THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1910.
FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS PRINTED IN PORTLAND AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OF THE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT
BEGOMEALDERMAN
iThird Ward in Chicago, Con
trolled by Negroes, Offers
' Political Future.
RACE WOULQ BE EASY ONE
JOHN
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Six Thousand of Race Ready to Col
onize, if Necessary, to Insure
Victory Champion to In
vest in Big Garage.
I CHICAGO. July 6. (Special.) "John
,'Arthur Johnson, the gentleman from the
jThird," will "probably bo the way the
jMayor will address the undisputed heavy
jweight champion of the world after next
April, for the big black has political am
.bitlons and will. In all probability, enter
the Aldermanlo field from the Third
V"Ward.
1 There are now 3000 negroes In the ward
. and 6000 more are ready to move In ac
once If necessary to send their man to
ithe City Hall. It la admitted by all poli
ticians tonight that If Johnson decides
to make the race from the Third Ward.
: he will have a walkover, as no white man
; would be strorig enough to make a show
ing against him. The negroes have al
,ways supported Milton J. Foreman for
Alderman and he has simply swamped
fall opponents, but he- would hesitate to
pit his popularity against that of the
champion.
Johnson, contrary to some predictions,
will not engage In the saloon business.
'Instead he will buy an immense garage
-on the South Side and engage in the au
: tomobile livery business. All his business
. instincts tend in that direction and he
has capital enough to go into the busl
Iness on a large scale.
( He will probably make a trip to Europe
'and Eastern cities and clean up a big lot
,of money In theatrical ventures after he
,has established his automobile business
and then return in time to lay ills wires
for the Spring primaries.
FAT
MAX
SEEKS
FIGHT
,Big Bill McGowan Anxious to Meet
f ; Johnson.
1 OL.TMPIA, Wash., July 6. (Special.)
Big Eill McGowan, of Olympla, cham
pion rough-and-tumble fighter of the
Washington logging camps, has been
backed for $10,000 and has challenged Jack
Johnson for the championship,
j Bill weighs 380 pounds, is 6 feet 7 inches
Tall, but 30 years old, has had boxing and
"wrestling experience and has plenty of
t"sand." His favorite meal for years has
been about five pounds of raw meat, with
iminced onions. McGowan runs a saloon
here.
. Tonight the following telegram was
sent:
"Tex Rickard, Reno, Nev. Big Bill
McGowan, of Olympla, challenges Jack
Johnson, 16-foot ring, flght on New Year's
day, JIO.OOO side bet. Age 30, weight 300,
height 6 feet 7 inches. If challenge is
not accepted will claim championship of
world, heavyweight division. (Signed)
-PETE M'GUIRE.
"PAUL GOODWIN,
"Promoters."
The money is now in the hands of the
promoters, who live in Seattle. If the
challenge is accepted, McGowan will go
Into training at once and will train down
from 3S0, which he now weighs, to 300.
He says that he can do this with little
trouble.
Until a few years ago, the big fellow
.was working in the lumber camps and
was the best rough-and-tumble fighter in
the state. Although a monster in height
and weight, he was quick as a cat. He
thinks that he can get back into this con
dition after a few months' work in a
logging camp.
Bill will flght in nothing but a 16-foot
ring, as he says that if it were larger
he would have to spend all of his time
running after Johnson.
IciIICAGO TO BAR PARADE
I
j"Xot Public Affair," Police Answer
!to Johnson's Admirers.
CHICAGO, July 6. "If a white man
I wants to meet a black man in the prize
ring and gets licked, why that's his busi
ness. Anyway the permit you want is up
Sto the Chief of Police."
With these words Mayor Busse today
ffrowned on a request for permission to
J hold a welcoming parade for Jack John-
SSon on his return here tomorrow. The
delegation seeking the permit wanted a
ibrass band and an escort of police. They
"next appealed to Chief of Police Steward.
S "TCothing doing." remarked the Chief.
"I don't think such an affair should be
(dignified by an escort and a band. If
jyou want to have a few automobiles at
hhe train it's all right. It isn't a public
"occasion.'
3 As 'to the exhibition of motion pictures
tof the fight, the Mayor said that what
I other cities were doing would not influ
ence him.
' "Anyway, we'll cross that bridge when
we come to It," he added.
JOHXSOX FORCES COMPROMISE
Equal Division of Purse Refused by
Colored Fighter.
