Omaha daily bee., 1914-02-02
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA.
Registration Heavier on Last Day
Than Any Previous Day.
vIADUcT MATTERS MIXED UP
Petition for one at River Now
Makes APpearance-Grapt Chase
Declares Tie Has Chance 20
re Marshal.

Re Marshal.
Registration at the South Omaha
city hall was heavier Saturday than
any other day since the office was
opened. Up TO date the local registration
for the last week has run nearly 500
This figure added to saturdays regis
tration will bring the total figure well
up over 1000. Election Commissioner
Harley G. Moorhead with his deputy,
Henry ostrom. and three extra clerks was
busy Saturday from early morning until
after p M, when number had TO
be turned away. II ls expected that the
commissioner win provide for couple OF
days registration sometime next month.
The total registration OF South Omaha
voters is about 2.eoo. Fifteen hundred
South omshans registered in Omaha be-
fore the registry office In the Magic City
was opened last week. Yesterday $50 per-
sons registered, and up to Friday night,
I75 had appeared before Mr.. Moorhead
or his assistants.
While the crowd was registering a num-
ber Of the early birds came and got
blank petitions to be passed around
among friends, who want them to run
for the Board OF Education. Otto Wurm-
bach. Frank Madison and Frank l.. Dun
ning obtained the petition blanks, The
petition blanks must have $50 signatures
and the slgners must be taxpayers. The
names will be checked by the city treas
urer with the tax rolls. Every one whose
name Is endorsed by n petition OF 2Sl
taxpaying citizens is entitled TO q place
on the ballot at the school election In
May. The ballot will be without party
designation. Women with children OF
school age and women taxpayers are
eligible to vote at the election.
Socialists, who have never poled more
than few hundred votes in South
Omaha. will have two candidates for the
school board and expect to land both.
they say. The socialists say they will
make a strong campaign OF education
and there is some fear that they will be
able to increase their vote by q heavy
addition from the foreign settlements of
the city.
Petition for Viaduct.
Although there is actually on file an
ordinance to compel the Burlington rail-
road TO build a viaduct at the river and
o streets there lie said to be a petition
In circulation asking for the thing which
in natural course would come before the
city council Monday night. Why the o
street viaduct is demanded at the river
bank cannot be fathomed but City At-
torney II. c. Murphy stated yesterday
that no thought It was merely an attempt
to embarrass the legal department by
one or two who had failed to keep posted
with council affairs touching viaduots.
The petition is said TO make urgent re-
quest for viaduct at q point somewhere
at the foot OF o street and across the
Burlington tracks. Some weeks ago the
city attorney took up the matter OF get
ting three new viaducts established. The
ones at Thirty-ninth and Forty-thiru
streets were readily agreed to by the rail-
road company, but It was intimatcd that
there was no need for one at 0 street.
The west end ones were rushed through
and the o street viaduct ordinance was
also drawn and presented to the council.
Il is still there and viii In all probability
be acted on tonight
Someone figured out In busy imag-
ination that because the west end people
got their much needed yiaduct ordinances
through, that the legal department he'd
agreed to waive the fight for the o street
viaduct at this time" said City Attor-
ney Murphy yesterday.
$50 far from the truth is such state OF
facts that the o street ordinance has
been drawn and was presented some time
ago. Practically alone urged It as well
as / could. Now let the one or two be-
hind the agitation come out and push
the thing. This department stands ready
to do its full duty In the matter, But
whether or not there is a yiaduct at D
street the o street paving Improvement
tax is going TO be paid"
Onojicih In Trouble.
Duson Onojcih, after a family mixup
recently left his wife, taking with him
S7s5 which he had saved Just when he