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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14
Jersey Shelters
Hit New York
In Deadly Swarms

The only thing that was safe from
mosquitoes along the west side of
Manhattan last Sunday night was a
wooden leg. Everybody who ven
tured out to walk, dance, dine or
look at the movies wished his or her
ankles were wooden temporarily.
Greenwich and Chelsea villages, the
roof gardens of the Waldorf, McAlpin
and Aston hotels, the open air and
closed movies, even telephone booths,
were well patronized by big Jersey
mosquitoes. The supply of oil of
citronella began to run low early in
the evening, but the swatfest went
on merrily all night long. Some said
the subway openings combined with
the recent rains to afford excellent
breeding places for the troublesome
insects, but most people who found
time between swats to speculate
blamed the raid on an unkind west
wind blowing from the Jersey shore.
New York Sun.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14

only as american prayers for peace. :"
No amount of augmentation can
overcome the fact that prayers for
peace, and expressions of adherence
of war, are fundamentally opposed
to the endeavor to profit by war. We
cannot shield ourselves behind the
convenient fiction that the whole
nation is not responsible for actions
of private citizens, that have not
been declared illegal solely because
the circumstances that show their i'm
morality have not arisen before.
1t should be recognized that when
our moral obligations are once clearly
perceived, We cannot allow ourselves
to defer action until later time, be-
cause our actions might have an eff
feet upon the conduct Of the war.
The war is not ours. The question
is not one of international agree
ments. 1t is whether we will live up
to our principles or not. The events
of the last year have brought to our
consciousness that our laws permit a
condition that is not in conformity
with the moral principles that we
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14
Walter Goemann's
Trolley Talk
Continued from page y

1.-The tracks of the railway" Mr..
Goemann went on to say, pass di-
rectly through the center of the bor-
ough. Their right of way is also the
borough's logical commercial avenue
For many years this fact has been
understood by realty investors. Fur
Their investment is also contemplated.
The putting of fence along the
lines of the railway will not prevent
people walking along the tracks; only
a road will do this, as in the case of
Woodcliff and Palisade. The fence
would have the effect legally of pre-
venting the use of the tracks by
pedestrians, but not morally. The
fence would force people to use the
tracks, and at the same time lessen
their means of escape. 1t would,
moreover, shut off the natural means
of communication between different
parts of the town.
Zone of the first things to be done,'
Mr.. Goemann continued, "for the bor-
ough's good is to have this trolley
roadway completed. Remember, the
borough does not pay the bill: only
the property owners Immediately
benefited thereby. All that is asked
of the mayor and council is that they
carry on the legal negotiations. When
satisfactory arrangements are made,
then property owners will be able to
proceed with the investment of their
money on the more vital improve
mentS."
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14
Summer Loves
By Nell Brinkley

They last just as long as the care
fully scratched words they draw in
the sand. Ardent man and maid,
sure with Kipling's enthusiast, that
Love like theirs can never die" write
the title of Loves Litany on he sand,
the old sweet words, 81 love you'll"
And Love, old Dan, you know, crouches
along side and believes, too what
faith he hasD, that the sea will never
come up and wash this out. But the
sea laughs low, blue and lacey and
slipping nearer and nearer. The tides
reach and fall, and when a summer
day is gone the sand where 81 love
you" was written deep is as smooth
as million other sands where the
slipping sea washes in and out. There
isn't a mark to tell. Summer loves!
They don't always smooth away with
out leaving mark on somebody's
heart.
"She," mourned a man l know,
"she was as sorry to go as l.
swear she had tears in her brown
eyes-big brown eyes. And l watched
the tail-end of her train pull out and
draw and vanish away until even the
smoke of it was a dream, and never
felt so lost-doggy in my life. The
sun had gone out.
"She wrote once!"
Summer loves-oh la!
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14

profess, and for this reason need APP
propriate modification. The ques-
ton is the same as the one that
might arise in case of a conflict of
various interests in our own country.
If serious defects of law should be
discovered, we should not say that
the conflict must first be fought out
on the old lines before the law could
be modified, but We should try to rec
tify what is wrong as speedily as may
be. And so in this case. If we once
recognize the traffic in arms and am
munition as immoral while we are
protesting the principle of peace,
mere expediency cannot be made an
excuse that should hinder us from full
filling our moral obligations.
We pride ourselves in the belief
that we are the staunchest support
ers of the movement for universal
peace 1t is our duty to live up to
our expressed convictions, and to put
an end to a traffic that bellies our
loud professions.
Yours very respectfully,
Franz Boaz.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14
Hudson County
Tax Values
Continued from page y

