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.PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY. APRIL 8, 1912.
PKICE FIVE CENTS.
MOTHER, 90, DIES,
RIVER'S POWER IS
BOARDWALK HATS
FEELING AGAINST
PROPHETS ARE ALL
AFI MEN FORESEE
GRIEF-STRICKEN
. y
TIST HOIRS AITEIt DAIC.H-
TEIfS rEATH. END COMKS.
SMALL AND PLAIN
FOREIGNERS RISES
SHOWN BY FLOODS
AT SEA IN ILLINOIS
CONTINUED GAINS
THOUSANDS DISPLAY KASTKK
- FIXEKV AT ATLANTIC CITY. '
M UTTER INGS OF DISCONTENT
HEARD IN CHINA.
OROZCO'S
OS
CENSURE
ilDEKO
Veek Expected to Add
Many Delegates.
SENTIMENT GROWS STRONGER
Etate Campaign Makes Illinois
Situation Complex.
DOUBT AT END IN IOWA
Mirhijan Mat" Convention v m 1c
for President. Supporter Say.
hv iJtrse Majority Ohio
Dispels lllu-ioit.
rAflllNGTOX. April 7. t Special.)
their rcauiar weekly review of the
roaress of tha Preside ntial nomination
imriltn. the managers or the National
ft Ptireau say:
"With the exception of Wisconsin
. only ten delegates to the Chicago
on vent Ion were elected" la.t week. Of
hese President Tafl received 4. brtng-
K hla strensm i"
elt received 4. making Hla total
enator Cummin doubled his support,
v caininz an additional two: and Pen
tor La Fol.ctte. by virtue of the cap
ire of ht home state delegation of
ook second place In the race, having
ow two more than Colonel Roosevelt.
M rek'a Eveata
-Among the political events of thia
veek a-e the Louisiana state conven-
:on. which wilt send ita regular dele
gates In Chicago Instructed for Mr.
aft: the w York late convention.
vhlch will Instruct lt deiccaies tor
ir. Taft merely because the opposition
.t raised the cry that the delrgatea
vould not bo instructed and could not
e counted for the president; the 1111
ols primaries. Involving terrific con-
est f"r state offices which has thrown
lie Presidential contest Into the shade
nrt ai forecaster fitter- rttteretmfn
ion: the Pennsylvania primaries that
v Ml further widen the pap between Mr.
aft and his competitors for the nomi
nation, and the convention and primar-
s in Vermont. Kentucky, Michigan.
lalne. Missouri. Nebraska and else-
here. which wlU maka even more ap-
rcnt the hopelessness of the opposi-
on t tie Ir.idnt' raominatton.
Tslt rareea Make rrreaa.
A:ihouh not many delegates were
hasen last week, the pra-convention
amnalcn made material progress and
urther evidenced the strength ox ue i
entlment which Is supporting t-resi-
nt Tafl. Vermont returns show mat
Ir Taffs friends will be In control of
.-I coming state convention, and the
ante Is true In Maine. In Io a all
oubt Is at an end. The state a delrga-
on-at-large will be for the President,
our districts have already Instructed
or him and two more districts- are now
ertain.
"Mtchlaan has been swept by Tan
entlment and the coming state conven-
on will be composed, in large inajor-
y of Taft men. Another Michigan
Lstrict. the Sixth, may now confidently
placed In the Taft column.
In Kansas. Governor mu&d oiuciai
ome. Topeka. save Taft majorities in
ve of its six wards. Atchison County
ent overwhelmingly for tlie president.
ssuring Mm of two Instructed de.le
ate from the. First District. Kollow-
m the lead or u.iW. ........
nstructej for Taft. Bexar county.
rexas. which polla ne-tweifth of the
ntlre Republican vote of the stale.
ent on record for the Presltlont
hrough its committee by a rote of II
1.
Obi eta nwMa at Bl.
"Tl-.e return from the Kentuckv mass
onventlona Saturday show that the
r-resldent will have :t of the 1 dele-
ate- from that state. The opposition
o the President In Nevada was decls-
ely defeated at the state primaries,
bich give the state convention to
resident Taft. The Utah state central
ommlttee Indorsed the President by a
ote of IS to 1.
