Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-23
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City Treasurer Martin Hits at De-
linquent Pool and Movie Men.
MANY IRREGULARITIES EXIST
city Operating Under Permits
from city Officials In
stead OF Licenses.

city Treasurer L. }. Martin and Chief
OF Police John Briggs have started a
crusade against the delinquent pool hall
and moving picture men who have not
paid their licenses this year Martin has
complained for some time that the II
ccnsc money was not coming in. Re
Gently he began little quiet investiga-
tion on his own hook Here are some of
the things he found:
\ iajority Of the peddlers and draymen
were not paying licenses.
Some operated under permits" from
different city officials.
FOOL halls were found who had not paid
for licenses for long time
Pawnshops were discovered that fatty
refused to pay for licenses until all the
other pawnshOp keepers had been com
PEELED to pay the licenses.
Moving picture men were found who had
not paid all Of their license money and
some who had paid none at all,
Martin said the law required the license
morey to be paid all at once. The other
night he ordered the chief OF police TO
close moving picture show which had
refused TO pay license.
Martin said: 1T is an outrage to per-
NIT some Of these people to operate with
out license while others have to pay hard
money for the same. The other day a
peddler from Omaha was picked up
operating under a permit He had been
in the town for half hour and had to be
arrested"
Ordinances Delayed.
According to reports about the city
hail a number Of public improvement
ordinances are being held up by the ju-
dietary committee without ostensible
cause. At the meeting last night the
council reported twenty-five special ordi-
nances to second reading. Partial esti-
mates on paving and grading were al
lowed to the extent of 1920. u street
from Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth was
ordered paved with Buffalo brick block
A new controversy over Egyptian brick
block broke the surface of good fellow
ship around the council board. The ques-
ton was whether Egyptian or Purington
brick should be designated as the ma
terial for paving Twenty-seventh street
from to l. street
DIR, Barber, one Of the originals OF Owen
Wister's "Virginian," passed through
South Omaha yesterday via the north
western en- route to Douglas. Wyo, from
Cheyenne. With him were Percy Hoyt,
Jack Elliott Charles and Fred Herslg
and Eddy Morgan, all expert riders and
doors of wonderful feats OF horsemanship.
The men are going to attend fairs at
Douglas and Caspar. They came from
Cheyenne and had to come as far as Ere
mont to reach the Northwestern line
which is to take them to their destina-
tions. They came the rest OF the way to
Omaha just to see the sights.
The men are not professional riders, but
are, nevertheless, most expert as horse
men. They carried along two special cars
besides their own coaches and Shoppers
One car contained their mounts and an
other carried their equipment
Magic City Gossip.
The Letter South Side Aid society will
meet at the home OF Mrs. Trowbridge,
Thirteenth and Harrison streets, tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock.
Office space for rent In Bee office, 2S1s
n street. Terms reasonable Well known
location. Tel. South q.
Attorney James 4. Bednar left yester-