(COnClnued from page
sessment was Cancelled. Hoboken COL
lected $11, 737.75 vast year under the
State law, but $4,000 was a dupli-
Gated tax, and had to be cancelled.
This would have brought Hoboken
about $1,000. The actual gain on the
valuation of personal property in Ho-
boken is 100000.
The ratables for the other three
municipalities follow:
Union Hill-Total valuation of real
property, SD, 900, an increase OF
1924 900; valuation of personal prop
erty, 1868, 5$$, an increase Of $102,-
$50; no second class railroad prop
erty; total net valuation of $751;
157 400, an increase of $1,026,850.
Weehawken-Valu of real es-
tate, $13,518,315, an increase of $780,
100; valuation of personal property,
$353,050, an increase of $20,500;
value of second class railroad prop
erty, $7,012,699, an increase of $102,-
1873; total net valuation, $40, 844 ,O64,
an increase of $132,758.
North Bergen-Value of real estate,
$13,173,300, an increase of $799,875;
valuation of personal property, ST.
018, $3.50, an increase of $186,250; value
of second class railroad property,
$706,743, an increase of 1886, and
total net valuation of 14,898,593, an
increase of $986,511.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14
The American Stigma
Of "Hgh Brow''

The worst fault, however, into
which our age-long service of medi-
ocrity has led US is a weakened,
itself. The college has borrowed the
vice from everyday American life.
For example, the most deadly weapon
in the yellow journalists armory is
the term "high-brow. A politician
may be called "grafter," "boss," or
even "muckraker," and escape I'M
scratched; but if he is denounced as
a "high-brow," and the label sticks,
his career is ended. A playwright
or novelist may be written down as
Cheap" he may be said to plagiarize,
he may be shown to be vicious or I'M
clean, without serious damage to his
reputation; but let him be proved
"high-brow" and the public will fly
from him as if he were book-agent.
Now the widespread American belief
that knowledge makes man i'm
practical is responsible for some of
this curious odium; but far more is
due to our servile Difference to medi-
ocrity The weight of public opinion
is usually against the expert, the
specialist, the thinker, the exceptional
man in general, for public opinion,
whether right or wrong, is always
mediocre; and there are few among
us who do not in this respect yield
somewhere, to public opinion. The
doctor distrusts the advanced political
theorist, the politician distrusts the
advanced dramatist, the dramatist
sneers at the innovations of science.
We are all made timid by the enorm-
Gus majorities which uphold medi-
ocrity.-Henry Seidel Candy in Har-
per's Magazine for August.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14
DR.. Franz Boas'
Letter On Neutrality
Grantwood, N. j.,
c4 y 1O1

brentwood, IN. D.,
August 7, 1915.
To the Honorable Archibald G. Hart,
Member of the House of Represen-
tatives, Hackensack, N. j.
My Dear Sir:
beg to call your attention to the pc
tition to be submitted to the President
of the United States, requesting that
proper steps be taken to prevent the
expectation of arms and ammunition
to the warning nations; and l wish to
urge you to aid the signers in the
attainment of their object, and to sup
port their endeavors by all means
that are in your power, if necessary
by your vote in Congress.
| have taken much interest in the
petition, not so much for the reason
that l approve of the particular form
in which it has been draughted, or
that l expect an immediate result, as
rather for the purpose of informing
myself in regard to the opinions and
wishes of our fellow-citizens.
A large number Of those whose
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14
PALISADIAN

their original demands.
l agree with the ferry officials that
a reduced fare should operate for the
benefit of New Jersey residents and
not for the New York throngs that
flock to the recreation points in Jer-
sey on holidays; but imagine the in
justice of the present plan under
which no rebate is allowed a COM
mutor for the trips unused on days
he may remain away from the city
due to illness, or on which he may
be laid off from work, or on days he
may use another ferry route. If we
are to agree to compromise let US
insist on a fifty trip ticket for 81 so
or $1.75, the passages thereon to be
good until used. If the Fighting
Mayors will gain this sort Of victory
they will have the public's apprecia-
ton and will no doubt secure the sup
port of the Board of Freeholders.
am certain that the suggested COM
promise will never be approved by
the Freeholders, as it has already
been voted down, unanimously, by it's
ferry rate committee.
The ferry question was carefully
discussed on the 10Th inst. by the
Cliffside Park Borough Council and it
went on record as opposed to the sug-
gested scheme and in endorsing my
stand in the matter it requested me
to work for the proposition 1 out
lined above.
Walter Bender,
Freebooter.
Cliffside, New Jersey
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14
High School
Notes OF Interest

