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r TUESDAY. AUGUST S. 191: TilK KSl'IONAUK ACT. (Uelow is given the amendniei to the espionage law, these sectic dealing especially with seditious ' terances, acts, etc.) (Public?No. 1.10?<1.1 tli Congres (II. H. 8758.) An act to amend section thr L , title one, of the act entitled, "An / to punish acts of Interference wl V the foreign relations, the neutrall ' aiHi iii? loreign commnrce or t United States, to punish espionaj jk end better to enforce the crimii * laws of the United States, and i * other purposes." Approved Ju f fifteenth, nineteen hundred and?8i enteen, and for other purposes. He it enacted by the senate a house of representatives of ( United States of America in congri assembled, That section three of ti one of the act entitled "An Act punish espionage, and better to < force the criminal laws of fhe Un ed States, and for other purpose: I approved June fifteenth,1 nlnett / Hundred and seventeen, be, and t S same is hereby, amended so as read as follows: "Sec. 3. Whoever, when t United Statos is at war, shall w ~ fully make or convey false reports 5^ false statements with intent to int 2 fere with the operation or success L. the military or naval forces of I United States, or to promote the si cess of its enemies, or shall wlllfu ./ make or convey false reports or fa statements, or say or do anvthi except by way of a bona fide and ? disloyal advice to an investor or vestors, with intent to obstruct 1 sale by the United States of bonds other securities of the United Sta or the making of loans by or to 1 United States, and whoever, wl the United States is at war, sli > willfully cause, or attempt to can or incite or attempt to incite, insv ordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or fusal of duty. In the military or na forces of the United States, or ah willfully obstruct or attempt to i struct the recruiting or enllstnv serv re of the United States, a whoever, when the United Stntes at war, shall willfully utter, pri write, or publish any disloyal, p fane, scurrilous, or abusive 1; .. ' guage about the form of governnn of the United States, or the Com t tution of the United States, or i military or naval forces of the Ui jf ed States, or the llag of the Uni | States, or the uniform of the ar or navy of the United States, or t r language intended to bring the fo ' Jm >of government of the United Stat J or the Constitution of the I'm M States, or the military or na forces of the United States, or flag of tht' United States, or the tt t form of the army or navy of i United States Into contempt, set) k contumely, or disrepute, <>r sh k| willfully utter, print, write, or p S lish any language intended to ino B provoke, or encourage resistance the United Stales. ??i to promote in urs ?'ii<-iii m->, nr Mfinu \\ fully display the flag of any fori* ' enemy, or shall willfully by utt snro, writing, publication, or 1 ' mf guage spofcen, urge. incite, or ad ? |Jo cate any curtaiiinunt of product Jk In this country of any thine V jk things, product or products, ne< \* sary or essential to the prosecut "jtfc of the war in which the 1'ni * States may bo engaged, with int by such curtailment to cripple hinder the United States in prosecution of t^e war. and whoe shall willfully advocate, teach, fend, or suggest the doing of any " the acts or things In this sect enumerated, and whoever shall word or act support or favor cause of any country with which United States is at war or by w< or act oppose the cause of the Unl States therein, shall bo punished a fine of not more than $10,000 imprisonment for not more tl twenty years, or both. Provid That anv employee or official of United States government who c< mits any disloyal act or utters i unpatriotic or disloyal language, who, in an abusive and violent m ner criticizes the army or navy II the flap of the United States si I be at once dismissed from the f rice. Any such employee shall I dismissed by the head of the depi S ment in which the employee may fe engaged, and any such official st be dismissed by the authority hav S power to appoint a successor to dismissed official." B 8ec. 2. That section one of T % XII and all other provisions of act entitled "An Act to punish u 36 of Interference with foreign n Itions, the neutrality, and the | elgn commerce of the United Sta to punish espionage, and better k enforce the criminal laws of gJJnlied States, and for other p Ml f poses," approved June flfteer nineteen hundred and appl Wt ctlon three of T 8 j l thereof shall apply with equal force and effect to said section three Ijas amended. ifsj Title XII of the said act of June ,n8! fifteenth, nineteen hundred and sevut