark oomrnlselor.ers at the regular monthly meeting this afternoon. The board Intends to use the silt In the bottom of the lake In grading the low land In the park before trees and shrubbery is tranaplated, aa the silt is full of nutrition and will make vegetation boom In tie park. LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR MAN WHO LOSES RAILROAD PASSES Felleemea (Jet Dlssrnsted at Theacht la This Age of o.Pasa. the Anger, disgust and sympathy mingled In the bosoms of several sturdy police offi cers at the station whon John Nadigan of Perry, la., reported the loss of twelve annual railroad passes. Twelve annual passes and them lost," breathed one officer In contempt. "Yes. and In this day and age, too. when an ordinary man couldn't get a pass for love or money," hissed another. "Any man who would be careless enough to lose twelve railroad passes ought to suffer,'1 growled another. And so cn It went, only one policeman having compassion on the Iowa man. "I aleo lost V lit bills." said Nadigan. "Oh. that's nothing. You can get lota of them thirty-six dollars," said the desk sergeant. Nadigan s passes weie over different dl vUUm oC the Milwaukee road- WATERLOO. Ia., March 38. While sev eral hundred persons watched, powerless to help. Christ Anderson and Henry Roth man, duck hunters, clinging to an over turned boat, from which Frank Bents had already Jumped and drowned, went over the fall in Cfdir river today and drowned. The three men tried to cross the river Just above the falls, and the boat upset. Their acres ms for help attracted a crowd, but no one could do anything to aid the doomed men while the upturned boat raced wildly toward he brink of the falls. Bents, who was a laborer, struck out for the shore and swam valiantly until his trength gave out and he sank when slmost at the banks of the river. The other two went over the falls and did not appear above the water. Anderson wss assistant manager of the Herrlck Refrigerator company and Both man wan a saloon keeper. The boat was recovered a mile below the falls. MR. AND MRS. BOYLE HAVE QUIET SUNDAY Kidnaper of Willie Whltla Will Have Hearing; la Day , sr Two. MERCER, Pa., March 28. After a week of Intense excitement. James H. Boyle and Mrs. Boyle, or McDermott. or Thurston, suspected kidnapers of Willie Whltla, have had one real day of rest. Wblle the woman spent the greater part of the day quietly reading, the man Indulged himself In smoking. ' Mr. McDermott, the retired fireman of Chicago, did not come here today ' see the woman he alleges answers the des cription of his missing daughter, Anna It Is likely arrangements will be com pleted tomorrow mornlnt for the hearing. This may be held l.eie or may be at Sharon. It Is the opinion that there are three more accomplices to be , arrested ' and It was reported tonight that officers have began to locate them In this county as well aa In Ohla. DR. CLEGG CULTIVATES . LEPROSY BACILLUS Scientist at Manila Makes Discovery that May Make Care of . Disease Foeslble. MANILA,. Bftrch 28. Dr. Moses Ciegg. bacteriologist of the bureau of science at Manila, has suceeded In cultivating the leprosy bacillus. He has made five suc cessful 'cultures of the bsctiera and carried them through three successive generations. He used the organisms from both living lepers and the bodies of victims of leprosy. He has been equally successful In his cul tures with tb germs of amoebio dysen tery, establishing -sympoUc: relationship between the germs of the two diseases. ' The bureau of science has prepared a leprosy vaccine and proposes to carry for ward a series of experiments for the pur pose of establishing a specific treatment for leprosy. Dr. Clegg Is the son of a prominent Ar kansas physician. GOVERNOR COSGROVE DEAD derail e of State of Washington Dies Suddenly at Paso Roblea, California. PASO ROBLE8, Cal., March J. Gov ernor Samuel G. Cosgrove of Washlng ton died here suddenly today of Blight's disease. The governor had been in poor health for some months prior to his election last November. The strsin and work of the campaign weakened him and he came here early In January to recuperate. Slowly but surely the mineral baths and waters of the springs relieved hi con dition and he gradually became stronger. He felt so much Improved that lie risked the Journey to Olympla to be Inaugurated, returning Immediately. This trip, how ever, proved too much for his strength, and since his return his condition has gradually grown worse. For the last two days he had been confined to his room, with Mrs. Cosgrove la constaut attendance. Only a few hours before his death he seemed to feel better and re marked that he hoped to soon be bale to return to Washington and take up his duties as governor. g HOOTS HIMSELF WH1IK tM.EEP Boy at Lyman. Awakened by Kinlo lon. Plods Bmoblnsl Gnn In Hand. ATLANTIC, la., March 28.