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In early days in England. Mother’s Day was kept in the middle of Lent, but in the 16th century it was gener- ally observed on a Sunday early in May. It was usually called “Mother- ing Sunday” then, because on that day sons and daughters living away from home went aâ€"mothering, that is, went trooping back to the parental roof. It was a‘day of feasting, as well as of the renewal of gracious memories and broken fellowships, as one old writer phrases it. In some old cook books there appears a recipe for a rich fruit cake called “Sim- mel,” especially prepared, the book ‘ fiays, for Christmas and for Mother- i g Sunday. So strongly established was “Mothering Sunday,” that at one (time, it is said, that in all agree- ‘ments 'between masters and servants the right was reserved for the servant to return home for the occasion. For some reason or another “Mothering Sunday” gradually fell into disuse, but its present revival shows that the reverence and love for Mother still lives in the hearts of humanity. Vol. X. No. 18 fifllflAV MM THE 10th 'Wlll BE “MUTHEB’S” HAY Red Flower to be Worn in Honour of Living Mothers, and White Flowers for Those Passed Away. Paid '. Contrary to the opinion of many Mother’s Day is not an event of re- cent establishment or a merely modern fad. It is rather a revival of a very old observance. Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, was chiefly responsible for the revival of Mother’s Day. In 1906, it occurred'to her that in commemorating her own moth- er’s home-going, it would be a beauâ€" tiful’ tribute to all motherhood, if upon a certain day all persons would wear a flower in honour of their mothers dear. The plan proved un- usually popular, and from year to year the observance of Mother’s Day becomes more general on this conti- nent. There will be another meeting of the Association on Thursday, evening, May 215t, in the New Empire Theatre basement, unless another meeting place is decided upon and announced in the meantime. U ’ Sunday, May 10th, is set aside to he observed as Mother’s Day. Those Whohave the privilege of having their mothers still on earth will wear a red flower, while white flowers will be Weim in memory of the mothers who have passed away. In all the churches there will be special notice given to the Mother’s Day. Last year the observance of Mother’s Day was very general in Timmins and district, ~remarkably so indeed. ‘ Secretary-Treasurerâ€"D. Kester. { Executiveâ€"T. P. King, H. Charleâ€" blqis, O. Seguin, J. Jeffries, V. Pelle- tier, M. Bowie, Mrs. T. Lawlor and Mrs. G. White. Mr. G. P. Bateman. Secretary of the Ontario Mining Association, is a visitor to the Camp this week. ‘Honorary Presidentâ€"Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King, Premier of Canada. Presidentâ€"Dr. J. A. McInnis, MD. Honory Vice-Presidentâ€"Dr. Mc- Dongall. ‘Wice Presidentâ€"D. Ostrosser. There were a number of rousing addresses, all being confident that the new riding could be won to the Liberal cause, if all worked earnestly and harmoniously. Some of the speakers doubted the probability of an early election, favouring the thought that the Federal Elections would not be held until next year. Recently there {vas a meeting at Cochrane of the Liberals of the new Dominion Riding of North Terniskam- ing, to organize for the coming Federal Election. Organization for the district was completed and it was decided to hold the convention to select a Liberal candidate on June 25th, at Cochrane. On Friday last the work of organ- izing the Town of Timmins for the Liberal Party was taken up. A meet- ing was called in the New Empire Theatre basement, Dr. McInnis pre- siding, and about 60 being present. The following were the officers elected for the Timmins Liberal As- sociation :â€" Officers Elected for Timmins Liberal Association for Dominion Riding. llBEflAlS flflflMlZE fflfl THE fHIEBM HEEIIHN all k '3‘ .Ax A fig K. 01" C DANCE. MAY 11TH IN KING’S HALL TIMIMINS All brothem are invited to attend the above dance, whether formal in- vitations have been received on not. Some brothers may have \been missed in the alist, 'but alfl will be very wel- come to the event. All come. -18 lMl’flflTMT MEETING llf . PflUlTflV ASSUBIMIHN An important meeting of the Porcupine Poultry and Pet Stock Association; is called for Monday even- ing, May 11th, at 8 