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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-06
Gleason And Wife
Home From Front
Tell OF Great War

Arthur Huntington Gleason and
wife, Helen Hayes Gleason, who re-
turned on Wednesday of last week
from year of ambulance service in
Belgium, entertained a "Palisadian"
representative at their New York
home this week.
''The opening shots of the war
found me in London" said Mr.. Glea-
son, who is a newspaper and maya
zine writer of note, ''The first re-
ports of German atrocities decided
me to make my way to the front. l
confess that l was wholly skeptical
as to the truth Of these reports, and
l was anxious to verify them. But
when l saw with my own eyes little
babies and their mothers, little girls
and old, old men baynoted and torn
to shreds, the fact of German atroci-
ties was no longer doubtful to me-.
Twenty-six peasants houses blown
to sand before my eyes by portion
of a German army corps was an
other proof of atrocious intent.
"The failure on the part of this
country through the President and
his advisors, to avenge the crime of
Belgium was evidence of lack OF
courage. The United States should
have protested firmly against this
injustice.
"Mrs. Gleason and myself did am
bulance work behind the trenches
along line of forty miles from
Newport and Ypres in Belgium
What nobility Of manliness we saw
there among the soldiers! They be-
lieved; and they paid
lieved; and they paid their lives will
ingly for their belief. After such an
atmosphere of heroism and suffering
the life in New York seems of de-
pressing flatness. The newspapers
which voice the minds of the people
are very disappointing. They are
far from having the interest of the
foreign papers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gleason were for the
greater part Of year posted behind
the Belgian trenches on the forty
mile line from Newport to Ypres
Both of them dwelt on the SHARP
contrast between the heroic stand OF
the men at the front in defence OF
their ideals, and the apparent in
difference to the struggle which they
had noted here.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-06
The Art Of Teaching
Music To Children

The work of teaching little chill
dren is generally considered an ele-
mentary matter, and is too often COM
mitted to teachers of limited ex-
perience, but nowhere is greater
skill required, and, above all, deli
cate appreciation of the child's ma
ture. The child is so plastic that
airy mistake made now will be more
disastrous than at any later time in
life.
Anything which conduces to think
ing and individual effort on the part
of the pupil and leads to definite
knowledge and attention without
which the study of music is mere
farce should be grasped. This the
Locke Primary Plan for Beginners
does from the first moment.
By teaching a number in class,
interest and regularity is retained.
The value of class lesson is also
shown by the spontaneity of the
pupils, as each vies with the other
to think the fastest and first grasp
the idea presented
1t is an old pedagogical principle
that children cannot learn prose, but
that the jingle of rhymes and songs,
so easily grasped in childhood, re-
mains with them throughout life.
Therefore not one fundamental prin-
ciple of music from the layout of
the keyboard to the last line on either
Bass or Treble stave, notes, rests
their length and place above or be-
low the line is omitted and as easily
learned as "Thirty days hath Sep
tember," etc.
Miss Hodkinson is glad to receive
parents by appointment who wish to
investigate the work that she is
doing. Any child who takes this
course of instruction will be able to
read any music for any instrument,
be it voice, piano, violin or cornet
Music is the same. 1t is in it's pre-
sentation that the failure begins.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-06
Some Postscripts

For tourists and travelling men
there has been invented an electric
light with stand and shade, all of
which fold into the base for carrying
when not in use.
Motorcycle tire inner tubes are be-
ing made in England in which one
end slips into the other, obviating
the danger of wear by friction when
the ends overlap.
Curved bars of various lengths
have been patented to suspend pic
lures at any desired height in room
from picture moulding without the
use of wire or cord.
A fuel for internal combustion
engines that is said to be as efficient
as gasoline but much cheaper is be-
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-06
If All The World
Lived In Texas

