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Show ' Frank Baer, wlio received ! fatal injuries svrien Kis ice -Wagon eaps'ssd, pinyr'ntf Kim j under load and driving' tongs into Kts chest. ! i j MING HOUSES DEB LICENSES City Commissioners Siimcl by Chief of Police; Will Close Eight Places. Concurring with the recommendations of the chief of police, the city commla-sion. commla-sion. In executive session yesterday' afternoon, denied the applications of elcht. rooming houso proprietors for rc-ne-wal of licenses. The effect of the decision will he the abolition ot the houses In uucxtton tiniest legal procedure nhould be instituted successfully by the deposed proprietors. The applications wore denied on the showing of the police department that the roominc house keeper? were" violating the law bv aelllng liquor illegally and bv conducting rcsoris for fallen women. Tor more than a week the commission ha? been sitting in almost daily sessions as a board of inquiry. Testimony has been taken on both sides. Startling revelations of vice and depravity were made by the police department, but the testimony was categorically denied by wHuci-pcs for the rooming houses. A hosi of lawyers have appeared on behalf of the rooming houses and Ihe city attorney at-torney hat acted for the cily in the capacity of a prosecutor. The rooming houses that will be forced out of business as a result oi the decision de-cision are an follows: Palaco, 329 South West Temple street, McFeely and R&eniu&een, proprietors', ilary Bruno. 44 West First South street; St. Ceclle hotel, -'33 South Stato street, A. C. Ijirsen. proprietor; Imperial hotel, 210 South State street, Fred Paulsen, proprietor; Hotel Rox. 241 South State street, James Metcalfo, proprietor: Cllft house, Third South and Main fciroetit, Delia Sciiaaf. proprietor; Mrs. A. Kck-stedt, Kck-stedt, 5P KABt Second South otrcet; Nellie Campbell. 8 West Second South street Appeals to the district court undoubtedly undoubt-edly will bo taken on behalf of thene rooming houses, It Is declared by their legal counsel. The power of the city commission to deny the licenses win be questioned on the ground that such action, ac-tion, amounts to confiscation of property. |