pan. in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Timmins. The special business to the dealt writhin- eludes -â€"-To Amend the ”by-laws, changing the date of the annual meet- ing; election of odicers, and also, set date for annual Show: selection: of judges: annual report, etc. Over 200 men are still awaiting jobs for the summer at North Bay. Companies and Unions Reach Satisfac- tory 38818 After Consideration. Specially Good Attendance Requested tor Meeting on Monday Evening. of next year» IMPHHTANT MMIEHS AT flflfiflfl llf THMIE MflNllAV To be Held in the Council «Chamber Timmins. on Monday Evening, May 11th. AH interested should 'be sure to at- tend the meeting on Monday evening, May 11th, in the Council Chamber. After a thorough discussion of all the matters at issue, agreement was reached last week‘and an agreement has been duly signed 'by the mills and ‘by the local and international dele- gates as representing the men.‘ This agreement, which is understood to be much the same as last year’s agree- ment, will hold good until May 1st A meeting of the Tinnnins Board of Trade is called for Monday evening, May 11th, in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, and President F. M. Wal- lingi’ord specially requests a large at- tendance of all good citizens. A number ”of important questions will be before the Board, including the mer-pressing problem of roads. A clhief matter fen consideration will] be the plan suggested by Mr. C. E. Mac- Donald, musician, to encourge outside capital to invest in this Camp. PUlP'flNfl I’M’Efl Mlllfi MAKE 1925 ABBHMENT Last Friday. there were the usual yarns and ruinmirs about the possibil- ity of a strike at Iroquois Falls. Some of the ideal stories even went the length of saying that the AÂ¥hitibi Co. employees had all quit work on May 1st. Of course, these stories were not true, and, indeed, had a very meagre foundation indeed. It was true that representatives of the vari- ous unions .Were in consultation with a view to securing a satisfactory a- greement as to wages and conditions for the coming year. The agreement between the men and the companies terminated on May lst, :but there are always a few days of gnace in such a case and neither strike or lock~0ut was in any way imminent. Men and mills were discussing their spI'Ob- lems with the best of good feeling for each other and , the desire to play fairly by each other. On Wednesday morning at the Nickel Range Hotel, Sud‘bury, a conference started 'between the representatives of the pulp and paper companies and the represent~ atilves of the local and international unions. Mr. ‘R. A. MeI'nnis, general man- ager of the Abitibi Powen Paper Co., Iroquois Falls; C30]. Jones, of the Spanish River (Pulp Paper Co., operating m'illls at Sault Ste. Marie, Espanola and Sturgeon Falls; Mr. GiILkey, genenal manager of the Minnesota and Ontario Pullp 8: Paper Co., operating at International Falls, Fort Frances and Kenora; were among the executives present at the Conference. Local delegates and international delegates were present to represent the staffs of the various vmiills concerned in behalf of the Intennational Paperniakcrs’ Union, the International Association of Machinists, and the International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, International Canpenters and Inter- national Electricians. TIMMINS, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY, 6th, 1925. Wednesday Half-Holiday Starting Here This All Stores and Business Places to Close for Each Week. Some Closing at 12.30 and - One o’clock. As noted «literally scores of times in The Advance, this paper conducts its subscription department on the cash- in-advanee plan. Recently a large number of notices were sent out as a reminder of the fact that snbscnip- tions were expired or expiring. A 'large proportion of those receiving these notices paid up their subscrip- tions. The result is that The Advance keeps on advancing to these particu- lar people. There were a few folks, however, who made no response. The attention of these is again called to the fact that the only way The Ad- vance can know that a subscriber desires his .paper continued. is for that subscriber to pay up. If you do not wish to miss a copy of the only newspaper of this part of the North Land, just send in your subscription at once... Of course, we thank you! Starting to-day (Wednesday) the stores