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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-08-26
Bad Auto Accident
Last Sunday Night
In Anderson Avenue

A long chain of accidents in Bergen
county have taken place this week
largely and principally due to speeding
some of the biggest ones being in the
immediate vicinity Of Palisade.
On Sunday night last between nine
and ten o'clock there was a terrible
collision between an automobile and a
Paterson car at Anderson avenue The
auto was owned and driven by Joseph
Chiattirie, of 404 Paterson avenue,
Hoboken. With him was his cousin,
c. Lorenzetti, printer who recently
worked at the "Palisadian" plant.
The cause Of this accident is said
to have originated primarily through
fear at some shots fired by a police
man trying to stop another speeding
auto going north near Dorincourt
road. Chiattirie was driving his big
car south, and supposing the shots
were for him, he put on speed, as he
got to the trolley track the Paterson
car going west was just crossing, and
there was either no time to stop the
auto, or the speed was too great, and
the auto hit the trolley amidships a
resounding smash that was heard all
over Palisade.
The two men were hurried to the
North Hudson Hospital, where Chat
TIRE was found to be dangerously
hurt with broken skull, and Loren
zetti suffered many severe bruises and
cuts about the head, face and body.
His nose and lips were badly split and
lacerated, requiring stitching.
A number of people on the Pater-
son car were slightly injured and sew
eral women tainted. The car pro-
ceeded on it's way after a long delay,
under its own power, slightly dis
figured but able to make it's run.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-08-26
Republicans Of Cifside Park
Hear County, State And
National Candidates Speak
McClave, Mackey Ramsey, Present. McCZsve Says When
They Chance to Make Themselves Foolish Then do
s0- Bodne for Freebooter Makes Excellent Impression
NEUMANN WITHDRAWS COUNCIL CANDIDACY.

secretary to the Tri-Township Poor
Committee. He declared himself for
absolute independence and the appli-
cation of common sense business
methods to the county's government.
Attorney Mackey said that if elect
ed to the State Senate he would see
that the small Freebooter board was
upheld. He was opposed to the plan
of raising the franchise rates on the
great public utilities; instead he would
work for the establishment Of fixed
maximum rate. Because he had come
out against the Gaunt Home Rule
bill he was accused of being in with
liquor. This was positively untrue as
he had no use for the stuff and did
not use a drop. He had local option
bill of his own and was in favor of
the largest amount of home rule.
The candidates for Congressman
dwelt somewhat upon their own per-
sonal and political experiences and
ambitions. Candidate McClave wiped
up the dust with Democracy. GAS
John Sharp Williams has said: when
ever they get chance to make them
selves foolish, they do so.'" Mr..
Ramsey declared himself for patriot
ism, preparedness and protection.
Mr.. Grille, of Cliffside, reported
favorably on the organization Of the
5000 or so Italian Republicans of the
county. A petition was signed fol
Henry Reggiori, of Hudson Heights
Republican candidate for councilman
Announcement was also made thai
A,,nrct n Mour,opp hod with 1ro WY
as candidate for councilman. The
] meeting then adjourned to meet agar
in Grantwood school, September %.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-08-26
NO BASIS WHATEVER FOR sTRONG's ACT

Probably one of the most disgrace
full scenes ever enacted in Fairview
took place last Monday evening when
Democratic County Committeeman
William Strong of that place, who is
also member of the Taxpayers AS
ISOLATION of the borough, put his hand
to the senseless task of preventing
newspaper reporters and the writer
particularly, from attending a meet
ing of the Taxpayers Association.
His boisterous manner caused many
to believe that he had gone insase for
the time being and the indecent
language which he INDUCED in caused
many women who were attracted by
the rumpus to block their ears and
turn away, blushing in shame for the
man, who as an official of the town,
should prosecute just such tactics as
he himself was indulging in.
The whole affair was brought on
through the fact that John Acker-
man, who is president of the associa-
ton, told the writer not more than a
week before that he would do what
he could to have the representatives
of the press admitted at the meet
ings. He made it known at that time
meeting was to be held last Monday
evening and offered no objections
when the reporter said he would be
on hand with the hopes of being al
lowed to "cover" the meeting.
So with a sharp pencil and light
heart, the reporter tramped to the
Walker street fire house shortly be-
fore eight o'clock last Monday even
TT and was just about to leave the
;.aiting thirty minutes
len was, seen COM
Ing up the stfest.
"Good evening Mr.. Alderman" said
the scribe, but Alderman didn't hear
or didn't want to hear The reporter
repeated the salute and added, edo
you think we will be allowed in at
the meeting this EVENING"" Instead
of offering to reply, Alderman turn
ed his head so that the straw hat he
was wearing covered his eyes in
Continued on page 81
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-08-26
Boards Read Minutes
Before Adjourned

