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South Porcupine, March to The Minnowâ€"The < under the auspices of Athletic Assochtion today, Porcupine rink proved , every way. This affair ‘ ployees of the Pamoux' and '1‘. Wood were on the com staged it. Carnival by Pamour Club Proved Notable Success South Porcupine. March 27. Special to The Advance. Wide circles of friends will hear of the death of Mrs. John Spitz with sin- cere regret and sorrow. as she was popular and esteemed by all who knew her. The late Mrs. Spitz passed away at Porcupine General hospital on Sunday evening from bronchial pneu- monia. At the time of death she was 47 years of age, and had lived in the camp some twenty years. seven years at the Dome and thirteen years at South Porcupine. She is survived by her husband and three children. Celia. aged 21, John. 18. and Bobby. 9. and to these the sincere sympathy of all is extended in their deep loss. The re- mains are at Hunkin's funeral parlours and will remain there until the fun- eral. The funeral will be on Wednesâ€" day at 2.30 pm. from the United Church. South Porcupine. The ski racc moccasin dam gmnd finale w The prim events were un the recipients Prize winne Cause of the explosion may or may not be determined at the inquest. It is believed that there was a missed hole lathe wall from the day before and that a short f use was overlooked. However no definite information has yet been Obtained. Employees of l’amour Mine Have Interesting Time at South Porcupine Rink Yesterday. tructive Prizes Offered for Varlous Events. follows For ska Underâ€" lst name C (boob . When the shift came up the two men were seen to be missing. A man was sent down and he found them lying on the floor of the dead-end drift. They were immediately brought to the sur- face and attended by the mine physi- cian, Dr. W. D. Robson. Vijovich was found to have a fractured skull and a broken arm. There were no broken bones in Caron’s body but, he was peppered with small pieces of rock. Theory is that the actual cause. of death was the inhalation of carbon monoxlde gas. The dead-end contained the deadly gas when a rescue squad went down to bring the men. who were dead when found. to the surface. Also. carbon monoxide was found in the blood of the two men. Mrs. J. Spitz Dead at South Porcupine Jack Ollinshaw (hockey gloves) D. Dunbar (scout knife). Girl Gwen Darwin men and pencil 2nd. Mary Come! (fountain pen). 30b 16 years and under-80y m1 Paul (watch): 2nd. Pete I The two men were blasting the race of a sub-drift near the end of their shift on Thursday. They had drilled and loaded about twenty holes. when for some as yet unknown reason. the cxploslon took place before the men had time to get out of the dead end in which they were working. Rock was sprayed by the blast with terrific force and, judging from the marks. one man amazed to stagger back some distance. Had Lived Twenty Your Porcupmc Camp. Vijovich, a machine his helper, were killec level of the Molnty when a blast in the 1 exploded premature” either from the effec the caxbon monoxide ; explosion. An inquest into the d Vijovlch. of Schumacner Caron. of Timmins. will Croatian hall in Schuma: day afternoon. Coroner will preside. ’John V.ijovieh and Armand (,‘aron Killed When Blast in. Face of Subâ€"Drift Explodes I’rematurely. Men Believ- ed to Have Died from Effects of Carbon Monoxide. Inquest on Thursday In McIntyreflFatality V01. XXIV. ..N0. 24 Former Wmuoooa 00 o. d. N. Darw race was ca dance. which Don given usually rxu‘enu M not. friends will hear of John Spitz with sin- sorrow. as she was :med by all who knew 11K The carnival 1191. s of the Pamou deaths of John er. and Armand I .be held in the was for cm- [(1 Dr. Paul am nmlictee whicl .0 O‘" W the Pamour in the South 3 success m nd of had d. holes. ‘ reason c 4.000 :m 1191‘ Special W murs- man 11108. men was m ia Id if DO )1 Dania «ballet. girl». camera. Evelyn Pioc'm (paper fancy dram camera. Rod Belisle (cowboy) camera. John Dyrzcon (Polish boy) pen. Stewart Connelly (Highlander). camera. Larry Chrisunnson (Pirate) camera. Boys McKav Porcupine victorious event a success was donated for The annual meeting of the Porcuv pine Fish and Game Protective Asso- siuLion will be held in the Daffodil Community Hall in Schumacher on the evening of Thursday, March 30. A report will be given on the waters A report will be given on the waters in this locality which have been stockâ€" (‘(1 with fish spawn in the past year. All members and the public are cor- dially invited to attend the meeting. Six elementary school hockey teams competed in the Timmins Arena on Thursday night in a trio of games. the proceeds of which were donated to the Children‘s Aid Society. Scr Fish and Game Club Will Meet Thursday South Porcupine Wins Benefit Hockey Games Armand Larivime. 