Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
$4,000 Fine and 20 Years In.
priisOment For Violation OF
Espionage Law.

Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
the United States of America in Congress assembled That section
three of title of the Act entitled An Act punish of
reference with the foreign relations the neutrality and the for
egn of the United States to punish espionage and bet
ter to enforce the criminal laws of the United States and for 9TH
purposes approved June fifteenth nineteen hundred and
be- and the is hereby amended read
follows
Sec g. Whoever when the United States at war; shall
Wuy make convey false reports false statements with
tent to interfere with the operation of the military
naval forces the United States promote the of its
enemies shall wuy make false reports false
statements do anything except by of bona fde and
not dsoya advice investor investors with intent OBJ
the by the United States of bonds other securities
the United States the making of loans by the United
States and whoever when the United States at shall will
fully cause attempt cause incte attempt to ince
subordnaon disyay mutny refusal to duty the military
forces the United States shall wfuly obsruct
attempt obsct the recruiting enlistment service the United
States and whoever when the United States war; shall will
fully utter print write publish doya profane scurrous
abusive language about the form of of the United
States the Constitution the United States the military
naval forces of the United States the flag of the United States
the uniform of the Army Navy the United States any
language intended bring the form of of the United
States the Constitution of the United States the military
naval forces of the United States flag of the United States
the uniform of the Army Navy the United States into
tempt conumely, disrepute shall wifuly utter
print write publish language intended to ncte provoke
resistance to the United States promote the
of its enemies shall wuy display the flag of any for
cgn enemy shall wfuy by utteanc writing printing pub
caon language spo urge ncte advocate any cura
production this country any thing things product
products necessary essential the prosecution of the
which the United States may be engaged with by such
ment cripple hinder the United States in the prosecution
of the war; and whoever shall uy advocate teach defend
suggest the doing of the things this section
merate and whoever shall by word act support favor the
of country with which the United States by
word oppose the of the United States therein shall be
punished by fine of not than $4,000 imprisonment or
not than twenty BOTH Provided That employed
official of the United States Government who commits any dis
loyal utes any unpatrotc dsoya language who n
abusive and violent czes the Army Navy the
flag the United States shall once dismissed from the
Any such employee shall be dismissed by the head of the de-
partment in which the employee may be engaged and such
official shall be dismissed by the authority having appoint
successor to the dismissed official"
Sec That section of Title XII and all other provisions of
the Act entitled An Act punish acts of interference with the
foreign relations the neutrality and the foreign of the
United States to punish espionage and better to enforce the
criminal laws of the United States and for other purposes ap
proved June fifteenth nineteen hundred and seventeen which APP
ply section three of Title thereof shall apply with equal force
and effect to said section three as amended.
Title XII of said Act of June fifteenth nineteen hundred and
be- and the hereby amended by adding thereto
the following section
General may upon evidence satisfactory him that any
using the mails violation of of the provisions of
this Act instruct the postmaster at post office at which mail
received addressed such to return the
postmaster the office at which they originally mailed all
letters other matter addressed with the word Mail this
address unbelievable under Espionage Act plainly written
stamped upon outside thereof and all such letters or other
matter returned such postmaster shall be by them returned
the ene thereof under such regulations the Postmaster Gen.
eral may prescribe
Approved, May 16. 1918