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s District Baseball Finals at New Liskeard Next Week MciIntyre Team to Play Silver Centre at New Liskeard Beach on Wednesday, Sept. 7th, and on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 8th and 9th, if Necessary, to Settle Chamâ€" pionship and Possession of R. A. Mcinnis Cup. _The remaining games in the final for the championship of the Temiska ming Baseball League and for the R A. Melniaiis trophy will be played at New Liskeard Beach on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week, Sept. 7th, 8th, and 9th. The finals are decided by home and home games. Two of the games were played at Timmins last week, on Wednesday and Thursday, between the Mcelntyre team winners of the northern group, and Silver Centre, the winners of the southern and central groups. Mcelnâ€" tve won both games and apparently had the edge all the way along on the Silver Centre team. If Melntyre can win the game next Wednesday the series will be autmnfiica.lly concluded with Melntyre as the winner of the league championship and the holders of®*the R. A. Melnnis trophy, embleâ€" matic of the baseball championship of the North Land. Indeed, if the Mcâ€" Intyre wins any one of the three gcames scheduled for next week, the championship necessarily goes to the TIMMINS ENTRY TN SW HAD T0 DROP SUT AT 18. Thomas Clinton, 17â€"YÂ¥earâ€"Old Lad, Stayed in the Cold Water Over Four Hours. Event Won By German Entry There was great interest here in the Wrigley Marathon Swim held yesterâ€" day in connéction with the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto.. The bulletins received at, the Moysey (Hibson brokerage offices were very eagerly watched by big crowds. The Timmins entry, Thomas Clinâ€" ton, the 17â€"yearâ€"old nephew of Mr. F.~ Lacroix, ‘of the Windsor Hotel, made a 0'00d showing, but ‘had to bo taken out of the water at 1 p.m., owing to the cold. He and Mr. Lfl(‘l()l\ will be home this week again. The lad showed himself a swimmer of reâ€" markable skill and endurance, and will undoubtedly be heard from again with better luck. That happened second Wrigley the Exhibitior swimmers took "anadian took the lead from the rack of the pistol,â€"set a stiff course intil he reached the third leg of the evenâ€"mile triangle which marked the coute, and then weakened suddenly. Phe race, so far as Young was conâ€" ‘erned, was losf in less than a imile, ‘or in that distance Vierkoetter dosed up a quarterâ€"mile lead, passed Vierkoetter‘s win nets him. $30,000 of the prize money, and the Frenchâ€" man by taking second place will bank $7,500. Apart from that, it looks as though the balanee of the $50,000 prize purse would be saved to the donors, as when Michel erossed the line at 12:45 there was only one swimmer left in the water. That was William Erickson, who enjoys the reâ€" nutation of being the world‘s longâ€" time ‘"‘floater." Several weeks ago Erickson broke Several weeks ago Erickson broke his previous "‘floating‘‘ record and «lmost drove the citizens of the Lake GGeorge distriet to distraction by reâ€" Paid Circulation Last Week in the finals| Schumacher team. On the other hand, the Temiskaâ€"| Silver Centre has to winâ€" all three of d for the R.| the remaining games to win the chamâ€" be played at pionship and the cup. This means Wednesday, | that they have a decided handicap for ‘ next the remaning part of the schedule and The finals| one that they are not likely to be able home games. | to overcome. At the present time it e played at| looks very much as if the Melntyre »dnesday and; team would bring the championship cIntyre team | and the cup back to the Poreupine group, and camp for this year. Just one little ners of the came will do this, and the general ups. MeceJnâ€"| run of baseball fans who have seen 1 apparently | the two teams in action are quite satâ€" along on the | isfied that the Melntyre will turn out MelIntyre can | as the winner of the series. ‘The Mcâ€" dnesday the| Intyre team is a strong, well balanced ly concluded | and able acgregation of ball players inner of the| and their success this year has been L the holders| won on merit. â€" That they will conâ€" ophy, embleâ€"| tinue this success to the final viectory mpionship of | seems to be as sure as everything in 1, if the Mecâ€"| this world. However, in saymg'.thls t the: Hlivee | tlwre is no reflection on the Silver ‘! Centre boys who have shown themâ€" xt week, the| selves good ball players and good goes to the| sports all through the season. MISS MEGAN LLOYD GEORGE IROQUONS FALLS LABOUR dAy NEXT On Good programme Prepared and Atâ€" tractive List of Events. Schuâ€" macher Pipe Band to be Present. [roquois Falls has about perfected arrangements for the Labour Day event there on Monday, Sept. 5th. There is an attractive list of sports, athleties, etce., a tugâ€"ofâ€"war being specially featured, the Iroquois Falls team offering to pull any team from the Poreupine, or a combination of the several tugâ€"ofâ€"war