Western Star (Corner Brook, N.L.), 1915-08-25

              The Western Star w Vol, 16 ( An independent newspaper devoted to the development and prosperity of Newfoundland Curling, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland, Wednesday, August 25, 1915 Representing the local interest of the West Coast of the Island No. 2t FIRST BRITISH TRANSPORT To Be Torpedoed The British transport Royal Edward has beeu torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Six hundred men were saved out of 1,350 troops and 220 other persons on board. So far as has been reported officially, this is the first instance in which a British transport has been attacked successfully by a submarine. It has been a matter of pride with the British government that it had transported hundreds of thousands of troops across many seas without the loss of life. It is probable that the number of troops sent to France and Belgium since the beginning of the war is considerably in excess of 700,000. In addition, large numbers of men have been transported to the Dardanelles, Egypt, South Africa, and Serbia. Troops have been brought in from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Newfoundland and India for tbe defense of the Mother Country. .To guard these vast movements elaborate precautions have been taken. Transports are accompanied by an escort of warships, chief reliance being placed on destroyers for warding off submarine attacks. DESPERADOS INVADE NEW ENGLAND TOWN The people of Essex, Mass., were thrown into a reign of terror by no less than three holdups in that town, within a period of eight hours. With a handkerchief over bis face and lesembling the appearance of a WTestern bandit, a desperate individual entered the store of J. J. Ellis on Southern ave,, and at the point of a revolver, demanded food of Mr. Ellis' 10-year-old sister, which he secured. A half hour previous, a stranger attempted to holp up Ralph B. ICow, while the latter was on his way home on a bicycle, while in the afternoon, about 1 o'clock Miss Georgia Ramsdell of Maiden, a guest at the summer home of Mrs. Ella A. Jackson, was held up while crossing the pastures and relieved of between $3 and $4 on Monday. LIGHTNING STORM CAUSES TRAGEDY Mary Ellen Penney, 13 years old, was killed instantly by a flash of lightning which rent the house of her aunt, Mr. Fahey, at Harbor Main, Tuesday evening. The little girl was sitting in the kitchen, with four of Mrs. Fahey's children, when the bolt struck the house splitting tbe roof in twain, and demolishing the chimney. Tbe other occupants escaped unhurt, though the boots of a baby sleeping in a cot were torn from his feet, and the others who were sitting on a wood box, were thrown to tbe other side of the kitchen.—Daily News. NFLD. REGIMENT SAILS His Excellency the Governor received a cablegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies informing him that the Newfoundland Regiment would embark on August 20th, for Egypt. News of the World The form of Government in China is soon to be changed back from a Republic to a Monarchy. Seven*persons were killed by an explosion in a match factory at St. Casimir, Quebec, on Wednesday. The British steamer Silver Wings, from New York to Archangle, Russia, ran aground on the sdnd bars of Sable Island. The man Frank who was serving a life sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan, at Mariett'a, Ga., was taken from the prison and lynched, A cyclone devastated the entire southern side of the Haytien Republic. Several towns were destroyed and heavy floods occurred in the interior. A message from Messina, Sicily, reports the eruption of a large quantity of lava from Stromboli volcano. Tbe lava formed a lake of fire between the craters and the sea. At Chatham a women was killed by lightning on Tuesday night. Her horse was also killed, and the bov who was holding the animal was rendered unconscious. They had taken shelter under a tree. An earthquake whose shock was very noticeable in Okanagan district, 8.C., was also reported from all over British Columbia on Wednesday. Kelowna, 200 miles east of Vancouver, reports a shock at 6.06 a.m. Calgary, Alberta, Aug. 18.—The Canadian Pacific transcontinental Number 3 from Toronto to Vancouver, crashed into a rock-slide near Golden, 8.C., early this morning. The engine turned turtle and firemen John Mclennan was killed. War News in Brief Wiih the fall of the fortress of Kovno the Germans captured 400 guns. Two German attacks in Vosges on Tuesday were repulsed, and 50 prisoners taken. According to a despatch from Switzerland, Germany has lost 43,972 officers to date, including 123 generals, Dutch soldiers opened rifle fire on a German zeppelin which appeared over Netherland territory on Wednesday. A further advance of 500 yards by the Allied tioops on Gallipoli Peninsula is announced, capturing a Turkish trench and 22 prisoners. The seventeenth German air raid on England occurred on Wednesday night, which resulted in ten civilians killed and thirty-six injured. - Mirages, says a Cape Town despatch, caused great annoyance to General BotUa's forces during the recent operations