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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11
LE0NIA HEIGHTS SEWER, UNB0NDED,
COSTING BOROUGH HEAVILY, MONEY
BORROWED NOW AT 6 PER CENT
Sewer Commission Appointed M Years Ago Has Never Made
Report and Archie Hart Is Pressing Suit for Caster
Estate for Running Sewer Through
Private Property.
INTEREST NOW RUNNING over $1,000 A MONTH

A gentleman of neighboring bor-
ough this week, discussing the present
situation following talk on borough
government in general, made some sig
nificant remarks about the situation at
this time in the borough of Fort Lee.
Said he:
You people in Fort Lee certainly
have time of it. First you had this
false alarm over the now celebrated
water decision when the claim was
made by your mayor and clung to with
tenacity that was astounding, to say
nothing of what 1 think of the lawyer
that put the So-called decision over.
Now here you come along with the
messed up state of your Leonia sewer.
If / am not mistaken, your people APP
pointed sewer commission about a
year and half ago for the purpose of
looking into the sewer matter and
making a report. l have never heard
of any report yet having been made
public. Now, as l understand it, you
have something like 100000 you are
borrowing at local banks at 6 per cent.
interest and which should long ago
have been refunded by being bonded
If you are paying out at that rate it is
costing you around $500 month, or
$4,000 year. There is fine OppOrtu-
nifty here for some not very regular
financing-not that l would accuse
anybody, but the question is, WHO is
carving all this money? Banks dc
mot carry certificates for their health
do they? Seems to me somebody ought
to make an explanation. OF course il
will all be blamed on the war. The
war gets it all. All deficiencies are
laid at that door, and It's shame too >
A Fort Lee gentleman was called up
on the phone and asked about the
sewer Indebtedness. He replied: "Yes
we are paying out over $1,000 month
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11
STOLEN AUTO FOUND
FOR OWNER, TWICE
FILCHED RECENTLY

For the second time within month
the Hackensack police have been en-
abled to restore to its rightful owner
an automobile alleged to have been
stolen.
On December S an automobile with
New York license plate was left at
the garage of George Baar on Fair
street with the understanding that the
owner would call for the machine in IL
few days The few days running into
weeks, Baar became suspicious and
notified the police.
Chief of Police O'Shea got in touch
with the New York authorities and
learned that according to the license
plates the automobile probably be-
lOnged to Benjamin Olmstead of Lyn-
brook, Long Island.
A letter to OlmStead brought that
individual to Hackensack Sunday and
satisfactory Identification of the car
was made and the machine released.
Mr. Olmstead declared,that this was
the second time his car had been stolen
and he was very grateful to the Hack
ensack police for their assistance in
recovering it for him.
The machine was stored in Bars
garage by two men, one of whom gave
the name of William Doxey, who was
said by OlmStead to be Il neighbor of
his at LynbrOOk.-
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11
ENCLEW00D NURSE
ON NORTHERN PACIFIC
WAS SAVED, PH0NED IN

Miss Mary L. Tate, one of the three
navy Red Cross nurses who last week
Thursday cambered down the star
board side of the transport Northern
Pacific, stranded ON the beach off Fire
Island, is a resident of Englewood and
niece of DR.. James w. Proctor of
Palisade avenue. that place.
Miss Tate was formerly nurse in
the Englewood Hospital, which institu-
ton she left IL months ago for France,
where she was connected with the Ma
val Base Hospital at Brest.
Miss Tate telephoned DR.. Proctor
from Bay Shore, Long Island, that she
was alright" and it is expected she
will be home in a few days.
The three nurses We're drenched in
their trip in surf boat from the
steamer to the beach-Record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11
RUTHERFORD BOY,
AIRPLANE STUDENT,
KILLED AT MEMPHIS

In the fall Monday of AN airplane in
which they We're flying at height of
1000 feet at the army aviation school
at Memphis, Tenn, Cadet H. A. Col
Inns, son of John I. Collins of Ruther-
ford, was killed and Cadet Caperton
of New York city seriously injured
Cadet Collins was twenty-five years
old. He was an alumnus of the Ruth
erford High School. In his senior year
at the University of Pennsylvania,
Cadet Collins was captain of the water
polo team. His father, two sisters and
two brothers survive.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11
CLlFFSlDE TAXES UP
BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS

