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Veol. XXIV. No.13 Li Increase is Shown in â€"Earnings of Hollinger Net Profit for 1938 Shown as $2,099,)11. Share Last Year as Compared to $1.05 Total Production in 1938 was $15,196, 804. The annual report of the Hollinger Consolidated Mines Limited, which will be released today, will show A net profit for 1938 of $5,635,.911, which is equall to $1.14 a share. In 1937 shares earned $1.05. Total production for 1938 was $15,496,â€" a 0 e dn m .# * Grade ore in 1938 was $9.25 per ton as against $8.99 a ton for the previous year. Increase was seen to be due to cleanâ€"up and changes in certain millâ€" ing equipment. "_:I‘oteil }nccme, including investments was $15,710,152 in the past year. wY EmmE n C The annual statement reflects the need for rising provision for taxes, Compensation Board and other assessâ€" ments. In 1938, $1,068,975 was set aside for such assessments as compared to $960,000 in 1937. The Hollinger continued to clean up workings above the 8G0â€"foot level. In 1938 almost 39 per cent. of ore was taken from there. Ore reserves showed an increase with grade ore at $11.60 a ton, based on $35 gold. In 1937 grade ore was priced at $11.62 a ton. Current assets are $1,975,359. Curâ€" Ore grade gold. $11.62 Current assets are $1,975,359. Curâ€" rent liabilities have been set at $571,694. International bond and share investâ€" ments have increased in 1938 from $3,â€" 374.110 to $5,521,407. The annual meeting will be held in Montreal on March 2. ANNUAL TURKEY SUPPER OF UNITED CHURCH LADIES‘ AID For a great many years the annual turkey supper in the United Church, Timmins, under the auspices of the Ladies® Aid, has been a deservedly popuâ€" lar event in Timmins. Accordingly there. will be general interest in the anâ€" nouticement that the annual turkey supper this year will be held in the church basement this year on Saturâ€" day, Feb. 18th, from 5.30 to 8 p.m The annual meeting of the Victorian , Order of Nurses was held in the Chilâ€" dren‘s Clinic of the Municipal Building on Friday, February 10th. A large number of local residents were present at the meetinz, which proved a most interesting and successful one. Mr. Arch Gillies, president, was in the chair, and welcomed the members and cthers interested in the V.O.N. to the meeting, adding that he was pleased to see so many in attendance. Mrs. J. E. Gurnell, secretary, read the minutes of the last annual meeting, and later reviewed the programme of the branch month by month during the past year. Nine meetings were held during the year 1938. Grateful acknowledgement was made of the following donations: A new V.O.N. medical supply bag, and later five bottles from the Busy Bees Girls‘ Club. in 1937. Oone dozen fine linen towels from the Golden Keys Girls‘ Club of the Timmins United Church. Twelve aprons, eight bags, and two linen instrument cases, from the Haâ€" dassah Chapter of Jewish Ladies, who aiso gave a further donation of bags and instrument cases. Twelve aprons and 10 bags made by Mrs. Desaulniers. Two complete layettes of 20 pieces, from the Ladies Aid of the United Church, who also further donated baby sweaters, bonnets, bands, soap, etc. One dozen diapers from Mrs. Ed. boxes, seouts resident of Tinimins Branch and Others Call Attention to Need at Annual Meeting. Work Here Made Record in Canada, Says District Supervisor Miss Ferguson. One the Mc protect D ProOm for $15. Mr. Gillies in his presidential adâ€" dress stated that 1938 had been a very eventful yvear for Timmins Branch of the VON. In that year, the V.ON. hnad moved into its new quarters adâ€" joining the clinic, in the new municipal building. Miss Audrey Price had been in charge of the local V.O.N. service, and on iContinued on Page Six) 2 Sections 14 Pages aD compared with $14,877,898 in comple on of er Oorde plete layettes and a further f $10 from the Arbutus d@er of Eastern Star. of table, chairs and record work being done by the Boy honorary on of $2Q, ravette from Ladies of v. and also 20 mouth Arch Masons, cheq 5 Catholic Women‘s president, Mr ; $5,635,911. Earned $1.14 a Keeping For Sale Charge Joint Charge Laid Against E. Legare and Blanche Auger as Result of Raid Yesterday. Ernest Legare and Blanche Auger jointly faced a charge of keeping liâ€" quor for sale before Magistrate Atkinâ€" son in police