"And once more Oiilo has come for
srd to dispel any Illusions that may
entertained. The Eighth and the
-eventeenth district Instructed for tha
resident, through their committees,
ind the two districts In Hamilton Coun.
u. representing Ms Cincinnati home.
Adopted resolutions cordially and en
thusiastically Indorsing his candidacy
for renominatlon."
STATE NOW OUT OF DEBT
o I lection of Taxes Xow Put- AVIll
Give $500,000 on Hand.
.-.LKM. Or.. April T. (Special.) By
payment of over $00.eo of outstand-
nx warrants against the general fund.
!irh were drawing Interest at per
ent. the State Treasurer today suc-
eetjed in placing the state out of
;eM. No bonded Indebtedness Is a I
i.ed against In" state, and ronse
iijently the o:ily debt outstanding was
I, at against the general fund.
There l 7J0.tio yet to be rollected
'rom the counties for the first half of
, state taxes and with the payment
,f ijOO.Oie for the Oreion City locks
here wlil still be over liie.ooo In the
reai-iry.
Aged Mr. Zeller Killed by Shock
After 0-Vcr-Old Off.-prin;
Parses Aa.
Just hours after her. daughter.
Miss Katie Zeller. aged 70. had rassed
away. Mrs. Susan Zeller. aged 89. dieJ
of grief.
Mother and daughter who had been
life-long companions, resided at -
East Seventeenth street North. Miss
Zeller died early Thursday morning
after a. week'a Illness. She had been
the devoted attendant .upon her mother
for. many years. The shock of the
younger woman's death so wrought
upon the agc woman that she suc
cumbed Saturday night at t:S0 o'clock.
The funeral of both women "will be
held this afternoon at 2 o'rlock from
the Centenary Methodist Church. Pr.
D. H. Trimble officiating, assisted by
rr. Benjamin Young, pastor of Taylor.
Street Methodist Church
Mrs. Zeller was born In Indiana.
March 37. 1I3. She was married in
Ohio and lived there and In Illinois for
many years, coming with her husband
the late Adam Zeller. to Portland in
19. Miss Zeller was born Ir. Ohio.,
Mrs. Zelle Is survived by five sons and
twa daughters. John A.. Edward N,
Psniel W Richard L.. Morgan A. toi
ler and Miss Sallie Morgan, all of Tort
land, and Mrs. Ella James, of Indiana.
CHURCH SETS NEW RECORD
Flr-t Presbjtcrlan Welcome IS
Xcw Member at Communion.
One hundred and tlfty-four new
members, the largest numoer
taken Into the First Presbyterian
Church at one time, were -
a'speclal communion service yesterday
afternoon. About half of these were
. , i . , h. other
on profession oi ii". -
half by letter from other rresoicr.aa
churches. The last time a large num
ber were received into the church was
last January, when 33 new
knelt at communion.
The present membership ot mis
church is between i;uu anu
hn,,.h Dr. John It. Boyd, the pastor.
said last night he could not give the
exact membership, as many in....,
have been stricken from the cburcn roil
or placed on the retired list.
"The active membership. smu vt.
Bovd. "Is between loo anu
Trr -Boyd - preached last niaht on
-Sunset and Sunrise In Joseph a gar
den." and yesterday morning u
rnmaiklni of Death."
Announcement was made at me
Temple yesterday that since the Easter
rvlca last year between loo ana suv
new members have been added to that
church
CHINESE AVIATOR THROWN
Captain Gnnn, Forced to Iind. Is
Caught by Brnslipilc.
SAN PIEGO. Cal.. April ". The
third annual meet of the San DleRO
Aero Club came to an end at Coronado
this afternoon, the close being marked
by the only mishap during the two
days of flyinar.- Captain Tom D. Ounn.
the Chinese aeiator, wrecked hla ma
chine when making an enforced land
ing. Gunn had splraled up to an altitude
of about ISO feet for a glide to the
hangars on North Island. Forced by
disarrangement of the mechanism to
descend, he pointed the nose of hla
craft at a Tacant lot. The running
gear of his machine was caught in a
brush pile and the aeroplane was over
turned and smashed. Gunn escaped
without injury.
ROBBER QUICKLY JAILED
r.lpht Hour After Arret He Begins
Penitentiary Senlcncv.
WAL.LA WALLA. Wash.. April .7.
