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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14

lated considerable property, owning a
large home and grounds in Palisade,
corner of Columbia avenue and Edge
wood lane. He was a thirty-second de-
gree Mason. The funeral took place
last night at the Schmidt residence,
the interment taking place at Elmira,
NY, the family home of Mrs. Schmidt,
where her parents now reside. Mr..
Schmidt leaves, besides his devoted
wife and eleven-year-old son, Wesley,
a sister, Hedwig Schmidt, in Rhein-
felden, Switzerland, and an aged aunt
in the same town. He was devoted to
his family and was proud of his home.
Before cominglto Palisade the Schmidts
had affiliated with the Lutheran church
and OCCASIONALLY attended the village
church here. In civic matters Mr..
Schmidt had not been very active, but
was deeply interested in the welfare
of this section and was liberal con-
tributor to whatever he regarded as
for the good of the public He had
many friends, who deeply sorrow at
his sudden taking away. The funeral
was largely attended, and expressions
of sympathy were heard on every
hand. The home was filled with many
beautiful floral emblems sent by his
friends.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
5 SONS IN SERVICE,
MRS. CALDRONEY
PROUD, | WOUNDED

On Saturday, December z, Mrs.
Thomas Caldroney of Hackensack, re-
ceived word from the war department
stating that her son Walter had been
severely wounded in action on or about
October 2. He is one of her five boys
who are in the service.
Walter belonged to Company Fl, One
Hundred and Forty-seventh Infantry,
Thirty-seventh Division, and was
wounded while fighting in the Argonne
battle front. Before that he had been
in Belgium with the French and Brit
ish
One of her other sOns,> Joseph, is
with Company G, One Hundred and
Fourteenth Infantry (old g..
Another son, Nelson, enlisted two
years ago and is in France with the
Four Hundred and Sixty-fourth Engi-
neers' pantOon train.
Another son was in the regular En-
gineers and was discharged recently.
He belonged to Company B, Sixth En-
gineers.
Another son, who is a doctor, was
honorably discharged from the Medical
Corps at Camp Greenleaf, Ga. His
name is Thomas L., and he was first
lieutenant in the Medical Corps.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
THE HEBDOMADAL CROUCH
By Anthony Gross.
Author of Harpers Book on Lincoln.

veins. AS it is, many, many of us be-
lieve the war was ended too soon. We
should have gone into Hunland and
given it dose of it's own bitter medi-
cine. Hunland got off too easy. The
job was unfinished. The Huns are un-
repentant, for they are still whining
"kamerad." Savages like them are
not amenable to the common law of
humanity. They started this thing,
and now let's give them what they
gave. No less and little more. And
let's begin with the arch beast first. I
never admired Napoleon, but he did
act the man, even in defeat. What a
spectacle now The kaiser, the coarse
fibered prince and the rest of the
brigands are now engaged in the amia-
BILE pastime of what is popularity call
ed passing the buck. Willem says
Willem Junior did it, and Sonny Will
lem insists Willem Senior did it. Beth
mann says some other fellow did it,
and SO all along the line. Not man
among them nor even the semblance
of a man among them. Ten thousand
billion million hands are ready. Just
a rope and a tree. Just rope and a
tree. No departure for these excres-
cences via any dignified road pre-
scribed by a foolish code called the
military code. "A rope and a tree
And there let them hang for vultures
to peck at The earth is too good and
too clean with the blood of our heroes
for those carcasses. I am sorry for
the environing air. My apologies to it,
but it must make sacrifices. But be-
lieve we can trust England and France
to do the trick. They have been too
deeply injured to forget or forgive.
England will see that justice is done
on earth as it is in heaven-not venge-
ance, but the vindication of human de-
cency. The whole civilized world cries
out for it, and the cry can't be ignored.
1t rings from all the four corners of
the universe and the dominant heights
of the heavens and the innermost re-
cesses of hell and with every heart
beat in every human breast. A ROPE,
A TREE.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
z GIRLS IN AUTO SMASH
GIVE WRONG ADDRESS,
One IS BADLY HURT

