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OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 5, .1910.
No. 91.
BLOODY RACE RIOTS FOLLOW FIGHT
MANY KILLED AND HUNDREDS INJURED
JEFF WENT
IN RACE CLASHES ALL OVER COUNTRY
HEAVY TOLL
NAT ON
Whites Reported Killed and
Hun-
dreds of Both Races Injured, Many
If
Scores
In
Prisons.
CHICAGO, III., July C A toll of
bbxiilnhcd nnil riot wan today's nftor-miit- h
of tho Jcffrlou-Johniio- n
fight.
IiIowh
Tho
thnt beat down tho white
inati nl Reno woro
throtiKh
tho iilh'hl ami today In nil parts of
tho country. Tho com of Johnson's
victory In liuiiiiui llvon could not bo
estimated exactly because of varying
roportM, but In believed thnt tho direct result of tho fight will bo no extensive douth lint. Mont of tho victim woro member of JoIiiiboii'b own
rnco.
Up to noon today 18 npgroeii nnd
flvu whiten hnd boon killed, hundreds
of both racon Injurod, many fatally,
niiu neuron in iirinuiin in vnriuiia cihuh.
sultant riotH,
Now UrluiuiH, La.
with fatal effect.
city.
Negro co.nchir.ou nnd butlers, who
hnvo won largo hiiiiih of money on tho
fight, nro quitting worlc. Tho
nro nHHiimlni; an ovorhonrlng
nnd liiHolont domennor nnd go out
of tholr way to crowd whltim off tho
no-gro-
Bldownlku.
night Dead In South.
July G. Reports
AT. LOUIS, Mo
polnta ludlcnto
from southwestern
that eight uegrnoH wfcro killed and
tcoroa Injurod, four fatally, In rlota
following tho defeat of Jeffries by
Jack Johnson. Tio nogrocn hnd plnn-no- d
a colohrntlon hero todny, but tho
uthorltloH Intorforod nnd tho plnns
on Page 8.)
RAI L WRECK
In riotH before bulletin boards of newspapers' revolvers and knives nre used
St. IjOIiIh, .Mo. Negroes are attacked by whites.
Cincinnati, O. NegrooH are tnkeu from homes mid henten by whites.
Atlanta, On. Negro runs uniiick following the victory of JoIiiihoii nnd is saved from death by
the iHiliee.
Hnltimore, .Mil. Several negrooH stubbed in n riot.
Washington, I). C Hospitals crowded with injured whites and blacks.
Rioting continued nil
niKht; 'J.'IO under arrest.
Now York Negro beaten to donth; scores injured; police reserves out in nil negro sections.
Shreveport, Lu. Threo negroes killed, one white man fntnlly injured, scores of- - whites nnd
lilnckH hurt in riot following' tho fitrlit rutitniH from Itono. Reports from Northern Louisinnn tell of
1
many persons injured in riots.
Chiot.go, III. One negro Htnhbed and dying; scores injured; frequent fights in tho "black belt."
Omiihu, Neb, One negro killed mid several injured.
Little Rook, Ark. Two negroes killed, many injured.
Houston, Tex. A white man wnt. stabbed by u negro nnd then killed his ussailnnt; several negroes utlui'keil mid beaten.
Fort Worth, Tex. Two iiegrcw.es nttnek white woman nnd bent her fatally with boor bottles.
Augusta, (lu. Riots rejmrteil in Southern Qeorgin; three negroes killed, mnuy injured.
Mound, III. Negro constable killed by negroes, whom ho was attempting to nrrost for "shooting
up the town" in celebration of Johnson's victory.
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ited and
Dayton
Thirty and
Train
Kills a Score
Lim-
Injures
Other
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JEFF BLAMES
NEED TROOPS
N WASH NGTON
AH
OF FEDERAL
STANDS PAT
JACK
HIS STOMACH
4
4
STRUCTURE
4- -
JEFF $1 1 7.000
Di-I- ts
WASHINGTON,
P. C, July fi.
Rioting, in which 7000 negroes uini
uompictciy out, But Was All In
terday's
and Exhausted.
