Prohibition and Penitentiary Probes Spark House Action
Submissions favor a constitutional amendment and probe the penitentiary system. A four to three legislative panel will investigate the penitentiary and farms, with a report due February 15. The minority opposes submission, arguing less than two thirds supported it and districts were instructed against. Also proposed are hospital and agriculture building appropriations and a prohibition amendment report in the house.
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Fitzhugh
House Committee On Rules
McDonald
Stanifer
Adams
Bradfort
Senate
Watson
Masterson
Weiner
House
Austin
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Standifer
Buchanan
Terrell and
Flournoy
Fewer Laws Movement Faces Senate Fight on Prohibition
In Austin, Van 15 the fewer laws and better laws movement shows strength but the Senate reserves a two thirds vote for any submission. With 41 bills in the Senate and 62 in the House, submissionists push ahead while prohibitionists hold a clear majority and could pass statutory prohibition if defeated early.
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Austin
Van
Senate
House
Bills Introduced In Texas Legislature January 15
Austin January 15. Senate bills include Alexander on creating a State Banking board Kellie on preventing shooting at trains Bradfield on prohibiting traffic in intoxicants Thomas on abolishing county superintendent offices in small counties Mayfield on juror numbers in civil cases Cofer on establishing a training school for juveniles Alexander on an agricultural school at Weatherford Alexander on compulsory education ages 7 to 17 Kellie on forestry commission Hudspeth et al on amending anti free pass law Bradfield on prohibition amendment Paulus Kellie on State Racing commission Halsey on forbidding officials from employment by corporations Hayter on banning itinerant drug peddling Thomas on fixing county treasurers salaries Ward Harper on requiring patent medicines sold by peddlers.
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Senate
Alexander
Kellie
Bradfield
Thomas
Mayfield
Cofer
Weatherford
Forrestry Commission
Hudspeth Et al
Paulus
Halsey
Hayter
Ward and Harper
Not the Denton Robert Williams suicide clarification
Local inquiry clarifies a misidentification of a suicide in Oklahoma. The Denton resident Robert Williams did not die by his own action. another man named Robert Williams, recently moved from Altus to Oklahoma City, is the deceased. TheAltus case ties to the disappearance of Charles Elliot and a rock island morgue body identified as possibly Celtic, with ongoing inquest and questions about the missing Syrian man.
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Robert Williams
Altus
Okla
West Sycamore Street
Robert Wilson
Dallas
Wilson
Robt. Williams
Oklahoma City
Williams
Robert Wiliams
Fort Worth
Elliott
George C. Hensley
Jackson County
Oklahoma
Charles Elliot
Rock Island
Elliot
George Elliot
Maben
Everett Petry
Self-inflicted death at county jail shocks town
Witnesses recount Williams arming himself with a Colt revolver and killing himself in the sheriff's office while awaiting Governor Haskell's action on Texas requisition papers. The incident follows a discovery of a body believed to be Elliot in Altus and raises questions about jail search practices.
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Ance
Altus
Williams
Elliot
Maddox
Haskell
Oklahoma
Texas
Rock Island Frisco Chief Yoakum to Visit Legislature
Advices say B F Yoakum head of the Rock Island Frisco system will visit the Texas legislature on Monday. His trip intersects with the Governor's push for two cent fares and he argues the lower rate would hinder Texas development.
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Austin
Tex
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island
Frisco
Legisature
Yoakum
Texas
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