Mystery appears to surround an au-
tomobile accident which occurred at
midnight Monday on the Fort Lee
road near the Bogota depot, in which
accident Miss Julia Gleason, twenty
two years old, telephone operator of
Jersey City or Union Hill, escaped
with severely crushed left hand. Miss
Gleason is now patient at the Hack
ensack Hospital, where every effort is
being made to save the hand.
Miss Gleason, according to various
accounts of the accident, was in the
company of her sister, Miss Cornelia
Gleason, and two men, one of whom
said he was r. G. Fuller of 55 New
street, Newark
The other man is said to have
driven hastily away without revealing
his Identity to local physician, to
whom he went for treatment.
The man and two girls who went to
the hospital at first refused their
names, but were finally prevailed upon
when threatened with being turned
over to the police.
1t is understood the Union Hill ad.
dress given by the girls is fictitious.
1t Is said the two couple were rid
ing in machine travelling at 60 miles
or more an hour, going in the direc.
ton of New York, when the car col.
lided with tree as it attempted to
negotiate the sharp turn in the Fort
Lee road near the yard of the Hack.
ensack Coal and Lumber Company.
The top of the machine was ripped
off in the collision and Miss Gleason's
hand crushed in the uprights. The
car was otherwise damaged and how
they all escaped serious injury is de
clared to be a miracle.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
'PALISADE CHRISTMAS
CARTONS TO q BOYS
IN FRANCE WITH LOVE

Twenty-three Christmas boxes were
sent from Palisade to members of the
American Expeditionary Forces by the
use of the official coupons which were
distributed to the boys abroad to be
sent to the one person in America from
whom they wished to receive a box.
By presenting the coupon to the local
Red Cross a box 8 by by 8 inches
was secured, and this when filed was
returned to the Red Cross committee
for weighing, inspection, wrapping,
etc.
Mrs. Ernest Sibley, inspector of the
boxes for the Palisade branch, de-
scribes the experience as most inter-
esting. Each box had the personal
touch of the home folks, and it was
evident that the individual taste of
the boy had been carefully considered
so as to avoid disappointments.
There is going to be jolly time in
France on Christmas morning when
thousands of boys begin opening these
boxes of mystery. Here's hoping that
every boy receives one.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
THREE PALISADE BOYS
IN 1O2ND ENGINEERS,
Who WON GREAT PRAISE
Maj. Gen. Organ, Commanding 9th
Division, Cornelius vanderbiit's
Former Unit, Lauds VaIor of
Gallant Old 22nd Regiment.

Maj Gen. John F. Organ, COM
handing the Twenty-seventh Division,
has sent a letter to the One Hundred
and Second Engineers congratulating
them on their effective work in help
ing to break the Hindenburg line. This
unit was formerly the Twenty-secOnd
Engineers of the New York National
Guard. 1t is commanded by Lieut..
Col. William S. Conrow, who succeed
ed Cornelius Vanderbilt when Van
derbilt was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general.
The letter of commentator says:
"Since the great battle for the
breaking of the Hindenburg line, Sep
TENDER % to 80, the division has been
fighting and marching almost continu-
ously. 1t has fallen to the lot of tDe
One Hundred and Second Engineers
to perform engineer service of the
greatest Importance to the success of
the operations and to render that serv-
ice frequently under heavy enemy fire.
On two occasions of the greatest mo-
ment the engineers were pushed into
CIlllCtl pldCtS III Tic llIc " ScItc do
combatant troops.
Throughout these operations the
One Hundred and Second Engineers
fully maintained its established rec
ord for cheerful endurance and eff
cient accomplishment"
NOTE.-Several Palisade boys are
in the One Hundred and Second Engi-
r,,n t..
ry Elkan, Sergeant Glenn Hacker and
Corporal Ralph Hacker, the two lat,
ter nephews of Mrs. Ernest Sibley.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
EMIL SCHMIDT, PALISADE RESIDENT,
DIES SUDDENLY TUESDAY NIGHT IN
J. penn. TOWN OF ACUTE INDIGESTION
Mr. Schmidt Had Left Home Monday Morning in Fine HEALTH Appa
enty-Was Catering for 10000 at Big Ship Building Plant
at Hartman, When Attacked tuesday Night About
Ten O'Clock, But Died in Twenty Minutes.
HIS FRIENDS were MANY IN PALISADE

