El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-09
NEW WORKERS ROB
THEMSELVES NOW
Burlar Insurance Company
Officials Say Many
Frauds Practiced.

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-That New
~ Workers are becoming more and
more addicted to the pastime
OF robbing- themselves for the purpose
Of making money is the startling dis
eovery just made here. At least this
is the assertion Of an official of one of
the firms engaged in selling burglary
insurance. He says that approximate
~ 100000 of burglary insurance losses
was paid in this city in 1912 by the
various companies. and that fully IS
percent Of this amount was collected
on fraudulent or exaggerated claims.
The number OF fake burgIaries has
increased so rapidly in the last year or
two that the burglary insurance com
panies have found it necessary to or
game secret service StaffS and to make
careful examination of all claims.
We get claims frequently for bur
glary insurance for stickpins, watches
and other articles which have been
stolen by pickpOckets or lost on the
streets The loser insists that the ar
ticle was taken by burglars entering
his home. and it is hard to prove the
contrary"
WORLDS Greatest Port.
According to figures recently com
piled, New York is now the greatest
port in the world. measured by the
value of its trade, having at last out
stripped London by something like
S2,0O0,000- The enormous volume of
this trade is shown by the following
figures for the 10 largest ports of the
world: New York, $1,793,69O Lon
don, s1,791, 1857, 641; Hamburg. SI,674.-
1915; Liverpool. 1857, 2SO, 47s; Ant
werp. $1,121,s54,799; Marseilles, s67s,-
$4,000; Havre, 1881. 096 500; Bremen,
S501, 146, $40; Buenos Ayres s47s53624I:
Calcutta, s41O,128,S3O.
Obstruction in Spending lIOney.
A school in which to train future sec
retaries of New York millionaires how
10 spend the incomes of their employ
ers to the best advantage is a novelty
which is surprising even this city.
Heretofore New Workers. have had the
deputation Of being able to spend their
money as easily as anyone, unless pos
sibly Pittsburgers. Now, however. q
new profession has arisen here by
which secretaries are to be educated in
the most effective manner of assisting
their employers to spend an income of
course, people whose regular living ex-
penses, such as are paid by the private
secretary, average $4,000 a month,
spend altogether much more money
than this,
one of the duties Of the private Sec
rotary is to arrange for whatever So
cial entertainment the employer or his
wife may care to give. Sometimes she
mas "a NS b4oLCAiS anu may go anedQ
entirely on her own responsfbilitv-
Oftener she is told the number of
guests and given lump sum of money
to provide for their comfort The sec
rotary must know how to spend money.
with the accent on the how" as well
as on the money" She has to keen
her employers from being cheated and
she must get them the best results for
their money.
Ballot IS Feet Long.
New Workers will be confronted at
the Democratic primaries next fan by
the most cumbersome ballot on record.
1t will be no less than IS feet in
length. This huge piece of paper will
confront the votes in the 23rd cleo
ton district, which is the largest in the
city. At the last election it polIed 26.-
294 votes to 23, SIS votes in the SOD, the
next largest district in voting popula-
ton. The Democrats elect their repre-