60 Avenue Road, was arrested on a charge of being drunk in charge of a car. He was in- volved in a minor accident in Hollinger Lane. IL was reported to police and when they arrived they decided that he was drunk and charged him accord- Police report today that when they raided the home of Elphier Chartrand. 30": Wende avenue. early yesterday morning. there were so many people in the place drinking that they had to take the occupant outside to question him. A charge of keeping liquor for sale has been laid. A quantity of beer and whiskey was seized .by police. Chartrand will face the charge before Magistrate Atkinson in police court on Tuesday afternoon. Four drunks were arrested. They spent the night in the police cells. One man was arrested on a charge of hav- ing obtained a meal under false pre- tences. He was George Sirois. With him was another man, who is charged W1 the take him sale In No Room Inside For the Law Police Say When Raided Home of Elphier Chart- rand Was Jammed to the Doors. flashlight) Angora g Annual Meeting to be Held. Will Report on Waters Stocked. Mr: W‘ open 5 Emden (comp s-r (compact). Men's open 5 aneberry (buck ranlon !ski soc] Th: raid was made by the regular partment. raiding squad. in charge of I'he Tim service: K NOSE geam 038' am gms xancy ana ougmzu ume wnulemâ€"Mm‘gueriw McDon- (nurse) amethyst bracelet. Leona win (ballet. girl». camera. Evelyn nediat vagranc backward ska 1 military ibrL Rela open ska DesRoches ;). Gir gloves ’ the tez and the .n all t 111115 «I at Timmius. Om... Cunndn MONDAY and THURSDAY ay (beam of four) -â€" VIC Red Scanlon. Bob Mans- Laroche (all Schick razors anc iC ICC MC he occasion Shaefi e lctOi ms were from South visiting squads were u'ee matches, junior, enior. izens‘ Band donated 15L in. making the The Timmins Arena 1.51.. E. Emdcn nd. Jean Darwin USUCSD wa 1 le A. Mack ' Den). : raceâ€" lst prize. 2nd, Vera Demp- I) and Happy Many At- mepact â€"John )V 'ace race lady a s mmmm Emmimm nd A stove placed L00 close to a wall was the cause of a fire at, 117. Cherry Street on Sunday afternoon. Firemen were called and soon extinguished the small blaze in the wall by use of Chemicals. Damage was estimated. at On Thursday evening firemen were called to a chimney blaze at 7 Elm Street South (rear). It was a minor fire. Walter Gagnon is in St. Mary‘s hos- pital to-day suffering from bruises all over his body. He is reported to have been dragged more than one hundred feet by an automobile. It may or may not, have passed over his body. As a result of the accident Patrick O’Shea is facing a charge of reckless driving. a bus driver told police that he stop- 'ped his vehicle to scrape sleet off 'the windshield. While he was outside the car he saw another automobile ap- proaching. In front of its fog lights there appeared for a moment the sha- dow of a man. Then the man seemed to fall. While he was lying on the ground another car approached. struck him and dragged him for more than 100 feet. Dragged More Than 100 Feet; is Badly Bruised ~ Police say that O'S‘hea‘s breath smell ed of alcohol and that he admitted tha he had been drinking. A charge of driving recklessly and in a manner dangerous to the public has been laid against Mr. O’Shea. He was bailed out by his brother Michael O‘Shea. Stove T00 Close to Wall Causes Flames The accident was reported to police early on Sunday morning. Leo Giroux, The injured man was taken to SL. Mary‘s hospital Where he was examin- ed by Dr. J. Leddy. No bones were broken but, his body was a mass of bruises. Wall Fire Causes $25 Dam- age. Flremen Soon Ex« tmgmsh Blaze. Walter Gagnon Reported Lying on Hollinger Road When Struck and Dragged by Automobile. Charge of Reck- less l,)riving Laid Against Patrick O’Shea. Is Released on Bail. within 15 hours' travel by air Almost overnight Toronto has been brought closer to the cities to the west. Vancouver has been brought TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MARCH 27TH, AIRLINERS BRING WEST CLOSER 1L Charge Highway Assault The final social and business meeting of the Timmins Curling Club will be held at. the curling rink on Wednesday of this week at 730 pm. All members are specially invited to attend this final meeung of the season. After a search of four days a quartet of men who are alleged to have beaten up two motorists between Timmins and Hoyle. were arrested late on Friday by Provincial police. Charges of assault have been preferred against the four, who are lodged in the jail in Timmins awaiting trial on Tuesday. Joseph Bussicm and Alfred Leblanc are facing charges of common assault. Alex Butaphuk and Bert Robillard will answer to more serious