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who sSHOT DOMINION POLICE NOW UNDER ARREST. FURTRHER PROTECTIUR FROM iR Visit of Provincial Forester Results in Practical and Farâ€"Reaching Measures. Recently the Commitiee appomtod by Mayor MeLaughlin to consider, invesâ€" tizate and find remedies for the allied problems of the bush fire menace, genâ€" eral fire protection and high insurance .mes, has been doing very effective work. Some weeks ago Mr. C. M. Auer, representing the Commuitee, visited Toronto armed with earefully prepared facts, figares and plans. Auer, representing the Commuitee, visited Toronto armed with earefully propared facts, figares and plans. Mayor MeLanughilin was to accompany Mr. Aucr on this trip, but at the last minute found it impossible to go, so the services of Counncillor A. R. Globe were requisitioned, and as one result of their visit to the powers that be, Mr. E. J. Zavitz, the Provincial Forâ€" ester visited she Camp last week and made a thorough investigation of conâ€" ditions. Mr. Zavitz, accompanied by Mr. Auer and Mr. Fred Hamilton of the local fire rangers, went carefully over the whole territory surrounding the and plans were made for a protective *‘‘Afire zone"" around the town. _ This ‘‘tfire zone""‘ will give practical immunity to the town from all dangers of bush fires reaching the community. _ Maps have been made showing the lots that are taken in by this fire zone and these lots are all to be fully celeared up. The names of all the owners of lots in this zone are now being secured and will be forâ€" awrarded to the Provincial â€" Forester. The Government is no{lifiying all these lot owners that they must clear up their properties completely before Ocâ€" tober 3lst of this year. If the lots are not all clear by that time the Govâ€" ernment will â€"itself do the work at oncee then, charging the cost to the land. The depth of tlhis fire zone varies at different points but on each side it is wide enough to give comâ€" plete protection to Timmins from the bush menace. â€" Cond_ions here in the past few years have greatly improved. Indeed, the menace from hush fires is probably less than in the ease of the average North Land town. But the new "‘fire zone"‘ is designed to take away the mengaee alogether. After October 31st, it is believed that the bush fire menace will be a thing of the past so far as Timmins is concerned. In the meantime, however, matiers are not hbeing allowed to drag. All the slash and cuttings on lots near the town is being removed at onee. . Alâ€" ready there are albout 25 men at work taking away all slash and other speciâ€" al risk. Mr. Fred Hamilton is in charge of this until Mr. A. Stirling returng Â¥rom Renfrew. when the work wil} likely extended.. It is the intention to keep from 15 to 25 imen employed taking away the slash until this special fire risk is removed from all the territory surrounding the town. Mayor MeLDanghl Mr. Auor on tius minute found xt the services of C were requisitiont of their visit to Fred Whissel, the alloged Espanola defaulter, who shot Dominion Police (Geo, MeLood, during an attempt to round him up some days ago, was arâ€" rested last week and lodged in.Sudâ€" bury jail, together with his brother, Joe, aged 19. Both young men,â€" Fred being 25 years of age,â€"took to the bush after the shooting and campâ€" ed on ‘a small lake bank. â€" When they (:m\\'led out of their tent last Thursâ€" day <they found the police had surâ€" rounded them, and so they offered no resistance â€" The young men were armâ€" Sand had good supply of food on a The father is Said to have asâ€" in provisioning them, and the motner, after attacking Oflicer Meâ€" Leod with a poker, is snmmsecl to have been responsible for incriing the to shoot the officer. No action has yet been taken against either of the parents, however. . Gieo. MeLood, the Dominion Officer, was shot through the lung and in one leg. He is makâ€" ing what is little short of a miracuâ€" lous recovery under the circumstances. With the lookâ€"ow! towers, the special hose and hoso reels, the surface water pipes laid through the district and the other measures