Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-04
Severe Penalties Provided
in Measure Nearing
Completion.
AIMS AT ENEMIES
WHO WORK SECRETLY
Legislation Penalties Those Who Man
ufacture Defective War Materials or
Their Ingredients-Governors in Con-
ference Urge Drastic Legislation to
Curb DsloyaIty and German Ian
suage Press, Preachers and Teachers

suase Press, Preachers and Teachers
Washington, April A. Conferees OF
senate and house today conferred on n
bill providing severe penalties for de-
sabotage.
Penalties Of thirty years imprison-
ment and $4,000 fine were provided
in the bill, which was greatly broad
ened in scope for acts which are, or
are intended, or where there is reason
to be eliaved to be intention, to destroy
arms or war materials"
The latter includes food, arms. NUM-
tions. live stock. clothing, railways,
electric lines. canals engines. machines,
vehicles, vessels, dams, reservoirs. ac-
queducts water and gas pipes. struc-
lures, electric, wireless, telegraphs and
telephone plants and "all other articles
intended to be used by the United
States or any associate nation in con-
nection with the conduct Of the war"
The legislation also penalized wilful
manufacture Of defective war materi-
ais. including their ingredients.
A special clause provides that en-
ployes shall not be prohibited from
agreeing to stop work when for the
bona fide purpose Of obtaining better
wages or conditions of employment, but
otherwise penalties acts which hinder
production of war supplies.
The bill was passed by the senate a
year ago, and recently was broadened
and passed by the house.
Fear Effect on Bond Sale.
Fears that action on the bill in its
present form would retard rather than
aid the liberty bond sale was expressed
by Senator Thomas in the senate to-
day.
/, Senator Lodge asserted that the
measure is pretty broad" and the
authority might be used by district at
torneys to carry out personal pre-
judices.
German spies and persons making
disloyal utterances were denounced to-
day in the senate when effort were
made to rush thru the house bill pro-
viding penalties of twenty years i'm
prisonment and $4,000 fines for inter-
ference with government bond sales
acts intended to interfere with army
drafts and disloyal statements.
We've got to do something to catch
these spies and scondrels." said Sena-
tor Overman. people are taking the
law into their own hands on the
ground that congress is not passing
necessary laws. We hear reports OF
mobs everywhere"
German propaganda has been
"notoriously conducted" and the bill's
purpose is to broaden the espionage law
Senator Walsh, Of Montana, said. He
said courts had discharged persons
who had obstructed the draft and bond
subscriptions.
Governors Urge Drastic Action.
State governors meeting here today
with members Of the council Of nation
al defense urged drastic action to stamp
out disloyalty and to curb the German
language press. They advocated meas
tires to prevent preaching IN German
and the teaching Of German in schools
Secretary Daniels. who presided as
head Of the council, In reply asked the
governors to formulate resolutions sup
porting the bill to be drafted by Attor-
ney General Gregory to reach spies,
traitors and disloyal persons.
When full Americanization has been
accomplished, the secretary said, 1--WE
will put the fear of God into the hearts
Of those who live among us and fatten
upon us and are not Americans"
| Governor Stewart. Of Montana. said
the governors found themselves in ac-
cord with the program of Americaniza- :
tion by education mapped out yester-
day at the American Naturalization
Congress-. but believed more vigorous
measures were necessary.
''The greatest criticism heard" he
said. "is against the timorous attitude
LOT the government toward treason"
Preachers Troublesome, Says Young
Former Senator Lafayette Young. OF
Iowa, told Of the organization in his
state Of the German American Patrl-
otic Society, which i've said was doing
good work, He declared himself for
elimination Of the German press and
OF the German language in schools and
churches.
I'VE have more trouble with preach
ers who preach in German than Will,
any other class" he said. "They. are
public enemies whether they intend II
or not"
There are 5000 persons in Iowa
he added. who ought to be In the
stockade this very minute. The nest
egg Of all treason in the United States
sc ga, fsar,,, a !, nrocc and tho Csarun n
language. III In favor OF cleanins
America up now so she will stay put.