-C Special.)- William Gerlach, who lives at Lyman, where his father has a small store, was the victim of a moat peculiar accident, shooting himself wblle ssteep. The lad had been sleeping In his father's store, each night placing a revolver under Ills pillow. It seems that aome time between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning he was awakened by Its discharge and was horri fied to find that the gun was in his right band and that he had shot one of his fingers off. the bullet going out and lodg ing In Ms leg. Medical aid waa summoned and he Is rapidly recovering, but aa yet has no recollection of how the gun came to be la hie hand. Vanderlip Special Makes CHICAGO. March . In a race against time to reach tle bedside of his dying ir other Frank l Vanderlip. president of the National City bank of New York, to day covered the distance from New York to Chicago in fifteen hours and fifty-eight minutes. This, according to railroad offi cials, broke all railroad records for the trip. Mr. Vanderlip arrived twenty-eight minutes after his mother died. Si.ortly before midnight last night Mr. Vanderlip In New York received word from Chicago of the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. Charlotte L. Vanderlip. He Immedi ately ordered tin New York Central to supply him with the fastest special train at tls command. The company had a train ready to leave New York at midnight. The train consisted of four coaches and a powerful engine. It, naa necessary to add the three extra coechea to give the train the proper weight for making high spaed. Mr. Vanderlip s train waa given the right-of-way. The run trim New York to Aborigines Are Headed by Crary Snake and Are Well Armed. BAND IS STRONGLY ENTRENCHED First Real Uprising in Oklahoma for Many Years. TROUBLE STARTED THURSDAY Attewtnt to Arrest Jfegrro H thieves Ends In Flsrht Six Men Have Been Killed and Many Ielnred. OKLAHOMA CITY, OW., March . Five companies of Oklahoma mllltla are marci;lng tonight against Craxy Snake's band of Creek Indians, half-breeds and negroes, entrenched in the Hickory hills, seven miles from Henryetta. A bloody battle was regarded aa Inevi table, as the heavily armed troops set out either to capture or exterminate the mur derous band, which since Thursday has caused the death of six men, the wounding of many others and brought about a con dition of terror In Henryetta, Pierce and all the surrounding country. The troope left Henryetta at S o'clock. They had seven miles to go. Encumbered with arms and equipment. It was expected that tbey could not reach the scene ready for battle much before 7 o'clock. Craxy Snake's men number about . all armed with modern rifles and plenti fully supplied with ammunition. They had been preparing for two months for this, their final stand agair.st lawful '.uthorlty. They defiantly sent out word today that they would fight to the oeath. Of course there can be only one outcome In the clash, but It Is certain to be a murderous affair, aa the militiamen's of ficers have declared that they shoot to kill from the first. Loan- Fight Expected, It was regarded ss certain that the In dians would be defeated, but it Is realised that It might take all night and all day tomorrow to crush the band Into the con dition of subjection such as the military authorities decided upon. Craxy Snake's band strongly entreanchod Itself early In the day and was reinforced from time to time by roving companies which were scared away from Henryetta by the coming of the state troops at. 3 o'clock. Craxy Snake Is In personal com mand. This was established by the testi money choked out of his college-bred son by means of a nice new Inch rope. Young Harjn strung u by fhe aetcrmmexl dejutles until nearly dead. Whan he gasped out that his father was In command named the Indian who killed the deputies; told theo fflcers how to trail the band, and did everything which a etoclaJ red man Is supposed not to do when In the hands of his enemies. First Uprising; for Years. This first real Indian uprising of years has held this portion of the territory on edge for three days past. It has I been plotted and prepared