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of this country but seemed to be unab the people of the South with any of faithâ€"even around election time. In days of the Porcupine camp there was of secessionâ€"and some ennd srmunds The other day a local citizen commented upon the nerveâ€"wracking stress and strain of world conâ€" ditions. "It is bad enough in this country," he said, "but I don‘t see how the British people, at home in the Old Land, so close to the scene and the danger, have been able to survive and keep cheerful." The answer does not seem to be diffiâ€" cult to surmise. The British people have the‘ faculty of turning from what appears to be '1‘ desperate crisis, to give their minds and hearts to some apparently frivolous matter. There isl no doubt that people who can do this must escape the worst of strain and stress. British statesmen| carrying the very burdens of the world on their: slim shoulders turn aside for a weekâ€"end at the‘ races, or on a fishing trip, or cultivating It is not so many months ago that Britain had ai prime minister who sought and found relief and ‘ renewed strength from his books and his pipe and: his pigs, and so faced the world again with a newi and greater strength. The people appear to enâ€"| joy the same happy faculty cultivated by their| leaders. Recently British newspapers have feaâ€" tured lettersâ€"not worrying about which dictator will be the first to bring Armageddon on thei worldâ€"but in the most serious and sincere fash-' ion seeking the name of the first woman to ride a bicycle. The correspondence on ‘this question grew so great that it seemed to overshadow all other issues. And the people acted as if a great' moral victory had been won when the dispute was s finally settled. In triumph, it is announced that Miss Mary Marshbank, of Courthill, Dumfrieshire,| Scotland, was the first of the gentler sex to ride| a bicycle. Many who could not give the date of | the battle of Waterloo, were able to prove that |: this Mary sat upon the seat of the first bicycleij ever built, in the year of grace 1843, when she was | but three years old, and that at the age of seven || she rode the world‘s second bicycle. Further de-g tails are solemnly submitted. The first bicycle | was built in 1840 by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, of | c Courthill, and only a few men, and known and | | able to be named, ever rode upon it before Mary | C took first place as the first woman cyclist. ThereiI is a form of genius in this abili_gy to forget warsit and bloodshed and oppression and evil, for thei\ moment, and turn interest and enthusiasm to an honest and simple matter far removed from dicâ€" }E tators and devilment. It is well also to remember |I that the people who can thus turn from the de-,I pressing things of life to fairly revel in some | trivial but interesting question, by the same token | 7 can turn, with renewed strength and of purpose from the apparently frivolous to t;heik more serious aspects of life and give to the more | L unpleasant side of existence a wholehearted deâ€"| f votion at which the brutal and the persecuting | L may well tremble. + Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year TVMMIN®S, ONTARIO Menmibers Canadian Weekly Mewspaper Association; Ontartoâ€" Qurbec Newspaper Associaton; Class ‘A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26 PHONES RESIDENCE 70 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEO, LAKE, Ownec and Publisher Subscription Rates: Timmins, Ont., Thursday. Feb. 16th. 1939 Obhe Yorrupine Aduvancer \ REGULAR REPEATER United Statesâ€"$3.50 Per Year | _Perhaps, there was not a great deal of true 'hopefulness in a majority of the public protests lmade Yet the results again indicate that it is ;good policy to do the right thing and trust that the outcome will be well. The public protests had the effect of building a world opinion that would make itself heard. Some of the results have been surprising. One of the incidents that followed in the wake of public opinion was the disapproval that was shown in Britain, France, Canada, the United States and other countries to the Nazi teinperment. One eximple was the banning of a book by Mrs. Lindbergh from United States libraries, because her husband had accepted a German decoration. In turn this wave of world sentiment made itself known and felt in Germany