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Dintenfass Restates His Apartments Kick But Begs Question > (Continued trom rage i) aroused, as I have received a large number of telephone calls and a num ber of personal callers who feel like I do about the matter at issue. In setting forth my views I seek no recognition or justification beyond the merits of the controversy, but to quote from Edmund Burke, I appeal to common sense that my contribu tion may be accepted if based on knowledge however slight as against my adversary’s ignorance “however vast the latter may be.” Cordially yours, MARK M. DINTENFASS. Mr. Dintenfass is in error when he says the ' Palisadian replied to his first article in a personal attack. Nothing of the sort was intended. Al lusion was made to his being an ob structionist, principally in connection with his squelching the community house movement. What he claims to have done in Coytesville and Fort Lee in moving pictures is begging the question. Neither of those towns is restricted. Palisade is. The rest of the borough may be alive with Mr-. Dintenfass’s enterprises, but Palisade doesn’t show that our single tax con tributor has done any special public performance except to own property here and get the unearned incre ment. That is legitimate enough. But when a person helps a com munity it is by useful performance in its behalf. To advocate apartments in Palisade is a form of activity no body wants. Detached homes was the genius behind Palisade as a model suburb, and restrictions were put in to deeds to protect this ideal of the project. Mr. Dintenfass says he offered to contribute $500 to the community house,, but it had a string tied to it, the only one, perhaps, with that appendix. There was never any thought of building a sectarian com munity house. The name community house is of itself non-sectarian. So Brother Dintenfass can'cut that out of his good intentions thought. Pal ■S; isade still needs a community house. Will Mr.1 'y'VhbW mont now to build one? He did ride a white horse once in a pageant here, and he did the job far more grace fully than his present performance tv of trying to ram down our throats the apartment house movement. The difference between Mr. Din tenfass and the Editor is merely one of sympathetic love and adoration for ■v 1 the community of Palisade and the feeling that the village wasn’t ::y planned right in th£ first place and now needs apartments to put it on the map. What Mr. Dintenfass says he has heard about the Editor being a detri ment is nothing unusual. Hasn’t he heard him called a misfit and other euphonious names? They call any village Editor uny old thing. But that’s nothing—merely a part of the record. But Palisade doesn’t want apartments, and the Editor will do all in his power to beat them back. Another Dintenfass Man To the Editor of the Palisadian: I have read the letter of Mark M. Dintenfass as published in your pa per, and the reply thereto. It is with deep regret that I note what appears to me to be a personal attack on a gentleman for. whom I have the greatest regard N»s a neighbor and friend. It seems to me that whatever opin ion one may entertain about the ad vantage or detriment of apartment houses, it is unnecessary to attack the man if his viewpoint differs from those who adhere to; the old Chinese exclusion ideas—the Chinese wall has crumbled, and the restrictions of a bygone age must in time be out lawed by the lapse of time and changing conditions which could not be contemplated by those who estab lished these restrictions twenty years or more ago. E. VIOTTI. Very well said, Mr. Viotti, but there was no personal attack upon Mr. Dintenfass. How do you know the Editor believe? ,iu the Chinese exclusion act? What do you mean • «, by “restrictions of a bygone age?” Palisade is' only 21 years old, and she doesn’t want apartments. Impressive Services For Chief J. O’Brien | Over 400 Police At Funeral— Buried In Full Uniform Of Office More than 400 policemen from New Jersey and New York attended the funeral of Chief John J. O’Brien, of Edgewater, held yesterday morning from the Church of Holy Rosary. Edgewater. Many friends from the other mu nicipalities of New Jersey, and police officials of New York, came to pay tribute to the late chief. A solemn mass of requiem was said at 10 o’clock. Father Michael J. McQuirk was celebrant. He was as sited on the alter by Fathers A. J. Ferretti, of Grantwood, and William Corcoran, of Fort Lee. The procession, headed by the po lice band, marched from the chief’s home, 88 Edgewater place, to Hilliard avenue, thence to