If the entire population of the
world resided in Texas there would
only an average of ten persons to
the acre, according to figures COM
piled by John Adams of Fort Worth.
The population of the world is about
1,600,000,000. If all the inhabitants
of the world lived in Texas the dem
sity of the population would be about
equal to the density of Fort Worth's
population which is $40 a square
mile. There are 265,7S0 square miles
in Texas.
The Keota news., 1915-04-16
Foreign

ana CnllU NCh'
Pope Benedict issued decree for
the recital OF prayers for peace IN
Roman Catholic churches over the
world during the month of May.
In recognition of the devotion OF
Lady Randolph Paget. the municipal
'ity of Uskub. Serbia, has decided to
rename the finest street in the city
after her.
Twelve women and children we're
killed and forty-eight others injured
by bombs dropped by Austrian avia-
tors in the market place AZ Podgo-
rita, Montenegro.
The five American army officers
who were attached to the German
military forces as observers until re-
called by cable on April arrived at
Bernc on their way home.
Six thousand bales Of American cot
ton aboard the steame San Gugliel-
mo were destroyed by fire in the har-
Dor at Naples, Italy. The loss Is es-
timated at 100000 li,e $500, ,0OO.)
The cargo of cotton on the Ameri
can steamship Navajo from Galveston
for Bremen, was ordered to prize
court under the order of the London
council cutting off all trade to and
from Germany.
The earnings of the Panama canal
in March were the largest OF any
month since since 1t was opened.
This exceeded by about $4,000 the
previous record made in January.
March earnings were $J60,7S4.
Seward Alaska, ocean terminus of
the governments projected railroad
to Fairbanks, announcement of the
route OF which was officially made by
Secretary Lane on President Wilson S
order. for weeks has been a mecca for
laborers and others desiring to pro-
fit by the construction work.
Gen. Obregon says that he has in
flicted serious defeat on the Villa
troops between Celaya and lrapuatO.
on the Mexican Central railroad. 1t
was the first big engagement since
the evacuation of Mexico City. Gen.
ObregoE in his official report says
that Gen. villa was personally in COM
mand of his forces. The fighting con-
tinued for some thirty hours. accord
ing to the report, and after the retreat
OF Villas men, more than 1000 of
them were found or the field. Four
hundred prisoners were taken.
General
In Michigan, fourteen counties voted
dry and two wet
The Senate bill designed to abolish
capital punishment in New Jersey
was defeated in the House.
Eddie Canpi OF California out
pointed Jimmy Murray Of New York
in ten-round bout in New York.
A proposed constitutional amend
ment giving women the right Of suf-
frage was rejected by the Connecti-
cut House of Representatives, 124 to
LOG.
Villa forces have been defeated
tie OF Celaya, according to meager
reports reaching FL Paso, Texas, from
Mexico.
Notices were posted in the sheet de-
partment of the La Belle Iron and
Steel Company's plant at Steuben-
vile, Ohio, that, effective April 16.
wages would be reduced IL per cent
The Iowa House refused by a vote
Of G5 TO "a to permit Iowa brewers
to manufacture or sell malt beverages,
either for consumption in the state
or outside, after Jan. ] next.
The Keota news., 1915-04-16
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPO RTAN1
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
About the War

The German admiralty issued a
statement admitting the loss of the
submarine U-24.
A big submarine that dashed
through heavy sea at incredible
speed sank the steamer Northlands
off Beachy Head in the English chan
mel
Peace talk was rampant late last
week in Washington and in diplo
matte quarters 1t was persistentlyN as
serted that the end of the war was
close at hand.
The nations now at war have lost
$3.50, 900 men in the first eight months
OF the conflict and spent ss,40o,ooo.0oO
in the first six months. according 20
figures prepared for the Avanu, 4
Paris Socialist organ. by it's military
expert.
The French offensive in the Woeye,
which, according to official reports
from Paris, continues to make pro-
gress. although the Germans reiterate
that all the Frepch attacks have been
repulsed, it is believed is only the
prelude to a big general effort in the
west
A further casualty list issued by the
British war office adds l.O3S names
to the list OF British soldiers killed or
wounded in the battle Of Neuve
Chapelle, France. last month. This
latest list brings the total British cas-
ualties In the fighting at Neuve Cha
pelle SO far announced to C,5G1. OF
this number 2,05l men were killed.
The British steamer Harpalyce. the
first relief boat Of New York state
and under charter to the commission
for relief in Belgium. has either been
torpedoed or sunk by mine in the
North sea. The Dutch steamer Eliza
beth picked up twentv-two OF the
crew of the Harpalyce seven miles
northeast OF Noordhinder and took
them to Rotterdam.
Western
The Iowa Senate passed the Klinker
bill, which provides that absent voters
may send their ballots to their home
precinct by mail.
Charles Johnson, alleged to be a
member of the Henry Starr gang OF
bank robbers. was arrested at Paw.
huska and taken to jail at Chandler
Okla.
There will be a flood of immigra-
tion to the United States and Canada
at the conclusion OF the European
war. according to Sir Thomas o..
Shaughnessy.
Three members OF the family Of NJ
Marlin of Seymour. Webster county,
were injured and property valued at
$4,000 was destroyed by tornado
that struck Seymour and other parts
OF Webster county, Mo.
Gustavo di Rosa, Italian consul at
Boston. and Miss Maude Cupples
Scudder. granddaughter and heir. OF
the late Samuel Cupples, millionaire
manufacturer. were married at the
Scudder home in st. Louis.
After being married for forty-eight
years and having given birth to seven
teen children. Mrs. Clements Schmailzl
of Lincoln. Neb. has been granted a
divorce bscause uer husband, accord
The Keota news., 1915-04-16

