The evening world. Newspaper, August 16, 1922, Page 9

a enteatattitn ade F Four ‘Commissioners of Records,’ _THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1922. CALL ON AIRSHIP eh CANADIAN ROADS ct ALR views of the oO Pri M ater conveyed In a let JUST LIKE TAXI |< emony! STOP CUT IN WAGES] in wnich ne requested them to tak Created by Big Party Machines, | cons: tae re | Pyatctit'ses Insist, However, ‘That Ace| inte ,tats ware rn ta inerieas Foremags Sects onlpany 0 ake us- Ae “4 dh , { ‘ 8 “Toontrary to w hetore e CO! try Ninae| cnatvon Gace cy eae OE IT Token Wan Legal Gt [iw tam en OPPENHEIM, OLLINS 5© Have Cost New York Millions Trip. chy cat suena id eee tts, gotte of Protest. [at's "orseameenigmne et | “Mth Street= NewYork er + COLUMBUS, ©. Aug. 16 ee erage ae esa ce | MONTREAL, Aug. 16—‘the threat-|!0 eave ue tn Mteree fe An Introduct Offe A 3 | OLUMBUS, O. Aus, 16 Me eee ee ice war rl eeeedone [ened strike of 47.000 shopnion on tne |Aecert the ruling of the Department) fi n Introductor, ‘erin Pfficers in Manhattan, Kings and Bronx Entirely al tasiead conipany fas | Soar) oid, and sighed inact Dr. Rogi| Canadian railways was averted tem A aa Le y 9 Superfluous, as Their Work Is Done by County to all parts of the United tents of tne Canadion National Grand | Bow" of Ceneliation, in session here, | The Latest Bi le; Clerks—Extent of Graft May Now Be Bared. States ron Ge Trunk and Canadian Pacitle tele. |S 0" ee f ung King that the wage cut, of §200,00¢ ‘ A demand for an investigation of the office of Commissioner of Records. make @ quick trip to Chicag DANCE BAN PERMANENT, ordered Monday would be rescinded Vireute Annes ieee, i ’ onx County, made by the Unionport Social and Welfare League, Inc., of or New York or other poin DECLARES CAPT. KELLY and the hist -Wo a eee at their you, 4 ne Gee ence aie ae Misses’ Jersey Frocks are advised that they can tele =a old rate uly 15. ¢ Amie f Borough of the Bronx, has been referred by the Committee of the Whole a) The decision of the ratiway ofti-!) hold de attached to you the Board of Estimate, to Commissioner of Accounts David Hirechfield phone the taxicab company. Cabarets eer oie vet Pot on} T way o will report the result of his investigation which will send a cab to take faforcement..of the law @ftch. pie | ‘The request for this investigation, although confined to the office of the} them to a landing field. A {bits dunctng in eafes.and dance halls onx Commissioner of Public Records, practically opens up the question five-passenger airplane kept fter | A. M. was continued to-day by | the advisability of an investigation of similar offices in Manhattan and] several miles away will arrive pt. Michal R. Kelly of West §7th ings. For these offices the city is annually spending—mostly in regular riep—a tit: of ,000 for the virtual duplication of work performed other departments at an additional Sarena ly expense of $812,028.00. Atjvacating the office as then held and it this was the amounf in last|providirg that the new Commissioner "s budget. This year's will be|of Records should be appointed by the er. Democratic County Register. The "The different offices of Commis-|present holder of the job is Jacob ner of Records were created at Bartscherer, a Republican leader and pus times as the result of deals be-|formerly Deputy Hegister, who was n the Tammany and the Repub-|appointed last year by Register Mad- n legistlative machines. The pre-|dox for term of five years at a xt was that a force was needed to|salary of $5,000 a year. He has an py and preserve public records. The}imposing list of subordinates. The tutes establishing these offices|salary roll of his office is $111,801 a who personally viatted th his prectnet to Monday night. at the landing fleld at approxi raee Exelusioe with Oppenheim, Collins & Co. mately the same time obeyed, New Yo the went for re last year fe laries: or the of public sand copying: $ “4 or the salaries of ypopary em te etl An Extraordinary Dining Suite It is now priced $388; price was $678 —a reduction of $290. ployees in block —reindexti ’ w miumand he intended 000 for Wages of temporary em-|to en he dancing law ployees and block reindexing > The appropriations to the | BOY OF NINE LOSES LIFE nvey-| TRYING TO SAVE BROTHER of Kings County ia regular s and for copying and indexin a records and 5) intended to be purely temporary. | year with an additional $2,715 for con-| (ren ang munlared recurs And sim ase \ftor Lad Who «Beyond A\s aN EXAMPLE of what a little money can be was, in fact, the