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C1IURC1IMENB- U
FROM KOOSEVf
World Missionary Conference K'
ceive Letter of Co-operation
from Colonel.
READ AT EDINBURGH MEETING
Former President Regrets Inability
to Attend Convention.
EPOCH IN RELIGIOUS HISTORY
Says Christians Have United First
Time in Four Centuries.
PUTS EMPHASIS ON ESSENTIALS
UU Flea for Unity, Fraternity and
Federation la Panning the Work
la Greeted with Great
Enthusiasm.
EDINBURQ, Scotland. Juno NS.-A letter
from Theoduro Roosevelt expressing sym
pathy with the movement and regret at
lila Inability to be present was read at to
day's session of the World Missionary
conference. The communication which
was addressed to Silas McUee, an Ameri
can delegate, aroused much enthusiasm.
Mr. Itooseveit wrote:
"LONDON. May 16, 1910. My Dear Sir:
It is a matter of real and profound regret
to me that I am imperatively called away
to America ao that 1 am unable to be
present In person at the World Missionary
conference. I regret it the more as, if I
had been able to be present, it would have
been aa a delegate from the Dutch Re
formed church of America, to which I
belong.
"Nothing like your proposed conference
I.as hitherto taken place. From many na
tions and from many churches your dele
gates gather on this great occasion to in
T Itlate a movement which I not only hope,
but believe will be fraught with far-reach-
ing good.
fcyooh in Itellulona History.
"For the first time in four centuries
Christians of every name come together
without renouncing their several convic
tions or sacrificing their Beveral principles
to confer as to what common action may
be taken In order to make their common
Christianity not only known to but a vital
force among the two-thirds of the human
, race to whom, as yet, it la hardly even a
name.
"Surely every man imbued, aa every man
. should be, with the ethical teachings of
. Christianity, must rejoice in auch an ef
. fort to combine the strength of all the
churches In the ondeavor to Christianize
humanity and to Christianise it not
merely in name but In very fact.
"Your conference represents the practical
effort to apply the teachings of the gospel
to. what the Epistle of Juda calls 'The
'.common salvation.' An Infinite amount of
woiir remains ia -be done before we can
regard ourselves as being even within
mensureuble distance of the desired goal;
an Infinite amount at home in the dark
' places which too often closely surround
tho brightest centers of light and an In
finite amount abroad in those dark places
of the earth where blucknesa la at yet un
relieved by any light.
Plea for o-Operntlon.
"While auch la the high purpose to which
you have dedicated yourselves, it is emi
nently fitting that your invitation should
have gene to all Christian churches In all
lands. 1 am sure that there will be a gen
cral and 1 hope a universal response. In
missionary woik, above all other kinds
at Christian work, it Is imperative to re
, ill, ember that a divided Chrlstiandom can
only perfectly bear witness to the essen
tial unity of Christianity. I believo that
without compromise of belief, without loss
of the positive good contained In the recog
nition of diversities of gifts and differences
of administration, the Christian church
may yot find a way to cordial co-operation
and friendship aa regards the great
underlying essentials on which, ' as a
foundation, all Christian churches are built.
This la one of the lessons which has been
particularly Impressed on me by what I
have seen of Christian work in Africa, both
In heathen and Mohammedan lands.
Quotation from Scripture.
"I believe that unity in a spirit of Chris
tian brotherhood for auch broad Christian
. work will tend, not to do away with dlf-
' ferencee of doctrine, but to prevent us from
laying too much stress on these differences
of doctrine. It is written In the Scriptures
that 'llo that dooth My will shall know of
the doctrine,' but the reverse of this prop
osition cannot be found In Holy Writ. Em
phasis Is to be put on doing Thy will. If
only wo can mako up our minds to work
together witn sincerity lor tho common
?ood, we shall find that doctrinal differ
ences in no way interfere with our doing
tills work.
"Wishing you an success, I am very
sincerely youra,
"THEODOrtE ROOSEVELT."
OFFICIAL HOOSKVKI.T WELCOME
Governor II unites Will lie Itepre-
" nentcd by (ienerul Yrrbeck.
