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V. 1 . - 2I EVENING EDITIOf. EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT Fair tonight and Wed nesday. Calling cards, wad' ding stationery, com mercial stationery and job printing to order at the East Oregonlaa. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. OFFICIAL PAPKH. VOL. 23. VICTORY Mir s WORLD 5 CHAMPIONSHIP IIM ME KULEO Ml MOBE M INJMfO Negroes and Whites All Over Country At War as Result of Fight at Reno. Several Thousand Negroes and Whiten Riot In Washington Whites Drag Red from Their Home and Beaten hy Drunken D lacks Revolvers and Knives in Action In Soutli Police Have Difficulty in Controlling Situations More Rioting Predict!!. Washington, July E. Rioting In which several thousand whites and negroes participated continued throughout the night. Every avail able police Is on duty today and pos Ibly federal troops will be called out to restore order in the national" cap ital, on account of the outcome of the Reno fight. Fighting was continuous along Pennsylvania avenue to the White House. Negroes are wild with enthusiasm. Several white men were dragged from their homes and beat en. Throe negresscs entered the home of white women, dragged them from their bods, tore their clothing and beat them on tho street before a crowd of blacks. Two white men were stabbed by negroes and are dy ing. Two hundred blacks and 30 whites have been julled. Further trouble is predicted. The blacks are drunk. Trouble Follow New. New York. July 6. The news that Johnson h:il won from Jeffries at Re no flashed through tho congested streets and squares of Manhattan and wherever It ran. trouble followed it. Oront crowds packed the open spa ces In front of the bulletin, boards, cheering and groaning for their fa vorite. The blacks were exultant but gon,i nature.! l the Mitres were surly and disgruntled. From the moment the words, "Johnson wins" went upon the bulle tin bonrds. until midnight, there were 17 calls for the police and ambulances In almost as ninny parts of the city. Four negroes wore arrested and eight whites. Five negroes, but no whites were taken to the hospitals. There was a fresh outbreak In the "Blnck and Tan" belt and on "San Juan Hill" late Inst night after seem ing quiet had settled over the seeth ing streets. Mortully Wounded. Talluluh, La., July 6. When Con ductor Roberts of the. Iron Mountain train, demanded fares of Bnos Stet son, a negro near here yesterday af ternoon, th latter shot Roberta down. Roberts is probably mortally wounded. He was rushed to the railroad hos pital at Me Ark. Stetson Jumped from the train and he la being search ed for by a large crowd of citizens. That he will be lynched If captured seems certain. White Man Mobbed. St. Joseph, Mo., July 6. 1. I. Saw yer, a white man who took the part of a negro when the latter was struck by anojlu r white man was mobbed by a crowd of whites immediately aftet" tho Jeffries-Johnson fight. Sawyer was rescued by a pollcoman and charges that tho officer struck hint In the face and broke his nose, """"" Lynching Threatened. Charleston, Mo., July 6. A third lynching within 24 hours was threat ened here yesterday afternoon when an unknown negro was caught by a crowd of citizens, after he is said to have used rough language in address ing a white woman. The negro's cap tors Investigated his case and decid ed his offense did not Justify anoth er lynching and he was allowed to '" ; , . - ' Trouble in f Angeles. Lob Angeles, July 6 Riot calls were numerous In this, James J. Jeffries' home town between 4:30 yesterday! afternoon and midnight, all of them due to what occurred at Reno. Flush ed with small cash winnings, several negroes sallied forth, filled themselves with liquor and looked for trouble. Eight men, three white and five col-j ored, had minor Injuries attended to at the receiving hospital. Rioting at Atlanta. Atlanta, Go.. July 6. Rioting start ed here soon after the results of the fight became known. Many ne groes were chased by the crowd. One Killed. Mounds, 111.. July B. One man was killed and one mortally wounded last night following an attempt by . J9 FOLLOW THE BATTLE four negroes to shoot up the town. A negro constable was reminded of Jack Johnson's victory at Reno when he attempted to place them under arrest. Three