habitual drunkard.
An explosion, at first believed to
have been caused by bomb, wrecked
the sevenstory cooling building OF
the Cudahy Packing Company's plant
at Kansas City, causing loss esti-
mated at s750.O00. Two men en-
ployed in the building at the time
were injured.
Washington
The Carranza government at Vera
Cruz will ask the United States to
deny admittance to Victoriano Huerta,
the former Mexican dictator, now on
the way to New York. according to a
message received by the Carranza
agent in Washington.
Freckled and defiant, Bob Fitzsim-
mons passed down Pennsylvania ave
nue. in Washington. with his fourth
bride on his arm. declaring he Is will
ing to bet $4,000 "and my farm, too"
that he can lick Jess Willard after
two months training.
planted last fall and the greatest acre
age in the country's history. are that
Gl?, 900 900 bushels would be produced
This estimate by the Department OF
Agriculture is based on the condition
of the crop on April !.
Mai, Gen. William c. Gorgas. sur.
geon general OF the United States
army, was invited by the Rockefeller
foundation to become q permanent
member OF its staff in the capacity of
general adviser in matters relating to
public sanitation and the control OF
epidemics.
General Carranza has finally mott
fled the United States government.
through Consul Silliman, that he can
not agree to the naturalization OF
either Mexico City or the railroad
from the capital to Vera Cruz. To
both OF these suggestions the Villa
Iapata authorities had given their
consent.
Count Won Bernstorff. the German
ambassador. made public the text OF
the rote he recently presented to the
State Department declaring that ''if
the American people desire to OBJ
serve the neutrality they will find
means to stop the exclusive exporta-
ton of arms to one side, or at least
to use this export trade as means to
uphold the legitimate trade with Ger
many. especially the trade in food
stuffs"
Sporting News
The Grizzlies defeated the Cuban
olas at Denver. Sunday by score Of
is TO 4.
Joe Azeyedo OF California was CIV
en- a well-earned decision over Frank
lie Russell at New Orleans at the con-
clusion OF Is fast rounds
a big crowd was at the railroad sta
ton to catch a glimpse of Jess Viii
lard, the heavyweight champion pugi-
list, when he arrived at Baltimore,
Md.
Secretary Bryan instructed Minister
Gonzales at Havana not to issue
passport to Jack Johnson. as the lat
ter has been convicted of felony
and is fugitive from justice.
W. r. Applegarth defeated Jack
Donaldson OF Australia in a 22O-yard
race at Stafford. England. for the
worlds professional championship for
that distance. held by Donaldson.
.; dc
The Keota news., 1915-04-16
THE KEoTA NEWS.

ingto the testimony. has long been An
habitual drunkard.
An explosion, at first believed to
have been caused by bomb, wrecked
the seven,story cooling building OF
the Cudahy Packing Company's plant
at Kansas City, causing loss esti-
mated at S750,000. Two men en-
ployed in the building at the time
were injured.
The Keota news., 1915-04-16

The German admiralty issued
statement admitting the loss of tn
submarine U-24.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15
WILSON ACTS WITH DEL ITERATION
WILL DO NOTHING HAsTY IN THIS
CRISIS.
President Keeps His Counsel AS He
Waits For Full Report Of
the Facts.

