Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 17, 1910, Page 1

- THE OMAHA BEE goes to the homes—is read by the women—aells goods for advertisers. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Generall For lowa—Generally fair or weather report see page 2 fair. - “” OMAHA, FRIDAY CHURCHMEN FROM ROOSEV World Missionary Conference K- ceives 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, PUT§ EMPHASIS ON ESSENTIALS His Plea for Unity, Fraternity and Federation in Pushing the Work Is Greeted with Great Enthu, BDINBURG, Scotland, June 16.—A letter from Theodore Ro pathy with the movement and re his inability to be present was read at to- day's session of the World Missionary conference. The communication which was addressed (o Silas McBee, an Ameri- can delegate, arolised much enthusiasm. Mr. Rooseveit wrote: LONDON, May 16, 1910.-My Dear Sir: It is & matter of real and profound regret to me that I am imperatively called away to America so that 1 am unable to be present in person at the Worla Missionary conterence. I regret it the more as, it I had been able to be present, it would have been as a delegate from the Dutch Re- formed church of America, to which I belong, “Nothing like your proposed conference as hitherto taken place. From many na- tloas and from many churches your dele- gates gather on this great occasion to in- et at ¢ itiate a movement which I not only hope, but belleve will be fraught with far-reach- ing good. Epoch in Religlous History. “For the first time In four centuries Christians of every name come together without renouncing their several convic- tlons or sacrificing their several principles to confer as to what common action may be taken In order to make thelr common Christianity not only known to but a vital force among the two-thirds of the human race to whom, as yet, It is hardly even a name, “Surely every man imbued, as every man should be, with the ethical teachings of Christianity, must rejolce in such an ef- fort to combine the strensth of all the churches in the ondeavor to Christianize humanity and to Christianize 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 Jude calls ‘The common salyation. An infinite amount of WOrk'‘rémalng 4o e doné before e can regard ourselves as being eoven within measureable distance of the desired goal; an Infinite amount at home in the dark places which too often closely surround the brightest cénters of light and an in- finite amount abroad in those dark places of the earth where blackness is at yet un- relleved by any light. Plea for Co-Operation. “While such Is 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. I am sure that there will be a gen- eral and I hope a universal response. In missionary work, above all other kinds ¢ Christian work, it {s imperative to re- iember that a divided Christiandom can only perfectly bear witness to the essen- tial unity of Christianity. I believe that without compromise of belief, without loss of the positive ood contained in the recog- nition of diversities of gifts and differences of administration, the Christlan church may yot find a way to cordlal co-opera- tion and friendship as regards the great underlying essentials on which, as a foundation, all Christian churches are bullt, This 18 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. Quotution from Seripture. “I belleve that unity In a spirit of Chris- tlan brotherhood for such broad Christian work will tend, not to do away with dif- ferences of doctrine, but to prevent us from laying too much stress on these differences of doctrine. It s written in the Scriptures that ‘He that doeth My will shall know of the doctrine,’ but the reverse of this prop- osition cannot be found in Holy Writ. Em- phasls 1s to be put on’doing Thy will. It only we can make up our minds to work cogether with sincerity for the common jood, we shall find that doctrinal differ- wnces in o way interfere with our doing this work. “Wishing you all success, I sincerely you “THEODORE am very ROOSEVELT." ROOSE ELY Hughes Will Be Repre- ) sented by General Verbeek. ! NEW YORK, June was made this afternoon that Governor Hughes, who will be unable to take part in Saturday's demonstration, had appoinTed Adjutant General Verbeck as his repre- sentative, Mr, Verbeck will go down the bay on the revenue cutter Manhattan with Collector Loeb and board the Kasgrin Au- guste Victoria. Booker T, Washington will be glven a place on the grandstand and may also go down on the revenue cutter WASHINGTON, June 16.—Forty rough riders, most of them in thelr khaki uni- forms, shook hands with President Taft at the White House today. They are on thelr way to New York to join in the Roosevelt reception, OYSTER BAY, L. 1, June 16.—Arrange- ments are completed for the celebratien here next Saturday of the homecoming of Theodore Roosevelt, who will arrive in Ppyster Bay on a speclal train. Prepara- tions have been made to welcome a large crowd. WASHINGTON, June 18—Speaker Can- non was 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 walting automoblle. OFFICIAL WELCOME Governor 16.