Negroes Killed. Augustu, Ga., July 6. Resulting in the killing of three negroes, TJval diu, a small town of South Georgia was the scene late yesterday afternoon of a race riot which may result In further fatalities. So for no whites hove been injured. Three Negroes Injured. Houston, Tex., July 6. Distur bances broke out last night on the an nouncement of Johnson's victory at Iteno. Three negroes were badly hurt by white men Inside of an hour. Po lice were called to quell several minor disturbances. Trouble 'in St. Louis. St. Louis. July 6. Rioting in a negro section of St. Louis, Marker street and Jefferson avenue, followed quickly upon the announcement that: Jack Johnson was the victor In the Reno prize fight. The eighth district police responded to a riot call, but were powerless to cope with the negroes who were blocking traffic and making threats. A second call to the central district brought out a score of policemen. The negroes were clubbed Into suhmis. slon nnd dispersed. Three Riot Calls. rittsburg. Pa., July 5. Less than half nn hour after the decision of the fight was announced here, three riot enlles were sent Into two police pre cincts In the Negro Hill quarters. Street ears were held up and insult ing epithets were hurled at the pas sengers. The police bent the crowds bnck with their clubs to permit the passage of the ears. Minor Disturbance. Fort Worth. Tex., July 5. Minor disturbances between whites and blacks broke out here following the onnouncement of Johnson's victory ov er Jeffries yesterdny afternoon. The most serious attack was made by two negrossos with beer bottles on a white woman. Shot hy Negro. Little Rock. Ark., July 6. Lee Roberts, an Iron Mountain passenger train conductor, was shot and wound ed during a fight on his train between throe white men ami some negroes yesterday Immediately following the result of the Reno fight. Two Whites Stabbed. Pueblo, Colo., July 5. Max Irwin and J. H. Moore, two white men. were stabbed In the bnck Inst night In a riot between whites and blacks In Ressemer City park. Twenty-five others were slightly hurt. The trouble started over the announcement of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. A crowd of 2.000 quickly gath ered and n 11 available police were rushed to the scene. It Is not known who did the stabbing. No arrests were made. Irwin and Moore will recover Rlaeks ami Whites Clash. Philadelphia, July 8. There were clashes between whites and blacks In several sections of the city last night following the announcement of Johnson's victory over Jeffries. Riots in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, July 6. Intermittent rioting following the announcement of tho result of tho Jeffries-Johnson fight, called the police to several dif ferent sections of the city last night. In Vino street a lending thoroughfare a mob'of hundreds of whites chased a negro who was said to have made offensive remarks. He was rescued by being allowed to ascend an ele vator In a down town hotel. Fort Worth, July 6. Two negress es fatally beat white woman here with beer bottles. Augusta, Oa.. July 5. Three ne groes were killed here. There are race riots throughout the state. PENDLETON. OH EG ON. TUESDAY. JULY 5. l). Itr.SSIA AM) JAPAN .MARK A TREATY Toklo. July 5. It was made public today that the Russo- Jappanese treaty was signed at St. Petersburg yesterday. The terms ure withheld. A cable from Vladivostock today says the new agreement relates ehlef- ly to territorial integrity. It also recognizes the right of the countries to keep armaments In Asia. It is expected the text of the treaty will be given out July 10th. It is understood' it also provides for the extradition of criminals from territory ruled by the two powers. It will prob- ably strengthen Japan's position in the Orient nnd assist mater- Inlld her plans to gain a strong- er foot hold in Manchuria. Mounds, 111., July 6. Negroes killed u constable who attempted to arrest drunken rioters here. There is riot ing throughout the south, and It is believed the reports will show many killed. Wilmington, July 5.