The distinction accorded to Fair
Palisadian of being assessed the high
est tax rate in the State cannot be
maintained, if the figures. 1881 per
500, are correct. Cliffside Park bor
ough, at least the Grantwood section
of it, holds the higher place, for there
the rate is $3.50 per 500 (not $2.43.
as enormously published). And there
in Grantwood-it is increasing by
leaps and boundS-Grantwoo
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11
"ALL CARS STOP HERE, /"
SAID 1ST NAT. BANK
SIGN after CAR BUMP

No way like a good one. The morn
ing after the trolley accident in Edge
water when a car jumped the rails on
the curve just beyond the First Ma
tional Bank building and ran plump
into the lamppost at the bank door and
twisted askew one of the big granite
stones of the foundation, some fellow
placed a small wooden sign on the
front of the bank bearing these funny
words:
"FIRST NATIONAL BANK. ALL
CARS STOP HERE"
The sign set the town a-laughing.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11

X X X X X X X X X 4 X X X II X + /
k God said, I'm tired of kings, 4
l suffer them no more; 4
Up to my ear the morning brings 4
The outrage of the poor"
k Emerson. 4
k All they that take the sword 4
shall perish with the sword"
If thine enemy hunger, feed \
K him; if he thirst, give him i
drink 4
k ,
To be sure, if he will, one may
K face back toward the darkness
K and quote far older scripture
than either of these and say of
his enemy: Let there be none
K to extend mercy unto him;
neither let there be any to favor \
X his fatherless children"
K If we could select as a motto
K single sentence to hang above
K the table around which the !
X members of the coming peace
conference are to sit, it would
X be this:
K ABOVE ALL NATIONS IS
X HUMANITY"
4 In the light of the facts and
X forces confronting the world to-
X day, we can find no fault with ]
4 the clear, unambiguous state
X ment of that vigorous thinker !
X who says: "A democratic !
X league of nations may seem a
X Utopian dream, but the war is a !
X witness that we have no other J
4 choice. 1t is Utopia or He'll.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11
MISSING GIRL IS
FOUND IN HOUSEb0AT
Miss Adele Kramer, of New York,
Evidently Victim of
AmneSia.

Miss Adele V. Kramer, twenty-five
New York, who mysteriously disap-
peared from her home on December %,
was located Saturday evening in
houseb0at at the Ross & Sanford dock
under the Palisades, between Fort Lee
and Coytesville. She had been cared
for in this houseboat since New Years
eve by John Meila, siXty-two years old,
who is the Waterman at the dock and
who occupies rooms in the boat.
The young woman is victim SEEM
ingly of amneSia or aphasia and can
tell nothing of her wanderings. She is
now in the Englewooq Hospital, suffer
ing from exposure, frostbitten feet and
nervous collapse. Where she had been
between December % and the time she
was given shelter in the watchman's
shanty will ever remain a mystery.
How she reached the Waterman s
shanty on the pier after nightfall is a
mystery to him and the police She
cliffs on the edge of the Hudson river,
an undertaking dangerous even in day
light
Waterman Her Benefactor
Just off the pier is moored house.
boat, and when the young girl, ex-
hausted and hungry, asked the watch
man for shelter he took her something
to eat and then put her to bed.
Meila took a fatherly interest in the
young woman and tried to find from
her why she had roamed the Palisades
cliffs at night and where she lived.
She was in daZe and said little fur
Their than that she was awfully tired
and wanted to rest
He questioned her many times, but
his interrogations brought no result,
the bedraggled girl simply telling him
she was worn out and did not want to
be disturbed
Mtna on Saturday. decided it would
Continued on Page S.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11

Miss Eleanor Gebhardt, Mortified
Seminary girl, whose home is in New
of Maxine Sibley. Maxine left last
Monday for Milford, Conn, to spend
two days with Dorothy Platt, senior
att the seminary.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11
SHIPS AND TANKS
HONORS GO TO MANY
new JERSEY TOWNS

Winners in the contest for the right
to name ships and tanks as mark of
distinction and reward for oversub-
scriptions in the Fourth Liberty Loan
have just been announced by the Lib
erty Loan Committee of the Second
Federal Reserve district. The hOnOrs
for the naming of ships go to the bank
ing communities and for the naming of
tanks to the non-banking communities,
ten towns in each class being cited.
The contest for the right to name
the ten ships assigned to this Federal
Reserve district was limited to the
banking towns. The awards are now
made, as follows:
The two towns in the entire district
showing the highest percentage of
oversubscription are as follows:
Dis Per
trict. Town. County. Cent.
s Sparkhill Rockland 1853
Tenafily Bergen, n. J. 439
Towns in each subdiStrict Exclusive
of the towns winning the awards at
large) showing the highest percentage
of OversubScription are as follows:
Dis Per
trict. Town. County Cent.
Lancaster Erie, n Y 222
2 ShOrtsville Ontario, n. y. 260
3 Brasher Falls St Law'ce, n. Y 374
4 Johnson City Broome, n Y. POS
) Kerhonkson Ulster n Y. 1913
6 ROckaway PIX Queens, n. Y. Ala
Z Glen. Ridge Essex, n. j. 42S
S Mount Kisco Winchester. \. Y. 321
New-York tribune., 1919-09-24
General Strike to Start
Automatically November
l Unless Agreement Is
Reached in the Meantime
Double Shift Prohibited
Head of Union Predicts
Negotiations With Mine
Operators Will Succeed