SAX FRANCISCO. Cal., July 6 Ac-
cording to gossip retailed by fight fans
iwho returned from Reno today, the new
division of the purse announced before
( Jeffries and Johnson entered the ring
(Was brought about by Johnson's insist
I ence.
i It is asserted that, although the pub
'lic was informed originally that the
! 'purse would be divided 75 per cent to
the winner and 25 per cent to the loser,
an equal division had in reality been
! agreed upon at a secret conference be
'tween fighters and promoters.
I Johnson, it is said, refused to enter
the ring until the terms of the original
division were restored. Jeffries de
jmurred and a split of 60 and 40 per cent
i
was accepted as a compromise.
APPLEGR0WERS TO MEET
, Willamette Valley Association Con
1 venes at Salem.
I SALEM, Or., July 6. (Special.) The
programme for the Willamette Valley
Apple-Growers' Association, which will
jconvene here at 2 o'clock tomorrow
- jafternon has been arranged, as fol
jlows: -
Address of welcome. Mayor George F.
IRogers; response. M. O. Lownsdale; "Prob
jlems of Organisation." C. L. Lewis, O. A.
"C-: "Pests. What to do to Combat Them."
Professor A. B. Cordley; address, selected.
Jrr. James WIthycombe; address, w. K.
.Newell; address, H. C. A '.well; address, H.
iM. WllliftTUjfc.
-Jeffries Before Knockout, Braised and Hopeless. The Negro
Unscathed and Confident.
2 Showing Jeffries on the Defensive and Unable to Eloclt Johnson's
Attack.
3. The Knockout. L.eft to Right BJckard, Jeffries, Johnson and Ber-
Kec Jeffries has Jnst been knocked onto the ropes. Berger Is
cry I ok, "Don't hit him. Johnson.".
4. Jeffries landing: a left on Johnson.
Jeffries landed.
5. Johnnon In his corner with his seconds and 'his srolden
Delaney to the right of Johnson.
FIGHT FiLMS FIND
South Fears Race Troubles;
New England Objects on
Moral Grounds.
NEW ORDINANCES PASSED
Officials Hasten to Forestall Exhibi
tions San Francisco Bars Them.
Rickard Thinks Excitement
Will Soon Abate.
CHICAGO. July 6. Agitation looking-
to prohibiting the exhibition of mov
ing pictures of the Johnson-Jeffries
prizefight already haa sprung up. All
over the country, and although the au
thorities are not all of one mind it is
certain that many states and cities will
bar them and that, whatever may .be
the outcome in other's, the receipts from
this department of the fight enter
prise are certain to be curtailed.
Reasons for the opposition are two
fold. While In many of the Southern
states it is believed that the exhibition
of these pictures might cause race
conflicts, and it is proposed to put up
the bars chiefly on that account, there
are other sections in which the ob
jectors take a moral ground, and voice
a protest that would be voiced 5ust the
same if the pictures showed a fight be
tween two white men. These people,
however, -are aided to some extent by
race feeling, and have gained cohorts
by the fact that it was the negro who
won.
Both principals have lost their finan
cial interest in the films, by sale, so
they are not deeply concerned In the
outcome.
Endeavorers Are Organized.
The most formidable organized op
position has originated in Boston,
where the officials of the United So
cieties of Christian Endeavor began
yesterday to send telegrams of protest
all over the country, asking that the
agitation be kept up. That this has had
some effect was made evident when
Mayor Fitzgerald, who. has the grant
ing of all licenses for exhibitions here
of this nature, said today that Boston
ought to take the lead In banishing the
pictures o such contests and that he
positively would not allow them to be
exhibited.
Such a telegram was sent to Gover
nor Deneen. of Illinois, among others.
In the Governor's absence. Private Sec
retary Whlttaker replied:
"Your telegram received in Governor
Deneen's absence. Speaking for him.
I am sure he Is In- sympathy with the
movement to prevent the exhibition of
movjng pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson
prize fight."
Mayor Busse. of Chicago, contented
himself with saying merely that the
question was a bridge to be crossed
when It was reached. A movement In
opposition was begun by the Women's
Christian Temperance Union today.
Mayor Emll Seldel. of Milwaukee, sent
word to all the managers In that city ad
vising them against entering into con
tracts for presentation of the Reno fight
pictures. The Mayor gives as his reason
that such an exhibition Is detrimental
to public morals.
New England Is Opposed.
