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VOL. XX. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY C, 1010. No. 1C4; RIQTINO AND BLOODSHED i Hundreds Killed and Wounded in Scraps and Bloody Affrays Growing Out of the Prize FightPrayers in the Churches for JoNson Hospitals at National Capital Overflowina N,With . oms One Negro Was Hanged to a Lamp Post But Saved- opting Extends to Nearly Every Large American I .11 U . Washington, July" rioting in which 7000 neg. and ? whites participated continued o.thrqughout the night here. Ev- ery available policeman In Washington Is ' on duty today, and it Is possible that federal troops may be ordered Into the national capital to restore order. The fighting was continuous , along Pennsylvania avenuo be- tween the capltol and tho White . House. The negroes are wild with en- thusiasm, and their bolsterous- ness increased as the evening wore on. . Roanoke, Va Six negroes ' beaten an ddying; one white man ,. shot. Pittsburg Scores hurt in race riots in which 1000 negroes at- tacked white man. One hu'n- dred rioters arrested. Philadelphia Whites and ne- groes flght with bricks and mls--slles. Louisville Crowds of negroes attack white newsboys selling extras telling of race riots last ' night. ' Wilmington, Del. Whites at . tempt wholesale lynchlngs, and ' -scores of persons are injured in resultant riots. New Orleans In riots beforo bulletin boards of newspapers revolvers and knives are used with fatal effect. ' St. Louis Negroes are at tacked by whites. Cincinnati Negroes are taken . . 1 1 1 iium uuuies - uuu uuuien oy whites. '- Atlanta, . Ga. Negro runs amuck following the victory of Johnson, and is saved from death by tho, police. Baltimore Several negroes stabbed in a riot. Washington The hospitals are crowded wit! injured whites and blacks. Rioting continued all night; 230 under arrest. New York Negroe beaten to death. Score injured. Police reserves out in all negro sec- tlons. ' ShreveDort La. Three ne- groes killed, one white man fa- tally injured; scores" of whites and blacks hurt In riot follow- ing tho fight returns from Reno. Reports from Northern Louisi- ana tell of many persons injured In riots. Chicago One negro stabbed and dying; scores Injured, fre- quent fights in the "black belt." . Omaha One negro killed and ' several injured. Little Rock Two negroes , killed, many Injured. Houston, Tex. A whlto man was stabbed by a negro and then killed his assailant. Several negroes attacked and beaten. Fort Worth, Tex. Two ne- - gresses attacked -white woman and beat her fatallv with beer' bottles. Augusta, Ga. Riots reported In Southern Georgia. Three negroes killed, many Injured. ' Mounds, III. Negro constable killed by negro woman who he was attempting to arrest for "shooting up the town" In celt bration of Johnson's victory. Chicago, April 5. 'A toll of blood shed and riot was today's aftermath of the Jeffries-Johnson flght. The blows that beat down the white man at Reno, Nevada, were re-echoed throughout the night and today In all parts of the country. The cost of Johspn's victory In human lives couid not be estimated exactly because of varying reports; but is believed that the direct results of the fight will be an exhaustive death Hat. Most of the victims were members of Johnson's own1 race. Up to noon today 19 negroes and live whites had been killed, hun dreds, of both races injured many fa tally, and scores in prisons In vari ous iaUItw. Johnson for Alderman. That is the political howl which started near-riots In Chisago, follow FOLLOW NEBRO VICTORY1 ing tho victory , of tho colored heavy weight over the "hope of the white race." ' It isestimated that the negroes of Chicago won a quarter of a million of dollars as a result of Jack's fistic ability. Enthusiastic over this sud den Increase in wealth, they started a boom to make tho dusky champion alderman. Placarding an automobile with Johnson's name and started a parade. White men showered the parade with "Irish confetti," and a number of persons were injured be fore the police restored order. Whites invading the "black belt" last night were forced to cheer for Johnson. Frank Bryant, colored, and Joseph Hunter, white, got Into an ar gument, when Hunter refused to cheer. A light followed, and Bryant was fatally stabbed. William Kelly, a white teamster, was beaten unconscious by negroes who cheered for Johnson. Kelly pro tested against tho demonstration for the negro Champion. . Washington, D. C. July 5. At- tacks were made upo nwhlte men in their homes by negroes joy-maddened at the beating of Jeffries by Jack ''Johnson. Three negresses entered I the homes of white women, dragged ' them to the . streets beat and tore . .... 