CLEVELAND, Sept. 23.-Demands
for 60 per cent increase in all mine
wages, limit of six hours upon the
days labor under ground. a fve-day
week. with time and half for over
time and double time for work on Sun
days and holidays and important i'm
provement in conditions of labor, we're
adopted this afternoon by the conven-
ton Of the United Mine Workers Of
America.
The convention then adjourned to
await the result Of the joint wage
scale conference with the operators Of
the central competitive district, which
opens in Buffalo Thursday.
Should satisfactory new agreement
be reached by the representatives of
the miners andthe operators at this con-
ference .he convention will be recon
vcncd AT Indianapolis to accept or re-
Ject it. Should no agreement be
reached in time to be ratified and come
into effect by November l, general
strike of all bituminous coal miners in
the United States automatically will
cnsue on that date, which may extend
to the Canadian coal fields if the in
ternational executive board and the
representatives Of the Canadian dis
trlcts SO determine
Double Shifts Prohibited
While decided increase in wages is
demanded to meet the heavy increase
IN the cost Of living, the miners dele
gates we're no less interested in pro-
members Of the union throughout the
year, voting not only to restrict the
number of working hours to thirty a
week, but also to prohibit the employ
ment of double shifts in producing coal
with this aim in view
Although the demands are sweeping
as compared with present conditions,
entallng reduction from the nine
to nine and half hours frequently
spent under ground under the prese Mt
agreemcn calling for eight hours "at
the face" to six hours under ground
Acting President Lewis stated to-day
that he confidently expected an agree
ment would be reached with the
operators at Buffalo by negotiation
Miners Loyalty Praised
"That is" he continued, "unless the
operators see fit to disturb the entire
domestic equilibrium of the country
by refusing to negotiate on the basis
OF our programme. The miners have
demonstrated their good faith and
loyalty to the country in dischargng all
their esponsibilities under the Wash
lngton wage agreement, have endured
the high cost of living uncomplainingly
and now feel that the public will recog-
nizc the necessity of granting proper
consideration and equal iusticc r. mr. y
engaged in the most basic industry on
which the country is so DEPENDENT
The report was adopted unchanged
after a short debate.
The miners delegation at the Buffalo
conference will be composed of the
international officials and eight repre-
sentatives from each of the four dis
tricts included in the central competi-
tive field Illinois, Indiana, Ohio anf
Western Pennsylvania. The distric,
delegations will be headed by the presi
dents of these four district organiza
tons. Frank harrington. Ed. Stewart
John Moore and Philip Murray, respec-
lively.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-24
Peace Force of 100000 To
Be Only s'Child's Play
Without the Covenant.
He Tells Congressman
Pershing Report Not In
House Committee Members
Are Dissatisfied With the
National Guard Policy

WASHINGTON. Sept. %. - Unless
the league Of nations is formed, the
peace-time army of $4,000 proposed by
the War Department will be only
"childs play" the House Military Com
mt ttee was told to-day by Secretary
Baker
"Without the league" he said, "every
big nation must be armed to the teeth
and we will have the old story of the
balance of power"
"The President" commented Rep
resentative Cragon, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, says we will never have
to send troops to foreign lands with
the league of nations. but we never
did under the balance of the power" "
1--WE are just returning 100000 who
were sent under the old conditions"
said the Secretary.
General Pershing has neither ap-
proved nor disapproved the War De-
adding that the commander of the
American eXpcditonary forces had
been asked to formulate his recon-
mcndatlons as soon as possible.
Dissatisfaction with the War De-
partment's National Guard policy was
expressed by members of the House
Military Committee, after Major Cen
era! jesse Mel. Carter, chief of the
military bureau, and Secretary Baker
had explained reorganization. Secrc-
tary Baker said the department must
consider "a policy Of national inter
est as to the Guard. not merely its
usefulness as state police.
Representative Anthony. Republican.
Kansas. said recognition had been re-
fused skeleton guard companies, al
though their personnel would be larger
than that in some regular army com
panies. General Carter said organiza-
tion of twenty-five regiments, with
companies Of sixty-fivc men. had been
authorized. but that withdrawal Of
Federal recognition was threatened un-
less the company strength was raised
to 1oc men divided into platoons of
fifty men for small cities.
Eve have accepted all units that
have asked for recognition" declared
General Carter.
"Why, YOU have not interrupted d
Representative Hull. whole regiments
have been denied recognition y
1t was brought out that an Iowa reg
iment that served in the Rainbow Di-
vision had been promised recognition
as "surplus," although not originally
included in the plans.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-24
Special Staff Named to
Help Pershing Clean Up
Twenty-Five Officers Designated
for A. E. f. Headquarters
Staff in Washington
New York Tribune
W0shinotUn 8ureax

