Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-12-25 | Page 7 | Uncle Sam Puts Protecting Arms Round Wire Men

Uncle Sam Puts rProtecfiafAmi I Round Wire Men Assaulting Telephone or Telegraph Kinpkn'es Now Dangerous. i U al I i lr(d)on or telegraph office, con- esl a telegram from it rtchtf ul oh tier ,r try lo atHult an cniploxe ! of -ti her one of l lie fbove men j tiomd utilities. j Acconlmg to the i t of coiiffre.a. Hipmvrd October -!. I!!, n copy of wh' h was received at Ihe local poKtoffice tot-lay. ten rara tn prn-on prn-on mihI a heavy fine may he Imported Im-ported on any per mm who aasHiilts an employe of any telephone or telegraph coiuauv opetatetl under I government coturo. The a w u a tee that a ny person convicted of breaking into a government gov-ernment telephone and telegraph off i e ma le fined $inon and imprisoned im-prisoned for a term of fle yeara. .similar punishment ia provided for Itersous guilty of com-eallng a telegram tele-gram or other property of th aforementioned companies. All auch crimea hereafter will constitute offenses against the government ami wttl be tried tie for a federal court. AM telephone and telegraph companies, in Salt laik ami the I ' nited State generally are operated by the government.