DEALING WITH IDLERS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 211, 25 May 1918, Page 7

DEALING WITH IDLERS

DRASTIC ACTION BY UNITED STATES WAR DEPARTMENT

ALL MUST WORK OR FIGHT

. . Washinnton, May 23. Officials of Iho War Department have announced that after Julv 1 all loafers jum men not engaged in useful occupations must undertake useful work or bo ■ ['raited into the Army. The occupations isted as not useful after Julv 1 include "lose of gamblers, frequenters of racetracks, waiters, bar-tenders, attendants at clubs, hotels, and apartment houses, persons engaged in games and amusements, with- some exceptions, domestic servants and sale clerks. The plan ia adjusted r> that women may replace the men affected. This is the niosl drastic action the Government has yet taken. n stncily enforced it may stop professional baseball.-Aus.-N.Z.. Cable Assn. New York, May 23. ■the Governor of New York has issued a proclamation that irllera, whether nch or poor, will be forceu to undertake war work atfer June 1C? July). The possession of an income will not bo ac■\ssn nS an excuse )- Aus --^ i 5. Cable ALL MEN BETWEEN 21 AND 31 AITECTED. fßec. May 21, 10.25 p.m.) Ti «. ; t , Washington, May 23. ine loafers' order" affects men between the,ages of 21 and Sl.-Aus.-N.SS. Cable AS9D, GERMAN AGENTFPLOTS FAIL

EFFORTS TO HAMPER THE GOVERNMENT. \ ' T , , , Washington, Mar 23. . it Has been shown that'Gernian agents m the United .States have plotted with I'inns, negtroes, and Lithuanians in the country to hamper the TJnit-d States Government, but failed.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable STATE CONTROTOF RAILWAYS ' •PRESIDENTS. GIVEN" POSITIONS AS FEDERAL OIi'FICHLS. Washington, May 23. ihe Government lias given nil railway presidents positions as Federal officials.fully responsible to the Government. It w believed that this action is consequent on the decline in the railroad receipts recently Cable Assn. fit was stated last (Saturday that the ■uuencan railroad returns for the first three months of Government operation fliow that the! receipts amounted to */l,000,00(l, compared with .£179,000,000 last year.]

V T AVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. „„ ' Washington, "May 23. Hie benato lias passed the Naval Appropnntiou Bill for 1,616,000,000 dollars Cable Assn. NEW YORK'S ■'CONTRIBUTION TO RED CROSS WORK. '' New York, May 23. New York City has raised 11,000,000 dollars (,£2,200,000) for the Red Cross in threo days. I'he. nation's total is 45,000,000 dollars (AUOO,000).-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.