teams. Several special features, with good prizes, such as the ‘‘mystery man,"‘‘ ‘‘the lucky ticket,""‘ ‘‘the twentyâ€"third man to shake hands with the official handâ€" shaker, etce,""‘ add to the interest. The Schumacher Pipe Band will be in attendance for the day, as will also the Iroquois Falls band. It was exâ€" pected that the Timmins Citizens‘ Band would also be engaged for the day, but a phone message this week from Mr. John Vanier said that the engagement had been decided against by the committee on account of the expense that would be incurred. A special musical feature of Laâ€" bour Day at Iroquois Falls will be the fiddlers and dancers contest. One fiddler to one daneer. _ First prize $50.00; second prize, $30.00;â€" third prize, $20.00. This should be of parâ€" ticular interest and it is is expected to rouse very keen competition in fiddling and dancing. For the field and track events there will be $250.00 in prizes. Softball, baseball and other games will also be featured. BIG CROWD HAVE HAPPY TIME AT FINNISH PICNIC night and part of the following day.| time, and 1 Just what he plans to do to Lake | most of the Ontario could not be determined at ing the spit the time of going to press, as he had receive a 1 just nicely started his third sevenâ€"| It is exp mile lap. sade will The big Finnish picnic on Sunday at the Finnishâ€"Ukrainian _ prenic grounds at the Mattagami river atâ€" tracted a big crowd, and the event was successful and pleasant. There were keen contests in the athletic events, contesting teams being present from Kirkland Lake, Sudbury and other centres. alls has about perfected TAKE HIGH STANDING AI LARTES® GOLF TOURNAMENT TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPT. iIst, 1927 Williams and Mrs. J. R. Todd. Other clubs represented were the two Sudâ€" bury clubs, the Iroquois Falls club, and the North Bay club. The ladies from Timmins made a very good showâ€" ing being runnersâ€"up in three of the contests. The John Ferguson trophy, embleâ€" matic of the Northern Ontario Ladies‘ golf championship, was won by Miss Beth Gordon, of North Bay, when she led eighteen contestants with a low seore of 96 for 18â€"hole play. _ Mrs. Porter, of Timmins, was the runnerâ€" up for the Northtrn championship. Mrs. Stanley Beath, of Sudbury, won the driving competition, Mrs. B. F. Knott, of North Bay being second. Mrs. Macdonald, of Harleybury, was the winner of the approaching and putting competition, Mrs. C. G. Wilâ€" liams, of Timmins, being second. The team prize was won by the team representing the North Bay club, being composed of Mrs. D. A. Campâ€" bell, Mrs. B. ®. Knott, Mrs. E. . B. McGillvray and Miss Beth (Gordon. The team representing Timminsâ€" Mrs Porter, Miss Jamieson, Mrs. Williams and Mrs., Todd,â€"eame second in this contest. The visitors were most hospitably entertained by the members of the North Bay club and had a very deâ€" lightful time during the days of the tournament. 1'11(1‘1\ evening a dance was given in honour of the visitors, this event being a most enjoyable one. During the evening the championship cup was plebentcd to Miss Gordon by the donor, Mr. Ferguson, and the other aw 1rds were presented by Mr. Geo W. Lee, president of the North Bay Golf Club. A brief but approâ€" ])l‘latc address of welcome and interâ€" est was given by the mayor of North Bay, Hls Worship \Ia\or Dan Barker. 'J‘he next Northern Ontario Ladies‘ Golf Tournament will be held at Haiâ€" levbhury next yvear. CHAMPIONSHIP SOFPTBALL GAMES. FRIDAY AND MONDAY Owing to the rain the game in the softball _ finals was not played on Monday of this week, the first game in the series thus being on Wednesâ€" day. The next game will be on Friâ€" day (t-oâ€"nmrww), vith the final Game on Monday next, if required. Great Welcome Planned for the Crusaders by the South Old Ontario to Give New Ontario a Rousing Reception and a Round of Entertainment. _ Hon,. Mr. Finlayson Expresses His Ideas on the Crusade to the South. rKOIL; : YÂ¥ Lands and F arrangement tal, and not to make the "This motor crusade from New Onâ€" tario,‘‘ said Hon. Mr. Finlayson *‘ has assuredly caught the imagination of the people in the older part of Ontario. A few weeks ago when the first motor made the trip from Cochrane to Toâ€" ronto in about nineteen hours I heard many expressions of amazement. The fact that 500 cars are going to cover the new Ferguson highway, especially at Exhibition time, is going to imâ€" press people still further with the linkâ€" ing up of the north and the south. New Ontario is no longer an isolated farâ€"away land. The new road and the motor car will bring her into intimate relationskip with the older part. The visitors are in for a good time, and I know they will make the most of their opportunities in spreadâ€" ing the svirit of the north. They will C nins Ladies Second in Northern hampionship, Approaching and Putting Competition and for Team Prize. a royal welceome.