Emil Schmidt of EdgewOod lane,
Palisade, died suddenly last Tuesday
night in Hartman, Pa, at the Mer-
chants Ship Building Corporation
plant, where he had been in charge of
the commissary department and restau-
rant since October 49, Mr.. Schmidt
had been resident of Palisade for the
past twelve years. He was associated
with the Southern Pacific Steamship
line for the last fifteen years, but the
war conditions made his earnings less,
and he had only recently gone into the
business of catering for some 10000
shipbuilding operatives at Hartman,
with the hope of realizing handsomely
on the enterprise.
Mr.. Schmidt left Palisade only last
Monday morning feeling as well as he
did in his life, arriving at his place of
business the same day. On Tuesday
night, about 10 o'clock, he was attack
ed with acute Indigestion, which he
had suffered from several times be-
fore, and though he had two physicians
who worked over him StrenuOusly, he
was dead within twenty minutes.
He was born at Basel, Switzerland
June 3, 1867, and was therefore in his
fifty-second year. He had been sue.
-cessful business man and had accumu-
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
HARRY ELkAN HAD
COPY OF PALISAD|AN
AT H|NDENBURG Line
PaIisade Boy Writes He Took
Home Paper in Pocket Day
of the Big Drive Against
Germans.

Under date of November IL and
postmarked Bordeaux, November 26
Harry Elkan wrote the editor of the
Palisadian the letter below. From this
it would appear that all of the mem
bers of Palisade contingent in the
army over there are safe from harm,
so far as war casualties are concerned
A further fact mentioned by Master
Engineer Elkan is interesting, that of
the Palisadians being in the thick of
the fight on the Hindenburg line. The
letter follows:
American Y. M. G. A. On Active Serv-
ice with the American Expeditionary
Forces.
November IL, 1918.
My Dear Mr.. Logan:
Well, how is Mr.. Logan and Pail
satle? I receive your paper quite of
ten and can assure you get lot of
pleasure out of reading the news You
might be glad to know that the Pali-
sadian made it's way up to the line,
as had copy of it in my pocket the
day we made our big drive and broke
one Of the strongest positions on the
Hindenburg line, and day think will
go down in history. No doubt you all
are as happy as we are now that
peace is on it's way. 1t cannot come
too soon for us. am more than anx-
ious to return, since lost my dear
mother, and try and be comfort to
my family.
Things have been doubly hard on
me, but am trying to make the best OF
things and do my bit over here. Will
now close. With kindest regards to
you and your family, am, yours most
cordially,
HARRY ELKAN.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14

"Such tunnel would expedite the
handling Of mails Also
General Cocktails explained that he
had passed on the question of whether
the New York and New Jersey shores
ought to be connected by bridge or by
tunnel. II decided against a bridge,
because it would be an obstruction to
navigation" he said. IF destroyed in
time of war it would block navigation.
A vehicular tunnel project would re-
lieve congestion where bridge would
not, and fogs and ice would not be the
terror to traffic that they are now
General Cocktails plan embraced a
tube forty-two feet in diameter, of
concrete block construction, with two
tiers and sufficient width to allow for
a foOtpath. An engineering firm, he
said, has estimated the cost at $12,-
100000, and that it would take two
years to build it. The yearly mainte-
nance was placed at $125,0O0
"This tunnel,' he said, would re-
lieve congestion along the shore front,
and if the proposed port development,
with large freight classification yard
on the New Jersey side, is followed
out it would bring material relief in
lighterage and other river traffic, now
very much congested."
Then the committee sat down on
the whole thing, after joking over let
ting 'sMcAdoQ to do it,
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
RAY BINDER TELLS
OF CHASING HUNS BUT
COULDN'T CATCH 'EM

Postmaster Binder of Hackensack
received letter from his son Ray
mond, who is with Battery G, Three
Hundred and Eighth Field Artillery,
stating that they had been chasing
the Germans for more than week,
but had on only one instance succeed
ed in catching up with Them
The letter was dated November IA,
three days after the signing of the
armistice. This would indicate that
the many local boys in the Three Hun
dred and Seventh and Three Hundred
and Eighth Regiments We're fortunate
in escaping the heavy casualties at the
close of the war;
Ray writes that all sorts of rumors
are being circulated as to when they
are coming home, but adds that it is
impossible to say just when this will
occur.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
LLOYD brewer WAS
GASSED, WRITES OF IT,
PRAISES HOME FOLKS

