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FLOODS IN SIAM.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-Floods IN
Siam. worst since 1921. are devastating
the country. Dispatches today from the
American legation At bangkok say tho
water has risen 10 the roofs OF houses
on which peasants are living. Great
crop losses have been caused and cat
ties arc dying by drowning and starva-
ton. 4 relief commission has been ap.
pointed.
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PETROLEUM

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The Denver & Rio tTrandG lns"s APP
zeal In guilt brought on behalf of tn"
bond holders nf tho former Western
Pacific Tho amount involved Is Abort
$4,000. 900, Decision STATED :" h" tnAl
and confirms right "> "td bond holders
TO recover on thu Cuarani"" "t their
bonds by Denver & ltin t;rands.
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PITTSBURGH STOCKS

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Cash quotattons-Corn No. ana "
yellow. nominal: No. i. yellow IL: oats
No ). white Sl'2 q S:%: standard ~
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N. Y..STOCK EXCHANGE

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AaStcn * o.. mc:rn"r> New S..-l Stock
ExchanSe. .<a'innat I',Gi, or West Etr-
Einia building Wh"cli';S. ~. Va Louis
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New York Cotton Market

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Curb Mining Stocks.
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
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Exchange. National Bank OF Vest VIZ
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BOSTON COPPER STOCKS

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Exchange. National Bank nt West VIZ.
kinla building. Wheeling. ". Va. LoGls
Bran0. manager.
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p"n. High. Low. CluEa.

Teachrr--Johnny, can you tell me
where Lake Ontario is
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phia Telrgraih
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Standard Oil SubsidiaryStoc

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Furnished The Intcl!igenccr by A. E.
Maetc,, G. Co. members Sew York Stock
Exchange National Bank OF West Flr'
Einia building. Wheeling. ". Va Loul1
F. Brand. manager.
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LOCAL STOCKS

WHEELING. W Va. Jan. I. '1S.
Daily quotation list of the Wheeling
Stock Exchange. Complied for lntelll-
senccr.
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WhcGying Mold & [dy. G.. cCommoII---
Transfer books close January II, Tor q
Regular | per cent cash dividend ana IN
.xirn Dcr cent payable February ISL
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Degenerate speech indicates the dc.
PRAYED character.
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Bonds g 80: "h".
U)-I&.sml&r >",ri-arnual dfv'd=n" So
:s1wEcgnl,r quarterly dividend Wis
Cs,--l,:suiar 1uar,"rIy dividend *l.75
per Shar-. payable: Feb; J. ,;.: $3.50
cent preferred regular semi annual liri-
dsnd $3.50 yer share. payable Jan. Ii.
Pirate Simpkins had returned from
the from; 20 cind thu, his girl mad n.'m
walking Oh. with another young man.
and naturally asked h"r t" explain II"
<ceQuen: proIcenad"s IA ~" TOW" "!'H
the gentleman.
Wei. dear" she rerts",l. 81: VAS only
Kindness on his part He just took mr.
down 20 tho library c-crj' Gay Z" Soc IL
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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
SERGT. +. H. BROWN, JR.,
ENGLEW00D HIGH BOY,
KILLED IN ACTION

Word has been received of the death
of Sergt Frederick Fl. Brown, Jr, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Brown of En-
glewood, who was killed in action in
the battle of Cambria, France, on Sep
TENDER %.
Sergeant Brown joined the old Sew
enth Regiment of New York in Febru-
airy, 1916, and went to the Mexican
border, where he remained six months
Shortly after his regiment was called
into service, following the declaration
of war with Germany, it became the
One Hundred and Seventh Infantry,
REIMBURSEMENT Division, and Brown
was promoted to sergeant of Company
l and sailed to France with his unit.
He was twenty-five years old and a
graduate of the Englewood High
School. He was employed in the office
of the Royal Insurance Company of
New York. At the time of his death
he was serving as machine gun in
StructOr.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
DR.. BEATTIE MEETS
GEORGE H. EREM
IN FRANCE MESS tent
Former PaIisade Minister Recog-
nizes Old Friend, and There
Was Sudden Explosion
of HeartineSS.

