Timmins Cases Make up Criminal Assize Docket Vol. XXIII. No. 22 Only three cases from prise the criminal docke assizes opening in C Frank â€" Bukovic:, local youth, is charged with manslaughter in the death of seventeenâ€"yearâ€"old Augustine Kader, who died of a bullet wound throuzh the heart here cn October 9th last, the rifle alleged to have been fired by Butkovic. According to the evidence at the preliminary hearing here George Hway had accompanied Kader to the outskirts of the town between Cherry and Hemlock streets for the purpose of cutting a pole. They heard a bullet whine past and ducked behind a rock. Rising to their feet again Hway heard a second report and Kader crumpled to the ground. He was «lead before meâ€" dical assistance arrived. Mr. Justice Grsen on Tuesd? it was announced toâ€"day by torney S. A. Caldbick. The civil cases to be tried is not the time for the issuance c these matters does not expi: days prior to the opening of Hearings to Open in Cochrane Before Mr. Justice Green on April 5.. Manslaughter, Armed Robbery and Rape Case Listed. Civil Actions May be Entered up to March 29. : Butkovic told the court that Kader and Hway had been firing at himself and his companion, Dan Piniuec, with sling shots. He claimed that he fired his rifle to scare them away and had no intention of shooting anyone. Charles Mullen, of Timmins, who was arrested here early this year by Proâ€" vincial Constable Marshall Hancock following an attempted holdâ€"up of Walâ€" ter Wilson, proprietor of Riverside Paâ€" vilian, is charged with assault with inâ€" tent to rob, possession of an offensive weapon and being disguised at night. The third case is a charge of rape against George Morrissette. This (Thursday) evening is set apart at the Canadian Legion as an "Irish Night‘ though all nationalities and peoâ€" ples will find it a very happy occasion. on account of it being "St. Patrick‘s Day in the evening." there is to be a mixed social event, with typically Irish features predominating. There will be TIrish favours, Irish novelties, Irish muâ€" sic, Irich jollity. Several local artists of ability have been asked to attend and favour the gathering with someâ€" thing especially of Irish flavour. The social is for all members of the Legion, and their wives, and for the members of the Ladies‘® Auxiliary and their husâ€" bands. The committee in charge have spared no pains to make the social this evening a happy and interesting affair, and so all should remember this Irish evening toâ€"night at the Legion hall. Dancing will be one of the pleasures of the evening. * Irish Night Toâ€"night at the Legion Club Rooms Timmins Planted 2,238 Trees in Town Last Year W. F. Lawry was the Timmiins deleâ€" gate at the recent annual convention of the Ontario Horticultural Society and his report on the meeting shows how wise was the choice of the Timâ€" mins Hortidultural Society. The reâ€" port of Mr. Lawry covers the two days of the convention in most comprehenâ€" sive way, bringing out facts of special interest to Timmins and the North, as well as all facts of general interest and Â¥value, The convention (the thirdâ€"second anâ€" nual event) was held in the ball room of the King Edward hotel, Toronto, on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 17th and 18th, with morning and afternoon sesâ€" sions each day and an evening session or . Thursday. Mr. Lawry in his reâ€" port gives a detailed review of the proâ€" gramme, noting each item, as well as the officers of the Ontario Association, and the directors representing each disâ€" trict. Mr. Lawry‘s report then conâ€" tinues ay follows: Lagest Association in Empire Your delegate attended all of the above programme. Only a very small portion of the great mass of valuable matter presented could be jotted down. Here are some of them. Timmins Delegate Gives Comprehensive and Most Interâ€" esting Report of Recent Convention of the Ontario Horâ€" ticultural Association. â€" Many Facts of Special Interest to Timmins and North. It was set forth address that this is t tion of its kind in t clation was increased $6.000 to $9.000 or 50° The Governmen clation was incrt The White Trillium, botanically known as the Trillium Grandifiorum, is now, by legislative enactment, the floral emblem of the Province of Ontario. It was strongly pointed out in several papers that the Trillium unlike such can not stand having its bloom picked. The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine. Established 1912. cket at the spring Cochrane before Tuesday, April 5, day by Crown Atâ€" . The number of i is not known as uance of writs in ot expire until six gTaALl in the