Private Lloyd M. Brewer of Head
quarters Company, One Hundred and
Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, whose
home is on James street, Hackensack,
writes under date of November 10 that
he is in the Provisional hospital, where
he was sent after being gassed during
an attack on the Huns in October. He
expects to be sent to convalescent
camp, having recovered to very large
extent.
He writes that he received q letter
from his brother, Ray, who is in Com
pany G, Sixth U. S. Engineers, also in
France, and who has been in some Sc
we're fighting.
Lloyd continues: 81 have met but
one Hackensack boy since my arrival
over here, and he was Raymond Car
Tough, who attended Calvary Baptist
school. I am anxious to meet all the
boys from the good old Church on the
Square First Baptist). Yes, 1 have
been through some danger, and my
heart is full of thanksgiving to God
who has brought me safely through
this war. I also praise God that we
have had such good people back in the
States backing us up"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
DENIS. TRY TO STOP
EDGE; REPUBS. SAY
HE'LL GET HIS SEAT

Governor Edge has this week been
attacked by the Democrats, who insist
that he cannot be seated as United
States senator because he was elected
governor of New Jersey for term of
three years, or until January, 1920.
They met this week at Hackensack,
meaning the County Executive Com
mittee, and passed resolutions to block
the governor-that is, to obstruct his
taking his seat next March, passing
vehement resolutions to that effect.
Then the Republican County Com
mittee came back this week and pro-
posed to see to it that Edge does get
his seat, regardless of every considera-
ton. Elected fairly, they say he goes
in. That settles it. That is, there is
war on in New Jersey politics. AS
pretty nearly everything goes in New
Jersey, it's dollars to doughnuts Edge
goes through with no more than the
Bergen whimper, which won't amount
to much.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
(For the PaIisadian.)

We must punish the kaiser, not as a
matter of vengeance, but to vindicate
justice and right and law and civiliza-
ton. 1t would outrage every sense of
decency, rOck-bOttom decency, funda-
mental decency, to permit that whin-
ing scoundrel, that hypocritical scoun-
drel, to get away with it. Every boy
that died that democracy might live
would turn in his grave if that damna-
BILE outcast were permitted to desc
crate the earth with his loathsome
presence. No punishment could pos
sibly be melted out to that bestial in
carnation that could fit the case 1t
beggars the Imagination to invent an
adequate punishment. But perhaps
the best and swiftest form is to take
him and his spew and hang them. No
nonsense, no bubbles of the law, no
Celebrations or defenses, no sophis-
tries. Just the application of the sim
pie pioneer method. A rope, tree
High as Hannah. Not even time for
prayer. And if the rope and the tree
can't be found in Europe we've got
lots of both right in these U. S. A.
Decency must be indicated, human
decency. The thought that this scourge
and his litter of princes and generals
shall continue to live and fatten burns
a hole in every human heart and brain.
Hang the beasts, says every mother
that sacrificed son, and so cry every
sister who gave a brother and every
wife that yielded up husband and
every fatherless child. Future gener-
ations would sneer at our unmanly
and mawkish sentimentality. Hence
horrible thought that the nations
which gave so much shall even for the
millionth part of second harbor any
other course. A stout rope and a
strong tree, a long pull and strong
pull. That's the remedy, so we may
look into the face of the future and
into the face Of the dead with clear
eye and a clean conscience. Don't
think about it, do it now while the red
hot cOrpuscles are still coursing in our
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
.FAIRv|EW BALkS AT
HIGHEST n. ]. TAXES;
WANT TO KNOW WHY

