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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18th, 1917. To insure insertion, copies of ad vertisements should be in the hands of the printer by Tuesday noon of each week. Condensed and Found, Kent, etc., 0n per insertion The persistent discussion of the probability of a strike has been bharmâ€" ful to the general welfare, while the eontinuing erop of unfounded rumors und reports has been detrimental to the general business confidence and stability of the community. _ And neither the uniformed discussion nor the unfounded rumors andâ€" reports tave made it easier for the mine ewners and the mine workers to setâ€" t‘e their difficulties, if there are any to settle. The discussion, so far as the general public is concerned, has been targely idle and harmful. The truth is that any possible diâ€" ficulty between the mine workers and the mine owners is now all a matter of conjecture. _ Undoubtedly â€" both sides have their special problems. No doubt the high cost of presses Professional and Business Cards.â€" 25 cents per insertion or #12 per year. Advertisements _ inserted â€" without written instructions will appear until written orders for their discontinuâ€" ance shall have been received. type, exceepi done at the when notice charge. Reading of â€" entert charge is t in 1lne ular ra type o1 :0 ©#090404 0004480900044 MQW“MO"O@OWW Published every Wednesday by Canada â€" United States dJ THE LABOR SITUATION IN THE PORCUPINE. and are ofering SPECIAL SARGAINS in these lines. Big barâ€" sains here this week. Come and see for yourself. by the nt â€" mon Bucovetsky Bros. WE ARE GOING OUT OCF all bought before the recent big advances, and sold at the old prices. You get the beneft. Come and see the big stocks, Geo. Lake, Publisher upon the wage earners. _ of labor, the ineflicieney \the labor available, and lly increased cost of mate ring operations have (to the mines.. But up to oreup cent are showing now a full and complete line of the famous nave Deen received. 4d Advertisements.â€" Lost ) Wanted, .For Sale,.. To one inch or less, 25 cents Notices.â€"Reading nent 1 for any of * ® es‘ and ot! s per line for black fa where the job work Advance Printing Ofi will be inserted free . )t )6 nelll Advar Window Blinds and Curtains Residence 11 $2.00 a year $3.00 a year Rates l1 be inserte ce at the reg line for new Slater Boots and Shoes uUp side rdle tall not tho 106 there is no sound basis yet Tor Ine drawing of any conclusions. _ There is this one faet, however, that should discount much of the wild talk inâ€" in by some outsiders,â€"that neither of the parties concerned have given any grounds for believing that they desire anything but a fair deal and a reasonable adjustment of any difficulties that may exist. In the absence of actual facets and certainties, the folly of much of the discussion should be evident. As a elaring example, . the ease of The Northern Miner and The Industrial Banner may be cited. The Northern Miner recently attempted to write on the probabilities of labor troubles in the Poreupine. â€" Perhaps, if our Coâ€" balt contemporary had waited for an actual basis of facts, it imight have written differently, but as it was i referred to many of the mmers as ‘aliens""* and suggested that more of them belonged to a sort of a band of called the Western Fedâ€" ecration of Miners. In gentle reâ€" sponse, The Industrial Banner brands the editor of The Northern Miner as a ‘‘little fellow," a ‘*big diar‘‘ and a miscereant who onee worked for The Toronto World for a **weekly stiâ€" pend."" This sort of discussion may not actually injure the parties conâ€" cernedl, but it is not very profitahle to the general public. On the one hand it needs a robust imagination to class Len Newton as an alien in this North Land, especially if he had his tfeam of huskies with him, or to picture \Wm. DeFeu as a fullâ€"blooded ‘thug‘‘ solemnly murdering A. R. Gilobe or Barney MceEnaney just to make a joyous striker‘s holiday. On the other hand it is hard to believe that it will do real injury to the edâ€" itor of The Northern Miner to ecall hima "Bitle fellow""or a. ‘‘lHar,‘‘ or to aceuse him of working for a The majority of the men have disâ€" playved a fair and intelligent disposâ€" ition, and there is nothing in the atâ€" titude of the mine cowners generally to justify the rumors and reports that are continually unsettling busiâ€" ily use there 1s dra wing ness fnere. The one point that appeals to the general public as the possible source of diifculty between the mines and the workers is the matter of a genâ€" eral increase in wages. This matter ** weeKxIy â€" SLIpCIIQ. DA might have been better worked. for **wages,.;‘. hi tually got pad anyway Union should not object. being "‘little"‘ that shoul vantage in the North 1 being ‘‘little"‘ that should be an adâ€" vantage in the North Land where there are so many hbig men. Big men usually have a very goodâ€"natured reâ€" gard for the little fellows. As for the editor being a ‘"‘liar,‘‘ how else could che live in the North Land, or anywhere else on the continent for that matter? But after all, what adâ€" vaontage oceured from the discussion in these two newspapers 2 Was any public good accomplished 2 Is not the tendency of such discussions ratlhâ€" er to make difficulty and illâ€"will where none before existed ? The Advance trusts there will be no dilticulty between the mines and the workers. ‘And Thes Advance sees no there should be any trouble, if the reasonable spirit disâ€" until the n with any re make. there what ma ing this ted, and ordt ncrease in wages. 