court yesterday. The charge was the result of a raid made on a house at 130 Willow Ave. early yesterday morning. Both pleaded "not guilty." Magisâ€" trate Atkinson remanded the case and set bail at $500 cash or $1,000 property. Legare also faces a charge of having liquor in a place other than his private residence. That char;e was also reâ€" manded. Simone Bellfontaine, alias Ruth Rayâ€" mond was arrested on a charge of vagâ€" rancy. It is alleged that she was found in the hsouse at 130 Willow Ave. Her bail was set at $50 cash by the Magisâ€" trate after he remanded her case. Ue A charge of assault was laid against Joseph Landry by Annette Gote. The lady charged that Gote assaulted her, causing her actual bodily harm. The charge was remanded and bail for Lanâ€" dry was set at $200 cash or $400 propâ€" erty The Music Teacher‘s Association will hold a mseting on Monday evening, February 20th, at the home of Mr. Nathanson, 32% First Ave., and all members are asked to be present at the meeting. Music Teachers to Meet Monday Evening, Feb. 20 Innocent Woman Was Sentenced to Prison Once in a while the law does make mistake. It did in the case of Mrs. Millâ€" somâ€"Christobel to her friends. . Her husband apparently was guilty of fraud and Christobel unwittingly was carrying the proceeds in her baggage. The couple were arrested on shipboard and the husband took the easy way out. He shot himself and left Chrisâ€" tobel to prove her innocence if she can.. The unfortunate young woman is unâ€" able to do so. Consequently she loses both husband and liberty.. Her conâ€" viction and sentence are largely due to the effort and relentlessness with which the case against her is presented by Grant Hewitson, a brilliant young King‘s Counsel. Are you interested in this unusual case? Would you like to Christobel Millson the Vicâ€" tim of Cireumstances. ublished at Timmins, Ont., Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY see this young lady given a fair deal? Well, read the first instalment of the whole story in this issue of The Adâ€" vance. You will like Christobel. You will like other characters in the story. In fact you will like the whole story. It is The Advance‘s new serial story, and it is one of the best yetâ€"full of interest, thrills, the love element. Start it toâ€"day and follow its thrilling sourse in coming issues of The Adâ€" â€"vance. Only the family and relatives atâ€" tended the funeral of Mr. Rene Lauzon, who died in St. Mary‘s Hospital on Sunâ€" day, from injuries sustained in a fall on Saturday night. The funeral was held on Tuesday morning with service at St. Anthony‘s Roman Catholic Church at 9 o‘clock. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Fr. Simâ€" ard. and interment was made in the Timmins Catholic Cemetery. The late Mr. Lauzon was twenityâ€" seven years of age, and is survived by his wife, and daughter, Elizabeth; is father: five brothers, Theo, Bert, Edâ€" mund., Leonard, and Osias; and two sisters, Bertha, and Rita (Mrs. Johnâ€" son.) Cuneral of Rene Lauzon Held Tuesday Morning Year Before. Greater Than Haileybury Rink to Represent N. Ontario A rink skipped by D. Millar, from Haileybury, won the right to represent Northern Ontario in the MacDonald Brier Dominion curling championships at Toronto next month. Top rink in the T. N. O. Curling Association, Mr. Millar‘s team met and defeated the Northern Ontario Curiâ€" ing Association‘s best rink, skipped by Bill Duncan, of Sudbury, in two s raight games. Deciding games were played at Copper Cliff. Scores of tae games were 14â€"6 and 14â€"10. * > T. N. 0. Champions The following is an account of the contest at North Bay resulting in D. Millar‘s rink representing this part of the North: Scoring one point in the 12th end to break a 10â€"10 tie, Dan Millar‘s rink of Haileybury curlers emerged from {the British Consols competition Saturday night at. T.: N. O. Curling Asociaâ€" tion champions, defeating the rink of R. W. Thompson, New Liskeard." The Millar rink, by gaining association leadership, qualified to compete in the playoff with the Northern Ontario Curling Association winners at Copper Cliff today, the victors to enter the Dominion Macdonald Brier competiâ€" tion at Toronto. $ The Miller team qualified for the The picture shows a corner in one OfI UN( beautiful home of Mrs. John Dalton, Sr afternzon, during the Valentine tea held MINISTER DECLINES TO MEET MAYORS‘ DELEGATION Hion. Norman Rogers, Minister «of Labour at Ottawa, has declined to meet a proposed delegation of provinâ€" cial mayors to protest against relief payments to Ontario.. The Minister says the relief contribution to Ontario is settled. He will, however, confer with the president and secretary of the mayors‘ association. Miller‘s Rink from 'Haileyl)ury, Wins over Sudbury Team. Will Play in Toronto in Dominion Curling Championships. T. N. O. Qhan}gion Defeated Northâ€" ern Ontario Curling Association Winner. 