Walkerton Independent, Volume 53, Number 1, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 June 1927 — Page 2

Walkerton Independent Published Every Thursday by TUB IMIIJENDEST-NTWB CO. Publishers of the WALKERTON INDEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS IAKKMI.I.E STANDARD “¥h» ST. JOSEPH COUNTT WEEKLIES Clem DeCoudres, Business Man*<er Charles M. Finch, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES gs Tear U.S* Months .** roe Months. ...... r ............ t ■** TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the poet office at Wal kart eei, & , as second-claea matter. Sunday used to be n holy day, but now it is a holl-day. or roily-day. The farmer remains the backbone of the country and politicians the jawbone. “Alienated" affections usually appear not to have been very strong In the first place. One good thing television will do away with is the pest who says: “Guess who this Is?” If a guest feels silly when he uses a guest - towel, and the family doesn’t dare, why tolerate them? The cost of crime in this country Is $10.000,000,000 a year but the criminals don't have to pay it. “All sex films should end happily," says a writer In a current magazine. Certainly—and the sooner the better. Tn spite of the philanthropic efforts to make prison life pleasant, convicts still make desperate efforts to escape. Hair is being grown on bald mice, but there’s considerable difference between a bald mouse and a bald head. This Is the year 4895 by the Chfnese calendar. That country is old enough to know better than to have a civil war. After all, no other expression In this noble and versatile language of ours has the all-round elasticity of “home-cooked.” An actor, says one of them In England, needs no brains; and as far as an acrobat is concerned they are actually In the way. The English people nre affectionately gratified to find the prince of Wales devoted to horses and taking no chances on an airplane. Resort literature. In the main. Is probably truthful, and if it advertises rooms at $2 and up, doubtless it has one room that rents for $2. China should have been content with the mah-Jongg championship and refrained from inviting all contenders to participate in a war. There are fewer stage-struck girls now than In the Nineties, says a play producer. On the other band, not so many are kitchenstruck. either. Shooting at pigeons at Monte Carlo Is made the subject of humane protest there. “Plucking geese” Is merciless. but not necessarily fatal. Whatever became of the old-fash-ioned stenographer, who rinsed a 4 by 4 handkerchief now and then and pasted it on the window over a radiator? Trying to keep up with the gogetter wouldn't be so Irksome If he didn’t leave the revolving door spinning like a Russian vaudeville dancer. A warden in Florida used tear gas to quell a mutiny of women prisoners who objected to cabbage on the jail bill of fare. He might have threatened spinach. Science has devised away to ascertain certain prenatal facts, but forewarned will not necessarily be forearmed with the prospective father of twins. That much longer life that the scientists are forecasting for everybody would Indicate that everybody had better be more careful about holding his job. A new mountain range. 1.000 miles long and with peaks two miles high, has been found In Asia. Has anyone among our readers mislaid a mountain range lately? Tn the long ago. before alimony was brought to Its present high state of development, she usually decided to try to put up with the brute for six months longer. It’s the irony of fate that you turn up many fat fish worms when making garden, but when you want to go fi-hfng you can dig up a half acre and not find any bast. It is great to know that one may ! send one's signature to a million- i dollar draft across the Atlantic by radio, and we intend to file the item for future reference. A man in Los Angeles, turning over the leaves of an old Bible, found a $5 | bill; and doubtless forgot the quota- ! tlon he wanted. They ustui to say of an especially tough citizen that hanging was too good for him. So apparently they stopped hanging him. Old tombs reveal much that Is Important, including the fact that an‘■ient kings wore more jewelry than would now be considered in good Taste. It Is beyond the comprehension of > the average married man why any of j the brotherhood should aspire to the title of ■’arch-bigamist.” The quick way to figure it out was that the number of skle-di«hes nt the old-time country hotel would be the square root of the check. Summing up the s nsatlon from Athens over the publication of a college paper called the Iconoclast, it Is reduced to the fourth dimension - Boys will be boys.

fk I'!, ‘‘ \\ kF " Wwß- 1 \ kwh ■ W c BF u W* --J K' W wJkF* ’ «.* f ' - ygfSg’wS®?' <4^ y J® - w w *^4 St- j S ' A® y r z -Jl . ax Fx " s MJ? 4 v Lx I—U. S. S. Langley, great airplane carrier, moving out of New York harbor loaded with planes, to take part In the “game" of attack on and defense of tl.e New England coast. 2 —Capt. Charles Lindbergh (right) showing to B. F. Mahoney and S. S. Lawrence, his b-ckers, the plane "Spirit of St. Louis’’ which he was grooming for the New York-Paris nonstop flight.

NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Demented Michigan Farmer Dynamites a School, Killing Forty-Four. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ONE of the most extraordinary and shocking crimes of recent years was committed at the little town of Bath, near Lansing, Mich., resulting In the death of 44 persons. 37 of whom were children, and the injury of some forty others. Andrew Kehoe, farmer and school district treasurer, his mind unbalanced by financial troubles which he laid to the necessity of paying school taxes, planted a big dynamite mine In the basement of the community school, wired it carefully, carried another load of explosive to the build Ing In his automobile and set both off. The north wing of the school was destroyed and the ruins were full of the shattered bodies of the little pupils. The principal and one teacher also were killed, as were two men who were passing the building. Kehoe himself was among the dead. Before blowing up the school he had killed his invalid wife and burned his own house and farm buildings. State troopers from Lansing, who took charge of the situation, found in the basement of the undestroyed wing of the school dynamite planted In eight places. Had this been exploded the death roll would have been doubled. Hundreds of pounds of the explosive had been stolen recently from a contractor’s store bouse, presumably by Kehoe, and the plot had been worked out carefuly during a number of days by the insane farmer, who was considered to be an expert electrician.

PROTECTION for the Mississippi valley from future floods will be demanded and planned at a great conference of representatives of the 27 states, called by Mayors Thompson of Chicago, Miller of St. Louis and O’Keefe of New Orleans. The meeting will open in Chicago on June 2 and will be attended by senators, congressmen. army engineers, bankers, lumber trade members and other business leaders. Secretary of Labor Davis will represent President Coolidge. Secretary of Commerce Hoover lias told the President a special session of congress is not necessary to deal with the flood situation, as the Red Cross will be able to care for the refugees efficiently. The relief fund Is still growing, and the continuance of contributions Is urged. Last week the most serious development was the inundation of the town of Melville. La., on the west bank of the Atchafalaya river. The waters broke through the levees during the night and about ten of the inhabitants were drowned. The rest took refuge on the levees, where they soon were Isolated. The Bayou des Glaises levees gave way, as was expected, and hundreds of persons In that section, northwest of New Orleans. were driven from their homes. The Mississippi fell slowly along the lower river, the weather bureau at New Orleans estimating that half of the water from the Tensas basin was being diverted Into the Atchafalaya basin through the crevasses. The crest of the flood still was in the Tensas basin, far above Bayou des Glaises. TOT.ENT storms In lowa, Illinois ’ and Indiana In the middle of the week caused some loss of life and the Injury of many persons, especially in Peoria and Indianapolis. Rain, hail and wind resulted In severe property loses. Eight lives were lost when a wall of water from what is known ns the “slide” dam in the Gms Ventre river swept over the little town of Kelly, 25 miles from Wilson. Wyo. The dam. created when Shoop mountain shifted several feet two years ago, had collapsed. SEVERAL thousand members of the American Medical association attended the seventy-eighth annual meeting of the organization In Washington, and were welcomed by President CoolAge Declared No Bar to Further Learning A man or woman under fifty years of age should not allow themselves to be discouraged from trying to learn anything which he or she really needs tn learn by the fear of being too old, Dr. E. L. Thorndike, professor of educational psychology at Columbia university, dedami at a recent meeting of the American Association for Adult Education. To a lesser degree this is true altar fifty years, be added