A letter from Lieut.. George III. Frew
dated in October tells of a delightful
experience he had had few days be-
fore he wrot IN meeting Rev. Lee w.
Beatty, for ~ pastor of the Palisade
Union Chmch. DR.. Beatty went to
France early in the fall to do Y. M.
tC.,A work.
Lieutenant Frew wrote that he was
seated in the mess tent one day at din
ner with some 60 or 70 other officers
when who should put his head in but
DR.. Beatty. He at once called out in
his stentorian voice, "Why, hello,
George p and there was immediate no.
tice taken of the visitor. George said
you could have heard the minister's
greeting mile. He also said that DIR.
Beatty is doing great work for the 'sY.
He is very popular and gets along with
everybody on account of his frank and
open ways. The incident with Lieu
tenant Frew is typical of his open
heartedness and is worthy of record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
CONRAD BREleY.

A letter from Sergeant Conrad
Breiby of the One Hundred and Sec
ond Field Signal Corps was received
by his folks early this week, the first
word in over six weeks. In his letter
he enclosed a letter of commendation
sent to all the boys of the One Hun
dred and Second Field Signal Corps
from Major General John f. Organ,
commanding general of the Twenty
seventh Division. The letter of COM
mendation, dated October %, follows:
To Commanding Officer One Hundred
and Second Field Signal Corps.
1-Since the great battle for the
breaking of the Hindenburg line, in
which our division played so promi-
nent part, it has been marching and
fighting continuously. These opera
tons resulted in the capture of st.
Souplet, forcing the crossing of the LIE
Selie river and the capture of the
heights on the other side, the assault
and capture of Randival farm and the
town of Arbe Guern5n, the farms of
Jonc de Mer and La Rue and the re-
tirement of the enemy to the Canal
de la Sambre. During these opera
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
CAPT. DOREMUS KILLED OCT. 25IN
FIERCE ARGONNE FOREST ACTION:
MACHINE GUN BULLET in HEAD
Wire From Washington tuesday Confirmed Gallant Hackensack
Officers Sad Fate Conflicting Reports Had Been Received
Victim Of Hun Bullet Had Had Fine career-Was in
Spanish-Amercan War and on Mexican Border
He WAS ONE OF COUNTRY's BEST SOLDIERS

Gallant Capt. Harry Doremus of
Hackensack, of the famous Company
C, One Hundred and Fourteenth Infan-
try, U. S. A., from whom the Palisadian
last week published feeling letter
from the front, telling of his wounded
condition., is this week reported as
killed in action October 25 Captain
DOremus was one of the most popular
men in Hackensack. He was at one
time captain in old Company G of the
Fifth New Jersey, and went to war
the first time in the Spanish-American
conflict in 1898. Also he was sent to
the Mexican border when we sent our
first troops to that section before we
got into the European war.
The official confirmation came last
Tuesday in telegram to Mrs. Dore-
mus, who lives in State street, Hack
ensack. The One Hundred and Four
teenth Regiment is composed of Ber-
gen and Passaic county men, and ever
since the first news came of their par
ticipation in the bloody fights of Ar
gonne Forest fears have been enter
tanned that some important men would
fall 1t is said that machine gun bull
let caught Captain Doremus in the
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
TENAFLY BIRDMAN,
IT. COLEMAN ! | GOT 3 z
OF 5, HIMSELF VICTIM