for two months. It broke out last Thursdsy, when 'some dep. uty sheriffs went to Henryetta to arrest some negro cattle thieves. They were fired on by negroe and halfbreed friends of the criminals and forced to beat a hasty re treat. A few houra later they returned with additional forces and were fired on by the band, then augmented by a number of Cracy Snake's Indians. In this fight three were killed nsd five wounded, se cording to the official reports, si though It Is thought many more Indians were wounded, aa scores of shots were fired at close quarters. This clash resulted In forty-one arrests. Indians Decide to Fight. Meanwhile Crary Snake's followers de termined upon an sggresslve campaign The chief's plans had to be prematurely sprung- on account of the unexpected raid of the deputies on Henryetta. Deputies fanned the flame by hunting strenuously for the leaders and Craxy Snake, forced to the wall, determined to strike a hard blow In an effort to escape. Laat night part of his band wss run to cover by deputies hi a search for leaders In Thursdsy's fight. Marshal Baum of 8hecotah and Deputy vjuom oi cuiauia paia tneir uvea aa a price. They were ahot down, according to Craxy Snake's son, by Cbsrles Coker, a Seminole Indian. This event aroused the state autliotitlea Governor Haskell or dered out the mllltla and the word waa passed out thtst the bsnd must be cap tured or killed. Not till today did the peo ple of Henryetta realise the serious con dition. Threatened fy raids by some of uraiy snakes men, the yhurriedly armed patrolled the roads lesdlng to the town sent to surrounding towns for arms and ammunition and sent urgent adpesJs to Oovernor H&skell to hurry the militia to the scene. Not until the soldiers arrived at S o'clock this afternoon were the peo- ( Continued on Second Page.) New Railroad Record Buffalo, tin miles, was covered In 399 minutes, which included a three-minute stop for a chsnge of engines. The run Iioiii Buffalo to Cleveland, 1S4 miles, waa covered Id 168 minutes, and the special fairly tore up the rails in its mad rush. The engineer threw the throttle wide open ai.d the miles slipped by at a disxy pace. 1-eavlng Cleveland at S:17 a. nv, the specla arrived at Toledo at 11:3 a. m.. covering U miles In lit minute. This was the slowest stage of the run. Klkhart, Ind., was reached at 1:3 p. m. making 133 miles in 130 minutes. sTngie wood reached at the last ninety five miles being eaten up In ninety-two inlnub-e. Mr. Vanderlip left the train at Englewod which waa the nearest station to his mother's home. Mrs. Vanderlip waa as years old. It waa not thought she was in any danger until last night, when Mr. Vanderlip was sum moiied. I THE NEW MEMBER'S FIRST From the Washington Kvening Star. BREEN AND Z1MMAN DIFFER Candidates Outline Their Views at Same Meeting1. BREEN FOR SUNDAY GOLF PLAY zi for Base Ball, Also, Before Pies for Occupation Ti Oppo. went Lenient to Franchise Corporations. Breaking away from his usual stereo typed adores In which he declared against platforwi a,nd - pW he ytrteirs that ' he, himself, was the platform "on which ' he based his candidacy. John P. Breen, In a speech before a gathering of Bohemians in the Metx hall Sunday afternoon, said he believed In playing golf on Sunday and In taxing public service corporations 6 per cent of their net earnings, but not of their gross earnings. No cheers greeted the can didate, however. But wtien Harry B. Zlnimao. the next speaker, said he believed In encouraging every healthy outdoor sport on any day, not simply gulf, the "society game," but the "great American game of base ball es pecially," and that he believed the oubllc service corporations should pay 6 per cent of their gross receipts, the cheers showed the preference for mayor of Omaha. Joseph Kavan presided and called first upon Mr. Breen. The candidate again re counted . iiow he happened to be In the race, by reason of political club endorse ments, and sought to discredit . platforms, for the reason that but few of the signal reforms accomplished by President Boose vent were mentioned In the platform on which he was elected. On the question of Sunday amusements, he said: "X was asked the other day whether I as In favor of Sunday base ball. I re plied in this wise: 1 like to get out on a 40-ecre lot with a couple of ministers and knock a ball around with a golf stick. I would not like to be Interfered with, end therefore why should I Interfere with the (Continued on Second Page.) People don't