charges of "as- sault. occasioning actual bodily harm." Victims of the assault. Alex Lajenu- ncsse and Wilfred Dupuis, reported to provincial police early in the week that they were driving towards Hoyle in their truck when another truck passed. The driver of the second ve- hicle pulled his truck across the road and stopped them. Then did four men pile out and proceed to give them a beating. The beating was reported severe enough to cause cuts and bruises on both of the men. Motive for the assault could only be conjectured. Since the reported assault police have been investigating. They brought their hunt to a close on Friday with the arrest of the four men. who will ap- pear in police court in South Porcu- pine on Tuesday morning. Cobalt. March 27â€"(Speciai to The Advanceâ€"Comrade William J. Ross. until recently president of the Cobalt st of the Canadian Legion. and who is leaving Cobalt within the near fu- ture to enter business in Porcupine. to- night will be guest of honour at a barn quet to be tendered by his war coma rades and the members or the recently formed Ladies' Auxiliary. At the func- tion. Comrade Ross will be presented with a cigarette lighter. decorated with the Legion button and his initials and the date of his term as president here. together with an address. Comrade Charles Chellew is to make we present- ation and the chair at the banquet will be occupied by Comrade Alonzo Fortin. who succeeds Comrade Ross in the chair at the Post here. Comrade Ross. who has conducted a grocery store in Cobalt, in recent years. is leaving for Timmins. where he intends to engage in similar business. He is a former member of the public school board here Arrest Quartet on Charges ' of Beatingup Motorists. , Honoured Prior to i, Leavmg for T1mm1ns§ Final Social Meeting i of Timmins Curling Club! President of Cobalt Legion Coming to Timmins. Flying west with Trans-Canada Air Lines. passengers saw Winnipo stretched out before them. This (Monday) evening. commenc- ing at 8 o'clock, there will be an ad- dress of outstanding interest at the Timmins United Church, when Miss Loh Tsei will give a public lecture under the tit-1e, “Don‘t Betray China." The address is given under the auspices of the Friends of China and the Men's Forum. Miss Loh Tsei is often re~ ferred to as the Chinese Joan of Are. on account of the sacrifices she has made and the dangers she has faced to serve her native country. A grad- uate of Tsinghua University, she has a wide knowledge of the situation in China and can speak from first-hand knowledge in regard to China and the conditions arising from the ruuthless invasion of that country by the Jap- anese. Miss Loh Tsei is at present on a tour of Canada with the purpose or giving facts and information so that the people of this country may be in full possession of the truth about the case of China. On Sunday of this week, Miss Loh Tsei addressed a large audience at Kirkland Lake. She is also booked to speak at the United Church. Cochrane, on Wednesday even- ing of this week. Notable Programme at NIcIntyre Rink TOvnight During the evening. the Raburn cup will be presented. This cup has been presented to the Porcupine Skating Club for award to the junior who has (Continued on Page Eight) Address This Evening on China at United Church Ice Carnival to be Presented by the Porcupine Skating Club to Have Many Outstanding Features. Progress Made by Classes in Skating to be Shown by Event This Evening. 193$) :1T0wn Licenses Payable a: L ! the End of This Week Harry Puke, Manager of Markham Bank, Held up There are a large number of cases of influenza in townâ€"variously esti- mated at from 300 to 400. Practically all are of very mild type A large num- ber of the cases do not ever have a. doctor. the patients simply going to bed and recovering in a few days. While the disease is a very mild type, the best plan is to take no chances. When the disease shows itself go to bed and call the doctor. This plan means early remvery and no chances taken. Concert by Timmins Symphony Orchestra 'I‘he many who have enjoyed the ex- cellent musical events presented on previous occasions by the Timmins Symphony Orchestra will be pleased to learn that this gifted musical organiza- tion announces another attractive con- cert to be held in Harmony hall, Fourth avenue. 