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THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIRUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA ON ACCREDITED LIST SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS AP PROVED BY COLLEGES OF THE STATE. STATE BMSSHOW BIG GAIN Items of General Interest Gathered from Rellablo Sources Around the State House. .Western Ncwimper Union News Service. Sixty-seven Nebraska high schools appear on the accredited list of sec ondary schools of tho stato, as ap proved this spring by tho North Cen tral Association of Colleges and Sec ondary Schools. Nine new secondary schools appear on the list: Alma, Madison, Nelson, North Bond, Osceola, Sidney .Stromsburg, West Point and York academy. Tho higher Institutions of Nobrasltn approved by tho association aro tho college of liberal arts of Crclghton university, Doanc, Hastings, Nebraska Wealoyan, Kearney and Peru stato normal schools, and tho University of Nebraska. Tho list of accredited high schools follows: Albion, Allianco, Alma, Ash land, Auburn, Aurora, Beatrice, Hon eon, Blair, Broken Bow, Central City, Columbus, Crcto, Fnlrbury, Fairfield, Fairmont, Kails City, Franklin acad emy, Fremont, Friend, Fullcrton, Gonova, Gothenburg, Grand Island, Harvard, Hastings, Hastings academy, Havolock, Hebron, Holdrcgc, Hum boldt, Keamoy, Kimball county high school, Lexington, Lincoln, Teachers' college high school, McCook, Madison, Minden, Nebraska City, Nelson, Nor folk, North Bend, North Platto, Brownell hall, Crolghton academy, Omaha, Omaha South high school, Osceola, Pawnee, Ravenna, Red Cloud, Schuylor, Scottsbluff, Soward, Shelton, Sidney, Stromsburg, Suporior, Tecum seh, Tokamah, University Place, Wes leyan academy, Wahoo, West Point, York, York academy. Bank Deposits Increase. Bank deposits In stato banks lu No braska Jumped from $114,(300,000 to $130,8(51,781 in thrco months. Tho lat ter flguro is tho amount on deposit February 24, according to n statoraont issued by Socrotary Royso of tho etato banking board. This is tho lar gest amount over roported and an In crease of $30,0000,000 In ono yoar. Tho increaso is attributed to scvoral causes. Tho principal causo of tho Increase, says Mr. Royso, is tho fact that grain raised by Nebraska farmors was not markotcd last fall on account of wet weather that prevented thresh ing, and on account of a car shortage lator in tho yoar. Tho grain thus hold back has slnco boon sold, or most of it has, and tho bank deposits aro correspondingly swelled. Ono and n half million dollars of tho in creaso Is duo to the conversion of na tional banks into stato banks and tho bringing with them pt doposlts to that amount. The number of banks report ing is 81C, tho largest number over In existence undor tho Btato law. Hero after tho stato banking board will pass upon tho nocesslty of added banking facilities beforo chartering now stato banks. Secretary Royso's roport shows a total of 380,879 depositors; average rosorvo, 28 per cent; incroaso of 7 per cent slnco Decombor 9, 1015. Slnco February 9, 1915, tho resources have increased $32,827,370.92; doposlts $30,050,020.3, loans and discounts $20,911,141.85, capltul stock, -$1,311,000. Stato Food Commissioner C. E. Har man in declining to accept tho demo cratic nomination for governor con ferred upon him by a petition signed by followtownsmon of Holdrogo Is sued a card of thnnlcs to his friends, praised tho administration of which ho is a part and said ho fools that ho can render greater sorvlco to tho ad ministration nnd his party and stnto by sticking to the Job ho now holds. Food Commissioner Harman is sending out printed circulars adver tising tho weok of April 3 as pure food weok, nnd suggesting "peace and plenty" ns a motto to go with It. Ho thtnkn It would bo a good idea to uso tho Amorlcnn flag for docoratlvo pur poses in connection with food dis plays and advertising, because tho llag stands for penco, while tho foods themselves will typify plenty. Nebraska Insurance Data. Insurnnco in forco and affect In Ne braska on Docombor 31, 1915, aggre gated $1,110,000,000 in round numbers, according to tho preliminary roport of tho stato