1 their clothing from them before a mob of howling blacks. A fierce riot followed when police and white men rescued tho women. j . Hundreds of drunken negroes passed through the streets making night hideous with their cries. Police. who had been reinforced byreservesf attempted to quiet them, and the re sult inv.arlably was n conflict, in which one or more persons were se riously injured. Two white men, stabbed by ne groes, are dying at a hospital. At least 200 blacks are under arrest, (.land more than 30 white men are in jail. Tho hospitals are filled with wounded negroes and several whites. The negro quarters are being pa trolled by large detachments of po lice, but daylight brought little ces sation of the celebration of the vic tory of a black man over a white, and further trouble Is predicted. The black population of Washing ton numbers 100,000 and the indica tions today wer ethat a great majori ty were hilariously and uncontroll ably drunk. Two DIo in Illinois. Moundsvllle, 111., July 5. One ne gro was killed here and one Is dying as the result of rioting following the victory of Jack Johnson yesterday over Jeff. Race feeling showed Itself as the reports of the flght were re ceived, and rioting resulted. Three in Louisiana. Enoka, La., July 5. Three negroes were killed In rioting here following the victory of Jack Johnson at Reno. The negroes, wild with enthusiasm j for tho colored heavyweight, paraded the streets, cheering for the cham pion, and taunting tho whites with their defeat. Henry Anderson, col ored, was killed in an altercation that followed. His. father, John An derson, was shot by a mob that quickly formed after the disturbance began. He died this morning. A negressj who shouted for John son, was followed by tlv eiufurlated whitP3 who shot her tongue out. She died today. One Negro Hanged. New York, July 5, A negro was hnnsred to a lamp post in tho topder kin here today but the police cat him aown In time to save hi sllfe. Riots continued all night, and tho police fonr further trouble during the day. Thousands of policemen are en duty in the colored sections of the city. Negro coachmen and butlers, who have won large sums, on the fight, are quitting work. The negroes are assuming an overbearing: and Insolent demeanor, and go nut of their way to orowd whites off the sidewalks. l'lghtlng at Walla Walla. Walla Walla, Wash., July E. Feeling between the whKee anl no- grnoy hero Is exceedingly bitter to day on account of the outcome of the outcome of tho Reno fight, and ex ! tra precautions have been taken 07 the police to prevent trouble. A large colony of negroes rustd h'.:c. one negro was badly beaten up oy a crowd of whites last nlgiit tr. the struts. ont-gro had won 00. Jen- am, and wna enthusiastically sn i.e. mi clng the ftct. Most of the negroes left the streets Immediately after Johnson's victory was made public. This prevented much trouble. Beaten Up by Blacks. Los Angeles, Calif., July -5. Four white men are being treated at tho Receiving hospitals for injuries they received in fights with negroes following the announcement of tho result of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Joseph Dowllng Was cut severely by a negro who atacked him with a razor for speaking disparagingly of the black champion. William Bennett received two rib fractures in a flght with a. burley black man who declared he could lick any, white man in California. R. Peterson was taken to the hos pital with a broken rib and a hal tered countenance after a battle with another negro. George Bottsworth took a beating similar to that Johnson, administered to Jeffries when he disagreed with an arrogant negro in Spring street. (By Max Balthasar for United Press " Reno,. Nev., July 5. James J. Jeffries, defeated heavyweight cham plbn of the world, Is still a theatrical .attraction. Today Nhe' received, a jiunibrifj,'pffers for booking's for theatrical trips. One endeavored to book Jeff and Corbett together. Cor nott would not accept, refusing to do a boring act. Jeffries was in fair shape today, following tho pounding he received from Johnson yesterday. The con stant application of hot packs had re duced the swelling. His most severe Injury is a cut on the Hp and It is ex pected to heal without difficulty. His eyes, which were the target of the negro's attack, are all right today, The big fellow still appeared dazed, He cannot remember anything about the fight. He' says he doesn't remem ber anything about the flght. His actions just before and after the flght have caused, rumors here that he was doped before he entered the ring. His handlers deny the story Btreriuously. They declare that the mental strain so upset the big fighter that he didn't know what he was do ing. Ho acted like a child, they say. He had to be led down the aisle to the ring as though he. were a baby. Twice he wandered off the aisle and nearly bumpe'd Into the seats. Corbett is the most bitterly disap pointed man in the camp. He voiced the fear to me several days ago that Jeff's failure to do more boxing would show Itself in the ring. Today h9 said that he believed that, while Jeff's physical condition . was perfect, his nervous system had been wrecked. His old snap was gone, because his nerves were gone. Corbett said, and this accounted for his dopy appear ance. 