Mr.. F. J. Dreyer, the school boards
new inspector on the high school, as
sumed his new duties on Thursday
morning last.
Mr. Fred Grueninger is the new
foreman on the job for Contractor
De Kimpe.
1t is the De Kimpe's plan to alter
nate their various working gangs"
between the Cliffside and Palisades
Park schools, both of which are build
ing at the same time
Brickwork on the local school will
probably begin next week.
The school board visited the high
school in body to examine the con-
struction to date.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14
Walter Bender Again
Flags Compromise
Continued from page Il

less than three and half cents trip
if all the passages on the ticket are
used during the month specified
thereon.
l can hardly believe that any men,
Der of the Eastern Bergen County
Improvement Association would have
agreed to such a compromise, for the
association has been a unit in its
determined fight for a three cent
fare, and has vigorously opposed any
hint at compromise. | mildly sug-
gested, some months ago, that the
ferry officials be invited to offer some
sort of proposition, as many were
discouraged and losing interest in the
fight owing to the many obstacles en-
countered and the prospects of ligita-
ton of long duration. At the next
Freeholders meeting a delegation was
present from the Eastern Bergen
County Improvement Association and
it raised a great hue and cry in OPP
position to my suggestion; No COM
promise for them-No sir!-they
were out for three cent fare and
meant to get it.
1t is quite true, that the compro-
mise was approved by the associa-
tons ferry committee of five mem
bers, but even so, the very men on
this committee were the staunchest
fighters for three cent fare, and
there very supporters in the associa-
ton are also backing down. The sur
prising action of the Fighting Mayors
can only serve to create suspicion
among the many thousands they rep
resent, and if they wish to retain
public confidence they will promptly
reject this compromise and insist
upon one that will be consistent with
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-08-14

Hope is the most beneficial of all
the affections, and doth much to the
prolongation of life, if it be not too
often frustrated; but entertainment the
fancy with an expectation of good;
therefore they which fix and pro-
pound to themselves some end, as the
mark and scope of their life, and con-
tinually and by degrees go forward
in the same, are for the most part
long lived.-Bacon.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24
PARALLEL OF MENDEL BELLS AND LEO FRANK
CASESEBOTH JEW PERSECUTIONS!o

(When MendeI Bells was being
tried in Russia on a false murder
charge Mary Boyle o'ReiIIy made a
long journey to KieV to study and
write about the trial. Her articles at
that time told the truth about the
case and Russian officiaIdom. Mary
Boyle o'ReiIIy is again in Russia but
because of her study of the Bells
case she is intensely interested in the
case of Leo M. Frank, the Jew who
is fighting in an effort to prove that
he did not kill Mary Phagan in At
Ianta, Ga. Miss O'ReiIIy about a
month ago wrote an article, parallel
of the Bells and Frank cases and
mailed it to the Day Book. This story
which has just reached us is made
particularly timely because of the
fact that the United States supreme
court has just dismissed Franks final
plea and nothing but a pardon can
save him noW.-Editor.)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24

Being Confed erate Decoration Day
the pencil factory was closed.
Bells. and Frank both admitted
that so far as they knew they were
alone in the brickyard and the pencil
works. In both cases search was
promptly Instituted by the missing
child's stepfather. Presently each
body was discovered by a: watchman,
one in a cave, the other in a cellar,
disfigured by wounds. Both children
had evidently fought for life. Both
were murdered. g:,za~> -. -
There was nothing, in either case
to suggest the race or nationality OF
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24
BY MARY BOYLE o'REILLY

