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Mystery in Stories About Acid Throwing Principal of School Doubts Motive Suggested About Recertly thers were reports to the effect that Mayor C. W. Cox, of Port Arthur, who is a member of the Legisâ€" Isture and a recent appoirtee to the Ontaric Cabinet, being a minister without portfolic, was under the dorâ€" tor‘s care suffering facial burns from acid alleged to have been thrown in Fis face by Miss E. Fianagan, former Port Arthur sthool teacher. A stateâ€" miert given out apparently on behalf cfi Mayor Cox suggested that the ymung lady had visited his office on Feb. 2nd and after expressing dissatisâ€" faction with the treatment she had received from the : authoritie had thrown the acid. At the same time as this report the despatches said that the young lady also was suffering from acid burns and was not in condition to give a statement in the matter. This was all startling enough but the public was further astonished when no effort seemed to be contemplated for the prosecution of the person reâ€" sporsible for the acidâ€"throwing. Next came a statement from Rev. Fr. Murâ€" ray, her spiritual adviser, who said he had discussed the matter with the young lady and labelied the account of the matter as given out as not in l:eeping with the facts. Then the police at Port Arthur, as well as other law officers, told reporters that they had nothing to say in the case, the reportâ€" ers coming to the ccnclusiorn that no action would be taken by them in the matter and that Mayor Cox did not intend to lay a complaint. The matter has been before the ciiy council on a couple cf ocrasions. This week it was the board oi educatior at Fort Arthur, a stateâ€" mert being submitted to that body by W. A. «McÂ¥V/illiams, principal of, the Technizcal School, who cutlined thne yeung lady‘s relations with the board ind the school, and then continued : "In view of these facts, I~do not see how any action she (Miss Flanagan) may have taken three months aiter leaving her position could be construed as coming from one who was voicing dissatisfaction on account of the treatâ€" ment she received." The statement, made by Mr. Mcâ€" Williams at the suggestion of the Bcard, had reference to the charge riade by Mr. Cox that he had been prttacked by the former teacher as a protest against the stand which he had taken for the reducticn of teachers‘ salaries. "I would again point 6ut that Miss Flanagan left volunrtarily, and at no time did she discuss with me the posâ€" sibility of getting more money," Mr. McWilliams â€" said. "Repeatedly she stated that she was entirely satisfied with the treatment she received from buth the board and the management of the school, and her only regret was that her health did not permit her to carry on the work as she had done preâ€" viously." Mr..MceWilliams said that the stateâ€" ment was being issued because of reâ€" ports in the press which might be inâ€" terpreted by those who are not in possession of the facts as a reflection Pss Professional Grievance. SV LLIVAN NEWTON CENTâ€"A â€"MILE Going Datesâ€"Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19th and 20th Laurentian Ski Club Ontario Ski Championâ€" ships to be held at North Bay, Saturday and Sunâ€" day, February 20th and 21st, 1937. Tickets on Sale at Regular Stations Only Tickets Good in Coaches Only Children 5 years of age and under 12 when accompanied by guardian All T. N. O, Stations Cochrane and South Including Branches, also from N. C. Rly Points NORTH BAYVY Return Limitâ€"Monday, February 22nd, 1937 Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway The Nipissing Central Railway Company For Fares, Departure Time, and Further Information Apply to Local Agent. If you are not insured or fully protected call and see us. Bargain Coach Excursion Attraction Minister of Revenue Speaks on the Power of Phrases on all or any members of the teaching He pointed out that the work of Miss Flanagan since her engagement in 1928 had always been satisfactory, but that on March 23, 1936, "she advised me that her health was impairedâ€"and requested leave of abserce." She asâ€" sitmed her duties again in September, but at the end of October found it imâ€" possible to contimue. he addressed the Ottawa Canadian Ciuk. _ No resignation was asked for, as I did not wish to add to her impaired health," Mr. McWilliams said. (From Globe and. Mail) Hon. J. L. Iisley, Minister of Doâ€" niinion Revenue, spoke ertertainingly cn the power of verbal phrases when Slogans and catchâ€"cries, mary of them with little literary merit, said the minister, "have won wars, lost elections, delighted or enrageod milâ€" lions, ard made or marred many a public career." It wculd .be difficult now to say how great a part the popular slogans, "A war to end war," and "Make the world safe for democracy‘" played in brirging victory to the Allies in the Great Wiar, or to what extent the morale of the British people, both civilians anc troops, was upheld by constant reiteraâ€" tion of the cry: "Are we dowrhearted? No!" But it is certain that they were strong auxiliaries of more ponderable weayrons. Probably it is forgotten that the last mentioned slogan was originated by the great Josephn Chamberlain,‘himself a famous coiner of telling phrases, for in a time of crisis in 1906 he declared ir the course of a public address: ‘"We are not downhearted." And pcssibly no single sentence has had more effect upon British. thought than the admonition, given at the Lonâ€" «on Guildhall in 1904 by Chamberlain: "Learn to think Imperially." To those words might be traced the beginning, in Britain, of the realization that the Dominions overseas were something finerâ€"and greaterâ€" thanâ€"mere~scattered cclonies of British people. Is there any doubt that President Franklin Roosevelt‘s promise Oof "A New Deal" had much to do with the enthusiasm with which he was elected to power? The phrase was even more vague and indefinite than McKinley‘s slogan of "A full dinner pail," but it rppealed to the imagination and proved its effectizyeness. A slogan that has never quite been forgotten in England is that of "Three acres and a cow," introduced into the British House in 1886 by Hon. Jesse Collings during a debate on the amendment of the Small Holdings Act. Even the East End slum dweller créeamed of becoming an agriculturist tc the extent foretold by Mr. Collings. The dream has not been realizea. Quebec Chronicleâ€"Telegraph: Junior knows that when mother says ‘"no" for the last time she will start saying "yes." And, whether it be part of the same sttbject or rot, it is worth recalling that the song which had the greatest popularity on both sides of the Atianâ€" ic in several decades consisted of litiie but repetition of the meaningless words, "Taâ€"raâ€"raâ€"boomâ€"deâ€"ay!" 21 PMNE STREET NORTH TIMMINS, ONTARIO We have become so accustomed to thinking of wood in the term of lumâ€", ber from which furniture is made, that we scarcely give a thought to it in 1ts' criginal form of giant trees of tower- ing straightness, or less stupendousl trees with spreading branches or. gnarled trunks. This toâ€"day it lcft fcr the consideration of lumber imerâ€" chants and furniture makers. Henry III arnd the Beech Tree In ancient times this was not the case, nor was it even during the days when this country was in the settler period. There is an historic record of lierry III of England giving instrucâ€" tions in 1249 for a great beech tree to te bought or ctherwise obtainedâ€"this to be sent by water, immediately, to London for making kitchen tables against the coming of Easter. It would zppear that he saw the tree, rememâ€" bered the need at the castle, . and forthwith gave the rcyal command. Tables had to oe large and strong. for the ~erormous ~kitchensâ€" of ~»those anâ€" cient palaces. Animals such as boatrs were prepared and roasted, in those old kitchens, and focod to satisfy ravenous appeitites of those returned from a hunt or. for special feasts like those at Eastertide, Christmas, etc. Trees must needs be huge to supply the warted lumber for tables for a king‘s kitchen. The beech tree was suitable. From Private Forests In those farâ€"away days it was cusâ€" tomary to use trees from owner‘s estates for the making of furniture. Landed gentry as well as kings and royal families had forests on their A chair and table made by the early settlers in Massachusetts. Note the tegs of the little pedestal table for a â€"crotch in a tree was put to good use The Olympic Champions, picturâ€" ed in the lower photograph, are now en route to Windsor after a tuneâ€"up series in California. They captured the U.S. Olympic court title in a tourney at ’ Square Garden last summer and although defeated earlier by the McPherson Oilers in the A.A.U, the Windsor Fords Basketball Club, of which E. F. Millard is presndent. A PICTURESQUE GLIMPSE OF ThEs As MATERIAL FOR Lydia Le World Title at Stake in Basketball Series as cam property. They had men to hew down the trees, and cabinet makers to fashion the woodâ€"cunningly into the furniture then so prized and which, whenstill extant, continues to be by collectors of antiques toâ€"day. â€" _In Settler Time In the settler era of this country there were no retinues of serving men to cut down the trees and fashior them into furniture. The man of the house with the help of his sons, or his neighâ€" bours, or both, did all of the work au»â€" ing "the egrliest epoch: Such furniture a table, the legs of which are formed from the spreading branches at the crotchâ€"of ‘tree while the top is a round cut from the trunk of the tree at. a wide part..;It is not a massive table like that of Henry III but a dear little bedside table or candle stand. estimates, one of the councillors inâ€" vited the chairman of the board "outâ€" side." School days are never over. as was transported from England or the continent had to be added to. Early American Furniture It is amazing to find the fine carâ€" pentry ‘of some of the homemade pieces. I have a delightful specimen of ‘sudbury Star: During an animated discussion of the Capreol High School Orillia: ~Newsâ€"Letter: In Chicago, Charles A. Johnson, 64, was awarded a divorceâ€"after 35 years of married life, explained that for the last 15 his wife nad habitually called him "Skunk." (Copyright, 1937, by the Bell Syndiâ€" cate, Inc.) The Fords and Olympics have a score to settle, for the two quinâ€" tets met in the Olympic finals in Berlin last August. Playing in a downpour of rain, the Oilympics emerged the victors but neither side was able to flash its real form. The Ford netters, shown in the tournament finals for the A.A.U. crown, the Olympics are now the rightful titleholders, as the