have to be fooled into reading advertis ing. To most peo ple its as important as any news in the paper. What ia more important to the average household than where they can get most for the limited amount they have to epend! Take the want ads, for ex ample. The advertiser who tells what he has to sell and why you should buy of him, gets returns far out of propor tion to the little he has to pay for a want ad. Why do they bring so much business T Simply because people find advertising of live interest. They know reading want ds pay for. the time Extend a dozen times over. Have you read the want adi yet todal Powers Agree on Program in Balkans Servia Will Be Ordered to Make Sup plementary Declaration that Will Satisfy Austria. VIENNA, March 28. A complete agree ment has been reached by the powers with regard to the steps to be taken at Belgrade on the basis of the proposals made by Sir Edward Grey, ,the British foreign secre tary, to Baron von Aehertnt.ia!, the Aurt O Hungarlan minister of foreign affairs, for the settlement of the difficulty between Austria, end Servia. Tht representatives of the powers at Bel grade tomorrow will advise Servia to mike a declaration to the administration at Vienna, supplementary to the Servian note of March 14. In this note Servia referrid Austria to Its previous note to the powers, dated March 11, and In the latter note Servia, while withdrawing its demand for compensation, and setting forth that it did not desire to provoke war, stilt main tained that the question of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina should be regu lated by the powers. In sddltlon, a complete agreement has been reached with respect to the abroga tion of article 36 of the Berlin treaty and the suggestions of Austria on this subject will be communicated to the signatories of the treaty. ev Church at Blonx Falls. SIOCX FALIS, 8. D Maroh SS.-fSpe-clal.) A fine new Congregational church waa dedicated In this city today with elab orate ceremonies. The principal address was made by Joueph W. Powell of Buffalo, N. Y., known throughout the United States as "The Brotherhood Man." For twenty five years he hss been engaged In pushing the work of the church, and during that time has dedicated churches In' all parts of the country. Another who took a prom inent part In the dedication of the new edifice was Rev. Frank Fox, the pastor, to whose energy Is largely due the construc tion of the handsome new church building. The structure was erected at a cost of about $40,000. It Is built of Sioux Falls granite and ha a seating capacity of about 1,000. Without doubt it is the finest church In South Dakota. Y. W. C. A. Meets Sunday in New Home, Teaterday was a big day and this will be a big week for the Toung Men's Christian association, which is getting nicely settled In Its splendid new home at Seventeenth and Howard streets. Miss Helen Barnes of New York City, national secretary of the association, was the chief speaker yesatrdey at the conse cration meeting. She spoke on the first clause of this, the, sixteenth verse of the first chapter of Bomans, known as the key to Romans: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for It Is the power of God ur.to salvation; to the Jew first and also to ths Greek." Taking, the words. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel," Miss Barnes made a moat Impressive address, emphasising the power of the gospel in the personal life. Its need and Ita claim. Her message, was for strong, positive lives and her plea for consecration. Miss Slevers. general secretary of ths Dea Moines association, and Mlaa Trimble, general secretary of the Kanaaa City as sociation, apoke. Miss Trimble's associa tion I sabout to build and she Is here to observe the details of the Omaha building. A reception to local ministers and their wives will be given today at S p. ra. and continue to S, and after that a program of exercises will be given. It Is the desire of Mrs. W. P. Harford, president, and Mrs. Emma Byers. general secretary, as well aa the other officials, trustees and members, that the ministers of Omaha get In close touch with the details ef this woik. Many of the miulrters are new to BILL BIG ADDITION TO CORN SHOW Government Agricultural Exhibit at Seattle to Be Shown Here. FT WILL FILL EIGHT CARS It Is Larger Than at Any Prevlons Reposition Except Rt. I,oals, and Contains Many New Feat ores. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March a. (Special ) When Secretary Wilson, at the earnest re quest of 'Senator Norrla Brown, gave his sanction that the Agricultural department ! exhibit prepared for the Seattle expoal tlon be put off at Omaha for purpose of display at the National Corn exposition the Transmlsalsslppl section pulled off one of the biggest stunts since the Trana- mississlppl exposition In 1806. The exhibit, which has been pre a red by the several bureaus in the Department of Agriculture for the Alaska-Yukon expo sition will take all of eight care to trans port It to the western metropolis. It will occupy twice the space allotted to It the IjfwIs and Clark exposition at Port land or at any previous exposition except ing that at St. Louis, and will contain many new features of Interest Illustrating the functions of the department and ita relation to agricultural development and progress. A general description of what this In tereatlng agricultural exhibit contains may be of Interest at this time, In view of the fact that this exhibit will be in Omaha, next December to add Its measure of In tcrest to the National Corn exposition. Bnrean of Animal (Indnatry. The exhibit of the bureau of animal In dustry will, aa far aa possible, cover the general work of this bureau, which deals with the Investigation, control and eradl cation of animal dlsesses, the Inspection and quarantine of live stock; Inspection of meat and meat products, and with anl mal husbandry and dairying. Models show Ing the dipping of cattle and sheep for the eradication of mange or scabies, patho logical sieJmens of animal diseases, ma terlsla used In the Inspection of meat modela of steamer showing fittings for exportation of cattle, a dairy stable model showing proper sanitary construction, and pictures showing breeds of horses, cattle (Continued on Second Page.) Receives Today Omaba, comparatively, and Mrs. Harford insists tnat this Is all the more reason why they should oome and get acquainted with these workers and their work. fdBaaANYJoTcmt fdfadd dwad dawd wdaw Thla Is to be a big- reception day. Kdltors are especially Invited snd other men In public or private life. It la to bo the pub lic's day and the owmen are extremely anxious that the public should avail Itself of this opportunity. The building, with Its new furnishings, will be thrown open and the workers will be eager to show their guests all over It. The secretaries of the Young Men's Christian association are also asked to Join in the reception today. Then there will be workers and friends from outside of Omaha. Some of these. In conjunction with Omaha ministers, will mske addresses. One of the chief speakers will be Rev. !ura Wild, a congregational mlniater from Lincoln. She and Mrs. F. M. Hall, chairman of the state committee will be two prominent Lincoln women to take ac tive parts. Thia evening- will be for the Bible de partment's Installation. Much ,wlll be made of this. Over 4(0 persons attended the consecra tion service In this new building, which stands a towering monument lo unscirisli devotion snd some sacrifice of patient women and generous men snd the fruition of the hope of years. So all the emotion that comes from such a combination of circumstances welled up In womanly hearts yesterday during that hour of consecra tion and road It one idaed of solemn thought, , Measures Must Be Sent Back to House for Approval cf Amendments, DEADLOCK OVER TWO BILLS Indications that Physical Valuation Bill Will Be Killed. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM Points In This Measore Are In Die. pnte and It Will Probably Fall by the Wayside Mr. Bryan's . pile Bill. (From a Staff Correspondent.) MNCOIJf. March .-(8peclal.)-Though the legtalature has set Thursday for the final adjournment date, Its most important work la yet to be done, and the fights premised for this week will exceed in bitterness the contest which have been In evidence since the session began, be tween the house and the senate. The legislature Is far from the enact ment of a physical valuation law and the passage of the initiative and referendum bill. The large appropriation bills have vet to pass the senate and the amendments made thereto to be corcurred In by the. house. " Save the banking bill, the bill providing for the election of precinct assessors and the political bills passed for the purpose of creating a democratic political mi- cl.lns, not many of the measures acted upon favorably will cause serious loss to the lat or affect the state at large to any groat extent. The damage that will occur