taken to guard against fires and o fightâ€"fires it they happen, it is believed that tins year the bush fire menace is reduced to a mimmum, and that the «learing of the proposed protective fire zone will eventually do away with the danger altogether. The removal of any possibility of bush fire hazard,apd the fact that Timâ€" mins has a good fireâ€"fighting brigade, together with the ‘‘luck"" that usually accompanies these things, should sureâ€" ly do much to induce the fire insurâ€" ance companies to *‘‘play the game" and reduce the rates correspondingly. drunk at the time charged. Mrs. Lawrence charged Chas. Pletch with theft for talking away a pole from what she thonght was her yard. The aceused showed that the pole and the tand belonged to Dr. Melnnms under whose instructions he worked. **This case should never have been brought to this court,""‘ said the Magistrate, ‘"‘it is a case fnr the eivil courts, if tor any eourt.""*â€" Another case arising from this trouwble over the clothes p()le was the case of Mrs, Lawrence against Chiet Clark. _ When Mrs. Lawrence consulied the police about what she considered the theft she was not pleasâ€" ed at the attitude of Chief â€" Clark. Chief Clark asked for a remand, to tind out what he was supposed to have said or done amiss. The remand was granted until this week. The manâ€" ager of the New Empire Theatre was charged © with unlawfully permitting unaccompanied children in the theatre at nights. Me said he was anxious to keep the youngsters away «and> had asked the polige to help in this. Some of the children ow the night complainâ€" ed of had gotten in through the back | doors. The Magistrate said that the police were not supposed to guard the theatre and the management was liâ€" able for looking after its own doors }mul keeping unaccompamed children | | mm*â€"mmm out. â€" He rmn.\ndod the ease *‘ till callâ€" ed on.‘‘ Thomas, charged by C€onâ€" stable Mc lmm with having liquor in \other than his own private dwelling house was fined $530.00 and costs, the | charge being reduced to one of **conâ€" | suming liquor in a public place,"‘‘ unâ€" i der section 47; O.T.A. CATEGOKRY ‘*8‘‘ MEN CALLED BEFORE BOARD. A number of local men who were placed in Category ‘*B"‘ last year at the time of the examinations for the Military Service Act, have received fficial notice to appear this week beâ€" fore the Exemption Tribunal for this distriect. This procedure is no doubt preparatory to_the calling out of all in ‘‘B‘‘ eclass. Those not receiving further exemption or not having their present exemptions extended will be liable to the call and may have to reâ€" port for service at any time. A numâ€" ber of business men in the townâ€"are if{ected, their exemption in some cases being only until Category ‘*‘B"‘‘ was alled. If the Orderâ€"inâ€"Council callâ€" ing out all unmarried men between tne ages of 20 and 22 is enforeed, this may make some difference in the situâ€" ation. In the meanmtime, however, there seems to be a disposition to rsâ€" view all exemptions granted and to oractically do away with all further exemptions exesp: in the most unâ€" asual cases. AUSTRIAN GIVEN 51 MONTHS FOR ASSAULT His Friends Bring Booze Case Against Woman Complainant. There were no less than cight differâ€" ent kinds of cases at the Police Court on Thursday last, ranging from the common charge of drunkenness to the more unusual cases of thefe and asâ€" sault. W. Faweett, charged by Conâ€" stable Greer with being intoxicated in a public place, told the Court that he iad found the bottle of whiskey he used alongside of a woodpile in Monâ€" eta. He was fined $10 and â€" costs. Constant Muldovin was charged by Rachel Popovitch with assaulting her on Sunday. â€" He called her * very funâ€" ny names," she said, and also hit her with a slab‘of pine as well as choking her ‘and throwing her down on the road. â€" He was senteneed for six monâ€" ths to the prison farm to learn that such things may be all right in Ausâ€" tria, but do not find favor in tlus country. _ When their friend, Muldoâ€" vin, had thus been disposed of, D. Penteseu and another Austrian named Bouyer, were <che moving