The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-09
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS

The Oklahoma house investigation
committee report asking lnllheul"'o
Impeachment charges be flled against
Governor J. b. A. Robertson fallea
to pain necessary votes for adoption
whom final roll call was taken in the
house at 6 O'Clock Friday night ne
vote was AZ for, AZ against ana elsht
absent.
The National Lumber Manufactur-
ers Association at its convention frl-
dav in Chicago, H., appropriated
5000 OO0 to be used in natlohal
advertising campaign which, 1t was
announced, would acqualnt the pup
lie with the truth about luhoeI
nrices The convention adjourned
after electing the following officers:
President, John II. Kirby, Houston
Texas. vice presidents, John w. Blod-
get. Grand Rapids, Mich, and "A. l.,
Clark, Dallas. Texas; treasurer, X. D.
Goodman, Minotte, Wis; secretary
Wilson Compton, Chicago
Government finances have been
placed in much better shape as re-
suit of tax payments on March 10 eH-
ceeding expectations, treasury OIL
cials said Thursday in announcing
nearly complete figures for the first
quarter. when slightly more thah
s7O0, 900 900 was turned into the treas
ury.
The new emergency reduced cattle
rates from Texas to northern ana
northwestern states will not apply to
shipments from Texas into Oklahoma,
railroad officials announced this week.
The Texas prison commission has
been advised by the attorney general
department that it may disburse the
appropriation of $3.50, 900 for payment
of debts of the prison system in the
same manner as older funds of the
system; that is, it will not be neces-
sarv for issuance of warrants through
the controllers department. The APP
preparation was made at the regular
session of the thirty-seventh legisla-
tuse
The governor Thursday vetoed the
bill passed at the regular session OF
the Texas legislature which sought
to amend the present fire escape law
so that the act shall not apply to
grain elevators and manufacturing
and Industrial plants when such build
ings were constructed of fireproOf ma
! terial
During the ~ months ending March
81, 1921, the sum of $198,392 occupa-
ton tax on purely intrastate business
of the American Railway Express
Company has been paid into the State
treasury by that company through its
general superintendent in Texas. The
total gross receipts of the company
on Texas business for the year
amounted to $7,935,6 sos and on this
amount the State exacted tax of 2h
| per cent.
Governor Neff Monday vetoed house
bill 1874, making appropriation of $685.
900 for vocational education in Texas
because it failed to meet the require
ments of the federal act and the state
would not have gotten it's full share
of benefits under the Smith Hughes
act The veto was made with the con
sent of Miss Annie Webb Blanton,
state superintendent and the governor
gives notice that he will submit the
matter to the special session.
A bill providing for the use of lethal
gas in executing the death penalty in
Nevada was signed Tuesday by Cover
nor Boyle. Signing of the bill abol-
ishes other forms of capital punish
ment in the state Hitherto condemn
ed men had the choice between hang
ing or shooting.
Fire caused by friction ignited the
Humble Oil and Refining Company s
new well No A. on the Gaillard lease
at Goose Creek, Texas, Monday and
caused damage estimated at 100000
Several derricks and 1,500 barrels of
oil were destroyed by the blaze.