‘"‘ expected that the motor l1 reach Orillha :\mrin;z s at the Provincial capl hing will be left undon visit one to be remem the Province at anada‘s greatest anadian National § mm §3 us s is § S «it en n un #h cms$ en Q \ Paid Circulation ine Aobance | = ' ANQ )A is Among y from â€"â€"MrSs, WAs and MAS. CONDIE TO BE THE MATROX OF C.A.S. SHELTE Services of Able and Ex%}):i!{c Matron Secured to Takeâ€"Over | Duties at New District ' Shelter. At a special meeting of the Cochâ€" ane Children‘s Aid Society held in the Clinie room, Fourth avenue, Timâ€" mins, to consider the appointmant of a matron for the new C.A.S. Sltelter, now ‘about ready for use, the meeting were unanimous for the appointment of Mrs. Condie who has been matron at the Haileybury Shelter for some vears past. Mrs. Condie takes up her duties here this week. Not only does Mrs. Condie come here with the highâ€" est â€" recommendations, but she also has had a long and successful expeâ€" rience in the work. Her work as matâ€" ron of the Haileybury Shelter has won the highest praise from those who knows â€" Kindly but efficient in her treatment of the youngsters under her care, and able but economical in her administration of the Shelter, she showed the ideal qualities for the work at Haileybury and won the hearty support of all. With a wider field here as thatron of the Cochrane disâ€" trict shelter, Mrs. Condie‘s services should prove still more valuable in VACANT HOUSE BURNED DOWN EARLY THIS MORNING here as mhatron of the Cochrane disâ€" trict shelter, Mrs. Condie‘s services should prove still more valuable in the children‘s cause. It is expected that the Shelter here will be ready for use by September 15th. In the meantime, there are deâ€" tails of the work, such as directions in reference to furnishings and equipâ€" ment for which the matron‘s services are needed. An alarm of fire came in from box 53 at 12:50 last night or this mornâ€" ing. The firemen made their usual remarkably speedy response, but the flames could be seen from upâ€"town as the motor truck started for the fire, the blaze having a big hold apparent: ly before it was noticed. The house was No. 13 Commercial avenue. It was an old ‘building and has been y before it was noticed. I[he house was No. 13 Commercial avenue. It was an old building and has been vacant for a time, undergoing repairs. It is not known how the fire originatâ€" ed, but it certainly had a complete headway â€" before discovery. _ The building was own‘ed by Mr. Perrault, who has been living nearby with a brother while the house was being reâ€" paired. The structure could not be saved, but the firemen saw â€" that neighbouring houses were not endanâ€" (rezed which was the most that could be done. There was a turnout of 15 volunteer firemen as well as all the salaried men. Six motor boats were notreed traâ€" velling up the river during the night â€"after duck this morning. afternoon and evening of Monday next. Orillia has planned entertaimâ€" ment for that evening. At ten a.m. Tuesday they assemble at Armour Heights just outside Toronto where cars and floats will be put into conâ€" dition for a triumphal entry into the city. _ The Lieutenantâ€"Governor, the Prime Minister and Toronto‘s Mayor will review the parade from the City Hall steps. Luncheon will be served at the T. Eaton Co. Limited, Georgian be of value. ‘*We know this motor crusade from New Ontario is going to stir up Toâ€" ronto and the older part of the Proâ€" vince,‘‘ asserted R. A. Stapells of the Northern Ontario Development Comâ€" mittee of the Board of Trade. just about the biggest thing yet atâ€" tempted in the effort to bring the two parts of the Province together. From every standpoifit we gare now certain it will be a huge sucsess." After a visit to Sudbury, Cobalt .md Kirkland Lake, the Empire Minâ€" |ing and Metallurgical Congress, on |tour of the mining ecamps of Canada, reached Timmins last night at eight Three Special Trains Bearing Delegates and Guests Reached Here Last Night, Informal Dance and Supper Given in Rink to Visitors. â€" Visit Toâ€"day to Mines of the District. Preparations for Reception of Distinguished Cuests Well Carried Out. Empire Mining Congress _ | Given Hearty Welcome Here o‘clock. There were two beautifally appointed trains, the largest and most impressive to ever visit the North Theore were about 450 guests reaching here, including many distinguished in the mining world. Immediately on arrival they were welcomed by the Poreupine Mines ani invitations given to all the visitors t« the dance and supper in their honowm at the Timmins skating rink. In ad at the Timmins s difion‘ :. the about 150 invited Poreupine‘ Camp. The event held most perfeetly pl its kind ever held arrangements â€" for The event held in the rink was most perfectly planned big even its kind ever held in the North. arrangements for the occeasion been placed in the hands of Mi Laprairie, who showed regular ge in attending to any and all def There was a beautiful hardwood in attending to any and all details There was a beautiful