fdge. The house of delegates of the association directed the trustees of the organization to co-operate with the Internal revenue department ami the Treasu-v department in the preparation of a bill to be submitted to congress in December, modifying the “un fortun: to" Volstead act provision which t ' w limits the amount of wins ky which may be prescribed to one pint In ten days. Among the Important nnnouncements^yade before sectional meetings was that of Ilidyeo Noguchi of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, that he bad at last succeeded In isolating the micro-organism respon sible for trachoma, an eye disease that has baffled physicians. Dr. William S. Thayer of Baltimore, Md., was elected president of the association. ILLINOIS lawmakers took another * swat at prohibition when the house of representatives voted. 79 to (M, to submit the repeal of the state prohibition n< t and the state search and setz lire act to a referendum of the people The expressed view of some of the members who voted for the referendum was that prohibition has been worse than a failure, a sumptuary regulation that has brought more harm than good to society, to the nation, and to the state. The drys put up a strong fight and argued well, but were outvoted. Several weeks ago the Illinois house adopted a resolution calling upon congress to call n cor. stltutional convention for the purpose of revising the eighteenth amendment. Vacating a disbarment order against a Nebraska lawyer, the Lnited States Circuit Court of Appeals nt Kansas City held In effect that the manufacture and possession of liquor for personal use In the home Is not a felony and cannot servo as ground for disbarment of an attorney. The decision said that “a court has no regulatory power over the private life of a member of the bar.”

DISARMING the warring Nicaraguans Is turning out to be not all play for the American marines who have the Job in hand. At La Paz Centro, near Leon, a guerilla band of Liberals attacked a small detachment of the marines and a battle ensued in which Capt. Richard B. Buchanan and Private Marvin A. Jackson were killed nnd several other leathernecks wounded. About fourteen of the "Liberals” wore killed. Brig. Gon. Logan Feland said: "I am glad to state this marine detachment, under most difficult circumstances and although outnumbered ten to one. has upheld the reputation of the marine corps. Captain Buchanan and hfs detachment showed bravery of the highest order.”

GREAT BRITAIN and Russia wore on the verge of a break last week, and the rupture of relations was expected almost any day. The Soviet government made a formal and Indignant protest against the raid on the Soviet trade headquarters In London, declaring continuance of commercial relations with Great Britain was possible only on the condition of exact fulfillment of the provisions of the commercial treaty of 1921, free from violations growing out of “Interparty maneuvers and the fantastic beliefs of one minister or another.” I urthermoro. Moscow declared It reserved the right to make claim for violation of the agreement by the British government, for the Insult offered thereby and for material losses growing out of the raid. The note concluded: “The absolutely, uncalled for raid on a government Institution of another state, apart from the question of treaty rights belonging to It, Is a most serious and hostile act, without doubt Jeopardizing the further preservation of relations between the interested states, with all the ensuing consequences. The fact that the trade delegation by its activity gave no justification for such a raid can be proved by the circumstance that the British government has not made a single representation or complaint about this activity.” ’Fhe official version of the raid was given in the house of commons by Sir William Joynson-lllcks, home secretary. and a debate on the question involving relations with Russia began. The documents found by the police have not been made public, but there was reason to believe they were de-

Doctor Thorndike presented results of experiments In which persons thirtyfive years and over, averaging fortytwo years, were compared with persons twenty to twenty-four years old, averaging twenty-two, 1n their ability to learn acts of skill and acquire various kinds of knowledge. In learning reading, spelling, arithmetic and other elementary school subjects, adults of forty-two progressed about five-sixths as fast as the adults of twenty-two. Both groups probably learned faster than they would have