shington-President Wilson, up
on whom the eyes of the world are
focused at the present moment, stud
led in quiet seclusion the aspects Of
law and fact in connection with the
sinking by a German torpedo of the
British liner Lusitania with q conse-
Quent loss of many American lives.
The latest reports from the Amer
lean ambassador, places the American
loss at 115.
The great human tragedy coupled
with the responsibility of the hour
caused the presiden: to deny himself
to all callers, even to members OF his
official family, while he turned over
in his mind the course to be pursued
bv the United States government in
one of the most serious crises in its
history.
The only glimpse OF the working OF
the presidents mind was given when
the White House issued its first formal
comment on the disaster. The an
nouncement was made that the presi.
dent realized the country expected him
to deal with the situation with delib.
GRAFTON as well as frmness"
When the German admiralty pro-
claimed the waters around Great
Britain and Ireland a war zone and
warned neutra. 7essels against the
dangers that lay therein, the United
States did not admit Germany's right
to place hazards in the way OF Ameri.
can vessels or lives. There was no
distinction drawn then as TO whether
the representations OF the United
States covered Americans travelling on
belligerent or neutral craft, but Off.
cials informally disclosed later that
the note had been purposely phrased
so as to cover both contingencies.
The language OF the American note
was everywhere recalled as a possible
index of the policy to be pursued. In
a, note to Germany the United States
government pointed out that IL Ameri.
can lives we're lost or on American
vessel sunk, the government of the
United States would be constrained TO
hold the German government to a
strict accountability and to take any
steps necessary to safeguard American
lives and property and TO secure TO
American citizens the full extent of
their acknowledged rights on the high
seas"
Information gathered among officials
of the government and in diplomatic
quarters tended TO confirm the belief
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15
Vessel Was Heavily Insured

New lork-lnsurarc on the Lust.
tania, II was said, amounted to $500.
600. The vessel was valued, in round
figures, at $l0,0O00OO. The worth of
the cargo she carried was reckoned at
S350,000 She carried 250 bags OF
mail. She had no specie aboard. On
her manifest the largest single item
was listed as cartridges and ammu.
milton. 1900 cases, Sl52 400" con.
sogned to London. The vessel carried
hundreds OF tons OF beef and bacon
and provisions.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15
18TH SHIP LOST SINCE MAY I.
Germans Have Been Pushing subra-
rine Warfare.

London.-The Lusitania was tho
twenty-ninth vessel to be sunk or dam
aged in the first week of May in the
German war zone about ;he British
Isles.
Most OF these vessels were torpe-
doed by German submarines although
in some cases II has not been deter
mined whether the damage was in
iliCted by mines or underwater boats.
During the last fortnight German
submarines have carried on the most
active campaign Of any time since the
war began
Sixteen OF the twentynine vessels
were british trawlers. There were
four British aud one French merchant
man in the list. The others we're YES
sells of neutral nations.
one OF them was the American
steamer Gulflight, which was tor.
pedoed on Scilly Islands May /, with
the loss Of three lives.
Establishment o: the German zone
was decreed on February to take ef-
feet on February Is. The German
governments decree, defined the war
zone as including "all the waters sur.
rounding Great Britain and ireland in.
cluding the entire English channel"
although stating specifically that ship.
plng north OF the Shetland islands in
the eastern area of the North Sea and
in strip forty miles wide along the
Netherlands coast would not be i'm.
periled. The Lusitania therefore was
in the war zone when sunk. In the
war zone decree, TIE German announc.
ed its intention to "sndeavor to des.
troy every eL my merchant ship found
in this area OF water stating that this
action had been made necessary by
the conduct of Great Britain in carry.
ing on "a mercantile warfare" against
Germany in a way that defes all the
principles OF international law.
The German admiralty is reported to
have sent newly constructed subma.
rlnes OF a large size and high speed
for the present campaign.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED AMERICAN CITIZENS
ARE NUMBERED AMONG THE DEAD VICTIMS
Ebert Hubbard, Alfred G. Vanderbilt,
Chas. Frohman, and Chas. Klein
probably lost-Wilson Admin
istration Studying Stu
alton Carefully.

1ondon-Tho Lustana sailed of York
the
ndent that swift vessel could eude the German underwater craft
having luncheon.
many passengers
board when the ship sailed.
afternoon submarine suddenly
without
vessels side causing terrific
Boats which were already swung out on the das dropped over
board
the desperate call
rescue boats of all kinds both from the neghbong
the Queenstown.
certainly
within half an hour, the Iustana had disappeared
Where Britans
Knsale landmark
stood the
m
There Among
Ebert Hubbard
Klein the playwright Chas Frohman.
the admiral
all available
together with five trawe the
hurried
The Iustana from o
difficulty 2l2 At 2:33
indicates evidently
was the beginning of her troubles.
oklahomans IN
M and Mrs Isaac Lewis their Edith
from August 1914 until short
They
Oklahoma Liverpool
While Oklahoma
Lewis connected with Williams
rescued,
when
she sailed Tmms is reported the
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15
Survivor at Queenstown
Tells Tale of Horror

