Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-30
DELAY IN LICENSE CASES
Police Board Again POstpOnes Hearing on
Protests Filed by Papers
NEWS ATTORNEY NOT READY TO PROCEED
Pr~otestnnts' Representative Asks for
Further Time to Prepare His Case
and Matter IL Put over I'm
ill wednesday.

Hearing as to all protested applications
for liquor licenses has been deferred by
the Board Of Fire and Police Commissioners
until Wednesday, and at the meeting Of
last evening It was announced as the in
tention Of the board to determine the le-
gality Of the published notices Of appli-
cants without consideration of the relative
circulation Of the newspapers in which the
notices were published, except in cases in
which the good faith Of the applicants is
called into question.
About fifteen Of the applicants whose
licenses had been contested were notified
to appear before the board last evening.
When the meeting hour arrived the room
was crowded, among the number Of those
in attendance being legal and ohicial rep
resentatives Of all the daily newspapers.
News Asks for Delay.
First on the list Of cases was that OF
Hans Kruse. When 1t was called J. II.
Van Dusen. attorney for the Daily News,
protestant, requested that it be passed, as
he was not ready with the evidence he
wished to present. Commissioner Wright
then explained that it was the purpose of
the board in hearing these cases to follow
the ruling Of the supreme court as to the
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unless evidence of bad faith should be
presented, to omit the question of relative
circulation Of the newspapers.
Mr.. Van Dusen said he had but just re-
turned from Kansas City, from a conference
with the nonresident owner OF the News,
and would like further time to prepare his
cases. After SOM further discussion IL
was agreed that the cases OF Hans Kruse,
James Adams, Walter Brandes and the A.
Gettleman Brewing company, and all others
in which there are protests on publication.
be set for Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
Druggists Get Permits.
On behalf OF the World Herald, Mr..
Hitchcock said he was willing to admit
good faith in advertising in the cases OF
all Of the druggists, with the exception OF
L. e. Peyton, on condition that the record
should show the ground that they had ad-
vertised in good faith.
The board granted druggists permits as
follows: H. b. Graham, 229s Earnam
street; Kuhn & Co., Fifteenth and Doug
las streets; Edward T. Yates. S24 NORTH
Sixteenth street; e. E. Bruce & Co., 4O1
South Tenth street; D. c. Mcneil, 1865
North Eighteenth street; Richardson Drug
company, Ninth and Jackson streets; b
Robinson, 524 South Sixteenth street; Gus.
tave Hahn, 1902 Farnsm street; Hugo Was
serman, 1902 South Twelfth street.
On motion Of Commissioner Wright, N
A. Peterson, 1925 South Tenth street, was
refused a permit to sell liquor, on the
ground that he is not a proper person to
have a druggists license" Members of the
board explained that numerous complaints
had been made, supported by evidence
that Peterson had sold liquor without
proper authority from a physician and with
out compliance with the law in regard t.
recording sales OF liquor and the nan s Of
purchasers.
Thu following applications for saloor
licenses, against which no protest had beer
filed. we're granted: John A. Tuthill, real
of 1912 Douglas street; Harry May, 100;
Douglas street; Albert Elleylie, 1913 Far.
nam street.