~ H0SHin0IUn 6nTe0x
WASHINGTON, Sept. %. - General
Pershing will continue his wartime
powers while maintaining the head
quarters Of the American expeditionary
force temporarily in Washington, Sec
retary of War Baker announced to-day
in authorizing a special staff Of as
sistants to work under the American
commanders direction in cleaning up
the work of the overseas army.
staff of twenty-five officers,
thirteen OF the regular establishment
ana twelve listed as temporary officers
torty-tive field clerks and thirty-fi FIVE
soldiers has been authorized to aid
General Pershing. The regular army
officers include:
Major General Andre W. Brewster,
Brigadier General Walter A. Bethel,
brlgadier General Fox Conner, Briga-
der General Robert c. Davis, Colonel
George c. Marshall, Colonel John C.
Colonel Edwin c. McNeill, Colonel
Frank c. Burnell, Lieutenant Colonel
r. l.. Whitley, Lieutenant Colone! Al
pert 5. kuegle, Major w W. Carr and
Major Eugene Coffin
temporary officers, whose discharge
from the service will come when their
work with General Pershing has been
completed, thus far assigned. are:
Lieutenant Colone! Michael 7
O'brlen. Lieutenant Colonel Harry
Cooper, Major John C. Hughes. CAPTAIN
George +. Adamson, Captain n. r.
oDonohue, Captain J. J. Cassidy. Can
tam A. NJ. Cassidy, First Lieutenant
y. M. Fitch, First Lieutenant W. J.
Cunningham, First Lieutenant T. North
and Second Lieutenant Ralph A. Curtin,
New-York tribune., 1919-09-24
Bridegroom Carried to
Wedding: Say Relatives
Abraham G.. Fonda's Legacy to
Former Housekeepcr Attacked
bv His Family

Allegations that aged Abraham G.
Fonda, thirteen days before he died
July last, had been carried to Bor-
ough Hall, Brooklyn, for license to
we'd his housekeeper, and then assisted
to the place of the CEREMONY were
made in affidavts filed in a contest of
his will in the Kings County Surrogatc's
Court yesterday.
1t is charged that Fonda was not
competent at the time and that the
housekecper persuaded him to marry
her, bequeath his estate valued at $780,
600, and transfer property worth about
S50,000 more to her name. Ship WAS Mrs,
Rhoda M. Hunt, forty-tive years old
The contestants are Edward r. Fon-
da, of Dallas, and Stephen r. Fonda, Of
Saratoga Springs, brothers of the de-
ceased; Mrs. Florence B. Schneider, of
Dallas, q sister, and Florence Haw-
thorne Durant, a niece. Fonda lived
at 1872 Brooklyn. Avenue, Brooklyn
James W. Fawcett, attorney for Mrs.
Fonda, said she denies all the allega-
tions and will fight to hold the estate
Fonda's relatives also have started
action to annul the marriage.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-24
New York Legion Adopts
No Politics Resolution
Action Barring Party Candidates
From Office in Organization
to Become NafinnaI

officials Of the New York branch of
the the, american Legion made public yes
terday the text of a resolution adopted d
by the New York County Organization
which they say was intended to en-.
phasze its purpose to remain free of
partisan political affiliations. The reso-
luton, which bars candidates for polit-
ical office from holding Office in tho
Legion, is as follows:
Resolved, That pursuant to the re-
peatedly announced policy of the Amer
lean Legion, the New York County
organization hereby goes on record as
being una!teranly opposed to the hold
ing of any Office in the American
Legion, or membership in any Of it's
standing committees, by any candidate
for public Office
This resolution, said George Brokaw
Compton,, chairman Of the New York
County organization, is only a forecas,
of what will be written into the ma
tional constitution Of the Legion a.
the convention in Minneapolis in No.
vember
New-York tribune., 1919-09-24
Wilson Flatly
Opposes All
Reservations
Continued from page I