The question is asked, "Why do not
public boards make it point to have
their clerk read his notes on meet
ing Immediately before adjournment !?
According to the present method
month sometimes passes before the
officers notes in minute form are set
before a board for it's amendment and
approval.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-08-26
Mrs. Hodkinson
Slowly Improving

Mrs. S. Hodkinson, who suffered a
slight injury this week is reported to
be satisfactorily improving. DR..
Ahearn was called in to attend the
patient and gave her ready relief.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-08-26
'Palisadian" Reporter Elected
From Taxpayers Association
In Fairuiew Last Monday NIGHT

Freedom of the Press not Resed by Democratic Committeeman
Strong, Who Apparently Wanted Secret Session Pub
Tic Building, Which is not Legal And Reporter Under
Protest Action Considered Public Ontraqe
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-08-26
BUSINESS EGOTZSTS

Business egotist is one who believes his bust
ness is SO good it is not possible for anything to
make it better
He has for advertising.
There is difference between an eeonst and
a with self confidence
The self confident man believes in his good
and his service.
He believes business is just as food as he
makes it---and he uses newspaper advertising day
in and day out to bring prosperity bis doorstep
The sun., 1916-11-26
Mr.. STEWARDS LIKENESS.
Bismarck Could Not Get . Portrait In
Exchange for His Own.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. A
hook by william q. Stoddard and pub
lishcd by the Scribners In 1894 entitled
Men OF Achievement with a subtitle
Men OF Business contains a chapter
devoted to \. T. Stewart In which Mr..
Stoddard touches on Mr.. Stewarts aver
sion to having his portrait made:
Another l!bera'ty tMr. Stewart had been
sending a shlpioad Of nour to Francel
brought to public notice Mr.. Stewards
strong personal objection to having his
portrait taken. Prince Bismarck sent his
own photograph to the American merchant
prince, requesting an exchange. but re-
'celved instead u check for so, 900 francs
for the sufferers by recent foods In sllesla
and the Information that Mr.. Stewart had
invariably refused TO sit before = camera.
OF the sixteen chapters In the boob
telling OF the lives OF prominent mer-
chants, &c, a one has y portrait at
tached with the exception OF the one on
Mr.. Stewart. HoRATIo @. CozzENs.
NEW YORK, November rs,
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Sunday on the Screen.

About 100000 men. women and
children go to the motion picture
theatres Of New York every Sunday.
They see many productions that are
not worth watching, some that are
admirable In conception and execu-
ton, and very few against which 1t
can fairly be charged that their ten.
dency Is demoralizing. Under the
conditions surrounding urban dwell.
ers, the Sunday motion picture the
atre seems to be rs %innocuous an
amusement as could be devised.
Few citizens to-day hold that Sun.
day should be n day stripped OF
amusements. In few households Is
the strict observance OF the day as n
time Of worship only maintained. Yet
the statutes, us interpreted by the
Appellate Court, say that the motion
picture theatres must be closed from
Saturday to Monday. The Court OF
Appeals will pass OH the question In
time and may come to II different con.
clusion, and II 1t does not the Iegisla-
ture should amend the Penal Law To
make plain that the movies are not
included among i%nterdicto ! exercises
or shows.
Sunday movies may not always he
instruments of moral and intellectual
regeneration and uplift. but they are
infinitely preferable to the relaxation
thousands Of their patrons might seek
II they were discontinued.
The sun., 1916-11-26
Amazing Versatility In . Georgia
PrOEnOsticatOr.