the church in Un dercliff avenue. An escort of county motorcycle po lice accompanied iho funeral party to Madonna cemetery, Fort Lee, where interment was made in the family plot. The .chief’s body reposed in full uniform. Many floral pieces which filled the lower rooms of the resi dence were a silent tribute to the es teem and affection in which Chief O’Brien was held. It required foui automobiles to convey the floral pieces to the cemetery. Edgewater- policemen were tfearers. They were Edward Allison, John Gould, Frank Joret, William Dough eny, John Coleman and Fred Mentz. The cortege was led by Captain Din an and Lieutenunt McKay, of Edge water with Chief Siccardi, of the county traffic police, as marshal. They were followed by the visiting chiefs. The P. B. A. from Hudson and Bergen counties sent large dele gations. The four hundred policemen marched to the State road and there parted ranks allowing the funeral cortege to march between. The music at the church was under the direction of William F. Conway, with William Leary as the soloist. Policemen A1 Flannery and Edward Pickering were the ushers. John Heus & Son, of Fort Lee, were in charge of the funeral arrangements. r ^Ghick* Evans to Play Foursome at Teterboro The exhibition golf matches pro vided this season at Teterboro Golf Club have attracted so mucj> interest and enthusiasm that the management has decided to continue this type of sporting entertainment for the bene fit of their members and guests for the remainder of the season. As a stimulus to making better golfers of the beginners at the game the idea of providing such entertainment by some of the best masters of the art hus been appreciated by many. Much can be gained by observation and to follow a match played by a foursome composed of real shot makers, such as the foursome which played there August 29 by Joe Bradley, of Areola, Ed Murray, of Hackensack, and Bob Black, of Phelps Manor, and Jimmy Martueci, of Teterboro, one cannot help but go away feeling that the next chance one gets is certainly go ing to iron out some of the kinks in one’s game. * The latest word from Teterboro brings the news that “Chick” Evans will be one of the members of an other interesting foursome that is soon to take place over the new East course. “Chick” hus promised Man ager Reed, who by the way is an old acquaintance, that he will be glad to come to Teterboro following his match at the American Amateur Tournament of the top notches in ac tion. Exact date will be announced later. Marmet Outing To Be Held Sunday, Sept. 26 The annual outing of the Alexan der Marmet Association of Fairview will be held this year at Fletcher’s Field in lower Fairview on Sunday, September 2G. It will be an all day affair and the association members und their friends will leave the fire house at 10:30 A. M. and march to the field to the music of a Newark band. Tickets are $3. Fighting Mosquitos The Bergen County Mosquito Ex termination Commission on Monday had a small army of men out pouring oil on the swamp land in the vicinity of Englewood. The commission had men engaged in such work in various parts of Bergen County for the past two weeks. It is pointed out that because of the quantity of rain that has fallen in the past month, there is danger of extensive breeding of mosquitos. Routine Meeting Of Cliffs Council Board Maps of Property Accepted, Report On Sesqui Fund —Firemen To Dine Most of the business transacted at the last meeting of the Englewood Cliffs Mayor and Council was of the routine nature. Maps of the property east of Syl van avenue and north of Bayview avenue, which will be sold at auc tion on October 2, were presented by Perrin and Gardiner, real estate brokers, and as the subdivisions of the land into lots and streets com plied with the local laws, the maps were accepted. Mayor Jenkins reported that ow ing to the fact that two serious acci dents had occurred on Hudson ter race,. he had deemed it advisable to order the purchase of danger sig nals. A petition was presented for the improvement of John street and a committee consisting of Messrs. Wunsch, Enger and Rose, was ap pointed to report on the present con dition of the street. An invitation to attend the “get-together dinner” of the fire company was received. A letter from Borough Attorney Judge Wm. M. Seufert was read, and in it was stated the legal opin ion that volunteer firemen were not entitled to five hundred dollars ex emption on taxes, according -to the latest ruling. After a discussion about insurance for drivers of the lire apparatus, Borough Clerk Bra gaw announced that the engine