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K “0“““0“00%0000“0000“0““““0“ 00000000000000000000§000000000000:00000:000000000 d When the negro entered the room, his face was sullen. "I‘se not goin‘ to say anything more, Mitah Kentish," he announced. "You didn‘t tell me to go, sirâ€"you Jjust asked me to lock the door." Detectiveâ€"Inspector â€" Kentish now made an observation. "Do you mind if this," pointing to the sox ard its grisly contents, "is taken down to my own room, Sir Harold?" "Of courss not!" was the snapped reply; "from now on you are in charge of this case. And I want you to beâ€" lieve that I‘m serious, Kentish, when I say that I shall expect resultsâ€"and that I shall expect them quickly!" "Veéry good. sir." I am, my dear Sir Harold, Your very ob®dient servant. Will you kindly give my warmest reâ€" gards to Sir Harker Bollamy?â€"and telli him from me, that I shall be happy to perform a similar service for young Mr‘ Peter Renton of his Department should a favourable opportunity present itself He tore the flap of the envelope, exâ€" tracted a sheet of paper which was inâ€" side, and read: "Deéar Sir Harold, I have heard from various quarters that you and your slightlyâ€"comic Deâ€" tectiveâ€"Inspector by the name of Kenâ€" tish, I believe, are particularly anxious to discover the whereabouts of on* Edward Horst. To save you further trouble on this score and in order that your few brains may not become still more muddled, I am sending you the gentl@eman himself. Unfortunately, as you will notice, he has met with a slight accident. This is the penalty he has been made to pay for interfering with my plans. "As I expected," he went on:; "this is addressed to me." "I quite agree, Inspector," returned Sir Harold Lellant; "the most importâ€" ant fact is to discover, as you say, who did the murder . . . hello, what‘s this?" He reached forward and pulled out an envelope, the top of which could be seen protruding from the breast pocket of the coat on the dead man. ‘"Who acted as the butcher?" If Kentish considered he had scored off his superior officer, this passing fseling of triumph must be forgiven him: he had had a trying time. and this smashâ€" Ing blow in the face on the part of the enemy had left him with a deeper sense of fury than any he could remember having experienced before throughout his carser. ~To have spent the time he had done in futile inquiries when all the while Laroche had been preparing this master stroke of defiance! "And what is that?" The Assistant Commissioner was still looking at the body, and his thoughts appeared elseâ€" where. "Yes, sir: I‘ve found him all right." The tone of the Detectiveâ€"Inspector matched Lellant‘s: it held the ring of steel. "But, if I may venture to make the remark, Sir Harold, the important thing row is to discover a much more vital fact." said CHAPTER XXIV THE FLYING SQUAD GETS BUSY The comment of the Assistant Comâ€" missioner was ironic. "Well, now you‘ve found him!" he MONDAY, OCTOBER 1897TH. 1936 Dated October 14th, 1936 Public notice is hereby given that His Honour Judge Caron will commence to sit at the Oddâ€" fellows Hall on Friday the 23rd October next at 10.00 o‘clock in the forenoon to hear eviâ€" dence concerning the investigation required by the Corporation of the Town of Timmins and all persons who have any information conâ€" cerning the matters to be investigated are asked to come forward and give their evidence. P U // L PA 2 > / /4 "fifl’ + %//‘ 0K A t $ Judge of the District Court of the District of Cochrane Published by Special Arrangement Author of "Tiger Standish," "The Evil Chateau," Ete wailting for an answer, he went on: "Horst was taken away and handed over to youâ€"you being Laroche‘s pet torturer. You used your favourite weaâ€" pon, I dare sayâ€"a razor. Now what have to got to say?" The accused wretch had quite a lot to say. Not only did he make a full confession of the murder, but he gave the man who had set the trap for him some other information of great value. Five minutes later three Flying Squad cars, all packed with picked men. zoomed out of the main entrance of sternly. Kuhn tried to answer, but his chatâ€" tering teeth prevented the words from being intelligible. The Inspector moved forward so that h> now stood over the man. "That," pointing to the head., "beâ€" longed to a man named Edward Horst. Edward Horst used to be in the Pierre Larocke gang, but he quarrelled with Laroche and they became bitter eneâ€" mies. A couple of days ago Laroche raided Horst‘s headquarters. You were in that raid, weren‘t you?" Without waiting for an answer, he went on