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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.
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