was already covered by an accident and liability insurance policy. The financial report of the Sesqui Centennial rendered by Mr. A. M. Herrmann was accepted. At an early hour the meeting adjourned.. Routine Meeting Of Fort Lee Council Wednesday Routine business, mostly on com munications, occupied the attention of the Mayor and Council of Fort Lee Wednesday night in a short ses sion, ending at 10 o’clock. A communication was read stating that the new fire siren purchased from the Federal Electric Company, in Chicago, for Firehouse No. 3, was not satisfactory because it was not loud enough. It was agreed to send it back to the company. John JHeim'isenb a communication asking that a manhole on his prop erty be raised to a level with the property in order that he can make a roadway to his garage. The mat ter was referred to the engineer. Glen Hacker requested a reduction on his taxes for the years 1924 and 1925, on the ground that he is ex empt as an ex-service man. His let ter was referred to’ the proper com mittee. Gerdilio s» Wanglcr, of Bayonne, asked for the payment of $7.77 for damages to his car when he ran into a manhole. His communication was referred to the borough attorney. A communication from the State Board of Health stated that officials of Le onia had made an investigation of the offensive odors coming from the sewer in Fort Lee, and recommended that corrective action be taken. The matter was put in the hands of the sewer committee and the engineer. Some amusement was caused when Mr. Bock from the floor stated that he had seen accounts in the papers alleging* that two members of the council had sold a part of the land belonging to the Palisade School property to make the State road, at Route 10. Mayor White replied by saying that it was as easy for any one to sell the Brooklyn bridge as it was for the two councilmen to sell the school property. Residents of Fairview lane and Route 10, in Palisade, requested sidewalks, sewers and grades, which will be taken up at the next meet ing of the council. One of the most novel love-scenes ever written occurs in the second act of “Broadway” by George Abbott and Philip Dunning which is to be pre sented in New York soon by Crosby Gaige and Jed Harris. The love-story centers about an ambitious young dancer in the cabaret, uproariously played by Lee Tracy and the girl who works with him, played by Sylvia Field. Tracy, as Boy Lane, is en gaged in dispensing wholesome wis dom to his sweetheart, while he is making a costume change for his next number in the cabaret which takes place off-stage. He takes off one comic suit and puts on another; to these two young people, this is part of their everyday work, but to the audience the spectacle of a young man making love on a lofty plane in his underwear, is upsetting. Those who saw “Broadway” on its tryout in Atlantic City consider this scene the humorous high-light of the play. Edgewater Residents j Called Before Jury (Continued from Page 1) j ty. Federal prohibition agents arej trying now to prove that the cham- ! pagrfe, wine, Scotch and rye were the j contraband of the steamship Eker. At the District Attorney’s office in New York City it was said that if the police of Edgewater and the Prosecu tor of Bergen County did not know of the now famous “Edgewater Teu Party” on a balmly April night they were the only ones who didn’t. That it took at least two full days and nights to. unload the cargo became an established fact at the Attorney’s of fice this morning. Lack of Co-Operation Another bomb was exploded in the rum scandal when federal prohibition officials in charge of the situation in New Jersey flatly charged that abso lutely no co-operation has been re ceived from Edgewater officials in their efforts to stop the practice of using that port as a dumping ground for liquor. This charge of failure of officials in that Bergen County borough to co operate with federal officials was made in no uncertain terms by Cap tain Jesse L. Thompson of Newark, I deputy federal prohibition adminis trator for New Jersey. Capt. Thompson’s Statement “There lias been no co-operation there,” Captain Thompson emphatic ally declared in answer to a question regarding the work of federal officers along the Edgewater shore. “We have been handicapped, not only there but in every section of the State by our lack of men to carry on the pro hibition work,” he added in empha sizing what an additional handicap has resulted from the failure of local officials in Edgewater to give any as sistance to federal officers. The federal prohibition officers are not pleased with the co-operation of the Prosecutor’s forces in Hacken sack.. They have given practically no aid to the Federal forces-in the Edgewater rum scandal. Prosecutor A. C. Hart, it is said, adhered to a “hands-off” policy, in direct contrast to his willingness in other cases to force the issue, where rum running was concerned. Mayor Apparently Unconcerned Mayor Henry Wissel disclaims any knowledge of the affair and has little to say on the subject. Mayor Wissell, when asked by a representative of the Jersey Observer if he had been1'subpoenaed5!by'the Federal Grand Jury in New York, re plied that as yet he had received no subpoenaes. “Do you expect to be subpoenaed?” he was then asked.