The Detectiveâ€"Inspector waited until the first attack of prostrating fear had passed. Then he asked a question. "Do you recognize it?" he asked "There‘s your present, Kuhnâ€"how do you like it?" he said grimly. The effect on the negro was astonishâ€" inv. With a yell of terror, he flung himself to his knees, whilst a babble of incoher@nt talk rushed from his thick lips. Quite evidently the man was striken with an overwhelming sense of terror; all the superstitious fear of his race came to the surface. The speaker threw open the right hand door of the cupboard. On the top shelf was a grisly object â€" the severed head of the murdered Horst. "Now look carefully Kuhnâ€"and you‘ll see something of interest." he anrounced. With that, the Detectiveâ€"Inspector cross®d the few feet of space that separated him from a large cupboard that was the principal ornament of the room. "What did you have me brought here for, then?" This was the lead for which Kentish had been waiting. "There‘s a little present I want to show you,‘ he said. "A present? For me?" "Yes, Kuhnâ€"for you. Wait a minâ€" ute and T‘ll show it to you." With that, the Detectiveâ€"Inspector cross®d the few feet of space that "Game?" he repeated. _ "You ought to know bett®r than that, Kuhn. Do you think we at the Yard haven‘t anyâ€" thing better to do than to try foolish tricks off on prisoners? I‘m ashamed of you." Kentish smiled. It was perhaps the most innocentâ€"appearing smile that had ever appeared on the face of a hardâ€" boiled Detectiveâ€"Inspector of the Meâ€" propolitan Police. "This is some game you‘re playing off on me, Mistah Kentishâ€"and I‘ss not going to fall for it. I guess you‘d better get that into your head right away." "You hbhave ‘plenty to eat?" inquired te . Inspector. By this time the negro‘s face wa: puckered, and his obvious sense of beâ€" wilderment was almost comical. The Detectiveâ€"Inspector waved him to a chair. "Don‘t worry, Kuhnâ€"if you don‘t feel like talking, there‘s an end to it I sent for you just to see how you were getting on." This was so contrary to what he had éxpected, that the negro expressed his surprise,. "I‘se don‘t understand," he stated. "You will in a minute. Now how are they treating you?" Scotland Yard and travelled at racing speed along the Embankment. CHAPTER XXV A BIT OF HISTORY Major Von Staltheim put his hands heavily on Laroche‘s shoulders. "You realize what this means?" he choked, pointing to the unconscious figure of Elsie Norris, which the masâ€" terâ€"criminal hadâ€"dumped â€"into a chair, "It means that this girl has been eavesâ€" jiropping behind those curtains and O es . omm § i) N) 3 0 ts men i i mm ) ces (/ i) on * i i) cmmmem i i EL No one knew this better than Karl| the privilege has been flagrantly abusâ€" Kuhnreich He had risen to powerâ€" @d. In allowing the use of part of the such power as the world had never;police station for shelter for transients knownâ€"on this teaching. It had been the police had to insist on cleanliness the resounding note of practically every | but a number of transients going ther: speech he had made; he had adopted recently so flagrantly disregarded all it as his watchword and his marching ideas of cleanliness that the police song. From hundreds of loudspeak®rs station has been withdrawn as a place the slogan "Ronstadt shall live lodging for transients. The only had been broadcast to the hundreds of ' accommodation in this line now for thousands of people who had gathered transients, on a free basis, is in the in the great square of Pe at the recent cells under charge of vagrancy. # monster demonstration. i "Ronstadt shall live again!" , Sudbury Star:â€"It must become awâ€" He haq said itâ€"and he must fulfil fully tiresome for the human cannonâ€" the promise. For the past five years ball at the circus. He gets fired every his cohorts had been shouting it at ) day. UA A10 > Pund: dance 1 losis cl lar, so well calculated to take the peoâ€" ple‘s minds off their domestic and priâ€" | vate worries thatâ€"for the time, at least â€"they would be perfectly willing to been. at draw in their belts and face with more ' ing the resolution the difficulties of existence. but the There was only one method he could done. use: it was necessary to inflame the | o nation‘s pride. This for several years| pastâ€"in fact, ever since the late war| Free: with Caroniaâ€"had been humbled in the | NO dust. Ronstadt, always a proud counâ€" try, had been forced to bite on the| North bullet and to wait. For twenty | dation : years she had waited, but now, with a | overnigt selfâ€"appointed saviour at her head, she dropped