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and a half, algemwbely using the pul- motor and artificial respiration but they were unable to revive any spark of life. The young boy and several compan- lons were playing on the wharf and Dealer is reported to have stepped into a 3111th Had tome dock. When meboatstuted tomoveout he tried to aetbaektoshore,andmdoingso. fell tho the mm. with is fifteen or twenty feet deep at that point. The cries of the boy‘s companions attracted notice on the far side or the. rival-hearth: buchandthe lifeguard, wmum 00m. rowed over with all the speed- he omnd commend. However. when he arrived the boy was under for the fine} tune and no trace at the body could be seen. irdm pub m openum. In sddiflon WW '9“? ““25 Ft ‘8‘“ ‘1”.9’ Two Hours Hater. Four Sets of Grapples Used by Police, Firdmen. Worked on Body One ‘and Half Hours. The dark waters of the Mattagaml that an inquest into the death was un- Rlver which annually claim 11m. took likely. _ their first victim on Friday afternoon. It , was nme-year-old' 1395‘" 'mm‘d' Northern Veter ans son of EmeSt W. Traflord of 26 Borden avenue. .The wane boy was Wed May be Treated at when he fell from a boat attached to a wharf near ali‘unmm’s Creek. directly w... m. .1... mm m. w... Timmins Hospital pavilion. The WY 01’ the W was in the Plan Proposed for Hospit- watnr for close to two hours before a . . volunteer diver Iou'nd it and brought allzatlon Here Instead Of it to the aux-race. at Christie Street Hos- worked over the still body for an hour First Drowning Victim of Year is Claimed by ‘ the Mattagami Friday In the last issue or The Advance Mr. Herman Moeooe, barrister and solicitor, who is a member of the Schumacher conunittee awointed to consider the status of Schumacher in regard to municipal matters. made very eflective reply to a careless remark by Mayor J. P. Bartleman, who suggested that there was a way whereby Timmins could an- nex Schumacher without the electors of that community having a chance to vote on the question. Mr. Moscoe pointed out that the law did not pro- vide for any such autocratic action. He also made it plain that it would not be in the interests of Schumacl'ier at the present time to consider any such an- nexation plan as that proposed by Mayor Bartleman. To Mr. Moscoe's careful and courteous abutment Mayor Bartleman made re- ply that seems to be more personal than informative. Answering. this. ra- ther ill-natured retort from the mayor of Tinnnins, Mr. Moscoe sayszâ€" . “Mayor Bartleman’s reply to my statement issued on the 17th- instant was entirely uncalled for. It was pure- ly personal and did not even attempfl to refute my reasons i, non-annexe? etion. The mayor. wtt plted to read the law regarding annexation, but I repeat that the Municipal Board can- not make such an order simply on the petition of the Timmins'Oouncil and I quote the Municipal Act, Revised Sta- tues of Ontario, Chapter 206, Section 20. Sub-section 4: “The Municipal Board may direct that a vote be taken for determining whether or not the majori- ty of the municipal‘eleetors of the part proposed to be annexed, are in favour Bohumaoher peeple." 1‘1 Quote the statement of the Mayor IssuedonbheifithdaypfAugust,m which he said: “We can slmpiy petition the Board to have Schumacher annex- ed. We don't need the vote of the Nine-Year-Old Dealer Trafford Falls From Boat into River and Drowns. ‘ Art Paul Dives and Recovers Body timeand place far the Winger the vote, nameme returning Officer and mine such. other provisions as may be deemed necessary.” proposed to be annéxed, are in \favour of its being annexed and may fix the Police and firemen wereicalled and Annexation, Says Schumacher Lawyer . Mr. Herman Moscoe Quota Municipal Act to Uphold His .VOL XXIV. No. 65 Not Constitute Reply to Facts. Contention. Pointsâ€"Out That Unkind Personalities “do local authorities. It will word more convenient opportunity for hospitalis- tion of eat-servicemen. The plan is to in Toronto. The various features or the case were carefuny considered and moussed and eventually it was decid- ed to have Northern hospitals act as contract hospitals for the Nonth. After the convention decided on the matter the question had to be submitted for approval to the Wt of Pen- sions and National Health at Ottawa. It Is W, however, that the De- pertinent is quite in favour of the pro- Wasitwulmeanamaterialeoon- only both for the Department and for mnsremd to' Christie Sheet. hospice} One of the questions that came be- fore the recent provincial convention of the Canadian Legion at Brantford was the proposal that err-servicemen in the North who are in need of hos- .pitalization be given treatment in Plan Proposed for Hospit- alization Here Instead of at