Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-09
GAMBLING UNDER BAN In ERIN
Law Against Betting is Being
Strictly Enforced.
POLICE ARE MAKING A CRUSADE
James LRrkin, Held on Charge Of
Conspiracy, IL Released by Orr
der OF the Lord Lieu
tenant.
POLICE ARE MAKING A CRUSADE
BY THOMAS EMMETT.

Dublin. Oct. 8.-(Special to The BeeD-
The laws against betting as a business is
being enforced throughout the country. The
betting practice has become pretty general
because OF the horse racing season. The
police have been instructed to STAMP Il
out and they are being backed up by the
clergy and the judiciary. At the Limerick
petty sessions recently Edward DAILY and
John Cronin we're charged with being CON
cerned in street betting.
p. Il. O'Donnell solicitor. who appeared
for the defense, pleaded guilty on behalf
Of his clients but said Lord Derby had a
bet Of $4,000 to 1000 on his horse and was
at large
Justice J. II. Roche said street betting
was causing much ruin and misery A fine
was imposed on each man and they re-
ceved a warning.
LarISin Released.
The lord lieutenant recently ordered the
release of James Larkin. The latter was
sentenced last June to twelve months i'm
prisonment on the charge Of conspiracy in
connection with the formation of the Irish
Transport Workers union.
Recalls an OLD Romance.
The late Viscount Avonmore who died in
peerage. Lord Avonmore was fifth in de-
scent from Barry Yeyverton, Lord Chief
of the Irish exchequer who was made Wis
count Avonmore for his services on behalf
Of the policy which, in 1882, he had de-
nounced His grandson, the fourth viscount
was defendent in a suit, which occupied
public attention from 1851 to 1854 The Irish
trial Of Thelwall and Yelverton turned on
an action for recovery OF e259. but the real
question: at issue was whether Miss Maria
LongWorth was the wife of Major Yelver-
ton or not She had met him at Galata
during the Crimean war, and subsequently
form of marriage was gone through, the
bridegroom himself reading the marriage
service of the Church Of England In 1857
another marriage was solemnized by a
Catholic priest The validity of both mar
riages was disputed the latter on the
ground that Major Yelverton was not a
member Of the Catholic church and, there
fore, transgressor OF a statue, which de-
clared a mixed marriage by a Catholic
priest Illegal. The jury for both marriages.
declaring Major Yelverton to have been a
Catholic. This decision, which was received
with popular applause, was reversed by the
House OF Lords in 1864. and Major Vel
verton's marriage in June. 1858, to another
galway "a Port.
Rt. Rev. DR.. O'Dea, Catholic bishop of
Galway has announced his support OF the
movement to make Galway a transatlantic
port and his willingness to share in the
expense of the movement.
At recent meeting at Letter-Kenny. Mr..
Swift-O'Neill declared that the late earl of
Beaconsfield (Beniamin DisraeD really
favored home rule, although he was a tory
Mr.. ONeill said it was not generally known
that Disraeli himself was at heart a home
ruler. In 1877 Mr.. Pierrepoint, the Ameri-
can ambassador, had a conversation with
him which he committed to his diary. He
asked Lord Beaconsfield had he any plan
in reference 10 the settlement of the Irish
question. and Lord Beaconsfield said he had
no perfected plan fixed, but his general
idea was that II he had the power he would
give to Ireland a constitution similar TO
that which New York state or PennsyI-
vania or Ohio had.
Another Centennarian Dead.
Thomas Kelly, who recently died at
LurganhoY. County Tyrone, aged Ill raid
a few days before he passed away, that he
never consulted a physician, took medicine,
or was known to be a day sick He was
an early riser and hard working farmer
who ate plain but wholesome food. He
never smoked, but took an occasional glass
/ of whiskey TO keep out the cowld" as
/ he was wont to say.
! At meeting of Dublin corporation, Ger
aid r. Keatings. II years. WIS presented
/ by the Lord Mayor with testimonial for
having saved 6-year-old Keith Mann from
drowning.