The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-09
COLONEL MILLER
BARELY ESCAPED
STAY IN GERMANY.
Promoter Kept From Deten-
ton Only by Luck

There nre two things that stand out
strongly m tho mrheup ui Cot Joseph
Carson Miller who W promoting mo
worlds heavyweight championship bn'il1
between Jess willard ana Fred Fulton on
.Iuly 4 Uuc IN his Characteristic stickto-
ttlycness. or what rome folks might term
his Rtuhhofnuess The other In his un-
falling nerve. Colonel Miller has stated
hs viii handle this big scrap himself. aud
no one WHO knows him doubts his state
mDnt fDr u minute.
Much has bren rnid about tho colonel
since he entered into this game ~ pro-
noting boxing contests lie hpE been
IN turn a Cowpunch'r. q mnuhCr aul
capitalist Now is promoter be
cause when b." retired from the lnl ranch
In Bliss Okn BE- had 10 find soma
way Uf satisfying his craving for excite.
mont Undoubtedly he viii get plenty NJ
| II on July T.
Almost a German Prisoner
But there ~ lot concerning this Okla
homan TINT hasn't wcn tho Hight Of day.
For Instance iu Il friendly conversation
! tho other day Colonel Miller remarked.
~ n hndu't been Tor n bit Of luck |
| might not have been able 10 promote this
! nHtc scrap. might have been held -
an enemy alien IN Germany"
Then tho colonel went on 10 explain
I how II happened that tho Germans didn't
! get the chance 10 grab him
Some time ago before tho United
states became unlA'I IN lnla NnrlI ugnt,
| hhppehou 70 pe w Nv ulh. mn wis
| llul' l'', INV N'','''', u,"" "" N.n
| England, Germany. Austria and other
! Eui3peah ,ounl I's. il' WE mall'h ~, h's
/ IpupltS' becluF pc Whh',u tN'nN 'llNe
| uuhhs iuI MS Hho" huu Cuuu" -.
| mem: Ie hhd made every elloll io kct
| a tribe to go across the water with the
! show. but had met with failure
Colonel Gets the Indians.
say colonel rAiIi YOU Ert hls
| lhe-e lNulhhs no thld 70 me U' i,tl
| pop ihd hhHWt''u SuI'. no" p'nly
40 YOU need cmF ,.,..,., -.,.-,
want ln'W hNiulS mn, ana must
nave mem. ne iepncu At.
NiH a." you Whh' ih,Il 20 h'alE
| lh'l YOU u pay Ih'U '''H go .l"nlh
lur the Two years you expect 10 no
abroad ! asked.
on fr on, u" answered 20 hHtth
and get Them for me
we closed The contract NJ on'r ma
! went 10 south llaholi, WhY' sgh'l
UP thr lhullhS liom " lcHriNhuo.G
knew the INDIANS, nnd lnl1 them Ns'
month IhCn pNd th'lr transportation
10 New YORK ana gave lhe 'mri N'oo Tor
expense money
Chlet Oles In Germany,
lhht was al ihefc was TO mat ne'l'
hut something happened later on some
I niue time after that mpde a trip tn
London, and while there J received an
invitation from the theatrical man VINO
had contracted with me Tor the lndlans.
He wanted me TO come over TO Essen,
GERMANY, where the Indians werc show
ing, and said ihey were anxious TO SEQ
me. 40 | went lew nnys lnter ! re-
turned to London; and while thcre
booked passage for New YORK.
But no sooner had arranged tor
he tfip nome lhon received cabIe
rom Essen telling me thnt INC indian
TO come back hesitai"d' nut ilnaIy
made un my NINA ! could 40 no good;
SO cabled PACK to nave thc chiet burcl
there thAt was leaving Tor nome. l
, | nearly tlnteleu my lth'INhVoNN on lUs
poeI, ana ~ ! nad uone ,nn' ana enu zone an1 10
/ lANN'u ! Ullklll luNt '''l 'hNkNN 'l''A