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Show I JOHNSON j IS BARRED No Admittance in Canada Can-ada For "Undesirable" j Black Champion By (ho tortus of a geuerl order fosued by tbo Canadian government to the Immigration inspectors at all' border ports of the Dominion. Jack . 1 I Johnson, the pugilist, has rKen barred H from admittance into Canada The I I official reason for this action is that H l! vrlrojSOD. who Is now said to be pneumonia in his home in chief irr f has been designated as an undeslr- Hf able" Under the Canadian ImmLgra- HL" Hon law Johnson Is deharre.i from HT , fenlry by reason of "moral turpitude." K Johnson endeavored to leave the H jonsdlcfion of the United States H 'courts at Chicago a month ago, .il- though under Indictment tor violating H the Mann "White Slave" act. his des- j .tinatlon at tho time being Toronto. H , 'We nas arrested at pottle Creek. H Mich., and returned to Chicago. His j idenarture from tbe latter ct having been tipped off to the United states II i authorities Johnson hs two bigh-rowored. ex- pensive automobiles in Toronto which were shipped there in advance of his attempted lllght from the United Stales. It Is intimated at Toronto 'that communications from the department de-partment of justice at Washington to the Ottawa authorities resulted in the order prohibiting Johnson's entry into Canada. At anv rate, Johnson's arrest at Battle Creek precipitated the order for his exclusion It is pointed out that this is likely to have the effect of barring Johnson from landing anywhere on British soil, which makes a heavy woight "White Hoie. ' superfluous. The Canadian order against Johnson, John-son, it appears. klll6 him in a sporting sport-ing sense in any Anglo-Saxon country, coun-try, whether he be convicted on being be-ing placed on trial at Chicago next w eek or not. The action of the Dominion authorities author-ities is in response to public sentiment senti-ment throughout Canada. |