Special.) Speedy Justice was handed
out Saturday In the Superior Court here
to William Carl, who was charged with
burglary In the second degree. Arrest
ed at 9 o"clock Saturday morning at
Two Rivers by Ieputy Sheriff Klley
for breaking Into an O.-W. It. & N. section-bouse.
Carl waa arraigned' before
Judge Brents In the afternoon. He en
tered a plea of guilty and at 6 o'clock
he was Incarcerated in the State Peni
tentiary, where he will serve an Inde
terminate sentence of from six months
to IS years.
Carl stole only small articles from
the section-house, but the fact that he
used an ax to secure an entrance made
him guilty of a burglary charge.
WHEAT GROWS; NO ROOTS
I armer of Inland limpire Find New
Menace Threaten Field.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. April ".
(Special.) A new difficulty to be over
come In the great Inland Empire wheat
belt haa Just been discovered and farm
ers are at a loss to know how to com-.
bat It. Upon investigating fields some
farmers have discovered a great quan
tity of wheat sown has sprouted. In
some Instances almost half ao Inch, but
there are no roots.
L i r rt m Rnr...a wt... Awna m law
ranch tiear rt T I mmyrm i nntli. a I
small portion of the grain sown lift
eir to have this defect, and that It
died when the sprouts were about an
Inch above the ground. This yesr the
trouole has spread until It haa almost
the entire field In its grip. Other farm
ers have reported similar conditions.
Vast Area, Once Rich,
Made Desolate.
SCORES ARE STILL IN PERIL
Boats Not Sufficient to Com
plete Rescue Work.
DEEDS OF HEROISM MANY
Vnnnnictl .Couriers Ill.-k Lives to
Warn Neighbors of Appronchlns
Danger Correspondent Hides
Los on Crest of Tide. .
ST. LOCI?. April 7. Tliirty thousand
persons homeless. 2000 square miles of
country inundated. 30 persons drowned
n ud a financial loss of 110.000,000 con
stitute the result of a two weeks' flood
in the Mississippi Valley.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. April 7. In the
wide stretch of the Mississippi's flooded
acres tonight there are three striking
pictures. The northernmost ia the 500
square miles of the Reelfoot Lake
country of Tennessee, where 2000 or
more persons have been driven from
their home by the sma.shinc of a Mis
sissippi levee In Southwestern Ken
tucky. In this district thousands of
acres of fertile fields are under water.
Scores of persons who have refused to
desert their homes are imprisoned in
upper floors and on roofs of flood
menaced houses.
Rich Bottom laoailated.
A few miles south. In Arkansas,
three counties. Crittenden, Poinsett and
Cross, are under water. From this
rich "bottom" country, hundreds of
farmers and villagers have been driven.
Floodwaters swept over the fields and
vlllazes last night with the breaking
of the levee on the Arkansas side north
of Memphis.
Today great numbers of persons mho
were driven to the roofs of houses and
the streets have been taken out of the
flooded districts In boats. Probably
many more are In peril where there are
not boats enough to perform the res
cue work.
(.real I'tnrr ef Itlver 'showa.
The scene south of these points im
presses one with the power of the
river. Houses that once marked the
center of rich bottom farms now float
in the torrent that cannot be stayed.
Bits of wreckage carried along in the
tide reflect the extent of the dahiags
in the, valley above. There have been
reports of facilities among "poor
whites" and negroes who risked their
Uvea to save their mules.
"Attempts to "cover" the story along
the stretch of levee from South Mis
souri and Illinois to Arkansas have in.
volved many personal risks on the
part of newspaper correspondents.
One of the most daring explolta was
Concluded on Pane 3.)
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I NOW YOU'LL HAVE TO HURRY TO AVOID THE RUSH; I
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Tarn OSImnters in Varied Styles
Worn by Klite Men Appear In
English Cut Suit.
ATLANTIC CITT, X. J.. April 7.
(Special.) Hundreds of thousands of
visitors Joined in the boardwalk Easter
parade today. Hosiery and bonnets
vied for the popular attention when
frisky west winds and . showers inter
rupted the afternoon parade. There wsus
no set style In either gowns or hats,
and this added to the variety of the
parade.