President he largest Associa he British Pmpiri the cou vouth,. aoil ipire. o the Assoâ€" 1937 from Warning is Given To Doaoctors Special Features at the Legion Meeting on Monday There are several specially interesting features for the regular monthly meetâ€" inz of the Timmins branch of the Canadian Legion on Monday evening next. March 2ist. One feature that will be of unusual interest to all memâ€" bers will be the address by Mr. W. H. Pritchard. The title for the address by.. Mr. Pritchard. Interestâ€" ing Highlights of My Tour of the Britâ€" ish Isles." ‘ Arrested Here on Panhandling Count hysicians Who Fail to Anâ€" swer Court Summons May be Arrested Says Magisâ€" trate. Montreal Visitor Picked Up Last Nightâ€"No Serious Charges This Week. Last night Ernest Roget, 29, hailâ€" ing from Montreal, was picked up on Third avenue for alleged panhandling. One drunk was brought in and two traffi> infraction charges were laid. It must be admired in place and left flowers as the Nasturtium and Pansy alone. If picked it dies. ' ‘The cdst: of the convention to the association was $660. The secretary‘s report is hard to condense. I have a printed copy availâ€" able to members who care to read it. It is well worth reading. Treasurer‘s Report Mr. Occomore‘s report showed that the Association is still solvent. A small balance in bank at the end of the year and $2000 in bonds, only the interest of which is used. Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Miss Helen Kippax., Toronto, pointed out the desirability of making a small scale plan before planting a garden. Instead of going out and planting here and there in hit and miss fashion it is best to make a small scale plan of our ground locating the buildings to scale and then place our plants on the drawâ€" ing in some scheme of symmetry and colour harmony. In this way without entailing any more work, our planting will be much more effective. Miss Kipâ€" pax showed slides of about a dozen well laid out gardens. _ Mr. Hanniwell explained some the difficulties which his society in Niagara Falls are having in their work of public beautification. Horticulturally speaking Timmins is in the 12th District, which comprises the political districts of Cochrane, Nipissing, and Timiskaming. Mr.C. A. Byam, director of this district for 1937, was reâ€"elected for 1938. Mr. Clark‘s paper, like that of Mr. Carroll is hard to condense and I have a printed copy available to anyone carâ€" (Continued on Page Eight) Record Attendance at Mining Meet in Toronto All Parts of Canada Represented. Many Distinguished Guests. Facilities of Largest Hotel in Empire Taxed. Nearly 800 at Luncheon. Smoker in Charge of "Lap" Laprairie Big Suceess. | The 39th annual conventon of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Meâ€" tallurgy, held at Toronto at the Royal York hotel on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week,. drew the largest attendance in the history of the Institute, close to 1500 being regisâ€" tered. Timmins and the Porcupine was well represented at the convention, there being sixty or seventy from this camp, and members from this camp also being well and ably represented on the programme of papers on mining topics. By noon on the first day regisâ€" tration for the convention had passed the 1000 mark and a further 500 regisâ€" tered before the event was over. The facilities of the Royal York hotel, the largest hotel in the British Empire, were taxed by the immense crowd gaâ€" thered, but so efficiently had the orâ€" ganization of the event been handled that despite the crush everything went smoothly and happily. wW. R. Randolph, 163 Avenue Road, and George Kepka, 212 Elm Street North, had a miracuvlous escape from death or serious injury this morning when a steel girder, 50 feet long, crashed into the street from the upper storey of the Bucovet sky building, Third Avenue, which was recently destroyed by fire. Workmen at the time were preparing to take the girder down, which was the last piece of the superstructure remaining in position. The two men who were standing chatting at the time jumped clear but not before both were grazed slightly, The picture above shows the heavy beam after falling in the street, demolishing a wooden barricade and two electric light standards in its path. One of the men was still. crouched under the leaning barricade when workmen rushed to the scene and For the midday lunchecn on Monday there were nearly 800 present. The annual smoker on Monday night was one of the highlights of the conâ€" vention. It was under the gifted diâ€" rection of A. Laprairie, the famous "Lap" of Timmins Turkey Stag fame. assisted