and business places in general in town will all close Wednesday afternoons. during the months of May, lune, July, August and September. Some of the stores are closing at 125.30. Others are not closing until 1 ngm. It is likely that an eIiort will 'be made to have all adopt the same time of closing so as to have uniform- ity in the matter. The stores now announcing 12.30 as the closing time say that this is necessary to get newlly closed by 1 o’clock. [By the time in use for traffic again. In the mean- time the «public travel must take the back road to and from South End. [t is hard on cars {for the present but the inconvenience will be more than offset by the advantage of the new main road when it is completed. say that this is necessary to get really closed by 1 o’clock. By the time customers in the store are waited upon and the necessary closing done, it is fulely one o’olock, they point out. Some, indeed, think that 12 noon would he the ‘best time for closing, as it would allow a fuller afternoon’s holiday. The ‘by-law governing the early cdosin-g names one o’clock as the time, but if there is a unanimous Mast week the main road between South Porcupine and l'l‘imzmins was closed to traffic, notices to this effect being placed along the roadway at strategic points. “'Detour to the Right,” and "Detour to the Left” were also signs 'placed at the neces- sany points. The idea of the dlosi-ng of the road is to allow contraction work to .proceed with the greatest despatc'h. Work is to 'be pushed a- long now with all .possibe speed and the roadway completed as soon as possible. It is expected that before the yean is out the roadway Will-1 be HOLLINGER RECREATION CLUB BASEBALL DANCE. HEED THE NOTICE AND SO KEEP THE PAPER COMING There will be a Baseball Dance held in the Hollinger Recreation Hall, on YVednesday evening, May 20th, the proceeds to go to the funds of the .R. C. Baseball team. Work Being Rushed Along on Con- ‘ struction of Highway Between Timmins and South Porcupine “A Timmins man who came up from North Bay on the Continental! on Monday evening, said that there were seven extra cars on the train for the accommodation of a Ilarge party of Germans who were being brought out to settle in the Canadian VV est in a separate section there, with the heme- diction of the Dominion Government in the matter. There is no proper comment that can be made in the columns of a family newspaper. '7 'In the P.D.F.L. last night the Town B. team won from the 'Hollin‘ger Recreation Club Football team with the score 2-1. The Recreation Club team had to play with only nine men on the dine-up. SEVEN CARS OP GERMAN S T0 SETTLE IN THE WEST TOW’N .B. TEAM WON FROM RECREATION CLUB 2 TO i MMN RUM] Tfl Sfllflfl [NI] Blflfiffl TflTflflHll‘. NBW agreement on- 12.30 or 13 o’clock; it will be an easy matter t6 have the ‘19- quired amendment made to the by- Jaw. . The Fire Brigade had a run to Moneta on Thursday evening last. The fire was in the building on the corner of Pine and First Avenue, owned by Mrs. Mary Peterson. This building was the scene some years ago of a serious . fire, but Thursday night’s event was only a chimney blaze. There was practically no damage done, which was fortunate, as there is no insurance on the building. The fire was caused by overheated stove- pipes, and these‘were starting parti- tions blaze-ward. However, a shot or two of the; chemical tanks in the skilled hands of the firemen soon knockethe fire danger galley west. Mr. 'Haly left this morning for his home in Cumberland, England. Mr. Haly has been well-known and highly regarded here. He was a member of the Timmins Football Team and also of the Holtlinger team. 'Baseball is to be featured also, negotiations now being under: way to have a big ibaseball battle between the old-time rivals, Iroquois Falfls and Timmins. ‘ ‘ Pine Programme to Include Football Baseball Track Events Sports Novelties. Etc - Timmins Football [Club has a well- deserved reputation fon putting on good Sports Days,.and this year they intend to maintain and increase their name in.this regard. Monday, May 25th, Victoria Day, is to be the Football Field Day here. and a programme of special attractiveness is to be prepared. . Football, of course, will have special attention. T‘here ane two special league features for the day Kirkland Lake playing 'here in the N..O.F.A. series and the Dome being here in a. EP.‘D.F.