Christie Street Hos- pital. Car Driven by Walter Ken- dall Collides With Rear of Auto Driven by Kapuska- sing Man. A minor motor accident occurred at the corner o; Fifth Avenue and Tam-"- amok Street on Sunday at 10.15 am Waiter Kendiii was driving east on. Fifth when he came into collision with Napoleon Griene, of Kapuskasing. whw was driving north on Tamarack Street” The Kendall car is believed to have cremed into the rear left fender of Griere’s automobile. Minor Motor Crash on Fifth Avenue on Sunday Iarrenier is reported by South Por- cupine police to be “pretty badly cut up." He is repented to be suffering from stab wounds in the body and several cuts on the legs. John Tatarich Being Held by Police Pending Court Hearing in Porcupine To- marrow. John Tatarlch, of South Porcupine, is facing a charge of stabbing Joseph Latrenler as the result of 9. fight in 3 Railway Street, home early on Sunday morning. Tatarlch is alleged to have come and found Lafrenler in his home, drawn a knife and made for mu. Charge » Stabbing at South End vggww'rg-m W * ngMms, * ONTARIO, MONDAY, AUGUST 218T, 1939 Batmanflsmeseâ€"Trigc Beaukxemnibâ€"AlgmmmgIISp fiWLnSthCII. !Results Upper School EXaminations at Timmi‘ns H. 81 V S. Mowing are the results of Timmins High and metlmm School Upper School examinations:â€" meenclature: 1â€"75 % or over; IIâ€" 66to74%; mâ€"aomsm; c-â€"50t059% Baderski, Julian-060m C, Tris 11, Phys 0.0110111 C. Radian. Leoâ€"lug II, Trig I. II. Chem II, Fr. A. II, Fr. 0. I. Ram fell to a depth of 1.19 inchm. The greater part fell on Sunday mom- mg eafly. morning for the next. day or so. Weath- at will be warm but will be punctuated with spells during which it will rain. Maximum and minimum tempera- ‘tures since ThurSda-y have been as follows: Thursday, 80 and 58; Friday, 81 and 57; Saturday, 80 and 57; Sunday 82 and 53. At eigzht o'clock this morn- ing the temperature was 79. Last night’s minimum was 79. Number of Outstanding Students. Meyer Bucovetsky Won Nine First ClaSs Honours. Miss Betsy Dodge Had Seven Firsts and Three Seconds. Rain to Depth of 1.19 inches Fell 0: v e r Week-End, Mostly‘ During Storm. ' In one car were two men, Wflfged Thomas and Lloyd Gloucester may each had an arm broken and received .The owner of the second car, Douglas Bound, received lacerations about the face and head. In the Reilly auto were two girls, Simone Courcelle and Lea Boissoneault." They were badly bruised and lacerated. «Police did not state whether or not reckless driving~ would be the charge. Uns‘ettled Weather Predicted Kalenahuck was driving a light coupe; He is alleged by‘ police to have been responsible for the abcident and has been chaiged in "police ocurt. Several Timmins people were injur- ed nea‘r Connaugh-t on Saturday night when two cars smashed on the high- way. They were driven by Alex Kialen- chuck, Messines Avenue, and James Reilly; Lake Shore Road, Tlmmins. Cars Driven by Alex Kalenchuck, Messines Road and James Reilly, Lake Shore Road, Crash Near Connaught. Two Men Receive Broken Arms. Passengers of Both Cars Badly Cut and Lacerated. Kalenchuck Faces a .Trafl'ic Charge. Several/Hurt In Crash At Connaught Saturday unsettled.w weathér with occasional LEISEAIgII. STRIVE VAINLY T0 REVIVE BOY Fr. Comp C. Hemoneaneâ€"OomyCAlgn,Trig II, mAuthc Iatcanmer. tiful floral tokens. The funeral took place on Sunday,‘ service being held at the Sacred Heart Church, the funeral being very largely attended and there being many beau- On Saturday night at .the Riverside pavilion Earnest Manero's"’ord1estra held a minute of silence and then played “Taps" in honourv and regret for their dead comrade, Lino Morandin having been a valued member of the orchestra. In addition to the bereaved parents he is survived by one brother, Guido, eleven years old, and one sister, Clara, seventeen years old. being especially popular in sporting circles. Lino Morandln was the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Morandin, of Timminis'. He was born in Timmins and was 21 years of age at the time of death. He was a graduate of Timmins High and Vocational School. In recent years he has been employed in his father' 5 dairy business. Sudden Death on Friday Evening of Lino Morand'in Popular Young Man Suc- cumbs Whllg at Party on Friday ng;;.; . , Hardy, Donaldâ€"Comp HI. Gagnon, Cecileâ€"Sp. Fr. 0; n. Gregnidge, Herbmâ€"Oomx) c, Trig Dodge, Elizabethâ€"A13 I. Trig II. Doucet, Anitaâ€"A13 C, Trig III, Duggan, Francisâ€"Comp II, Lit 11,1113 '. A. 0. Fr. 0. II. (comma 'm Page new several weeks m Mu. O’donnm’i Mrs. Ethel War and daughters. Est-nice and Myrtle, have returned to thdrhomemmxtrealsflerspendmx th Siwicke was his wife. Fred 8- dore and his wife were in the back seat. There were passengers with the other