-The whites here attempted wholesale lynching, and hundreds were Injured In the r',S- New Orleans, July 5. Riots occurr ed before the bulletin boards. Re volvers and knives were fatally used, St. Louis. July 5Tho whites hero attacked the negroes. Cincinnati. Julv 5.NPgroe were taken fro,,, their homes here and heat. en by whites. -Now York. July B. One negro was (Continued on page 8.) ballingeFand TilFI MEET IN CONFERENCE MX Itiri ARV OF INTERIOR DENIES HE WILL RESIGN Declares He Has Never Been a Quitter Says Conference Is to Reorganise Reclamation Service nir-..... N en el May Itse Head. Hevorly. July 5. "I have been a quitter nnd I haven't brought m. icsignation with me," said Secre tary Ballinger today when he arrived to confer with Taft. who summoned him. Hallinger said he has not any Intention of resigning. He said he 'anie to discuss n plan to reorganize the land office an,, rot.iamatin service with Taft. The conference began this afternoon. Hallinger lunched with Taft pre- i., !,, conference. It is under. sort rtv reiirti-to changes are imminent. The secretary will return to Washington tonight T.ift played golf this morning PAUISIENNE'S HAT IS CAISE OF ACCIDENT Paris.- A large hut Parlslenne was the cause of a serious accident this week. The woman was crossing the road when the ribbons were caught by a spike projecting from a cart. Not only her hat, but also her fals nair. were violently wrenr her head and she was throw ground, She was terribly shaken and is suf ferlng from bruises and Internal in Jury, ..J.'!".!:r ,.MVnl.ll,L,n0Vr.?,l in. ii, -n un cum m no neia this evening the long deferred report of the committee on counry division will be submitted and will be up for ac tion at the hands or the association. The report will be nresentod hv Cnl T IT !?!., t,nl. i : ' """"" l" cmmu- I Owing to the importance of the T. Wl" OB"'t",e ,,h? chief . u is oesirea to have a representative attendance and! StoOil 11,., f-.trt f t-,i . .. . e.l on thi Kio. TTn,,,. . u I "f the reclamation service ..., " ' "Ctfo of a freight train on th c"Hn. I . . ' . u ..e Hna swollen fea- no, July 5. kided. RHllinger has already sii.i linmui' Hamilton and Davton a"rt "C "f1!1 hI" head ln h,s fon dlared today the f fore the InvesU.iL 1" t.ad. " I The frcght was attemnHn "io mb. I h-,Jd." dazed and "coherent. is not dead in Nevada, a. he believe,, Newel. L"'" V".T a siding to give the passemre. Vn ...,n . Wa ked ?ut of . the ring vadans are proud of the he job. The secret " " . a clear track, when ti e HmiTe, ." ., 1?" . ".arK on his body except a Joyed. I expect -ice is demoraliz;,, s 7 result of . owning of a" w'n' "reeled ,7! a'tbl ooicsi caused hv nmnri, .i.. " -"'"e '"u ci.isoen into it. I COUM IISIOfClMITTEE WILL MAKE REPORT TONIGHT! I MOTS are breaking oft ix iji ssia St. Petersburg, July 5. Riots are breaking out throughout southwestern Russia owing to officials attempting to enforce the sanitary laws. Cholera pre vails in many localities and the authorities are trying to pre vent Its spread. The peasants believe the visits of the pesti lence are due to the anger of God. so they will not try to es cape. The plague is gaining rapid headway. The peasants also fear the sick persons will be ill-treated by officials and they will do any thing to hide the ill from the doctors. Hundreds of these are :i already dead of the plague and Oj more ale rapidly Joining the ranks of the stricken. 4) MONSTER OF DEEP ska TERRIFIES FISHERMEN' Belfast. A remarkable fish story ' comes from County Cavan Tw.i anglers resting leisurely in small boat near the mouth of the; River Finn saw an enormous fish' ""T h'" ,tnem he L"Sh. j WHT'V T l ' T above,thej ras!n ' ' surface. !,.M,at n. e.aCh 8ide- Thev nnlclrl.. .,llrf K. hut the fish gave chase, nnd was quickly alongside, plunglng on the surface at a furious rate. It appeared to be fullv 1 0 feet !,. ...i.i. . " . 'r. t prT "ate m a"d , I , ! u scared beyond measure the men FraIK'is ""d Phillip McDonagh Shot ln, n weedy Tteee. whence -v watched the monster dash up "'e river to n small deep lake, where " ''isai;nared from their view. ... wnit-j oiiy ii WHS un KP In i no tvsit ...... it ... size and shape any fish they ever saw. TWENTY-ONE PERISH IN GREAT WRECK PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT OX V. II. I). COLLIDE M,s,",,'pdliisr of Orders Results in 1" rightful Disaster Twentieth I miiiiT Limited Crashes Freight at High Seeil. Mi.ldleton. Ohia. July 5. With the' '';'c"Vt r" "t the body of an unidentl iU'tl nutn from thn wi-pcIm " I 1 1 it Twentieth