The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-06-18
lANoFoRD KAUFMAN FIcnT
PROMOTER oEFles THE
POWER OF THE STATE.
MILITIA IS CALLED OUT
G'lle't Wires Adiutsnt General lsuek
TO Be on Hand When Fiqht Starts
Todsy-California Is Thrown Into
uproar Over Stuation-End Of
Fighting IN State Says Executive.

san Francisco. June l7.-"I sim
have ~ ace IN thc hole when Lang
i'rd ana Kaufman appear IN the ring
'o'h"rr"w, sitting ~ the same box
/ with District Attorney Fickert and
4 Shief Of Police Martin viii be Adm
iaht General j B. I.auck. commander
/ ~ the state militia of California.
nave the positive assurance that they
4 tFickcrt ana Martini win NOT perm,,
single round "a be fought. Their
promises were given to me personally
| believe aud expect they will be kept.
The doom OF prize fighting in calfor-
ma mas been sounded. Statement by
Governor Gillett
prizefight plunged San Francisco
INTO a crisis bearing all the aspects
of miniature civil war. one man
ihe tights promoter-is In "A state of
insurrection against calfornia's chief
executive. Openly defying the goyer-
nor who had ordered out two com.
i'hhies of militia to prevent the ring
contest II the city authorities refused
3 lie
wiz hold the kaufman-I.angford ar
iaIf tomorrow Notwithstanding the
presence "l the militia and even
though IAN army" were called upon
to block proceedings.
ostensibly Blot stands alone bu,
until late today he had at least In.
passive support of the district attor-
n"y and the courts themselves Al
the eleventh hour District Attorney
fick"rt and Chief of Police Martin
pledged their word 10 states ATTORNEY
General webb To pevent the fight. and
acting upon their reinsurance. Cover
nor Gillctt has held M his order cali
ing out the state troops But stlll OBJ
hhrate' Blot persists IN his declara-
ton that the fight viii be- held as
scheduled. and unless he retreats from
MS position the outcome of his rebel
lion viii not be determined until To-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock when
The Fighters are timed To come to-
gethc:
Situation Unparalleled.
The situation. which has been nre-
elpitated as a direct outcome of IN.
JtiIries-Johnson heavyweight battle
whl"h the governor has ordered
stopped In California, Is believed N
be unparalleled In the history of the
clty, ana IL probably one OF the most
mover einbroglios In the annals of the
country. For the time being IL ar
fhyed city against state. for the dis
irift attorney persisted In his con-
tentlon that there was nothing In tha
laws of California which could he con
s'fued as inhibitlng either the Lang
iofd-khniman or the Jeffries- johnson
contests. Bft the pressure brought
10 bear on the >local authorities has
induced fickert to retreat from dis no.
sltlon and the positive assurance has
been given by the chief of police thar
ihe principals OF the Langford- -Kauf.
man battle VIII not be permitted In
thtes the ring tomorrow Blot n in
evident. cannot carry out his deter
fiihhtion To overcome the governors
authority, and 10 an intents and pur.
poses. the brief one man war IL M nm
end
Militia On Hand.
Hofernor Gillett. however. is not en-
tifeiy convinced that Blot may not at
tempt To go on with the fight. and
IN order that there be no hitch i'm the
police precautions To prevent the con.
test he Instructed General j. Il. I,anek
TO be AT the ringsd" prepared for In.
staht action If the need arises. Ru-
Pofs are afloat tonight that the gov
'fhor mas misunderstood the declara-
lions of the local officials and that
the pledges given
nm. that the authorities do not intend
10 step In and call off the fight un-
less they feel that the fight has bnrstea
the bonds Of the elastic definition Of a
boxing fight and has developed into "A
genuine prizefight.
Just before departing for Sacra-
mento al p. m. Chief OF Police Mar
Tin asked the governor II he should
permit the "preliminarles" of the
Kaufman -Langford contest To be held
Il am not concerned with your pre-
llmlnafl"s.' replied the governor. Let
them go on"
lie 'hesltated moment as If debat-
ing tho matter. hut dismissed 1t with
smile. what DO you mean by pre-
any way he laughed as lie
turned away
The question of what Is "prclim-
mary and that of wherein q "cur-
tain raiser" 10 a big fight differs
from the fight itself will likely be de-
termined tomorrow perhaps by Adj
iutant General I.aiick. who will be on
hand as the governors representative