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GIVEN TWO YEARS FOR SERIOUS QFFENGt Jos. Demarkis Sentenced Last Week. Other Police Court Cases. mfi 4n dn C uh en > f The police court is one of the busiâ€" est places in town these daysâ€"and one of the most interesting from a human nature viewpoint. Last week. for instance, there were a couple of| iluminating illustrations of human nature, good and bad.. The one was chat a man who had used «a woman for immoral purposesâ€" informed _ a wainst ther when he could no longer profit through her. _ The other was that of a woman sentenced to the Reformatory asking to be allowed to give some cigarettes to some other prisoners whose evidence had helped to convict her. ‘*They didn‘t want to harm me,‘‘ she said, ‘‘and they just told the truth, and I‘m sorry beâ€" cause they‘re now in «trouble over. other things."‘ _ ~Jos. Demarkis, charged with living on the avails of prostitution, was conâ€" vieted out of his own mouth and from letters and other evidence produced in court. He was sentenced to two years, less one day. y Provincial Officer Ackroyd picked up N. Sheay at the Junction. Sheay, who is a Frenchâ€"Canadian, was fightâ€" ing here instead of overseas. Also he had a bottle on him. He h@d not enough money on him to pay the fine, so went down for three months. N. Gutai and A. Mackie, charged by the Provincial, with hbeing drunk, failed to appear. Their bail was estre: ated mul warrants issued for their arrests. . Gregorvitch and M. Matrisky for bvnw dwn(lvr]\ and over a lady, were fined $10 and costs each. The highâ€"grading cases were remanâ€" ded for another week. Constable Melnnis _ charged Todor Moveoif, Bulgarian, with having both booze and dynamite illegally. Todor thought the police must have put both where they were found. The Magisâ€" llm!(' thousght otherwise, and so Todor went down for three monthsy lacking the $£200 fine and costs. C ‘onstable Meâ€" Innis Jalso had Steve Siglar fined $10 and FTosts for being drunt: Steve hail been st a wedding, but he could net havce been the hest man thrre, for h;ul' been zst a w not have been the many of the sther much better. Moses Toafey faced five charges of breach of the O.T.A.,â€"four of se‘ling andâ€" one â€"of 'illeg'all\' keeping liquor Tor sale. He was given a remand on all counts for a \wek Tony Salvaâ€" dore was charged with two different offences of selling liquor and one of keeping it for sale. He did not apâ€" pear and two warrants for is arrest were issued. _ Antonto Ditlizey was charged by Constable Greeri with illeâ€" having Hquor. ~He and his partâ€" ner, Poequala Selacei, upwi a cutter and broke their bottle in the smash mner,: 1 OCCOLLd®NLE: " yik LGLALLy, i4 [.B0R M K1 0e broke their bottle in the smash. Amtonio was fined $200 and eosts, and the partner $25 and costs for being drunk, while they must also pay for the damage to the rig. Natt Rooney was fined $25 and $10 costs for being drunk. A couple of weeks ago he said lus name was ‘«Nutty." _ Now, he‘ll think that should be his name if he goos. on 1 such expensive drunks again. MR. DAVE McDOUGALL COUNTY MASTER OF L.O.L. At the mecting of the County L.O.1L. held at Hailbybury on Tuesday ‘Bro. Dave MeDougall was eleg: ced ‘and inâ€" stalled as Country Master For the onâ€" suing term. â€"_ Three were nominated for the honor, melmlmw the retiring County â€" Master, 8. G. â€" Met ‘mbrey. The other two were bu) J. M. Coghill, of Elk Lake. and Bro. MeDougall of the Steam Plant, A. P. P. Co., Iroâ€" quois Falls, _ Te contest seemed to centre between the North and the South of the County and Mr. Meâ€" Coubrey retired in favor of Mr. Meâ€" '])nn"‘.lll so as not ‘to split the vote. Mr. \lvl)uu«*all was then elected and installed. J. M. Coghill, of Elk Lake,â€" elected Deputy County Master for the year. In the Estate of Eli Soini late of the Town of South Porcupine, District of Temiskaming, Carpenter, deceasâ€" Take Notice that all persons having claims against the estate of the above decegsed are fo file the same «duly verified by affidavit with the underâ€" signed on or before the 15th day of March, A.D.. 1918. § NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Solicitors for Fanny Soin: dministratrix of said estate 3 CAl THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE 1e :1 L‘i T 1( JAGK GARFY WAITES OM "OVER THERE Mr. and Mrs. L. Newton. Dear Friends:â€"Just a ~few lines hoping to find you all O.K., as this leaves me fairly well at present. 