011 Sunday evening, April 23rd, commencing at 8.30 pm. Invitations 101 the event are being issue (1 this week. The T 1mmins Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. H F. Schroe- am has won an excellent reputation for the p10g1ammes piesented in the past. The event 011 Ap1il 23rd will equal if not exce ll 111cvious successes and is sure to please all loxe1s of music. A short children‘s programme will precede the regular concert. and all will find this part of the 1.11'0gram'me of splendid in- The regular run of two licenses ex- pire at the end of this month and so are due and payable for the current year on and after March 3lst. These town licenses include the licenses for various kinds of shops and goods, in- cluding tobacconists, barbers, poll rooms. refreshment rooms, junk yards, public halls, peddlers. dairies, second- hand shops. etc. Local Chinese Hold Own Court and Impose Fine terest Hundreds of Cases of Flu in Town Event of Interest Scheduled for April 23rd. (Mrs. James MacFadden) and Evelyn and one son, Garfield. Funeral services will be held at 4.00 o'clock to-morrow (Tuesday) after- noon, from Grace Chapel. But. Practically All Cases are of Very Mild Type. Death Mrs. Roland Morris on Saturday Bank Robbers Make Manager and Staff Lie on Hour. While $960 is Stolen. Money Later Recovered and 'l‘\\ 4; Men Arrested. These Men Also Charged \Vith Other Recent Crimes. Impose Fine of $50 on One of Their Number Who, in ter to Chinese Paper, Cast Aspersmns on ( hnlese riotic League. Fine to be Donated to (.‘lunese Cross. MONDAY asident in Timmins for Twenty Years. lfe of Mr. Roland D. :3 street. on Saturda; :11 25th. Mrs. Morris '3 hospital after an 11 191 Tlmm )um her loss are her hus- daughtgrs, Dora, Marjorie ; MacF'adden) and Evelyn friend s. Ont. Canada 1 THURSDAY ODE Mor were deeply shock- aath of Mrs. Laura Roland D. Morris, m Saturday morn- Irs. Morris died at. E after an illness 'l( IS was born at, and was fifty Miss Laura Mc- lrriage at New had been resi- about twenty born at, Mr. Harry J. Puke. for a numbrr of years accountant at the Timmms branch of the Bank of Commerce. learâ€" ing‘ here to take a similar position .it Oshawa. and more recently being up- DOin-tecl manager of the Markhhn branch of the bank, had an unpleasant experience on Friday when two masked men with wicked looking guns entered the bank, going first to the manager‘s office. where they displayed a note styâ€" ing it was a hold-up and flourished their guns. Two bank inspectors and a customer were with Mr. F‘uke in his office. and the robbers herded the tel- ler, ledger keeper and four Other (‘llsw homers, including a young lady. hit) the manager's office at the point (:1' guns. All were made, under threat or the guns. to lie down on ”the floor. Ollt‘ of the robbers threatening them with the gun While the other trussed them up with clothesline brought along im' the purpose. The robbers secured $960 in cash and made their get-«away in at stolen car, whose owner they had kid~ napped. By this time one of the bank inspectors had loosened his bonds and breaking the window of the office. with a revolver, fired a couple of shots at the robbers in the car. This attracted attention outside and the police were soon on the trail of the robbers. The men ditched the car. leaving the owner trussed up on the floor. Then the. mi)- bets stole another car. this time from .t woman. Eventually the police net. elm- ed in on the men accused of the Cl‘llllt‘. The police picked them up when they were walking near Toronto. One (it them had $980 on him. this being supâ€" posed to be the money from tln‘ bank and from two other roblxrries. The men are also charged with other crimes. including kidnapping, thel‘t. robbery With violence, as well as the bank hold-up. The names of the, men in :custodware .gliven. .as .Thom as B, oberts. 38, no addrCSS, and William Welsh, 2.3, of Hilliardtcm, Northern Ontario. six below zero Fair And Gold To-day To-morrow Snow fell from 11.30 am. 01: until midnight on Saturday. was two and a half inches. Y1 snow to the depth of two inc between 3.45 pm. and 11.30 1).! Temperature this morning), : o’clock was three below 701 Thursday the maximum 1mm] was 53 and the minimum 3; F. and 14; Saturday, 15 and 4; 30 and 8. Last night's minim Summary justice was < of their number of Pc Chinese yesterday. The [Pbrcupine and imposed : a Golden City Chinese w 'Ibronbo Chinese paper. ‘ The Chinese Patriot'n organization designed L4 1113 funds to aid war- The local branch. ween sion on their organl'a meeting and called the writer to it. It was cl sald, in his letter. that sentativas of thc League lectlng money in the < really representatives 0 Lion. The Offending cmncsc pk He was fined an amount curmncy equivalem to $5( will be forwarded to the c Cross. Furthermore, the 0 be reamed wpublhsh an a; Weatherman Expect Warm Spell Shortly Three Below This :1 Patriotic League xv were not, bona fidc refugees in China. News", and said “mm M Single Copy F ivc Cents The Pioneer Paper of the Porcumno. Established 191:3 paper is expected in U Wheeler, Bolling said this mox'nix' p1 Po. p. m da I’at- Red n Dept terdu UH XMA- U) )1 ll