1 NEW YORK, June 16. Announcement
was made this afternoon that Governor
Hughes, who will be unable to take part
In Saturday's demonstration, had appoluTed
Adjutant General Verbeck aa his repre-
Hchtulive. Mr. Verbeck will go down the
bay on tho revenue cutter Manhattan with
Collector Locb and board the Karln Au
gusta Victoria.
tiooKer ,T. Washington will be given a
place on the grandstand and may also go
down on the revenue cutter.
WASHINGTON. June 16. Forty rough
riders, most of them in their khaki unl
forms, shook hands with President Taft at
tha White House today. They are on their
' way to New York to Join In the Roosevelt
reception.
OYSTER BAY, L.T.. June lt-Arrange-
menta are completed for the celebration
here next Saturday of the homecoming o
, Theodore Roosevelt, who will arrive In
A fiyster Ray on a special train. Prepara
J tions have been made to welcome a large
crowd.
WASHINGTON, June 16,-Speaker Can
lion waa at the White House today. On
leaving he. was asked If he thought he
wpuld go to New York to join In the Roose
velt celebration on Saturday.
"How can I leave town when congress is
In session?" he asked, and hurried to his
walling automobile.
Job for a .rbraka Maa.
WASHINGTON, June lt-The president
,t M the senate today the nomination of
l IL veJVj. Ellis of Nebraska to be receiver
A publio moneys kt Alliance. Neb,
Irrigation Rider
On Conservation
Bill Causes Delay
President, Attorney General and
Members of House Committee
Wrestle Legislative Tangle.
WASHINGTON, June hi. President Taft.
several senators and several mepibers of
the house ways and means committee nnd
Attorney General Wlekershani wrestled td
day for more than an hour with the legls
Intlve tannle that has arisen In connection
with the conservation bill Just passed by
the senate and which threatens to delay
tho adjournment of congress. No definite
conclusion was readied. The senate put
on the bill, as a rider, a provision for the
Issue of $:.000,000 of certificates of lndebt
tdness to cover tho cost of completing Ir
rlxatlon projects already under way or
planned in the west.
A bill carrying new legislation Involving
a change of the treasury cannot go through
the, house without reference to the com
mittee und being placed on the union cal
endar. Kills on tho union calendar are
not privileged and under ordinary cir
cumstances the conservation bill carry
ing thfi $:!O,00O,ft00 appropriation would not
be reached this session.
Mr. Taft Is extremely anxious that both
shall pass.
Edward P. Smith
on His Way Home
Omaha Attorney is Unable to Resume
Work in Trial of Bleached
Flour Case.
KANSAS CITT, June 16.-Although Ed
ward Smith, an attorney representing the
millers In the bleached flour case, was
nrable to resume his duties, the taking
of testimony was resumed in the federal
court here this morning.
Mr. Smith, who suffered an attack of
heart trouble yesterday, causing a post
ponement of the trial, left for his home
in Omaha this morning to take a rest.
The government expected to finish the
Introduction of Its testimony today. Dr.
Otto Folln of tho Harvard Medical school
was the first witness today.
Dr. Otto Folin testified that the treat
meilt necessary to bleach flour by an artl
flclal process introduced into the flour ele
ments Injurious to the health of persona
eating bread mado from the flour.
He said the bleaching process was ac
compllRhed by the mixture of nitric and
nitrous acids in the flour.
He said that the proportion of glutin In
flour waa much greater than the coloring
matter and thut the nitrogen peroxide Intro
duced to bleach the flour has a greater ef
fect upon the glutin that upon the color
fng matter.
He said that the elements deleterious to
health which formed In flour that ' Is
bleached, artificially are not formed when
flour Is bleached naturally by aging. "
Dr. Folin called the unhealthful elements
formed In flour bleached artificially
"nldro bodies." He said that nldro bodies
were unknown In nature.
Statehood Bill
Passes Senate
Measure Must Go to Conference
Unless Lower House of Congress
Concurs in Action.
WASHINGTON, June 16. By an unani
mous vote on roll call the senate today
passed the etatehood bill reported from the
senate committee on territories. It differs
from the. house bill and must go to con
ference unless the house should concur in
the senate measure.
