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Mrs. Marie Lacasse, of Detroit, a daughterâ€"inâ€"law of Mr. and Mrs. Nap Lacasse, of Timmins, was killed on Tuesday in a motor accident, which ocâ€" curred about six miles this side of Kirkland Lake. Nap Lacasse, Timmins, was the driver of one automobile inâ€" volved and A. F. McDowell, of Timmins, was the driver of the other car. Mrs. Lacasse was the wife of Leo Iacasse the eldest son of Mr. and One Killed and Several Injured in Auto Crash Mrs. Lacasse was the Lacasse, the eldest son Mrs. Nap Lacasse. Mrs. Marie Lacasse, of Detroit, Loses Life in Accident on Highway Near Kirkland Lake. Timmins People in Both Cars. Several in Hospital at Kirkland Lake from Inâ€" h.# w juries. Both Cars Wrecked. leg. Mrs. McDowell bruised her elbow. marks for Mrs. Marie Lacasse was killed. Mr.lin dire s Lacasse was not seriously injured, nor, currency was any of the passengers in his car| a lover 0o with the exception of his daughterâ€"inâ€" | rested un law and Mrs. Martin who condition is | He broug! serious. | vance . 0: All were taken to the hospital at Kirkland Lake where they received treatment for their injuries. Mr. Lacasse will be in the hospital for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. McDowell will probably return home today. Over 300 at Baptist fiy supper time the attendance had swelled to well over three hundred, and the weather being so very delightful, a large number were splashing about in the water and having a wonderful time. It was certainly a happy day for the children, and one that will not soon be forgotten. Jury Finds Eleven Pound «_ South Porcupine, Ont., July 21, 1937. (Special to The Advance)â€"A verdict of accidental death was returned in Bouth Porcupine on Monday, when a ecoroner‘s jury enquired into the death Of Aldege Brazreau, 21, an employee at the Buffaloâ€"Ankerite Mine, who was killed on Friday, July 16. when struck on the head by a rock which fell down the shaft. Verdict of Accidental Death Returned in the Inquest into Death of Aldege Brazeau. Find Elevenâ€"Pound Rock Crushed His Skull. i ner F. C. Evans, of Evidence disclosed tha struck on the head by weighed eleven pounds. apparently been hangir Brazeau was urloading stage at the 1000â€"foot rock fell. It hit the tim blow and then struck F Dr. McGonigle. whe was called imâ€" mediately Brazecau was brought to the surface. said that the man‘s head was badly crushed by the stone. Brain matter was released by the force 6f the blow. His death was instartaneous. matter was released by the force 6f the blow. His death was instartaneous. Had the rock fallen from the shaft and hit the timbers directly, Brazeau would probably not hive been hurt. The timbers served only to deflect the stone however and not to break its fore. It apparently had been hanging well up in the staft. The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine. Established 1912. The inquest was conducted by Coroâ€" Rock Hit Timmins Man Plcnlc } olice Seek \Lm Said to have legally Taken Away Car ith Porcupine. Brazeau wWAsS a rock which The rock had in the shaft. imbers on the evel when the Odd and Unusual Way in | _Which Old Resident Won _ the Honourâ€"and Also the | _ Money. Matt Allan, who is reâ€"visiting Tim-j mins this week after an absence Oof| eleven years, still likes to recall he! time when The Advance conferred on | him the honour of being the first milâ€" lionaire in the history of the town of Timmins, securing the money right| here in town, and actually having the million in cold cash, or probably it would be better to call it "hot money." It was just at the conclusion of the Great War. Matt Allan at that time was in the dairy business, and though | | he was doing well, there was lit,tlei chance of him making even a moderate fortune out of his long hours of labour. But one day he was in the bank on tEusiness and the manager jokingly ofâ€" fered to sell him a million German marks for a few dollars. Germany was| in dire straits at that time, with itsl ‘currency valueless. Matt, however, was s snn smm en en enc ons es m e e t C First Timmins Millionailre a lover of the odd joke and he never rested until he had the million