—~Announcement Nebraska Man. WASH June 16.—-The president o he senate today the nomination of J. Ellis of Nebraska to be recelver P ublic moneys at Alllance, Neb, 3 avelt expressing sym- | | | President, | not | cumstances | Irrigation Rider On Conservation Bill Causes Delay Attorney General and Members of House Committee Wrestle Legislative Tangle. WASHINGTON, June 16.—President Tatt, | several senators and several megbers of { the house ways and means committee and | Attorney « ral Wickersham wrestled to- | day for more than an hour with the legis- lative tangle that has arisen in connection with the conservation bill just by the senate and which threatens to delay the adjournment of congress. No definite conclusion was reached. The senate put on the bill, as a rider, a ovision for the lssue of $30,000,000 of certificates of Indebt edness to cover the cost of completing it rigation projects already under planned in the west. A bill carrying new legislation involvin a change of the treasury cannot go through without reference to the and being ed on’the union c Bills unjon calendar are privileged and under ordinary cir- the conservation bill carry- ing the $30,000,000 appropriation would not reached this session. Mr. Taft 1s extremely anxious that both shall pass. Edward P. Smith on His Way Home way or the house mittee endar on the Omaha Attorney is Unable to Resume | Work in Trial of Bleached Flour Cas KANSAS CITY, June 16.—Although Ed- ward Smith, an attorney representing the millers in the bleached flour case, was urable 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 Folin of the Harvard Medical school was the first witness today. Dr. Otto Folin testified that the treat- ment necessary to bleach flour by an arti- ficial process introduced into the flour ele- ments injurious to the health of persons eating bread made from the flour. He said the bleaching process was ac- complished by the mixture of nitric and nitrous acids in the flour. He said that the proportion of glutin in flour was much greater than the coloring matter and that the nitrogen peroxide intro- duced to bleach the flour has a greater ef- fect upon the glutin that upon the color- ing matter. He sald that the elements deleterious to health which formed in flour that is bleached artificlaily are not formed when flour is bleached naturally by aging. Dr. Folin called the unhealthful elements formed in flour bleached artificially “nidro bodies.’ He sald that nidro bodies were unknown In nature. Statehood Bill Passes Senate Measure Must Go to Conference Tnless Lower House of Congress Concurs in Action, WASHINGTON, June 16.—By an unani- mous vote on roll call the senate today passed the statehood bill reported from the senate committee on territorles. It differs from the house bill and must go to con- ference unless the house should coneur in the sendte measure. Consideration of the conference report on the rallroad bill, which was beun late ‘to- day by the senate, went over untfl tomor- row at the request of several democratic senators. The senate will meet tomorrow, when the bill probably will be passed. DIVORCE TO SUPREME COURT Attorney for Dr. Smith McKim Asks for Restr ing Order, RENO, Nev., June 15.—The suit for di- vorce filed by Margaret Imerson McKim of New York was 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 the case until the appeal on the order denying the motion to file a plea of abate- ment is decided. The arguments on the motion for a restraining order will be ar- gued June 7. DEGREES FOR OMAHA YOUTHS Clement E. Chase and F, to Graduate Th . 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 Menetee of South Omaha. Both will re- celve 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 Wwestern institution of bachelor of science In civil engineering. N. Menefee Year at com- | 'NEBRASKA HOLDS - COMMENCEMENT 1gtate Univeruity—;ehutel Annual Senior Ieavetaking with Appro- priate Cercmony. | ADVICE GIVEN TO GRADUATES Dr. Jeremiah Jenks of Cornell De- livers Class Addre: | TALKS ON “PRAISE OF FOLLY” | Calls Roosevelt Foremost Man of | Nations of World. | RECEPTION BY THE CHANCELLOR | Regents, G neulty and Alumni Are ests of Mr. and Mrs, Avery In the E ning at Library 1. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June 16.—(Special Telegram.)