Meade County news., 1918-07-04

AN NOT

tives of the United States of
America, in Congress assem-
bled, that section three of title
one of the Act entitled IAN Act
to punish acts of interference
with the foreign relations, the
neutrality, and the foreign COM
merce of the United States, 10
pnish espionage, and better to
enforce the criminal laws of
the United States, and for 9TH
er purposes, approved June
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
seventeen, be, and the same
is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
Sec. 3. Whoever, when the
United States is at war, shall
willfully make or convey false
reports and false statements
with intent to interfere with
the operation of the success of
the military or naval forces of
the United States, or to pro-
mote the success of its enemies,
or shall Wiituiy make or con-
Dey false reports or false state
mentS, or say or do anything
ercept by Wdy of bona fde and
not diSioyal adDice to an iRDeSi-
or or inDeStorS, With intent to
ObStruct the sale by the United
States of bonds or other Securi-
ties of the United States or the
making of loans by or to the
United States, and whosoever
when the United States is at
war, shall wilfully cause, or at
tempt to cause, or incite or at
tempt to incite, insubOrdina-
ton, dislOyalty, mutiny, or re-
fusal of duty, in the military or
naval forces of the United
States, or shall wiEully OBJ
st1uct the recruiting or enlist
ment service of the United
States, and WhOeDer. IDhen the
United States il at W0r. shall
wilfuily utter. print. Drite. or
publish any disIOydl. Prof01e,
scurrilous, or 0busive language
about the form Of government
of the United States, or the mil
itasH or ndU0i forces of the
Unified States, or the uniform
of the army or n0Uy Of the
United States, or any language
United, States. or the flag of the
intended to bring the form of
the government of the United
States, or the Constitution of
the United States. or the mill
tdry or nGOdt forces of the
United St1teSg or the flag of the
United States, or. the uniform
of the drmyfor naDy of the
United States into contempt,
scorn, cOntumely or disrepute,
or shall wilfully utter, print,
write, orfpublish any language
intended to incite, provoke, or
encourage the resistance to the
United States, or to promote
the cause of its enemies, or
shall wilfully display the flag
OF any foreign enemy, or shall
wilfully by utterance, writing,
printing, publication, or Ian
guage spoken, urge, incite, or
advocate any curtailment of
production in this country of
any thing or things, product or
products necessary or essential
10 fhe prosecution of the wAr in
which the United States may
he engaged, with intent by
such curtailment to cripple or
hinder the United States in the
prosecution of the war, and
whoever shall wilfully advo-
cate, teach, defend, or suggest
the doing of any Of the acts or
things in this section enuIner-
ated, and Wh0eDer shall by
word or act support or faDor
the cause Of any country DiH,
Dhich the United States is at
IDdr or by WOrd or act oppose
the cause Of the United STATES
therein, shall be punished 6y q
fine of not more than $4,000
or Imprisonment for moi more
than tWenty gears, or both.
Promded: That any employe
or official of the United States
Government who commits any
disloyal act or utterS and un-
patriotic or disloyal language,
Or who, in an abusive and vio-
lent manner criticiSes the Army
or Navy or the flag of the Unit
ed States shall be at once dis
missed from the service AnV