4 o / «>A 6 O 4 i A P P DAAA PPA m (Continued from Page Five) TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, AT THE 1LO.D.E.â€"VALENTINE DAY TEA in one of the rooms at the | pices of the I1.0.D.E. In i Dalton, Sr. on Tuesday | Mrs. T. E. Pfitchara, Mrs ine tea held under the ausâ€" | |Smoke in Halls Bring _ Call for Fire Truck Smoke in the hallways of the Empire Hotel prompted an anxious empx)y°e to=â€"put in a call to the Fire Departâ€" ment last night at about 11.30 o‘clock. Firemen arrived and found the smoke â€"but they also discovered that it was caused only by people smoking in the halls and not by a fire in the building. At 1240 pm. yesterday a call was received from Box 17. A piece of equipâ€" ment was sent to the scene, in front of Bucovetsky‘s store but no fire was found there. The call was a false alarm. "~Two calls were received on Tuesday within ten minutes of each other. At 943 pm. a chimney fire at 67 Birch street south, was easily handled by firemen. Ten minutes later a call was turned in from 73 Hollinger Lane, where there was a shed fire.. 500 ft. of hose was used by firemen to reach the blaze which scon was brought under conâ€" trol. Damage was estimated at about $75.00. Naybob Miner Broke Leg While at Work Ernest Burnett is in St. Mary‘s Hosâ€" pital today as the result of an accident which occurred in the Naybob Mine on Tuesday. His leg is broken. aused Only by Hotel Patâ€" rons Smoking. . False Alarm from Third Ave.. Mr. Burnett was preparing to go to work on Tuesday when a piece of loose broke away and fell. A smail section of the of the piece broke away and struck him in the leg. At the time of the accident the injured man was walking in a stope. He was immediately browzht to the hospital here where he is being treated by Dr. McClinton. â€" Burnett‘ Injured When Piece Loose Strikes His Leg. Dr. G. H. Derry to Lecture Here on Tuesday, March 7th Dr. G. H. Dorry, famous as a lecâ€" tursr and educationalist, will be the speaker at Timmins on Tuesday, March 7th, under the auspices of the local council of the Knizhts of Columbus. Dr. Derry is to visit the North as part of the Knights Crusade for Christian Jusâ€" tice. His address here will have the title, "Can Democracy Endure?" Dr. Derry has given special study to world conditions and is widely travelled, as well as being a brilliant speaker in seven languaesgges, and an ocutstandâ€" ing educationalist and college president. The address here will be open. to the general public and offers on unusual opâ€" portunity for constructive ideas on the world situation and its remedy. The Knights of Columbus have been carryâ€" ing on Cceampaign againsL racial exâ€" tremes and submissive doctrines, and in this educational work have gathered *Â¥ tozether groups of unsually gifted leadâ€" ers and speakers. Dr. Derry is one of the foremost of these orators and his visit to the North will be generaily apâ€" preciated. Annual Valentine Party by A.Y.P.A. Last Night The A.Y.P.A. held its annual Vaienâ€" tine party in the parish hall on Wedâ€" nesday evening, and a large number of the members and their friends were present to enjoy the event. Gamss and singing were featured at the party, nics prizes being awarded the winners of the games, and a dainty lunch was served by the refreshments convener, Miss Madge Webb. Captain Butler closed the meeting with the benediction. ; There will be no meetinz of the A.Y. P.A. next wsek but all members are asked to attsnd the church services. This Year‘s Purim Ball Monday, Feb. 28 Event to be Held This Year at the Palais Royale. Barney Sky and his committee are very busy these days perfecting arâ€" rangements for the annual Purim Ball. This year it is hoped to have the event bizger, better, happier than ever. This is