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Vol. XXIIL. Unemployed Bushman Dies By His Own Hand Slashing his throat from car to eatr with a razor as he lay in bed in a room in the basement of an hotel on Sixth avenue Tuesday night, Eino Maki, fiftyâ€"yearâ€"old _ unemployed _ Finnish lumberjack, died in less than twenty minutes, shortly before the arrival of a doctor. After an examination had been made, death was pronounced due to suicide and no formal inquest will be held. Maki was seen in the midst of the {fatal slashing by three young boys who were standing outside and happened to look in through the window. Rushâ€" ing into the hotel they notified one of the staff and a few minutes later the police were notified. The police call â€" ed Dr. Minthorn but on his arrival only a minute or so after the officers, Maki was dead. It was just at nine O Cclock that Nh€e entered the hotel and asked for a basement room, the rent for which is twentyâ€"five cents per night. He paid for his room and was not seen again until the young boys raised the alarm. He was born in Kaura, Finland, came to Canada thirty years ago. He has lived in Timmins for the past six years, is unmarried and has no known relaâ€" tives in Canada. The body was deâ€" finitely identified by one of his friends, R. Haviako, 43 Fourth avenue. was dead. Deceased had worked for a portion of the winter in lumber camps in this district but for the past two months had been unemployed. He is thought to have committed the rash act in a fit of despondency. Weather Will be Fine And Warmer Fiftyâ€"Yearâ€"Old Eino Maki, SlashedHis Throat in Baseâ€" ment Room of Sixth Avenue Hotel Tuesday Night. Dies Before Doctor Arrives. Had Been Out of Work for Two § ‘New Headgear for Fireâ€" Temperature Dipped Below| fighters Ordered by Fire Zero on Tuesday for First| _ Chief Borland Toâ€"day. Time Since March 14. ts â€"â€" | C d n eA Et Big Programme of Work in North by Dominion The weather will be fine, clear and becoming warmer, with the possibility of showers at the weekâ€"end, it was amnnounced this morning by S. C. Whseler at Hollinger meterological ofâ€" fice. Glancing through the records, Mr. Wheeler pointed out that Tuesday . saw the temperature go below zero for the first time since March 14. Maxiâ€" mum and minimum temperatures since last Sunday are:â€"Monday, 14 above | and 8 above: Tuesday, 24 above and 4 below; Wednesday, 33 above and 7 above. Lowest last night 13 above. EFight o‘clock this morning, 18 above. One half inch of snow fell on Monday. Said That Some Twentyâ€"Five Million Dollars Wil! be Spent. Scheme Includes Completion of Transâ€"Canada Highâ€" way, Mining Roads, Reforestzjtion, Ete. Ottawa, April 6.â€"(Special to The Adâ€" vance)â€"From sources well informed it is reported that the North will be espeâ€" cially included in the programme Lo relieve unemployment, assure better eccnservation and generally to advance the interests of Canada. It is said that the programme planned is much larger than is generally realized and that supplementary estimates to be presentâ€" ed after the Easter recess will disclose expenditures and activities that will bring the total to be appropriated ito twentyâ€"five million dollars in round figurcs. tion of $25,000.000 may be asked UuUs year for the following: (1) of the Transâ€"Canada ha;x«iâ€"surfaced highway from coast to coast, part of it over a route through Northern Quebec and Northern Onâ€" tario to Winnipeg. (2) New mining roads rumning north from the Transâ€"Canada Highway to tap rapidly developing mining towns. (3) Improvement . of all national park parks anc them com da Highw ot1 (5) Expansion rehabilitetion sc $4,000,000 a yea:! Work for Ableâ€"Bodied It is uxierstood that main objective of the northern highway programme would be to get voung, ableâ€"bodied men Months. Ask $25,000,000 ©0C No nine o‘clock that he Ime that may o embtr YO8 A 1 appropria ~ asked this withi1 n Sixth Maki, Finnish 1¢ «â€" Stealing i@rim a bout l The latest form of theft reported in town is that of stealing the brass doorâ€" | slot plates from the letter boxes recently ‘installed by private homes to meet the requiremerts of mail delivery in town. ‘The Advance was told this week of a |couple of cases of this form of theft ‘on Second avenue alone, while from other parts of the town thefts of someâ€" what similar type are reported. One man was particularly annoyed at this sort of theft. "All I had," he said. "was a brass plate affair to cover the hole i made in the door. I didn‘t even have a "box inside, the mail simply falling on the floor when the postman put it in the slot. The slot sprang back into ‘ place as soon as mail matter was pushed through, thus keeping out the cold airâ€" or at least some of itâ€"when the device was not actually being used. Then along comes this desperate, deplorable, decorated dissicated and depraved sneak \thief, and stole the plate,. The letters | still fall on the floor, but in addition | the wind comes soaring through that slot