spirits in a charge against Rachel Popoviteh for selling liquor. They claimed they had bought a bottle of liquor from her Thwrsday afternoon. ‘They admitted to Solicitor O ‘Sullivan that cheir purâ€" pose was to have Rachel punished because Moldovin had been sent down through her. ‘The case was adjourned for a week, Rachel bheing allowed out on her own recognizances. The charge laid by Chief Clark against both Molâ€" dovin and Rachel for disorderly conâ€" duct through fighting on street were dismissed. _ Provincial Oflicer Ackâ€" royd‘s charge against Gib, MceGinmuis for being drunk on street was remand ed for a week as the oificer was away on another case. _ Gib denied being drunk at the time chareed. Mrs. Mr. Richard Eddxy had to take. his fiveâ€"yearâ€"old boy to Turonto last week for medical aitention by a specialist. [IMMINS, WE APRIL 24th,, 1918. TOM McMASTER HIT ON HEAD BV PIEGE OF STEFL Assault Follows Teasing By A. Nusca at Hollinger. At an early hour on Thursday mornâ€" ing A. Nusca attacked Tom MeMaster with a piece of steel and striking him on the arm and front of the head inâ€" flicted serious injuries, from which, however, MeMaster, is making satisâ€" factory recovery. The two men were employed in the repair gang in the blacksmith shop and were good friends Nusca had been teasing MeMaster and the latter, who never liked to be bothâ€" ered while at work, had told Nusea several times to stop. â€" Nusca cantinuâ€" ed his fooling. MeMaster was halfâ€" kneeling down at work with the shears and Nuscea was pushing him from beâ€" hind with his foot. At last MeMaster lost patience and jumping up slapped Nusea in the face. In a second or two, after MeMaster had resumed his work, Nusca hit him over the head wi‘th the bar, smashing in the side of his head and rendering him unconâ€" scious. â€" Nusea is a returned soldier who was wounded in France with the Canadian Army, and his frieads reâ€" port him as say ing that MeMaster it him too hard and knowing that be could not handle him with his fisis he used the steel bar, believing that no returned soldier esuld honorably take a beating from a eivilian. Msâ€" Master was hurried to the hospital, where ad first it was questioned wheth er he would recover, but he has been making rapid and steady progress to :omplete health again. Chief Clark was notified of the occeurrence, but no information was available regarding Nusea, exceept his name. By tius aâ€" lone, however, he was traged, and Constable Greer effecied the arrest at Nusea‘s boarding house on Thursday afternoon at 54 Third Avenuse, about Mr. John L. Orn, President of the Tashâ€"Orn Mining Co., was in Camp last week. He said the Tashâ€"Orn Mine at Tashota is to open up in the near future. â€"Mr. W. M. Summerâ€" hayes is consulting engineer for the T ashâ€"Orn. 4 o‘clock. Nusca has an excellent reâ€" putation and has bheen respected as A\ young man of good character and quiet disposition. _ His friends suggest that his action in ‘using che bar might be due to impaired nerves following his experiences at the front. In view of the progress made by the injured man, and the good charaeter of Nusea, the latter was allowed â€"on bail last week, amount of bail being placed at $500 in eash, friends of the aceused making the deposit. Nusea will come to trial on a charge of assault with intent to do grievous body harm, at the police here on Thursday. Work has started on the Baileyâ€" Wakefield claims in the lower part of Deloro â€" There are fourteen claims in the property. ‘Fen men are on the force now at work. * The Patricia Syndicate, running the Boston Hollinger property, are inslallâ€" ing a good mining plant and expect to be in the producer list within the nex‘ few weeks. have found that they had unexpected sourees of return. _ Mining plants have recently brought good prices and had a ready sale, «hxeflv however, to be put to other uses than that of minâ€" ing. If there is a mining plant on the unworked property, the property can usually realize a good figare from the sale ot the ma_clmmv these. days. Many mines, long closed down and ceonsidered as useless to hope for furâ€" ther returns, have