M'CLAVE REVEALS STAND ON
PROHIBITION, ADOPTS WET PLANK
B. Duncan McClave. Republican as
pirant for Congress from the Sixth
District, took a definite stand against
prohibition in his speech before the
Fifth Ward Republican Club of Hack
ensack last Tuesday night. He spoke
from the same platform as his oppo
nent, Randolph Perkins, a self con
fessed "dry.”
Another rpcent development in Mr.
Me Clave's campaign was his indorse
ment on Monday night by the Iiergen
field Republican Club without a dis
senting vote.
In the course of his address on
Tuesday evening in Hackensack he
stressed the fact that he was born and
bred in Bergen county, served in the
World War, had northern New Jer
sey’s interests at heart and had served
faithfully as chairman of the county
committee.
On the question of prohibition he
said in part:
"Of course we have never had ab
solute prohibition and never can have
it. I am a strong advocate of temper
ance, but 1 cannot see for the life of
me how we can obtain it under the
present laws. On the contrary, condi
tions are getting increasingly worse
under the present regulations.
“ft you should get around as I do to
every condition and phase of our life
in this portion of the country you will
be convinced that what I say is true.
People who never even thought of
drinking before the so-called prohibi
tion now do drink and seen; to like
the thrill they obtain by drinking.
“You undoubtedly are familiar with
the reports of various organizations
as well as statements by the clergy
and others in regard to the prohibi
tion situation. While the congrega
tions of most of the churches may not
be in absolute agreement either one
way or the other, the fact remains
that so long as tho disagreement ex
ists it is a strong indication that pro
hibition by law is not producing the
results that the prohibitionists had
hoped.
"The absolute prohibitionists may
say enforce the law. I say that to en
force the law as it now exists appears
humanely and economically impossi
ble. It appears humanely impossible
because people have always reacted
unfavorably to a change in personal
habits which they consider are not j
morally wrong, particularly when it is
said to them with a big stick over
their head, ‘you shall not do this.’
“With this brief outline the Repub
lican voters of the Sixth Congression
al District know my stand. They also
know that my opponent’s letter to the
dry rally held in Trenton on January
28 was read to those in attendance.
So far as this question is Concerned,
I am supporting one side of the ques
tion while my opponent is supporting
the otheT.”
PLANS BEING MADE
FOR BIG CHARITY BALL
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Will Be Held Easter Monday
Evening at Columbia Amuse
ment Park.
The 1926 Catholic Charity Ball,
which will be held on Easter Monday
evening at Columbia Park Auditorium,
is well under way. The committee,
consisting of a number of members
' from each Knights of Columbus Coun
cil and Court of the Catholic Daugh
ters of America, Is working hard, and
from the reports of the various chair
men the ball will be both a iinancial
and social success. The present in
' (Mention is that it will far surpass the
previous three affairs.
The Bergen county Council and !
Courts are doing their share of work !
and they are deslrious of having a!
large number of the local folks attend !
the event. The proceeds will go to !
the four orphanages within the sec-!
tion.
Tickets have been sent to the mem- i
bers, and the committee is now secur- i
ing patrons for the affair. The patron !
list will be published in the journal,
which is being issued in conjunction
with the ball.
In addition to the dance music the
committee has decided to have prome
nade music, thus doing away with the
singing that has taken place in pre
vious years.
The decorations will consist of the
national colors and the emblem of
the orders connected with the ball.
The last meeting of the committee,
which was held in Crantwood, was
considered the largest meeting thus
far, and the next meeting, which will
be on Wednesday, March 24, will be
held at Palisade Council Club House
on Lewis street, Union City. The
chairman expects a complete report;
of each committee so that the last two !
weeks only small detail matters will j
take their attention.
Rt. Rev. Bishop O’Connor of New
ark has sent a letter to the commit
tee patting his stamp of approval on
the work that is being done for the
orphans.
The local organizations connected
with the above affair are:
Court Grantwood, under direction
of Mrs. W. P. Ahearn, and Court Coro
nation of Fort Lee, under Mrs. A. D.
Wadlow, and Catholic Daughters of
America.
The K. of C. Councils, Benedict XV,
under G. K. Joseph Whelan, and Coro
nation Council, Harold A. Green, G. K .
of Fort Lee.
Among the invited guests will be
the State Regent of the Daughters,
Mrs. Irene Clark Hammell, and State
Deputy of the K. of C„ William A.
Leonard. It is expected that some of
the Supreme officers of both organiza
tions will be present.
Concentration
“A lucky man." suit! Unde Kben, “la
one dat la enough Interested In what
he’* doin' to take his mind dean offn !
clock watch in'.”—Washington Star.
ENGLEWOOD GUFFS
COUNCIL CONSIDERS
NEW BUS SERVICE
Busy Meeting on Last Thursday
Night at Which Much Was
Accomplished.