marks. He brought the "fortune‘"‘ into The Adâ€" vance officeâ€"a whole. armful of "paper." ‘"There‘s a million marks here,"" Matt stated. "First millionaire in Timmins." The Advance replied. "Even if I had kept the million, I wouldn‘t be any richer toâ€"day," Matt told The Advance yesterday as he chuckled over the incident of eighteen vears and more ago. | coul Car Reported Stolen‘» Wreckedat the Bay \ Silver tocok the car from the taxi company here early on the morning of Saturday, July 17. He was to have rented it until noon on Sunday. He did not return. Police in the surroundâ€" ing towns were notified to be on the lookâ€"out for the automobile. A day later police at North Bay were called to an accident. They identified the wrecked car as the one allegedly stolen from Timmins. Silver could not be loâ€" cated. The case is in the hands of Provincial Police stationed here. Mrs. J. Hollinger returned home to Swastika last week after a visit to her sonâ€"inâ€"law and daughte B. Johnson. Mine officials said, shortly after the death, that the shaft should not have had any loose rock in it. It had been cleaned only four days previously. The formal verdict of the jury was as follows: "We the jury, called together to enquire into the death of Aldege Brazeau find that the deceased met his dGeath on Friday, July 16, at approXxiâ€" mately 2.15 p.m.. on the tenth level of the Buffaloâ€"Ankerite mine, in the Township of Deloro, death being preâ€" sumably caused by falling rock, crushâ€" inz the skull, death being instantanâ€" R. Cretin. who was v Brazeau when the accic: said that he heard the : did not see it strike hi When he turned around man slumped down by the Brazeau when the accicent said that he heard the rock fall but did not see it strike his companion. When he turned around he saw the man slumped down by the wall. The helmet worn by Brazeau was shown in court. The hard crown was crushed. The rock which struck Brazeau was also produced. Other witnedjses who testified were D. Clusio, B. Johnson and M. Sinclair all employees of the Buffaloâ€"Ankerite Members of the jury were W. H. Skirâ€" ner. S. Kennedy,. Irving Went, W. Mcâ€" Dowell Gordon Cross, Herbert Blood Jchn Firth and P. Walton, all resiâ€" dents of Tisdale township. Published at Timmins, Jut., Canads, Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Mr. and Mrs enth level of ne, ~in the h being preâ€" ~rock. crushâ€" n>al iCrawl Through Window _ After Car Falls in River r"‘oo'o"ooo"o" George McLean and Friend Have Narrow Escape from Death When Their Car Goes Into the River. Make Their Way Through Window of Car and Swim to Safety a narrow escap day evening, w which they wet river a‘bout A C George McLean and a companion had a narrow escape from death on Fuesâ€" day evening, when the automobile in which they were riding went into the river about a quarter of a mile from ‘he bridge near Sunset Park. McLean was driving along the road by the river following a truck. His auâ€" tomcbile hit a section of loose gravel on the road and he lost control. He could not stop for fear of hitting the truck and so was forced down the river At that point the bank of the river is steep and about twelve or thirteen feet in height. The car careened down the bank and went into the water. It was completely submerged and the top was covered with water to the depth of the bank and went into was completely submerged was covered with water to abcout four fest. The men in the car remained cool and opened the window. They crawled out of the automobiie and swam to shore non» the worse for their terrifyâ€" Mistook Two Scots for Two Men Wanted shore t ing experien mobile out steep bank Police Visit Mining Claims Nearby Englehart. Again Working on Mrs. Dolan Case, of the ps Sudbury Fred Dayv owne to b¢ wan We Engleh Advance) and Tom had been AanC Into the ca. ried woma poillice Sh] again on W ASs CI een rlehart, July 22â€"(Special | nce)â€"Half a dozen stalwa: paid an unexpected visit not heyr AIYt T twWwoO #1; e case,. which attraclted irittention and brought Oout mours when the woman again after her husband TIMMINS, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JULY 22ND, 1937 the ev are check Keard man, pr