Dame fashion had decreed compara
tively small bonnets as the mode for
the boardwalk, thus saving the fair
ones from windmill tactics to control
their headgear in the wind. The trim
ming was rather sparse. i
Tarn O'Shanter hats, with many var
iations were most worn. The hit of the
day was a big red creation, with saucy
tilt, worn by a visiting beauty whose
gown was of the new pannier cut and
made of richly shaded red and yellow
cloth. Low shoes for both men and
women sneme "10Mr TJU'jtfp-f favor.
The mwi .7l4,u.0r e ' .
styles, wearing grays, blues ancrwr -cut
on strictly London lines. Yellow
wolklng sticks, hooked over the arm.
derby hats, rakish in cut and worn
with a backward tilt, added to the
English effect.
ENTOMBED MINER RESCUED
No III Effects Snffcrcd From 91
Hour Stand In AYater to Armpits.
GLOBE, Ariz.. April 7. Henry Per
nian was rescued today from the.Manl
tou mine, 20 miles from Globe, after
having been entombed 97 hours.
Tl ii .1. rr I h . .ntlf. tlmfl llA WIS I 111 -
prisoned, because of a cave-In, Per
man stood in four feet of water at the
ftnO.im nf U 130-fonf shaft- He WHS
sustained by food sent down through
a pipe. When, he waa rescued , his
physical condition was said by doctors
to have been remaraaDie, as apparent
ly he suffered no 111 effects.
TROOPS GOING TO BORDER
Fa mom "Fightlnjr Fourteenth" CaT-
alry Arrives From Manila.
SAX FRANCISCO.' April 7. T-e
famous "fighting" Fourteenth Cavalry,
sr.o men. commanded by Major G. H.
Cannon, arrived here today from Manila
bv the transport Sheridan, and win
entrain tomorrow morning for the
Mexican border. .
The regiment will b quartered at
Forts Clark and Mcintosh. Tex. It haa
recently seen much service pursuing
Moro head hunters.
STEAMSHIP ONTARIO AFIRE
Wireless Call for Help Tell of Dis
aster Off Rhode Island.
NEWPORT. n. I.. April 8. The
steamship Ontario of the Merchants t
Miners Line Is afire off the coast, be
tween Block Island and Montauk
Point.
A wireless call for help waa picked
up by the Point Judith wireless sta
tion at 2 o'clock this morning. The
message said: "Big flro below."
President Said to .Be
Wrecking Nation.
MISUSE OF FUNDS CHARGED
Commissioners Present Side
of Rebels in New York.
RICH TREASURY DEPLETED
Revolutionists Insist Diaz' Successor
Has Made Life, and Property of
Citizens and Foreigners In
safe in Mexico.
NEW YORK, April 7. The three spe
cial commissioners from General Oroz
co. leader of the Mexican revolution
ists, who arrived here last week ' to
present to the American people the rev
olutionists' side of the present trouble
in their country, in a long statement
given out tonight by Manual L. Lujan,
head of the commission, bitterly as
sailed the administration of President
iladero and said his tactics in the gov
ernment of Mexico were slowly wreck
ing the nation.
Madcro Is charged with violating
every oath that he made to the men
who helped to. overthrow Diaz.
He Is charged with misuse' of gov
ernment funds, with making it lmpoa
sible to walk the highways of Mexico
and not protecting the interests of for
elsrn business nor the people of his
country.
Revolt Xot Xevr.
"The present revolution is not a new
one," the statement says. "It is merely
a continuance of the revolution which
began when the rule of President Diaz
became unbearable. It Is intended to
carry out the reforms that It was hoped
would result fromthe success of the
revolution a year ago, the failure of
which is a sad disappointment to the
patriotic Mexicans as well as to the
Americans and other foreigners who
have their business interest in Mexico.'
Madero. the commissioners said, was
not called to the presidency by the'peo-ple.-
but was accepted by the revolu
tionists beeause.no one else came for
ward. Ilrpudlatlua of Madero Feared.
"To have repudiated him would have
been fatal for the cause," they said, "al
though it was known that the man who
would claim the reward was unfit."
The statement continues: .
"Madero. by what was almost his
first official act. violated the very prin
ciple we had won. By the use of the
army he not only intimidated Congress
into calling an election at such an early
date as to prevent any opposition, but
also Intimidated the people and crushed
out all opposition to himself.
