The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-03-14

eligibility and coaches duties: That
vii! be adopted by the conference as
soon as the other big nine schools give
their affirmative vote: That the date
for the opening of football practice be
moved from September 20 to Septem-
Der 10. That all employees of the
athletic department xho take part in
professional football should be dis
missed from employment. That MEM
bxrs of teams participating in profess
SiOnal football contests before gradu-
alton shall forfeit their letters and be
recommended to the faculty for furth-
er discipline.
Woman Athletes to Meet.
The first conference of college wom
ems athletic associations will be held
at the University of Wisconsin on
March 9 and 10. 1t will be composed
of representatives from most of the
colleges of the middle and far West
Colleges near Madison will send num-
Der of women each to the conferences.
Among the topics to be taken up in
the addresses and discussions will be
the point system of awarding athletic
hOnOrs, the question of athletic awards
such as sweaters and numerals, the or
ganiZatfOn of sports, financing of an
association and basis of membership.
Town Has Coolies of Money to Spend.
Barkesdale, Wisconsin, claims TO be
one of the richest towns In tax money
in the United States. The town actu-
ally has so much tax money that it has
had to come to the legislature TO get
special permission to spend it. The
town is located in northern Wisconsin,
near Lake Superior, and in it doml-
Giles one of the plants of the Du Pont
Powder company. Wisconsin has an
income tax that assesses corporation
net profits 6 per cent. OF this tax
money 10 per cent is retained by the
state, 20 per cent by the county and 10
per cent by the locality. This powder
plant brought $4,000 in income taxes
TO Barkesdale town this year, and the
amOutn for next year will be $25O,OOU.
The town never raised more than So
600 in taxes in money before. SO it
came to the legislature to obtain spe-
cial permission to use the money in
erecting a high school and in the build
ing of roads. These measures are be-
ing pushed through the Legislature.
Would Require Three-Fourths.
Change in the law for submitting
liquor questions to a vote of the peO-
pie, including a proposal to allow
saloons to operate for a certain num-
Der of hours on Sunday, are contained
in bill offered in the house by AS
semblyman Charles +. Hart of OSh-
kosh. The present law provides that
these questions may be submitted TO d
vote of the people when 10 per cent of
the people petition for same. The Hart
bill provides that One-third of the num-
Der of votes cast at any general cleo
ton for governor in the city or town
must be obtained.
The present law provides that the
question of license or no license"
shall be submitted, but the Hart bill
allows all questions, including Sunday
closing, to be submitted to a vote of the
people. His measure further provides
that the submission of any question
under this law shall not be made oft
ener than once in five wears
Big Hearings on Compensation Bills.
Manufacturers from all sections Of
the state met for the hearing which
was held before three committees of
the legislature on all bills that have
been offered in either house
touching on the subject of WOrkmen's
compensation. The principal measures
on this subject were introduced by
Senator Timothy Burke of Green Bay
and Assemblyman Charles f. Hart of
Oshkosh. The Burke bill provides for
an increase over the present schedule
in payments for visible Injuries of %
per cent. He contends that since the
WOrkmen's compensation law was
enacted that the cost of living has adj
vanced that much and asks that the
compensation for injuries receive q
similar increase. The Hart bill pro
vides that accidents shall be cOmpen-
stated for at the rate of S5 per cent Of
the average weekly wage for the
length of time that the person is dis
abled. The present law makes it 60
per cent.
Governor Opposed to All Increases.
Governor Philip is not in favor Of
all of the increases desired and his adj
vOcates will appear before the commit
tee at once and will ask that those
schedules be increased, where it can
be shown that the amount paid for in
juries are too low. Where there is a
question about the matter he viii ask
that the subject be referred to spe-
cial committee of the legislature for
further investigation and TO report to
the legislature two years hence. This
is the stand which the executive took |
al the opening of the session in his |
message to the Legislature.
Probably the other most important |
bill touching on the subject Of work |
mems compensation has been offered |
by Assemblyman William Armenian OF |
Oshkosh. 1t provides that every per-
son who hires another, except farmers, |
shall be subject to the terms and pro- |
visions Of the wOrkmens cOmpensa- |
ton act The present law exempts |
persons who employ less than four
others.
University Men in Assembly.
Fifteen members Of the present Wis |
conSin LEGISLATURE are graduates of the |