1 received the Christmas stocking and thank you very much for the same. I thought everybody in Timmins had forgotten us, as we seldom get a word from there now, so your letter and parecel came as a very pleasant surâ€" prise. Well, Len, the bunch is getâ€" ting smaller all the time. The last one to leave us was Bent Halerow. He has gone to England on a stafi job and will likely be there for some ltime. [ met Billy White a few days ago. We were on the march, and passing through French village I saw him but I had only time to say ‘@How do!‘‘ That is the first time 1 have seen him since he left us about twenty months ago. He was invalidâ€" ed to England, but came out again. Well, we are back againâ€" among the Canadian troops now, so we will be able to meet some of our old pals 1 hope, but the weather is so eold that all a fellow thinks about in his spare time is to find a warm spot and stay there. Denny Reid is still there, also Tom Uuntley and Jack Morrow, and Smoke. Scotty Gardener is in Engâ€" tand, also Chris. Rutherford. 1 met Andy Dooley sometime ago and he was doing well. Jack Nicholson callâ€" ed to see us one day. He said that Bill Ogilvy was with him in the samé Battalion. I heard about Jack Hall being back in Poreupine. It is about eighteen months since L saw him. 1 think this is all just now. Yours sincerely, Tews of Porcupine Men Now Overâ€" seas. Acmm‘m wa, althou turn: yet, warrant ‘th the soldier ti0ons ailso servative over both servative party will have a majorty both former Libarals and present Such a.ostanding, of comrse, would upset the theory thalt the Union Government is gt the merey of esrtain Liberals whose former afâ€" filiations might prompt them at any time to ‘‘spill the beans."‘, As Hon, Mr. Guthrie suggested herg, no one ecan ‘¢put anything over‘" on anybody ; the people have given aywar mandate to a war government to ‘‘earry and the soldiersâ€"who are the men most concernedâ€"have mads it almost There was a report last week that an calion agitator had addressed . a meeting attended largely by Austriâ€" ans, Russians and Bulgarians, and in the course of the evening ‘tThe alien had made oceasion to preach a species of aparchism, pacifism and general disâ€" loyal deviltry. It was also said that the speaker was a German and that the whole proceedings were distinetly in bad taste, to put it mildly enough to siit some people. _ On hearing these reports the police commenced anvesâ€" tigation, but if it was a German agiâ€". tator that spoke and if his hearers unâ€" fderstood as lfitle of what he said as they now pretend,â€"well no harm could ‘have been done. However, it is well for all the aliea enemies,â€"Bulâ€" gaman, Austrian or whatnot,â€"to unâ€" derstand that even their presence at such m meeting puts them open to severe penslties. . It might also be well for other aliens to remémber that ‘\LIEN’ AGITATOR SAID TO HAVE SPOKEN HERHE. 2LDIERS‘ VOTE 90 PER CBNT. roR UNION GOVERNMENT. if a sense of deceney and gratitude to tiis country will not induce them o frown upon anything even approachâ€" ing treason or sedition, the law sooner or later find an unpleasant way of impressing thein, m A YOUNGSTER WHO HAS sOMETHING TO BOAST OF. A son was born to Mr. G. W. Stewâ€" art, Jr., of this Town last week, whose parents, grandparents, grent grandâ€" parents and greatâ€"greatâ€"grandparents are still living. â€" His greatâ€"greatâ€"grand father is 103 years of age and resides in Ottawa at the present time. (From The Broke Hustler) France, Jan. 5th, 1918. Jack Carey. 6 000009000080000000000000000008000066 0990900880000000666e SUBSCRIBE â€" NOW Complete New Fall Stock of Gents‘ Furnishings Boots, Shoes, Etc. SAMUEL BUCOVETSKY All goods of the best makes and bought right, so there are big values here for you in these lines. Come in and see our specials I'“ Look for the trade mark dog on it." .000 Pine Street, Timmins