The sun., 1918-07-01
WAR UPON LOAFERS
BEGUN AT MIDNIGHT
More Than Hundred Rounded
Up at Broadway and Forty
I second Street.
LAW HITS RICH AND POOR
After Men Whose Desks Are
FOotrests, and Bench
I Office Tenants.
LAW HITS RICH AND POOR


proceeded at once to show the leisure
class whereabouts just what disagree
able combination Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder and the State ofncials
have cooked up for them.
In all Mr.. Smith and his cohorts Wis
tied some fifteen places and In each or
these their quest was successful. more
than 100 young men were FOUND VINO
WIRE unable to convince Mr. Smith that
t6ey were useful citizens. and to each
IL them handed subpoena calling
for an appearance in his office this
morning at 10 o'clock
sMost OF the men thus treated pro-
nssed to ply trade or calling OF some
dnd or other. their stated occupations
having to do largely with the business
q ticket specializing. song plugging
o. doing a Micawber around the the
atrical booking Offices.
One Man IL Arrested.
But one man was arrested, and he
owes his Incarceration not so much to
his Industrial status as to his volubility
In expressing his opinion of Mr.. Smith
and his raiding propensities. At the
West Forty-seventh street police sta
ton he gave his name as Lincoln H.
Lopez. 81. his address, as 200 West Fifty
fourth street. and his business as an
electrical supplies oealer
charge OF disorderly conduct was
preferred against him.
Within an hour Of the time Mr.. Smith
and his men appeared on Broadway the
thoroughfare was practically deserted.
When they reached the Fifties they
found that rumor, travelling on swifter
feet, had spread the tidings of their
coming with the result that only few
honest might watchmen were In evil
dence.
Prior to their descent upon Broadway
Mr. Smith had warmed up for the task
in hand by conducting a characteristic
Stacker hunt in Chinatown. A foray
into the chop suey district netted total
a. thirty-fve suspects, each OF whom
Vas subppnaed. The new law Is to be
enforced with vengeance, as the
prompt start indicates.
Alike to SILK and Denim.
j Every man between the ages OF IS and
SO years, whether he wears silk shirt
or a complete set OF denim jumpers,
will be compelled to show that he Is a
wage Garner in good standing. AS Jim
Smith remarks: "Camouflage won't go.
These laboring men who never did
days work In their lives beyond OPEN
ing an office for the housing of a ma
hogany desk to be used as a footstool
will have TO do something that counts or
60 to work"
And the worst OF it Is. Jim means II.
Expert gunner with political pull must
take their chances with manicured caba-
ret hounds. Everybody must work-n-
Guiding father. IL he happens to be I'M
der so. To-day New Yorks popular
lounging places, tea rooms, parks. pool
rooms. libraries and other resorts will
be strangely deserted Romping cubs
under IS and patrarchal gentlemen
more than so will be their only occu-
pants. Women and children finally may
be able to get seats on the park benches
in Washington Square.
society Women List Idiers.
Society women have come to the aid Of
the District Attorney In procuring the
names of prominent idlers. and a force
OF fair workers Is helping Mr.. Swami
list the men OF means who come under
the work or fight law. This announce
ment was made last night by the Dis
frict Attorney at the Democratic Club
Just before Assistant District Attorney
Jim Smith started his midnight raid to
round up the non-essential workers Of
the Tenderloin.
Mr. Swami said that his office had
list of nearly one hundred idle rich
men who would come under the opera
tion of the law, and that they would be
rallied to his office by subpoena to-day.
He said the purpose of the raid started
at midnight was to round up the dis
tinctively parasite classes including race
track gamblers and the like. The Dis
trict Attorney insisted that no reputable
man who had genuine means of live
lihood need fear the raids. but he
averred that no idle rich man would be
permitted to have a valet SO long as the
war lasted. He also declared that car
riage openers would be placed at the top
of his Idle list and that none Of this ele-
nent might hope to retain his position.
When asked what procedure would
be followed with regard to the men
taken. he said that they would be taken
before Magistrates and would be given
the opportunity OF getting essential en-
ployment before any other steps were
taken.
The rich man who owns a big bust
ness which he does not operate" said
Mr.. Swami, will come under the op.
Grafton of the law. We want men to
earn their bread by the sweat of their
brows"
Only One Week Permitted.
Sickness, reasonable vacation. ina.
bllity to find employment may be ac-
cepted as excuses by the officials in
charge OF the enforcement OF the new
orders In the event of temporary alb
90 sences from work. aside from regular
vacations II Is stated that II they ex-
coed one week they will not h. cu,,-
sidered.
The burden OF the new law will fall
upon men who are loafers by trade, race
track touts. hangers on. those who are
always seeking work. but never finding
II, and thousands Of others who live by
the sheer flexibility OF their wits Nc
rigid definition OF useful occupations ha,
been made by the authorities, but thes,
classes. In addition to loafers, are de-
scribed as idlersi
Those engaged in serving food ant
drink. or either. in public places. in
GLIDING hotels and cubs.
Passenger elevator operators, footmen
doormen. attendants OF clubs. hotels
apartment houses. stores and bath
houses.
Those engaged in domestic service
Clerks In mercantile establishments
Ushers and other attendants engaged
In connection with games, sports ant
ers in concerts, operas or theatrica
presentations.
FIunkeys to Disappear.
This means that your fEvorite bar
tender. II he happens to be less than s
years old. will be looking for some mic
useful Job to-day. II also means tina
the husky young man who formerl
opened your taxi door will no longe
wear his plum colored uniform