The very cover Of Snider's Cyclone
Almanac. published ut Griffin. Georgia,
Is convincing. 1t shows the author.
Professor 4. l.. SNIDER, In evening
clothes, with silk topper and n gold
headed cane. No prophet not sure Of
his weather would go around in such
garb, as we feel sure Professor SNI.
DER must 60. Quite the dress for a
man whose weather predictions are
known from Rabun's Gap to Tybee
Light, from Tybee Light to Hell's
Gate, New York" Maybe Hell's Gate
Is Broadway, but the seer mentions
that sinister street more specifically
further on in the almanac:
ION January 20. 1925. there will oc-
cur a grand total eclipse OF the sun on
Broadway. New York"
The discrimination against Fifth
avenue and other thoroughfares is not
explained, but let Broadway prepare,
because the Professor invariably gets
things right:
"The people in general ay I am the
best young weather prophet In this coun-
try. studied under tho Rev. IRA Il.
HICKS of ST. Louis for sixteen years, and
now ! am one Of his best weather
prophets. After thirty years OF OBJ
servations l have some secret signs on
the weather that I have never known TO
fail. January will be wet. cold and
stormy"
On n June day, no matter how fair
it he, If Professor SNIDER sees his old
black sheep with n white face Jump
ing up and caperlng around with her
tail held straight In the air he knows
1t Is going to min. February will be
cold, wet and stormy. Perhaps as n
guide to Georgia SWANS, the alma
hacker prints A Love Letter to My
Sweetheart. beginning:
DEAR Miss BESSIE: The frst time
that I saw you ] fell In love with you,
for I saw that you were an aristocrat
or one Of the o u hundred. always
admired an aristocratic lady and you
said that you loved . man that was a
good talker."
March will be cold. wet and stormy.
The Professor Il glad that PEARy dis.
covered the North Pole, although he
once met DR.. Cook. A bit Of a hero
wOrshipper, Seer SNIDER:
II would like to inset Policeman HAM
The sun., 1916-11-26

was selected to decorate his menu.
Four years before that Rear Admiral
REMEY and the Captain and oficers
OF the cruiser Brooklyn were enter
tained Mt Sydney by the Americans
there established: the eagle on their
red. white and blue shield looks very
black and proud enough for a fight
or n frolic.
Let us go afeld. In 1884 the En-.
rerOr WILLIAM I. gave n great dinner
to the officers Of foreign nations ut
Cologne. A vIgnette of the imperial
host tops a shield or which r dis
played the coats Of arms Of seventeen
nations; the foods and wines are listed
In French. WILLIAM had a palmer
card at Versailles In 1870; the dishes
were probably as palatable. The
Prince Of WALES dlned ut Carnar-
Won Castle April 25, 1868, much too
heavily. we should say. The port
was Of 1s47. King MILAN Of Serbia
hnd turtle soup, salmon with HOl-
landnlse sauce, filet Of beef, lobster,
mutton and other things ut the royal
palace In Belgrade In 1887. Mr..
LEHNER shows a menu. table plan
and musical programme from the
Austrian court for a dinner Of ninety
four. Moderation and good taste are
the characteristics of the feast: the
wine list Is not shown. The King
Of Portugal sat at the right Of the
Emperor.
In 1902 the Berlin Rowing Clue.
composed Of Englishmen, entertained
the Sheriff Of the county Of the city
Of Cork, AUGUSTINE ROCHE, Esq,
without mutton. But in far of Te-
heran mutton holds It's place. and we
suppose there IRE persons there who
like II. We find Ireland. England and
Scotland united In n toast on the
cover Of the menu and toast list Of the
banquet In honor Of the Right Hon.
ARTHUR j. BALrouR. NJ. T.. Chief Sec.
rctnry for Ireland" on December I.
1899; his Grace the Duke OF FIFE. X.
T.. in the chair.
We have omitted the lists Of eat.
ables at these interesting functions
What good purpose does a menu serve.
II the food Is worthy 1t needs no I'D
vertisement; II it is not, no strange
and battling description will redeem 1t.
The Lehner collection Is Interesting:
palatable food Is a Joy.
The sun., 1916-11-26
For the Children OF France.

France has won her new glory al
terrible cost. The lives Of her de-
tenders, gladly given, have not paid
The score In full. Their children
robbed by devotion Of their birth.
right. succeed to q heritage Of wan,
and o%rphanage. Shall they, offspring
ef heroes. pass UNDECIDED before our
Gyesf
Their need Is immediate. 1t will
continue. The sons and daughters of
0en whose fidelity and valOr decreed
thGtr death bend under the burden of
nocessity in the presence Of those to
whom their motherland gave LArAY-
SFTE. Were gratitude dead, admira-
don for courage non-exIstent, the OBJ
l1gation Of humanity would answer
for America.
Respect. affection, the debt Of n m.
don succored in Its infancy, the un-
Grrfng instincts of humane men, unite
b sustain the cause OF the orphans
Of France. Men Of sympathy and
wisdom have undertaken to marshal
ehe resources of n country that must
Give much. Their appeal is before the
readers to-day the answer must be
IN proportion to the nobility Of the
design and the high worthiness Of the
purpose II discloses.
The sun., 1916-11-26
The Mexican Protocol.