was prepared to go to almost any |then an length in the endeavour to restore h*r | been ac oldâ€"time pride. ‘tion. N for many weeks past without scarcely any sleep. The position â€"with Ronâ€" stadt was desperate; like most dictatorâ€" governed countries, it had reached a point in its national life when the inâ€" side economic evils had to be counterâ€" balanced by some gesture so spectacuâ€" Only recently back from addressing a monster demonstrationâ€"so carefully. stagedâ€"managed by his Minister for Propaganda that the foreign journalâ€" ists unanimously declared that they had never s:en anything like itâ€"Karl Kuhnreich staggered into his private ofâ€" fice in the former royal palace that had been converted to his use, and flung himself into a chair. He was at‘ his last ounc» of physical strength. This man who, by a combination of quick wittedness, deepâ€"rooted patriotâ€" ism and an amazing strength of opporâ€"| tunism, had risen to the supreme conâ€"| trol of one of the greatest nations inl $ 1 the world‘s history, had been working | Upstairs Von Staltheim waited impaâ€" tiently. If his eyes had had the power to look over several hundred miles of land and water, this feeling would have given way to a far more dramatic emotion. For history was being written in the country he served that night. ‘"You got Horst and I‘m going to get you. To begin with, that fancy woâ€" man of yours is for it toâ€"night, whilst the kid you snatched away from Horst is coming back with me. Look out for yourself Laroche!" It was not until he had searched the place thoroughly that he noticed the note on the mantelpicce of the former kitchen. It was an amazing document, and read: The situation was mysteriousâ€"and perplexing. What agency had spirited Sally, a person he could absolutely trust, and the other girl prisoner, Susan Renton, away in that extraordinary fashion? The servant who had furnished the startling news of Sally‘s disappearance was waiting for him outside the room. Laroche caught his arm, and as the two walked down the stairs leading to the kitchen quarters, he asked him a number of questions. The man replied to the best of his ability, but the anâ€" swers he gave only served to increase Laroche‘s anger. means that this girl has been eavesâ€" _dropping behind those curtains, and shat she must have heard every word '{ Ne said." The other laughed. "Your perception, my dear Von Stalâ€" theim, is nothing short of remarkâ€" able!" he returned scoffingly; "that, no doubt, is the exact position, but I would reéemind you of what I said a minute agoâ€"I have ways and means of making this girl talk. When I have firished with her she will be only too glad to admit she has been very naughty. I should like to know, however, how she managed to get up here," the speaker went on. "Will you be good enough to look after her while I go downstairs to make a few inquiries?" He was gone before the military attache could give him a reply. WAas signed "Ruby Trost Copyright THE PORCUPINE ADVANCB, TTMMINS, ONTARIO |\__Funds raised at the Armistice Day dance will be devoted to the tubercuâ€" losis clinic. Much good has already “oeen acommplished in tuberculinâ€"testâ€" ing the children in Timmins schools but there is still a great deal to be done. | recently so flagrantly disregarded all ideas of cleanliness that the police station has been withdrawn as a place of lodging for transients. The only accommodation in this line now for transients, on a free basis, is in the cells under charge of vagrancy. # l Srvice Club Council The report of the new Service Club Council of Timmins was given. This is formed of representatives of the Lions | and Kiwanis, with P. T. Moisley chairâ€" [man. The Council is to see that the work of the clubs does not overlap in any way and when either club deâ€" |cides to sponsor an event, the action | will be reported to the council so that ! there may be no confusion as to dates ‘or the disposal of funds. Each club has three representatives on the counâ€" cil, the chairmanship of which will alâ€" ternate each year between the clubs. dation at the ‘"old jail" for transients cvernight, but recently that plan was dropped for the sake of economy. Since then any needing beds overnright have been accommodated at the police staâ€" tion.. Now that has ben withdrawn as the privilege has been flagrantly abusâ€" 2d. In allowing the use of part of the police station for shelter for transients the police had to insist on cleanliness, but a number of transients going there Free Beds Stopped at North Bay for Transients Open forum was held on the proposâ€" ed plans for the