Consideration of the conference report on
the railroad bill, which was beun late to
day by the senate, went over unt(l tomor
row at the request of several democratic
senators. The senate will meet tomorrow,
when tho bill probably will be passed.
DIVORCE TO SUPREME COURT
Attorney for Dr. Smith Holllng
McKIni AaWs for Restrain,
lug- Order.
RENO. New, June 15. The suit for di
vorce filed by Margaret Emerson McKlm
of New York waa carried Into the state
supreme court today when the attorney
for Dr. Smith Hollings McKim asked for
an order restraining Judge W. H. A. Pike
from hearing any matter connected with
he case until the appeal on the order
denying the motion to file a plea of abate
ment is decided. Tho arguments on the
motion for a restraining order will be ar
gued June 27.
DEGREES FOR OMAHA YOUTHS
Clement F.. Chase and F. N. Mrnrtee
to Graduate This Year at
Cornell.
ITHACA, N. Y., June 15,-Among the
successful candidates for degrees at Cor
nell university are Clement Edwards Chase
of Omaha, Neb., and Ferdinand Northrup
Menefee of South Omaha. Both will re
ceive the degree of civil engineering for
completion of the course In civil engineer
ing at the commencement June 23. Menefee
already holds the degree from a western
Institution of bachelor of science In civil
engineering.
Objects to Chickens for
Bedfellows
John C. Miller, given permission to oo
enpy the barn at his hcme near Forty
first and Center streets, while hla wife and
family occupy the bouse, Is perfectly con
tent to make hla home In the barn, but he
enters an Indignant protest against his
wife's chickens being allowed to use his
bed as a roosting place. He also objects
to the storage of chicken feed In his bed
chamber.
Mr. Miller was prevented from Intruding
upon the privacy of his own family under
a restraining order issued by Judge Day a
few days ago. His wife's suit for divorce
was beeun several months ago, but Is
still hanging fire. Attorneys In the ease
held a consultation Thursday morning and,
with the assistance of Judge Day, arrived
at several conclusions.
NEBRASKA HOLuS
COMMENCEMENT
i
State University Celebrates Annual
Senior I eavetakinj with Appro
priate Ceremony.
ADVICE GIVEN TO GRADUATES
Dr.
Jeremiah Jenks of Cornell De
livers Class Address.
TALKS ON "PRAISE OF FOLLY'
Calls Roosevelt Foremost
Nations of World.
Man of
RECEPTION BY THE CHANCELLOR
nearenls, Faculty and Alumni Are
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Avery In
tin Evening at I.llirnrr
Hall.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, June 16. (Special Telegram.)
Today marked the finish of the annual com
mencement exercises t the University o
Nebrska. The senior procession moved at
10 o'clock this morning to the Lincoln Aud
itoiium, where Dr. Jeremiah -Whipple
Jenks, Ph. D., LL. D., of Cornell university
delivered the address, taking for his sub
ject "The Praise of Folley."
During the evening hours Chancellor and
Mrs. Avery tendered a reception to the re
gents, the' alumni and the faculty at Li
brary hall. Class reunions are features of
the commencement exercises for the
alumni.
Dr. Jenks' Address.
" he advocate par excelence of the success
ful life, Theodore Roosevelt, is easily the
foremost man In all the world," declared
Prof. Jenks, head of the department of po
litical economy and politics at Cornell uni
versity. In the annual commencement ad
dress to 200 graduates of the State univers
ity, at the Auditorium Thursday'morolng.
"He delights in toll. As he strides from
one position to another, still higher, he al
ways has a 'bully' or a 'corking' time.
Soon. after he became governor of New
York, a friend meeting him, asked htm
how he liked the work. 'Fine; never had
so good a time.' As he moved on to the
presidency the exuberance of hla pleasure
did not lessen In spite of numerous annoy;
ances Inseparable from such a position."
Pleasure la the true measure of life, ac
cording to Dr. Jenks. Unless individuals
live for the best in life by cultivating taste
and feeling and lifting themselves above
sordid desire, merely o get, they fall short
of the highest enjoyment. Dr. Jenks se
lected as the theme of his commencement
address, "The Praise of Folly."