insuanco commission, Risks written during tho year totaled $535,584,000 and risks which censed during tho yoar amounted to $54,770, 000. Premiums recolved counted up to $18,706,082, and losses Incurred woro recorded at $11,207,924. Jn tho report aro Included 390 com panies of all tho kinds that do business In tho state. Whllo other departments of tho stato government nro preparing for Btato wide obsorvanco of '.puro food wook" and "clean up weok," Hotol Commis sioner Phil Ackorman does not pur pose to bo thrown Into tho uhndo. IIo is out with a prlntod circular an nouncing tho dato of April 5 as "ho tol day" In Nobraska. Ho calls on the proprietors of hotels to do somo liousccleaning at that time, nnd also to look after outbuildings nnd yards. Special attention Ib dlroi'tcd to tho matter of Individual towels, which ln Buys has boen overlooked In somo places. A MODERN SCHOOL BUILDING. Two Room Structure for the Deor Creek District. Stato Superintendent Thomas has Information concerning a practical demonstration of the interest awak ened in rural school district No. 10 In Madison county. This is known as tho Doer Creek school district. The district contains twclvo and three fourths sections of land with an as sessed valuation of $144,129. At a special meeting, hold recently, tho district voted a levy of $5,000 for tho purposo of erecting a modern two room school building. Tho nrchltect employed by tho hoard has drawn plans providing two rooms, each 33x33 feet, with twolvo-foot ceilings, tho rooms separated by folding partition which may bo opened to mako ono largo assombly room for community center meotlngB. Tho basomcnt will have fuel room, furnace room, gymna sium, manual training room, sewing room, domestic scionco room, and girls' toilet. Water will bo piped from a windmill to a supply tank, and a sewer 180 feet in length will provide drain age. Tho school rooms will have modern equipment, proper lighting, and tho grounds will bo mndo attrac tive. A rural high school is already maintained in this district. Clean Up and Stay Clean. Clean up and keep clean Is tho gist of a statemont mado by Dr. II. B. Cummins, secretary of tho board of secretaries of tho stato board of health. Dr. Cummins has watched with interest proclamations by the governor for a clean up wcok, in tended as a flro prevention measure, and orders from tho Btato hotol com missioner for owners of hotels to do somo spring cloanlng. As a sanitary dlseaso provenflon mcasuro, Dr. Cum mins advocates cleanliness throughout tho year, not two baths a year, though ho Is not objecting to that many baths. Ho asks people to begin May 1 to clean up, cloan out and keep clean for one year. Ho bolleves tho people will, if thoy pursuo this course, bo so well pleasod that annual clean up proclamations will not bo noccs sary. Ballots Must Show Affiliation. Names of men who aro democrats cannot nppear upou republican ballots, neither can republican names appear upon democratic ballots and members of neither party can bo filed aB pro gressives, according to a ruling of Socrotary of Stato Pool. Tho action followed tho protest of Chairman Corrick of tho bull mooso stato commlttoo against tho decora tion of tho ballots of his party with both republican and democratic names. Most of thoBO wIiobo names had been filed for tho honor had been withdrawn at tho wish of tho candi dates thomselvos, but ho names of Charles Sloan and Moses P. KInkaid had both been left on because no such action had boon asked for by those congressmen. The stop means that no man can cortlfy to affiliation with ono party in this stato and thou ask to bo put on tho ballot of another party with which ho does not actually affiliate and with which his party docs not affiliate. Public School Gardens for Nebraska. Twonty-two towns In Nobraska will conduct public school gardens this summer, similar to thoso arranged last season In cooporation with tho agricultural extension service of. the Collogo of Agriculture Each town will hlro a garden supervisor. Tho towns that havo undertaken tho work and tho names of tho supervisors aro: Allianco, K. Q. Perry; Holdroge, R. A. Stewart; Kearney, G. R. Parsons; Stromsburg, Charles