celebration of Timâ€" mins 25th year of incorporation next summer. Members of the committee in charge of the event were able to get a lot of good suggestions from the discussion and will proioably incorporâ€" ate some of them in the completed plans. Plans are being made by the Timâ€" mins Lions club now for an Armistice Day dance to be held at the Riverâ€" side pavilion on Wednesday, November l1th. At last week‘s meeting of the club J. M. Belanger was appointed chairman of a committee of which Charles Brown and S. G. Fowler are the members. The Sand Merchant was one of the newest boats of its type on the Great Lakes, having been built at Collingwood a few years ago. The vessel was deâ€" signed for dredging by the suction method and not for carrying loads long distances on the lakes. Hatches were permanently open. Lions to Hold Dance on Armistice Day Open Forum Last Thursday at Lions Club on Plans for Celebration Timmins 25th Year. Captain MacLellan, master of the vessel, said the storm in which great waves swamped the ship, was one of the worst he had ever seen on the lakes. He gaug®d the wind at 50 miles an hour. The most tragic accident in many vyears on the Great Lakes took twenty lives this weekâ€"end when the Sand Merchant, "sarnrd sucker," loaded with 30,000 tons of sand and building maâ€" terials, sand off Sandusky in Lake Erie. Seven members of the crew were saved. Twenty Lives Lost When "Sand Sucker" Goegs Down every street corner.. If he failed to | make good his pledge, then he knew he was rot only lost but utterly damned. His councillors came in one by one, looked at the recumbent figure and stood aside whispering to each other. The Chieftainâ€"as Karl Kuhnreich was | known not merely throughout Ronstadt | but throughout the worldâ€"was a‘ strange, contradictory and perplexing personality. He alternated moods of ; intense physical activity with periods | of the darkest despair. Ten minutes before, he had seemed to the list,eningl multitude to be an inspired prophet:; those who looked at him now in thel secrecy of his own apartment knew that the deepest depression had taken the place of his previous, almost crazed, excitement. Schumacher‘s NewFlowerShop T he"Rosarv‘ ALFRED sNOW, Proprietor Kerr Block schumacher Phone 1475 for Delivery Special Attention to Weddings (TO BE CONTTNUED) Cut Flowers Wreaths Plants Corsages used to provide accommoâ€" Toronto Telegram:â€"Ether will put one to sleep and so will some of the programmes on the ether. The theft of a number of cars in the Sudbury area and the finding of one stolen car painted over and otherwise disguised leads to the suspicion that there may be ar organized gang of car thieves working in the Sudbury area. The disguised car had been stolen about a week previously and it was so altered that close scrunity would be necessary to identify it. When found the stolen car was equipp:d with a Toronto license plate in place of the Sudbury one to which it was entitled. * May be Organized Gang of Car Thieves in Sudbury 46 was the passenger train which hitl the caboose). "The first thing I knew! it was coming into the siding. It hit the engine and knocked me senseless ior a short while. When I came to' I was out of the cab. ! "I knew the three men were in the‘ caboose. I went for help. Help was soon secured but the men were dead."i "There was no drinking," engineer, firmly, "and we c our pay cheques for a week About two o‘clotck in the momingl of September 16, Karl Kuhl, of Allanâ€" dale, watching the engine of the work train, was in its cab. "I heard 46 blow," he testified, (No. 46 was the passenger train which hit E | "Payâ€"day," interjected Dr. Crawford, ‘"had anybody been drinking that day or hadn‘t you cashed your cheques;" The engineer mentioned the day was payâ€"day and the crew had collected their cheques. "we‘re all bocked up for meaning that everything the switch set correctly track. "Brakeman St. Clair." ‘"And he was one of the three killed in the caboose?" ‘"Yes.:" o In response to a question by Dr. Crawford, the engineer said he inâ€" terpreted the brakeman‘s remark that The brakeman replied, "You‘re all set you‘re locked in f‘or the night,"" he conâ€" tinued. The engineer explained he made a habit of asking if the switches were correct as he was in a measure responsible for the safety of the train. "Who was the brakeman?" he was asked. Engineer George Spearn, in charge of the work train, testified that when the engine was finished for the night, at about 7.50 p.m. on the 15th, he asked his brakeman if things "were all set for the night." Dr. Crawford pointed out that secâ€" tionmen were