driver also. Passengers received minor injuries such as cute and laser- hospital where she is receiving medical Mrs. Sidore was injured more seri- ously, than any other passenger in the Two automobiles, one driven by John Siwicke, of Timmins,‘ and the other drivencby Fred Koworowski, of South Porcupine, met. After the impact they both were in the ditch. Thut driven: by Siwicke was nothing but a mass of twisted wreckage. ~ How the accident took place is not clear as yet but it is known that the t‘vo cars met with terrific force. , Siwicke was driving toward South Porcupine and the other driver was coming from that municipality. The force of the impact drove the cars apart and they settled in"the ditch on either. side of, the road. Separated by about ten or fifteen yards. The front of the Siwicke car-was drivenbuck. Mrs. Ann Sidore, of Tlmmins, is in St. Mary’ 3 hospital today suffering from a fractured skull, as the result of an accident late last night at the foot of Rea. Hill on the road between Schu- macher and South Porcupine. Mrs. Anna Sidore in South Porcupine Hospital With Head Injury. officer said. New Liskeard Aug. 21â€"(Spe01al to The Advanceâ€"When one of the tires on a. car driven by J. M031 ide, of Tim- m-ins, blew out suddenly as he was travelling along the main highway about five miles north of here Saturday afternoon, the machine left the road, broke a. telephone pole and ten fence ,posts, ripped up a lot of wire and was 'its'elf damaged to an extent estimated at $150, but McBride escaped- injury. According to Provincial Constable Soul- ier, who investigated, McBride’ 5 ma.- chine first ran into the telephone pole, snapping it off, then careened' along the edge of a field to break seven‘Of the fence posts, continuing into the field for a short distance and aiming back again to damage three more fence posts. The tire was torn to shreds. the Cars Twisted Wreckage After Crash on Sunday Timmins Car Smashed TelephonePolseand Fence % Posts. Damage ., Done When Tire Blows The vefiorts of firemen» to revive nine-year- old Desler Trafl‘ord, who fell into the Mattagami and was un- der water for more than an hour and a half before his body was re- covered, are shown in the. above pic- ture, taken at the scene of the fatal- ity. Firemen are shown in the above picture working with a pulmotor on the boy. Their efforts were fruitless. and after working for an hour and forty-five minutes, they gave u‘i) hope. In the foreground may be seen one of the volunteers who was diving for the body. wmwm 33MB 2. . ‘ Binnie Copy Five Cantu other attacks upon non-combaturms flat the resom-ces of the Chinese Red Crosstmvebeenstmined to theutmoct tomeetthcneeds.1ttstobsprovide further funds to 11le medical aid to maples: of the locslbranehof the machine. , It. ls generally known that it is the Chinese civilians -â€" men, women and children â€"- who have been , the chief sufferers from the present attack of Japan upon Chinese. The bombing of undefendied towns and villages has been a special feature of the Japanese tac- ‘tics in this war. 60 many civilians have been injured by air raids and To-morrow (Tuesday) is Tag Day for helping the wounded Chinese civilians. Some weeks ago a similar tag day- was held in the township of Tisdale'and the response, as would» be expected in so worthy a cause, was very generous. It is haped that the tag day here to- morrow will be equally helpful. Funds to be‘ Devoted to‘ GiV" ing Medical Attention to Wounded Civilians. Tag Day in Timmins for Chinese Spectator Said He Saw Ball of Fire on Roof and Fire Fol- lowing. Struck Roof of Warehouse at the Rear of Store Actual Fire Damage Believed Stmall Saturday Morn- ing Fire 1n Shack Destroys Bedding and Furniture. D. Laprairie’ s Store Struck by Lightning 1n Storm Sunday Morning With that he mounted a ladder and pressed 9. button installed in a special switch box on a power pole just on the other side of the subway bridge. The formality of officially turning on the lights on Friday night was sim- ple. Councillor Warren remarked that he was in the Porcupine at a.