'I "Jeff made a mlstako in agreeing to hit in the clinches,' 'said Corbett. "As soon as I heard a match bad been made I cabled Jeff from Scotland ad vising him to refuse to agree to hit in the clinches, and I believe If he had heeded my advice ho would have had a much better chance." Jeff's private car will bo attached to a train leaving for San Francisco at 7:3C o'clock this evening. At first it was decided to wait until tomor row, but plans were changed about upon, and Bam Berger decided to pull ou'ttonlght. It Is probable' that Jeff will stay In Dick Adams' hotel in Ookland for a day or two to rest up before ho goes to his ranch near Burbank, but his plans are not' defi nite yet, and have not been an nounced. Jeffries Says Enough. , Reno, Nev. July 5. I entered the ring In tho best shape I could possibly put myself in. I fclj. confident and trained as faithfully as any man eould. The people demanded that I return to tho ring after my long re- (Continued on page eight. JEFFRIES RETURNS TO OAKLAND Capital Journal Had News Ten to Twenty Minutes Ahead of Associated Press" Dispatches and Crowds Won All Kinds of Money on Later Returns. GAVE CLUB GOOD SERVICE Rounds Were Reported Twenty Sec onds After They Were Fought Five Seconds After a Blow Was Struck It Was Announced on tho Street Beat Portland Evibnln Papers Four Hours With' Early Edition The United Press Had Its Rivals Beaten nt Every Stage of the Fight for News. The Capital Journal thinks it is qntltled to do a little crowing. Without great blowing of horns it furnished the people of Salem the quickest and most 'Satisfactory re port of the great Jeffries-Johnson prize fight at Reno that was ever flashed over tho wires. Tho final result ,was In at Tho Journal office 15 minutes before.lt arriyel over the Associated Press re port, and when the rounds were coming in the Journal office posted tho ninth round and megaphoned the tenth, to the crowds in front of the office as the Associated Press posted the fourth. , At the office of County Chairman Jones at Jefferson vain attempts were made to get the news 'and it was not until Tho Jour nal editor "dropped' in and gave them' the direct news- that they could got apy late returns at all:. .It had to be relayed by Associated Press sev eral times and then came drlbblipg in like molasses in winter. Lightning Work. Twenty secpnds after a round was finished It was on the wire from the ringside- direct, where Max Baltha sar, United Press representative dic tated It to the operator on tho direct leased wire from Reno, Nevada, via San Diego to Vancouver, and this wire passes through Tho Capital Journal office. Five seconds after n blow was struck It was shouted to tho crowd nt The Journal office doors, and the crowd was there to receive it the largest crowd ever attending a newspaper service of this kind. There were many women In tho crowd, and a number of ladlos with baby buggies. Those who lmaglno a prize fight has lost in hu man interest are doomed to dlsap pointmont, If tho scenes at Tho Journal office yesterday woro any. In dex. Furnished Club Report. The Illlhce club had contracted for a bulletin report but was disap pointed in the service and was glvon a complimentary service from Tlfo Journal office as an advertisement of what the United Press leased wire service could do in tho way of giv ing tho news. ' Members of tho Illlhee club wero delighted with what they got and two sepcia! messengers kept flying back and forth with tho news and tho club rooms were crowded with the stato officials, city and county officials and tho sporting elements among business men and Salemites. Crowd Willi Jeffries. As the roturns wero sent out to the crowds on tho street they cheered every point In favor of the white champion, and when the final collapse came they received It In grim silence. The Johnson victory was a hard blow for tho whlto man' pride-, and as tho newspaper report had given Johnson tho worst of it, they wero not prepared for tho stun ning news of the defeat scorning as soon as ibdld. But they appreciated the returns getting in bo oarly and many bets were mado and won on The Capital Journal's latest news, and men were flying back