I, any way to coerce the judg-
lent of public men, but to en-
TIGHTEN and assist that judgment,
tar am convinced, after crossing
.Ss continent, that there Is no sort
~ doubt that so per cent of the
nsople of the United States are for
he league of nations, and that the
.sief opposition comes from the very
a,nuieting element that we had to
s.al with before and during the war.
"All the elements that tended
,oward disloyalty are against the
,sarue, and for very good reason.
+. this league is not adopted we
viii serve Germany's purpose, be-
ssnse we will be dissociated from
the nations, and | am afraid per-
manently dissociated from the ma
lions, with whom we cooperated in
defeating Germany"
Entering the state during this morn
;,s from Reno, New, where he spoke
sst night, the President was cheered
st several places where his train made
brief stops and was welcomed warmly
uhen he left his private car in the
sfternoon for the short automobile
Mr.. Wilson issued a short statement
EXPRESSING confidence in the outcome
~ the treaty debate.
Crowds lined the streets and cheered
hin, as he rode through the bushes.
section of the city. The statement
follows
''lt is with the greatest pleasure
that find myself in the great State
o: Utah, and regret that it is not
Dossible for nc TO remain in Ogden
long enough to express to it's cit-
zens the sense OF the privilege I feel
N coming into contact with them
and the confidence feel that. in
common with all forward looking
Americans. they accept with enthusi-
ssnl the guarantees of peace We now
are seeking TO confirm.
MAY | not take the liberty Of ex-
pressing the greatest interest in
Northern Utah and my hope that
prosperity Of the most substantial
kind may continue to crown the ef-
forts OF its citizensr"
Approaching Ogden, the Presiden-
the Great Salt Lake, and Mr.. and Mrs
platform of their car enjoying the
salt breeze. During most of the day
however, Mr. Wilson was at work OF,
executive matters forwarded to him
from the White House.
One OF the kilograms written by the
President was to William Darcy
president OF the Associated Advertis
ing Clubs of the World. expressing
appreciation Of the organizations in
dorsement of the treaty at its conven-
ton in New Orleans.
Indian squaws with papooses or
their backs greeted tho Prcsident's
special to-day IS it sped through Ne.
'ada.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-24
Police Fraternity Loyal
Members Called Upon to Up
hold and Enforce Law

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23.-William J.
Milton, grand president of the Frater-
nal Order of Police, with headquarters
in this city, to-day sent letters to all
lodges of the order calling upon the
members to use every means "within
their power to uphold and enforce the
laws Of the nation, state and munic-
palty at this time Of unrest in our
country" as they are obligated by
their oath of office
MIR. Milton asks that the officers en-
force the laws "impartially under all
circumstances"
The Fraternal Order Of Police has
lodges in twenty-six cities 1t is an
independent union, not affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-24
Soviet Sought in Canada

HAMILTON, Ontario, Sept. 23.-A
resolution placing the Dominion Trades
and Labor Congress on record as
favoring the soviet form of govern
ment, demanding the withdrawal of
troops from Russia and refusing fnan-
cial and other aid to "reactionary gov
ernments," was reported to the com
mittee on resolutions to-day after an
abortive attempt had been made to
have it "placed on file"
The election of labor government
in Great Britain within few years
was prophesied by Ben Tillett, NJ. P.
British fraternal delegate to the con-
gress. Mr.. Tillett said British labor
was now settling down and had decided
to pursue it's interests through parla-
mentary pressure rather than by direct
action.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-24
him and liked him all the better after
they met him

him and liked him all the better after
they met him
De Valera described the sufferings
Of the Irish under British rule. which
he characterized as reign of terror"
Mrs. Lillian r. Sire. toastmistress,
in introducing Mr.. Walsh referred to
him as the next President of the
United States" This brought cheers.
Mr. Walsh declared the Irish ques-
ton was so simple it can be expressed
in a word-the Irish want every incn
Of their country"
Abram I. Elkus expressed confidence
that one of the lasting results of the
war should be the attainment Of free
dom by oppressed nations.
"The Irish people will not be among
the last to attain it," he said.
Other speakers were State Senator
John J. Boylan, the Rex. James Grat
tan Mythen, D. J. Theophilatos ana
William A. Black
About 400 attended the dinner, n
sprinkling Of men among them.