argument useditingencles. tal expense for the yeur 1921 of His Depth. made to do at the Flint & Horner August sale, the machines when opponents of] In the Bronx the Commissioner of 047.40, ely AU OR Pia Ose, aie 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 je ucts pointed out that appropria-| Records is John J. Knewitz, formerly ons were regularly made for County| Republican County Chai rks and Registers to do the very|saiary is $5,500 a year ork for which Commissioners of Rec- palna'tt Meee The expenses of the Reg ‘ i an. His} ronx County totalled more than His Deputy] $150,000 last year Commiss'‘oner is former Sheriff James jay gifts were scattered origination in many seasons. of Russell Bouresseau » ,|to-day, but the lad was not there to A rn This year the sa expenses ( enjo: m. He lost his life while wad the purse of this year’s brides and grooms, it has were created. F. O'Brien, a Tammany man, draw-|number of the Registers will be still ]{u2 %y wetvoit River soaterdar, nud hia r ne f . f opul Suitable for ‘These offices proved such rich andling a salary of $4,000 a year. The] larger. brother George, aged nine, algo perished the appearance that speaks of years of opulence. fe fields for patronage that they|total annual salary roll of Knewitz's ——.—- in a horole effort to rescue him. : college, sport, ve been continued. To avert any|ofice, last year, was $28,223 for regu-| FIND NEW RECORD OF The buys were on an outing celebrat- It was $678—it now costs $388. al =o tivs action abolishing what have! iar salaries and $6,000 for wages of °§ WEDDING. sRusenils seventh birthday and were coer: . ng been acknowledged us superfu-)temporary employees. Nearly $10,000] FAKE PRINCE’S Gj permitted to go wading + us and “‘sinecurist'’ offices, the twolwan spent for equipment, 1 got beyond! hia'depth, With FLINT & HORNER CO., INC. Sises 14 t0 18 chines have nicely apportioned the! o¢ Knewitz's office the remonstrance| Discovery of Licenses D: say, George ites years tronage. , of the Unionport Social and Welfare Marriage in New Britain. ala das ee eee oe re League to the Board of Estimate says: | N’ BRITAIN, Conn, Aug. porn J “The office of Commissioner of} That Harold Schwarm, bogus el “exow, a Repub- jem ts Charles K. Lexow. a Repub-| 2 econds of Bronx County, with its at- martied in this city under a jean, drawing a salary of $7,500 a tending staff of clerks and other em ‘tm m - His appointment comes from} jioyee5 has rendered no service of h ty Clerk, and he has held 4 neh Jan. 1, 1914. He has|Yalue to the public, or in fact, per- Deputy Commissioner at $5,500 a| formed any visible work of value oer ocintendent at $4,000 and a| Whatever. It Is a useless and expen- ost of other subordinates. ‘The total] S!¥e drain on the taxpayers becaus: its function is simply a duplication of nearly $100,- ry roll of his office is nearly § the work of other duly-elected public 00 a year. he other Commissioner|Mctals. There is need for economy Rees ee at this time In all lines, especially in New York County {is Commissioner Surrogates’ Courts,| Public office. Owing to its great ex- Be ea ese al pense and seemingly needless dupli hat office has been held since July °C cation of effort, it would appear that 1911, by John F. Curry, Tammany | oer en vn ears and am expenditure af der of the Fifth Assembly District. | eae ee an duarter of a million en the bill creating this job was|SPPi°) Relen oent A - im 1, it was charged that|of dollars, nothing of value to passed, in 1911, create an un-| PC Shown for the vast expenditure, an jiptts sole purpose was to Mae job for| nvestigation of the conduct of this cnecessary though lucrative 39) particular office ts highly desirable.” | yy some Tammany leader. Curry’s Bie This is not the first time that the DE eee That he Tug loffices of the various Commissioners ‘ ry is 36, year. of Records have been denounce had time to give to outside activities STS ENaTUA: ia a LE a was shown recently by The Evening/ the Constitutional Convention in 1915, World's exposure of the proposed or-lajty Chamberlain Henry Bruere and dinance in favor of the Davy Automa-| Commissioner of Accounts Leonard tie Fire Escape ares * of wile Wallstein, urged their abolition for a time, Curry was Presiden In Queens and Richmond there are curry has @ Deputy: heel paraeal no Commissioners of Records. In i at $5,000 a year, a apap ries atl those boroughs the work of copying a 500 shia one face oheneeh ne and preserving public records is done r of clerks and o by the County Clerks. ry list of this office amounts to] “An aggregate of millions of dollars 848 a year. of public funds haye thus been spent omic of Commnlenlayer iS ne for the perpetuation of the offices of ‘Yeords in Kings is an o! ‘oot 1} Commissione: of Public Record olitics. It was originally created by] while at the same time more millions Republican Legislature in 1896, the| during the same stretch of years have Incumbent to be appointed by the Re-| been poured out for exactly the same blican County Judges. In 1911 a| work done by other offices. Wor ex ture passed an actjample, of the $807,205 appropriated Best & Co. Fifth Ave. at 35th St.