1t seems long way from Atlanta,
Ca, to Kiev in southern Russia-on
map. About two years ago l was
sent to darkest Russia to report the
ritual murder trial. No American
journalist then dreamed that Jew
batting, disguised as legal program,
might presently be studied in the
United States. -..-. -..
On March Is, 1911. Andrea Yus-
chinsky, aged u, left his home in
Kev to get powder for a toy pistol
An hour later he was. chased from
Zaitiff's brick kilns by Mendel Bells
who, being yard guard, had every
right to be there. The little boy was
never again seen alive.
On April 26, 1913, Mary Phagan,
aged IA, left her home in Atlanta to
collect wages due her at the National
Pencil company. An hour later she
was paid by Leo M. Frank who was
at work in his Office at the factory.
From that errand she never returned.
Being Passover the backyard was
deserted.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24
Ieo.MEra1zh

the murderer. But almost immedi-
ately the terrible cry arose Find the
Jew" ........ -... .-
Mendel Bells, victim of the ritual
murder legend, is an ignorant mou-
jik, kept illiterate by the anti-Jew
laws of Russia .-.... ,
Leo M. Frank is college gradu-
ate. Aside from these accidents of
fortune both are Shy, silent men Civ
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-20
GERMAN OFFICIAL
CABL LEGRAMS

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-20

aIl nations takes place in the palace
grounds. Two prizes are up for conn
petition among the dancers, mer-
chandise order for SIS going to the
best dancer, and 9 SO prize being
awarded for second best.
Il believe that the ban tonight viii
set new record for Hawaii in both
attendance and general enjoyment, :
said Lieut.. N. w. Campanole End In
fantry. chairman Of the COMMITTEES On
arrangements AT any rate. cordial
welcome waits for all, and we want
everyone to help make the affair the
success It deserves
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-20
Seals RrOuid 81
O1eraol1 CroI1ds

To correct ! cnrrsEt Iilsun-
derstanding among sNIIstsd men
and others - 70 seating ar
ranceD,ents f6f Carnival events,
the followino statement was
made todzy ~ the Carnival di-
rectors:
'.Tickets held ~ enlisted men
viii have The same privileges
as any others. Ticket-hoIders
viii bes admitted TO ne bleach
ere - long 40 there are seats
LEFT. When the bIeacliers are
filled extra chairs VII Be pro-
vided for the overflow. This
applies to enlisted men and ci-
villains alike
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-20
HOLIDAY noTlca-FEs. ., ,s,'

Monday, February y, 1915, being :
legal halliday, this office win open e.
follows:
General delivery, stamp tihdcnl q b
:istr, and parcel post-open between
the hours Of 8 .. n. and % 4. y.
There will be one delivery BY car
riers and one collection made g spe-
Gifted BY the holiday notice q, mail
boxes.
RSskIhaster,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-20

& Last cars leaving on King =
{: street line opposite the sexecntiye ).
= building will be: s
4 For Fort Shafter, 1890 q. m. :;
= For Waikiki, 1928 a. m.
= On Hotel street opposite ar =
{, mory, for Waialae. 1870 a. m. 3
. On Reretania street for Puma =
. hou aid Manoa, l2s4es q M ;,
q On Beretania street connect =
e ing with Nuuanu. 12s40 q. ni. 1 2
= King. Hotel and Rnnahou cars 8
q will connect with LiIiha and :
= Emma street cars. 8
q 9
q = !. = = = e = = = = = q q - = 1
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-20