* The Mayor replied: “I don’t know. In fact, I have been too busy with my own affairs the past few days to even read the newspapers, and I don’t know who has been subi>oenaed.” Some very startling disclosures are looked for in the very near future that will be a revelation to the people of this section. Caporale-Bulfoni Active The Caporale-Bulfoni Contracting Company of Fairview recently com pleted the Jewish Community Center of Union City, which is one of the outstanding structures in the county, also, the Teaneck Town Hall in rec ord breaking time. ‘ Caporale is well known in Fair view and Cliffside Park. Most people will know him as the proprietor of the restaurant On Anderson avenue and Kamena street, Fairview, which is also the company’s office. Bulfoni is also well known in the building field. Auction October 2 On Saturday, October 2, William Kennedy, auctioneer, will offer to the highest bidders, one hundred and twenty business and apartment house sites located in Englewood Cliffs, N. J. These lots are 2000 feet from the new Fort Lee Bridge Plaza on Sylvan avenue. GRANTWOOD MAY HAVE Y. M. C. A. On. behalf of several groups of Grantwood’s younger set, a resident j of Greenniount avenue who takes I more than a passing interest in those j affairs, hus promisd to take the initi ative in an effort to induce the State Y. M. C. A. officials to establish i branch in Grantwood. It was pointed out that a Y. M. C. A. in this section would have a good num- I ber of the Hudson River cities and I towns to draw from. Grantwood was suggested on account of its central j location. What a finely equpped j gymnasium, shower baths, handball courts, and a library, to say nothing ' of the many other features that the j “Y” is noted for, would mean to the j young boys and men of Hudson and i North Bergen cannot be measured in their value of health and environ-! merit to the boys of today and the future. | John Merkel, 10 years old, of John | street, Fort Lee, was badly bitten on the leg by a dog owned by Mrs. Sam son, of Jones road, on Wednesday. G. 0. P. Committee Hears Candidates Warn Against Invasion Of Ber gen By Democratic Mayor Hague—Much Enthusiasm The keynote, harmony, was in full evidence at the September meeting of the Bergen County Republican Com mittee, held at the Court House, Hackensack, when the largest attend ance ever seen at a Committee Meet ing was on hand to greet and "hear the candidates. The candidates were primed for the ordeal before, them, having been the guests of Senator Mackay at a dinner given at the Union League Club. From the facial expression of Senator Mackay, who was present, it was evi dent that he was well satisfied with the enthusiasm shown. The speeches of the State and County candidates were brief and to the point, sounding the keynote of the campaign, asking for a strenuous effort on the part of the party work ers to elect the entire ticket, from top to bottom, with an overwhelming majority. They touched upon the contemplated invasion of Bergen County by the Hudson County Demo crats, under the leadership of Hague, who wants to control the State Legis lature, all of which gave the members food for thought. The last speaker was Congressman Perkins, who talked on National issues, calling attention to the prosperity which now exists, making comparisons between the two parties in the Nation, State and County administration. In closing, he said “Do we want to he governed by a foreign County, or be an independ ent County; let our answer he on election day, an overwhelming major ity for the entire ticket and make Bergen County again the banner Republican County in the State.” Before adjournment was taken, Chairman Kinzley announced that all committee members that were plan ning meetings should notify the Speakers’ Committee and give the dates so that speakers may he se cured. Plans to Open Night School For Artisans Being convinced of the need of a