Lieut.. Dewitt Coleman, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Coleman of Ten
afiy, was killed in action on the Ital-
ian front on October 26, just one day
before the Austrian foe laid down its
arms, according to word received this
week.
Lieutenant Coleman was in an avia-
ton squadron flying over the enemy
lines, operating a bombing machine.
His machine became separated from
the rest of the squadron, and he reach
ed his objective some minutes after
his comrades. He dropped several
bombs on an Austrian ammunition
dump and then sought to rejoin his
comrades when he was attacked by
five Austrian planes. He shot down
two of them, but was in turn shot
down and killed. His entire crew of
four was killed with him, and their
bodies buried in a little country ceme-
terry in the mountains by the Italians
residing there. This information was
contained in two letters written by
brother officers.
Lieutenant Coleman was twenty
four years old and graduate of the
Englewood High School. He was en-
ployed in the office of the Weatherby
Real Estate Company. He enlisted in
June, 1917, and after studying aviation
at Dayton and Columbus, O., sailed
for France in September, 1917, and
was one of a group to be sent to Italy.
He was soon advanced to the COM
mand of school at Foggia, where he
received his commission as lieuten-
ant. Later he was sent to the fighting
line. Signor Caproni bestowed on him
gold medal as token of apprecia
ton for the proficient manner in which
he handled the big Caproni machine
Record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
BELONGED TO A FAMILY OF SUICIDES

the bar. He was never known to vio-
late the law and made his business as
respectable as it could be made.
Because of this tendency to uphold
the dignity of the law he had long
commanded the respect of the commu-
nifty. He was man well thought of
by many of the best people of the bor-
ough. For many years the borough
council had met in Schlosser's-over
20 perhaps.
The funeral took place last Monday
in Edgewater 1t was largely attend
ed, and flowers were numerous. A full
Masonic service was conducted.
Mr.. SchlOsser left wife and three
other sons, Charles. Frederick and
Lester. Mrs. James Daley was a
daughter Also Those most intimate
with Mr.. Schlosser say he has been
showing signs of mental weakness for
some time. They saw this thing COM
ing. Suicide seems to have run in his
family. Mrs. Casper, his sister, killed
herself three months ago, and four or
five other members of the family have
gone the same route The body hung
in the barn with the feet only two
inches from the floor, with about one
foot drop.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
GRACE RAMBO KILLED
IN LEMOINE AVENUE,
Fl LEES DEATH TRAP
Another Beautiful Girl Struck by
Chalmers Car Wednesday Eve,
Making Three Fatalities
in Past Month.
FEELING RUNNING HIGH.

Fort Lees death avenue, known to
the general public as Lemoinne ave-
nue., has furnished new automobile
killing, this time another beautiful
girl, Grace RambO, niece of John Nc
Gl0ins- whose family brought her up,
about sixteen years of age. The trag-
edy took place about 5 40 p. m. on
Wednesday, bit after dark. The
girl was walking along Lemoine ave-
nue. not over 100 feet from the same
spot where month ago another pretty
girl, Miss Tracy, was killed by an auto
truck, and also where man was badly
injured week ago and who is said to
be dying in Englewood Hospital. Miss
Rambo was walking with Miss Carney
and Anna Mellon, when Chalmers
touring car, driven by William Shelf
fier of Tenafly, who hacks from Edge
water to Tenafiy, came along at a
fast rate of speed and ran directly
into the party of girls, striking the
Rambo girl Scheffler claims he did
not know he had struck anyone till
one Of the party he was driving called
his attention to the fact that he felt
a jolt, and he stopped the car and
went back and found the girl lying in
the road She was placed in the car
and driven to the Englewood Hospital,
but was already dead when the party
arrived Shelter gave himself up and
was committed under the charge of
mansiaughter before Recorder Mannix
in Fort Lee He is twenty-one years
of age.
Feeling in Fort Lee is running high
oye1 bis constant killing of innocent
~, q ffisstasA sssse~srxars re sEliA.
people are up in arms, and a hard
Continued on Page 8.
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CL|FFSIDE RED CROSS
TO meet MONDAY Eve
FOR ANNUAL ELECTION