"On commencement day it Is fitting that
a careful estimate be made of the real
value of some of the purposes and plans
that mould our lives. Men are swayed by
different- -motives, emphasis . often being
placed on what is termed 'common use,'
as contrasted witn sentiment. Yet those
Inclined to boast of "common sense' are
often swayed by a rather strait-laced sen
timent, while others who in their lives
have seemed to their fellows to have been
Idealists are adjudged by posterity to be
wisely practical. After reflection on the
sayings and doings In society, the more
foolish seems much of the practical com
mon sense to me and (tie wiser seema much
of the folly.
"Viewed In- the perspective, It will be
found that the larger view of life is senti
ment. What la the debt to the doctor who,
at the sacrifice of his life, taught us how
to conquer yellow fever. Can there be
greater folly than for mere sentiment, that
we call love of. country or patriotism, to
leave home and Jta love and Its comforts
aa does tho soldier to endure the priva
tions and sufferings of the camp and per
chance the agony of death? For the poor
soldier there is not even the poor comfort
of a name In the annals of history. He la
snu"ed out for a foolish sentiment that
he calls patriotism, nothing more and yet
in time of stress when the nation's life Is
in peril, we applaud the heroes and our ap
plause nerves them to heroism. Or is there
a reality in noble thouhts and deeds that
in Itself Is a reward besides the wealth and
easo which are poor and despicable."
Wealth that Satisfies.
The wealth that satisfies Is the Income
that ministers to the soul's needs. As the
measure of a nation is the Influence exerted
In fostering knowledge, the moral energy
given to the world and the Intellectual hap
plness disseminated, so the same measure
applies to the Individual. Thus In history
we find the most illustrious figures are not
those who have hoarded vast amounts of
wealth, but those who have thrown out a
life line to a hungry people. They live in
history because they have played on human
hearts as a master strikes the harp, mak
ing sweet chords of sentiment and feeling
and thus arousing the noble and unselfish
deeds.
"As citizens of the state with the welfare
of the community at heart let us dare to
cultivate the higher practical nature tha
to the selfish and shortsighted will seem
folly and be devotees of the higher sent!
mcnt of truth and unselfish patriotism.
Capacity for Enjoyment.
"College graduates usually select their
life work with a view of pecuniary remun
eration. With most people today the prac
tical man ia the money maker. I have
nothing to say against wealth, but If
(Continued on Third Page.)
and Wins Out
rirsi. air. Miners oojecuons are sua
talncd. Hla wife will hereafter ba obliged
to shelter her hens in the basement f the
barn. Aa Mr. Miller had no use for th
basement It waa ti rned over to Mrs. Miller
for the chickens, and also for ber cow
The chicken feed will be disposed of In the
same manner as the now and chickens.
Mr. Miller, however, now that he must'
no lunger listen to the lusty .crow of
rooster within a few feet of his head about
a. m.. is lord of all be surveys In tli
upper pan ui ine Darn, in It He may
house himself, his horse and all hla per
sonai property until auch a time aa furthe
action la taken in the courta or he and hi
wife experience a thang of heart. Where
tne rub cornea ia Is that he haa to pay th
rent on tha house In which he may not live,
and alao ss a week temporary alimony,
From the Chicago Post.
OURT ENJOINS GOVERNOR
Temporary Order Against Oklahoma
Executive is Continued.
OPINION ' OF - JUDGE - HUSTON
Enabling Act Which Says the Capi
tal la to Remain at Gsrthrie
fntll 1013 la Declared to
Ba Valid.
GUTHRIE. Okl., June 1G. Judge A. H.
Huston in the ccunty district court here to
day overruled the demurrer filed by Gov
ernor Haskell to the petition of County
Attorney Hepburn, who had asked for an
injunction preventing the removal of the
capital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City.
The temporary Injunction Issued last Mon
day was continued in force until further
orders.
The court held that the enabling act was
valid In imposing the condition that the
eapltal ahould remain in Guthrie until 1913;
that the court had Jurisdiction over the
person of the governor In mattera where
he had no discretion, and that the county
attorney had the power to file application
for an injunction.
The decision differed from Attorney Gen
eral West on all points.