by the t Deration of the laws men tioned cannot be estimated and not for two years at least can the n easurea be re. pealed. The big fights yet to be finished within the next four days are over the physical valuation bill and the bill providing for the initiative and referendum. The house and senate are at loggerheads over tbeas measures and no on can tell what th outcome will be. It Is a probability th&t Ins physical valu ation bill will be killed. So far no one has offered any good reason for its passage except that It will provide Joba for some democrats. The State Board of Assess ment has figured out' the physical value of every railroad In Nobraska and this vslue Is separate from the Intangible or franchise value. Just why this board has not done Its work Just aa well as any other board will be. able to do It no ene hag yet said. These figures are on .f.Uf.v.- with tne secretary of the State Board Of , Assessment. - It the bill does pass It Is pretty certain to go through without the house amend ments, which included the stock yards and all other publlo service corporations. And that Is what the democrats pledged the people to Include in the bill, but the pledge of democracy amounts to little when that pledge Interferes with the plans of the attorney for the stock yards, who happens to be the boss of the senate and the over lord of the house also. Mr. Bryan's Kplte Work. One of the features of thia legislature which will go down in history Is the part Mr. Bryan has taken and the means ha has employed to punish those who did not do his bidding. For Instance, he threatened the regents of the State university thst unless they did ss he demanded In the matter of his school of politics, or cltlsenshlp, that he would take the case up with his legislature. The regents declined to make a political Institution out of the university, and Mr. Bryan made good his threat. To show the regents lie is the boss, he hsd his bill Introduced, and further insulted the re gents by prefacing the measure with a wheress, complimenting them for their work In the direction he had Indicated. He pushed the bill through the senate, and yesterday the democrats of the house were afraid to go on record against It, so it Is now up for third reading. The bill will come to be known aa "Bryan's Personsl Spite Bill for the Destruction of the Stste University." Now this Peerless Bos Is demsndlng of the legislature that It pass the Initiative and referendum. When asked to sign a petition asking for the submission of a prohibitory amendment he told Mrs. Heeld to wait for the Inltstlve and referendum. If the bill psasea It will be Mr. Bryan s , sop to the temperance people of the slate, just ss the veto of the Fort Crook saloon bill was the sop from Governor Shallen berger. The governor vetoed the bill be cause, as he told a member of the legis Isture, "I am afraid of the criticism of the republican press." And this same leg islator la authority for the statement that the governor hsd promised to sign the bill If It passed. Many Bills In Baal Shape. The banking bill which the IcgUlat'.ire haa passed has been declared by the ablest members of ths house and prominent law yeia, to be Invalid, and prediction la made that it will be knocked out In the courts whenever it is attacked. Incidentally, the , letrisluture hns as yet made no effort to pay Judge I. I,. Albert that 1300 for atart Ing the banking committee on the right track and drawing the original bill for ths committee. But the banking bill Is not ths measure which Is in bad shape from a constitutions! standpoint. Probably never before have so msny bills reached the governor In such bsd shape. In fart. It will take a Phil adelphia lawyer to dig out the meaning of some of the treasures especially a this true of the bills which are supposed lo be of importsuce. For Instance, the Kuhl bill amending the primary election law and returning to the county convention system of selecting delegates to the state convention. The measure goes into a whole lot of details about the duties of the va rious committees and conventions, but careful Inspection of the measure falls to discover who Is to call the county conven tion. The bill provldea the state committee shall designate In w l..i manner the at ate, congr salonal. Judicial and legislative com mittees shall be selected, and then pro vides that the stale conveotlon shall choose the stats committee. The reciprocal demurragw bill reeds Hag a fight between a Ausetan and a Ja,paj r