1850 =. rI.-1r1U0 t1p1uUec INufoEu
1ar1.. nn1rr aNIoiccG Of the japan
g. r[.'..1I. 81 Htr5|hIo.
Line 81 n1rc1--AeIa park. rIcn0
01|.|&n'1 o NI0anu. down Nuoatt
q |'|1 .'r.. |'|1 q Palace 1fclft>.
1e., |''.r'1.te1 anc decorated hoat
Bee, designed fost- Second. third
and fourth I|'<11
Ne, orderly ',ol proeessIon- flfth
jsb..., hioh schooi-slxth prize.
Central j,rsn>te Instituts Of ~
.1I|--. seventh prize.
eco p. III parade of ouesns Of
Carnival. Introducing ne Queen o.
me occId>nt and oueen q the Orient,
Under r1IrIct1 81 HonoIuIuh 40 club.
Line n 1@r&1-- orl street deck 70
King .[I|<L q N1uan1. g Hotel 70
e|shct. tc King. Along King % palace
grounds. where the queens will be
received ~ ter Majesty Qeseh l'lE
ORDER or PARADE.
Mounted police. band. uerehs|, aide
and president 81 Al Club. assistant
mof.ha'1 (mtu1tot). Hawaiian Sec
t'cI. Chinese section. mounted marine
section. Filipino section. A GLIB ban
Itf.. grand 11r1't. Carnival QUEENS.
Me, Ruth .cCte1neI. Queen 81 Tire
otcI1l1t. end suite; Ife Vlceets Cor.
nI|. Queen o. TIE Orient, and suite:
ht club n1rchio1 division, general
public, en- n.esse. en- costume; Korean
$50 ;. n. Carnival of Nstlous,
p1'e<. 1rcuI11 Grand open-aIr debut
q t1< NI11I11n Fifteeo Mit-p1ciI't
carnival. with o|1cint and m18o1c
~ttul ire triueM4r6 and approachtI
% t11 Executive building.
e:4s ,. n'.-4 4fny and navy b.Ii ~.
ti[ro' Guard ArUof3. under au6pIccs
oI 1'rcctor.c General and officers of the
M'1-r1cIi|c Carnival II honor u The
service II Hawaii.
SECOND DAYS. sunday, February "a.
fi:o0 =. m,--Specl1I services It VI.
rioue cborthe, about the city IN honor
Of lht birth Of washington.
p NM Pacific Carnival base
ball series. tthIet|c park; AlI-oabu W.
18th y. s. Infantry.
ESQ d m.--Mld.Pacific Carnival
Service batketb,II tournament, Ma
tiopaI Guard erfnorI
Department Hospital W. Co. I, En-
gineer Corps.
Y. s. 3 Alert ". Nstlonsl Guard
Of Hawaii.
1:so p. r.-The Aquarium. Hswsliss
wonder f5h exhibit.
$50 a rn,--NiIitary band concert,
Waikiki beach. eth y. s. Cavalry
band. Michael a. ouinto, conduct6k
PROGRAM.
March, eThe Border Patrole ouinto
Overture. nDtbemlan ciri' Balfe
Polish Dance No. SchanNcnI<a
Selection from eThe Rose Maid
Morccau, nPan-Americsuas lierbc
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-20
lMIRIH AND 6A|ETY J
|UNDAUNIED BY RAIN
IN EARL Y MORNING
PEACE PAGEANT POSTPONED

But the AcarniyaI Smile IS Triumphant and Everything Else
in important Events Continues as Per Schedule-Peace
Pageant Ned Saturday Morning at I0Japanest Lantern
Parade, Queens Of Carnival
King Carnival win rule tonigh assisted by three queens
rim Df 1o rain
EccE S the announcement early this afternoon BY the
I1rni|. 1a1agement
Ivy down pour Of rain early this morning in the
district made necessary 70 postpone for week
tie .1t Of Peace which to have opened the 1915
hid III|c Carnival
6y those in charge of the pageant called it off
FOR the tine being Announcement was made after con-
ference with general Douehe and his committee
chamen that the pageant viii be held next Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Other Carnival events were unchanged IN the down
town section the rainfall slight and the Carnival gaety
hardly even dampened
o'clock the big Japanese lantern parade at 7So the Parade
81 the Queens Of Carnival at the Carnival Of Nations at
$50 The army and navy ball ct 645 the iluination Of
Punc1bo0l 81 Gall viii 90 on as usual
The program for tonight is as follows: 8
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-20
S. AHMI, FORMER | 0CAL
MERCHANT, DEAD IN CHINA

S. Ahmi, brother of DR.. Sun Yat
Sen, died in Macao, China, January Is,
it was learned here today Mr.. Ahmi
was widely known in the islands, hay-
ing for years been aleading merchant
and rancher Of Kula. Maui. He was
always q staunch supporter Of his
brothers work for the nplift Of China.
News of Mr.. Ahmi's death came
through . letter to Chang Chau Of
Schofeld
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-20
no cAaNIvAL ExTRA ToNIoAr.

The postponement Of the peace
pareant this morning and conseqnent
disarranoefnent Of other plans has
made Il necessary for the Star Bulletin
to abandon ~ plans for Carnival
extra edition late this evening.
The second edition Of the starsBulle-
tin today will carry late war neWs and
Important results cf the swimming
races. -.