ce whatever tC have been in ie past month. nda the iing InveSstIgAUIO] Frank Dolan, ma sat centre missir In tAit here to haul the art ter and up hna city. force, , but trip was to set ouple of Caleâ€" ictor Szymonski whom warrants Nickel City. doing work on bourhood been 0©D 1€ ere this wee rict headqua men had bes renort Tuesday night the body of 40â€"yearâ€" old Albert Juusole, Finnish settler livâ€" ing in a lonely cabin some miles from in â€" the Sudbury district, was found with his head shot off. Condiâ€" tions seemed to suggest that the man had taken his own life. His wife and family are on a visit to Finland. Firemen Called Once for Minor Blaze on Monday The Fire Department has had only one minor jcb to attend to since Monâ€" day. That was late on Monday afterâ€" noon, when a cushion in a truck owned by the firm of Sinclair the Valet, caught fire from a cigarette that was left lying on it. The small blaze did not even require chemicals. Wanted Man Shot Dead and Other One Captured Just west of Naitrn, some forty miles from Sudbury, Victor Szymonski. alias CGrey, for the murder of Constable Davidson of Ssudbury was shot dead by police, while his ccmpanion, Tom Shoke, alias Porâ€" namorenka. and oumer aiuases, surrenâ€" dered but not until he too had been wounded by the police fire. Constable Davidson was shot on July | | 11ith when he approached two mei who | were apparently about to steal the marâ€" kers from a parked car. Two bullets lt eP t l P L P PP ul P PP l P L lt PPA lA lt # \ \ Wireless Inventor Dead | i | [ \ } \ B } N t | t N $ t | t \ ‘ t t| hit the constable before he fell and the men poured another five bullets into and with other aliases, wanted | him as he lay on the ground. The conâ€" stable was taken to hospital and for a time he appeared to have a chance for recovery ‘but pneumonia set in and he died nine days after the shooting. In the meantime police had been combing every inch of the area near Sudbury to secure the two men. Constable Davidâ€" son identified his assailants from pitâ€" tures shown him. Grey and Shoke were men with long criminal records, and one of them was wanted on a serious assault charge in Toronto. at an hour aA This morning early detachment of Sudbury, Inco and proâ€" vircial police happened on two men in a rock cut near the Spanish river bridge \ on the Sault line of the C.P.R. some \forty miles from Sudbury. The police \heard the men talking in Polish and | had of their ey lit cigarettes. further evidence location when th exact The ‘police spread out and surrounded the | spo; where they were located and ‘inn Settler Near Sudbury Found With Head Shot Off Men Sought for Murder of Sudbury Constable Surrounded in Bush Forty Miles from Sudbury This Morning. Grey Shot Dead. Shoke Wounded and Surrenders. are some of the prizaeâ€"winners at the Regular Meeting Here of Hollinger Directors One of the regular meetings of the Hollinger directors was held here this week, the directors leaving a@gain on Wednesday. Those here for the meeting were:â€"Jules R. Timmins, president; P. C. Finlay, secretary, Toronto; and Diâ€" recotors Leo and Noah Timmins, Jr., and Allen McMariin, Montreal, and Wilson Bell and J. Y. Murdoch, Toronto. Conservative Organizer Guest at Dinner Toâ€"Night _â€"Cecil Frost, recently, appointed . Orâ€" ganizer of the Liberalâ€"Conservative party in Ontario, in succession to Col. Geo. A. Drew, will ‘be the guest at a dinner this evening at the Empire hoâ€" tel, Timmins. The dinner will be an inâ€" formal one and there will be a general discussion. It is expected that prominâ€" ent members of the party will be preâ€" sent from all parts of the riding to meet and greet the new organizer. The dinner this evening will commence At Mr. Frost, whose home is in Lindâ€" say, has been prominent in the party for several years and he desires to meet as many as possible of the representaâ€" tives of the party in the district. spot wiiere they were 110C then called on the two to pu hands and surrender. The answer credited to Grey was a blazst from a shot gun he carried while Shcke fired a revolver in the direction of the police officer who had called oy the snots lired by U The police posse, arm