SeomBtor; No Ugh, Mrs. Ida McCllntock; Howolls, J. V, Srb; Falrhury, J. E. Bonson; Beatrice II. N. Thomas; Blair, E. H. Kollog; Columbus, S. L. Stoddard; Crotp, E. A, Gregory; Auburn, G. E. Heacock; Superior, C. E. Andrews; Ashland, Mrs. L. Camp; Central City, A. Crago; Peru, L. F. Caroy. If national guards aro called Into action on tho border or In Mexico, glgnntlc maneuvers, to ho hold In No braska, may prcccdo their embarka tion for tho front. This Is tho hopo of Gonoral Hall, who has outlined a plan for tho as sombly of North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and No braflka troops at Fort Robinson, near Crawford, In this statu. Thoso plans aro now being talkod ovor with Ne braska congressmen and senators at Washington, and It la tho hopo of tho gonoral staff that tho war department will grant permission for tho movo. Sacs Assumes Duties. Prosldont J. A. Ollls nnd Socrotary W. R. "Mollor, of tho stato board of agriculture accompanied Jacob Sass, tho nowly olectod troasurer of that body, to Soward on Monday to check him In. Tho books, papers nnd rec ords of tho lato G. F. Dlckman, who was troasurer at tho tltno of his death, and tho amount of monoy ho had on deposit, woro to bo audited bo foro turning them ovor to tho now of ficial. Mr. Sass llvos at Chalco and Is a membor of tho loglslaturo from Sarpy county. From a sood corn survey mado by tho college of agriculture ropllcs from farmers living In flfty-nlno countlos show that between 25 and 50 per cent of tho farmers will bo unanlo to sup wly tholr own sood, although n major itv of tho farmors reply that thoro will bo no shortage In tholr counly. A Hut of nlnety flvo farmers who have reported sood corn for Bale may bo had uron npn'lcntlon to tho doparl ment of Fxnerlmpntnl Agronomy. Unl "orally Farm, Lincoln. Forty-ono thousand biiBholB of corn ndaptod to various parts of tho stato arc roported i for sale In this list, SHOT SELF 10 DEATH E. P. CUMMING8, HEAD OF MICHI GAN SCHOOLS, END8 LIFE AS BROTHER DRINKS POISON. COMMITS DEED AT CHICAGO Nothing Found by Police to Ir.dlc.nte Suicide Compact Shot Once Uefore BellevMl His Case Was Homeless Wrote Two Letters. Chicago. Aj.rll 3. Edward P. Cum nilngu, superintendent off schools of Lansing, Mich., shot himself to death In tho Strntfojd hotel here. At prac tically tho. samo tltno Dr. Herbert Cummlngs, tils brother, Bwallowad poison In Grand Haven, Mich. Nothing has bum found to Indicate a sulctdo compact. Pollco and roln Hvcb believe neither brother knew of tho othor'rt act. Doctor Cummlngs I still allvo, but his condition mnkoj discussion of tho death of bis brothor Impossible. E. P. Cummlngs, who until last No vembcr was prosldcnt of the Stnto Teachers' association of Michigan, feared ho was losing his mind, accord ing to tho boiler expressed by his phy slclan nnd clone friends In Lansing. It is said that for many months Air. Cummlngs has been undor a sovom norvous strain. His mother, suffer ing from n montnl derangement, caused him considerable anxiety whllo she was residing In his home. Mr. Cummlngs had been at Daytona Beach for two months In an effort to recupornto, following Injuries ecelved when ho shot hlmsolf Inst December. According to friends nnd relatives, at that time, ho shot himself accidental ly whllo cleaning his shotgun aftr a hunting trip. Part of his heart was torn away and tho fear that bo ndvor would recover his strength ns a result of his Injury, is said to havo beon ono of tho causes of his suicide. Doctor Cummlngs swallowed tho poison .whllo recovering from Injuries sustained recontly when ho slashed his wrists with a knife. Tho Grand Hnvon pollco assort ho previously had mado four attempts to end his lift. Cummlngs registered at tho hotel us "R. S. Brown, Detroit." Ho loft two lottors ono to his widow nnd tho other to Mr. Sea grovo. In thorn ho said he killed him self because ho "didn't want to beccmo a burden to his family nnd tho state." FRENCH DRIVEN FROM TOWN Germans Capture Strong Position at Malancourt Another Town Is Men aced Paris Admits Loss. London, April 3. Tho crown prince hns resumed his great drive on Ver dun with furious attacks on both sides of tho