The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-02
COUNCIL WARNED
 AGAINST REFUND
MANY REQUESTS COMING IN FOR PAYMENT OF LICENSE UNDER
 INVALID ORDINANCES.
Alderman Sigman Tells Colleagues to Go Slow Against Granting Requests or City Will Be Broke.

Alderman sigmap, shortly before
 city council adjourned lat night.
 cal ed the attention of his colleagues
 to the fact that many requests had
 been received for a refund of license
 from those who had paid for certain
 privileges under ordinances that had
 since been declared invalid, and warned council to go slow in this
 matter, or we will find the city with out money"
 During the session of council com
 munications were read from Rube Gil. liam, Fred Metz $. B. still. II Green and J 4. Kinney. asking that council refund the mthe amount they paid for
 their license under the ordinance passed by council but which was aterI declared invalid when tested by Rube Gillian. The latter claimed $l0o due him. while the communication from
 the others set forth a claim of $l50 The total sum repre- seutetd was $550 lu addition to their requests. the New York Hotel Company the Put man
 hotel and the Milwaukee hotel also put in claims for a refund Of money
 they had paid under the hotel and rcoming house ordinance. which. like
 the measure regulating the butchers.
 has since been declared invalid.
 These requests were referred tc the
 claim committees of which \ drman .5igman is chairman, and he stated
 that it was question that council
 aou!d give serious consideration 10
 Shortly after the communications had been read Alderman sam Wi- Hanson introduced an ordinance that sought to reduce the license for hold.
 ing auctions from $3o0 to $50. HeI stated that he had done 70 at the re- quest of men who are in business in this city who claim that they cannot pay that amount
 Henry Balesh was given the floor and in very Interesting speeca oa- Fposed the ordinance He called couu. ci 8 attention to the fact that one Of his CometiiOrs in this city could at ford 10 pay a man S175 a week 10 come from New York and talk fo, four hours and that if that salary could be paid for holding auctions .t stood 10 reason that the license was not too high He said he would be willing to pay $5Jo year and that h. could make money Nr Bl,esh aI.o
 said that he had aeld auctions ir l California and F or'da citie. and had
 been compelled to pay in those places l $l,0oo. He made money. even though the auction tasted but two months. Tn Memphis he paid $50 oand in St
 Louis $750
 If you lower the license" said Mr l 8alesh, "you will bring 10 Hot Springs -harpers who will sell brass for go d and glass tor diamonds want pro- tection and l am willing to pay more | When the license was raised l already 1 mad taken out license for $50. which | was good for the year. went to Nr. Waters. who was mayor then. and
 paid him $500 for new liccne al- | though my $50 license was good loi the entire year.
 The ordinance was read three times
 and defeated, Previous 10 the voto being taken, however, Theodore El.
 sal was given the floor and stated
 tAat while not possessed of the ora
 toricaI ability Of Nr Halesh nor inter
 ested in the seeming differences that
 existed between that gentleman and
 another competitor, thought that the
 license was too high. and suggested $lo0 as an equitable amount
 Councils attention was also called
 to the fact that the men who DOW
 asked for a reduction ot the license were the very ones who petitionei
 council that this icense be raised
 and, according to councils action las
 night, the ordinance still remains the
 same, council standing pat" on the proposition