— Today marked the finish of the annual com- mencement exercises t the University of Nebrska. The senior procession moved at 10 o'clock this morning to the Lincoln Aud- itorium, where Dr. Jenks, Ph. D., LL. D., of Cornell university delivered the address, taking for hls 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 exerclses for the alumnl. Dr. Jenks’ Address. he advocate par excelence of the success- ful lite, Theodore Roosevelt, s 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 %0 graduates of the State univers- ity, at the Auditorium Thursday|moring. “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 him how he liked the work. ‘Fine; never had 50 good a time’ As he moved on to the presidency the exuberance of his pleasure did not lessen in spite of numerous annoy- ances inseparable from such a position. Pleasure is 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 Pralse 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 aitferent motives, emphasis often being placed on what is termed ‘common. gense," ‘a8 contrasted with sentiment. Yet those inclined to boast of ‘common sense' are often swayed by a rather strait-laced sen- timent, wifle others who in their lives have seemed to their fellows to have been \dealists 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 the wiser seems much of the folly. “Viewed in‘ the perspective, it will be found that the larger view of life Is senti- ment. What Is 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 its love and its comforts as 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 is snu“‘ed out for a foollsh sentiment that | he calls patriotism, nothing more and yet |in time of stress when the natlon’s life is in peril, we applaud the heroes and our ap- plause nerves them to herolsm. Or is there a reality in noble thou/hts and deeds that in itself Is & reward besides the wealt ease which are poor and despicabl Wealth that Satisties, 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- piness disseminated, so the same measure applles 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 & hungry people. They live in history because they have played on human hearts as a master strikes the harp, mak- ing sweet chords of sentlment and feeling and thus arousing the noble and unselfish decds. “As citizens of the state with the weltare | ot the community at heart let us dare to | cultivate the higher practical nature that to the selfish and shortsighted will seem folly and be devotees of the higher senti- ment of truth and unselfish patriotism, Capacity for Esjoyment. “College graduates usually select thelr life work with a view of pecuniary remun- eration. With most people today the prac- tical man Is the money maker. I have rothing to say against wealth, but it & (Continued on Third Page) ‘Objects to Ch ickens for Bedfellows and Wins Out John C. Miller, given permission to oe- eupy the barn at bis hdme near Forty- first and Center streets, while his wife and family occupy the house, is perfectly con- tent to make his home in the barn, but he enters an indignant protest against his wife's chickens belng 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 sult for divorce was begun several months ago, but is still hanging fire. Attorneys in the ecase| held a consultation Thursday morning and, with the assistance of Judge Day, arrived at several conclusions, First, Mr. Miller's objections are sus- tained. His wife will hereafter be obliged ‘ln shelter her hens in the basement ‘of the |barn. As Mr, Miller had no use for the | basement 1t was turned over to Mrs. Miller for the chickens, and also for her cow. The chicken feed will be disposed of In the same manner as the cow and chickens. Mr. Miller, however, now that he must ‘na longer listen to the lusty .crow of a rooster within a few feet of his head about ;‘ a. m, Is lord of all he surveys In tie upper part of the barn. In It be may | house himself, his horse und all his per- :iul’lll property until such a time further action is taken in the courts or he and his wife experience a ‘hange of heart. Where | the rub comes la is that he h to pay the réut on the house in which he may not live, and also % o week temporary almony, | Jeremiah “Whipple | MORNING, JUNE 17, 1910—TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE 18 AYE AvE caPTaN ¥rom the Chicago Post. The Voyage Home DAY OUT AYE AYE [CAPTAIN g Executive is Continued. Enabling Act Which Says the Capi- tal is to Remain at Guthrie Until 1913 is Declared to Be Valid. GUTHRIE, Okl, June 16.—Judge A. H. Huston In the ecunty 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 Gufhrie 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 valld in imposing the condition that the capital should remain in Guthrie until 1913; that the court had jurisdiction over the person of the governor in matters 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 Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June 16.—(Special Telegram.)— At & meeting of the state republican com- mittee held here tonight it was decided to hold the republican convention at Lincoln on July %, 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 Willlam Hayward was accepted. The apportionment for the convention is one delegate for each 150 votes or major fraction thereof cast for O. C. Bell, re- publican nomiree for presidential elector. The total representation in the convention | will be 885, People who can get along very well with second-hand things, are watch- ing the For Sale columns of The Bee daily. Every day someone is advertis- ing an article that they do mnot need, and every day someone is snapping up theee articles. You have something about the house that you do not use. What s it? It bas value. Somebody wants it, and will pay for it. Call Douglas 238 and de- scribe it to the ad taker and she will tell you what an ad will cost to sell it COURT ENJOINS COVERNOR| Temporary Order Against Oklahoma Kaiser William Cancels Dates; Slightly Il While Riding and Will Not Attend Yacht Races. POTSDAM, June 16.