hardwood floo all over the rink, smooth and â€" wel axed. The floor, feet, wa: the lJargest drneing floor ever used in the North: ~There were 22,000 feet o lumber in the floor, and 120 pound of wax used. The rink was beauti fully de arack art by the s natriotic Mr. Nick Romans, 82 Birclk street south, was brought in to Timmins Wedâ€" nesday evening suffering from a bad cut in the foot. He was just starting on a few days‘ hunting trip and while preparing to make camp he had the ill luck to strike his foot with an axe, making a gash several inches long, He had to be conveyed several miles to town for medical attention. On arâ€" rival here he received prompt and skilful attention from Dr. Minthorne, but it will be some days before he JOHN D. CRAIG Directorâ€"General of Surveys for the Canadian Government, who has gope to Vancouver to study the problems of the international boundaries between Canada, the United States and Alaska ELECTRIC IRON CAUSE OF FIRE AT SCHUMACHER @clotnhes in little othe soon out serious The peculiar fire horn of the macher fire department was heard in Timmins last night j fore 11 olcelock. The fire wa house on Railroad street, the neing turned HAD FOOT BADLY CUT WHILE ON HUNTING FRIP CÂ¥ Work has been <tarted at Rouyn on the erection of a $30,000 public sehool for the new copperâ€"gold camp. but will AlM UISC ailroad street, the bl: 1 by an electric imon |1 The iron set fire to t _ baby‘s crib and did damage, but the fire m control and put out wi being done. i§s1t o1 uests 82 Birck street to Timmins Wedâ€" ring from a bad was just starting nting trip and there werd from. the event ol plai just o the about 111 V | 1¢ aAaZC aot coffee. verware of unusually sweet peat Alpine dance big feature. _ and other dan« The Volgea Bo: An information booth was estabâ€" lished in the rink for the benefit of the visitors, the information departâ€" ment being in charge of Mr. James Shewan and his staff of the Melnâ€" fvre. n Ivussian DYV taimers from V ropean and S give wonderfu The dancing for the evening was greatly enjoyed by all. Indeed, the visitors this morning were generally agreed that this was the best social time they had had on the trip. There were nine buses and a large number of limousines to take the visiâ€" tors to the mines this morning and to golf and sightâ€"seeing around the town and district. (tanct inter This afternoon, the Kiwaneees took advantage of the presence here of so many distinguished men of the Emâ€" pire to formally unveil the war meâ€" morial at the station park here. The visitors leave here this afterâ€" noon at 5 p.m. for Cochrane, where the party will divide into two tours, one going east and the other west to inspect Canada‘s mining fields. SUDDEX DEATH OF MR. WM, | McCRACKEN THIS WEX Popular Business Man of the Town Found Dead in Bed at Connaught on Hunting Trip The people of Timmins were startâ€" led and shocked this when word reached here of the death of Mr. Wm. MceCracken at Connaught. No details are available at the time of writing, but it appears from what is known here now that Mr. Meâ€" Cracken passed way in his sleep, and was found dead in bed in the mornâ€" ing. Death was due to heart trouble. Mr. MceCrackern, who was a noted hunter and fisherman of the district, went to Connaught yesterday to be ready for the opening of the duck season toâ€"day. Apparently he was in his usual frood health yvesterday, and the death comes as a sad shock t o his hosts of friends® The late Mr. MeCracken has been an esteemed resident of Timmins for wide He has been on the staffs of several of the larger firms in town, for some time past being in charge of the meat department of N. Blahey‘s store. A good business man, of a genial and _ everâ€"cheerful disposition, and always fair and friendly, there were few men who enâ€" joyved a wider popularity or deserved it more. In ecurling and other sports he took keen interest and gave generâ€" good citizen and a good fTell A widow and one daught Beatrice, are left to mourn and sudden bereavement, and the deepest and most since pathy of all will be extende olis ous _ support other circles Connaught, t« with the body ments have n The ann Caledonian ton‘s Park and was youngsters very pleas CALEDONIAN PICNIC AN ENJOYABLE EV ENT Cobalt‘s liquor stors open this week. PC PRICE FIVE CENTS in by sevent rom W lk daned umbers A@AnnuUual ate Mr. MeCracken has been med resident of Timmins for i years past, and has enjoyed measure of popularity among ill will be exi Drew left thi , to return Ukrainian folk _that delighte e by 20 men w itme1t MI i1Ussi1an renditton in 11 erday ittended, all pres adults alike, havyn CTIJC ‘*‘est and ga‘ l in busin« showed â€" h i _good fell. _good fellow. ie daughter, Miss to mourn this sad the evening was all. Indeed, the r were generally s the best social On )GeY) ng was give n lady ente and other Ei melodies we 1180 of unusual t h mMm0O Enelish Ino panish itured. â€" riven business cheerful mur and A YIHn L renerâ€" and th A\n 1111 i1