and forth Uetween tho two headquarters mak ing and taking bets. The crowds of the Associated Press bulletin board lost a steady stream of money to tho man woh had the news 10 to 2 5 minutes ahead of the slower wire jervlce. Portland Papers Loft. When the Portland evening pa pers arrived thero wast no nows of tho flght as they went to press be fore the first round was off and lat er editions did not reach Salem un til about 8 o'clock with a full report. Tho Capital Journal report was di rect, no relaying, and no Interfer ence. Tho United Press hnd the greatest expert sporting editor !n tho world to dictate the story of tho fight as It was reeled off by tho two human wonders In battle array and was as dramatic at tho office of th's newspaper as It was at tho ringside nnd tho imagination of tho crowd filled In tho rest of tho story. Tho Journal received compliments from all sides and sold about a thousand extra copies in the street with an edition that was out in 20 minutes after tho result was declared. 0 Livestock Market. UNITED PRESS LEirtKD WIM. Chicago, July 5. Receipts cattle. 17,000; hogs, 9,000; sheep, 12,000. Hogs opened Bteady, left over 4,000, receipts, year ago, 15,o6o. Mixed, 8.809.25; heavy, $8.85 9.10; rough, $8.808.7G; light, ?9.059.30. Cattle, steaady; sheep strong. Kansas City, Mo., ceipts. cattle, 8,000; sheep, 7(000. July 5. Re hogs, 10,000; Omaha, Neb., .July 5. Receipts; cattle, 3,100; hogs, 3,100; sheep 5,700. o (UNITED VIIEB8 LEASED WIIU3.1 Reno, Nev., July 5. When the last bit of money In the house Is counted, it is believed that Johnson's victory over Jeff will only net him $3,600 more than tho defeated white man will receive. Jtjs be lieved that Rlckard and . . Oleaso.n will split aproximately $130,000, in addition to their interests in the mo tion pictures. It is estimated that tho gate re ceipts were $230,000. Tho purse was $101,000 with $10,000 bonus for each fighter. The cost of tho arena approximated $30,000, The estimated attendance was 18,500. Johnson's share of the purse will be about $C0,G00; his bonus $10,000 and his picture rights $50,000Kmak ing a total of $120,500. Jeffries is to receive $40,400, n bonus of $10,000 and G6.C6G for hla motion picture rights, or a total of $117,066. Receptions to Johnson, Chicago, July 5. Jack Johnson's entry to Chicago will be a triumph. Johnson's dusky kinsmen and fol lowers will figuratively put ono over on anything the Romans ever attempted to do in the way of a "welcomo homo" to an emperor or triumphant general and Teddy Roosevelt's little Journey to Africa and return will bo a small noise in deed compared with "Lll Artha's" reception. Thero will be brass bands and negro delegations. Thero will bo luscious red and yellow nnd grcn and pink and blue carpets dotted with purplo and peacock blue stats for tho conqueror of Jef WH0 JS w or JOHNSON WILL GET COOL $120,000 Q May 29, 1910- Glenn H. Curtis flew from Albany to Now York in an oro plana in two hours and thirty-five minutes. Morris in Spokane Spokesman-Review. BALLI NGER DECL NOT THOUGHT 0 Is Not a Man Who Wilf Quit Un der Fire Newell May Retire An Insurgent Has a Conference With Roosevelt Pro gressives May Capture South Dakota Illinois Senatorial Scandal Convicted'Senafor Burket of Nebraska Will Fight Insurgent Leaders Will Oppose His Election. Bovorly, Mass., July G. "I have .novor been a quitter and. have not brought my resignation with toe," Said Secretary of the Interior Ballln ger today whe naskod if he Intended to relinquish tho interior portfolio. "Moreover, I do not expect to re sign," continued tho secretary. "I came to discuss with the president n plan to reorganize tho land office and the reclamation sorvlce. New legislation recently enacted involves certain work by the reclamation ser vice. I. think that the Indian patont office and some other bureaus are In splendid shape." Balllnger' had luncheaii with President Taft nnd conferred with him at 2 o'clock this ntfornoon. U Is understood that the conference will decide the fato of Director Now- ell of the reclamation service. Balllnger, alroady stated beforo tho investigation committee his bo- Uof that Newell was not tho man for the reclamation service. The secre tary' clafms that the servlco is' de moralized as"-a result of unrest caused by .reports that changes aro Imminent. ' Tho secretary will return to Wash ington tonight. Later ho will visit certain Indian reservations and then' go to Seattle. President Taftf spent a quiet morning' on the golf links. Talked With Itoose'vclt. Oyster Bay, July 6. Representa tive Polndexter, of Washington, af ter a prolonged conference wtyh Col onel Roosovelt, today declared Roosevelt tobo with the Insurgent movement, "In heart and in