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Show JOHNSON STOPS SHORT CHANGING Chicago, July 30. Jack Johnson, erstwhile pugilist, wandered into his cafe recently just in time to see a thirsty customer pass over a $20 bill for a gin rickey. An Instant later the waiter tendered the bibulous person per-son change for a $10 bill. Instantly the place was in an uproar. up-roar. The n5Joirr demanded his 'V?., V 1 Jo";incan s.'c"cj 'n v:ft' "--to. j "D.'ai out ca.e mo' $10 bill. yoJ f Uistah Cnssoii IUH. or ioj lnsi:iuti. if not sopner ah waitln' in mah cafe','" ordered the heavyweight champion. Car3on Hill, Che waiter objected. "Hones'. Mistah Jack, all ho done give mo was a $10 bill," bc protested. pro-tested. "Ah never robbed a man In muh Johnson interrupted. Ho stood Cas-fon Cas-fon Hill on his head until he had shaken out $10 more. Then Casson Hill landed In tho gutter and later in the police station. Johnson tendered ten-dered the customer the proper cuange, with profuse apologies. "If they work for me thoy must be on tho square," ho said, when making mak-ing tho charge against the waiter at the police station. "Dey all don't put It ovor anybody when ah'm around Ah don"t like crooked cullorcd pus-sons." |