Republicans to
Meet at Lincoln
State Committee Decides to Hold Ses
sion in Capital City Hayward
Resignation Accepted.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, June 16. (Special Telegram.)
At a meeting of the state republican com
mittee held here tonight it waa decided to
hold the republican convention at Lincoln
on July 20, the date fixed by law. Lincoln
received sixteen votes. Omaha six and Bea
trice two.
Vice Chairman Myron L. Learned of
Omaha presided. The resignation of Chair
man William Hayward was accepted.
Tho apportionment for the convention i
one delegate for each 150 votes or major
fraction thereof cast for O. C. Bell, re
publican nominee, for presidential elector.
The total representation In the convention
will be 856.
People who can
get along very well
with second-hand
things, are watch
ing the For
columns of
Sale
The
Bee daily.
Every day someone Is advertis
ing an article that they do not
need, and every day someone Is
snapping up theee articles.
You have something about tha
bouse that you do not use.
What Is UT
It baa value.
. Somebody wants It, and will pay
for It t
Call Douglas 233 and de
scribe it to the ad taker and
she will tell you what an ad
will cost to sell it.
The Voyage Home
Kaiser William
Cancels Dates;
Slightly 111
Empe'f(r"iniain Slightly Injured
While Riding and Will Not
Attend Yacht Races.
POTSDAM, June 18. Emperor William,
who was recently Inconvenienced by an
abscess on his right wrist, is now troubled
with an abrasion on the Inside of the right
knee. It was produced by horseback riding
and caused hla majesty to abandon his
purpose .of witnessing today's military
maneuvers at Doeberlts. He also has can
celled an engagement for tomorrow at
Hanover and he will not witness, as he
had planned, the yacht racea at Hamburg,
Saturday. .
The emperor's household physician stated
today that the general condition of his
majesty waa satisfactory. The emperor's
saddle horses have been trained to guidance
through pressure from the rider's knees,
Recently his majesty has taken long rides
and the skin having been rubbed off in a
spot on the Inside of the right knee, ' a
blister resulted.
This afternoon an official bulletin was
Issued ' cautioning the publio against the
Impression that the Inflammation was in
any way connected with the recent abscesa
on the wrist, which is now healed. The
bulletin adds that his majesty has not ex
perienced any rise of temperature.
Following the maneuvers at Doeberlts to
day the emperor received the generals who
participated.
South Dakota
Masons in Session
Report of Secretary of Grand Lodge
Shows Membership of More Tha,n '
Eight Thousand.
PIERRE, S. D., June l.-(8peclal.) The
gathering of Masons and Eastern Star
Orders at this city has brought to Pierre
many of the leading men and women of
the state. Despite the extreme weather
which haa prevailed the last two days,
both bodies are busy clearing up the de
tail work of their seslsons. At the first
day meeting the address of Grand Master
S. A. Drown was read, and the report of
the secretary, George A. Pettlgrew, waa
presented. His report Is tha sixteenth pre
sented by him as secretary of the grand
ledge, and la a summary of the condition
of the order In the state at the close of
the year. He shows in his statement that
there are 121 lodges with 8.397 In good
standing. New lodgea Instituted for the
year were Philip 1SJ, at Philip; Western Star
U. D., at Draper, No. 158; Gregory U. D
at Gregory, No. 150.
Professional Divers Search
for Porter Charlton's Body
COMO, Italy, June 14. Professional divers
began today operations In Lake Como In
the hope that the waters contain the body
of Porter Charlton it will be recovered.
The divers were engaged by the govern
ment on the Insistence of Charles M.
Caughy, American consul at Milan, who
holds to the theory that the person or per
sons who murdered Mrs. Mary Scott Cas
tle Charlton and placing her body In a
trunk, sank In the lake, disposed In similar
fashion of her huHhand.
The police do not incline strongly to the
theory of a double murder and, after the
bottom of the lake had been dragged In
spots with grappling hooks, they were pre
pared to abandon this line of Investigation.
DAY OUT
4T." DAY
BANKERS WANT PAID AGENT
Iowans Vote to Name One on Salary
of Twenty-Four Hundred.