When the Englewood Cliffs council
meeting opened last Thursday night
Mr. Enger, president of the council,
took the chair until the mayor came,
about fifteen minutes later. Eight
communications were read. The ac
knowlegement by the Public Service
of the Instructions to go ahead with
the lighting of Sylvan avenue from
Bayview north to Palisade avenue
was ordered filed without comment.
Three others were commented upon
or explained by the mayor. He stress
ed the fact that the telegram from j
Assemblyman Chandless stated that
the bill taxing the Interstate Park
property had passed the assembly
with no dissenting votes and added
that Senator Mackay had assured him
on Wednesday that he was in favor of
it and would do all that he could to
get it through the senate, and that
Judge Suefert would try to help when
it goes to the governor. In regard to
the letter from the Fairlawn council
asking that the Englewood Cliffs
council go on record as opposed to
Senate Hill No. 114, w’hich would cre
ate two new judges for Bergen coun
ty to relieve the crime situation, the
mayor expressed his opinion that as
this bill had not been reported out of
committee it was not necessary to
take action on this matter at this
time. The complaint from L. S. Web- j
ber of Englewood protesting that the j
boys used the county highway as a i
skating rink had been answered per- j
sonally by the mayor. He had told
Mr. Webber that he did not think the j
incident referred to had happened in !
the borough and that furthermore
there was no existing law to keep the
boys off a highway.
Mr. Reynolds of the Fort Let! Trans
portation Company was present and
his letter to the council asking for a
permit to operate busses from the
westerly borough line on Palisade
avenue, easterly to Sylvan avenue,
thence south to the borough line with
a 5 cent fare - within the borough lim
its and an additional 5 cent charge
from the. Vort Lee borough line to the
Edge writer terminal and a promise of
a flf'jen minute schedule during rush
hoars and a thirty minute schedule
during the remainder of the day, was
re-read and discussed. The mayor ask
ed Mr. Reynolds If he wished to ad
dress the council, in reply to which
Mr. Reynolds stated that he would
like the opportunity of serving the
municipality and hoped for hn answer
to his request in the near future.
Councilman Debus spoke in favor of
granting the permit that night in
stead of waiting to communicate with
the Public Service, who had been
granted a permit on the strength of
glowing promises that had not been
fulfilled. He vividly portrayed the
commuter’s hardships and the diffi
culties under which the bus company
Is acting and suggested that the per
mit be granted. During the talk Mr.
Rose lamented the fact that the peo
ple had worked for a through car,
which had brought them only poorer
service, to which Mr. Herrmann had
promptly replied that the service had
been just as poor ten years ago, when
he had to -wuit at Fort Lee one hour
for a Coytesvllle car. Some of the
other couneilmen thought it might be
wise to issue the permit, but after
questioning brought out that the com
pany would probably not run the
busses before the next council meet
ing it was agreed to give them permis
sion to run to Irving avenue and take
on passengers until the next meeting
night, when a definite answer would
be given.
The chairman of the utilities com
mittee stated that he had taken up
the matter of a traffic signal for the
intersection of Palisade and Sylvan
avenues and that the signal controlled
by a policeman in a booth about six
feet off the ground, where he would
be away from all conversation, seem
ed to be the one held in highest favor.
The sewer committee related what
had been done in the matter of ac
quiring some of the necessary land,
and after an informal discussion on
comparative costs of the new and old
sections, the probable saving due to
Cliff conditions at the proposed out
let and other minor details a resolu
tion was passed authorizing Mr.
Wunseh to purchase the certain piece
of land needed.
Judge Seifert in a talk with the
mayor had advised that the land be
bought and sewer bids called for.
Mr. Debus presented three requests
from the (ire company, and all were
acceded to by the council—first, that
since the siren was no longer being
used by the police department, that
arrangements be made to place it so
that it can again be used as a tire
alarm to supplement the ringing of
the gong; second, that since oppor
tunity has arisen whereby the fire
company can have the sanitary con
ditions at the fire house improved at
a nominal cost, and at present have
no available cash to carry the project
through, the members requested the
council as a favor to pay the $300
rent in advance, and third, that the
recent fire had shown that in order to
safeguard the health and lives of the
firemen and to aid them in their work
certain extra equipment would be nec
essary and that they wished to notify
the council that with its consent the
company would use part of its appro
priation to purchase this.
tndiapenaable
Tou may get along with last year’s
suit, umbrella, automobile and city
directory, but you must have this
years calendar.—Boston Transcript.
State and County News
in Brief
—The Legislature is still debating the
Stevens bill for nominating eandidates
for United States Senate and Gov
ernor in party conventions instead of
at primary elections. When it came
up for final passage in the Senate on
Monday, only ten of the needed eleven
votes could be mustered, owing to
absentees. The bill was laid over and
will be moved later when the required
number of votes are assured.