had the unex pect- ed good fortune in the past year or t wo of getting a nice little stake from the sale of machinery. As a sample, the ease of the Northland Mining Co. at Temagami may be mentioned. Reâ€" cently this plant has been sold and renw\'cd to Connaught Station to be usod by a lumber Iirm there. The Premierâ€"Langmuir Barite Mine in Langmuir Tewnship expects to have its plant all installed and ready for turning out barite by June 1st. Barite is used extensively in the manufacture of paint. In the past year or so many of the promoters of oldâ€"time mining ventures *%*%***@i******#***é*******%***%%fi****éé*%**%*%***%* ts Bs ts oZe oln se aZe oo Te ol aBe aZe oBe on ie ob aBe aZe o e aZe aBe oBe oZe e 2 sBe ste ofe aBe ofe aBe oBe oTe sX wie Notes, Comments and Opinions Of Interest To Mining World that some weeks ago the F‘resâ€" byterian church had been raised from | the standing of a Mission Church to \thdt of a church under the Augmeontaâ€" tion Fund. This gave the church the privilege of calling its own minister, Mev. J. Macedonald was duly ealled and it was expected that he would secept the eall. In the meantime, however, a @ommunication was forwarded to the Presbytery officials suggesting that the call was not formally correct, as the mover and seconder failed to fulâ€" fil the requirements of being church members or adherents of the eongreâ€" Revy. J. Macdonald, of Byrnes Church, _Going to St. Joseph‘s Island. Rev. J. Maedonald, who has been in charge of the Presbyterian church, annuounced on Sunday that he had deâ€" cided not to ace ept the eall recently owen him by the churea here to reâ€" main as pastor. Mr. Maedonald said that at the services next Sunday he would take oppori{ umt\ to explain the position of affairs? _ IIt will bo recs. 11( d rHtatAT raS108 NOT AubfPiING CGALL HERE The output of the gold mines of the Rand for March, 1918, is given as 696,281 fines ounces, valued at approxâ€" imately fifteen million dollars. This is an increase of over 36,000 fine ounces over. the Fehruary output, but 90,819 fine ounces less than in Mareh last bout $40 was netted for the Club‘s patriotic funds. another three months Northâ€" ern Ontario will be the Mecea for thousands of _ prospec.ors, investors and adventurers, for there is unquesâ€" tionably. coming one of the greatest gold rushes to that region that history has ever recorded.‘‘That sors of talk sounds soundy. â€" Undoubtedly there ars a great many promising disâ€" tricts recently opened up by the prosâ€" pectors, including Fort Matatchewan, Lishtning River, Rickard, and others of rich promise. _ Under ordmary conâ€" ditions there would be s'pectacular Trushes. â€" The sevéral ‘"‘finds‘‘ made in recent months warrant such rushes But in these war times things are different. â€" It ts difficult to interest capital even in proven properties, to say nothing of prospects. The brokâ€" ers may be good guessers about the ‘"vreatest gold rushes that history ever _ recorded,"‘ but The Advance vuessos that the rushes will be more likely to wzasit a while until finaneial cireles are ready to expend something a daily. boat service eac h w ay during the season of navigation. he many tnemla here of Mr. and \h~ Maedonâ€" will much regret their departuré twm Timmins, while sincerely wishâ€" ing:them ail possible success and hapâ€" piness in their new field. The Hill Gold Mines near Painkiller Lake is expected to be added to the likely to wait a wlule until finaneal cireles are ready to expend something more tangible than hot air. Undoubtâ€" edly, the North Land now has the gools that will «prompt spectacular rushes to this rich country, but war comlitions will first have to ‘be modiâ€" fHed and money, labor and seome other things will have to take on an casier generalâ€"+one. ' The D.Y.B. Club‘s Annual Dancee, in the Masonic Hall last Friday ecvenâ€" ing, proved the allâ€"round success that all D.Y.B. Club events are expected to be. ‘The event was well attended and the evening proved a most enjoyâ€" able one for the crowd present. Aâ€" North Land‘s list of producing mines in the very near fucure. ABOUT $10 NETTED BY THE D.Y.B. CLUB DANCE. <In their last weeklyâ€"market,letter Isbell, Plant Co. propheey that arewell addresses on 3 [he Proesbytery opinion,| o . 