not supposed to change a switch unless they had been working on :lIt. Wellington Jones, sectionman, told of seeing the switch lamp not lighted on the evening of September 15. He filled and lit the lamp, and left the switch as it wasâ€"open to the passing line. The work train was out, he noted, so he did not turn the switch to the main line. Jury Cannot Place \â€"â€" Blame in Accident "Did it look as if the locomotive could have jumped the switch?" asked Crown Attorney E. W. Clairmont, K.C. ‘"Noâ€" it did not." On the day before the azcident, Allen testified, the switch had been changed to a heavier one. The work was comâ€" pleted by night. On the morninzg after the accident he had examined the switch and found it in perfect condition. |_ _ Jhe collision occurred early on the ‘moming of Sept. 16 and cost the lives lof Cyril Desourdic, Noah St. Clair and | W. C. Miller. The passenger train was i proceeding to Toronto from North Bay. George Allen, sectrion hand testified that the passenger train did not jump the switch. The switch had been changed to heavier steel on the previous day, he said. He tested the switch next morning and found it in good condiâ€" tion. George Allan, a section worker at Novar, told of examining the switch at the siding. It was, he declared, proâ€" perly in position to permit the passenâ€" ger train using the passing track, but not locked. A green glass in the switch lantern was broken, and the light was out. The jury expressed inability to deâ€" termine who was responsible for the switch being opened. Included in the verdict was recommendation for the promptness of Engineer Edward Ayres of the passenger train in trying to avoid a fatality. | _ The collision occurred early on the lmorning of Sept. 16 and cost the lives of Cyril Desourdic. Noah St. Clair and train and Walter Moody, general superâ€" intendent of the C.N.R. for Northern Ontario. Crown Attorney Walter Clairâ€" mont assisted the coroner. In addition to the three killed, there were six injured, one seriously In summing up the evidence Dr. Crawford complimented railway engiâ€" neers and noted that they "do not take chances. They know lives are in their care and they fear demerit marks." he added. Eight witnesses testified including Engineer George Spearn of the work "Or were the crew of negligent?" Another section man, WellingtonI Jones, testified that when he left duty! early the previous evening he noticed a | switch light was out and lit it. "Is it possible that some vandals might have opened the switcn and blown out the light?" Dr. Crawford asked the Jury. | Finding that the death of three railâ€" way men sleeping in the caboose of a work train at Novar a month ago was caused by a C.N.h. passenger train entering an open swith and colliding with the caboose, an inquest jury under Chief Coroner M. M. Crawford Thursâ€" day night last at Huntsville absolved the crew of the pessenger train. ioh I crew of Passenger Train Absolved at Enquiry into Wreck at Novar. drinking," replied the "and we didn‘t cash the night" as was clear and for the main the work train Perth Courier:â€"A careful driver apâ€" proached a railroad; he stopped, lookâ€" ed and listened. All he heard was the car behind him crashing into his gas tank. Here‘s something! How to find out how old a person is. Request him to write down the date of his birthday and number of the month, placing the figures side by side. If it is March 14 he writes down 143. Tell him to double that number and add 5 to it; next multiply the resulting number by 50; add his own age then substract 365. Now ask him» for the last result and to it you add ii5. There you have the date of his birth and his age. In the example of birthday March 14 and a boy 10 years old, the answer wouid be 14310, the last two figures being his ago. This I got from "Boy Lifec," the merican Boy Scout magazine. And by the way I haven‘t had any qu>stions lately that I could publish. Good Ecouting. We were very pleased with the way you stuck to it. Every outstanding permanent success these days is passed on the ability to stick to the job, to push steadily on in spite of difficulties and hardships and making a startâ€" even a brilliant startâ€"is not difficult. What counts is how you finish the thing that determines your success is perâ€" severance. Many a man not especially gifted, has achieved suceess where others have failed, simply because he kept plugging along. Defeat cannot down you if you persevere. Strike that old word ‘"impossible‘" out of your voâ€" caberlary. Not every boy can be giftâ€" ed or brilliant, but this one important ¢ssential thing he