Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-12
NEW NEUTRALITY.
LAWS ARE ASKED
BY JUSTICE END.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 11.-New
laws to protect the United States
against neutrality violations such as
has marked the progress of the war
in Europe and the Mexican resolution,
was asked of Congress by Attorney
General Gregory in his annual report
The Attorney General suggested am
endments to the present neutrality
statutes to make it specifically a
crime against the United States, to
place bombs or other explosives on
vessels sailing from American ports
and that it should be made a crime
for any person to escape or attempt
to escape from an interned warship of
belligerent nation; and in any event
authority should be given to some gov
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turn any such person to the place of
interment. Another suggestion was
that authority be given the govern
ment to seize arms and ammunition
about to be exported in violation of a
Presidential proclamation of an en-
barge on shipments of that character
and to seize arms and ammunition
about to be used in connection with
military expeditions which themselves
are now prohibited by law
The Attorney General again recon-
mends an amendment to the commod
tiles clause of the Interstate Commerce
Act to prohibit railroad from trans
porting in Interstate commerce articl-
es which it manufactures or produces,
or which are manufactured or produc-
ed by any corporation controlled or
affiliated with it by having the same
controlling stockholders, irrespective
of whether such railroad or such con-
trolled or affiliated corporation has an
interest in the articles at the time OF
transportation.
1T is also necessary" he added in
this connection, IF transportation ami
production are to be completely di-
vorced, that Congress prohibit any
railroad owned or controlled by a
producing or trading corporation and
not operated merely as a plant facil-
ity, from transporting in interstate
commerce articles produced or owned
by such corporation
Another recommendation would
change provisions for the removal of
persons indicted in federal criminal
proceedings to the district where the
indictments were returned so that a
federal warrant may run after indict-
ment to any part of the United States
with the privilege that he defendant
may give bail.
Mr.. Gregory asked for no changes in
the antitrust laws When decisions
have been rendered in the Harvester.
Steel, Steamship Pool, Lehigh Valley,
United Shoe Machinery and other
cases now before the Supreme Court
under the Sherman Act, says the re-
port, "the so-called area of debatable
viii have been greatly circumscribed.
The Attorney General points out
that by January 1, 1917, almost 1000
federal prisoners will be idle at the
| Ieayenworth and Atlanta penitentiaE-
les unless some plan of employment
for them is devised. 1t is necessary,
he declared, that legislation be passed
to meet this condition and he promised
to send information to Congress relat-
ing to the manufacture of supplies
for the government This information
vii Include estimates of machinery,
the cost of installation, price of raw
material, value of finished product,
ard character of articles to be manu-,
featured.
Il shall also urge as part of the
plan,' said the Attorney General, "the
payment monthly to the families Of
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