Arrested As Transient Trader

ARRESTED AS TRANSIENT TRADER
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Callaghan & Co. Will Fight the Ordinance
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CLAIMING IT VOID
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One Law Book Man Has Another Arrested Under the New Ann Arbor Ordinance

The new transient traders ordinance is in the court. C. E. Barthell, who sells law and medical books at 326 S. State street, has made complaint before Justice Doty under this ordinance against A. S. Clark, who comes here twice a year for Callaghan & Co., the large law book publishers of Chicago. Callaghan & Co. have for years maintained an agency in this city for the sale of law books at the beginning of each semester and have been in Schleede's store on State street ever since Schleede removed from down town.

The new ordinance, which was passed last December, imposes a license fee of $7 a day for the first 20 days and $5 a day thereafter.

Mr. Clark immediately appeared in court with his attorney, M. J. Cavanaugh, pleaded not guilty, and the case was set for today.
was set for February 20.

Callaghan & Co. will fight the ordinance to the end. Mr. Cavanaugh gave notice this morning that the notice was void and said that if it was good that Bartnell himself came within its definition of a transient trader and had violated the ordinance, which defines a transient trader as a person "who occupies premises within the city for a temporary period and is not assessed for taxes in the city and who offers goods, wares or merchandise for sale."

Some of the law students are talking of holding an indignation meeting as they claim that the Callaghan & Co. agency here has enabled them to buy their textbooks cheaper.

The ordinance is one in which quite a number of merchants are interested and the fight that will ensue over its validity will be watched with considerable interest. This is probably the only question in the case.