THE CONQUERING HERO.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 77, 9 July 1910, Page 5

THE CONQUERING HERO.

CARPET OF ROSES FOR JOHNSON. By Cable.—Press Association.--Copyrig;ht Received July 8, 11.25 p.m. New York. July 8. Chicago welcomed Johnson, despite police prohibition. Bands were forbidden except at Johnson's home, where a carpet of roses was laid from the kerb to the door. JOHNSON MAY MEET BURNS. Received July 8, 11.25 p.m.' 'New York, July 8. | Mcintosh, at a Press Club banquet at iSan Francisco, announced that he hopes to arrange a skill contest between Johnson and Burns in London at Olympia next Christmas. The contest will be of twenty rounds ■with six-ounce gloves, and will be a test of ability, not endurance. THOSE FIGHT PICTURES. A BIG BOYCOTT. Received July 8, 11.25 p.m. New York, July 8. Washington, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angelos, and many other cities have forbidden cinematograph displays of the fight. Marine, Georgia, Texas, Indiana, and Arkansas are likely to follow suit. Washington would not permit Johnson to appear at musio^halls. London, July 8, Glasgow Corporation is discussing the prohibition of Johnson-Jeffries fight pictures. i ONTARIO OBJECTS. Received July 9, 1 a.m. Ottawa, July 8. The Government of Ontario have absolutely forbidden the exhibition of the fight pictures.