Nets Almost as Much as Winner.
Reno-L- oser
J. JKFFHIKS.
HKNO, Nov., July 5. When tho
Nov., July 5. I entered last bit of money in the house is
participated,
eoutinued tho ring in tho best shape I could counted it is believed thnt Johnson's
whiles
throughout tho night hare. Kvery hnvo possibly put myself in. I
felt victory ovor Jeffries will only net
available poliecmmi in ushingtoo is
confident
nnd
trained
as
faithfully
him $11000 moro than the defeated
on duty today mid it is possible
any
us
man
could.
Tho
people
whito man will receive. It is believbo
may
troops
ordered
federal
that
that I return to the ring ed that Rickard nnd Glcnson will
into the national capital to restore
order.
nfter my long retirement to faeo split approximately $130,000, in adcoutiuuuous Johiibon, and I went through n long dition to their interests; in the moTho fighting was
tion pictures.
along Peuusylvnuin avcuuo botwoon siego
of work boforo I announced
It is estimated that the gate reHouse.
eupitol
mid
the While
the
Tho purse
The neuroos nro wild with cuthus-ius- that I would fight. I thought I ceipts woro $230,000.
incould regain my old form nnd 1 was $101,000, with $10,000 bonus
mid their hoistorousness
creased us tho evening woro on.
worked hard in an effort to got into for each fighter. Tho cost of the
arena approximated $30,000.
The
Attacks were made upon white men the best possible shape.
estimated attendance was 18,500.
by negroes,
in their homes
Johnson is a groat fighter and tho
Johnson's share of the purse will
at the beating of Jeffries
people
c.innot imagine how clover ho bo about $00,(100; his bonus, $10,000.
by Jack Johnson.
Threo nogrossos
eulereil the homes of white women, is. I hnvo nothing to Bay against and his picture rights $fi(),00. making
dragged them to tho streets, bent Johnson. Ho fought fairly and won a total of $120,.ri00.
Joffrioa is to receive $40,400, a
nnd toro their clothos from thorn
the battle striotly on its merits. As
bonus of $10,000 and $GbGGfi for
it moh of howling blacks. A early
1
as tho third round found my his motion picturo rights,
or a total
fierce riot followed when polico and
troubling mo, nnd I did not of $117,000.
stomach
whilo iiieu rescued tho women.
Hundreds of drunken negroes pro- hnvo tho speed and strength 1
Kaiser Off on Cruise.
ceeded through tho streots, making thought I had. I was not knocked
PKUL1N, July ."). Kaiser Wilhelm
night hideous with thoir erics. Po- out completely, but I was nil in and
lice, who had been reinforced by re- it did not matter whether tho fight has started on a four weoks' vruiso
serves, attempted to quiet them, mid ended in that round or tho next, as in his yacht llohonzollorin. The trip
will bo along tho coast of Norway.
tho result invariably was a conflict I was exhnusted.
in which one or moro persons were
Y JA.MKS
KKN'O.
m
ed
MiniJLKTOWN, 0 July fi. With
tho recovery of an unidentified body
today from tho wreckage of Iho
Twontiolh Century Limited of tho
Itig Four rood nnd u train of the
Cincinnati, llmuilloii k Dayton, tho
total dead as n rosult of yest onlay's
collision numbers 'Jl. Mtiny bodies
nro boliovcd to be under tho wreck-ago.
Thirty piirsons, soriously injurod,
nro hoiui; cured for ut the liospilnls
anil holels hero. Practically all Iho
(load mid injured are residents of
Ohio towns.
ProfoHHnr John Duxburv of
nglnud, is missing mid is
boliovod to ho among Iho (lend,
Coronor Purnott nnd u grand jury
nro iuvoHtigaliug the wreck.
Mun-ehosl-
Two whilo men, stabbed by ne
groes, are dying in a hospital. At
least 200 blacks are under arrest mid
moro than 30 wliito men nro in jail.
i'he hospitals nro filled with wound
ed negroes and several whites.