River Mouse. Tho strongly fortitlcd vlllngo of Mal ancourt, ten miles northwest of Ver dun, was captured by tho Germans on Thursduy night. Frontal attacks by massed Gorman legions drovo tho Fronch out of tho village an Impor tant highway communication point, but tho French still hold redoubts com manding tho highway. The Germans captured 328 prisoners. Thrco henvy German infantry at tacks woro preceded by a terrific bom bardment from German batteries on tho heights surrounding tho town. Tho Gorman war ofllco announced de fensive positions on both sides woro captured. Tho Fronch hold on tho vlllago of Bothlncourt, two. miles east of Malan court. Is seriously threatened by tho enpturo of Malancourt. French exports estimate that the Gormaus havo lost 20.000 men in tho ronownl of tho struggle about Verdun. Paris, April 3. French troops havo ovacuatcd tho rubied vlllago of Malnn court tho war ouico announced on Thursday. Tho Gormans drovo tho Fronch out of tho vlllago at night, attacking heavily thrco times after a violent bombardment. In massed attacks tho enemy ad vauced on Malancourt, attacking in throo different placeB. After a ter- rlblo atrugglo, raging for Bovernl hours, tho French advance guard bat tnllon evacuated, having Inflicted heavy Iobscs on tho onomy. 299 ARE SAVED FROM SHIP Liner Chlyo Maru Grounded In Fog on One of the Loma Islands South of Hongkong. Shanghai, April U. Tho largo trans pacific pnsBcnger liner Chlyo Maru grounded In a fog on ono of tho Lema islands, south of Hongkong. Nino tug boats and launches from a British tor pedo-boat destroyer havo gono to Its assistance- and aro taking off Its 299 passengers from San FrancUco and Manila, Begin Suit to Bar Liquor. Ilutlor, Mo., April 3. Injunction suits have boon filed here hy Prosecut ing Attornoy DoWitt C. Chastaln, seek ing to prevent throo rallroade from transporting Intoxicating liquors Into the county. Forty-Five British Sailors Drown. Iondon, April 3. Forty-flvo Bailors of the British cruiser Conquest woro drownod through the capsizing of a cuttor during n galo, It was officially announced, Tho cutter was being towed by tho crulsor. WILL THF DOVE -'!'' ii r iTirhiTi i""Hirir,r""iTi-T-rT Tr "-ru jmit ti WAITE KILLED PECKS DECLARE8 "MAN FROM EGYPT" MADE HIM DO IT. Dentist Says He Gave Both Victims Germs and Fed Poison Also to Fathcr-ln-Law. Now York, March 30. Dr. Arthur Warren Walto confessed on Tuesday that ho killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hannah Peck, with disease germs and murdered his father-tn-law. John E. Peck, with arsenic. In making tho confession ho, laid tho grouudwork for hlu defense on the plea of mental Irresponsibility. He attributed two natures tc himself a good and an ovll one and said that tho evil nature, a stranger to his real self, dominated him when ho commit ted tho crimes. Tho essential part of tho dentist's confession was mado to District Attor ney Swann and Assistant District At torneys Mnncusco and Brothers in the presence of former Assistant Attorney Walter R. Deuel, who has been en gaged as counsel for Doctcr Walto. Tho lawyers walked Into tho private room of tho alcoholic ward, to which Doctor Walto had boen romoved, and found the man lying on a bed rubbing his hand across his forehead, seeming ly in n shakon and unccrtatn condition. "Don't you remember me?" asked Mr. Brothers. "You talked to mo last Friday." "Did I?" asked Doctor Walte. There was a moment b pause befcro Doctor Walto spoko again.- "Oh, but thnt doesn't matter," ho said; "it's all over now. I did tt all. I killed Mrs. Peck and Mr. Peck. Tho man from Egypt mado mo do it. He wns after mo for a long time I couldn't shako him cff. 1 wasn't abla to get rid of him until last night. "He's gone now, but I couldn't got away from him for a long time, don't know whnt his namo was. asked him and ho didn't toll mo. was afraid of him. I told Clara about him." By "Clara" Doctor Walto meant his wife, who Is now In Grand Rapids. Representatives of the district at torney's olfico aro searching for the undortakor who embalmed tho body of Pock. Mr. Swann declared Walto had told him that ho had mado an agree mout with the undertaker that for