and other lands. Bluff and bluster continued, but if there was not actual stoppage of brutality tol minorities in Germany, there has at least been no further boasting about these senseless cruelties.' There has been a more or less general belief that the dictators of the world toâ€"day have no regard for world opinion. This thought was emâ€" phasized by many at the time of the public proâ€" tests against the wholesale despoilation and murâ€" der of the Jewish people in Germany. "What‘s the use!" was too common an attitude. The reply to this thought of despair was the fact that whether protests proved of avail or not, civilized people owed it to themselves to protestâ€"to show their abhorrence of the inhumanities practiced. Silence has been construed as a form of consent. The people of decency and humanity had to prove l‘ by protest that they did not consent. | North and South were widely apart in their ideas. "This is the last straw," said one genial Northernâ€" erâ€"now living happily in the South, and more oâ€" than the average man in that part of the "" |South, "there‘s nothing left for the North but to secede." Publicity was given the suggestion and it appears surprising, looking back, how much favour the idea met. Of course, it wasn‘t all a * jcase of lawful liquor. A lot of the dissatisfaction __|was caused by the awful roads there were, the unlawful lack of needed roads, and a host of â€" jother grievances. For a time secession sentiment thrived, but some little attention was given to 1 needed roads in the North, and there was a little 2 |liquor filtering through to this country, and the ~/people of this North are a patient and a kindly e’people. So down died the talk of secession. In t!a few years, however, the cry of secession was dfagain raised, a candidate for parliament making ? |this the chief plank in his platform. The vote he ~/ received, however, was so small that it looked as ° |if the good folks of the North might have thought i he was running on a dry platform. In some pollâ€" S ‘ing places he received a single vote or two, and in Slothers his own scrutineers and agents appeared 3lto vote against him. This was not, however, beâ€" 1 |cause secession sentiment had altogether died out, fjbut rather because the people of the North were ‘ / thinking busily of something else. That is one trouble about matters like secessionâ€"the people l,:are liable to be so engrossed with something else l"â€"â€"the arduous work of building a new land, for ‘lexample, that a little matter like starting a new |province is liable to be crowded from the memory. | a portion for the municipalities. Most people are clearheaded enough to see that secession would not remedy the difficulty and that talk of secesâ€" sion is not likely to have any other effect than to irritate and to delay an equitable reâ€"adjustment of mine taxation. g Previous suggestions about secession were basec iion actual proof that the North was being ignored, or treated differently to other parts of the proâ€" vince. The present suggestion is of altogethe: different type. It represents no general sentiâ€" ment in the North at the present time. The threat is used in regard to a question that is adâ€" vanced by a group of four municipalities, the reâ€" presentatives of these municipalities not ever agreeing, while the municipalities themselves are more than divided on the question. Naturally the people of the North would be glad to secure a greater share of the taxation paid by the mines That is something about which there is no dispute There is a very large body of opinion in the North, however, that believes that the mines are now paying their full share of taxation, and that further burdens along this line would injure, not help, the country and the people. This line of thought sees the wrong in the distribution of the mine taxation, the Dominion Government improâ€" perly taking too great a proportion from the proâ€" vince and the province, in turn, leaving too small It is not too much to say that the various agitaâ€" tions for secession have not really been agitations for secession at allâ€"they have simply been acâ€" tivities to force on the attention of the people of the South that the North intends to prosper. tc progress, to grow great, and if the people of the sSouth ignore the facts then the North is read; to take the most drastic steps. In the past