against German Southwest Africa. In a dashing bayonet charge, the Italian troops stormed and captured a line of strong entrenchments along the slopes of Santa Maria and Santa Lucia, in the Alps passes. Brief and Newsy A little girl named Annie Belong, aged 4 years, of Gloucester, is iu a dangerous condition _ from- butns sustained as a result, according to the claims of ber mother, of a boy throwing burning matches on her. Miss Pearl Adams, of TwilHngate, is reported to be missing She is supposed to have left Grand Falls on ist July ior her home and has not since been heard of, accord(to the TwiUingate Sun. HUNDREDS PERISHED IN STORM Millions of Dollars Damages to Property Dallas, Texas, Aug. 19—Experiences of survivors of the tropical storm, which swept the southeast coast of Texas bringing death to scores of persons and doing damage of millions of dollars to property, continued to be unfolded to-day as those persons reached cities to which communication bad been re-established. While reports did not agree as to number of deaths in various localities, and the total number of dead in the storm district remained unknown, it seemed probable that tbe complete lists would show considerably more than a hundred persons had perished. An estimate of the deaths in the vicinity *of Galveston and' Houston was placed at 71 by a representative of the Associated Press trom Galveston, Texas, who last night arrived at Houston after a thrilling trip. Reports from other places, however, told of deaths, reports of which had not reached him. MAN HURT AT MORETON'S HR. MINE Mr. Morris, a native of Bay of Islands, but for sometime resident of Nova( Scotia, sustained a severe fail at Moreton's Harbour antimony mine, says the Twillingate Sun. The scaffold on which he was working collapsed owing to the ground giving way. Morris was severely cut on the head. CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH A terrible accident occurred at Back Hr. on Thursday morning when little Gladys Wells, of about 2 years of age, child of Mr. ' and Mrs. Samuel Wells, fell into a pot of boiling water which then upset over her. So badly was the poor little mite scalded that she died during the night. The mother had just put the pot in which her dinner had been cooked outside the "door. The child was standing by, and in some way slipped and sat down in tbe pot tipping the scalding water all over her.—Twillingates§un. House of Assembly SYNOPSIS Friday, April 16th The House met at 3 p.m., pursuant to adjournment. Various questions were asked and answered.Petitions were presented by Mr. Stone and Mr. Downey. The Naturalization of Aliens Bill was read a third time and sent to the Legislative Council. Committee of the Whole on local Affairs Bill. The Premier said this was simply to enable the Governor-in-Council on the Petition of any locality to establish j boundaries ot a locality, within which an election might be held for a local Road Board. Mr. Kent was entirely in sympathy with the principle of management of local affairs. The country might be classified into large and small settlements. Some would wish for independent Boards ; other might prefer to be amalgamated with a large settlement or with each other. The election might be held at a public meeting presided over by a J.P. or Magistrate. Elections might be held throughout the country every second year. These Boards might control all local affairs, including marine works, and perhaps poor relief. The principal thing was to take these expenditures out of the field of politics. The matter was one i which required very thorough considera- I tion. Mr. Morine thought this bill should be dropped for this session ; and a commission should be appointed to sit out of session and deal with this complicated matter as it required. It was not a matter to be hastily tinkered with in the House. The matter was an important one; the incorporation of communities for local affairs was a distinct advance of civilization, for which the time was now ripe. The matter had been dealt with in great detail in other colonies. Moreover, local criticism would ensure much better returns for the money spent. The time was coming when local affairs would  to be paid out of local instead of general revenue. Customs' revenue could jiotf much longer, increase, while  could not be prevented from increasing. Again, local boards would be a valuable educative factor to the people, besides reducing waste and diminishing corruption. Our people were now quite competent to manage their own affairs. He proceeded to explain and read from the very complicated acts by which these matters were Governed in Canadian Provinces. The population in the Province of Saskatchewan was much more scattered than in Newfoundland, and yet this act worked out excellently there. Unless localities had to pay local expenses, we would never get rid of t'ae idea that everybody had a right to throw himself on the public funis; and local people knew better than officials in St. John's who was deserving and who was not. Let a proper act be drawn up before next session. Mr. Currie explained that kx;al Boards would still spend the