—Emperor Willlam, who was recently inconvenienced by an abscess on his right wrist, is now troubled with an abrasion on the ingide of the right knee. It was produced by horseback riding and caused his majesty to abandon his purpose of witnessing today's military maneuvers at Doeberitz. He also has can- celled an engagement for tomorrow at Hanover and he will not witness, as he had planned, the yacht races at Hamburg, Saturday. ‘ The emperor's hpusehold physician stated today that the general condition of his majesty was satisfactory. The emperor's saddle horses have been trained to guldance 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 {ssued * cautioning the public against the mpression that the Inflammation was In any way connected with the recent abscess 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 Doeberitz to- day the emperor received the generals who participated. South Dakota Masons in Session Report of Secretary of Grand Lodge Shows Membership of More Than Eight Thousand. PIERRE, 8. D., June 16.—(Special)—The gathering of Masons and Pastern Star Orders at this city has brought to Plerre many of the leading men and women of the state. Despite the extreme weather which has prevalled the last two davs, both bodies are busy clearing up the de- tail work of thelr seslsons. At the first day meeting the address of Grand Master S. A. Brown was read, and the report of the secretary, George A. Pettigrew, was presented. His report is the sixteenth pre- sented by him as secretary of the grand lcdge, and Is & 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 8307 in good standing. New lodges instituted for the year were Phillp 18, at Philip; Western Star U. D., at Draper, No. 166; Gregory U. D., BANKERS WANT PAID AGENT Towans Vote to Name One on Salary of Twenty-Four Hundred. f Enipéte¥ William Slightly Injured { PRESIDENT DELIVERS ADDRESS Mr. Stevens Declares Farmers Are Holding Bac¢k Produce and Thereby Causing Higher Prices. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Ia, June 16.—(Spectal Telegram.)—The Iowa Bankers' assoclation today voted to elect a secretary to devote his entire time to the work on a salary of $2,400 & year with permanent offices in Des Molnes. The report of Secretary Din- widdie of Cedar Raplds, who will not be a candldate for the paid position, shows the Towa assoclation to be the largest in the United States. President Stevens in his annual address to the convention discussed farm and crop conditions as affecting financlal affalrs, 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 Agent The state convention of insurance agents today adopted a resolution asking the state auditor to prepare and present to the legls- lature & bill authorizing 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 Is desired by the majority of the Insurance men to prevent rate cutting. The fact that the anti-compact law Is in Quarterly Conterence Held, The quarterly conference of heads of the state institutions was held commencing to- day and to continue tomorrow. One of the most important of the papers read was one by Dr. J. W. Kime of Fort Dodge, on the cure of tuberculosis patients and how to fight the white plague. He strongly fav- ors county hospitals and, so far as pos- sible, the county care of the patients. He contends that the state can only do.a s part of that which should be done. work done by the state In the matter of lectures and discussions has already borne fruit in a much wider interest in the sub- Ject, and the people are now prepared to g0 much further In taking advantage of modern ideas for preventing tuberculosis. State Corn Crop is Good. The superintendents of the various state farms who attended the conference here to- day report that the corn crop on the state farms is generally well started. This was owing to the fact that the seed was good. In flelds near the state farms there is a very poor stand of corn and farmers an- at Gregory, No. 10, (Continued on Second Page.) Professional Di COMO, Italy, June 16.—Professional divers began today operations in Lake Como in tie hope that the waters contaln the hody | 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- scns 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 husband. 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, | vers Search for Porter Charlton’s Body 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 & 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 the mystery of Charlton's disappearance It is not certain that the divers will be successful in settling the question because of the depth of the lake all | The | corPY TWO PRIZE FIGHT NOW IN LEGAL TANGLE Jeffries-Johnson Contest Involved in Motion for Permanent Injuno- tion Against i, _— | BILLS WILL BE FILED TODAY CENTS. Attorney Geneéral of California Pre- pares Proper Documents, KAUFMAN-LANGFORD BOUT HIT Temporary Order Also Asked Against Next Saturday's Matoh, = l PROMOTERS HAVE OTHER PLANS | urth of July Fight wWin Declare ¥ Take Place for Certainty, Probably at Reno, Nevnda, ) SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.