The negro quarters are patrolled
by largo dotnehmonts of polico, hut
daylight brought little cessation of
the celebration of tho victory of u
black man over a white, and fuithor
trouble is predicted.
Tho black population of Washington numbers 100,000 nnd the indications today were that u great majority woro hilariously and uiconirol-Inbl- y
drunk.
"JOHN ARTHUR JOHNSON FOR ALDERMAN"
IS POLITICAL BOOM THAT STARTS TROUBLE
CIIIOAOO, 111., July G. "John Ar parade wltir "IrUh confottl" and n
thur Johnson for nldormnn,"
numhor of porsons woro Injurod bo-
That
Is
tho political boom which
foro tho polico rostoroil ordor.
Whites Invading tho "black bolt"
ing tho victory of tho colorod hoavy- wolght ovor tho "hope of tho whito last night woro forcod to choor for
Johnson. Frank Bryant, colorod, and
rnco."
It Is ostlmated thnt tho uogrocs of Joseph Huntor, white, got Into nn
whon Huntor
Chlcngo won a quartor of a million
rofusod to
dollars as a result of Jack's fistic choor! A fight followod and Bryant
ability, AntluiBlnstlo ovor this sud 'was fntnlly stabbod.
William Kolly, a whito tonmstor,
den lucronBo In wealth, thoy started
a boom to mnko tho dusky champion (was benton unconscious by nogrooa
nldormnn, Placarding an automobllo who. choorod for Johnson, Kolly pro- -'
with Johnson's niiuio, thoy started a tested against tho demonstration for
parado. Whito mon showorod tho tho uogro champion,
started nonr rlotu In Chicago follow
I
Jeff Hoard wires from Rono:
"Jeffries couldn't licit a Chinese
cook," which probnhly was among
the most expensive knowledge he bus
acquired,
as
He Entered
Rlnrj
Had Absolute-
ly Nothing
Not
at All Like the
Old Fighter of Other Days.
Does Not Expect to Resign
ference Decides
Newell
Con-
Fate of Director
of Reclamation
Service-Pl- ans
Western Trip Shortly.
Upon Which
New Postoffice
Be Erected
Must
Square,
Centrally
Be
WW
140 Feet
Located
BMs
Will Be Opened August 2.
Uncle Sam is looking for a site
to placo tho new federal building or
dered by congress upon. Bids an
asked for a lot 140 feet square. The
government appropriation Is $110,-00- 0
for building and alto. It is expected the site will cost within
0,
leaving $100,00 for the building.
On account of inflated valuation
placed upon much city property, some
difficulty is expected to be encountered in securing tho proper kind of
a lot.
The advertisement reads as fol
lows:
Washington, D. C, June 29, 191.
Proposals are hereby solicited te
be opened in the office of the supervising architect, treasury department.
Washington, D. C, at 10 o'clock a. sa.
on August 2, 1910, for the sale or
donation to the United RtstM of m.
corner lot, approximately
140x14
feet, centrally located and suitable for
a federal building slto at Medford,
Oregon.
Upon application to tho postmaster,
will supply prospective bidders witk
a circular giving particulars as to
requirements and instructions for
preparation of bids and data to accompany same.
FRANKLIN MACVEAGH, Sec.
At any rate, Jack Johnson today rior portfolio.
"Moreover, I do not expect to re
stands forth as the greatest heavy
sign,"
continued the secretary.
"I
weight In tho world, with none to dis
came
to
president
discuss
with
a
the
pute his tltlo unless It Is Sam Lang
plan to reorganize the land office and
ford, equally
black and fully aa reclamation
service. New regulations
confident as Jeffries was yesterday recently
requires new
enacted
that ho can take the measure of Tom by tho Interior service. I thinkwork
tho
my Burns' conqueror.
The cervlng Indian service
somo
offices
other
and
of jouth may lave been a frxtor In
bureaus aro in splendid shape."
tho downfall of the hope of the white
Balllnger bad luncheon with Presirace; psychology may enter very
dent
Taft and conferred with him
largely and luck also may have fig2 o'clock thl9 afternoon.
at
It is un
ured, but to cet down to th real nubderstood
the
will deconferenco
that
bin of the thing, Is as complex as cide the
of Director Newell of
fate
the manny excuses offered for Jefthe reclamation service.
fries' defeat.
