The Ordway new era., 1916-10-13

/ LOT ireland is Sate II ireland remains
sane. Mr.. Redmond also declared that
conscription could neTer be forced
| upon Ireland.
SPORTING NEWS
| Abe Attell, of New York, was given
the decision over Stanley Yoakum in
| his fight a. Denver
| Three powerful searchlights' which
| have been installed at the football
| field of the University of Minnesota
will enable the team to practice after
| dark for the balance OF the season.
The first big wager on the world
! series was announced in New York
when it was stated that E. +. Smath-
ers, the owner of fast horses. had
placed 100000 to $4,000 on the Bos-
| ton Americans to win.
Charles L. Hughes, Republican can
didate for president, made a request
for box seat at the first world Sc
ries baseball game to be played in
Brooklyn. The Brooklyn club man
agement granted the request.
The Topeka Western league base
| ball club will be moved to some other
city, probably Peoria, H., or Kansas
City. Kan, Or sold soon, according to
an announcement made at Topeka by
John Savage. owner of the club.
In order that business and profes.
sional men who are unable to play
tennis during the day may enjoy the
sport, F. J. klinger of Boulder, Colo.
has completed arrangements for light,
ing his concrete court by electricity.
GENERAL
Between $75,OO0,0OO and 500 100000
in banking funds, bankers at New
| York estimate, was transferred from
New York to London the past week,
and the movement is still under way.
| The annual report of the Union Pa
cific railroad for the year ended June
go, last, showed earnings of 1865 per
cent for the common stock. compared
with 1898 per cent the previous year.
| A mob of 1000 citizens ran Mar
shall Grove and his three deputies out
of the city of Augusta, an oil town,
twenty miles east of Wichita, Kan,
wrecked the city Jail and liberated six
A formal announcement was made
at Omaha that President Wilson had
selected Major General Goethals, Com.
missioner Clark of the Interstate Com
merce Commission and George Rublee
| of the trade commission as members
| of the board created by Congress to
investigate the railroad eight-hour
| law.
When President Wilson left the
| Commercial Club lunch and went in
an automobile to the head of the his
| torical Ak-Sar-Ben pageant the streets
of Omaha in the business section were
| so packed with people that his ma,
chine had difficulty making progress.
| 1t was the largest crowd he has en-
countered since his Inauguration.
Spurred on by the exhortation of
Mother" Jones and labor agitators,
300 wives and women relatives of
striking street car men battled with
the police in New York in the most
serious riot since the walkout on the
traction lines month ago. Night
sticks were swung right and left by
the police, and many of the women
were bruised. Scores of the rioters
carried babies in their arms.
Six alleged members of the million
dollar blackmail gang" the nation
wide activities Of which were revealed
by Edward r. West, wealthy Chicago
importer, were indicted by the federal
grand jury in New York. Warrants
were issued for their immediate ar
rests.
William A. Mahl. former vice-presi-
dent of the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific railway systems, was mar.
ried in New York to his secretary,
Miss Hannah Gospel. Mahl u u
ysars Old. Izis hri1s is -. Mahl was;
! wid0ues.