powered rifles and small ed with a fusilade at t} Grey was instamtly kill« ed with a fusilade at the wanted men. Grey was instan‘ly killed, while Shoke was wounded. Even though woundéd the latter at first refuseq to surrender. The police, however, made it plain that he would not be allowed to escape alive, and eventually Shoke threw down his revolver, held his hands in the air and allowed police to approach and capture him. It is understood that Shoke is not seriously wounded but will likely recover to be tried for th der of the Sudbury constable. up thei Fortuâ€" ounded Published at Timmina, Ont., Canada, high Every MONDAY and THURSDAY rmMmMIr Notices calling for application for letter carriers in Timmins suggests that mail delivery is planned here for the near future. There is no official announceâ€" ment to ths effect, the call for applicaâ€" tions can be taken in no other way. For some years past there has been an agitation for street delivery of mail here. Recently the lineâ€"up almost constantly at the local post office emphasizes the fact that some form of addition to the service is necessary. In the estimates passed at the last session of parliament there was an item of several thousand for street delivery of mail in Timmins. Application for the positions of letter carriers have been invited from resiâ€" dents of Timmins. Those possessing the necessary qualifications must. forâ€" ward applications not later than July 31. The notice from the Post Office Prenartment is posted in the Timmins Application for the positions of letter carriers have been invited from resiâ€" dents of Timmins. Those possessing the necessary qualifications must. forâ€" ward applications not later than July 31. The notice from the Post Office Department is posted in the Timmins Post Office. Application forms may be got at the post office here. Initial appomtment.s are to be made on a temporary basis only. The salary for the first appoinâ€" tees will be $1.020 annually with an alâ€" lowance for uniform and boots. Later in the event of a permanent appointâ€" ment, and upon recommendations of meritorious service and increased useâ€" Applications Asked for Letter Carriers in Town No Announcement .\'ladâ€"g()flicially as to Inauguration of Mail Delivery but Notices Solicit Qualified Men for the Actual Work. Applications Must be in by July 31st. fulness, salary may be increased at the rate of $120 a year until the maximum amount of $1,500 annually has been reached. "A primary and preferably a high school education," is one of the qualifiâ€" cations demanded for the positions. Others are, "courtesy and tact in dealâ€" ing with the public. a good address, good physical condition and good eyesight." Candidates must be between the ages of 18 and 35 years except in cases where applicants are entitled to preference on account of war service. The examinations will be both written \ and oral. The written examination will include, arithmetic, geography and general questions. The nature of the oral examination was not given in the poster calling for applications. Candiâ€" dates must get a percentage of sixty : on each examination and an average of l seventy per cent on the total. Applicants must ‘be British subjects and a resident of Canada for at least five years. They must also have resided in Timmins for at least a year. Preference will be given, first to war veterans who receive a pension on account of disabilities received in the Great War and who, by reason of war service, have been unable to continue their former occupations, and secondly. to veterans of the Great War. A deduction of five per cent will be made from the salary of every permaâ€" nent employee as a contribution to the Kiwanis Hold Interâ€"club Meeting at Kirkland Lake General Election in Next Three Months Such is the Prophecy Made by Conservative Organizer. Haileyopury, JU Advance)â€"Prop tion in Ontario months and a it outcome and George McCulla Mail. Cecil Fro ganizer for theâ€" About 135 Present, with Cobalt, New Liskeard, Noranda, Timmins and Kirkland Lake Clubs Represented., Goyerâ€" nor Gerald Martineau and Lieutenantâ€"Governor P. T. Moisley Among the Guests. t Lta K Smoke Does Not Mean Fire in