""When ' President Dlaa resigned his
office there was 132,500.000 gold in the
treasury of Mexico. Within six months
(Concluded on Pag 2.)
Troops Angered Because Fay With
heldWhite Bankers Blamed.
Control by Powers Feared.
SHAXGHAI, April 7. Premier Tang
Shao Yik, his suite and members of
the Cabinet, plan to leave for Pekln
April 11. Reports from all centers in
the southern provinces indicate con
siderable uneasiness, especially among
foreigners. Republican officials admit
that the situation is grave. v.
The trdops are discontented because
of arrears In pay and cannot be dis
banded until the finances are adjusted.
They openly blame the combination of
foreign bankers for the trouble be
cause of their refusal to give promised
assistance.
Considerable evidence of bitterness
against foreigners Irrespective of na
tionality can be discerned among the
leaders who asserted that the pro
tracted delay in the recognition of the
republic by the powers and the with
holding of the loans are liable to stir
up antl-forelgn sentiment and entail
serious disturbances for which they
say the powers alone will be responsi
ble. The opinion rapidly is spreading that
the foreign powers have agreed to con
certed action looking to international
control of China.
STREETS ARE DECORATED
Eugene Merchants Take Active Part
In Elks Dedication ETent.
EUGENE, Or., April 7. (Special.)
Business streets tn Eugene today tooK
on a hojlday appearance. Decorations
in purple and white, in honor of the
dedication Monday of the new Elks'
temnle. everywhere are in evidence.
Hundreds of electric elobes. dyed pur
pie. glowed In the electric signs and
show windows displayed appropriate
emblems.
Hundreds of Elks are expected to
cne from all over Oregon, with one
special train coming from .Portland, ana
on from Kalen.. Scores of others will
aVrlve tomorrow and Monday.
Elks will keep open house Monday
afternoon, nnd the exercises of dedlca
tion will be held in the evening. Grand
Exalted' Ruler John M. Gearin will
make the principal address. Following
the formal dedication there will be
vaudeville entertainment in the build
ing, with talent brought from Portland
and also dancing In Armory .raviuon
PATROLMEN .HONOR CHIEF
Autocraoh Postcard Album- Given
' Slover on Birthday.
When Chief of Police Slover goes to
his office this morning, he will lind on
his desk a postcard album, contain
ing autographed birthday cards from
about 250 men, comprising almost the
total membership of the police force.
The occasion is his birthday, which
one, it seems, is shrouded in mystery,
as not a man around the station yes
terday could tell what degree of an
tiquity the head of the department had
reached.
The graceful and novel way of felic
itating their head upon his reaching
the anniversary was hit upon by the
police some time ago, and careful
preparation has been made for it.
WAGON DISPERSES MOB
Police Patrol Driven Back and Forth
Through Street Rioters.
LOS ANGELES, April 1. A unique
method of dispersing a mob was ef
fectively employed this afternoon when
a squad of police appeared at the cor
ner of First and Los Angeles streets In
answer to a riot can. jnsteaa oi
charging the mob with drawn clubs.
tho police stood at one side while the
automobile patrol wagon was driven
back and forth through the crowd,
scattering the disturbers. Several were
slightly injured and none arrested.
A clash between Industrial Workers
of the World and mission workers
caused the riot call to be sent In. The
workers had threatened to break up
any relilgious meeting held on the
corner.
WHEAT PRICES TAKE JUMP
Bluestcm Sells for 8 3 Cents,
ln-
precedented Fignre for Season.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., April 7.
(Special.) It was learned today that
the Jones-Scott Company, the most ex
tensive grainbuyera in Eastern Wash
ington, with offices in Tacoma and Se
attle. Saturday purchased approximate
ly 150,000 bushels of bluestem wheat at
the heretofore unheard-of price this
season of 93 cents tratk.
Some of this wheat was sold In Port
land at 11.01 track, Portland, but most
of it was disposed of in Tacoma at
J1.02.
Small sales brought the total for Sat
urday up to 200,000. This is by far the
heaviest single day of the year. About
10 per cent of last year's crop is still in
the country.
In every Instance the wheat sold Sat
urday was bluestem.
Semi-Weekly Paper Announced.