7} that the eall was perâ€" but Rev. Mr. Maedonâ€" to explain ill ho recesl Byrnes Pi n raised tt on Churceh e Augsmear ye se e o t e e engaged only on account of their fitâ€" ness for the purpose. _ The Ontario ‘Dopaltmnnt of Lands, Forests and '\Imu is appareuntly giving a free hand to" Mr. E. J:; Zavitz, the Provincidl Forester, and he is taking advantage of his opportunity to have an effective and capable fireâ€"fighting and fireâ€"preâ€" ventinge foree in this country. _ The work is well organized, and there is now much equipment ready for serâ€" vice, such as hose, fireâ€"trueks, etce., as well as a number of lookâ€"out tow ers, telephone alarm systems, etce. Re: turned soldiers employed last yea; were much henefitted by the outdoor work and they proved also in general very effective and eapable as fire In former years it was the custom to appoint a large proportion of collâ€" ege students each summer for the work of fire ranging. As the magorâ€" ity of such young men had little know ledge of bush work their services were not as valuable as they might have been in the way of assuring protection from forest fires. â€" Last year, however, there was a hbig change in the whole system and plan of the summer fire ranging work and the country certainâ€" ly secured the benefit of the change in putting on of stuâ€" dents was largely dropped and the Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Corrigan left for the West last Friday. Mr Corrigan is taking up farmmg at Pw\mt. Alâ€" ,buta. 1ANY RETURNED MEN AMONG FIRE RANGERS. PRICES NOT ALWAYS TOO HIGH IN PRANCE F‘e. Jolhn Dixon, formerly of the Hollinger staff, now of Company A., 30th Engineers, American Expeditron ary Force, in France, has written to one of his old friends in Timmins, and the letter relates a very humorous in cident â€" occurring . ‘*somewhere _ in France.‘ Te es ‘ Pte Dixon wen‘t into a French Tes Room and ordered eggs and breac and beer for two. . Much difficulty wa:s experienced in making the lady in charge understand what was required. As soon as something wa: said to her she would start off anc talk and talk and ‘talk, in French but all the talk did not seem to mak« matters clearer or to hurry on theo lunch,. â€" Eventually, however, ‘the food was served and as Pte. Dixon went to pay for it there was more talk by the lady. He gave here a fiveâ€"france noté and she talked some and then handed him back three franes. As a fran is equivalen‘t to less than 20 cents, h asked her if she had not made a nus take. â€" She talked and talked withou: being understood. ‘‘Have you kept enough for the two orders?"‘ Pte Dixâ€" on asked the lady. Then she ‘talked another stream or two. At last she handed him back another 50 centimes (the equivalent of another halfâ€"frane) This was too much. Pte Dixon capi tulated at oncee. Samuel Ros# last week preferred a charge of obtaining money under false pretenees against Mrs. F. Cook. Pro vineial Officer Ackroyd went across the river to the farm and brought¢Mrs Cook to Timmins for trial. The tri] was a difficult one, as Mrs. Cook had to bring her infant child with her and the way through the bush was diffi cult travelling. It was too late for trial here when Timmins was reached so the preliminary hearing of the case was given by Magistrate Atkinson ai South Poreupine. Mrs. Cook‘s story is that she received a registered lette: from Ross, but that there was nothing encelosed in the way of money, and that she had also hbeen annoyed by several threatening letters. _ Magisâ€" trate Atkinson remanded the ease for a week, allowing Mrs. Cook her freeâ€" dom on her own recognizances in the meantime. By the French lady‘s reckoning two. orders of eggs, bread and heer cost only 30 cents. For a man who has lived. and lunched in Timmins such prices will beâ€" hard andeed to uuder- stand. In the matter of food prices France apparently is not feeling the strain as much as Timmins. SAYS REGISTERED LETTER HAD NO MONEY IN IT and alonsg the the Tisdale Still in Difficulties Regarding Sale of Debentures for Big Schools. thoug Kenn with the r make tures with the Government so as to securse the necessary <guarantee tha‘t woauld make possible the sale of the deobenâ€" tures then issued for the school buldâ€" ing at South Poreupine, but this was later found to have ‘"‘*slipped a cog somewhere.