The annual meeting of the Cliffside
Park branch, American Red Cross, will
be held at the Cliffside Park High
School on Monday evening, December
16, at SIS p. m. At this meeting the
annual election of officers will also
take place, and reports will be re-
.es@ Cd faoL4 siie osfirers AKA VAR 3i.si
committees. As our annual meeting
will be held on the opening day of the
Red Cross Membership drive, it is
hoped that a large attendance will be
present. AS in all other patriotic
drives, Cliffside Park Borough will go
"Over the top" in this one, and we will
have a 100 per cent. membership en-
rolled under the banner of the Great
est Mother in the World
Instructions have been received
from headquarters that all surgical
dressings work must be stopped i'm
mediately. Work on hospital gar
ments and knitting will be continued
until further notice AS the demand
is great, interest in the work of refu-
gee garments should be stimulated to
the utmost. The need for the civilian
relief for the coming winter is press
ing
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07

Joseph Schlosser of Fort Lee, for
many years a widely known hotel
keeper of the village, committed sui
eide by hanging himself from beam
in the barn back of his place in Main
street, Fort Lee, Friday of last week.
Mr. Schlosser had been depressed for
some time past because of his inabil-
ity to hear from two of his sons in
France, Joseph and George, and the
thought also that national prohibition
would soon close his saloon connected
with the hotel caused him to brood, SO
that he finally made up his mind to rid
himself of the thought of growing old
without an occupation. He did not
think he could get into any other line
of business and do anything at his
time of life, it is said. His nervous
state gradually grew worse from day
to day. The means he adopted to
make an end of himself was not I'M
usual, but it was of kind that re-
quired lot of nerve. But that was
typical of the man. AS long as he ran
his hotel he never allowed himself to
go contrary to the demands of the
law, and because the law forbade
Sunday opening no one could ever en-
ter his place and hope to get inside
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
HARRY LANE REPORTED
WOUNDED, CORRECTED
TO CASE SHELL SHOCK

Report reached Palisade early this
week that Private Harry Lane had
been wounded in France. The mes
sage came from the war department
at Washington. Then another wire
was received by the family a little
later saying the first report was mis-
take, that he had suffered from shell
shock, and was now in base hospital
recovering and able to do clerical
work The family also received let
ter from Private John Lane this week,
saying that he had seen Eddie Greer
at the front, who told him Harry was
in a hospital suffering from nervous
breakdown. This letter was dated No
yember s, and John also wrote that the
captain of his company had just
rushed into the dugOut and told the
boys the Germans had made COM
plete surrender, so that the false re-
mort was told on the firing line, also,
that famous Thursday.
All of the above is good news and
bad news combined, with the former
predominating, and it is certain that
everybody in Palisade hopes sincerely
that Harry will soon be himself again
and on the way home with all the other
boys.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07

head and killed him. This battle is
said by the French, according to let
tiers received from Bergen boys who
were in 1t, to have been the fiercest of
the entire war.
Captain Rohrbach Of Passaic sent
his wife letter recently in which he
speaks of Captain Doremus. The LET
ter follows:
"We held down this position for four
days, living in shell holes, with
branches of trees over the top so aero
planes couldn't see us and eating bread
and corned willy and can of toma-
toes for drink, because water was
almost impossible to get up to us.
Grover and l and Dittrich and Lieu
tenant Royal and few other men
slept in the same shell hole, and very
seldom came out of it.
"We were relieved by another regi-
ment on the morning of October 80 at
daylight and we marched out without
any casualties, although we got some
Smelling. Lieutenant Heinzman was in
command of Company B all the time.
Lieutenant Zimmerman was in COM
Continued On Page 8.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
.PALISADE BOY SAW
PARIS when PEACE
CANE, Tells ! ABOUT II