The protocol signed by the Mexican
and American Commissioners ut At
lantic City has yet to be ratified by
General C~ARRASzA. who may or may
not be the ''Strong Man" that the Hon.
FRANKLIN KNIGHT LANE prOClaims
him to be. but who Is certainly obsti.
nate. If conditions are deemed salts
factory General PERsHING's force Is
b be withdrawn from Mexico In forty
days. The protection OF the border
remains "in statu quo" That Is. II Is
left to each country to act indie
pendently Of the other, rs now. Prob
ably this would continue for a long
time to mean, In practice, that we
should have to do the necessary pa
trolling ourselves. NEWSSTAND CAR.
RAMA, who Is fighting battles with
VILLA, has few men to spare for border
police work.
If CARRASzA acquiesces I'm the
agreement just reached there Is n
prospect that the joint commissioners
may settle other matters Mt issue be-
tween Mexico and ourselves The
4sxicans will probably wish to put
6fDt their country's dire need Of
money. The American commissioners
ought to put first n pledge for the
future security OF American lives and
property below the Bio Granle. We
have no idea what the developments
will be. but this much is certain I:
Just as CAEIANzA made the with
drawal OF PEHsHING an Indispensable
prerequisite to any further negotla-
ton whatever. 81 the Administration
ought TO Insist upon II rigid guaranty
Of American rights before 1t consents
b parley oil any other subject. We
have yielded in regard to PERsHING {;
now let CARRANzA on the mark.
The sun., 1916-11-26
TREES KILLED BY GAS.

The death OF many trees in the
streets and parks OF New York, usually
ascribcd to poor soil or parasites, is
largely due to atmospheric conditions,
according TO the eminent Massa-
chusetts botan!st George +. Stone. In
an article in the journal OF the New
York Botanical Garden he says that
here are to be found obstacles greater
than in other cities to the successful
establishment and maintenance Of
street trees. From the great variety
OF manufacturing establishments sur
rounding Manhattan New Jersey is
not particularly mentioned) sulphur
dioxide and other poisons rise, only to
fall again upon our poor trees. The
victims malady Is chronic rather than
acute. Its vitality is weakened and
then the parasite ends II.
Mr.. stone declares that with the ex-
ception OF the Austrian pine "prac-
tically all the conifers In Central Park
are dying from the effects Of atmos-
pher!c gases, and II is rarely that one
observes a Norway spruce anywhere
within the vicinity OF New York that
is not either dead or in a state OF de-
tsrioration." The botanist believes
that 1t Is Impractical to continue plant
ing conifers here.
Fins too are a comparatively easy
victim to gases. The effects OF the
poison are visible on Riverside Drive
and in Central Park. But. as Professor
Stone remarks. many OF the Gins we're
de%plorable specimens to begin with:
not such fine types as are growing in
The Bronx.
The trees that best Withstand gas
poison are the Norway maple. black
locust, ailanthus and linden.
The sun., 1916-11-26
A CURE FOR THE CRUSH.
Split the Business Army Alphabet.
cally, That's All.

To II EDIroR OF THE SuN-Sir: I'm
Ill the new subways are finished there
can be no solution Of the subway crush
except by the alphabetical division which
| have made OF tho residents OF New
York.
Instead Of everybody. from A to z, go
ing to work at practically the same time
let new business hours be established as
follows:
A. NJ. to 3 =. NJ. for all persons
named from ABBY to Goldman.
A.. NJ. to 8 i. NJ. for all persons
named from Goldman TO Mutt.
II A, N. to 7 =. NJ, for all persons
named from Mutt to Hywsky.
This would distribute tho trafic evenly
and the crush would disappear. I have
no selfish interest In the matter.
GEORGE q. CUFF.
New York. November 90.
The sun., 1916-11-26
WAITS IN SPACE.
Amid the Ilimitable Universe. What
Atoms Are Men!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: When
man stands beneath the star lighted FIR
mament and Looks upward into an abyss.
incalculable. incomprchcnsible. he is very
fortunate In not being able to compre-
bend. Gazing upon a Space where a
trillion OF miles seems almost like "A
veritable cipher, man car somewhat APP
p~reciatc the magnihcence OF this frma-
mental scene. without at all understand
ing it.
The vastness OF some sky gem gilt
tering above him, the remoteness OF the
Milky Way, the illimItable universe. are
not for him to comprehend at least,
not yet, He may survey the stupendous
depth witt n telescope eye, he may drop
a plumb line OF mathematics thousands
Of billions OF miles, and still remain in
ignorance OF the fathomless Creation
around him.
But the suns OF night he can under
stand better. for they are like his own
sun, shining silently upon their systems
OF planets and satellites. There they
glitter and sc!ntillate gloriously, seem
ingly not far remote. and on some cloud
less. perfect autumn evening when man
stands beneath the darkcned armament
and looks upward into its abyss, these
fiery suns OF night appear to him
Like diamonds sparkling clear and bright
Amid an ebon dome.
At gloaming wake tho suns Of night
And shine where'er we roam;
Where'er We roam, where'er we be
on native strand or foreign sea.
Some glitter with q greater light,
Some twinkle with dim rays.
Some beam like beacons clear and white
or burn with colored blaze:
Yet all seem liko bright, s~leepless eyes
OF divers sorts and divers size.
And all are kings amid the night,
But each king reigns alone
Der silence. space ani satellits
Upon his flaming throne:
DER silence. space and satellits
Until King Sol puts each to flight.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEWTON, Mass, November 25.
The sun., 1916-11-26
Tseore and his GOSPEL.