RAYMOND, Wash., April 7. (Spe
cial.) The Raymond Herald, Val
Heath editor, announces tills week
that, beginning next Tuesday, the Her
ald will appear as a semi-weekly, the
publication days beiing Tuesdays and
Fridays. The Herald has rendered val
uable assistance in exploiting the re
sources of Pacific County and Ray
mond, and the announcement that it
will appear twice a wek hereafter is
hailed with joy by the-citizens of this
city.
State-Wide Primary Is
Much Involved.
INSURGENTS ARE DIVIDED
La Follette Likely to Take
From Roosevelt Strength.
TAFT FORCES OPTIMISTIC
Harmon's Withdrawal From Demo
cratic Fight Causes Bitterness in
Wilson Camp Clark Men
Are Claiming Victory.
CHICAGO. April 7. (Special.) After
the most involved and complicated
campaign in the history of Illinois, the
state-wide primary election will be
held Tuesday.
At that time the voters will record
their preferences for nominees for the
Presidency, for the Governorship, for
full state party tickets, for nominees
for Representatives in Congress and
for minor offices.
The Presidential vote will be on sep
arate ballots and will be advisory to
the delegates who will sit in the 25
Congressional conventions a fortnight
later and to the delegates to state
conventions, who shall choose eight
delegates-at-large to the National
conventions. The state conventions
will be heldApril 19.
Forecasters Are at Sea.
Forecasters generally confess them
selves at sea and unable to give a def
inite idea of the probable results on
the Presidency in either the Repub
lican or Democratic party.
Colonel Frank. L. Smith, manager of
the Taft campaign, says there Is no
doubt that the President will be vie-
torious by a majority, that he will
carry the larger end of the 25 dis
tricts and that he will get the eight
delegates-at-large. He is not dis
turbed, he says, by the demonstrations
for Colonel Roosevelt. The demon
strators, he declared, made up about,
all the vote, the Colonel will receive
in the various counties he visited.
Roosevelt Men Exaggerate,
r Chauncey Dewey, leader of the
Roosevelt forces, haa said that the ,
Colonel will carry every district ex
cept the seventh. This is regarded as
a joke, even in the Roosevelt camp.
The Taft managers are relying on
the strength of Senator LaFollettc in
the northern part of the state, and
among the more radical element of
the party to draw heavily from the vote
which might have gone to Mr. Roose
velt, had there been only the two can
didates, v
On the Democratic side there is al
so little basis for a clear-cut and read
ily defensible forecast on the Presi
dency. The race for delegates is be
tween Governor Wilson and Speaker
Clark, there being no other candidates
represented on the primary ticktt.
Governor Harmon's managers decided
a week ago that the Ohio man's name
should be kept off the ticket, giving
as their reason that tnere nan not
been time enough after the new Presi
dential preference primary law was
passed for the voters to make up their
minds, nnd that the results therefore
would be more or less inconclusive.
i nil-W ilson Combine Charged.
It is charged by the friends of Gov
ernor Wilson .that Mr. Harmon s
name was withheld as part of a coun
try-wide combination and conspiracy
against the New Jersey executive. A
igorous, even vicious, fight has been
made on Governor Wilson in Illinois.
Many careful political observers be
lieve it may act as a boomerang and
Insure the victory of Governor Wilson.
Speaker Clark is expected to get a
big vote in the Missouri border coun
ties and in the southwestern part of
the state. His managers say that with
Harmon out of the fight for delegates
the Speaker will wfn an overwhelming
victory. ,
PORT VOTE TOTALS 173
Project Favored by Lnrgc Majority
With Only 82 Against.
i
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 7. I Spe
cial.) The total vote cast in favor of
establishing the Port of Vancouver, at
a special election held in this district
yesterday, was 71.1. The majority in
favor was" 631, with 82 against.
Commissioners of the Port of Van
couver, elected at the same time, arc
George McCoy. George Lampka and
William B. DuBois, there being no oth
er candidates. All have been active in
establishing a port here. A small levy
wlll be made to create a fund to as
sist the Government in dredging the
Columbia River here.
LAS VEGAS 'FIGHT SCENE.
Johnson Will Battle AVith Flynn on
Fourth of July.
CHICAGO. April 7. Jack Johnson,
champion pugilist, said tonight that the
Johtison-Flynn fight would be held at
Las Vegas, N. ii., July 1.
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