him to safety. The w‘-â€NO"I"’NN" «it «it P P PA DAAA C P C L «it PA O W PA MA TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAYâ€" MARCH 17TH. ceï¬ dn l es M wWHEN AUSTRIAN CABINET BOWED TO HITLER row points to the position where the Neediess to say, "Lap"‘ put on a shnow that the mining men will never forget. One of the high spots of this show was "The Graveyard Shift Frolics." There wore 1500 men at this remarkable enâ€" tertainment, and every one of them takes off his hat to "Lap‘ Laprairie as an impressario, stage manager, diâ€" recter and criginator. "Lap" also made a special hit with the special edition issued of "Der Norden Miner." This unique publicationâ€"no one but "Lap" could have thought it up and carried it through with such joyous resultsâ€"not only advertised the features of the conâ€" vention. but it contained so much inâ€" formation, entertainment and rightâ€" down gocd fun, that it became the most prized souvenir of the convention. Another big feature of the convenâ€" tion was the annual dinner on Wednesâ€" day night.. Among the distinguished guests at this event were:â€"Hon. Albert Matthews, Lisutenantâ€"Governor of Onâ€" tario: Hon. T. As Crerar, Minister of Min»s. Ottawa; Hon. M. F. Hepburn, premier of Ontario; Hon. Paul Ledus, Minister of Mines for Ontario; Hon Onesime Gagnon, Minisier of Mines for Quebe:; Hon. J. S. McDiarmid, Minister (Continued on P 'W‘.""""'W'O’OO «tm 4A P A LA L l Eight) two men were standing Rebuilding Plans Indefinite Mr. Sam Bucovetsky announced this morning in an interview with The Adâ€" vance that while he has considered some plans with regard to the rebuilding of his Timmins store destroyed here reâ€" cently by fire, he is unable at this time to make any statement of a definite naâ€" ture. The store site is being cleared of fire debris but no final decision has been reached in connection with the reâ€" establishment of the business here Mr. Bucovetsky intimated that an anâ€" nouncement of his plans be made at an early date. Announcement on Reâ€"Esâ€" tablishment of Bucovetâ€" sky Store to be Made Soon. Colder Weather in Sight Savs the Weather Man A drop in temperature that may deâ€" velop into moderately cold weather with the possibility of either drizzle, sleet or light snow, was the prediction of S. C. Wheeler at Hollinger Meteorological ofâ€" fice this morning in forcasting the weather for the weekâ€"end. A light snow that commenced at 545 last evening, continued until 245 a.m. toâ€"day when it turned into rain. Snowâ€" fail was oneâ€"quarter of an inch while ar t t P C C P C PPA iblished at Timmins, Ont., Canada Zvery MONDAY and THURSDAY The lowest temperature last night was. 32 degrees above zero. Maximum and minimum temperatures since Sunâ€" day are:â€"Monday, 22 above and 9 beâ€" low; Tuesday, 43 above and 4 ahove, Wednesday, 40 above and 15 above. the twoâ€"hour raln w of an inch. Two men, standing in front of the fcormer Busovetsky store on Third aveâ€" nue narrowly escaped death shortly afâ€" ter ten oclock this morning during wrecking operations when a fiftyâ€"foot beam atbout fourteen inches deep susâ€" pended between the side walls of the building, suddenly crashed into the street without warning. W. R. Randoliph, 163 Avenue road, and Gecrge Kepka, 212 Elm street north, were in the direct path of the fallinzg beam and only missed being crushed _by the proverbial hair‘s breadth. Randall‘s hat was knocked cif but he managed to jump to comâ€" Open Night at the Birch Street Public School Many Interesting and Clever Projects by Children Shown, Parents Consult with Teachers. Sketch of Mine with Lower Levels Work of Children Averaging About Seven Years Old. Other Special Features. The Birch Street Public School held "Open Night" last night from seven till nine o‘clock. Many parents took advantage of this opportunity to beâ€" come ‘better acquainted with the work of their children, and to reach an unâ€" derstanding with the teachers. Many eagerly explained to the teachers jJust why they th:ught their child might be having trouble at szhool and the teachâ€" er either agreed or gave the teacher‘s point of view. In this manner it is easier for the home and the school to coâ€"operate in helping the student to in his work at school. It seems that each student at t is "tickled pink" that there daoors on the classrcoms. L/ one little girl, preobably in fir eagerly pointed out the red her imother and remarked "D lock like the doors on my doll‘ Fach room proudly Jispla lock like the doors on my doll‘s house?" Fach room proudily GJisplayed the work of the in the class. The desks were tidy and clean, and on each ons was a