The reports Of the addresses deliv.
cred In this city by Sir RABINDRANArH
TAoORE are not wholly coherent. but
this may not be the fault Of the re-
pOrters, n Of whom says:
His talk was made up of beautiful
fragments, which in themselves would
have been incomprehensiblc. But II was
as a whole. not a. fragments. that they
were received"
Taking the fragments rs n whole
and regarding them fixedly. albeit with
reverence, we make out the Indians
gospel to be somewhat rs follows:
The world Is made Of restless mole
cules and atoms. science teaches us.
and this is true. but molecules and
atoms are not the world we know.
Science says that the stars move upon
appointed courses. but to us they often
seem to be motlonless points Of light
In the vault Of heaven. Science Is an
nlytical and destructive; while ac-
cepting its truth we have to insist
upon the reality Of our own percep-
tons, for. after all. II IL in the world
Of our own perceptions that our lives
are lived. The finite world we know
and the infinite world we family
discern Or courageously p~ostulate ex-
LIST always In a perfect qnd unchang-
ing relation. Our little existences
on earth are held In the embrace Of
infinity as n child is held in its
mothers enclrcllng arms.
That, or something very like 1t. is
the preaching Of this man Of the East.
we take 1t. II 80. he brings no new
message to us. The Western philos-
ophers have generally promised much
the same things, hut they have not
reached TAGoRE's conclusions.
Since all these truths are so. saye
TAGORE. let us seek first and always
joy-the realization Of life in Its full
ness. Thus speaks the East. at once
subtle and gross. ascetic and sensuous
mystical and devoted to Nirvana. with
nothingness ~ its avatar. But the
East Is the East and the West Is the
West. Our races were no bred In this
tradition; u teachers have never
spurred us with such doctrine. Rather
have we been taught to seek the real.
ization Of life in n single supreme
principle Of conduct summed up in n
little word. That word which thrills
the heart md nerves the will is
"Duty !"
The sun., 1916-11-26

NnR. who Wa with the Greeley expedi
ton. but who now lives In Atlanta
Georgia. and 10 on the police force"
Besides Dr. Cook, Professor SNi
DER saw the Chicago Fair and HAL,
LEY's comet, which he considered In
ferior to the comet Of 1882. April
In Georgia mt least, will be wet and
warm. The author Is strong for
woman suffrage:
Come with me UP twenty flights OF
steps and enter into a miserable base.
ment. A woman sits there with IN.
kempt hair. sewing. Sixteen children
are grouped AROUND her crying for
bread. This woman was once the belle
Of Solomon street. There she sits. sew
Ing twenty shirts for a nickel. Man
alone Is to blame for all Of this. for man
Is a sneak"
May in Georgia will he dry and hot.
but no more crisp than the verse with
which SNIDER fills up the gaps In the
almanac:
For I get up early. I get up soon.
I get my predictions out Of the moon.
I lay fiat on my back
And watch the stars and moon.
And l see the meteors shooting aili-
gators.
Which indicates foul weather Is COM
ing SOON"
1t seems hard to believe that COM
~merciallsm could exist in a mind like
this, but the sad evidence Is here:
III any medicine company wants to
buy out the almanac while 1t is young
you can get It for two thousand dollars
a year"
Get only n page further those sor-
did words are forgotten when Pro-
fessOr SNiDER rcvcrts tn type:
Tip Toe Swapping Turtle. second
cousin 10 the one the world turned over
on Hawk Bill Panther Flesh. Hip. boys.
here I come. Death in one hand and no
mercy In the other. Across the Falls OF
Crucifx I rode n streak OF lightning
through the crab apple orchard"
HuCK FINN heard such language as
that from the two roustabouts on the
raft. but they were Of the lower ele-
ment. while the Professor Is II Georgia
scientist with a dress suit and n gold
headed cane.
June will be hot and wet.