OQilers have disbanded. upper photo, ure drilling daily u:mtho direction of Coach Eddie drilling daily Charge Communists with Evil Designs Canadian Labour Paper Acâ€" cuses Reds and Issues a Warning. The Canadian Labour Press, a Canaâ€" Cian publication in its utnefieent_l) year Published by Union Men in a Union Ehcr." in its latest issue devotes conâ€" siderable space to a denunciation of th> communists whom it charges are "agents of revolution threatening the minirg irdustry." A front page article, set in large type and occupying the whole page, reads as follows:â€" % Reds Try to Stir Dissatisfaction In Canada‘s growth her mineral wealth has been a major factor. Dawson, and the brand of play they are showing has the team‘s backers thinking in terms of world‘s championships. The France Trophy, standing three and oneâ€"half feet tall, is conâ€" sidered one of the most beautiful of amateur sports awards. Now held by the Tulsa, Okla., Oilers, the impressive trophy, bearing the inscription, "World‘s Basketball Supremacy," will become the posâ€" session of the winner of the Windâ€" sor series for one year, Throughout the depressionâ€" the wealth wrested from the earth by willâ€" ing workers was a steady bulwart sgainst want and suffering and chaos. The wealth of Canada‘s mines, flowâ€" ing into every channel of cur economic «tructure, is aiding the process of Canâ€" adz‘s economic recovery. Her mines have saved Carnada from the slough of gespond into which many nations slid. Her mines have placed Canada in the vanguard cf the nations which are struggling free from the effects of the depression. And it is at this basic industry that commurism is striking most viciously. Succtess, prosperity, happiness, ‘peacé, a2l1 these things are the énemies of commurism, and wherever in Canada the communist leaders find these things they set about to destroy them, to replace them with dissatisfaction, to promcte discontent. To achieve their revolutionary amâ€" bitions the communists must impede the success cf Canada‘s democratic system. It is easy, therefore, to underâ€" stand why they aim ‘their destructive methods at the industry â€"which is chiefly responsible for Canada‘s sucâ€" cess. The Caradian Labour Press has deâ€" finite knowledge that communist proâ€" pagandists and agitators have been specially selected to concentrate the:r efforts upon breeding dissatisfaction and discontent among the mine workâ€" ers cf Canadaâ€"particularly in Northâ€" ern Ontario and Quebec. They go among willing ard contented workers, posing as friends and champions of the "common man." Let the mine workers of Canada take warning! These agitators who pose as your friends would make you the tolls of revolution. They are not plarning for your welfare but are plctting franticalâ€" ty for the seizure of Canada‘s mineral wealth as the most essential factor in a Communist dictatorship. We know that they can never realize their ultiâ€" mate objective. But their futile efforts co infinite harm. Let us embark for a moment on a flight of fancy and suppose that these addleâ€"brained revolutionaries succeedâ€" cd in their efforts. They say that Canâ€" ada‘s mines would then become the preoperty of the people, ard that the wealth dug from the earth would be shared by the workers.. But events in Russia have shown us this pretty picâ€" ture drawn by glibâ€"tongued agitators is far from a true one. We know that once these communists gained the ends they seek they would become the most heartless tyrants. Under a communist «dictatorship, Canadiar freemen working in Canaâ€" the slogan, beneath the Thousands More Are Employed by Mines da‘s mines for fair"wWages, living in gocd homes, wouid become mere serfs and vassals ‘Oobeying the orders of a little group of revolutionax‘y ‘leaders But to you workers in the mines, and to you industrial workers .whose jobs gre dependent upon the wealth deâ€" rived from the mines, we point out the real bitter pill beneath the fancy sugar coating which agitators may .offer you. érunk with power. We realize that it is ridiculous to even sugge_st t’he ‘possiâ€" bility of such a situation in‘ Canada. For your own gocd, for the good of your families, for. the . future, peace and prosperity of Canada we urge you t sprun these agitators, drive them from your ranks for there is no good in them. The mining industry directly proâ€" vided new employment for 5300 more Ortario men in 1936 than it did. in 1935, figures resented by E. B, Weir at Tuesday night‘s meeting of the Porcuâ€" pine Branch of the Canadian Institute uf Mining and Metallurgy showed. Total employment in the industry in 1036 was 28.272; in 1935 it wa‘s 22,972. General Manager Bank of Montreal Of the ircsrease, producing mines provided the greatest portionâ€"2162. Nonâ€"producing â€"gold minésâ€" provided the next largest portionâ€"978. ‘Other inâ€" creases were shown by clay and gravel pits, and metallurgical ‘works. Gold producing mines employ 13,886 men, or 49 per cent. of the total employment of the inrdustry. Nickelâ€"Copper comes mnext with 4444 emplioyees. Cobaltâ€"silâ€" Â¥ver, chromiumâ€"molybdenite and nonâ€" metallics have ‘smaller totala Mr. Ireland‘s Paper _ Eightyâ€"one members of the: Instibute turned out for ‘the Tuesday meeting, one of the most successful of the year. A paper read by ‘S. G. 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