Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-13
SENSATION BREAKS AT
OPENING SESSION
OF SUPERVISORS
BAR GIRL VICTIM
TWO MEMBERS or BOARD RESIGN
IA SALE LEGISLATOR HURLS
CHARGES AT PERlNTENDENT
OF COUNTY lNSTu UTlON.

An unexpected shake up in TIA" af-
fairs OF the La Sale county tuber-
CulOsis sanitarium broke In the coun-
ty board of supervisors, meeting yes.
terday afternoon when two directors
resigned from the official board Of
the sanitarium, and the management
of the institution was publicly at.
tackled by two of the county sOlonS.
The resignation of two of the strong.
est members of the board. Dr Wiz
liam SChocnshoffcr of La Sale and
Jason F. Richardson of Ottawa, came
unexpected to the larger part of the
members of the Couuty body, although
for several days rumors had been
current that some of the members
of the board were to ask to be roliev.
ed from further duty.
Following in the wake Of the twoI
designations came an attack on tho|
present operating plan of the insti-I
tuition from two of the strongest SUI
pervisors of the county. Thomas NJ
FIaskins of La Sale and NJ A. Bron.
son Of Strcator
SUPERVISE FIaskins related the
story of little girl from La SallcI
who was a patient fhere and Mr. |
Bronson told of colored boy from
StreatCr
Haskins' Allegations.
Mr. Haskins declared that the girl
vas refused admission to the home, |
saying:
There is little girl in La SalIeI
who had bad case Of tuberculosis. |
She was taken to the santarium at |
South Ottawa, but later went back
to her home, because She wished t0i
do 50. After being home for a short
time She became worse and wanted |
to 70 back to the santarium. but
when she applied for readmittance !
Mrs. Logan the matrOn. told her that
she could nos come back
What authority has she or any
other person connected with the sau-I
itarium to refuse a patient admie-
sion for treatment | would like t0I
know? When the report is made to
the board Of supervisors by the board |
of directors Of the santarium they
always say that they have a waiting |
list Of from five TO ten seeking ad- !
mttance La Sale county has a pop
ulation of 100000 people and yet the
sanitarium can only accommodate /
about forty patients It isn't big I
enough for Putnam county, which
has only four townships
II believe that girl in La Sale IS
entitled right to treatment there
and | am going to see that an in |,
vestigation is conducted there to see
how the place Is being operated.
They can't do MAT The girl said
that Mrs Logan passed by her door
way at least fifty times each day
without even speaking to her The |
best way To send a patient to the
graveyard is to not talk to chem and
not to pay any attention to them as
Mrs, Logan did to this young girl"
Supervisor Bronson then took theI
floor and told of similar case in-I
volving a cOlored boy of Strcator
Mrs. Logan is alleged to have old
the boy that the place was no place
for him and that no one would come
to see him while he was a patient
there, thereby disCouraging him.
Order investigation.
The board met this morning at l0I
O'Clock pursuant to yesterdays aG- |
iournmont and held a brief session |
Mr., llaskins, who yesterday criticised |
the management Of tho sanitarium. |
made a motion that a special commit |
tee Of three members of tho board bel
appointed to investigate conditions at !
the sanitarium and to report back to |
the board on the next session The |
motion carried unanimously At yes
terday's meeting the matter was r.
fcrred to the judiciary committee forI
the purpose Of deciding whether or
not the supervisors could appoint a /
committee to work with the board OIL
the South Side institution.
Votes of Symathy
Votes of sympathy were extended
to the families of NJ \ Armstrong ofI
Ottawa, Joseph Burkardt Of La SaIleI
and William Dinsman of Mcridcn. for
mer members of the board.
The Civic League of Streator petit
toned the board for aid in the pay
ment of police matron for the city
of StrCator. who is about to be ap-
pointed. The matron will also act as
probation officer for the city of StTca
tor. The league asked that the county
pay one half Of the salary Of the mat
ron. The petition was referred to the
fees and salaries committee,
A petition from W. s. Cochran of
Ottawa asking for aid under the hlind
act was also read and placed on file.