Show SttsNO NO MORE HYPNOTIZING A Peculiar Bill Introduced in the Senate by Mr Mitchell WASHINGTON Dec 22One of those peculiar bills that occasionally find their way into Congress was introduced today by Mr Mitchell in the Senate Its elaborate elab-orate title provides for the prohibition of electromagnetism mesmerizing and hypnotizing a human being etc and prescribes punishment Numerous petitions peti-tions and documents accompany the trill and others equally voluminous are referred re-ferred to The bill in brief provides that any person who anywhere within the jurisdiction of the United States shall apply a current of electricity upon a person per-son for the purpose of affecting another and which does so affect shall be guilty of crime punishable by death and that any person having knowledge of such current having been applied who fails to notify the proper authorities shall be deemed au accessory and punished by a fine of not less than 5000 nor more than 20000 or by punishment ranging from two years to the period of ones natural life |