Century Limited today the! total . ...tll.ir, reucnes zi. unnv morel, are believed to be dead In the wreck age. Thirty iniureri nro i for in hospitals and hotels Prnetl I o.'Uly all of the dead are Ohioan rr i oner Burnett and the grand Jurv are i investigating the wreck ' I The trains were the Cincinnati sec- i Hon of the Twentieth Century Limit ! The Rig Four train had been de toured to avoid n track blockade by a neignt wreck earlier in the dav A misunderstanding of orders" cans i od the disaster caus- the disaster, rhe engine c TU l . ..: ' crews nad time, and all i Jumped and escaped. AH the dead nnd injured were In the first two oars, the smoker and the day coach. Every seat In the coach was torn from Its fastenings, the roof was thrown to one side and massive tim- hers from a freight car hurled with I n:gn torce, struck among the men nnd hod from , WnUn ,n th0 poach- Evpn befre the .w to thelT,sL?,';.res,c.rri:.wrre runnin .it- .r ii vol me Miuweton station, It is likely that a separate investi gation will be made by the stote rail road commission. p' - 'i - t W. L. Thompson has re- quested that every member of the as socintion he out for the meeting In addition all local business men and property owners not members of the association are Invited to attend. . . . " invitations to attend the meeting tonight have nlso been sent to other Places throughout the county It is very probable that at the meeting Athena. Woston and some ofheT towns that are opposed to division will be ,-..i w vt n J JEFF Ml Big Negro Out Classed Giant ment i DUN 1 Jeff Admit Black .Man's Sueriorlty Says He Trained Hard But Could Not Come Back Jeff Knocked Down Several Times in Fatal 15th His Seconds Throw Cp Sponge to IVevent a Knockout Johnson Proves Himself a Wonderful Fighter Is Now on Way East. .1 a! i,v ,IulllM j . ri ,n the best hape x could possibly put myself. I felt con- fident j h8d traineQ- M falth. fully as any man could. The ' Iu"y man cou,u people demanded my return to the ring after a long retirement and I went through a long Biege before I announced I would fight. I thought I could regain ugiu. i inougnc i couiu regain m? old time form. Johnson is a great fighter. People can- I . f . j ' 4 not Imagine how clever he is and he fought fairly. I didn't have the strength and speed I thought I had. I wasn't knocked out completely but was all In. It did not matter l a j J exhausted.' wnen the fight ended. I was - -w -w , I Jeffrie. Reno, July 5. Reno today is suf- stop it! they cried. "Don't put ferlng from an attack of the morning ,ne nia fellow out!" after. The town Is very quiet and was Sam Berger. Jeffries' manager, ran last night. People suffered keenly aIong the ring, called to Bob Arm froni Jeff's defeat. Moana Springs is strrig. "Bring that towel you know under a pall today. Jeff is packing "hat I mean don't let him get hit and expects to leave for his home at From Johnson's corner his seconds Los Angeles today. Mrs. Jeffries is ,v,'re calling to him to quit Then ths consoling her heartbroken and fallen referee stopped the time-keeper, and hero, and spent the night attending ll ".as aH over. to the bruises on his face. Johnson Jim Corbett is practically the only and his party left for the east. He man in Jeff camp who takes an "I had a big banquet on the train and a tol1 vou so" attitude. Bui he Is eon Hilarious time. Johnson nroved his sistent as several davs aeo he r.illort Tnto j right to the title, but is is not popular. ,ne ,llrn nv saying Jeff did not box I The fight was on the square but Jeff cnueh. This was fittingly illustrat was outclassed. He didn't come back. eJ "hen Johnson began beatlnr him While Jeffries was not actually counted out. he was saved only from this crowning shame by his friends pleading with Johnson not to hit the fallen man again, and the towel was l,rouent lnto the r'ng from his corner, At tno rnd 0r" ,n0 fifteenth round Ul'flm' Tox R'fkard raised the black lrm nml the rpnt "owd filed out S'Um nd Slle"t- - Rrnjrced to Comer. , , JlfIfris. was dragged to his corner , , B " "0Se an,i m0U,h and a la. lie naa a In Ring experts agree that It was not even a championship fight. Jeffries I, lne second round, perhaps but after this It was plain . io.u me unaereated one was weaken- Ing and outclassed In n. . after the eleventh round it was hope