The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-04-22
Bill to Be Offered Senate Asks
Censorship Body.
PRODUCERS TO FIGHT BILL
Representatives of Film Companies
and Actresses Expected to Appear
In Madison to Oppose Passage
of Measure.
Bv FRED L. HOLMES.


sin it may have to pass the approval
of state board of censorship. Sen
atOr ]. Henry Bennett, ViroQua, has
introduced a moving picture censor
ship bill and when the measure comes
up for consideration in about two
weeks representatives of all of the
leading film companies and many NOV
ing picture actresses are expected to
be in Madison to oppose the passage
of the measure. A board would be ap-
pointed to administer the law.
The board will lie composed of three
members appointed by the industrial
commission and subject to cOnirma7
ton OF the senate. 1t would have at
least one woman member and would
have the right to prohibit any picture
they saw fit from being exhibited i'll
the state. This board would be known
as the Wisconsin state board of re-
view and would be under the supervi-
sion of the industrial commission.
The three members would have
three-year term, with salary OF a.
600 annually. This board would be
authorized to employ such assistants
as necessary, and heavy penalty is
provided for violations by the movie
men. This law would not apply to
educational films or those exhibited by
schools, churches and other private in
situations.
Senator Arnold introduced bill
providing for an appropriation of $50
600 for the erection of an aquarium at
Mckinley Beach, Milwaukee. This
would not be built under the bill until
necessary land approved by the con-
seTvatiOn commission.
Social diseases were put into
class where houses may be placarded,
according to action taken by the as
sembly. 1t is probably the most far
reaching health provision ever put
over in the legislature. The name of
every person in any town, village or
city found to be suffering with a social
disease must be Immediately reported
to the local town officer. Passage was
given to the Higgins resolution grant
ing the use of certain submerged
lands in Milwaukee to the city for
park purposes.
After being killed in the house, the
assembly retraced it's steps and en-
crossed the Edwards BILL giving 10 per
cent of grain taxes collected to the
state, 20 per cent to the county and
20 per cent to the locality. By vote
of A to AZ, the house refused to kill
the bill and then engrossed it 40 to Al.
Edwards led the fight for the bill and
ASSembIyman j. B. French opposed it.
To aid cities that may desire to pur-
chase public utilities and operate them
the assembly passed the Ruffing
amendment TO the constitution to al
low an increase of municipal indebted
ness from to 10 per cent This
amendment now goes to the senate. Ii
it is passed there it will have to be
approved by the people before it be-
comes effective. The resolution was
opposed by Clark M. Perry, Oshkosh,
assistant stalwart leader. The vote
On the passage was SO to %.
Members of the legislature are get
ting anxious about bringing the work
of the session to a close. Two resolu-
tons to hasten the work were offered.
On motion of Aasemblyman Young,
the house killed the Freehoff bill
which would allow all agricultural and
poultry associations to receive state
aid. BY vote of 50 to % the house
cOncurred in the Huber bill giving the
state humane agent supervision over
stock yards shipments. Benfy's bill,
appropriating $500 for the Spanish
American war encampment. and
Burke's bill, allowing the state to buy
lands sold for taxes for forestry pur-
poses, were both advanced.
Assemblyman Olson's bill fixing dog
taxes at 81 and 50 was given final pas
sage in the house and now goes to the
senate.
The Helen Keller of Wisconsin
has been found by legislators among
the pupils in the GAINESVILLE school
for the blind.
Willetta Higgins. sixteen, Chipps-
wa Falls, both blind and deaf, but with
remarkable powers of sense of percep-
ton, has astonished visitors by her
ability to carry on conversation and to
distinguish colOrs.
Willetta, with several other children
from the school, is here demonstrating
the school work and showing the re-
suits of training given.
The girl is able to take part in con-
versation by placing her hand on any
part of the head of the person talking.
'Her ability TO understand those
Z talking by sense of touch is almost
uncanny," ]. T. Hooper, superintend-
ent of the school, said "She is abso-
lutely deaf, but can enter into CONVEX
sation as one with all his senses"
Almost as interesting is her ability
to distinguish colors by her sense of
smell. 1t is almost beyond compre-
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