—After a lively debate between Sena
tors Simpson of Hudson and Harrison
of Essex, the Senate, by a 12 to 3 vote,
killed the Simpson bill to permit the
merging of municipalities in the two
counties.
—Indications point to the defeat, at
least at the present session of the
Legislature, of the Hurd birth control
bill, which would permit physicians to
impart information to married per
sons.
—Senator Mackay’s bill empowering
the state to purchase for not more
than $12,000 the old Steuben house
at New Bridge near North Hacken
sack, for a Revolutionary war memo
rial was signed this week by Gov
ernor Moore.
—The appointment of former Gover
nor George S. Silzer as a member of
the Port Authority to succeed Julian
Gregory, of East Orange, who re
signed, was confirmed by the Senate.
The position draws no salary. The
former governor, who is in Europe,
is expected home in May.
-—The bill requiring all dogs to be
innoculated against rabi«t was defeat
ed amid deafening cheers when it
came up in the Assembly on Monday
evening.
—Although there were three acquit
tals last week in cases arising out of
raids made on county road houses by
state troopers last December, Prose
cutor A. C. Hart declared he would
proceed with the balance of the cases
when court convenes on Monday, and
that he would call a special jury
panel. /
—With the spreading of the Passaic
textile strike,,''to Bergen county,
Sheriff Nimpto lost no time in afford
ing proper police protection, he hav
ing thrown a strong cordon of guards
around the East Paterson mills and
dye works.
—Two bills, identical to those recently
passed by the New Jersey Legisla
ture are now under consideration by
the New' York Legislature, and will
provide an appropriation of $5,000,000
on the part of the state toward the
construction of the bridge across the
Hudson between Washington Heights,
New York and Fort Lee. Governor
Smith is known to be favorable to the
project, which has his support.
—Senator Simpson’s Hudson county
consolidation bill is due to meet its
death in the Senate this week, or at
least the first time he calls it up. By
his adroit maneuvers last week, Sena
tor Simpson was able to get a reprieve
for his bill, but its death, considering
the sentiment of the majority of the
legislature, is considered sure and
certain.
PALISADE NATIONAL BANK 2 YEARS
OLD MARCH 20, HAS HAD A FINE
CAREER', $500,000 TOTAL ASSETS
The Palisade National Bank will he
two years old tomorrow, March 20.
Two years ago, on that date in 1924,
the doors were opened with 850,000
capital, with faith the principal asset
next to the capital. Within the two
years the total assets have grown to
8500,000, with 8400,000 in deposits, and
Palisade is as proud of her national
bank as if it were the National City
over the Hudson. No institution of
the village has offered the city any
such pride as its national bank, and
the interest every citizen feels is
shown when they show one of their
crisp five dollar bills to their New
York friends bearing the talismanic
words, PALISADE NATIONAL
BANK. It's a nice thing to show
around.
The first depositor was Margaret
Schall, daughter of the president; the
second was young Jack Hunter, son of
the vice president, the third being
James Mulhern, the contractor. The
depositors now number over, 1,700,
with 375 members of the Christmas
club, and there are some baby deposi
tors, too. From the very first the
Palisade National has been a success.
It has a cash surplus of $12,500, and
a loans and discount account of $S5,
000, with some mortgages..
The officers are; Harry D. Schall,
president; Dr. Charles F. Hunter and
John Hodgins, vice presidents, and
Arthur J. Hughes, cashier. The di
rectors are Harry D. Schall. Charles
F. Hunter, John Hodgins, C. B. Hearn,
The Bergen Laundry, Inc.
will call and make deliveries any
where in Bergen County. Phone*
and our representative will call.
Office and Laundry ■
138-140 Kansas Street
Hackensack
Phone Hackensack 2859
Metal Buildings of Every
Description
Garages, Filling Stations, Outdoor
Workhouses and Homes
Time Payments or Cash
Send for particulars.
Ask for Mr. Tolford
Metal Building Engineering
Corporation
Main St. and Hudson Terrace, Ft. Lee
PHONE FT. LEE 174-W
Irving N. Rosenblum, George D. Roe
dels, E. Thornton Kelly, Jacob Wenk, j
Howard Kobe, George F. Clark, Wil-1
liam Rocthel.
The bank was forced some months
ago to enlarge its floor space, and
must take on still more before a great
while. The safe deposit boxes have
grown from 50 to 200, and the bank
shows an ever increasing prosperity,
having recently been made a borough
depository, as well as a depository for
state funds. All these details make
the local bank a source of growing
interest with everybody, because it is
a barometer indicating very clearly
the expanding improvements of the
Hilltop Section. The management
may justly felicitate itself upon hav
ing done a bully good job with a bril
liant and successful future ahead.
The selection of cashier Hughes, also,
was a point well taken. He is a sin
cere, loyal, tactful engineer to have
in control of the bank’s daily contact
with the public.