PRESIDENT DELIVERS ADDRESS
Mr. Sterena Declares Farmers Are
Holding; Bak Produce and
. Thereby Causing Higher
Price.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Ia., June 18. (Special
Telegram.) The Iowa Bankers' association
today voted to elect a secretary to devote
hla entire time to the work on a salary
of 13,400 a year with permanent offices in
Dea Moines. The report of Secretary Din
widdle of Cedar Rapids, who will not be
a candidate for the paid position, shows
tho Iowa association to be the largest in
the United States.
President Stevens In hla annual address
to the convention discussed farm and crop
conditions as affecting financial affairs.
and was disposed to place the blame for
high prices on the farmers. He Insisted
that a large part of farm produce had
been held back in the farmers' hands,
hence, there was a shortage of money
About 1,000 bankers are attending the con
vention.
Insurance Agents.
The state convention of Insurance agents
today adopted a resolution asking the state
auditor to prepare and present to the legis
lature a bill authorising a combine in In
surance rates, and fixing uniform rates for
fire Insurance In the state under a state
superintendent. Some form of Insurance
commission la desired by the majority of
the Insurance men to prevent rate cutting,
The fact that the anti-compact law ia in
Quarterly Conference Held.
The quarterly conference of heads of the
state institutions was held commencing to
day and to continue tomorrow. One of the
moat important of the papers read was one
by Dr. J. W. Klme Of Fort Dodge, on th
cure of tuberculosis patients and how to
fight the white plague. He strongly fav
ora county hospitals and, so far as poa
slble, the county care of the patlenta. He
contends that the state can only do. a small
part of that which should be done. The
work done by the state In the matter of
lectures and dlscuteiona haa already borne
fruit in a much wider interest In the sub
ject, and tho people are now prepared to
go much further in taking advantage of
modern ideas for preventing tuberculosis.
State Cora Crop la Goad.
The superintendents of the various state
farms who attended the conference here to
day report that the corn 7crop on the state
farms is generally well started. This was
owing to the fact that the seed was good.
In fields near the state farms there la a
very poor stand of corn and farmers an-
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
Mr. Caughy, however, urged that a fur
ther search be made by divers and the
Italian authorities yielded to the wishes of
the 'consul.
The arrival today of the divers from
Genoa caused much excitement among the
peasants. The Interest In the case locally
is not confined to these residents, and
summer visitors throughout this section,
Including a number of Americans, have
been attracted to the scene of the tragedy.
They gathered on the lake shore In force
today, hoping to witness a solution of tho
mystery of Charlton's disappearance.
It la not certain that the divers will be
successful In settling the question because
of the depth of the lake
PRIZE FIGHT NOW
LN LEGAL TANGLE
Jeffries-Johnson Contest Involved in
Motion for Fermanent Injunc
tion Apainst xi.
BILLS WILL BE PILED TODAY
Attorney General of California Pre
pares Proper Documents.
KAUFMAN-LANGFORD BOUT HIT
Temporary Order Also Aiked Against
Next Saturday's Match.
I
PROMOTERS HAVE OTHER PLAN!
I
Declare Fourth of July Flaht Will
Take I'lnce for Certainty,
Probably at Reno,
Nevada.
i v,i j
SAN FRANCISCO, June lfi.-Wlth a mo
tion for a permanent Injunction against the.
Jeffries-Johnson flirlit and an application
for temporary restraining order against the
Kaufmnn-Langfnrd contest to be filed In
the superior court here tomorrow morning.
Attorney General Webb will fire the first
legal gun In the war declared on prlM
fighting In this state by Governor Glllett
When Informed of the Intention of th
attorney general today, Tex Rlckard said
that Immediately on an adverse decision of
the court he would remove the scene of the
battle ground to some other state. He alsc
stated that with the handing down of an un
favorable decision he would commences
civil action agi'lnst the governor and the at.
torney general to recover duinages for tha
expense he has already unCergone to pre
pare for the fight here. Rlckard was In
consultation today with Attorney W. H.
