Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-28
WIFE DESERTERS
r, IN BAD REPUTE
OF -
i'll Is Amended to Make OF.
hao a1 fcnsc n Felony Instead Of
.'c Misdcmeanor.
RlSON IS PROPER PLACE
ulsa Representative Believes
OIWomcn and Children Should
BE Guarded.
RlSON is PROPER PLACE

'prcud ~ The Nuill
ft OKLAHOMA tllA Jan q. Nllr
.u.,Hrrtors Wet, secured uH uurdr'l
md villains during o. d'btfr 100 the
Mousse Of representatives, ihia morning
'lu a bin doMEuDj 10 strengthen th"
'HIvs d"uuiug uud uNluE the punish
.'uDut for VII, dc .orti"n
l' Ia committee of the Who.p ih" bni
NNas amended to make d,Hoiiiou with.
',ui iust ctue. % felony aud nNlur 'h"
I'ulNimum punishment u three years
an the pcuitrutiry Under existing
nStatut.s dc.nrtiou ie m'io u mIHdr.
Hmcauor
~ The felony amendment was offered
NbN lcprD sentative Glenn 'uud"u oi
Nrul.1 one Of thc youngest m'mhcrs
'of the house.
On my cih alone" siid Mr.. con.
'dDu. there arc more than 10 women
lWith ufluta u their arms 300 care ~
"thc humane society bc.lusc they have
lbccu deserted hy their husbands viii.
lout cautc hope that every man
hWho doch NOT expect tu desert l'lh
wife t. support this amendment"
You cannot make the Inv too
strong" declared Representative
CraNcr - lt,rilc.Vtllc. ns he d,plurDd
.tht increase IN wife lcs,itious ana
divorces in Dlt'nhomu.
can't "" Too Stiong
ne man VINO 0NHil1N MS WIG ~
fnr better or 10 ho iu the pcnitcu.
tinn than u aomc other state" he
continued 1T is duty We owe To
socict, tu fN this law Hu ns tu make
dcs, rtipu the high Grim, ~ q felony
, Then there viii be fewer wife dc
sortions"
The nEht for strengthening the hin
was led hy Representative Wimhish "
Ada
This thing ~ men marrying q
woman. living with her n,o or qlN
Years becoming the Father of thrrc
or four children uud then dcsrTtius
her leaving her To care tor IA" cht
drcn. has got to he stopped In this
state" hc said
The nEc limit ON deserted chldr 900
was raised from - To- IL Years
Tho hll changing the name of the
pcuitcutl1tN lt NcAlrstvt to the east
oklahoma pouitoutiap and the name
Of tho rcf"rtut'ory ~ Granite 60 the
west oklahoma pcnitcutiurN passed
thru q committee ~ the whole
There was ouh slight oppoiitlou to
the hill and that was based ON the
fact that some of the inmates ut the
rctormHtorl We're not there fot ut.
fcuscs serious enough to Justify thcir
incarceration in an institution d,siE
mated a. a pcuitcntinrN
we had better call the rcfOrma.
tory pcuiicutiarN. tuI that is what
" Is I'm the strict sense" said Repre-.
sentative H y Hultsm1u. who WIS
FIRST chaplain of the reformation, und
the nstirltur OF sweeping prison IN
Ncsttgatious hy the Fourth legislature
-Four wears age.
The ,o-cnled attorney generals
hll." around which interest iu l,ri..
lHtiNc circles has conferred Tor tho
past ten DAYS. was received tu tho
house tins motuiur II was ptsscd
I'm tho scuutc yesterday. n will hc rc-
frrtcd to the house committee 0u pro.
hbulou enforcement of which Repre-
sentative MuNncld is chairman
Tho hiil hN !uttorurld ~ oklahoma
county prohhitur gas and urht com.
pnuics from cullcc'iur minimum
chUrc ior service passed thru com
mittcc ot the whole of the house
only ~iNu uf the III members of
m, house responded when the rul
was called THIS morning aud because
ut the small attendance uo hlll. we're
placed ON uuu pas>irc todu,