—~With a mo= tion for permanent injynction against the Jetfries-Johnson fight and an application for temporary restraining order against the Kaufman-Langford 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 prize fighting in this state by Governor Gillett, When informed of the intention of the attorney general today, Tex Rickard sald that tmmediately on an adverse decision of the court he would remove the scene of the battle ground to some other state. He alsq stated that with the handing down of an un. favorable decision he would commence & civil action against the governor and the ats torney general to recover damages for the expense he has already uncergone to pre- pare for the fight here. Rickard in consultation today with Attorney W. H, Metson in regard to the proposed eivil sult. Attorney General Webb stated today that on account of the proximity in time of the Kaufman-Langford contest, which is sched- uled for next Saturday, he will far & temporary restraining order against thet fight, as the court will hardly. have time to hear arguments for a permanent In- Jjunction against it. As the big mateh does not occur until July 4, the attorney gen- eral does not see the necessity for similar action, and the motion will be made for a permanent restraining order, which in the | meantime will not prevent the promotors from continuing with the preparations for the match. It is hardly likely, however, that Rickard and Gleason will avail them- selves of the privilege, for they have or- dered all work on the arena to cease May Fight 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 Bllly McCarny had been dispatched to Reno with instructions to prooure permits for holding of the two matches ju-that place. It was stated definitely by Joe Woodman, manager of Sam Langford, that one of the permits was for the purpose of bring- ing off the Langford-Ketchel battlé on July 2, in the event of adverse action by the California authorities. The second pefmit, Woodman stated, will be permission to hold the Jeffries-Johnson tight two days later. Rickard, however, sald 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 walt untll the matter wa: definitely settled as regards San Francisco. Governor Gillett arrived today to preside over a mass meeting of the Panama-Paciflc exposition. He declared that he dld 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 sald that he is 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 for any postponement. Jetfries Continues Training, BEN LOMOND, June 16—“I don’t care Wwhere we go as long as we fight,”” declared James J. Jeffries today as he appeared for his usual tralning work. The fighter re celved a message from Tex Rickard early today in which the promoter declared that the battle possibly would be held In San Francisco after all, but failed to state why he thought so. Jeffries was in high spirits after reading it. “Any old place sults me,” he declared, “'Sooner than miss the chance to meet Johnson now, after all the trouble I haye 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 them to the last.” Jeftries feels that If the fight goes to Nevada all the mountaln 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 layoft of | yesterday, Jeftries was back at work today | with more vigor than he has put into his boxing this week. After the bug punching exercises Jeffries defeated Corbett handily |in two stralght hand ball games, Bid from Tucoma. TACOMA, Wash, June 16.—Local capital- | 1sts have authorized the Tacoma Athletio association 1o put up $101,000 and relmburse Rickard and Gleason for all expenses they have fincurred If ‘they will transter the Jeffries-Johnson fight to the Tacoma sta- dium, LT LAKE ment to bring the to this eity | Gover CITY, June 16—~A move- Jeffries-Johnson contest recelved a backset today when r Spry positively announced that it could not be held in this state. It is suggested that the fight be held just across the Nevada line and that the crowd be taken from this city in special trdThs, MAY STRIKE SNAG IN UTAH Governor Spry Declares Laws Proe Ribit Such u Battie, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 16—A considerable element of the population would welcome the Jeffries-Johnson fight to this city, but the obstacles are belleved to be insuperable, Gov r Spry declarkd repeatedly when Promoter Rickard was seeking to stage the contest In Utah, that the laws of the state distinetly prohibited such a battle, and that he would use his authority to enforce the laws. County Attorney Lyon of Salt Lake county made the statement that the statute was unequivocal, and that his office woull