ddedly Incriminating. The govern meat officials prepared three notes a? replies to the Russian protest, the choice depending on the decision ol the cabinet and the parliamentary debate. one of them denounces the trade agreement on the ground of Its flagrant violations by the Russians. The second says a final break off of diplomatic relatkms between Britain and Russia must come If the Soxieis do not amend their conduct. The third announces a direct break of diplomatic relations Immediately, laying the whole blame on Moscow. The Russian government already has played a sfrong card in the quarrel by announcing the grant of special trade privileges to Germany. Latvia and Lithuania, which states have signed or initiated neutrality treaties with Moscow. In the Soviet capital there were carefully staged demonst rat lons against the English trade mission the members of which were so closely guarded by political police that they were virtual prisoners. ORnTSH officialdom was very bu«v entertaining President Dotunerg ie of France ami Foreign Minister Briand, who made a state visit to London. There w ere bampm:s, parades am! other colorful functions, and Briand and Chamberlain took the opportunity to hold an Important conference concernlng Immediate evacuation of the Rhineland. A VAI, exports of England say their x ’ go\»Tnment has de- tied to propose, In the Coolidge naval conference. the reduction of capital ships from 35.000 to 20.000 tons and cruisers from 10.000 to (LOtO tons, apportioning a tonnage of 1(M),oi>O tons each to the United States ami Great Britain and 70,000 tons to Japan. According to the Daily News expert. Japan has decided to back this program.

'T'WO editorials In Osservntore Romano, organ of the Vatican, express the pope’s opposition to Mussolini's charter of labor and the Fascist doctrine which places the right of the state above the right of the Individual nnd practically denies that individual rights exist when Important necessities of the state are involved. 'Die relations between capital and labor, according to the doctrine expounded in the editorials, are ethical problems nnd ns such must be approached, discussed nnd solved on the basis of ethical principles which "the centuries old experience of the church and its superhuman knowledge dictate.” Mussolini sought to demonstrate his friendliness to the church by having placed In the Colosseum a gigantic cross, which was unveiled by Queen Elena nt an Impressive ceremony. This cross replaces the one torn down by Mayor Nathan G 5 years ago, an 1 Its dedication completes the Fascist plan to return this Christian symbol tn the schools, courts, nnd public buildings, from which they were removeu during the anti-CatboHc days following the unification of Italy. TWO well-known figures in the amusement world died last week. Sam Bernard. German dialect comedian. who was on his way to Carlsbad, succumbed to apoplexy on board the liner Columbus. Maurice Mouvet, known the world over ns just “Maurice,” noted ballroom dancer, died of tuberculosis in Lausanne, Switzerland. He had been 111 for several years but did not quit his work until two months ago. Governor general wood has dealt successfully with another dangerous affair In the Philippines. Entraneherado, an Insane fanatic, started a revolutionary movement on I’anay Island and was joined by a large number of followers. Wood went there himself and persuaded the excited natives to disperse, and their crazy leader was sent to an asylum In Manila. EXPOSURE of the alleged corruption of Indiana politics by the Ku Klux klan was furthered by the arrest of Mayor Duvall and Controller Buser of Indianapolis on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony. Duvall is accused In six other affidavits of violating the corrupt practices act, perjury, and other offenses.

learned the same things as children at the age of twelve, Doctor Thorndike said, for they learned more per hour of study than children comparable to them In brightness are able to learn. “Extensive experiments with adults learning algebra, science, foreign languages and the like In evening classes and with adults learning shorthand and typewriting In secretarial schools, support the general conclusion that ability to learn rises until abouf twenty,” he stated.

THE KITCHENS IcabinetH (©, I!>2T. Western Newspaper Union.) All hall to good health! You never can buy it, Though many by using a vegetable diet, Have lived a long life, with nerves steady and quiet, Tb ?n listen to wisdom, ye people, and try It. FEEDING THE FAMILY Food is not necessarily nutritious In proportion to Its cost. Three cm-um-

bers may cost as much as a small roast of meat but no one would admit that they supplied the same nutriment. As protein food s are the