a high aim, for the event in past years has been eminently successâ€" ful in every way. As an entertainment event it is outstanding, having a numâ€" ber of original and pleasing features that make very general appeal. Among these may be noted the selecting for the year of "Queen Esther," the forâ€" tunate choice receiving valuable and beautiful gifts in addition to the honor of selection. Then there is "Rebekan at the Well" and other features. Many valuable prizes are given during the evening. All attending are sure of a delightful evening‘s entertainment and this is one of the main purposes of the evening.. The other chief aim is for the Jewish Community to show special hospitality and friendliness to their Gentile friends, and to make the evenâ€" ing a real community night. This year the Purim Ball will be held in the Palâ€" ais Royale, Balsam street, south, on | Monday evening, next, Feb. 20th. 4 P e AP A C P L LA O CA AP E* 9 P P L P L P LA t the picture from left to right blan, Mrs. Stickle. Advance Photo ard Engraving) ublished at Timmins, Ont., Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY noon : partly snowâ€" Dome and Pamour Tangle in First Game of Semiâ€" Finals Toâ€"morrow Evening. On Saturday Ankerite Meets the Coniaurum on Timmins Ice. Games on Monday, Tuesâ€" day Thursday and Saturday. m us ns > 28 Below Zero Last Night The thermometer dropped to 28 beâ€" low zero last night. This morning at 8 o‘clock it was 27 below. However, the weatherman said this morning that 2 expected the cold spell to break over the weekâ€"end and finer weather to prevail. . Maximum and minimum temperaâ€" tures for the past week have been as follows: Monday, moximum, 10 beâ€" low zero, minimum, 26 below Zero: Tuesday, 10 and 25 below; Wednesday, 9 below and 12 below. At eight o‘clock this morning the mercury was down to 27 below. Last night‘s miimum was 28 below zero. ' On Monday from nine at night until midnight light snow to the depth of oneâ€"half inch, fell. Between 2.30 a.m. and 9.30 am. on Wednesday snow fell to the depth of one inch. Weather today will be fine. Towards the end of the day the temperature will gradually moderate, said the weatherâ€" man. The cold spell will break toâ€" night or tomorrow and weather over the weekâ€"end will be warmer. There may be some light snow. Col. Geo. A. Drew Given Election by Acclamation Word from Midland yesterday says that Col. Geo. A. Drew was elected by acclamation to the Legislature for the riding of Simcoe East, his name being the only one entered at the official nomination on Tuesday. He takes Hon. Mr. Finlayson‘s seat in the Legisâ€" lature. The promised opposition to the election failed at the last minute. The Liberals had agreed to give Col. Drew the seat by acclamation and they fulfilled their promise. old Spell Will Break Toâ€" Night. Weather Over the; Week end Will be Warmer| Five at Sudbury Given Terms in Photo Game Case In sentencing the five men at Sudâ€" bury concerned in what is known as the photo racket case, Judge Proulx conâ€" demned them as "men without hearts. for robbing the old and the decrepit in backwoods places through the name of the church." Alfred Lariviere was glvâ€" en two years as was also J. Valabonâ€" ecluer. W. Arsenault was given 18 months, Paul Bourdon a year, and J. Gagnon ten months. A large number of students and their friends were present last night at the first presentation of the Timmins High and Vocational School Theatre Night. The auditorium of the school was filled with the pupils who had come to witâ€" ness the stellar performances of their fellows, and each was more than satisâ€" fied with the performance. The same programme will be presentâ€" ed this (Thursday) eveningz, and toâ€" morrow (Friday) evening, commentâ€" ing at 8.15 o‘clock, and is one well worth seeing. Three plays are carried cut in profesisonal style by the amaâ€" teur actregses and actors of the school and in keeping with past successes, annual event this year is a remarkâ€" able one. \ Tirst Presentation Last Night of Three Plays Very Sucâ€" cessful. Event to be Repeated Toâ€"night and Toâ€"morrow Night. Plays, Acting, Scenery, Music, All Specially Interesting. Mrs. Slater (Ruth Halperin), ner husband, Henry Slater (John Amadio) and her young daughter( Nina Chenier), are awaiting the arrival of Mrs. Slater‘s sister and