United Church Toâ€"day Church this afternoon when some laâ€" d‘eés who were passing saw smoke in the building. It turned out that the janitor was burning some rubbish in the furâ€" nace, He opened his draughts and forâ€" got to open a back damper, filling the church smoke. No Gamage was On s i0 T . offic i@ant Cot TiVAai nere, M.r,., FTCSt, successor > to George Drew as first lieutâ€" o Hon. Earl Rowe, made the g statement:â€"*"I believe we are the verge of a provincial conâ€" a@ that it will be over before it rkland L nmins t y, July Propht 30 nued phaesying o within Conseryv i taking 1( 2â€" (Special to The ing a general elecâ€" hin the next three ervative victory as ng a verbal fling at ind The Globe and £.C., provincial orâ€" ervative party, and dent of the Ontario tion, were here yesâ€" ip of a trip through _ ridings that will ge Eight) Ooâ€"~d4ayv . They ind superannuation fund. Returns are not made from the fund if the employee leaves after serving less than ten yeatrs. Returns will be made if he leaves beâ€" fore that time because of disaibility, the abolition of the office, or in the case of a woman, to be married. Returns will be made in the case of a contributor with dependents. Weekâ€"end Wili be Fine and Warmer PossIoility of Thunder Showâ€" ers Seen for Weekâ€"end by Weatherman.. Highest Temperature Since Monâ€" day was 86 Yesterday. "Fine and warmer with a possibility of thunder showers,‘" is the weather forecast for over the weekâ€"end. Monday‘s maximum temperature was 79. Minimum on Monday night was 46. On Tuesday the maximum was 85 and the minimum 59. The maximum vesterday was 86 and the minimum was 62. This morning at eight o‘clock the temperature was 64. Last evening it was 60. Premier Denies Any Shortâ€"Term Licenses There has been no rainfall in the disâ€" trict since the last forecast on Monday Says Sixâ€"Month Automobile Licenses Too Hard to Adâ€" minister. From Toronto this week comes word that Premier Hepburn has stated flatly that the government is not considering shorter term licenses for autos in the North. Hon. Mr. McQuesten, Minister of Highways. was quoted some days ago as suggesting that there might be sixâ€"~ month licenses for autos in the North next year, as many places in the North could only use their cars six months in the year at most. Hon. Mr. Hepburn salys that any such plan would be too hard to administer. "The government has no intention of inaugurating such a system,"‘ he added. Miss Jerry Turcotte left on Tuesday for the AY.P.A. Camp at Lake Couâ€" chiching. The first interâ€"club meeting held in the recently organized Northern divisâ€" ion of Kiwanis, was held at Kirkland Lake on Tuesday evening in honour of the official visit of Gerald Martineau, of @uebec City, Governor of Kiwanis of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. Delegates were present at the meetâ€" ing from Cobalt, New Liskeard, Norâ€" anda, Timmins and Kirkland Lake. There were about 135 present at the meeting., which was held in the curling r}H The toast to visiting Kiwanis guests was proposed by E. V/. M. Paisley, of Kirkland Lake, and responded to by Fred Hebert, President of the Noranda club. The tcast to the ladies was proâ€" posed by Wes McKnight, President of the New Liskeard club, and responded to by Mrs. J. E. Graham, of Kirkland Lake. P. T. Moisley, of Timmins, Governor of the Northern Kiwanis Division, proposed the toast to "Kiwanis." It was responded to by Gerald Martineau, the Governor. In his address, Mr. Martineau dealt with one of the aims of Kiwanis, that of supporting churches and their spirlâ€" tual aims. He advocated coâ€"operation in creating that sound public opinion and high idealism which makes posâ€" sib‘e the increase of righteousness, jusâ€" t‘ce and patriotism. Good will, said Mr. Martineau, especially between the Mr. Martineau, especially French and English speaki Canada, was an aim that advocated. Mrs. Lebel, of Noranda, and Bill Linkley," of New Liskeard, gave vocal selection. After the interâ€"club meeting the presidents, viceâ€"presidents, and secretaries of the various clubs in the Northetn division held a bhusiness meetâ€" PRICE THREE CENTS 2 Sections 16 Pages peaking people s Ofl