night school class in Bergen County for young artisans engaged in build ing construction trades, John H. Lie bau, R.A., architect and engineer of Hackensack, is contemplating an eight months’ course Tuesday and Friday nights at the Hackensack (Eagan) Business School. The tremendous building boom in our county will have stimulated the desire of a good many Of the young tradesmen to improve .their knowl edge and herewith better their posi tions. Quite a few of them must go to New York, Newark or Paterson, where classes are overcrowded and the long ride to and from school quite tiresome. The class opens September 21 at 7 P. M. Further information may be had from John H. Liebau, R.A., architect and engineer, Lyric Theatre Building, 167 Main street, Hacken sack, N. J. Hoboken Academy Opens On Monday, Sept. 13 The Hoboken Academy, Willow ave nue and Fifth street, Hoboken, began its fall term last Monday. Those who desire to attend this Academy from this section will be able to take a bus in Woodcliff that takes the scholars to the school daily. William C. Raymond is principal of the Academy which is one of the oldest schools in this section. Their Kindergarten is the oldest one in America. Hoboken Academy was founded in 1860 and is a college pre paratory school of exceptional merit. Faculty Reception A pleasant welcome to the faculty of the Cliffside Park schools was given them last week, after the teach ers’ meeting held in the High School and addressed by Supervising Princi pal George F. Hall. Refreshments were served by Mrs. George F. Hall, assisted by Mrs. Banta, president of the local Parent Teachers’ Association, and by Mrs. Francis Banville, vice-president of the Cliffside Park Board of Educa tion. The former teachers and the new ones mingled together for better ac quaintance, and summer reminiscences delightfully occupied the afternoon. W. C. T. U. Convention The Annual Fall Convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Un ion of Bergen County, will be held at Englewood on Friday, September 24. Afternoon session at two o’clock; evening at 7:45. —Charles Hodgins and Francois Fred ericks drove to Brunswick Wednes day. “Charley’’ and “Franc” are planning to go to ^the college there. INSIDE OF A MODERN HOUSE ON WHEELS 1 It is a very long step from the gypsy caravan to this modern automobile home of W. K. Kellogg, inanufauturer, of Buttle Creek, Mich. The automobile home is as comfortable, as a home or hotel. The sleeping quarters are shown la the photograph with electric fans, a radio loud-speaker and beds. On the left and in front may be seen the car’s refrigerator. Accidents Likely When Brakes Are Water-Soaked Brakes slumU1 be given special at tention after a car lias been washed or lias been driven through water or splashy mud. In either case, water is almost sure to get into and soak the external brake Minds, and under such conditions water is very much of a lubricant and will have much the same effect as oil in preventing the brakes from taking hold promptly. Hence the first time you need to stop in a hurry, you are very likely to find that they refuse to take hold promptly und a bad smashup may be the result. The remedy for suspected wet brake bands is to drag the brake a few times immediately after leaving tlie washstand. The increased pres sure on the brake bands forces out the water and allows it to dry off, so that when needed in an emergency, they will take hold promptly. Where grease, oil, mud, dirt and so on have produced a sort of glaze on the brake hands, they cannot be ex pected to take hold as they should and accidents are likely to happen. About the only effective way to rem edy this trouble is to take off the brakes and remove the glaze with a rough tile or hacksaw blade or to wash the lining with gasoline and scrub it with a wire brush. Double-Duty Garage Is Made for Convenience By extending the llohr dimensions four feet pi«st the rear end, the garage shown in the illustration of fers a storage place for the garden tools, coal, oil and gasoline. The kitchen door opens directly into the garage so that the storage space is readily accessible. The' addition need only be a few feet high and the roof A Four-Foot Addition Increases Use fulness of Garage. can be made removable so that a good scratching shed cun be provided for chicks during hatching time. In tills 'case the regular top is removed and a frame covered with canvas or glass is substituted.