‘L. fixture. Iroquois Fahls ‘has also been asked to bring its Track Teams here, and with thbe Track Teams from Schu- maehen, t’he Hollin-ger Recreation Club, and others, there show’ld be live- 1y competition in this line. MRS. JOHN MACARTHUR, OF HAILEYBURY TO SPEAK H1 CHIMNEY FIRE LAST 'Tlhere wilsl 'be also other sports, races, at'hletics and novelties, and a general big day may {eon‘fidentfly be expected for Monday, May '2‘3th, at the Timmins Athfletic aGrounds. On Thursday evening next, May 14th, a meeting will ’be 'held in the Presbyterian church, at S pm. to mganize a W‘omen’s Missionary Soci- ety Auxiliary. Mrs. John MacArthur of Hai'leyb-ury will address the meet- ing on the work of the 'WJIS. N 0 FURTHER ARRESTS IN SMOOTH ROCK MURDER CASE No new developments are reported in the Smooth Rock murder case. the Provincial Police have combed the entire district for one man who is thought to know something about the case, lbut this man can not be lo- cated. Inspector Green of the Ontario Detective Force was in the North re- cently on the Smooth Rock Falls and Timmins murder cases. MAY 25th HI BE A Bll} [W M TIMMINE ”THIS YEAR THURSDAY EVENIN G. Afternoon Others at Week RECREATION CLUB FOOTBALL TEAM SMOKER THURSDAY. Meeting Next Week to be Addressed by Mr. H. J. Moore, of Toronto. HflflTlElllIUflAl SHEIHV : 10 BE flflBflNlZEfl HERE .:"“For some time past Mr. H. Hatton, and other interested have been plan- ning to have a Horticultural Society established here. With so many in- terested here such a society would ap- parently fill a long-felt need. A meeting is to be held next week to or- ganize‘ the , Timmins Horticultural Society. At this meeting Mr. H. J. Moore, of Toronto, lecturer from the Ontario Horticultural Association, will give an illustrated address that will be of the deepest interest and helpfulness. The date and place of this meeting will be announced later. The regular meeting of the Cale- donian Society on Friday evening of this week in the Hollinger Recreation Hall will take the form of another Masquerade Dance. The last Mas- querade was a very enjoyable event and Friday’s feature is expected to be even more pleasant. A nominal fee of half a dollar will be taken from each and all at the door. There will be prizes for costumes, etc. ;The true story of Russia and the Revollution there ‘Wllll he told here by one who knows from hitter experience. Baroness de Hueek, a gifted Russian noblewoman, now making 'her home in Toronto, will speak ‘here on Friday and Sunday evenings. Baroness de Hueck, who was an eye-Witness to the great Russian tragedy, a War nurse and interpreter to the British forces, and Whose emperiences in her native land are both thrilling and tragic, Will give her «now famous lecture, ‘ ‘ Person- a'l Experiences in Russia.” «She will speak in French in the St. Anthony’s Parish H8111, Timmins, on Friday even- ing May 8th, at 8 pm. This will :be one of the most interesting and in- structive entertainments every given ihere. MASQUERADB DANCE AT CALEDONIANS ON FRIDAY. A large crowd enjoyed the dance on Monday evening in King’s 113111, the music being furnished by the McQuinn sisters. The Football matches scheduled fen Saturday last in the P.D.F.L.,:-- Dome vs. Hollinger, and Schumacher vs. Lan'c'as’l'riresâ€"Were postponed on account of weather conditions. ’On Sunday evening, May 1'0t-h, af- ter the church services, the Baroness ‘de Hueek will speak in English in the Goldfields Theatre, again outlining her experiences in her native Russia, its conditions and its possible future. FOOTBALL POSTPONED ' FOR SATURDAY’S WEATHER RUSSIAN BAHEINEEB Ell EElE Elf HEEE EXPERIENCES Famous Russian N oblewoman To Lec- ture in Timmins on Friday and Sunday Evenings. The Baroness de Hueek, who ‘has beauty, eharm and character, was once one of the intimates of the Russian Royal Family. In the Red Revolution she ilost twenty members of her family through the deaths following the ‘ ‘iblacyk «lists’ ’ of those desperate days. She and 'her husband were in daily fear for their lives, rbut were eventu- ally able to escape from the country. Baroness de H’uek has a thrilling story to tell and can tell it in very effective way. Sudlbury, North :‘Bay,’ Toronto and other newspapers speak in super« slatives of the addressess by the Baroness. No one who wishes to know the truth, interesting and grip- ping, in regard to Russia, should! miss