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Subscription : Canadaâ€"â€"§2 00 Per Year. United States=â€"$3 00 Per Year There was a time when selfâ€"seeking or malicious reélatives or other interested persons, through careâ€" less or unscrupulous medical men, were able on occasion to have perfectly normal men or women confined as insane. Indeéd, no later than last year there was a case that attracted considerable attention when the courts decided that an Onâ€" tario citizen had been improperly held at an instiâ€" tution for mental cases, and substantial damages were awarded the victim for the horrible experâ€" ience he had suffered. To guard against such an evil, it is essential that all alleged mental cases should come before properly constituted courts. The present proceaure of having charges of menâ€" tal illness given hearing before a magistrate‘s court seems the best protection for both the pubâ€" lic and the patient alike. In the. North, at least, the magistrates and other officials concerned have not only shown the right sense of ijustice and fair play but have added to this an understanding and sympathy that are genuine safeguards both for those particularly concerned and for the people in general. The Advance believes that the court procedure is along the right lines, but that in the carrying out of the plan there are the most undeâ€" sirable conditions in this North Land. It should be remembered that a man or woman charged with mental illness is not a criminal in the slightest degree, whether the charge be well based or otherwise. The person so charged should not be treated worse than a criminal in any manâ€" ner or way. For the person charged with any crime there is reasonable accommodation until| such time as the charge may be proven or refuted. In this North Land there is no such accommodaâ€" tion for those charged with mental illness. The police stations have no such accommodation, and it is difficult to see how they could provide for| such cases in the way that they should be dealt‘ with. The hospitals are not equipped to properly accommodate patients of this sort. To providei proper facilities at hospitals to handle this class of patient would be a costly procedure. There is no fitting accomodation for this class of patient‘ at the district jail at Haileybury or anywhere else| in all the North. The consequence is that when{ | | ! ! there is a charge of mental illness, police, doctors,| hospitals and all others concerned are put to unâ€" warranted inconvenience and annoyance, while at the same time the patient is also endangered. The recent tragedy in the case of a mental patient is not an isolated case in this North Land. Thought-: less or malicious people may be tempted to blame police, doctors, hospitals, or courts in such cases ‘The fault, however, does not really lie at any of these doors, except, perhaps, to the extent that there is sometimes effort to evade responsibility or to.pass the burden to others. This is only huâ€" man in such cases where all concerned are the victims of unfair impositions. The real fault lies in the carrying through of a proper enough system without the necessary facilities. There should be somewhere in the North a proper place for the safeguarding of those mentally ill. There is no municipality in this North with enough mental cases of its own to warrant the expenditure for equipment and maintenance of a proper place for the temporary care of such cases. It appears to be a case where the provincial government should provide the facilities at some convenient centre, where mental cases could be properly cared for while awaiting discharge or committal to an inâ€" stitution for the care of those mentally ill. Careâ€" ful notice of the cases that have occurred in the past gives proaf that speaking broadly doctors, nurses, hospltas“pphce and all others concerned have done their very best to protect patients and public alike, so {Ar as this has been possible with the limited facilities at hand. Something much better, however, is badly neededâ€"has been needed for years, as The Advance has repeatedly pointed out. The thought can not be overâ€"emphasized that those charged with mental illness are not even under the suspicion of criminality. They are in the class of any others who may be ill and sufâ€" fering. There should be special provision for their care and treatment. It is not out of place to say that this is another case where this district feels the need of a provincial representative. Had this riding a member in the Legislature this question of proper accommodation for those charged with mental illness is one matter that he would be exâ€" pected to bring before the attention of the authorâ€" ities at Toronto, and keep it there until the condiâ€" tion is remedied. «tm m h s L AL LAE CAE CAE IMPROVED PLAN NEEDED tÂ¥ B A AL AA LA *AAA â€"AA LAAAE TWO PHONESâ€"26 and 2020 TIMMTNS®, ONTARIO Memners Canadian Weekiy Newspaper Association: Ontartoâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association since the war commenced the people of Canada have had a