‘‘ The matter, however, was arrarged hy the Provineial Treasâ€" urer endorsing theâ€"debentures in such i way that the bank would acecep} theim for the time being as security for a loan sufficient to earry on the work. It was understood that when the Legis lature â€"me‘t this year, the necessary legislation would be passed to snarâ€" antee the debentures in the usual way so that they might be regularly marâ€" keted. â€" The Legisla‘ture, however, has met and adjourned, and apparently nothing has been done. And in the meantime, the bank does not care to hold the debentures in their presen‘ shape, or if holding them so, the bank may refuse to give the usual credit current account. to ‘the Township on top of the amount for the schools. In addition theâ€" Township has another $25,000 of other school debentures to dispose of now. . Tisdale thus hag in all now $58,000 worth of sehool ‘deâ€" bentures to (]ls}mbe of,â€" and ‘the hiteh in the securing of the Government guarantees is a serious matter. _ T was to disceuss such matters as these }thag Reeve Boyle called a special mee} ing of the Township Council at South Pm' cupine last Thursday evening. T»!u matter of the school debentures was discaussed and laid over pending the receipt of a reply from the Departâ€" ment of the Treasurer, Toronto. [OWnGHIP COUNCIL AND DEBENTURES Mr. Gauthier then gave ‘the Council some information regarding the quesâ€" tron of establishing a hospital in the Poreupine district. It was moved by Councillor : Hutchison, . seconded by Councillor Walton, "that Gordon H. Gauthier be authorized to remeben‘ the Fownship of Tisdale in the matter of theapplication of the Toronto Board of ‘Prade for ‘the disposition of the Hospital Fund and he surplus of the 1916 Fire Reliecf Fund. ~The Clerk was instruected to eall the attention of the Township Foreâ€" man to the matter of hurning up all waste grass in the neighborhood of the Townsites in the Township, â€" in order to elhminate fire risk, the Crown Timber â€"Agent having requested this to be done. The Clerk was also inâ€" structed to have the Foreman inspect the road from Rochester townsite to the Poreupine Whelpdale Mine, with a view to effecting any nccessary imâ€" provements. The Clerk was instructed to ascerâ€" tain a convenient time and arrange a meeting between the Waterworks Com mittee of the Timminsâ€"Council and the Fire and Light Committee of Tisâ€" dale C€ouncil in regard to the proposed mmmieipal waterworks system. Mr. Carpcnter, of Barber‘s Bay, was brought in to the Cottage Hospital on Sunday afternoon, -mflermg from an attack of pneumonia. He is. making satisfactory progress. An odd fact in connection with the case is the story that gained eireulation regarding the patient.. Mr; Carpenter was brough in on a streteher, and when some imâ€" aginative people saw him being transâ€" ferred to the hospital, many romantic fictions started. One was to the effect that the man had been crushed by falling tree, that he had laid heipless The matter of municipal seales fo weighing coal, ete., was considered iotion of Councillors Walton id Morgan it was decided to purâ€" ase a set of pitless seales frony D. . Quinn for $125.00, ‘this price to cludeo all plank setting and fittings. Â¥r. Gordon Gauthier réported the asilscting of $6,000 in taxes, with vore‘"to follow, he believed. moâ€" on of Councillors and 'Iavkic, Mr. Gauthier is ‘to be paid a per cent. commission on the ta\c he collects, falling tree, that he had laid heipless in the huch for twenty hours, and was now suffering from a badly erushed chest as well as some Ihroken limbs. The part of the slorigs wa~> the amount . of plan-uhle detail tha soon gathered round them. â€"‘The averâ€" aze man around tmur has the novelist or the noewspaperman heaten sevyen wavyse 237 Hvelxy Single Copies 5 Cents _ mailler to secure at would