a consideration of $9,000 tho latter would testify that ho had used arsenic In the fluid with which ho ombalmcd Pock's body. Earllor In tho dny Doctor Walto talked frcoly to his brothor and Ray mend C. Schlndlor, tho prlvato detec tive employed by tho Peck family. More Airships for Mexico. Son Diego, Cnl., March 30. Cnpt. V Clark, aeronautical engineer of the signal corps aviation school hero, and l.lout. Thomas DoWItt Milling. Junior military aviator and Instructor in fly Ing. havo recolvod Instructions to proceed to Washington to Inspect purchnso and test a number of now aeroplanes to bo Bent to tho oxpodl tlonary forces oporatlng in Mexico. Pullman Shops Strike Ends. Chicago, April 1. Flvo hundred BtrlkerB of tho Pullman car works who struck two weoks ago for an In crenso In wages frcm 20 to 25 cents an hour, returned to work. Thoy agreed to nccopt a two-cont Increase Train Robbors Take Mall. Shrevoport. La., April 1. Robbers boarded Texas & Pacific mall train No. 23 nt tho station hore as It was pulling out. Thoy bound two mall clerks nnd took two pouche of regis tcrcd mall. GET A LOOK-IN 27 KILLED IN WRECK THREE FAST TRAINS IN CRASH IN OHIO. Rear Collision Between Two East Bound Trains Sldeswlped by West Bound Twentieth Century Limited. Cleveland, O., March 31. State fed eral and railroad Investigation of tho double wreck tin Wednesday on tho Lako Shoro railroad at Amheist, O... near here, which cost tho lives of fully twenty-seven persons and 1 lured forty,, was begun hero. Railroad officers declare tho blame for tho crash which piled iJp tho Twentieth Century flyer and two other crack Lako Shoro passenger trains In- n tangled heap of Junk probably will bo shared by two railrofid em ployees. Tho railroad company, In an Dfflclal statement explaining tho wreck, de clared tho first section of train No. 86. after stopping at tho interlocking tower at Amherst, had started ahead at five or ten miles an hour. Tho sec ond section ran Info tho first Two rear cara of tho first section fell ovor on thQ west-bound track just as tho Twentieth Century Limited, bound for Chicago, was approaching. Tho Twen tieth Century collided with part Of tho wreckago on tho west-bound Hacks. Tho Twentloth Century was detailed except for tho three rear cars. All of tho passongors killed or seriously hurt woro In tho rear car of tho first sec tion of train No. SC. CHAIN OF AERO RELAYS American Army Aviators Esahllsh New System to Expedite Work. Field Headquarters American Puul tlvo Expedition; Colonla Dublan, Ity Motor to Columbus, tr. M April l.- A complete chain of aviation relay from tho American border to tho fron. has been established. Tho main bnao is at field headquarters. Tho advs& tago of tho relay is that It enables tho planes to travel with fairly light loarfn from ono station to the next. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Paris, April 1. Tho Russian hospl- tal ship Portugal has been torpedoed nnd sunk. Thoro woro many wounded soldlors on board at tho time. Berne, Switzerland. April I. Two aeroplanes of unknown nationality. dropped flvo largo bombs at dawn this morning on the Swiss vlllago of Por rontruy, near tho French frotler. Somo damago to property was caused. London, April 1. Two thousand munition workora aro now on strike In tho government gun factories in tho Clrdo district and reports from Glas gow said tho labor troubles threat ened to spread. Loss than 400 strikers havo returned to work in Bplto of tho prossuro of union leaders. Planes for Big Warships. Scattlo, April 3. Tho Puget sound nnvy yard has boen Informed that all largo war vosseiB win carry aero planes and equipment tor launching thorn. Orders havo been received to build launching ways on tho deck. Quake Shocks Recorded. Washington, April 3. The sols mograph at Georgetown university re corded severe earthquake shocks last ing almost an hour. It wns estimated that tho quako torfc placo somo 3,300 mlloa from Washington. AT LONE GERMAN CAUSES REIGN OF TERROR ON BRITISH STEAMER. THREATENED TO FIRE BOMBS Teuton Confines Captain of Matopp In Cabin nnd Disables Wireless Finally Captured by U. S. Officer and Put In Irons. Lowes, Del., April 1. Tho