K'"', nilU less. It was the greatest demonstration , i..e iiir nns ever seen of the failure j . iiKiner to -come back" after years of retirement The youth and science of the black made Jeffries look like a green man. The great Jeffries was like a log. The rfvlled Johnson was like a black pan - tuer, beautiful In his alertness nnd defensive tactics. Jeffries fought by instinct, it seem- ed. showing gnmeness and his great fighting henrt in every round, but he was only the shell of his old self. The old power to take n terrible beating and bore In and In until he landed the kuockout blow was gone. Treats Jeff as Joke. After the third round. Johnson treated his opponent almost as a Joke. He smiled nnd blocked playfully, evodlng the bear like rushes of Jeff- ries with n marvelous skill, now tuck- . .. . . .. lug a blow under his arm. agnln ; plucking It out of the air as a man i stops a baseball. The fifteenth round started with n clinch after Jeffries had failed to land on the body. Johnson then tore loose nnd before the spectators were pre pared for the finish he had sent Jeff ries down with lightning like left and right blows to the Jaw. Jeffries reeled nnd fell half wav through the ropes on the west side of beYJ.1, ,Se Under,hlm t"albly go "dry" a. a result of today'. he had lost his sense of surroundings, I ioe.1 nnHo wi :"J' nnd that the faces at the ringside were a blur on him. His time had come. NO 694 tf v " mm MASTER OF FIGHT FROM FIRST CONG A I 10 WW Whiteman in every Depart of Fight. He was feeling what he had caused others to feel in the days of his youth and power. Corbett Intervenes. Johnson came over to the spot and stood poised over his adversary, hla body ready for a left hook If Jeffrie regained his feet. Jim Corbett, who twice had gon down before Jeffries' blows, and who had stood In Jeffries' corner all during this fight, telling Johnson what a fool he was and how he was In for the beating of his life, now ran for ward with outstretched arms, crying: "O, don't Jack, don't hit him." Jeffries painfully raised himself ta li is feet. His Jaw had dropped, hi eyes were nearly shut and his fact was covered with blood. With tremb ling legs and shielding arms he tried to put up a defense, but he could not stop h terrific right smash in the Jaw followed hy two left hooks. He went down again. Jeffries' physician and other friends jumped into the ring. I Jeffries Groans. UP after the fourth round. Jeffi judgment for distance was woefully "'-'k. Sport writers are almost unanimous in declaring Johnson outclassed his """e opponent, but that Jeffs age a,,i1 six years of idleness had much to ' with the defeat. V.The fact that -'f gt a closed eye In the second r"Und ha1 much to d0 as both llds were swollen which made him prac- tlcally blind. tism on the Snnnro . Governor Dlckln- ighting gam and said: "Ne- libertles en- considerable agita- contests between no1 Inffiolotii.A T O B.. HHU1 v . belioV. tho pnnvlHnn to fa.A t-, . that yesterday's contest was on the level and that the best man won. I """'t anticipate a repeal law which permit, limited round contests." The governor saw the fight ( What the Fighters Get. , Reno. Julv E. Whsn th money is counted it is believed that Johnson's hare will hu nnti. Ill more than the sum received bv Jeff Rickard and Gleason will spl'it ap- proximately $150,000. exclusive of the moving picture mone'v. Johnson gets $60,000 share of the purse. $50 000 for ! pictures and a $10,000 bonus. Jeff gets a $40,000 purse, a $10,000 bonus .and $?;. nnn for moving pictures. Burns is Blamed, , Melbourne. Julv 5. The outcome of the fight was not expected here The blame for Jeffries' defeat Is laid to Burns who lowered the barrier .u,d fought Johnson for gain, with the 1 championship as the stake. It is hoped this fight will result In the separating of the white and black championships and stop the races ' fighting, ! ' J Pickpockets Ply Trade. Reno, July 5. Pickpockets made a rich harvest. It Is estimate,! mna wore operating In this city previous to the fight. The cltv lail holds manv known and suspected. When the fight started 150 were under guard and suspected. nold 'Dry" Election Everett. Wash.. July 5 Snohomish eolinv nnl.lrlA thl :.. l --,--- - - '.. , n iiivvciucih nax been started to extend the "aridity" to this city at an early date.