Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1912 — WARS ON ARMY OF VAGRANTS [ARTICLE]

WARS ON ARMY OF VAGRANTS

Drastic Measures to Be Taken to Rid Minneapolis of Men Who Demand Shelter And Refuse to Work. Minneapolis.—For the purpose of ridding Minneapolis of vagrants and relieving or abolishing the hoinelessman problem, which became so acute during the .cold weather last winter that churches were thrown open to them, the Associated Charities will adopt drastic measures, it has been announced by Secretary J. J. O’Connor. The program in part la as follows: “Name changers” who apply under different names to various charity organizations for aid, will be turned over to the police upon discovery. Suspected vagrants will be photographed for better identification. State free employment bureaus, city poor department, and municipal lodging house, will co-operate In obtaining the names and other informar tion about men who refuse work. The staite employment bureau has been besieged to such an extent recently with men who refused work offered to them, that on a number of occasions the police have been called to clear the room.