—N.Y. Emablished.1879 he saw bubbles ah) 20-26 WEST 36TH STREET ue ie i se A few yards from Sth Avenue A put the neck, and © others could reach them. Youth and fashion are met in this slender-line, one=piece Frock de- signed to look like a two-piece model 1— Mahogany Secretary Stern Brothers ‘Gieo< West Forty-Second Street And West Forty-Third Street. 2—Gate Leg Table in Mahogany finish. Top 35x48ins., $17.75 In Java brown; Russian red, rust, * pheasant, tan, nut, navy and black. spectat 15.00 Now in Progress—Our August Sale of 3-cArm Chair (illustrated) FINE FURNITURE moka top combination; reversible The most extensive collection we have ever offered. Suites and loose cushions, $28.50 separate pieces of every desirable kind. All embodying high char- 4—Mahogany Library acter workmanship throughout and now offered at the LOWEST Table, 30x60 inch Cop; PRICES we have quoted in many years. handsomely carved; two drawers; paneled earved ends, $65 Mahogany Spinet Desks Distinctive in design. Excellent in quality. “ ho wae HIS is “going away time.” Hotel proprietors, resorts and all who would attract the eye and the patronage of the vacation-bound family, oad naturally pin their faith to that advertising medium Trough " that has been weighed in the balance of previous years and found productful. with shelf, T0-pe. American Walnut Dining Room Suite (as illustrated). $5 75 The World in J metiad On tO; of ail ieh, pinch Buffet, Silver Cabinet, Enclosed Server, Oblong Extension s Re eager ti iy MAS CASTIO une Si i. Table, 5 Side and t Arm Chair with tapestry seats . 6 6 6 6 $55 0 cewerroere ct New Your ts Pi oun Gn beeen competitor ran up to 60,564 lines, or about 105%. Compared with June last year, The World showed a gain of 16%. TODAY and THURSDAY | cA SALE OF : } * : Dining Room Furniture Living Room Furnitute Chamber Furniture WOMEN iA) STRAP P UMP. A 8-pe. Mahogany Veneered Suite 3-pe. Suite in Figured Silk Ve- American Walnut Veneered Suite | Burl Walnut panels, $325 lour . 5 . « $475 with twin beds; five pieces, $475 Pahl Sintey Worle gastied, eee Seas sone ae lige ol t verti ol t Me to-pe. American Walnut Suite 3-pe. Suite in Tapestry, Velour Mahogany Veneered Bed, Bureau and iteracioof increase Wun olen ticaas the hercen tage instances (Veneered) . . « $450 or Damask (loose cushions) $130 and Toilet Table (3 pes.), $120 of its nearest competitor. These figures tell their own story in no uncertain lan guage. Resort Advertisers are obliged to look for their Exceptional Offerings Thursday in New Seamless results to a very definite public, with the leisure to knock Imported Decorative Linens | WILTON RUGS indulge in the luxury of a real vacation afloat or afield. LUNCHEON SETS of Pure Irish Linen, centers daintily edged with picot lace: ‘These advertisers have found this class in goodly numbers in The World, and its domination of this classification bas = never been seriously challenged. Of unusual beauty and quality in Persian and Chinese patterns 13 pieces to the sét; round . . . Special $5.25 and colorings. ‘ Dai , . ly cut, one-strap pumps, | 13 pieces to the set; square. . . Special $6.00 of patent leather or black. satin, with 7 pieces to the set; oblong, comprising scarf turn sole, and.Cuban.heel. and 6doilies, . . . 2... « . $8.25 apssey Morning 352,852 Gravure Evening 609,290 300,740 Bureau of Circulations Ending Sept. 90, 1098 National MADEIRA LINENS (MAIN FLOOR TABLES! ' Originally 10.00 ‘ Centerpieces. . + - - each $1.95, 2.75 Luncheon Sets, pieces, each 4.85, 7.50 Best Grade Seamless | 6.40 FINAL CLEARANCE OF SPORTS STRAP aK _ doz. 5.75, 6.75 A : PUMPS AND OXFORDS, Boudoir Cushion Cover “ each minster Rugs ; a Guest Towels. . . + . Fi each Very heavy weave; new patterns included. 5.00 Fay Sea rs ceeK a Size 9x12 ft. _—__ 4 |I Pure Linen Tea Napkins; hemstitched . Per dozen 3. Special at . $49.50 Third Floor - - + - Shoe Dept. Be ren es