- time when no one would ever have dreamed that such an elaborate lighting system between the ‘towns would be necessary. Over the Town of Timur-ins this. year fighting has been improved in many sections. The increased cost of power over the toWn is expected to total in the neighbourhood of $1,000. ‘ . The lamps. which are extended out Wall over Ashe mad ombm Manama. than doabled the illumination on the road. Fixtures are the property of. the Northern Power Company and the Town will bear the cost of an increased amount of power consumption. . New lighting fixtures along the road :between Timmins and Schumacher were officially put into operation on Friday evening. Councillor" Herbert Warren pressed the button which flood- ed the road between the .two municipal- ities with white lightâ€"a light which is expected to be of great assistance in cutting down the number of automobile accidents on the highway. "1 King as Prime Minister. His death raised the number of senate vacancies to ten. The late Senator O’Connor was a close personal friend of Premier Hep- burn. Hon. Funk P. O'Connor, who bum the huge chain [aura Secord candy shops in Canada and the Fanny Farmer Show in the Uni-ted States, died at his home in Toronto early today. i Recently he sold out his huge candy. interests. Born in Deseronrto in 1885, Mr. O‘Con- nor was summoned boqthe Senate in 1935 during the term of Mackenzie Warren Opens New Hollinger Road Lighting System Senator O’Connor « Dead YBurned While Working On Car, Young Man Dies In Hospital {Saturday _ Third Death In Five Weeks. First on Saturday, July 15, When Baby Trapped in Blazing Home AfterJ‘ Father Lighted Stove .with Gasoline. On July 22 Lionel Car- riere Dies From Burns Caused by Gasoline Fire. Handley on Saturday Last. filmmStreetNm-th, whenealadsw on burning stove ova-flowed.- ~ . gm The man who turned in. the alarm and brought firemen out in the middle of the storm told them later that he sawahallofflreon theroofof the store. Soon after the store appeared to be on fire. Actual fire damage is small as fire department members arrived soon after the blaze started. They laid three lines of hose although it was not necessary to use all of them. Principal damage is to stock, some of which is believed to be damaged by water. ' Damage was not estimated today. On Saturday morning, early 9. call was received from 124 Poplar Avenue to a home owned by J. B. Oastonia and oc- cupied by B. Veillette. The fire start- ed' inside thesmall shack when it was empty Game at the fire is unknown. Before firemen could get water on the light Shack the flames raced throng: it and did $100 damage to Wine and $200 to furniture There was one call last Thursday,- two on Friday, both for minor fires . Early last evming an automobile owned by 3. war took fire on ma: Avmue and Balsam Street 7 Damon amountedtoonlyabouttfi. Lighfinlng struck the store of David Laprairie on Wilson Avenue, early, Sun- day morning during one of the worst electrical storms of the year. Fire was started from the bolt and damaged the roof of the warehouse at the rear of the store. Because Handley’s death is the tuna from similar causes, the inquest wfll create a gooddeal of interest. ' and degree burns he- réoeivled, grew worse. The and came on Saturday afternoon. An inquest will probably be held into the death although no date has been set as yet. j The accident which caused the iHandley death occurred on last Wed- nesday. Young Handley and another boy, Peter Landrykwene. cleaning out the gasoline tank of an old model car they intended to repair and use. They were running the gasoline into an open pail. A wire is believed to have cir- cuited and the spark Caused, the fire. master Landry; holdi'ng theepeii of gasoline lost his balance in the con- fusion, and the gasoline spilled over his friend’s legs and hips. Immedi- ately young Handley became a flaming torch. His chum got him out of the car and rolled him in the sand to ex- tinguish most of the flames but, by that time the boy was badly burned. He was rushed to the hospital immediately. Physicians gave him a fair chance for life up until Saturday when his condition, caused -by the extensive sec- On the follo‘Wing Saturday Lionel Carriere, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Je'an Carriere, 66% Wilson avenue, died. The boy was burned about the face and hands when a young companion dropped a. lighted match into an open pail of gasoline. The young boy was standing. over the pail and received the full force of the puff of flames on his neck, face and head”. .' The third death in five weeks from burns caused by flamhig gasoline oc- curred in St. Mary’s hospital on Sat- urday afternoon. William Handiey, 17, who was badly burned about the hips and thighs when a, fire and explosion took place in a car he and a friend were working on, died three days after he was injured. All three deaths occurred on Satur- days. On July 15, the fourteen- months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs; Jean Drummond "died in her father‘s home when a stove he was attempting to light with gasoline, exploded. The baby was trapped in the home and the agonized father and mother were forc- ed to stand on the outside and watch their home burn with their baby in it. A Coroner’s jury, enquiring into the Drummond‘ death, pointed out, in its verdict, that the father had been care- less in his use of gasoline. a call was, Wivgi to, viii