in the door. Someâ€" thing should be done about it." Brass From Letter Boxes cut of the cities and put them, not on charity or relief work, but on permanâ€" ent constructive projects in a healthy environment. In the future, local road building would be left entirely to the provinces. Sscondary objective of ithe | big programme is to combat the downâ€" | turn in employment. . Sselection of the men to work on these projects would be entirely under the Department of Labor. . Planning, expenditure and supervision of the work and funds would be directed by other | departments. The immediate aim is to g take the burden of ableâ€"bodied unemâ€" i ploved off the provincial governim:nts. To Buy Helmets for Timmins Fire Dept. ‘omplaints from 2nd Ave. Regarding Thefts from Mail Delivery Equipment. Following a recommendation from the fire and light committee, Fire Chief Alex Borland toâ€"day ordered two dozen helmets for the protection of members of the department.. Samples of severâ€" al designs were submitted and a plain black helmet, similar to those worn in the mins, bearing a department crest in front, was selected. The firemen have been without helmets for some time and early this year the matter was brought before council. It was drawn to the attention of the council that firsmen entering burning buildâ€" ings are in constant danger from fallâ€" ing dsbris and should be equipped with every possine safeguard. cut of the cities charity or relief ent constructive environment. I building would provinces, Ssco The annual campaign for funds to maintain the Children‘s Aid Shelter and the other worthy activities of the of the C. A. S. of the district is under way at present. Several thousand letâ€" ters have been sent out soliticiting reâ€" newal of memberships and new memâ€" bers for the Society. Every dollar conâ€" Help to Give Every Youngster a Chancee Send in Your Donation to t he District Children‘s tributed to this good cause will help some child to a better, healthier, hapâ€" pier life. Do you know any better inâ€" vestment than as many dollars as you can spare to a conmcern heiping youngâ€" sters to a better chance for health, happiness and a fair chance in life? ublished at Timmins, Ont., Canads Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Aid. Timmins Man Convicted At Assizes In Cochrane Charles Mullen, Foeund Guilty of Being in Possession of an Offensive Weapon, Will be Sentenced at End of Court. Manslaughter Charge Against Frank Butkovie is Proâ€" ceeding Toâ€"day. Charles Mullen, of Timmins, who faced three charges in connection with the attempted holdâ€"up of Waltsr Wilâ€" son at Riverside Pavilion here last winter, was convicted toâ€"day in Cochâ€" rane by an assize court jury on a charge of carrying. an offensive weapâ€" on A charge of assault with intent to on.. A charge of assault with intent rob and a third charge of being guised at night, were dismissed. 1 Justice Grean, who presided, will p; sentence at the end of court, whi will likely continue until toâ€"morrow Wilson was beld un on the night Saturday, January 15th, as he v about to enter his home with the â€" Wilson was held un on the night ol Saturday, January 15th, as he was to enter his home with the reâ€" ceipts from his dance pavilion in his pocket. _A man stepped out of the darkness near the door of the hous brandishing what might have been a gun and demanded the money. In the darkness Wilson was unable to see i the thisf had a pistol or a club. As Wilson whipped out a revolver the holdâ€"up man took to his heels an« curressfully dodged several shots fire the thisf had a pistol or a club. As Wilson whipped out a revolver the holdâ€"up man took to his heels and successfully doedged several shots fired after him. Th fugitive ran in the direction of the Mattagami river which was frozen over at the time. Provincial Constable Marshall Hanâ€" cock who was at the pavilicn at the time, heard the shots and rushed to the scene. Informed that the man had flced over the river he jumped in his car and near Feldman‘s mill .on the street on the opposite side of the stream picked up Mullen, who was in possession of a blackijack and a mask at the time. several beverage rcoms but had not met anyone he was acquainted with. Comâ€" ing out of the hotel he last visited, he met thrse men who had a car and a bottle of liquor. He accompanied them to the Feldman property and as he was getting cut of the car picked up a windbreaker, in which he thought there was a bottle of liquor. When he late: examined the coat as he walked along the road, he founrd that the "bottle‘ was a blackjack. The mask that was found on him he said he had also takâ€" Mullen told the court that just arrivegd in Timmins tha from Kirkland Lake. He had # mmfl'""’ P _ A A AP LAAA C PC L P P n en who had a car and r. He accompanied the an property and as he w of the car picked up in which he thought ths of liquor. When he lai TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 7TH, 1938 SCHUMACHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN CLEVER PLAY i mask at the court that h which ha pa MT en from one of the pockets of the windbreaker. When he was arrested a few minutes later he was found in posâ€" session of both articles. No Bill Brought In The grand jury considering the case of~~CGsorgse â€" Morrissette,~ of ~Timmins. charged with rape, brought in a verdict of ‘"no bill" and the accused was disâ€" charged. Manslaughter Case Proceeds Hegaring of a charge of manslaughter against Frank Butkovic, of Timmins, in connection with the death here in Ocâ€" tober last of Augustine Kader, aged 17, is proceeding toâ€"day. Kader died of a rifle wound through the heart, the bulâ€" let allegedly fired by Butkovic. The accused claimed that he had fired only in an attempt to secare Kader who had be>n firing at him and another boy, Strike Ore Values Up $40 at Gillies Lake Mine Mines.a thas in Extensive drilling has been carried cu* on the property from time to time but it was a hole drilled from a point east of the HMHcllinger power house that the row discovery was made. At a depth of 791 feet the darill enâ€" tered a sheared quartz porphyry mass, well mineralized in character. From 701 to 832 fcat, continucus low values in gold were ocbtained, one sevenâ€"foot section averaging $8.00 to the ton. From 940 to 945 feet, the assayed valus of the drill core was $40.650, it was r:ported toâ€"day by Hamiltcn B. Hatch, ecorculting engineer in the emâ€" woy of the Gillies Company. The ore tody was cut at a vertical depth of 702 feet at a point six hunâ€" dred fset wost of the west boundary of McIntyre and four hundred feet north of the rorth becundary of Hollinger. New: of the diszovery had an immeciâ€" ate effect on the stcck market and this aftorn:in Gillies Lake, which closed vestâ€"rdavy at eight cents was qucted Nice Body of Ore Indicated by Diamond Drilling This Week. Diamond Drill Hcle Still in Quartz Porphyry Mass at 1060 Feet, It is Reported by H. B. Hatch, Consulting Engineer. ME Te Tz TT OSE OO on oi t Only Two Traffic Charges are Recorded Over Night Cnly two charges, both for traffic violaticns, were recorded on the psiice botter over nizsht. Andrew Hamilton is charged with operating a car with dealar‘s license plates while Bert Sweczie was picked up for driving a car with no operator‘s license. In th broo} pirve 2 Sections 16 Pages "-’"M"""'.mmfl """'o"'i "‘"""'0"- s‘stence has its cwn reward and izht during diamond drilling operâ€" ; at Gillies Lake Porcupine Gold ._a rich discovery of ore was made in cns section assayed $40.60 per sling shot. Decree Nist Granted nonâ€"jury sitting, Mary Ann cok, of Timmins, was granted s nisi in a divorce action against isband. Th2 suit was undseâ€" | Cooke Plan Extension to T. N. 0. Station Addition to be Built to Preâ€" sent Building to Allow of Necessary Room for Inâ€" creased Express Service Elsewhere in this i; an advertisement ca forgan addition to th ticn at Timmins. It the addition is to be end of the present bullo it will be used to give the room required by the gro: press business" here. ~T) remarkable growth in all way business at Timimil year or two and extra a at the. station is nati year or two and extr at the, station is 1 espscially in regard | freight. There is a for the freight offic known whether there ent for enlarging the Overheated Grease Cause of Blaze in Local Cafe oven of a stove at the 2 Third avenue, that sudd flame when the oven do gave the fire departmen this morning. Chemical extinguish the blaze, scizht. Lots of people who wat in winter, wish there we the walks. An Advar overheatec sAND AT WROYXG TIMFE Stafft Phot built buildi {1 A1 wth in the exâ€" ere «has*~been lines of railâ€" s in the last 2commodation XpIC but it is no plans at pres igcht building ress and to ite building t 1t is not °C AIY 11 in the rill on st into pset Published at Timmins, Ont.. Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY 6°7.:13 ed to being that outh that Citizens‘ League Vote Against Midway Shows Over 1,000 Unemployed Registered Pass Resolution Asking that Council Grant No Permits to Carnival Companies Wishing to Come to Timmins. Homer Gauthier Elected President at Annual Meeting. The list of unemployed persons in Timmins who have registered at the local employment office, went over the thousand mark this week and at the present time 1041 are definitely out of work, it was announced toâ€"day by Delâ€" bert Murphy, supervisor of the local branch of the Government Employment Bureau. A total of two hundred and twentyâ€"four persons have registered as jobless since March 15. Few if any jobs are available for men at the present time, but this week apâ€" plications to the office for girls and women for housework and cocking has picked up considerably, Mr. Murphy stated. The number registering for jobs is increasing daily but many others are out of work also, who have not regisâ€" tered. Concert Toâ€"Night by New Canadians The classes for New Canadians conâ€" ducted during the Jlast few months by Mr. Kostel ~and ~Mtr. ‘have shown remarkable progress, the stuâ€" dents, all of whom are New Canadians making remarkable advance in their command of the English language and their knowledge of British history, proâ€" cedure and ideals. This (Thursday) evening the students themselves are going to demonstrate their proficiency in many lines by presenting a concert that is sure to prove interesting in every detail. The programme is to comâ€" imencc at 8.15 pm.. and will include music ,literary numbers and many other features. A comedy, "Depot Roâ€" ;'mance." given by the students of the New Canadian School, is sure to be parâ€" ticularly interesting and entertaining, the students all having talent. For ‘pleasant and profitable evening, The Advancg recommends the event to be held toâ€"night at the Harmony hall, Fourth avenue, by the students of the New Canadian School. The admission lfee is a nominal one and the event will !prove to be worth many times the price of Moneta Public School Concert Great Success The Moneta Public School gave its second annual concert in the auditorâ€" ium of the school on Wednesday eveâ€" ning, a large number of parents and friends koing present to witness the first perormance. The concert will also be presented toâ€"night (Thursday), and umber of Jobless Persons Increasing â€" S o0 m e Deâ€" mand for Women and rogramme at Harmony Hall to Include Comedy, Music, Eite. arge Attendance Last Night Find Operetta and Other Features of Programme Exceptionally Pleasing., Event to be Repeated This Evening and Toâ€"morrow Night. Costumes Add to Effectiveness of Concert. the ‘tickets lt T ubercular Death Rate Decreases The Timmins Citizens‘ League at their annual meeting in the town hall on Wednesday night, passed a resoluâ€" tion requesting that the town council refrain from granting permits for the holding of carnival and midway shows here in the future. The opinion was expressed by several members that it would be better if the town made grants to the organizations sponsoring the shows, similar to the amounts they would otherwise receive from the carniâ€" val companies, rather than let them operate. Homer Gauthier was elected presiâ€" aent of the league, other officers beâ€" ing as followsâ€"viceâ€"president, Pat Monck; â€" secretaryâ€"treasurer, â€" Eugene Lafontaine; executive, Moise Maltais, William McInnis. Mayor Bartleman addressed the meeting at some length and gave a clear description of his efforts of the town council to get a more equitable share of the mines profit tax. Drop of Over Twentyâ€"Three per Hundred Thousand Noted in Last Report. Definite indication that the fight beâ€" ing waged in Timmins against tuberâ€" culosis is bearing fruit, is shown in the report of the registrar general for the year 1936, giving the death rate from this disease as 62.3 per 100,000. Dr. N. H. Russell, specalist in radiological exâ€" amination at St. Mary‘s Hospital here, and representative=â€"ofâ€"the~Workmen‘s Compensation Board, drew attention that the official rate for deaths from tuberculosis in Timmins for 1985 had been 86 per hundred thousand. Dr. Russell inquired from Dr. K. M. Shorey, clinician of the Division of Tuberculosis Prevention at the Parliaâ€" ment Buildings in Toronto, regarding the figures for 1937 but no complete reâ€" ports are yet available. Death certiâ€" ficates, figures from which will be inâ€" cluded in the annual report for 1937, are still coming into the Parliament Buildings, Dr. Shorey states. In reply to a question of Dr. Russell ho explained that in the reports on tuberculosis for Timmins, deaths from silicosis, complicated by tuberculosis are registered as being due to the latter dissase. Cornwall with a rate of 1104 and Kirkland Lake with a record of 9.5 per hundred thousand, respectively, are the highest and lowest rates in the province. the good friend, who, realizing that his pal (Arido Moscarin), would be unable to aitend the school concert because he was suffering from a sore leg, brought the entire cast of the concert to his friend‘s home so that he might forget his lonesomeness and illness. TwO young acrobats (Lorma Schirotti and Viola Good), first appeared to do handâ€" springs and to sing a pretty little song. They were followed by the street musiâ€" clan (Victor Doriga who is followâ€" ing in his father‘s footsteps), who playâ€" (Continued on Page Eight) Schumacher Lions Field Day, July 1st Schumacher, April 6th The â€" Advanceâ€"The â€" reg: meeting of the Schumache was held in the Daffodil 1 Wednesday evening. April pm. Aifter luncheon was served the current business was attended to. One item was of special general interest:; it was deâ€" cided that the local Lions Club would hold a general} field and sports day on July lIst of this year. Bpecial features of the July ist event will include the drawing for a car, the proceeds to go to charitable purposes, and a monser street dance. Monster Street Dance to be Added Feature of Event Planned. Single Copy Five Cents ir _ weekly Lions Club i Room on 6.15