Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1912 — Prise Fight Pictures A Thing of the Past. [ARTICLE]

Prise Fight Pictures A Thing of the Past.

Prize fight moving pictures yesterday hecame„ a thing. a£4he~pa»t- in the United State when the house passed a senate bill prohibiting the transportation of such moving picture films between the various states and territories or from foreign countries. Heavy fines for violation of the proposed law are fixed by the bill. The president, said to be in complete sympathy with the legislation, is expected to affix his signature to the measure. Southern members of congress were especially interested in the j/ropoßed law because of the race feeling stirred up by the exhibition of the JeffrlesJohnson moving pictures in their section of the country.