niost expensive and complex, we need them to keep a well-balanced diet, but they should be served in smaller portions and to make attractix’e other foods just ns necessary In the diet, such as roots, bulbs and vegetables that add bulk to the diet. Brain workers need easily digested foods, while outdoor workers find the heartier and coarser foods suited better to their needs. It Is noticeable that thin delicate girls and women have an antipathy for fat meat or fats of any kind. Fhey nre the ones who need it ami should be given oil dressings, cream and butter In nbundan<’e. For the first few months of the child, milk Is the only diet needed. After three months strained orange juice and tomato juice may be given freely l>etween feedings. This supplies the vitandnes which nre so essentinl in the growth of a child. Ar the age of a year children may be civt n gruels, prepared from cereals with long <ooklng. Broths from chicken or mutton and a little baked or mashed potato. Vegetables, to bo enjoyed and liked, must be served to the very young in some form suitable, then as they grow older tliey will need no urging to eat nil kinds of wholesome vegetables. From the ages of fourteen to sixteen both sexe> need tin* food of adult life. A boy growing rapidly often m-< d- and eats more limn Ids father. Highly seasoned foods, stimulating foods ami condiments simuld never be ).ivt n grow ing children, as such foods a t upon the system and may cripple the whole life. When using butter, cream and milk In foods remember that they are themselves foods. A green vegetable shoubl bo served at least once a day In some menu. This may be lettme. spinach, water cn^s or beet greens. With fresh carrots grated, adding a bit of chopped cehTy and onion and salad dressing one has a food combination almost Complete; adding a few nuts will make it a meal. Something to Eat.

If one has the patience to prepare and grate fresh coconut there are

many ways that it maybe enjoyed In planning the menu. It is wise to sugar it well over the top of the bowl and keep in a cold place—in the lee box is best. It will keep a week or two. providing the family- does not like it too often.

Wlien ser^ng custard pie, sprinkle a thick covering of the fresh-sugared nut over ea h piece as it "®rved. For cup custards a tablespoor fui on top when served adds both to fts appearance and taste. New Onions. —Take two small bunches of green onions, trim, but leave on mo<t of the green stem. Cook In boiling salted water until tender, then serve in a rich white sauce over buttered toast, cover with buttered bread crumbs and serve. Broiled Hamburger.—Season the chopped meat with salt, pepper, a pinch of clove and a tablespoonful of onion juice. Make into a large flat cake, not too thick. Lay on a wellgreased broiler and broil quickly until both sides are seared, then cook with a reduced heat until well done. Cream Pie. —To one cupful of milk add one cupful of sugar—two table- ' spoonfuls of flour mixed with some of ! the cold milk before adding—the beatI en yolks of two eggs and a pinch of [ salt. Cook until thick, flavor with orange or almond, and set aside to i cool. Bake a shell and fill with the 1 mixture, cover with a thick layer of i sugared coconut, the freshly grated 1 kind, and serve. If the coconut is not 1 available use the whites of the eggs and two tablespoonfuls of sugar beatI en and placed on top; brown In a ! moderate oven. Rochester Soup.—Blanch two-thirds ;of a cupful of almonds, chop and pound in a mortar, add gradually while pounding four tablespoonfuls of ■ water, one-half teaspoonful of salt, 1 then add three cupfuls of chicken ; stock, one sliced onion, three stalks 'cf celery cut fine. Simmer one hour, i rub through a sieve and bind with I three tablespoonfuls each of butter anil flour cooked together. Apple Snow. —Pare and core six i good-sized apples, steam in two tablei spoonfuls of water with a little lemon ' peel until soft, add one-half cupful of i sugar or more to sweeten and the j whites of two fresh eggs. Beat well 1 for three-fourths of an hour without j stopping: serve in custard cups or sherbet glasses.

Some Good in “Fussing” Fussiness has not much to recommend it. Cream, I have observed, does not rise well on agitated milk. Still, were there no fussers it is possible that some of us would not accomplish much. —Portland Oregonian. Quickened His Conscience Dentist (to his vicar)—After your powerful sermon last Sunday on “The Beauty of Truth,” I cannot tell a lie. Er —this is going to hurt. —London Passing Show.

