The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-23
Second tuberculosis Hospital.


now goes TO the assembly. The first
tuberculosis hospital 10 be established
/ in Wisconsin is at Wales, but upwards
of 300 people are on the waiting list
many of whom live tn northern Wis.
cOnsin. To alleviate this congested con
dition. the joint finance committee OF
the legislature by unanimous vote
recommended for passage the Baxter
bill giving the state board Of control
power to select the site for the loca-
ton of the institution While SO, 000
will only start the work and erect a
few of the necessary buildings, the
/ plans will be 50 drawn that other ad.
| ditiOnal buildings and extensions may
| be added from time to time when
/ financial conditions Of the state make
! possible additional appropriations for
institutional work. The Baxter bill for
/ the establishment of this hospital has
I the Endorsement Of the Wisconsin Anti
/ tuberculosis society and its represen-
/ tatiyes have appeared before the COM
mittee and interviewed members of the
/ legislature in favor of the passage Of
( the bill. In past sessions appropria-
/ tons for curbing the spread Of tuber-
/ cuosis have readily been made. The
( unanimous Endorsement Of the finance
/ committee indicates that this appro-
priation will be approved. Aside from
/ fhe Wales institution, the state has a
! tuberculosis camp at TOmahawk lake,
/ but applications at this institution are
( far in excess Of present facilities. One
Of the reasons urged for the establish
ment Of a hospital of this character in
northern Wisconsin is that it will give
people in that section suffering from
tuberculosis easier access to an insti-
tuition 4
The joint finance committee has ap-
proved of practically no other building
appropriation during the coming bien-
MUM. Records recently compiled at
Wales institution indicate that over 50
per cent of patients entering are bene-
flied or cured.
That Senator George Staudenmayer
intends to press a bill to close all sa-
looms in the state on June 30, 1917, if
the Evjue referendum measure is not
passed is indicated by his activities
and his statement. He says he has
conferred with a number of the SEN
atOrs and he finds much support for
the bill in the senate as we'll as in the
house. He believes that many of the
administration men, who voted against
the Evjue referendum bill, will vote
for hnc, hi
that paragraph of the governors mes
sage which declares: ut seems to
me that if there is time when we
need better regulation 1t Is now, and
during the period Of the war. | will
approve any practical measure that
you will adopt now that will curtail
the use of alcohol"
Senator Staudenmayer says that by
closing all of the saloons of the state
thousands of bushels of barley will be
turned into food supplies.
Abandon Suffrage Fight
A further fight on the subject OF
women's suffrage by the legislature has
been abandoned. AsSemblyman J. G.
Hanson. who had a duplicate suffrage
bill in the assembly, has recalled the
measure. By unanimous consent of
the assembly, the bill was returned to
the author The suffrage bill over
which the record vote was made was
introduced in the upper house by Sen
ator SkOgmO. 1t passed that house
by two to one vote but was de-
feated in the assembly by four votes
when the measure came up for final
passage.
Governor Signs Bill.
Governor Philip has signed the bill
permitting circuit court clerks of the
state to appoint as deputies men or
women. 1t has been the practice in
many sections of the state to appoint a
woman as deputy clerk of the circuit
court. Because of the uncertainty in
the statute on this subject, the legis-
lature believed it advisable to pass a
law making the authorization certain.
The executive approval has also been
given to a bill exempting from execu-
ton any automobile used or kept for
the purpose of the debtors trade or
business, not exceeding $500 in value.
To make it impossible for any life
insurance company operating in Wis
consin to be exploited as the Pitts
burgh Life and Trust was exploited
by a New York Spectator recently,
Insurance Commissioner NJ. J. Cleary
has prepared q bill for submission to
the legislature this week The meas
ure requires all stock life insurance
companies operating in Wisconsin to
file with the insurance department a
list of stockholders and a list of all
transfers of stock. No transfer can be
voted by the new owner until notice
of transfer is filed and acknowledged
by The department of insurance No
director can be elected TO fill a va
cancy except by vote of the stock
holders upon 20 days notice to all the
stockholders and 10 days notice TO
the insurance department. Insurance
Commissioner Cleary believes that this
bill Will curb the activity of any ex-
ploiter who may contemplate operat-
ing in Wisconsin.
Asks Recall of Evjue Bill.
Governor Philip in his special mes
sage TO the legislature asked that the
Evjue liquor referendum bill be- re-
called for referendum otherwise ha