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Four 'Commissioners ol Records Created by Big Parly Machines, Have Cost New York Millions )fficcrs in Manhattan, Kings and Bronx Entirely Superfluous, as Their Work Is Done by County r Clerks Extent of Graft May Now Be Bared. A demand for an Investigation of tho office of Commissioner of Records, onx County, made by tho Unlonport Social and Welfare League, Inc., of Borotich of the Bronx, has been referred by the Committee of tho Whole the Board of Estimate, to Commissioner of Accounts David Hlrechfleld, gho will report the result of his Investigation. Tho rcqutst for this Investigation, although confined to the office of the Ironx Commissioner of Public Records, practically opens up the question we aavisabillty of nn investigation of similar offices In Manhattan and tings. For these offices the city is annually spending mostly in regular Ularies a i of $329,000 for the virtual duplication of work performed other departments at an additional ' rly expense of $812,028.00. At this was the amount In last fear's budget. This year's will be Itfger. The different offices of Commls- - ner of Records were created at va rious times as the result of deals the Tammany and the Repub- lican legislative machines. The pre-M- xt was that a force was needed to opy and preserve public records. The atatutes establishing these offices .tears Intended to be purely temporary. This was. In fact, tho argument used W the machine when opponents of ,be acts pointed out that appropria- tions were regularly made for County .Merles and Registers to do the very teork for which Commissioners of Rec ords were created. These offices proved such rich and !e fields for patronage that they ,ve been continued. To avert any gislatlvs action abolishing what have mg been acknowledged as superflu- - s and \slnecurist offices, the two chines have nicely apportioned the atronage. , In New York County there are two lommlsslonera of Records. One of era Is Charles K. Lexow, a Rrpub- - can, drawing salary i,uuu ear. His appointment comes from the County Clerk, and he has held the Job since Jan. 1, 1914. He has Deputy Commissioner ai o.ouu ear, Superintendent at M.000 ana ot of other subordinates, une loiai Salary roll of his office is nearly $100,- - 00 year. a ot a a a a a The title of the other Commissioner to New York County Is Commissioner . . .. - 1 L ..' Pnilrto at office has been held since July '. 1111. by John F. Curry, Tammany leader of the Fifth Assembly District. LWhen the bill creating this Job was passed, In 1911, It was cnargea inai Its sole purpose was to cicate an un- necessary though lucrative Job for some Tammany leader. Curry s ap- pointment forthwith followed. His salary Is $6,500 a year. That he has had tlmo to give to outside activities was shown recently by Tho Evening World's exposure of the proposed or- dinance in favor of the Davy Automa- tic Fire Escapo Company, of which, for a time. Curry was PrcMdent. Curry has a Deputy Commissioner at $8,000 a year, a Superintendent at 14. BOO a year, and a consiaeraDie ros- - 'tar of clerks and other employees. The salary list of this office amounts to 476,848 a year. The office of Commissioner of Re cords in Kings Is an old football In It was originally by Republican Legislature in 1S96, the ncumbent to be appointed by the Re publican County Judges. In 1911 a IIP illtlcs. created emocratlc Legislature passed an act Third vacating the office as then held and provldlrg that the new Commissioner of Records should be appointed by the Democratic County Register. The present holder of the Job Is Jacob BartBcheror, a Republican leader and formerly Deputy Register, who was appointed Inst year by Register Mad uox iur u term oi nve years at a salary of $5,000 a year. Ho has an Imposing list of subordinates. The salary roll of his office Is $111,301 i year with an additional $2,715 for con tlngencles. In the Bronx