New England towns generally in
which the question has come up have
taken steps to prevent the showing of
the pictures. Other towns have ordi
nances fully covering the subject and
will rely on them when the time comes,
official sentiment being In favor of
MUCH
OPPOSITION
One of the levr blows that III- vi "iTt a--v. X-1 II
suppression. Maine has a
which reads:
"Whoever publicly exhibits any pho
tographic or other reproduction of a
prizefight shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding 600."
Provlden.ee, R. I., has an ordinance,
which has been enforced rigidly the
past three years, covering the same
ground.
Word came from Philadelphia that
the moving-picture syndicate owning
the Jeffries-Johnson fight films will
resort to the courts of the several
states to determine their right to pro
duce the pictures, was Indicated in
Philadelphia today when one of the
best known moving picture men in the
country, who has a big interest in the
syndicate, said that the agitation would
be fought.
Mayor to Have Front Seat.
Governor Marshall, of Indiana, said that
he was opposed to the exhibition of the
Johnson-Jeffries fight pictures in Indiana.
"If there Is any law to prevent the
exhibition it will be enforced," said the
Governor.
No effort will be made to prevent the
exhibition of the pictures In this city.
Mayor Shank said today he was anxious
to see the pictures, and expected to have
a seat down In the front row of the
theater if the pictures were brought
here.
The pictures, it was further an
nounced, would be placed on public
view in New York, Boston, Philadel
phia, Chicago and several other cities.
Mayor Reyburn said today that there
would be no interference with the pic
tures in this city.
The police of Pittsburg announced
that the antl-flght picture agitation
would have no effect in Pittsburg un
less the pictures when shown proved to
be the cause of race trouble.
The Mayor of Harrlsburg, Pa., issued
an order prohibiting the pictures.
State law will bar them from Iowa.
Missouri Exception in South.
Missouri is one of few Southern
states showing an Inclination to per
mit the shows. Governor Hadley said
only that if they caused race riots they
would be suppressed as public nui
sances. Kansas City officials said they
would be permitted unless they caused
trouble. Mayor Clayton, of St. Joseph,
said he would not interfere.
"I want to see them," he said, "and
I want my boys to see them."
The Mayors of Savannah, Ga.;
Mobile. Ala,; New Orleans. Fort
Worth. Tex., and Louisville, Ky., is
sued prohibitory orders. The police of
Lexington, Ky., issued a signed state
ment declaring that moving pictures
of the Jeffries-Johnson fight could
not be exhibited there. The negro pop
ulation of Lexington Is about as large
as the white, but no trouble has been
experienced so far.
Governor Mann, of Virginia, said that
he would request officials of every city
and town in Virginia to prohibit the
showing of the pictures.
The Governor of Arkansas said ha
would prevent the exhibitions anywhere
In Arkansas, .if he could.
Governor Crothers, of Maryland, an
nounced tonight he would not permit the
showing of the flght pictures In Mary
land. Cardinal Gibbons Protests.
Cardinal GJbbons today declared his op
position to the exhibition, saying:
"It would be wrong to show these hor
rible pictures, first because the children
have to be protected and It Is the chil
dren who would be most seriously af
fected If such an exhibition were allowed.
The proper authorities should see to It
that the young men and young women
are given the protection that Is their
due.
"The showing of the pictures would
have a bad effect upon the men and
women of the community also, and
would, I think, tend to Induce attacks
upon the blacks. The resentment and Ill
feeling induced by the result of the "fight
have passed and should not be revived.
A pictorial reproduction In Baltimore of
the fight might cause rioting that could
not but injure the good name of the city.
The black people could not profit by
seeelng the pictures and I am sure the
whites would not."
Phoenix, Ariz., bars the pictures.
Montana has a law forbidding the por
trayal of any felony on moving-picture
machines and as prizefights come
within that category in Montana, it is
probable that the pictures will be
barred in practically all counties in the
state.
The Denver Fire and Police Board
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denied the petition of Juvenile Court
and Citizens' Union representatives to
forbid the exhibition there.
The . Commissioners of the District
of Columbia, in refusing to permit the
exhibition: said that to allow the pic
tures to be shown would cause a repe
tition of the riotous scenes of the night
of July 4, when the police made 246
arrests and quelled many street dis
turbances. Protest against the appearance In Wash
ington of Jack Johnson was made today
to the district commissioners, following
a special meeting of the Pastors' Federa
tion. Commissioner Rudolph informed
the committee of ministers which called
upon him that the character of an exhi
bition at which the champion was to
appear would be investigated carefully
before it was permitted. Further than
this, he said, he cold give no definite
promise.
MAYOR M'CARTHY IS OPPOSED
Contest Turned Out to Be Prizefight,
Says San Franciscan.