can learnâ€"stickins to it. So as i «tick to it Congratulations fellows, on the fine work you did on Apple Day. We‘re proud of each and everyone of you. Even if the weather did let us down, our Scouts and Cubs didn‘t. We note from our sales records that in the uptown district the most sales were made by a team of Scouts, Gauthier and Palmer, while in district sales the Moneta Troop had the biggest receipts. Good work! An event of much interest to music lovers and those who enjoy a pleasant evening of the bettsr class of enterâ€" tainment is the musical evening to be held in the basement of Trinity Unitâ€" ed Church on Tuesday evening of n°<xt week, Oct. 27th, commencing at 8 p.m. There will be many local artists of talâ€" ent taking part on the programme, ar.d all should mark the dateâ€"Oct. 27th as one to be remembered. Musical Evening, Oct. 27th (Canada Lags Behind in at Schumacher Church the Consumption of Fish BOY SCOUTS i IN TIMMINS COMMUNITY PLATE ONTENTS 8 Dessert Spoons, 8 Hollo Handle Knives, 8 Forks, 8 Butter Spreaders, 8 â€"in Chest. Salad Forks, 1 Bi Knife, 1 Sugar S Within a few days of the first announcement all these Servers were sold The demand was so great we increased the order. . Several dozen have just arrived. Call in and get yours now. Stock 56029 Price J+0 Piece Coronation Service tor Regular Open our Apple Day To Introduce CORONATION = This amart new service piece, a PIERCED SERVER 17â€"Pine St. N. 8 Teaspoons, it oronathion MORE SERVERS JUST ARRIVED "Coranation" in Community Plate! A new design of regal beauty in a chest of regal splendour. Wrought to a loveâ€" liness like that of handâ€"made silver, "Coronation‘" breathes simple dignity and good taste. A masterpjzceâ€"worthy, indeed, to bear the name "Community Plate" â€"and to commemorate our Empire‘s greatest national event. let us all esentin 0 lewellers This amart new service piece, a PIERCED SERVER in this charming design. For a limited time only at this special price. REGULAR VALUE $1.25 to work. Additional evidence was to the effect that Bertman had created a disturbance in the restaurant and that forcible means had been used to eject him when he refused to pay for his meal. Magistrate Tucker released Tuura but warned him to call a police officer in settling any future difficulties, and warned him that it was improper to efect financial settlements in criminal actions until after they had been heard in court. He denied to Magistrate Tucker that he had been paid not to testify against the accused, but finally admitted that Turra had arranged to pay his @sctor‘s bill and that he was being given room and board at the latter‘s cafe until The charge had been laid by Police Chief Noyes, and Bertman protestetd to Magistrate Tucker that he did not want to get Turra in any trouble. He said he had entered Turra‘s cafe in an intoxâ€" leated condition and had been ejected by the owner. He slipped on the sideâ€" walk in front of the cafe and broke his leg, he said. Sam Bertman proved an unwilling witness when he was called to the stand to explain how he had sustained a broken leg during the hearirg of an assault charge against Lenna Turra, cafe proprietor, in police court here Wednesday. Compared to the people of England, Canadxam are poor fish eaters, in the cpxmon of Alfred H. Brittain, head of |Canadas largest fish producing comâ€" ! panies and former president of the !Canadian Fisheries Association. Over in the Old Country the consumption of fish amounts to about 43 pounds per person. Here in the DBominion it is about 21 pounds per capita. Yet, acâ€" 'cordmg to reports presented to the fishing industry, Canadian fish is noted the world over for its flavour and qualâ€" ity. Victim of Assault Did Not Wish Case Pressed Kapuskasing, Ont., Oct. 16th, Special to The Advance. Mr. Brittain has continuously advoâ€" cated an educational and advertising campaign by the government to help increase markets within the Dominion for Canadian fish. â€"If the national conâ€" sumption of fish were to be increased by only ten pounds per capita it would mean approximately another 100,000,â€" 000 pounds of fish. With the present crusade for the inâ€" creased consumption of fish now apâ€" pearing in the newspapers and magaâ€" zines of the Dominion that goal seems to be drawing nearer. According to Mr. Brittain such an increase would add materially to the gereral welfare; ic would the transportation comâ€" panies and affiliated industrics; it would increase the revenue of the priâ€" mary producer; and it would provide a real stimulus for the entire fishing inâ€" dustry. condition permitted Phone 190 Vn