enteen, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following section: " ) V'Sec. 4. When the United States at war, the Postmaster General eoj i/ay. upon evidence satisfactory to let him that any person or concern is ith using the mails in violation of anv ty, of the provisions of this < ct, instruct ( thttw postmaster at any postoffiro at eef which mail ts received addressed to lal such person or concern to return to Tor the postmaster at the office at which no they were originally mailed all letsv ters or other matter so addressed, with the words 'Mail to this address nfj undeliverable under Kspionage Act' he plainly written or stamped upon the iss 'outside thereof, and all such letters tie or other matter so returned to the t0 senders thereof under such postnias}n_ ters shall be by them returned to the !it_ senders thereof under such regula-' 3 ? tions as the postmaster general may ,en prescribe." he Approved. May 16, 1918. to . + MOBILIZING YOUNG he WOMEN FOR NURSES illor er..Recruiting Stations to lie Open All Over United States July lilt to :ho August 12. 11 y 'se The woman's committee of the ni' Council of National Defense has sent lf>' to every one of its state and local 'n* units in the country full instructions ^p for the mobilization of young wo?' men in the United States Nurse Retes serve, beginning on July 'J9. Surthe j-eon Cleneral Gorgas of the army, 1Pn Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the n" public health serve, the American HP* Red Cross, and the Council of Na-j tional Defense, are Joining forces in j rP this campaign and already the state) val divisions of the woman's committee,! a" by whom the enrollment is to be con-' ducted, are busy with preparations' L'nt for the campaign. in<* It was announced at the head-, 's quarters of the woman's committee nt* in Washington that local units of the ro* woman's committee from Maine to an~ California, will have a recruiting| pnt station open during the fortnight' beginning July 29. '^el At these stations women will be given an opportunity to enroll as candidates for the army school of y nursing, established under the au>nV thority of the surgeon general, or in ,rn branch schools of the military hosj pltals, or to enroll as engaging to ,ft(' bold themselves in readiness until va' \pril 1. 1919 to accept assignments "M* to civilian nurses' training schools 111 Those who enroll will be sent at the ihe t.,ginning of the autumn and spring in, terms. ia", There are i,r>79 nurses' training "' " schools in the country. It was pointed out 'hat the need of these '?i schools for nurses was as great and important as that of the army school '''" of nursing Those who enroll in the tgii i Cnited State student nurse reserve will be assigned to these various an hospitals as vacancies occur. The v?- ?erm of training varies from two to ion three years. or Every woman who completes the *?R-j training course satisfactorily may be *on | eligible for enrollment as a Red 'P(1 Cross nurse and for service with the Pnl army or navy nurse corps and stands or a chance of being assigned to duty abroad. At the same time she will v''r be qualified to earn her living in one "e" of the noblest professions open to of women. Ion "The appeal from our hospitals In "v|the field Is imperative," said Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, chairman of the 1 ',e woman's committee, in an appeal to ord ,|1(. y0ung women of the country, ted "They must at once have every nurso hy | who can he spared. The places of or those withdrawn must he filled im? ian mediately by student nurses. The call must be answered from every the part 0f tlie nation. Let there be no im-1 woman slacker in the land." any; ? a^,E. L. TRAVIS ARRESTED or| ON CONSPIRACY CHARGE' flail j ier- ' I Former Member of N. C. Corpora-1 irt- tlon Commission and Prominent l,p In State's Politics, tall ins; the Washington. Aug. 5.?E. L. Travis, of Halifax, N. C., former member itlo of the cornoratlon commission of the: that state and a leader In North irts Carolina politics and two other men, i?la-, K. J. Joseph and Loon Green, were for-i arrested at a Washington hotel by tea, federal authorities charged with to conspiring to obtain a contract lllo-j the gaily from the shipping board for a| iur-iNew jytwj company. The name of ?th,|the corferfTn for which the contract' ion, was to be obtained was not an-' itle nounceJ. * THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. > When Yoi A Little IV For a suit of what you pay and a little b< Same Way Printing You pay a lit grade of papc of work. When We For You You get the 1 modern type and good pa] Compare t ity and Qu And s?e if y do, it is becav QUALITY. 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