Edgar Darby got back home from
trip to Paris the day before Thanks
giving and dined with his parents in
Palisade. He was in Paris the day
peace was declared and decides that
the way Paris celebrated the great vic
tory was the most wonderful thing he
ever witnessed. Told of the enthusi-
asm of New York, he said:
"Oh, yes; l know how well New
York does all things. But this Paris
celebration of peace was the most
wonderful of all similar celebrations
for the reason that it was Partisan.
There is only one Paris, and no other
country was bled white as was France.
France was Paris at the end, and Paris
was France. The great French capt.
tai fairly blazed with spontaneous joy
that was overwhelming. /. cannot tell
OF it with any degree of precision.
The setting of Paris, the thousands
of wonderful and beautiful women,
was all so adorable, so impulsive on
the moment of the end of the great
struggle, that my own mind is incap-
able of conceiving the possibility of
any other great capital among the al
lies even shading Paris. Paris, you
know. is Incompatible. So in her
wonderful peace outburst 1t was so
joyous it was musical with gladness.
One could see it even in the faces of
babes. The behaviour of the women
and young girls was not shocking in
accordance with the reputation Paris
bears for gayety, but it was of that
deeply set feeling that bore upon its
crest the thought that heaven had set
its seal upon people who had gone
through the gates of sacrifice and
death and wounds till the blood-letting
had brought almost utter exhaustion.
But if the strength was fast ebbing,
the enthusiasm was not, and the spirit
ual side of Paris was still rampant
when l saw her in that joyous mood
the day peace came and set the world
free. / cannot forget it. Nobody
could
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
SERGEANT BEAUMONT
LISTED AS WOUNDED.

Sergt. Ferdinand ]. Beaumont of
Hackensack, who was last Tuesday Of
ficially listed as wounded, is broth
er-in-law of Andrew J. Kranichfeld of
Hospital place and is a member of the
Twenty-third Infantry, United States
Regulars. He had been in the service
for eight years, having re-enlisted
from time to time.
Last October Mr.. Kranichfeld re-
ceived postal card from the Red
cross stating that he had been wound
ed in July. Nothing further had been
heard concerning him until the tele-
gram received Tuesday from the war
department.. Beaumont is about thir-
ty-five years old and made his home in
Hackensack when off duty.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
SERCT. BREIBY WRITES LETTER FROM
FRONT WHICH INDICATES PALISADE
BOYS WERE RESTING NOV. II
102nd Signal Corps Highly Commended by Gen. 0Ryan Of 9th
Division for Gallant Work in Many Engagements Tells
Of Wars Hardshps and UncompIaining Men in American
Servce-ANies Kept Up Terrific Pace.
HOME BOYS NOT SCHEDULED TO RETURN YET

lions many hundreds of prisoners
We're captured and great amount Of
war material taken. These operations
were carried through in the face of
the most determined resistance by the
enemy and under the heaviest kind OF
fire. Due to this fire and the physical
features Of the terrain, it was ex-
tremely difficult to maintain signal
communications. The success of the
operations was in no small measure
due to the determination, resourceful-
ness, valor and endurance of the Off
GERS and men of the Signal Battalion.
Their work is appreciated by the re-
mainder of the division, and take
great pleasure in recording these SEN
timents and in commencing the bat
TALON for it's prominent part in these
historic engagements.
(Signed.) JOHN f. O'RYAN,
Major General.
In his letter home Sergeant Breiby
tells of the terrific pace the allies
kept up until the Hindenburg line was
smashed and the Huns put on the run.
II can imagine how you must have
Continued on Page 8.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
new CRANTWOOD P. N.
TAKES OFFICE over,
MRS. COMSTOCk OUT

The Grantwood post Office is now
in charge of Louis Matteson. who has
received his commission. He began
his duties last Monday. Mrs. Com
stock, who was acting postmistress for
several months, in retiring left rec
ord perhaps the best for general all
around efficiency ever known in Grant
wood. The public appreciates the fine
service she rendered and will remem-
Der it. Mr.. Matteson, it is to be hoped,
will fulfill the public demands of the
office. He will be assisted by his wife,
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-07
NUT SHELLS NO LONGER NEEDED


The Chemical Warfare section of
the United Sttaes army has notified
the United States Food Administration
that the supply of fruit pits and nut
shells now on hand is sufficient to meet
the requirements for gas masks, and
that the saving of these is therefore
no longer necessary.
1t is added, however, that carload
shipments are still desired. Where
there is uncertainty as to whether the
amount accumulated is sufficient to be
considered as carload or quantity
shipment the local Red Cross should
be consulted.
Unshipped collections should not be
destroyed, it is advised, but used as
fuel.