action." Discussing hl conference with Roosevelt with a rpresentatlvo of tho United Press, Polndexter said' fries to walk upon when ho alights from his train. And more negroes Tho negro population of Chicago which Is some population, will bo there strongT They will come afoot, ahorseback and somo will bo dls trlbuted In 100' or more automobiles decked In tho champion's favorite colors of peacock blue and hens ye! low. Every negro organization In tho city plans to participate In tho home coming of tho champion knocker- out of tho world. At that Jack Jasper Johnson could glvo ovory man who welcomes hlni a dollar and still have somo left to Invest In the realty projects his mother Is plan; nlng for him. . . First News in Australia, Melbourne Austrnlia, July 5. Although tho result of tho Jeffries- Johnson flght was regretted, It wns expected here, Burns is condemned for over lowering tho whlto standard by accepting Johnson's challenge for moro gain, thus enabling tho no gro to win tho title. Hope is ex pressed that the flght will load to soparato whlto and black champion ships' being established. Tho United Press' flash of tho ro- NEXT? Strr.iz i6i -Htrtftv huqson n rut rimr woo, tAii.ro from nrw York 'OM TUB FIRST VOVnCe TO PlBflNY .IN fIVE DAYS fluo rr 1807. fcscBT ruaoMl SAIUO fSOM ntr YORK To flUORNY ON THK. J vreM8oY Clermont lli TMIHTYTWO HOUQfc i nro 1110 AKtd HAb SIGNING "Roosovelt and I have always stodd together. Ho Is still with mo and ha assured me today that he will con tlnuo to bo "with me. We discussed politics in all its phases and' 1 am heartily pleased with' tho. ccolonel's view; Tho outcome of our confer ence is gratifying." Sioux Falls, S. D.; July 5. Pro diction was mado hero freely that tho progressive republicans will con trol the republican stato convention when It meets this afternoon, it Is likely that tho convention will endorse President Taft but will denounce Cannonlsm and Aldrlch lsm. Tho tariff probably will bo Ig nored. Bribery In Illinois. ) Chicago, July 5. Judge McSurely tomorrow will set tho date for an other trial of Leo O'Nell- Browne, charged with bribery in connection wlth tho election of William Lorl mer to tho United States senate., Prosecutor Wayman Is believed In be willing to agreo to a 10-days postponement but no longer. Burkett Will Fight, Lincoln, Neb., July 5. Congress man Norrls, Neb., Insurgent, today announced that he is not a. candidate for senator from Nebraska but that he intends to seek re-election to con gress. " Senator Burkett is a candidate for re-election, The "progressives"' of the state as well as the leaders 1ft the movement outside are organizing to fight hlni. 'Senators LaFollette, Brlstow and Cummlngs, it is under stood will tako the stump to urge His defeat in Nebraska. suit cabled from Vancoilvor was half an hour nhead of any other Intima tion that Johnson had won. Tom Flnnngsn on tho Fight. Reno, July 5. Naturally it was tho crowd that pleasod me most, but tho flght was certainly a great ono. We havo been given a square deal right straight through and In my opinion every man thnt entered the nrona was a truo hearted sport. Jack Johnson certainly won his title.' fairly nnd squnroly and showodl every ono Just what sort of a fighter he Is, I am satisfied and happy. It was tho greatest show of the cen tury. I don't think anyone will dis pute that. - ; SALEM SENATORS 'J WON GAME FROM SELLW00D PLAYERS Tho Sollwood team went down 'to defeat Monday afternoon at the league grounds beforo the superior playing of- tho Salem Senators, the- score being 9 to 4 in favor of the latter. Sollwood started off nicely, and when tho first inning was concluded hnd stored up a tally to its credit, 't pllod up thro omore In the third lu- nlng, and then came the end, so far as tho making of scores woro con cerned, Salem mado no scores In tho first, but In the second five of tho runners wound tholr way around their way around the diamond to hto homo plate. In tho fourth another score was made, and then two in the sixth and another in the seventh, Jerman was in the box for Salem, and did elegant work. There was a crowd of about 600 people present to witness the game. CIGARETTE CAUSES FIRE IN CALIFORNIA (DN)TCD PMSS UARM WltUS. . Fresno, Cal. July C. Ltton, south of Fresno, was partlalyl destroyed,'!) flrfe late yostorday with a Joss of, $75, 000. A hotel, three stores, four res idences and several other large build ings wero burned. Whon the lire broke out most of tho residents woro at a picnic half a mile away. It was only their speedy return and their organization Into a bucket brigade that saved the entire town from destruction. A llghtod cigarette, carelessly , thrown in tho bedroom of a hotel Is bellevod to have caused the tire.