Balllnger already stated his belief
In the first rlace, there Is no deny
Newell wasn't the man for the
that
ing tho fact th: t Johnson showed, the
reclamation
service. The secretary:
greater speed, strength, judgment and
claims that the service was demoral- skill. His remarkablo defense was ized by the changes
made.
ever to the fore, and Jeffries' best
efforts wer turned aside as a duck's
back turns water.
Superior Fighting.
CHOLERA
But It was tho negro's superior
fighting qualltv thnt won the battle
for him. Was It a lucky punch or
was It a strange pall that seemed to
come over Jefi'rles tho moment he
stepped Into the ring?
RUSSO-JAPANE- SE
Fair minded critics will not take
to
Enforce
Attempts
Authorities
of
anything nway from JohnsoL for the
victorious battle he fought. Ho fought
Sanitary Laws Meets Violent ReTREATY IS SIGNED
cleanly, cleverly and with his consumqualities
mate skill ho combined tho
sistance on Part of Natives, Who
of a gentleman, so fas as gentlemanly
Believe in Visitation of Providence
conduct enn go In tho prize ring,
TOKIO, July 5. Government ofconof
principal
aim
the
whore tho
of
ficios today received notification
testant Is to "knock tho block off" of
'
tho
signing
yesterday
of
late
the
5.
PETERSBURG,
July
ST.
his honorable opponent. Jack never
treaty at St. Petransgressed tho rules. Ho took no Riots nro breaking out throughout
Though
tersburg.
the treaty lias
unduo advantage while tho roforeo Southwestern Russia ns a result of
will not ba
terms
signed,
its
beon
out
Inshed
was not looking, but
enmade publio for somo days. It is
squarely and when ho lnndcd It was attompts bv tho authorities to
force the sanitary laws. Cholera is expected tho toxt will bo given out
a fair punch.
Not the Olrt Jeff.
prevalent in ninny localities nnd tho about July 10.
A cable from Vladivostok today
Getting down to brnss tacks, Jef- ntithoritics nre seeking to prevent its
relates
says
tho new agreement
fries lost everything ho showod In spread.
chiefly to territorial integrity and is
training tho moment ho stopped Into
Threo reasons arc assigned for intended to mnintnin the present
tho ring. Ho had absolutely nothing.
opposition of tho peasants to tho status in regard to Russi
the
Ici
Hko
more
Cold as a fish, his hands
authorities. aneso holdings in tho Orient.
cles than tho great bono and gristle efforts of the health
o
u
beliove
they
The treaty, it is declared, also
that
if
First,
maulers that sent so manay mon to de
recognizes
will
by
tho right of enoh country
of
is
it
them
visits
JefHko
nothing
tho
feat, ho was
fries whoso training stunts made tho heaven and tho nuthoritics have no to maintain urmnments in Asia and
grent judges of condition mnrvol and right to intorfero; second, they ob- provides for tho surrender of crimpredict thnt ho would mako mince ject to tin intrusion by officialdom, inals under extradition proceedings.
of
ment out of Johnson. Why ho should nnd, third, they fear
W. E. Phipps hns found how to
authoriof
the
hands
at
tho
sick
tho
entering
upon
tho
hnvo gone to pieces
settle a voxatious problem. Ho
ring, as Sam Borcer, Jim Corbett and ties.
The plague it. gaining hendwnv snys: "Match Johnson against Lang-forBilly Muldoon say ho did, Is an
the winnor ngainst a gorilla,
somothing thnt may como rapidly and the government is deand the gorilla against Roosevelt "
under tho head ot psychology. Psy termined to check it if possible.
chology or whr.tovor you mny call It,
Johnson seomed to have Joffrles' goat JEFFRIES ACTIONS GIVE RISE TO RUMORS
and no matter what tho power or In
fluence, Johnson won enslly and fair
ly.