Numerals as Names
Three Melbourne CAustralia) fam
ilies have numerals for names. Two
are named Forty and the other Eight
een.
Union 7254
COAL
West New York Coal Co.
First National
Bank of
Fort Lee
Every Banking
Service
4% Paid on Saving
Accounts
Main St and Palisade
Ave„ Ft Lee, N. J.
Latest PARIS
FASHIONS
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Photographs taken
exclusively for The
New York Times in
the studios of the most
famous couturiers
will be published in
the Rotogravure
Picture Section next
Sunday, March 21.
Three pages of Paris
fashions, dresses,i
ivraps, capes, hats
and accessories; one
page of American
models, all in beauti
ful rotogravure.
Among the designers
represented are:
Worth Jenny
Poiret Patou
Lelong Drecoll
Molyneux Lanvin
Agnes Martial et Armand
Premet O’Rossen
Maria Guy ■£ >
atye T8m fork
Next Sunday, March 21
Union 7254
GOAL
West New York Coal Co.
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LEWIS MAX & SONS
Established 1863
GLASS
Glazing of New Buildings and
Store Fronts a Specialty
52-56 Greene St.
Tel. 1853 Montgomery
Jersey City, N. J.
Telephone 1275 Union
Ideal Marble Mosaic Co.
Joseph Scodellaro, Prop.
Tile, Marble, Mosaic, Terrazzo and
Slate
Artificial Granite, Stone and Stucco
Work
269 Park Ave., Union City, 19. J.
No Coal?
Well you won’t need as much
if you put Storm Sash where
your window screens are.
We carry them in stock and
they are not expensive. Ask for
our price list.
BREWSTER & SON
Telephone 1440 Ridgefield Park
First Czar Human Monster
Tvan IV, who was the first czar of
Russia, was notorious for his cruelty,
which gained for him the title of “The
Terrible.'’ In 1570 he had 00,000 of
his subjects put to death.
METAL CEILING AND
ROOFING
SERVO AND ULRICH
Metal Ceiling Contractors
Also Asbestos and Asphalt Shingles
Phones Palisade 1048—Webster 4284
Window Shades and
Mattresses. of All
Descriptions
Mattresses Made Over Equal to New
346 Broad Ave., Leonia
Phone Leonia 1430
Best For
Skirt ana
Complexion
because it tboroejbly
cleanses. Kt relretbini,\.
aatiseptic lather peue-N ,,_^
trates the pores and renoees poisoaoes
■attar. Yea will find it nest efficient for *1
shin troubles In nse for 7t peats.
Gouraud’s
Medicated Soap
Send iOc tor Trtat Six* 2
| FERD. T. HOPKINS A SON, New York City 1
ARE YOU STOUT ?
You will find all the fashionable Spring
Coats and Dresses gracefully lined to
slenderize stout figures at
PARET’S
257 Bergenline Avenue UNION CITY
A Remarkable Reduction on All Winter Coats
MARION RESTAURANT
JAMES KELLY, Prop.
CIGARS SODA ICE CREAM
Hall or Private Rooms for Meetings, Weddings, Parties, Etc.
Accommodations for Dancing
Comer Marion Avenue and Trolley Line
GRANTWOOD, N. J.
Furnished Rooms Phone 186 Qiffside
THE NEW VENICE HOTEL & RESTAURANT
Coytesville, N. J.
HUMBERTO BRUSINI, Manager
TABLE D’HOTE AND A LA CARTE
AT ALL HOURS
Dancing Every Evening
Large and small dining rooms for private parties.
Special attention to auto parties.
Phones: Fort Lee 495—129
Tel. 660-M Englewood Tel. 2351 Englewood
The Engle-Cliffe Restaurant
Open all year
Leon Arrigqi, Prop.
SPECIAL ITALIAN TABLE D’HOTE DINNER
SERVED ALL DAY, $1.50—ALSO A LA CARTE
Palisade and Sylvan Avenues Englewood Cliffs, N. J.
It’s a Pleasure to Use the
Tools We Sell
Half the pleasure of using Tools depends upon their quality. Put some of
our Tools to the test. We guarantee the .quality to be the best.
Palisades Park Lumber & Supply Co.
FIVE STORES IN BERGEN COUNTY*7
FORT LEE—GRANTWOOD—PALISADES PARK
FAIRVIEW—LEON IA
LUMBER YARD: PALISADES PARK—TELEPHONE LEONIA 10J«
JOHN F. O’HARA JOHN J. O’HARA
JOHN F. O’HARA and SON
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
371 Broadway, Union Hill, N. J.
309 Washington Street
Hoboken, N. J.
' COR. STEVENS AND WEST STREETS
WEST HOBOKEN, N. J.
PHONE HOBOKEN 129 , AUTOMOBILE SERVICE