surfeit, perhaps, of propaganda. L was felt, no doubt, that all the hosts of publicity men and liaison officers that have increased the strength of the numbers quoted of the armed forces in Canada should do something for their Timmins, Ont.., Thursday, Feb. 4th, 1943 Cbe Dorrupine Aduvants Published Erery Thursday by GEQ. LAKE, Owner and Publisher pay and positions. That theyâ€"have turned ont propaganda by the ton may be attested by the waste paper baskets of this country. There is one line of propaganda, however, that has been sadly neglected, That is, the proper propaganda that would appeal to the New Canadians. These New Canadians are beginning to form a very material proportion of the people of this Dominion. Their importance is very evident in this North. A glance at any newspaper will suggest the place they are taking in business. Read any list of donations to taking in business. Read any list of donations to any worthy cause and note the numerous names of New Canadians that appear,. Look at any roll of recruits and see the many names of New Canâ€" adians listed. In this issue of The Advance there is a list of soldiers overseas who send thanks for cigarettes sent by the Community Fag Fund. The proportion of New Canadians in that list is a pleasâ€" ing one. In work for every war cause, in donations of money, in enlistments for service, the New Canâ€" adians have done well,. There is reason to believe, however, that in all these lines they would have done even better if other Canadians had done betâ€" ter in informing the newer members of the Empire. Where has there been any helpful propaganda directed specially to influence the New Canadian? That the New Canadian has done so well is all to his credit, and not to the credit of the government. To know these New Canadians intimately is to learn much. Some of them are better Canadians, bettar Britishers than the run of the mill of other Canadians. Attention is given to them, of course, in the matter of getting their votes. What has been done, though, to get their real citizenship? Malicious people have centred on teaching them Old World isms and doctrines. What have the governments attempted to counteract this? It is true that the schools and churches have done a great work in imbuing the New Canadians with loyalty and affection for the country that offers them a rare measure of freedom and opportunity. And what apt pupils the most of them have been! Individuals like Rev. I. A. Heinonen, Councillor E. W. Gladstone, Rabbi Linder and miany others have been holding high the British flag and telling the New Canadians all for which that emblem stands and all the good and greatness it implies,. It is true that the New Canadian has wonderful beneâ€" fits offered to him by citizenship in this country. It is equally true that he has gifts to offer Canada and Britain â€" the gifts of music, art, literature history, and ideals that come from the heart Surely there is room for propaganda to expound both sides of the issue. There is an opportunity for the government to use propaganda that will result in real enlistment â€" enlistment of men, enâ€" listment of money. enlistment of service, enlistâ€" ment of heart â€" for the safety and the service of Canada and the Enipire. This is a form of propâ€" aganda that should avoid all fulsome flattery of party, but that should tell the story of Canada and of the Empire â€" tell of the/freedoms and the privâ€" ileges that are the rights of all â€" tell of the friendâ€" ship that is offered to all â€" and tell of the duties and the responsibilities that go with all freedom and all privilege. Timmins town council on Monday unanimously endorsed a resolution passed by the Kitchener City Council requesting the Dominion Government to inaugurate compulsory voting in all elections, electors who failed to exercise their franchise beâ€" ing subject to penalty for this new crime. Most people discussing the matter since enthusiastically. approve the idea. Among the most zealous of the, supporters of the compulsory voting plan are sevâ€" eral who failed to vote in the last municipal eléc=â€" tion in Timmins. It‘s a funny world â€" this North Country. Not to mention the funnier South, East and West. ) ) PP l P PP P «P P P DPAAA PPA â€"ALP PA COMPULSORY YVOTING l se PP > wl mt um Theoretically, a large majority of the people would approve compulsory voting. It is doubtfui, however, if a majority would turn out to vote even on the question of compulsory voting. If such question were put to the ballot, there are many who would stay away from the polls on the plea that there was at least one more time they could do this without breaking the law. There is little chance of the adoption of the plan now to be suggested, but at least it‘s an idea:â€" Why not start this compulsory voting plan by easy stages. For instance, instead of jumping right in and making it an offence not to vote, why not start with making it an offence not to see that your name is on the voters‘ list? Every year aâ€" round election time there are good people who make the rafters ring because their