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Show JACK JDBiSOi SAYS I.ISITBIIIJO CILEIWW District Attorney at Chicago Entering Into Negotiations With Former Champ MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5 Jack Johnson, John-son, former champion heavyweight pugilist of the world, said yesterday he would, arrive in New York the first Aveek in March. He declared he was conlideni he could arrange differences wiih the United States district attorney attor-ney at Chicago so that he might challenge chal-lenge Jack Dempsey, present heavyweight heavy-weight chrfmpion. CHICAGO, Feb. 5. Jack Johnson ma get his wish and be permitted to return to the United States. District Attorney Charles F. Cline announced after receiving the letter mailed by the former world's champion cham-pion in Mexico City last week that he vould enter into negotiations with Johnson. If J.ohnson returns he faces a sentence sen-tence of one year and one day in Leavenworth Leav-enworth prison for violating the Mann act. He jumped bonds of S15.000 here when ho fled from the country following follow-ing his conviction in 1913. |