British, steamer Matoppo put In nt this port on Thursday with a thrilling tale of. piracy. A Gorman stowaway, armed with two revolvers, had como within n hair's breadth of capturing single handed tho vessel and Its cargo of war munitions destined for Russia. Ernest Schuler, tho German, Is un der arrest. Ho Is In Irons at tho fed eral customs house In Lowes. He has In hiB possession money and papers belonging to tho captain. Nothing, can bo learned about him. Tho Matoppo weighed anchor at Sandy Hook at night, bound for Vladi vostok with a cargo of war material landed at Now York. Two hours later Schulor came out of his hiding place. Ho put tho wireless out of opera tion, forced tho captain Into a cabin at tho point of his guns, searched his papors nnd tho Bhlp's safo and untiL morning was in complcto control of tho ship. Tho officers nnd crew of the ship were terrorized through tho night by tho man's declaration that ho had' placed bombs in different parts of the ship ami that tho vessel would bo blown to bits If they tried to attack, him. After running tho ship for a night Schulor was responsible for his own- undoing. About noon, when tho- 8tcamor wns off Rchoboth bay, Dela ware, ho Insisted on being put ashore. Ho was put over in a pilot boat, still' with his two guns, and mado for tho shoro. In the meantime tho Matoppo rani up a signal asking for immediate as sistance It was seen by tho super intendent of tho maritimo exchango reporting station at tho Delaware- breakwater and tho federal coast guard crow at Lewes immediately put off In its largo power launch. Tho launch reached Schulor's boat Just as ho was approaching the bench at Rehoboth. Schuler was ordered to- surrender and come into tho lnunch. Ho threw his revolvers overboard nndi came in. Ho waB taken to tho cus toms house and clapped In Irons. Search is being mado for bombs on tho ship. U. S. HOLDS GADSKI'S SPOUSE German Navy Officer Is Arrested by Agents of the Department of Justice in Welland Plot. Now.- York, April 1. Capt. Hans. Tauscher, an ofllcer of tho Gormam navy and the husband of Mme Jo hanna Gadskl, the opera Blnger, waB. fnrreisted on Thursday by agents of the depajtment of Justice oc a federal warrant charging him with bolng con cornel In a conspiracy on September 14, .1914 to blow' up tho Welland canal In Canada. Captain Tauscher's arrest followed disclosures mado by Horst von dor Goltz, alias Brldgman Taylor, who wnfi b,rougTit here from tho Tower of London. Captain Tauscher Is head of tho Tauscher Arms company nnd 1b the Amorlcan representative of tho KrUpp Gun w.tirks of Essen. Germany. WILSON AID TO WED HEIRESS- Miss Alice Gert.-ude Gordon Announces: Her Engagsment to Dr. Cary Grayaon, U. S. N. Washington, April 1. Announce ment was mado at tho White Houso on Thursday that Miss Alice .Gertrude t'ordon, nn heiress and former ward o Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, had an nounced In New York tho engagement io Dr. Cary T. Grayson, United States tiovy surgeon and personal friend. u:de and physician to tho president. .Miss Gordon is the possessor of mil lions. Mr. Gordon died flvo years ago. Lin waB a world-famous brldgo build er. Miss Gordon's romanco Is tho fourth In tho Whlto House Blnco Woodrow Wilson becamo president. Mr. Wilson and his two daughters hitfo beon married slnco his term be gan. Immigration Bill Wins Again. Washington, April 1. Tho Bur nett Immigration bill.twlco passod by both house and senate and vetoed both times, onco by former PreBldont, Taft and tho last time by President Wilson, again passed tho house. Tho voto was 308 to 87. Tho house voted down n proposal by Representative Sabath of Illinois to striko out tho lit eracy test. , New York Woman Held as Spy. Rome, April-3. Charlotte von Kueh nan, a New York artist, was sontenced to two months' Imprisonment and ban ishment on a chargo of doing secret Borvico work for Germany In Lucerne Another woman got the Bamo sentence. Bombs Kill Allied Troops. Berlin, April 3. Two hundred Eng lish and French soldiers were killed In German air raids on Snlonlkl Manh 30, nccordlng to Berlin reports ro eolved on Friday. NumoroiiB barrutk houses were destroyed. 0