9 AN FRANCISCO, July 6. Mayor P. H.
McCarty announced this afternoon that
under no circumstances would the exhibi
tion of the moving pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson
fight be permitted in this
city. He said:
"Inasmuch as this contest resolved it
self Into a prizefight, pure and simple,
and was not a boxing match, the exhibi
tion of the moving pictures would be as
unlawful as the fight Itself. I will not
permit them to be shown in San Fran
cisco." The Mayor declared he would at once
instruct the board of censors, which
now passes on all moving-pictures ex
hibited In this city, that if the pictures
were submitted for inspection they
must be condemned.
Seattle Has Xo Objections.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 6. Exhibition
of the Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures in
Seattle will not be interfered with by
Mayor Hiram C. Gill nor the police de
partment. This announcement was made
by the Mayor today when his attention
had been called to the reports from va
rious cities that the fight pictures would
be prohibited in commuinties where race
wars might result. "Whenever I am con
vinced that the city Is unable to handle
any riot that may result from the exhibi
tion of flght pictures in Seattle," the
Mayor said, "I will immediately tender
my resignation. The flght pictures will
not be interfered with."
Agitation Will Die, Says Rickard.
RENO, July 6. RIckard's attention was
called to widespread agitation against the
pictures of the fight being shown, par
ticularly In the Southern states. "I still
hold a sixth interest In the pictures, and
am naturally Interested; but I do not
think this agitation will amount to any
thing except to advertise the pictures.
The feeling will die out in a few days."
South Africa Fears Effect.
CAPE TOWN, July 6. There Is a wide
spread demand here for the- prohibition
In South Africa of the pictures of the
Jeffries-Johnson flght, owing to their ef
fect on the natives. - Signs' already are
evident among them of excitement on ac
count of the victory of the negro.
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Johnson, Retiring for Year, to
Ignore Langford.
REST EARNED, HE THINKS
Champion to Fill European Engage
ments In Vaudeville Xot Sur
prised by News of Oppo
sition to Pictures.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., July 6. "Just
say for me that Langford hasn't got a
chance," said Johnson tonight to the
Associated Press correspondent while
his train stopped here at 10 o'clock to
night. "I'm not going to fight again
for one year. I think I have been
square with the American people and
have done all I can be asked to do for
a while. I have put up five fights in
rapid succession. I believe, I am en
titled to take some time before going
into the ring again.
"I am going to Europe to fill some of
the contracts I have In vaudeville."
"What about the pictures?" asked the
champion, who had not received the
news of the day. When informed of
the action of authorities all over the
country, he said:
"Well, I am not surprised at It and
especially not at Washington."
Johnson showed no mark of his re
cent battle.
A crowd gathered at the station to
get a glimpse of the Reno winner.
There were repeated calls for Johnson
but he did not show himself outside the
car.
LANGFORD MONEY IS READY
Manager Accepts; Says Cash Will
Be Posted In Chicago.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. When Joe
Woodman, manager of Sam Langford,
was told tonight by the Associated Press
that Jack Johnson had offered to fight
his charge If he would put up a side bet
of $20,000, he said that he would accept
the offer.
Mr. Woodman Is trying to 'arrange a
10-round bout between Langford and
Kaufman. If thla cannot be done Wood
man and Langford will leave Monday for
Chicago, where they assert they will
place the money for the side bet in the
hands of a stakeholder.
The only condition named by Woodman
Is that the promoters of the Cheyenne
plan must guarantee a suitable urse.
JEFFRIES NOT COUNTED OUT
Referee Feels Seconds Help Consti
tuted' Disqualification.
RENO, Nev., July 6. "Was Jeffries
disqualified, or was he knocked out?"
is the point Tex Rickard is being asked
by telegraph from several Eastern cities
to decide. Rickard finds it difficult to
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make an official ruling on the technical
points involved, but Is disposed to rule
that the interference of Jeffries' seconds
in helping him pet ud after the second
knockdown constitutes a disqualification.
Ha had this to say on the subject to
day: "Jeffries was not counted out. although
I am satisfied he could never nave got
up within the ten seconds when he went
down the-second time, if his seconds had
not put their hands on him and pushed
him up. This assistance disqualified Jef
fries and I was trying to get between
the fighters to stop the fight on that ac
count when Johnson sent him down for
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the third time with a left and right on
the jaw. Pictures will ehow that I got
between them when this third knockdown
came and grave the flght to Johnson be
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