the Commissioner of Records is John J. Kncwitz, formerly Republican County Chairman. His salary Is $5,500 a year. His Deputy Commlss'oner is former Sheriff James F. O'Brien, a Tammany man, draw Ing a salary of $4,000 a year. The total annual salary roll of Knewltz's office, last year, was $28,223 for regu lar salaries and $6,000 for wages of temporary employees. Nearly $10,000 was spent for equipment. Of Knewltz's office the remonstrance of the Unlonport Social and Welfare League to tho Board of Estimate says: The office of Commissioner of Records of Bronx County, with its at tending staff of clerks and other em ployees has rendered no service of value to tho public, or In fact, per formed any visible work of value whatever. It Is a useless and expen- sive drain on the taxpayers because Its function Is simply a duplication of the work of other duly-electe- d publlr officials. There is need for economy at this tlmo In all lines, especially In public office. Owing to Its great ex pense and seemingly needless dupli cation of effort. It would appear that after four years and an expenditure of approximately a quarter of a million of dollars, with nothing of value to be shown for the vast expenditure, an investigation of the conduct of this particular office is highly desirable. This Is not the first tlmo that the offices of the various Commissioners of Records have been denounced as superfluous. In a memorandum to tho Constitutional Convention In 1315 City Chamberlain Henry Bruere and Commissioner of Accounts Leonard Wallstcin, urged their abolition. In Queens and Richmond there are no Commissioners of Records. In those boroughs the work of copying and preserving public records Is done by the County Clerks. An aggregate of millions of dollars of public funds have thus been spent for the perpetuation of the offices of Commissioners of Public Records while at the samu time more millions during the sam,e stretch of years have been poured out for exactly the same work done by other offices For ex ample, of the $807,205 appropriated 3et Sc Co. Fifth Ave at 35th-St.-N.- EttaNiihcd.iBjg TODAY end THURSDAY oA sals of WOMEN'S STRAP PUMPS Dainty, trimly cut, onostrap pumps, of patent leather or black. satin, with turn . sole, . and .Cuban . heel. ' Originally 10.00 640 FINAL CLEARANCE OF SPORTS STRAP PUMPS ANT3 OXFORDS, Floor 5.00 Shoe Dept. THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, AU&UST CALL ON AIRSHIP JUST LIKE TAXI Company to Take Pas- sengers on Quick Trip. COLUMBUS, O.. Aug. A local taxlcab company has 'advertised airplane service to all parts of tho United States. Business men ulshlnpr to make a quick trip to Chicago or New York or other points are advised that they can tele- phone the tnxtcali company, which will send a cab to taku them to a binding field. A airplane kept several miles awny will arrlvo at tho landing lleld nt approxi- mately the same time. last year for the New York County Register, $ 1 77.440 wont loi- - legul.ir salaries; $23,803 for the Ion ol nubile records and coniliifr: $77,791 for the salailiH of lrtiiioi'.ii cm nloyees in lilm'k lelinlcxiiiK. $25:1)00 for wages of temporary em ployees and block iclndcxlns- The appropriations to tho ReKister of Kings County lo regular salaries and for copying and Indexing convey inces and mutilated records and sim Inr items were still larger, makimj :i total expense for tho year 1921 of $354,047.40. The expenses of the Register ol llronx County totalled more than $150,000 last year. This year tho salary expenses of a number of tho Registers will be still larger. FIND NEW RECORD OF FAKE PRINCE'S WEDDING Discovery of Llcmara IMmoIi-- .Marrlnite In lllUnln. NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Aug. 16. That Harold Schwann, bogus Prlnrc. was marrle-- In this city under an as- - West Street Suite Burl lo-p- sumed riame on Mareli 10, 1011, ami that Lillian Vllkomerson of NVw York City, who went through a ceremony nlth hlin on that day supposed she was biTomlng the brlil uf Dr. Reginald Van tie Wre, was illclocil yesterday when the msrrlngn license was found In the I'lty Oleik'n ottlce. flty Oleik Thompson, who Issued the rerllllente, and A. A. . who performed tho inarringe as a Justice of the I'eace, say that Schwann posed as a physlrlan and a widower, thirty-on- e years rM, and rlgned hlinsi'lf Dr. Regi- nald Van de Vere. I'ntll the dlsrovery of tliu lU'ento'tt was Aiippo!