Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-07
Move Against Fight Pic
lures Spreads Over
the World.
EVEN INDIA STIRRED
Matter Will Be Brought to At
tention of British House
of Commons.

Calcutta, July THE demand
for the prohibition of pictures of the
Jeffries-Johnson fight is spreading in
India. Papers suggest American
authorities destroy films and COM
pensate owners.
Up I'm House of Commons.
London, July 7.-Sir Howell Davies
has given notice of an intention to
ask the home secretary in the house
of commons 'fn the interest of public
decency" to prohibit the exhibition
of the pictures of the Jeffries-J ohnson
fight
Denounced from Pulpit.
New York, July 7.-Moving pictures
of the Reno fight were denounced as
criminal from the pulpit of the Church
of the Divine Paternity today, where
the 22d annual convention of the
Young Peoples Christian union was
being held. Resolutions were finally
passed protesting against the exhibi-
ton of fight films.
Not for Year.
pion Jack Johnson told a representa-
tive of the Associated Press during the
stop of his train for five minutes here
last night that he positively would not
fight for a year and indicated that he
would not consider any challenge from
Sam Langford.
Even Frisco Bars Pictures.
San Francisco, July Mayor P. H.
Mccarthy announced yesterday that
under no circumstances would the ex-
thfbftfun of the moving pictures of the
Johnson-Jeffries fight be permitted in
this city
Barred at LynchburE.
Lynchburg, Va, July THE JEFF
fries-Johnson pictures were today or
dered barred from exhibition here.
Solves the Difficulty.
Hollidaysburg, Pa, July There
will be separate exhibitions of the
prize fight pictures here. No negroes
will be allowed to attend performances
for white people and vice versa.
Only Two Towns in Kentucky.
Cincinnati, July Reports from
all the important towns in Kentucky
today showed in only two, COvington
and Frankfort, will the exhibition of
the Jeffries-Johnson pictures be al
lowed.
Accepts Ofer.
New York, July Joe Woodman,
manager of Sam Langford, telegraph
ed today and accepted the offer of
Jack Johnson to meet Langford for a
$4,000 side bet.
willing to Meet LanSfOrd.
! Omaha, July THAT Nevada may
get another championship fight in the
near future, should Sam Langford put
I'D the $4,000 side bet demanded, was
the practical admission by Jack John
son when he arrived here last night
from the battle at Reno. The Johnson
PARTY, which left the desert town after
Jeffries had been counted out, is still
| intact. The station was jammed with
people. despite the late hour, but out
side of a few noisy cheers there was
nothing out of the ordinary. A goodly
share of Omaha's colored population
was on hand to extend greetings to
| the champion.
Johnson reiterated what he had said
previously during the day, that he
would meet Sam Langford for a $780,
/ 600 side bet. but when told that the
governor of Wyoming had thrown cold
water on the proposed bout being held
at Cheyenne during the frontier cele-
bration, Johnson said that If he and
Langford would ever meet it probably
would be in Nevada, and as he had
been we'll treated at Reno it looked like
the best place.
Champion to Dictate.
When Johnson was made acquainted
with Langford's counter proposition
that the latter would put up the money
at odds of to 1, the champion said
that as he himself held the title he
would have something to say about it.
So far it has been a triumphal tour
for the champion all along the way.
At Cheyenne yesterday morning for
| half an hour Johnson was given the
greatest friendly demonstration he has
received since the fight A crowd of
more than 5000, including 1000 color
ed soldiers of the 9th cavalry from Fort
D. A. Russell, almost mobbed the
champions private car, which was at
tached to the Overland Limited on the
Union Pacific, the crowd greeting the
champion with wild yells and waving
cof hats.
Flowers were showered on him and
the crowds forced their way into John
sons car to shake hands with him. A
number of women in the crowd tainted
as a result of the crush and were TAX
en- into Johnson's car.