THAT HE WAS "DOPED" BEFORE FIGHT BEGIN
Lucky Punch Talk.
Tho lucky punch talk mado Its de
but In tho second round. Johnson
bouncod a sizzling straight loft off
RENO, Nov., July 5. Jnmes J. that Is oxpectod to hoal without diffioyo.
Instnntly
it
man's
whito
tho
Joffrles, defeated heavyweight cham- culty. Ills oyes which woro tho tarbegan to swell. Tho punch did not pion of tho world, is Btlll a theatri- get ot tho negro's attack aro all right
rock Joffrlo9, but his oyo was In bad cal attraction. Today he received a today, Tho big follow still appeared
shapo, Tho moment tho punch land- nunibor of offora for bookings for dazed. He c&nnot remeabw aaythlag
about tho fight. He says ho doesn't
Ono managed
ed ho looked dazed and stoppod Into theatrical trips.
tho enslest sort of punches to nvold.
to book Joffrles and Cor- remember ontorlng tho ring.
Ills actions just boforo nnd after
Corbett would not
Ills judgment of dlstnnco wont to bett together.
tho tight havo caused rumors her
plocos and ho hogan to fight Hko a accept, rofuslng to do n boxing act.
washerwoman. To tho mon In his
Joffrles was In fair shapo today that he was doped boforo ho ontered
cornor tho answer was apparently following tho pounding ho recolvod tho ring. Ills hnndlors deny tho stosimple. Ho hnd been synipnthotlcally from Johnson yestordny, Tho con- ry stronuously. Thoy declaro that the
blinded the punch on tho right oyo stant application of hot packs had niontnl strain so upset tho big fighter that l'P dldr't know what h was
had hit tho sympnthotto nervo and roducod tho swolllngs. Ills most
lip
Injury Is a cut on tho
and
i
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at
He Showed in Traininq as Soon
Secretary Visits Taft and Says He Government Asks Bids for Property
$10,-00-
4-
-
$120,500
Fight
Once Great Fiahter Lost Everything
(BY MAX BALTHASAR.)
BEVERLY, Mass., July 5. "I have
RENO, Nov., July 5. Perhaps It never been a quitter and have not
was a case of youth being served; brought my resignation with me,"
Bald Secretary Balllnger of the Inperhaps It wos something psychologterior department today whet, asked
ical, perhaps It was a piece of luck. If he intended to relinquish tho inte
Says Fight Was Won Fairly and on Nearly Quarter Million Dollars
Merits Was Not Knocked
vided Between Pugilists for Ycs- -
seriously injured.
Bodies May Still Be In Debris.
I
4
4-4-
Lo-fo- re
SLAUGHTERS
Collision
f
ed
ConHnued
NO QUITTER
white men; 100 rioters
v
Hang Negro In New York.
NKW YOltIC, July C A negro wan
Mob of Seven Thousand Spent RiothniiKi'd to a lamp pout In tho tender-loi- n
huro today, but tho pollen cut
ous Night and Day Negroes Athim down In tlmo to snvo bin Ufa.
tack Whites In Their Homes NaIllntn continued nil nlKht, and tho
pollco foar furl or troublo during tho
tional Capital Made Hideous.
day. Thousands of pollromoii nro on
duty In tho colorod Boctlnnn of tho
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Philadelphia, Pit., Wljitos nnd negroes fight with hriekH ami missiles.
Louisville, Ky. Crowds ,of negrooH nttnek wliito newsboys selling extras telling of nice riots last
night.
Wilmington, Del. Whiten attempt wholeHiilo lynchings nnd scorcH of persons nro injured in re-
LIFE
At Noon Elnhtccn Ncnrocs and Five
Fatally
TO PIECES
arrested.
HUMAN
V R
Roanoke, Vu. Six negroes beuten uiul dying; 0110 whilo mini Hliot.
Pittsburg, Pu. Scores liurt in race riotH in which 1000 negroosnttneked
SEEK SITE
BALL1NBER
RAGES;
RUSSIANS RIOT
Russo-Japane-
se
pesti-lenc-
d,
so-ve- re