-- Sehwarm wi-n- t through tho ceremony In Now York City. DANCE BAN CAPT. KELLY Cabaret Olirv Onlcm lint I'nt on Minna nt 1 A. M. I Enforcement of th law which pro- hibits dunclng in cafes .and dance halls after 1 A. M. was continued y by Capt. Michael H. Kelly of West 17th Street Station, who piisonnlly Unite! many of the plarea In hi precinct to si-- that thf order. Issued Monday night, was tarried out. The order was generally obeyed, tlx) eafe managers anil those eohductlng the lane\ halls arranging for dancing up to 1 o i IulU, with culiju-- t shown ufter that hi uir 'ipf Kelly declare! y that so Inns .is In1 wns In ruiiiiiinnil he Intended to unruui the darning law. BOY OF NINE LOSES LIFE TRYING TO SAVE Din, Mler I,ail Who Urrond His Depth. nETKOlT, Aug 1. Toys, candles and other hlrthday gifts were scattered ahout llio honiif of Russell Bouresse.iu hut the lad was not theio to enjoy thorn. Ho lost his llfo while wad- ing in Detroit Illver yesterday, and his brother George, aged nine, nlso perished In n heroic effort to rescue him. Tho boys woro on an outing celebrat- ing Russell's seventh birthday and were permitted to go wading. Russell got beyond his depth. With- out hesitation, witnesses say. Oeorge rushed to the spot where he saw bubbles rising to the surfnre and ducked under Hip water. They came to tho surface, clasping each othfr about the neck, and sunk h'fore others could teach them. Stern Bro Forty-Secon- d cAnd thers STOP CUT IN Insist, That Ac- tion Taken Was Legal in Spite of Aug. 1C Tho threat- ened strike of 37.000 shopmen on tne Canadian railways was averted tem- porarily last n when the Presi- dents of the Canadian Nutional Grand Trunk and cmadiuti l'm-itl- Premier v. L. Mackenzie King that the wuge cut. of $200,000 ordered Mondav would he rescinded and the men would he paid at their old rate pi to .lu! 15 The decision of t'te railway offl- - West Street. Now in Our Sale of ' PINE FURNITURE ' The most extensive collection we have ever offered. Suites and separate pieces of every desirable kind. All high char- acter and now offered at the PRICES wc have quoted in many years. ill ;U byk . J0-p- American Difliilg eoom Suite (as illuslrdted). ?2-inc- 'Buffet, Silver Cabinet, Enclosed Server, Oblong Extension CbCCA Table, j Side and t Arm Chair ith tapestry feats ..... wJJsJ Dining Room Furniture 8'pc. Mahogany Veneered Walnut panels, $325 American Walnut Suite (Veneered) . . . $450 PERMANENT, DECLARES BROTHER CANADIAN ROADS WAGES However, Protest. MONTREAL, Forty-Thir- d 'Progress oAugust embodying workmanship throughout LOWEST Walnut Living Room Suite in Figured Silk Ve-lo- ur Suite Tapestry, Velour or floote cwhiow) $130 Exceptional Offerings Thursday in Imported Decorative Linens LUNCHEON SETS of Pure Irish Linen, centers daintily edged with picot lace : 13 pieces to the seT, round . . Special $5.25 13 pieces to the set; square . . . Special $6.00 7 pieces to the set; oblong, comprising scarf and 6 doilies $8.25 MADEIRA LINENS (main floor tables) Centerpieces each $1.95, 2.75 Luncheon Sets, 13 pieces each 4.85, 7.50 Afternoon Tea Napkins .l . . . . doz. 5.75, 6.75 Boudoir Cushion Covers each 1.50, 1.95 Guest Towels each 1.25, 1.95 Tray Covers . . each 35c, 50c Pure Linen Tea Napkins; hemstitched . . Per dozen 3.25. 