fifteen years there have been half a dozen agitations for secession. Some of them have attained proportions of some importance and some have not. It would not be fair to say that any of them were without full excuse. It would be equally unfair to fail to say that the North in its heart does not wish secessionâ€"has never desired secession. What the North has wantedâ€"still wantsâ€"is a fair deal. With any approach to a fair deal, the North will give countâ€" enance to little secession agitation. FORCE OF PUBLIC OPINION THE PORCUPINE ADVANCER, oNTARIO some men have an ori affairs. Two men were d and allied problems the 0 The one man ventured tt ernments should do some recreation for the leisure to make life easier for t morale. don‘t want a It remained for T start the rumor that torn down because M\ much to the left. Even that is a step forward. There appears also to be still more beneficial results from the expresâ€" sion of world opinion. Despatches this week from lLondon, England, suggest the probability of the success of a plan whereby Germany will give actual coâ€"operation in the gradual settlement overseas of over 250,000 nonâ€"aryan peoples now under persecution in Germany. The despatches further state that while the plan is under way the unfortunate victims of Nazimania will be given some little chance for life. If the Jewish people within German borders are given a chance for life now and allowedâ€"even assistedâ€"to leave the unhappy country that has used them so illâ€"then the result is indeed a triumph for the force of world opinion. ' |GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER| Mrs. Shaw, made the presen ‘he host and hostess expr thanks in a few well chose: special features of the . 2 Jitterbug contest, which v the bride and groom of tw ago, and a Lambeth Walk which John Neame and P took the prize. The demon i "Sword Dance‘" by the "Ki was a very enjovable numb took the prize. The i "Sword Dance" by the "Kitchenier was a very enjoyable number. During the event music for dane was supplied by Waiter A. Devine An enjoyable programme w ented, Mrs. Dupont singing "S f Your Smile‘ ‘and as an encore iful Dreamer.‘" Mrs. Mason d with the singing of "When the On:an Played, O Promise M Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Dupont, Mrs. and Mrs. Shaw formed a wing, ‘"Whispering Hops." An ing feature was the singing of humorclus songs by Fred Curtis wellâ€"known style. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy vith a beautiful brida china tea service by th ary. Mrs. w. Wilkin. To the event on Tuesday ev host and hostess invited im the Canadian Legion, membe Ladies‘ Auxiliary, and person: and a large number were p icho the hope. expressed Bby A\ Zowan, who acted as master monies, that the "bride an would enjoy many more years ‘tal bliss." Mrs. Hardy is the president of th Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Canadian Leg ‘on, and Mr. Hardy is sorgeantâ€"atâ€"arm. ‘n the local branch of the Legion. Bott are very popular in Lezion activities ind always take part in the event held by this oreanization. The bridegroom of twenty had resided in Canada befor rlage, and in 1919, the yoi moved ‘to Canada eleven year. ‘ng to Timmins. They have Bob and Harry, who are nocwn among the younger s Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, who reside at 3 Transmission Line, were married on @ebruary 14, 1919, at Billington, near Blackburn City, Lancashire, Engzland. The ceremony took place in St. Mary‘s Caitholic Church, which is over thres years old, and was performâ€" d by the Rev. Fr., Walmesley. Mrs. Hardy was formerly Miss Eveâ€" ‘yn Cliffe, daughter of Serzeant and Mrs. J. W. Cliffe, of Billington. Mr. Hardy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hardy, of Ipswich, England. Mrs. Hardy received he nsemble of printed shec Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hardy, popiflar residents of Timmins for the past sleven years, celebrated theirâ€" twentieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday eveâ€" ning by inviting a large number of their friends to enjoy the occasion at the Legion Hall. Observe the Twentieth _ Anniversary of Wedding Delightful Social Event at the Legion Hall on Tuesday Evening. Presentation from the Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Legion. Jitterbug Contest won by the "Bride and Groom." For $4,000,0 modern Rainbo sketches release ways. Public fu I don‘t want anything like that biairmore Enterprise to lat the tower of Pisa is to be Mussolini contends it leans too original y re discussii e other d d the opin omething t years ago, com have two sons are both well zer set here. VJ widgaras fHoneymoon bridge could be replaced by abuild the bridge. . y bridge like this. according to estimates accompanying/|above the ice level d by Hon. T. B. McQuesten, Ontario minister of highâ€"|truction. nds. administered by an international commission, would LC 11 nd ginal way of looking at iscussing unemployment ther day in a local cafe. ie opinion that the govâ€" thing to give wholesome time of the unemployed hem and preserve their il was ~DrEâ€" Ssunshine e ‘"Beauâ€" hn ear his L wisre won by y vears Mi Shaw ; m S imnarâ€" [elbball : f jSNDCS, nt to James JIM COULD REPLACE HONEY MOON BRIDGE FOR $4,000,000 ped by frost, were given lodging in homes about the town. Gordon McLachlan, who lived at the hotel, told The Canadian Press M. Grolealu, hotel manager, was responâ€" sible for the guests escaping before they were trapped in their rooms. Groleau discovered the fire and personally sup>râ€" vised removal of all. persons in the building, said MacLachlan, who saved only the dressinz gown he was wearâ€" 1 aDpa his Dr. Bigue, who with his wife is in ttawa, was believed to have suffered ost heavily. His entire stock of drugs ilued at $50,000, was destroyed. Loss . the Liquor Commission store was ‘imated at $30,000. For a time it was feared the teleâ€" aone building, two doors from the Loss of $200,000 in Hotel Fire at Amos Hotel Guests Escape in scant Attire in Subâ€"Zero Weather. tae piano, and a delicious lunch, in St. Valentine‘s Diay style, and fitting the cccasion for the thought carried by the hearts, was served. Starting in the kitchen of the Amos otel, the fire spread rapidly throughn e twoâ€"storey frame building and mped to adjoining buildings on both les, No injuries were reported but guests at the hotel were forced into tter cold in mght attne A barber shop and J€W'°h‘y store formâ€" part of the lower floor of the hotel d other establishments destroyed inâ€" ided Dr. Andre Bigue‘s drug store, Quebec Liquor Commission store, H. ‘cand‘s poolroom, the Lacroix Bakery d a haberdashery. The Radio Cafe o suffered heavy damage from smoke d water. Joseph Scanlan, who lived above one the stores, was roused by neighbors or‘:ly before the flames reached his artment. He was unable to save even personal belongings. He and the tel guests, their feet and hands nipâ€"â€" d by frost, were given Jlodging in |__Some days ago The Advance made reference to the Chicago divorce court judge who said that wives were the better for being slapped. There were several reasons suggested for condemning that Chicago judge. Now, there‘s another. A man from Gatchell, near Sudbury, accepted literâ€" ally the idea voiced by the Windy City judge. In police court on a charge of assaulting his wife, { the Gatchell man centred all his hopes of defence on the thought of the Chicago judge that wives often need slappingâ€"and who should slap them better than their own lawful husbands. The Gatchell husband slapped his wife with his hands and his feet. She looked as if she had been through a Chicago divorce court. The Gatchell husband had two complaints against his wife that he thought full justification for his slapping. The j one was that she ran around with other men, and| the other that she did not have his meals readyi on time. He was willing to overlook her flirta-; tions, he suggested, but failure to get the meals{ ready on time was too serious a dereliction of: duty. "I work hard all the time," he said, "and, I just have to have my meals." other man replied, "what I want is work. I am unemployed at present, and I have no leisure. I spend all my time and heart looking for work. I want a job so I can have some leisure. Give me work and I‘ll have leisure, but I won‘t have any problem about good ways then to employ and enâ€" joy that good leisure." ow water below zero a.m. until North Bay Nugget: 100,000 persons will b the City of Sudbury a the oneâ€"hour visit of Queen in June. The municipality has a bank loan of $29,600, of which $23,600 represents money paid to the provincial® governâ€" ment for collections made under the housing scheme and used by the town