COSTUME FOR BRIDE’S MOTHER; FROCKS FOR THE BRIDESMAID

WHAT shall the mother of the bride wear to her daughter’s wedding? Likewise, who shall say what best becomes the mother of the groom? As to matrons’ modes for the fashionable wedding, what with a revival of the lace vogue as is for this season, the question is easily solved. 'Die lace theme covers a vast range of ideas. At preseut leading couturiers

>*** Z * X ^ ' & r 1 I I ■ Sw ' ’SOT." - 4 x .. . . . - V STI 4 Wi \ Handsome Lace or Beaded Gown?

nre artfully combining laces, that is they use black chantilly with white lace or with silver or even tinted laces. How successful the outcome one can easily judge from the comeliness of the exquisite model to the left In this picture. For this costume black lace is posed over a flesh-col-ored georgette foundation which itself has been handsomely enriched with Insertions of creamy lace, the same showing a light embroidery of rhinestones and tiny colorful glass beads. If the mother of tiie bride or the groom is interested in the popular black-and-white ensembles, “saying it” with lace is an highly endorsed-by-the-mode way of solving the problem of “what to wear - ’ to the wedding of the daughter or son of the house. A lace costume in brown, in ecru or some modest tone is also recommended. With the beige or ecru lace dress, a brown malines hat with matched satin slippers would be in excellent harmony and style. Beaded frocks, because of the slenderizing silhouettes they achieve, are

IK ’ I ■ xi / I V K a- i : / \v- I' - -a4 nJ 1... La ]

Two Bridesmaid’s Costumes. ever a favorite with the matron. The one in the picture is in delicate pink worked with crystal beads and silver. The patterning purposefully shows vertical line effects. Very smart, in fact, a latest style note, is the frock of colorful georgette prnrt with long close-fitting transparent sleeves, and this may be charmingly adopted by the matron for wear at the smart midsummer wedding. -Comes now a season of Joyful Hats Remain Small Hats remain small, no matter what the material. The lighter straw xveaves promise to have a great popularity. An important place is given to ribbon trimmings by their designers. Shaven ostrich feathers also are used and both long and short veils are employed occasionally as ornaments, but not to shade the countenance. Rose Beige Three-piece ensembles in rose beige tones are very smart for spring.

preparation for June wedding festivities. At mention of frocks for the bridesmaids, visions of shimmering taffeta immediately rise before those schooled in the ways of fashion. The advent of the robe de style brings taffeta more directly into the limelight than ever, for no other fabric so yields to bouffant handling as does taffeta. The exquisite tones and tints of ' taffeta always achieve a color scheme

of incomparable beauty. A walk In a flower garden on a summer’s day will reveal no lovelier color than does a display of gleaming taffeta. The bodice is usually semi-fltting for the taffeta frock and with little or no trimming. But the skirt, that is a different story. It is very bouffant, and hemlines are nothing less than temperamental. According to mood, they go up in front, down at back, veer sfdeways, or become deeply scalloped, or perhaps they acquire a deep border of tulle. Typical of current bridesmaids’ array are the two lovelj’ taffeta frocks in the picture. These are models of American creative genius, being designed by members of the Fashion Art League of America. The frock to the left alluringly reveals a muchly beruflled petticoat of the silk, thus subscribing to the short-length vogue, at the same time acquiring quaint grace iu the bouffant skirL. Two style items are set forth In the gown to the right, namely, the introduction of a broad lace Inset at

t..e top of the hemline and a bow of velvet ribbon at the waistline. Both ribbon dnd lace are doing much to feminize the mode this season. While taffeta tells a considerable part of the fabric trend for bridesmaids’ frocks, it does not tell it all. Interest Is also divided between diaphanous flowery prints, colorful tulle, ami organdie has elicited a renewed enthusiasm among stylists. As to the prints, they are made long-deeved with velvet bow trims. The all-tulle gown must he tres bouffant. Handpainting often adorns organdies. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (©. 1927. Western Newspaper Una ) Sweaters Liked for Tailleurs Nothing is smarter for ig t n the tailleur of navy blue, unle-s it 1 one of Oxford mixture. I; >’h single and double-breasted m> d- ’s are featured. The smart accessory to wear with them Is a striped sweater of the finest knitted wool or jersey. Two Coats This season’s frock often has two coats, one a sleeveless affair of velvet or kasha, and an outside une of fur or heavy wool material.