4.50 in clals to tho views of the Prime Minister corivcyed In a letter In which he them to Ink, the nil ng of the Federal Departmen. of Justice that a wage reduction was contrary to law hetnro the Hon Hoard acts Tho heads, while still .it firming tho position that their action In cutting wages Is legal, agree ' accept tho ruling of tho Department of Justice, with the proviso that the companies' caso before tho Boa id of Conciliation. In session here n ill nut be prejudiced. wiinun Tim pauit i.iesJ. (Prom ih AtrhUoa Globs 1 le friends moke a fool ot you. don't blame them. The blame p houid aw aitached to you August Sdle of !a22. Flints Fine Furniture An Extraordinary Dining Suite It is now priced $JS8; price was $678 a reduction of $290. As AN EXAMPLE of what a little money can be made to do at the Flint & Horner August sale, consider this Italian dining room set in combina- tion walnut. It has ten pieces, chairs with bent backs and tapestry seats, and while well within the purse of this year's brides and grooms, it has the appearance that speaks of years of opulence. Furniture c. $475 3pc. in Damask . It was 678 it now costs 388. FLINT SC HORNER CO., 20-2- 6 WEST 36TH STREET A ft w yard from 3th Avcqim 1 &1ahogany Secretary (as illustrated) 28 inches wide, $45 2 Gate Leg Table in Mahogany finish. Top 35x48ms., $17.75 3 cArm Chair (illustrated) in brown and taupe mohair or tapestry combination; reversible loose cushions. $28-5- 0 4 Mahogany Library Table, 30x60 inch top; handsomely carved; two drawers; paneled carted ends, $65 Mahogany Spinet Desks Distinctive design. Excellent in quality. $29.75 Mahogany Book Trough with shelf, $5-7- 5 16, conforms requested Concilia railway now your Inc Mkf ffm Chamber Furniture American Walnut Veneered Suite with twin beds; five pieces, $475 Mahogany Veneered Bed, Bureau and Toilet Table (3 pes.), $120 GNpv Seamless Wilton Rugs Of unusual beauty and quality in Persian and Chinese patterns and colorings. 8 x io ft. 9 x 12 ft. $77.50 $82.00 Best Grade Seamless Axminster Rugs Vtry heavy weave, new patterns included. $49.50 t An (Registered) Exclusive with Collins & Co. tfl 'Joack cf Ditiviction Tht smarted origination many tecuoni. SullaiU for colitis tporl, and guxwal waar, Situ 4 to 18 ytari mmmftaummWi hm mmmn WKSBBBmmBHmm GZntriealt foremost SbeckuistS OPPEINHEIM.LLINS &G 34thSirwt-NewYo- rk Introductory Offering The Latest eftosel Misses' Jersey Frocks Oppcnhelm, Youth and fashion are met in this fllonder-Un- o, one-pie- ce Frock de- signed to look like a two-pie- ce model In Jaca brown', Russian red, rust, v ' pheasant, lan, nut, navy and black. Special 15.00 Advertising pi Talks 1 ib' II II II I I Mil III II Ml IMaHlH is \going away time.\ Hotel proprietors, THIS and all who would attract the eye and the patronage of the vacation-boun- d family, naturally pin their faith to that advertising medium that has been weighed in the balance of previous years and found productful. The World in June carried 35.7 of all the Resort Advertising appearing in the morning newspapers of New York. Its lead over its nearest competitor ran up to 60,364 lines, or about 103. Compared with June last year. The World showed a gain of 16. The Sunday World carried more than double the Unease of Retort Advertising of any other Sunday paper New York, and Its ratio of increase was eight ttmr the percentage Increase of its nearest competitor. These figures tell their own story no uncertain lan- guage. Resort Advertisers are obliged to look for their results to a very definite public, with the leisure to knock off work sometime during the summer and the mean to indulge the luxury of a real vacation afloat or afield. These advertisers have found this class in goodly number in The World, jnd its domination of this classification has never been seriously challenged. Morning 352,852 Sunday 609,200 Annual Jttattmtnt Audit : r; :! ;: lift' In J , J J IfSJa a Mtabtr Nanjmal Mi tii. In in In Gravure 600,290 i Erenlnf 300,740 Bur.au tl Circulation Ending Sp(. J, jf . Hipny m:s?f 5n:iiH a r sshl vxm I 1 IH1 .01 11 1 Sit i 4 tmi. I ;! 4 4