Queenstown.-D A. Thomas, wealthy
Welsh collier owner, relating his ex.
perience here describes the scene
when the Lusitania was struck as fol-
lows:
THE first explosion coming at lunch
con time. shocked the great boat, and
as the second torpedo struck the en-.
gine-room the whole vessel shuddered.
This second explosion seemed to
throw the ship on her beam ends.
None of the passengers had ex-
pected an attack, but all realized, with
the first explosion, that the unexpected
had happened.
But even with the awful listing that
followed the second shot many OF the
passengers expressed the belief that
the ship could not sink.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15
ss VESSELS NOW IN DANGER ZONE.
Chance For Many More Submarine
Disasters.

New -Eighty-eight vessels
bound from or to American ports are.
within the German war zone, or due
to pass through II on their voyages.
Thirteen of them carry passengers and
one, the Cameronia, left New York
May 3 for Halifax, presumably to take
troops to England
The passenger carrying ships are
the Roma (French), which left New
York April 26 for Marseilles; La Tour
aine (French), New York, April 2S, for
Bordeaux: Oscar II (Danish), New
York. April 20, for Copenhagen; Rot
terdam (Dutchl. New York, May l, for.
Liverpool; Dominion (British) Phila-
delphia, May /, for Liverpool; Virginie.
(French), New York. May /, for Bor-
deaux; Canopic tBritish), Boston,.
May 2, for Naples; Bergensfjord (Nor.
wegian), Bergen, May 5. for New
York; Ryndam (Dutch), Rotterdam.
May s. for New YORK, and Niagara.
tFrench), Bordeaux, May s, for New
York.
But two other vessels flying the
American flag besides the New York
are among the eighty-eight. They are
the Leelanaw, which sailed from Gal
weston May for Glasgow, and the
Petralite, Philadelphia, April 20, for
Copenhagen.
The rest hail mostly from British
an Scandinavian ports.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15

"Hysteria gripped the women first.
but men, too, lost their heads. Some
women with infants in their arms
caught on the boat fastenings and
hampered the launching.
Ten boats were swung OF. Lady
Mackworth was picked up uncon.
scious after being in the water three
hours"
. Thomas estimated that the Lusi.
tania did not stay above water more
than 10 or l5 minutes from the time of
being hit.
"A dastardly outrage" he called 1t.
AN outrage which deserves the con.
demnation OF the entire civilized
world"
II the day had been rough, Thomas
said no one could have been saved.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15

that plans for the destruction Of the
Lusitania were made several weeks
ago. The German embassy was in
structed to advertise in the leading
newspapers against travelling on bellig-
erent ships. Anonymous warnings
were then sent to individuals who pro-
posed sailing on the Lusitania. Most
significant of all were letters received
here from officials in Germany by pri-
vate persons stating that the Lusi-
tania surely would be destroyed.
At the German embassy here while
no comment was made as to whether IL
was known there that the vessel was
to be destroyed, it was said the en-
bassy knew the Lusitania carried arms
and ammunition and being advised OF
the resolution OF the German admiral
ty to attack ships that carried such
contraband. officials had believed she,
would be attacked.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15

hard TO believe that the German am
bassador dictated the advertisement.
The Lusitania can run away from any
submarine the Germans have got, and
the British Admiralty will see that she
is looked after when she arrives in
striking distance OF the Irish coast"
ID. A. Thomas. the wealthy Welsh
coal operator, who sailed on the Lusi-
tania, accompanied by his daughter,
Lady Mackworth, the rglish militant
suffragette, said he was not worrying
about the ship being attacked by sub
marines.
Charles Klein, the American play.
wright, told Times reporter. who
asked him about the warning in tha
newspapers, that he was going 10 de-
vote his time on the voyage to think.
ing OF his new play, Potash & Perl.
mutter in Society"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-05-15

London.-Thomas Slidel OF New
York, who was interviewed in London,
said he saw Alfred G. Vanderbilt on
the deck OF the Lusitania as the yes.
sci was going down. Mr.. Vanderbilt,
who could not swim, was equipped
with life belt, but he calamity took
it on, Mr. Slidell said, and placed II
around the body of a young woman.
Then he went of to seek another life
belt. The ship sank few seconds
later.