scrapbook, or work book, examination sheets cr paintings or any kind of student‘s work. Particularly striking, and a matter that the school may well be proud of, was a sketch of a mine and the lower levels drawn students of the ist grade, who are . R. Randolph and George Kepka, Almost Crushed Unâ€" der Heavy Girder That Collapsed Into Street This Mornâ€" ing From Front of Former Bucovetsky Store on Third A venue. rashing Steel Girder Grazes T‘wo Spectators A d TCMR m.FECl PuUDC nble on about how nice and other speccial featur that tidy hea: 1 S his manner it is and the school to z the student to recorded ic School held , the verage about seven years old. This it from seven work was very well done, and would ‘ parents took| have flattered the efforts of a much rtunity to beâ€" with the work ) reach an unâ€" achers. Many > teachers just child might be and the teach â€" e the teacher‘s manner it is clder pupil. The teacher explained that the pupils were especially eager to make this an outstanding drawing because it is to be sent to a Southern Ontario School, which will in return send some project to the Birch Street School. This idea of exchanging work and ideas with southern schools is one that is well worth promoting, for by i the school to| keeping in contact with the people of the student to| Southern Ontario, school. ool is the newâ€" s in town, and pearance of a m makes it so e pupils at the e eager to say, Public School," how nice their ial features are. nt at the schocol there are red is Last night in first grade, e red doors to ced "Don‘t they omm omm use . smm n the students will learn a great deal of firstâ€"hand inforâ€" mation. The parents were greatly interested ‘in all the paintings, etchings, health mottoss, drawings, chalk drawings on the blackboards, maps, pictures of difâ€" ferent subjects, the Royal Family, and embroidery and knitting. Especially inâ€" teresting were the projects in each classroom. Fach student had chosen some worthâ€"while subject such as rubâ€" ber, cellophane, wheat, etc., to illustrate in his work, and each completed project showed that the maker had worked hard and faithfully to make it a sucâ€" CBSS. by [#3 a1 Protest Against Midway Shows Better Business Club Urge Council to Issue No Perâ€" mits for These Attractions Leo Lalonde, secretary of the Timâ€" mins Better Business Club forwarded a letter toâ€"day to the Town Council proâ€" testing against permission being grantâ€" ed for the appearance of midway shows here this year. The letter was drafted following a unanimous resolution passâ€" ed at a meeting of the executive of the club this week, when it was pointed out that last year more than $50,000 was taken out of town by one company leaving little or nothing in return. At the same time merchants report that collections of accounts show a marked decrease after every midway attraction, Mr. Lalonde declared. The Club is also planning to ge definite ruling on early closing stores and the question A.Y.P.A. Planning to Send Supplies to Pagway Soon At the regular meeting of the A.Y.P.A. on Wednesday night in the St. Matâ€" thew‘s parish hall, a new form of openâ€" ing service, which was forwarded by the General Board of Religious Education, was used. The convener for the eveâ€" ning was Reg. Fisher. The members cut out articles to paste in a scrap book which they are sending to the mission field at Pagwa. On Wednesday of next week, it will be sozial service evening at the A.Y.P.A. and members are bringing supplies such as books and 4 clothes which will be used for the box that is to be sent to parative safety in a slip second, though not before his shoulder was grazed. Kepka sprang clear but had one hand scraped by the descending beam. Both men were taken to the office of Dr. S. J. Jessel where their injuries were found to be of a minor nature. J. Jessel where their injuries were found to be of a minor nature. As the beam crashed into the street, workmen were also in danger of being hurt but managed to get clear. The heavy steel girder demolished a woodâ€" en barricade in front of the store and snapped off two steel light standards at their base as a crowd of spettators, attracted by the noise, rushed to the scene Salt and maps, and plastersim: work were also exhibited, as were bulâ€" Ictin boards of current events to kzep the students in touch with the happenâ€" ings in this world. Another brighenâ€" inz feature of the school was the flowerinz plants on the stairway landâ€" ing, and each parent left the school feeling that his child would be happy there, and would profit by his work arvi his surroundings. Single Copy Five Cents 2 Sections 16 Pages of