for other purposes, Councillor Cawley stated. This part of the loan is to be repaid at the rate of $8,000 for each of three years. It is recommended tha; some property of doubtful value, owned by the town and in which in many cases no rentals have been collected for some years, should be ordered to be vacated and if of no use to the corporaâ€" tion, demolished. wat‘er rates are to be asked to make arrangements for mseting these dues by February 20, failing which it is inâ€" tended to take steps to secure coll2câ€" tion, according to Councillor H. E. Cawley, chairman of the finance comâ€" mittee of the town council. Councillor Cawley has prepared a statement which indicates tax arrears of $78,085.39, and unpaid water rates of $10,752.09 for a total of $88,837.48, plus $24,564.14 deâ€" ducted as taxes against houses reposâ€" sessed and now the property of the town. Haileybury, Feb., 16.â€"(Special to Th Advance)â€"Citizens of Haileybury who are in arrears with their taxes and Two weeks ago fire razed a fourâ€" storey business block in the same town. The fire came just two days after a $40,000 blaze destroyed four buildings at Val d‘Or, 35 miles southeast of here. A hotel, seven business establishments and the C.N.R. telegraph office were located in the buildings. Scanlan and hotel guests were clothâ€" ed and housed in residences about the town. Haileybury‘s Tax Arrears $78,085, Water $10,752 Heat from the flames cvrackek winâ€" dows in buildings across the street and panes of glass in the Roman Catholic Church nearly a block away were shatâ€" tered. Odel Lebel, who only recently took over management of a jewelry store in the hotel, while Wilfrid Poitras, owner of a barber shop in the same building, counted loss of $2,500. The hotel, apart from the guests‘ personal belongs, was valued at $35,000. cafe, would be destroyed but firemen, working desperately despite the bitter cold, believed they could stop the flamâ€" es from spreading farther. Desruction o f the telephons building would cut off cutside phone communication. 132 Pine Street North Timmins AND REAL ESTATE IN ALL BRANCHES INSU RANC E According to these designs abutments would be placed 1 so as to prevent the recurrence of the bridge‘s des= m | d e 5‘:‘."‘3“ It is estimated be crowded into and environs for f the King and HOUSES AND LOTS FOR SALE CONVENIENT TERMS building at one poir open and several yoru the rink without placed over the hole ered it and Hebert place when the pipt pipe ing effort to ; building, a go first to later to ho Only the saved Hebt bury and Cobal Hebert was struc inch iron pipe w was apparently rink du town truck, | the right eve Peculiar Accident to Cobalt Employee Watching Hole in Side of Rink When Eye Injured by Pipe Thrust Through Hole. Hamilton Spestator: Though Naziâ€" dom insists on expunging all Jewish Biblical names, we still hear of Joacâ€" chim von Rlbbemlopmflamllton Specâ€" tator. The Northern News, of Kirkland Lake, on Tuesday, had the following: "George Murray of Larder Lake, was arrested and taken into custody here yesterday afternoon by CGonstable Warâ€" ner, of the local detachment Royal Canadian Mounted Police, on a warâ€" rant issued in Winnipeg against him. Murray is charged with fraud by the Manitoba pol}c‘c but further details concerning the case are not available at the local office. An offitéer will be sent frtom Winnipeg to escort Murray back there to stand trial. Larder Lake Man Arrested for the Manitobr Police THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH,. 1933 Cobalt, Feb. 16. (Sp nce)â€"Antoine Hebet 14 Pine St. N "We discovered that our girl was almost blind in one eye" OPTICA!L COMPANY ‘"*We‘re correcting it now, andâ€"if she wears her glasses steadily for a few yearsâ€"her sight should be normal whe she‘s through school." 4 LIBERAL TERMS MAXY BE ARRANGED AT "We never knew until one day at school they had a sight test. She couldn‘t see the letters on the ~chart when she covered her left eve, VY nCl Phoneâ€"Office 112 Resiaence 135 incecigdent I1) i0 me wall o9f the id been broken ter had entered Ing. A board lal to The Adâ€" driver of the y hurt about a ~remarkably Te ~serious inâ€" partialUy covâ€" Waiching the Phone mnday» night. piece of twoâ€" cone outside lever in an usm to the mafl had to lingford and hrust inside with éd req _ Close. the local Haileyâ€" he pipe 5 of the _ struck ‘ve and Ith the