1nlIs mnattel together in abeyance at the presâ€" time. Atoa recent conference in lt a new wage schedule was dratfâ€" lu'nl)nS( d the mine worke Land have recently the adoption or r oposed new sched ilt of this voting is men approach the imines equests they may decide to ‘e is certainly no sensible chich to make forecasts of happen. The most of the > present time is necessarâ€" s and â€" unsettling because o sound basis vet for the The Advance â€"sees no ere should hbe _ any reasonable spirit disâ€" 3y 1 of working f: _ sgOf.., conurse etter. if ‘he schedule. Until ine is known. and but ers in the y been votâ€" rejection of e@v en bpecause for the There should l1 n â€" the to his had iL( to On ‘‘Talking and Travelling,"‘ are two things â€" specially â€" discouraged _ and frowned upon and more or less interâ€" fered with on the Continent of Eurâ€" ope now. â€" When **‘Travelling"" was interfered with here to a limited exâ€" tent, by the curtailing of the traim service, what a howl went up ! What would happen if ‘‘Talking"‘ were reâ€" strained in any way 2 There would be danger of internal explosions in !this ecountry, surely. played by both sides is continued. and no illâ€"will is bred by outside medâ€" dlers. Basis of Plot of an Unusual Motion Picture at New Empire Theatre. Tlre hereditary fear of a Cat‘s Eye forms the basic influence that causes the number of complications to arise in Augustus Thomas‘ famous play, ‘‘‘The Witching Hour,‘‘ a sereen verâ€" sion of which, produced by the Froâ€" hman Amusement Corporation, under the direction of Geo. Irving, will be shown at the New Empire Theatre on Friday and Saturday, April 20th and This unusual and allâ€"absorbhing subâ€" ject receives wonderful treatment at the hands of a most unusual east of sereen and stage favorites, headed by C. Aubrey Smith, Jack Sherrill and Marie Shotwell. The production is unusual in aits dramatic treatment and decidedly elâ€" aborate in its setting. The main theme earried throughout the proâ€" duction might briefly be summed up in a very few words: ‘‘As we think evil, so will evil oceur.‘‘ The cast employed in tlhus productâ€" ion is a large one, and the interior properties and farnishings are valued in exeess of $50,000. _ Among original paintings of world wide famous arâ€" tists, there is one Carot alone_valued at $5,000.00 and they all play ther part in the unfolding of the story. NINE MORE REGRUITS FOR FORESTRY DRAF Recruiting Still Continues With Good Results for Porcupine Platoon. The work of receruiting for the Porâ€" cupine Platoon of the Fourth Foresâ€" try Draft continues with pleasing reâ€" sults. Since the last issue of The Advance nine more recruits have been signed up and passed by the medical examiner, while three others just as anx1ous tu go with this unit had to be rejected for physical imperfectâ€" ions. â€" The new recruits since our last igsue are:â€"â€"berney Lavl Melkenson, Mat. Morin, ier,. Charles Laughton, Leo Fauteaux, Frances $. Frank Smith. The New Empire Theatre has been endeavouring to book this release but, owing to the wide demand for the production _ throughout the United States, the producers have only of late hbeen able to fill the boockings for that playhouse for Friday and Satâ€" urday BRITISH AND FRENGH GONTINUE APVANGE Canadians Taking Important Part. Looks Like ‘‘the Big Drive.‘‘ overseas shows tThat the Prench are making important drives on both sides of Rheims. Unless the Germans can find some way to stop the presâ€" sure, a general retreat will bhe forced to new German lines. The British have captured Villeret, Gricourt and les Trois Sauvoges, all strategically inportant. Among the material takâ€" en at Lievin is a bisg naval gun and many thousand rounds of ammunitâ€" ion. ‘The new British ‘"‘"liquid fire"‘ shell did terrible execution. In a counter attack north of St. Quentin the Germans left 1500 dead and 300 prisoners when they retreated. The British have surrounded the city of Lens on three sides, and its eapture is expected daily. The Canadians are making a glorious name for themselâ€" ves in the advance. At VYVimy Ridge there were many soldiers, â€" clhuiefly from Nova Seotia, who were three days without water and five days on short rations, but they told a press correspondent, **We enjoyed. every minute of the fight.""‘ The new recruits since our last re:â€"Bernevy Lavigne, Robt. A. ) . d. Laveque, Clhetee and Teacher of Singing and Piano. Concert engagements aceepted. Bound.in Cloth, 2063 â€" Adelaide St. P.O. Box 53, TIMMINS, Ont. Laura K. Sauvey BOX 151, SCHUMACHER A New Edition of the Physician and Surgeon Plhone 55 Painter and Decorator Estimates Furnighed on Contracts send your order now. is now nearly ready TIMMINS, ONT. Cloth. 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