the addressess hy Baroness de Hueck. Friday awning in the Parish Hall, address in French: Sunday evening, in the Goldfields Theatre, address in English. Rev. Fr. Tiheriault has arranged for Baroness de Hueck to visit- T'im-mins, so that all here may have the oppor- tunity to hear this gifted lecturer and learn the truth about Russia. past and present. March Orderly and Quiet. Picketing Carried on to Some Extent. The third May Day Parade fer Timmins took place last Friday with about 575 men, women and children in the line of March. One man who carefully counted all ou'the parade gave the actual number as 5723, in- cluding the women and children. An- other said the count was exactly 575, AlflllT 515 IN MAY DAV ‘74 PARADE HERE [IN HAIIAV other said the count was exactly on), and a third counter‘plaoed the total at 577. So it may he taken for granted that the number was definite- ly around 575. The proportion of women and children this year was larger than in either of the previous two years, women and youngsters probably totalling around a hundred or a hundred andtwenty-five. Many of the youngsters \vere too small to march, and the mothers carried them on the trip. 'A picket was set out for the 3.00 a.m. shift to dissuade men from going to work. In a few cases men were turned back, but the great majority passed the pickets. In the afternoon the picket was on duty from Moneta right across to the Rochester track crossing. Some of the men objected to being stopped and the police were sent for. Chief Greer and his staff, assisted by Provincial Officers Finger and Kenny visited the line of pickets. and sent them all about their affairs. The police handled the matter with good judgment and efficiency and were complimented on may sides for the general good handling of the day and its difficulties. There had been re- ports of talk of damage to be done at the mine and elsewhere, but none-- of this sort of: trouble developed, the- orderly conduct of events in general reflecting credit not only on the- paraders but also on the capable way in which the police looked after the situation throughout. The result of the meeting of the Vipond directors, as given over the Moyse3 (30., wire may be summarized as follows :--â€" At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Vipond Consolidated Mines, Limited, held on Tuesday morning, it was decided to proceed immediately with the deepening of the shaft 3 further 200 feet below the 1000 ft. level. The question of the renovation of the mill is under con- sideration. ‘ There is interesting news this week regarding the Vipond. The directors met at Toronto yesterday and news of the result of this meeting came over the Arthur E. Moysey 00., private Wire, and was read with much interest here. Mr. J. K. Kennedy left on Sunday for a business trip to Toronto. The parade started from the Miners’ Union Hall, and made quite an imposing appearance, being stretched out along the road in im-- pressive way. The Porcupine Miners’ Union including many foreigners, was followed by the Ukranians, Finland- ers and other definite foreign labour society men and women, and the I. \V. W. followed these in the parade. There were the usual banners carried, referring to capitalism and so on, with a couple of special banners about The Porcupine Advance. The march was creditable in its orderli- ness and in the way the marchers went the full route, despite the disa- greeable weather. Just about the time the parade started a snow-storm came along, together with a bitter wind. On the return march there were many of the youngsters crying with the cold and discomfort. The parade went to Schumacher for speech-making there later returning to Timmins to quietly disperse. Question of Renovation of the Mill Under Consideration. There were, however, one or two in- tersting incidents. One of the work- men at the mine was set upon by a. couple of the May Day men, following- some heated discussion, and the- worker was beaten up. There was an-. other incident, on the other foot, as it were. Two of the pickets stopped a worker on the way to the mine, halt- ing him near the station. He reâ€" sented their interference and struck out at one of them, knocking him several feet and putting him down and out. The other picket beat a hasty retreat. The snow was reddened all around by the blood shed. . 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