husband. They have just notified these relatives of the death of Abel Merryweather, their grandâ€" father. The first play, "The Dear Departed, by Houghton. is an interesting comed: It is directed by Mr. J. Robbie, an takes place in the livingâ€"room of house in the lower middle class distric of an English manufacturing town. Tomorrow Before Mr. and Mrs. Jordan arrive, the Sliater family decide that they will take some of the more treasured beâ€" longinzs of their grandfather out of his room, and replace them with their own furnishings which are old and worn out, The’ move a bureau and a Semiâ€"final games to decide the chamâ€" pionship of the northern group ‘3f the NO.H.A. will begin toâ€"morrow night when the team standing first, the Dome, meets the team standing third, the Pamour, on the Dome‘s home ice at. South Porcupine. The first four teams in the Mines League will play off for the title. They are, in order of standing, the Dome, the Buffaloâ€"Ankerite, the Pamour and the Coniaurum. According to a recent decision of the N.O.H.A.., the first and third teams will play home and home games and the second and fourth will do likewise,. Winners will meet in the final. Toâ€"morrow night‘s game brings the first and third teams together. On Saturday night the second and fourth teams, Buffaloâ€"Ankerite and Coniauâ€" rum, respectively will meet. The second game between the Dome and the Pamour will be played on an ice surface chosen by the Pamour n Monday night and on Tuesday night the Ankerite and Coniaurum will again meet on an ice surface chosen by the Coniaurum. Winners of the series will play home and home games on February 23 and February 25, the team leading in the league standing to have the first game at home. During the whole series of home and home games goals will count. If the clubs cannot agree on referees the N. O.H. A. will step in and appoint them. The winner of the gold belt section of the N.O.H.A. will meet the winner of the central or Kirkland Lake secâ€" tion on Porcupine ice on February 27. On March a return game will be played at Kirkland Lake. Award Gold Medals to Schumacher Men Ottawa, Feb. 151 the fiftyâ€"third annual convention of the Engingeering Institute of Canada, being held at Otâ€" tawa, prize winners for technical papers included three Northern Ontario men,. The Leonard gold medals was presentâ€" ed to J. J. Denny and Dr. W. D. Robâ€" son of the McIntyre Mine, Schumachâ€" er, and to D. A. Irwin, of the Dr. Bantâ€" ing staff, Toronto, who has been asâ€" sociated with them in their research in regard to silicosis. The H. N. Ruttan prize was awarded to C. Newfield, Sault Ste. Marie. Says King and Queen Not to Visit the Quintuplets Despatches from Ottawa say that there is official denial that the King and Queen will visit the Quintuplets during their visit to Canada. clock, and Mr. Slater, upon his wife‘s insistence, uses the grandfather‘s slipâ€" pers as his own, so that the other reâ€" latives will not get thes e belongings. Ben Jordan (Don Ramsay) and his wife (Mae West) arrive and appropriâ€" ately Mrs. Jordon bursts into Lears. It is not long, however, before she eagerly begins to talk about the deceased‘s in» surance, and notifies the Slaters that "dear granfather" had promised his gold watch to the Jordon offspring, Jimmy. Vietoria Slater, pretty little daughter, informs her mother that grandfather has not paid his last premium on his insurance. Immediately there is an upâ€" roar, and both families join in deriding the man for this thoughtlessness. Vicâ€" toria is sent to his room to find the insurance receipts, and comes running back to tell the assembled family that grandfather is getting up. Aghast at this sudden turn of affairs, ‘both families are at first reluctant Single Copy Five Cents both ~famililes are IITS! to believe that the old ma alive. As he" enters the shrink away in terror, and fi him to make sure that it Convinced at last, tea is served, and during ithe lunch, grandfather (Lee Lawry) realizes that his burcau has been transplanted and that his clock is sitting on the mantelpiece. Angry because she thinks that the Slaters have been trying to rob her of her property, Mrs. Jordan tells her grandfather that he was believed dead, and that the (Continued from Page x) (Continued from Page f affairs, reluctant is really om they illy "feel" s not his