—Popular Science Mag azine. Few Simple Regulations to Cut Motor Accidents We hn4e too much automobile law. Tlie next trend must be toward the elimination of alt unnecessary re iiuirements and the enactment of a few simple rules and regulations that may be easily understood, easily en forced and, as nearly as possible, uni versally observed, says an official of an automobile organization. Such an elimination would in many instances do away with about three-fourths of our present luws. Traffic rules and regulations are yet In their formative period. Much remains to be done before avoidable accidents may be reduced to a mlnj iiium. The principal difficulty is the unwillingness of the public to accept and obey such rules and regulations. It is a matter of undisputed record that between 90 and 95 per cent of ail accidents result from the neglect of the individual pedestrian and less than 5 per cent are caused by the direct fault of the motorist or the reckless use of the motor car. Lying I ietween these figures somewhere are from 3 to 5 per cent of the accidents where both parties are responsible. Small Dividend Coming If time is money, we all came In for a dividend figured within a small space on the dial. DEADLY DANGERS OF EXHAUST GAS Experts Tell of Carbon Mon oxide Peril in Motor Car Garages. With more than 20,000.000 motor cars registered in the United States and a eomeiiiidated 1!>2<! production of 2,000,0110 more automobiles, vari ous organizations are starting an edu cational crusade figainst carbon mon oxide (deadly motor exhaust gas). Insurance investigators and chem ical authorities, not to mention gov ernment health otiicials, agree that tliis; gas is one of 1 lie most deadly of ail gases. The very fact that it at tacks without warning and that but simple precautions are necessary to prevent its large life-taking toll, de mands, authorities believe, a wide spread educational program compar able to the tremendous increase in the use of automotive vehicles. Most Deadly in Garages. It is estimated that millions of au tomobiles are kept in public garages. It is in tlie garage that monoxide gus, as it is commonly called, gets in its deadliest work. Automobile engines are. constantly running in all public garages, and they release a deadly tlodd W tins highly poisonous gas for' employees to breathe. Without proper ventilating precautions this menacing practice eliminates the entrance of the lighter oxygen and results In practically a closed chandler with the air loaded with this gas. A well-known insurance Investigator aptly explains monoxide gas anil its effect as follows: “There is no means of detecting its presence by smell, sight or other senses, its attack is in sidious and quick, and a perfectly well person may topple over unconscious without warning. While the automo bile engine is in operation it con stantly creates a flow of carbon mon oxide gas through its exhaust, and experiments have shown that only a remarkably short time is neeessury to till a garage with sullicient quantities of this gas to cause instant death to occupants.” Overbalances Oxygen. A representative of a national ven tilating society declares that carbon monoxide “overbalances oxygen when breathed into the lungs.” Explain ing the effect of tins poison on a per son, he said: “There are two proper ties of tlie blood essential to proper respiration, the white and red blood cells. The latter absorbs oxygen, drawn into the lungs, and distributes it to all parts of the body. Xow mon oxide gas is attracted to the red cells 300 times more strongly than is oxy gen, and it easily saturates the blood. Tills absorption of monoxide gas by the blood temporarily replaces the oxygen supply and quickly Induces asphyxia.” A small leak in the exhaust of a closed automobile will cause head ache and a tired feeling to the occu pants, authorities agree. The same is true of confinement in a closed room where gas burners are in operation. This is directly due to the presence of carbon monoxide and the lack of oxygen through improper ventilation. Look Out for Accidents When Parked on a Hill * When leaving the car headed down* hill, even if the machine is In gear, t he emergency lira he set and the wheels turned in toward the curb, don’t park it too close to the car ahead. In a recent case of this sort the car ahead, when pulling away humped the other car sufficiently to throw the gears into neutral and change the position of the wheela. The emergency didn't hold, and had it not been for the fact that the mt* . chine struck the fender of another car parked along the street, thus at tracting the attention of people pass ing. the car would have been swashed to pieces. Usually Also, where there’s a will there's a half-dozen thwyers.—Detroit News.