present grants; they could please themselves as to whether or not they raised. more local- Hon. Colonial Secretary said the Government had attempted, since last year, to gather information on this subject, a circular was seut round. Very few outport magistrates answered the circular at all, and those indifferently as a rule. Only one member of the House out of 36, answered at all. It seemed that the people either did not care about a change, or were unable to give much information. He emphasized the great difficulties that would be found to exist. Mr. Morine explained that the local boards would do the work of the Road Boards, would have the charge and upkeep of marine works when they were once erected, would have the control of the poor grants, and might further be given charge of a variety of matters, such as dogs, regulations on building, fire protection, cemeteries, night-watchmen, in spection of food and drink, wells, water works, sewerage and sanitary matters, and innumerable similar powers. If outport Boards were given all possible local powers they would be far better managed.- DMr. Coaker believed that the difficulties in the way could be overcome. Larger towns, at least, could be given these powers, and then we could see what could be done for the smaller ones. The present system of Road Boards was bad ; the people wanted a change. "If this question was left for a commission, something might be done in the meantime to ensure that every place that wanted an elective Board might get it. They had been introduced in Bonavista Bay by his predecessors, Messrs. Marine and Blandford,and had been running in almost every seitlement in a most satisfactory nit ner. i Water supply 1 jc-«1 hospitals, dogs and I such matters might be much bettter handled locally. Let a non-party commission be appointed to handle the matter out of session. Mr. Jennings said he had done hi* best to answer the enquiries made by the Government, but had found it a difficult matter; nevertheless it urgently required attention. The number of small settlements. separated by water in his District of Twillingate, made it very difficult to group them under Boards. Mr. Grimes supported tire principle of the bill, and the suggestion of Mr. Morine. A certain amount ot local taxation might tend to make taxation bear more equally on the people. Dr. Lloyd said we had no place in the country, (except in St. John's which bad real local government, because they were all spending Government money and not their own local money. We ought to foster the real local government, of local bodies raising and spending their own money. He agreed that a commission should be appointed to devise a bill for next session. Meantime, it would be sufficient to . go on as at present ; the government had, in most cases, been granting elective boards when asked for. The Bill was sent to a select committee.The remaining orders of the day was deferred. The House adjourned to Monday at 3 p.m. Monday, April 19th. The House met at 3 p.m., pursuant to adjournment. Petitions were presented by Mr. Targett, Mr Halfyard, Mr Morine, Hr. Parsons, Mr Stone, and Hon. Colonial Secretary. House went into Committee of the Whole on Sealfisbery Bill. Mr. Coaker approved of most of the sections of the proposed bill, but objected to one or two, and also desired to add one or two sections, proposed by him, in relation to food, and also in relation to landing part of crew when they so desire. He also referred to the sealing disaster He was surprised that so little notice had been taken of the petition-. presented tor Capt BLeati'* arrest. Mr Higgins considered the remarks against Capt. Kean unjustified. Captains had been going to the ice for very many years, without any tremendous penalties for loss of men, and yet we had had disasters very seldom. Unavoidable accidents always had happened and always would happen. It was not right' for Mr. Coaker to talk as if everyone, judges and all, were in a conspiracy to defend anyone. There had been a perfectly impartial enquiry. It  not do to tie up the sealing industry with too many regulations. He did not believe in the petitions that had been presented. Mr. Coaker could just as easy get signatures to a petition against anyone be pleased. Mr. Jennings denied this. He considered the people did not sign petitions without being fully convinced of their justice. Mr. Halfyard was of the same opinion. Min. Marine & Fisheries thought the matter was a complicated one, and had better be referred to a select committee. The Bill was referred to a select committee. .The House went into Committee of the Whole on the Bill in relation to the sale of codfish on the I«abra* dor Coast. Mr. Morine, Mr. Coaker, and the Min. of Marine and Fisheries discussed the date at which the Board should fix the price. Mr. Cnrrie considered that the Board would have to sit a number' of times through the summer and change** pric*- acovrdintg to circumstances.(Continued on page 4^ BANK of MONTREAL. . ESTABLISHED 1817. Capital $16,000,000. Rest $16,000,000 Bankers for the Government of Newfoundland. 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