namés have been omitted from the voters‘ list. Before that, there would be urgent appeals to all to be sure to see that their names were on the list. But many people will not bother. Indeed, at some elections it has seemed that the majority of the people who attended to vote were those left off the list. Either that or they made a noise out of all propertion to their numbers. Why not start this compuisory voting plan by making it a penal offence to fail to see your name was on the voters‘ list. _It is the fact that the large number of electors who failed to vote at the last municipal election in Timmins was most discouraging to those who pin their faith to democracy. The situation in many other towns and cities was even worse. In some places less than a fifth of the qualified voters turned out to cast their ballots on municipal elecâ€" tion day. Perhaps, compulsory voting would remâ€" edy this, It is not certain that it would. As a matter of fact there is a very heavy penalty alâ€" ready for failing to vote. Of course as it is now, those who do vote have to help pay that heary penalty, But even if the penalty was nominallyl charged only to those who did not vote, theâ€"loyal voters would still be unable to avoid helping in directly to pay the penalty. . | ‘ a compulsory voting law would remedy the diffiâ€" culty is another question. For democracy to work properly and efficiently, certain things are essenâ€" earnest and honest interest in pnblic affairs, and A local man yesterday said very seriously, "It‘s must be willing at all times to do their duty and 8oing to be a long, hard winter!" "Because the bear their responsibilities groundhog saw his shadow yesterday?" he was 64 should !Â¥our asked. "No!" he replied, "because the government It is only natural that politicians shou "** nas rationed the booze!" It is only natural that politicians should favou compulsory voting. If everybody were compelled by law to turn out and vote, it would certainly simplify the matter of providing transportation for voters to the poll. This transportation is beâ€" coming quite an item both in expense and worry. There are people who will not turn out to vote unâ€" less they have free transportation to the polls and return. Some of them are quite particular even in the matter of who supplies the car. Others do not care who supplies the car so long as they get to the polis, and they do not let the transportation influence their vote. vote are guilty of a breach of duty. Whethe U Uiik J Eht ELKE Viik k KE VE EL+ â€"â€" k TK _ AEKGEITIEKT ue . _ OAE i7 Tuesday was Candlemas Day, the day the properly and efficiently, certain things are e88S€N~) proungnog comes out and if he seées his shadow, tial. All the electors must maintain an active, ne goes back to hibernate for another six weeks. Compulsory voting is said to be working satisâ€" factorily in New Zealand, the only British area in which the idea is enforced. There are several European countries that enforce compulsory votâ€" ing. Indeed, more than one of these not only inâ€" sist on the elector voting but take the further step of insisting on the candidate for whom he shall vote. Red Cross Work Carried on Successfully Here Compulsory voting does not follow the British tradition. Voting is a privilege, as well as a right, and as a matter of fact the voter often expresses his real opinion by not voting at all. Failure to vote is already a dereliction of duty, and carries the heavy penalty that all evasion of duty suggests. Whether putting a direct penalty on it will cure the evil remains to be seen. (Continued From Page One) Town of Timmins, the Bomb Victims Fund and the Red Cross Society were given the use of the Timmins Anna every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights for the purpose of conducting public skating. This gave those interestâ€" ed a place to skate in Timmins at r>asonable cost. The two societies sharâ€" ed equally in the income and were reâ€" sponsible for selling tickets and providâ€" ing music. The Red Cross Society reâ€" ceived $224.82 in net profits. 1842 Red Cross Campaign Repo"t.. The Timmins Red Cross District was asked by the National Committee to raiz> $45,000 and receipts for the camâ€" paign were $50,066.01. Mr. Stubbs expressed his appreciation to Messrs J. M. Douglas, M. P. O‘â€" Rourke, R. R. Richardson, T. Todd, M. E. Williams and both of the Timmins newspapers and the local Radio Station for their untiring efforts in making the campaign a success. This appreciation included some three hundred canâ€" vassers for the fund. Communications With Axis Occupied Countries Mr. Stubbs mentioned that civilians wishing to communicate with civilians in occupied countries could obtain specâ€" ial forms at the Post Office which would permit a message of 20 words. Unfortunately delivery cannot be guarâ€" anteed in Europe and sometimes a year elapses before a reply is received. Thirty letters have ibeen received here from various countries through Geneva. General Miss Farr reported that two nurses, Mrs. Penny and Miss Bliss, had agreed to take the ReSresher Course in London. Mr. J. M. Douglas, convener of the Nominations Committee, presided durâ€" ing the election of officers. The Execuâ€" tive Committee for 1943 is as follows: Officers R. Harkness I«t Viceâ€"Pres.