Fairview borough is up in arms over
the present high taxes imposed by it's
assessor. Cliffside's tax rate is only
$2.43 per hundred, against 1881 for
Fairview. And, to make matters
worse, according to report, the rate is
lump sum, instead Of subdivided so
the taxpayers may know what they are
paying, how, what and lot O. things.
They are very justly peeved down
there, and are looking into the matter.
They claim to be paying the highest
taxes in the state, which is going some
if it beats Fort Lee with both high rate
and balloon assessments.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
JOSEPH SCHLOSSER
LEFT ESTATE TO Wife,
AMOUNT NOT STATED

The will of Joseph Schlosser, the
oldest hotelkeeper in Fort Lee, who
committed suicide at his home on No
vember 20, was admitted to probate
Wednesday by Surrogate J. Blauvelt
Hopper The testator leaves his entire
estate to his wife, Mrs. Amelia Schlos-
ser, whom he names sole executrix.
The instrument is dated January a,
1916.
The estate is considered of good
value, though the amount is not stated.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
Christmas Entertainment.

The Christmas entertainment of the
Sunday School of the Union Church
of Palisade will take place on Monday
evening, December %, in the audito-
rum of the church. Stereopticon pic
lures entitled Memories Of Bethle-
hem" will be shown and afterward a
collection of war pictures. Santa
Claus will be among the guests. Spe-
cial music is being prepared by Mr..
Moody.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
HACKENSACK SCHOOLS
WANT WORD TO use
FOR KINDERGARTEN

Hackensack's Board of Education
this week introduced resolution at
its meeting to abolish the word kin
dergarten,' the German word applied
to school for small children. The
board wants the state to name another
word with the same meaning. And
incidentally the state is going to have
deuced hard job on it's shoulders as
much as all things German are despis-
ed at this time.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
CHARGED WITH MURDER
THREE ITALIANS Will
FACE COURT DEC. 30

Natala Rosa, Joseph Marella and
Peter Turano of Lyndhurst were ar
raigned Tuesday before Justice Parker
in Hackensack on an Indictment charg-
ing them with the murder of Charles
Schneider in that place on September
% last. The defendants entered plea
of not guilty, and the tentative date
for trial was fixed for December 30
Record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-14
Willard PuIlen Wounded.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward p. Pullen of
n Gamewell street, Hackensack, have
received word from Washington that
their son, Willard f., was severely
wounded lin action on November TO-
He was in Company H, Sixty-first In
fantry.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-04
EAT LESS AND TAXI
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
Take a glass of Salts if your Back
hurts or Bladder
bothcrs.

The American men and women
must guard constantly against Kidney
trouble, because we eat too much and
all our food is rich Our blood is
filed with uric acid which the k!d-S
news strive to filter out, they weaken
from overwork, become sluggish: the
eliminative tissues clog and the re-
suit is kidney trouble, bladder weak
ness and a general decline In health-
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
of lead: your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged TO seek relief two or three
times during the night: if you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy, nervous
spells. acid stomach, or you have
rheumatism when the weather is bad
get from your pharmacist about four.
ounces of Jad Salts; take table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice. comblned
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate
clogged kidneys: TO neutraiize the
acids in the urine so it no longer fs
a source OF irritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot Y
iniure. makes delightful efferyes-
cent Whitewater beverage, and he.
longs in every home, because nobody
can make a mistake by having good
kidney flushing any time. sFss
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-04
Goose Grease Your Cold

No better external remedy for.
colds ever has been discovered since
some wise grandma first tried goose
grease and turpentine.
But goose grease and turpentine
work only from the outside. The
trouble is on the inside, and by treat
ing from both directions, quicker re-
suits can be obtained. MEN-THO-
EZE is goose grease and turpentlne
to which have been added menthol,
the great Chinese remedy. also pep7
permint. wintergreen and other heal-
ing oils.
While the goose grease and turpenS
tine, rubbed on the chest are works
ing from the outside, fumes of the
menthol and other essences are being
inhaled to the Innings of the throat
and lungs, drawing out the soreness
and soothing the raw, infiamed sur
faces.
In this way MEN-THO-EZE gives
relief in 20 minutes.
The time 10 check colds is when
they first appear Keep MEN-TH0-
EZE handy and be ready for them
In opal Jars, SOC and Goo For sale
bv druggists. or mailed direct.
Address: "MEN-THO- EZE," Fort
Dodge. Ia.