Metson in regard to the proposed civil suit
Attorney Generul Webb stated today that
on account of tho proximity in time of the
Kaufman-Langford contest, which is sched
uled for next Saturday, ho will ask fdr a
temporary restraining order against that
fight, as tha court will hardly, have time
to hear Arguments for a permanent In
junction against it. As the big match does
not occur until July 4, the attorney gen
eral does not see the necessity for similar
action, and tho motion will be made for a
permanent restraining order, which in the
meantime will not prevent the promotora
from continuing with the preparations for
the match. It Is hardly likely, however,
that Rlckard and Gleason will avail them
selves of the privilege, for they have or
dered all work on the arena to cease.
May Flwht In Reno.
That the various promoters are preparing
to shift the big fight as well as other pro
posed contests to Nevada was made mani
fest this morning when It was learned that
Billy McCarny had been dispatched to Reno
with instructions to procure permits for t,he
noimng or the two matches Jn-that place.
It wan Rtfltari rijflnl1r Kt, Ta. lfnn MM n M
. . . . ......... , j . , rJ V. 1, 1 a, li,
manager of Sam Langford, that on of
the permits was for the purpose of bring
ing off the Langford-Ketchei battle on
July 2, in the event of adverse action by
tho California authorities.
The second pernilt, Woodman stated, will
be permission to hold the Jeffries-Johnson
fight two days later.
Rickard, however, said today that no
further steps had been taken by him to
ward transferring the scene of the fight.
He repeated his previous declaration that
he would wait until the matter waa
definitely settled as regards San Francisco.
Governor Glllett arrived today to prealde
over a mass meeting of the Panama-Paclfla
exposition. He declared that he did not
care what opposition he encountered, he
proposed to carry out a clearly defined law
and stop the big fight.
Undisturbed by the legal crisis. Jack
Johnson today continued his training. John
son said that he la ready to go anywhere
the promoters might desire In case the
fight cannot be held here. He declared
that he Is in such perfect condition that he
will not ask fur any postponement
Jeffries Continues Training:.
BEN LOMOND, June IS "I don't care
where we go as long as we fight," declared
James J. Jeffrie today aa he appeared for
his usual training work. The fighter re
ceived a message from Tex Rickard early
today in which the promoter declared that
the battle possibly would be held in San
Francisco after ull, but failed to state why
ho thought bo. Jeffries was in high spirits
after reading it.
"Any old place suits me," he declared.
"Sooner than miss the chance to meet
Johnson now, after all the trouble I have
gone to, I'd box him in private. I want
Rickard and Gleason to know that I'm with
them in whatever they do. I'll box In any
town they select. I think square sporting
men should stick to tticm to the last."
Jeffries feels that if the fight goes to
Nevada all the mountain climbing he has
done here will stand him In good Stead!
He has done a lot of work that took him
to an elevation of 2,000 feet above the sea
level and the Nevada, altitude will not
bother him.
After his somewhat exciting layoff of
yesterday, Jeffries was back at work today
with more vigor than he has put Into hla
boxing this week. After the bug punching
exercises Jeffries defeated Corbett handily
in two straight hand ball games.
Uld from Tucuiuv,
TACOMA, Wash, Juno 18. Local capital
ists have authorized the Tacoma Athletic
association to put up UOl.OuO and reimburse
Rickard und Glcuson for all expenses they
have incurred If 'they will transfer the
Jeffries-Johnson fignt to the Tacoma sta
dium. HALT LAKE CITY. June 18.-A move
ment to bring tho Jeffries-Johnson contest
to this city received a backset today when
Governor Kpry positively announced that
it could not be held in this state.
It ia suggested that the fight be held just
across the Nevada line and tiiat the crowd
be taken from this city, In special tnfThs.
MAY S 'I'll IKK AG IS ITAU
Uoveraor Spry Declares Laws Pro
hi bit Suc h a Battla.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June IS. A
consldeiable element of the population
would welcome the Jeffries-Johnson fig hi
to this city, but the obstucles are believed
to be Insuperable.
Governor Spry declared repeatedly When
Promoter Rlckard was seeking to stage the
contest In Utah, that the laws of the state
distinctly piohlblted such a battle, and
that he would use his authority to enforce
the laws.
County Attorney Lyon of Salt Lak
county made the statement that the statute
wua unequivocal, and that hla office woul