â€"A. W. Pickering Ind Viceâ€"Pres.â€"K. H. Stubbs Treasurerâ€"Harry Puke Chairman Women‘s War Workâ€"Mrs. J. M. Douglas Chairman Welfare Workâ€"Miss M. E. Ciillespie Chairman Home Nursing Emerâ€" cenciesâ€"Miss J. Myles. Chairman Auxiliary â€" Nursingâ€"Myrs R. E. Goodings Chairman Junior Red Crossâ€"Mr. E. J. Transom. Appointments to the Executxve Committee Secretaryâ€"Mrs,. H. Channen. Chairman Cutting Committeeâ€"Myrs. R. E. Osborn. Chairman Surgical Supplie:â€"Mrs. J. E. Barry. Chairman Wool Roomâ€"Mrs, H. W. Brown. Chairman Priosmers of Warâ€"Mrs. J. Kinsey. Chairman Sewing Roomsâ€"Mrs. W. J McCoy. Chairman Publicityâ€"Mrs. W. A Jones. Chairman Purchasingâ€"Mrs. T Pierc#, Thanks Expressed Mr. Douglas thanpked the rétiring members, particularly Mr. Williams and Mr Munrce. The scope of the work acâ€" The Advance believes that it is the bounden du Advisory Committte Mr. J. M. Douglas. Mr. Geo, Mondoux. Miss F. Farr Mrs H. L. Traver Mrs. C. Desaulnier® Mrs. W. Forsberg complished by the president could not ! The Singer Sewing Machine Comâ€" estimated. It had been a pleasure to pany work with him and it was with regret The Timmins New Meéethod Laundry that his decision to retire had been reâ€" The I. K. Pierce Purniture Company ceived. With both of these retiring ofâ€" z_2 _2z z_ ficers go the best wishes for success and hnarpiness in their new fields of usefulâ€" NHI’SQS Alumnae happiness in their noss. It was moved by Mr. H. C. Scarth and seconded by Mirs. H. L. Traver, that a vote of thanks, on behalf of the Genâ€" eral Meetinzg, be tendered to the folâ€" lowing organizations and people: Mr. Mis. P. Bardessona Mr. Albert Cain \‘The Porcupine Advance The Timmins Daily Presis The Northern Broadcasting Company ‘The Star Transfer Company Herman‘s Drv Cleaners There is supposed to be rigid price control toâ€" day, while a tradition has been deliberately built up that all prices skyâ€"rocketed in the last war. Here are some prices from J. R. Gordon‘s adverâ€" tisement in The Advance of Jan. 30th, 1918:â€" Bacon, 43¢c per lb.; shoulder roasts, 24¢ per I1b.; black tea, 50c per lb.: apples 4 lbs. for 25¢. Conâ€" trast these prices for necessities with those preâ€" vailing toâ€"day, and there surely is cause for wonâ€" der whether bureaucracy is as effective as British democracy. Well, anyway, the German groundhog, (minced by the Soviet troops) saw the shadow of the Rusâ€" sian Bear this week. The fact that Premier Churchill and President Roosevelt were able to travel to Casablanca, Morâ€" occo, to confer with General De Gaulle and Genâ€" eral Giraud without the enemy or the world in general having any idea of their whereabouts is proof that secrets may be kept even in these days of war. Premier Churchill added to the interest of the incident by visiting Turkey on the return trip. It is fair to assume that from the visit to Morocco and to Turkey momentous issues may deâ€" velop in the near future. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER| Still stands the motto of the King: "Put into your task whatever it may be, all the urage and purpose of which you are capable sep vour hearts proud and vour resolve unshakâ€" ur lip help w i gocod attendance. Following roll call, | the minutes of the previous mgeting were read and adcpted. j The president, Mrsi. Punkari, then inâ€" troduced the main business of the evenâ€" ing. This had to do with preparations Nurses Alumnae Hold Monthly Meet at Residence, Friday Th regular monthly meeting of St. Mary‘s Hospital Nurses Alumnae Assoâ€" ciation was held Wednesday, January 27th, in the Nurses‘ Residence with a for M# Baket Mis*a Baker is H+ Mrs. Punkari then «#aed that Mrs. HBrady had some wocl left over from last year and the meeting was in favour of continuing the knitting Club on alâ€" ternate Tuesdays. The first knitting chib meéting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 9$th, in the Nurses‘ Residence. Miss Maher read a letter from one of the sailors to whom the Alumna»e had sent ditty bags at Christmas. Following this, Mrs. Punkari read a thankâ€"you letter from a member of the Alumnae to whom a Christmas box had been sent, were called to fill balance of the ye Miss Last, and M nominated with Mi The Nurses A will donate $10 to Pund. Miss Franks is to be guest speaker at the next monthly meeting. As there was no further business, the mseting then adjourned. Perth Courier:â€"Dispel not the delusions of children. lien Woo e dinnet Viceâ€"pre 14 Pine St. N VCAC Stop Rubbing YOUR EYES Eyées that itch and burn are shouting for help in the only language they know. Don‘t scold and dig at them You will only make them worseâ€" perhaps injure them seriously. Instead, come in ‘to us for an examination today. You MAY need glasses! A vmnag â€" ‘Association the c Aid to Russia Andsrson wett ast being Phone 835 n; tak= Inations on n the Arona. topics Mro hamrpyv for ho