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VOL. XX. No. 41
“The Palisades Are the Balcony of the World” ■
William A. Mackay, Coytesvilla
PALISADIAN
"Finds tongues in trees, books In running brooks.
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
—As You Like It.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1926—TWELVE PAGES
PRICE FOUR CENTS
J. MILEHAM, M.KNOLL AND J. VAUGHAN
PROTEST STAND OF OFFICALS ON
WASHINGTON AVE. IMPROVEMENT
Thank Councilman Meyer For Respecting Wishes Of Ma
jority—Feel Their Street Did Not Receive Fair Share
Of Road Repair Money—Facts And Figures Offered
To Show Majority Oppose Permanent Improvement.
Editor of the Palisadian,
Palisade, N. J.
Dear Sir:—We wish to convey
through the medium of your newspa
per some facts for the benefit of the
taxpayers at large, relative to the
passage of the Washington avenue
improvement at the last regular meet
ing of the Mayor and Council of CliflF
side Park, N. J., on September 13.
The Washington avenue improve
ment has been in progress for many
months, starting prior to September,
1925, when a request was made of
the Mayor and Council to make some
necessary repairs before the roadway
further deteriorated., reminding the
Board that other repair jobs were be
ing done throughout the Borough and
that West Grantwood was apparently
receiving no consideration and that
it would only be a matter of time be
fore the taxpayers of Washington ave
nue would experience the same heated
arguments as the taxpayers on Nel
son avenue were encountering at that
time for and against the improve
ment of the latter street, the petitions
originating on Nelson avenue, west of
Grove, and also on Washington ave
nue, west of Grove, where the real
estate operators neglected to improve
the roadway prior to selling the prop
erty.
This matter was referred to the
Road committee, and in September,
1925, a petition was presented by the
taxpayers of Washington avenue ask
' ^ ing^for -the repairs5to be done and
this was also referred to the Road
committee and we were given assur
ance verbally that the repairs would
be taken care of as soon as the work
men and the roller could be moved
to the West Grantwood section, as
work was being done at the time in
the vicinity of Edgewater Heights.
In March of this year requests
were again made for the necessary
repairs and we were assured that
when the frost was out of the ground
that the street repair would would
be undertaken again and that our
street would receive due considera
tion.
As predicted in September of last
year, a petition was presented to
the Mayor and Council in April'of
this year by residents of Washington
" avenue west of Grove, asking for a
new roadway, curbs and sidewalks,
from the west borough line to Ander
son avenue, which was strongly ob
jected to and petitioned against by
77 per cent, of the property owners
residing pn the two blocks from An •
derson to Grove avenue.
A public hearing was held on May
10 at which time the entire six mem
bers of the Board of Council voted
unanimously to give the property
owners west of Grove avenue a new
roadway, sidewalks and curbs and the
property owners from Grove to An
derson avenue new concrete sidewalks
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and curbs only.
Bids were advertised for and re
ceived for the sidewalks and notices
sent out to the taxpayers informing
them of the decision of the Board on
May 10 relative to this work. Un
fortunately the bids (several being
■ received were rejected and Messrs.
Delia & Malone, contractors, who were
low bidders, wrote an interesting ar
ticle in a Hudson County newspaper
shortly afterwards in regard to this
rejection. ,
-n No new bids were put out for this
work and several protests in writing
were made regarding the same, but
no action taken, the reason being
given was that the engineers had ad
vised that it was poor practice to put
down sidewalks and curbs before lay
ing a permanent roadway, although
this practice has not been strictly ad
hered to in the past.
A few weeks later the case was
opened up again after having appar
ently .been settled, and a new petition
was gotten up and presented to the
Mayor and Council for a permanent
improvement and pavement from An
derson avenue west and the tearing
up of the present roadway, signed
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Palisade Branch
Red Cross Appeal
! A nation wide appeal is being
made for funds to be used in the
| Red Cross Relief Work in Florida.
Members and friends of the Pal
isade Branch of the American Red
Cross are requested to send their
contributions to the treasurer, Mrs.
A. L. Ruehmann, Palisade, New
Jetsey.
The need is very great, the plea
is urgent, and a generous response
is hoped for.
Gabrielle Sibley,
Secretary,
Palisade Branch, A. R. C.
Englewood Cliffs To
Improve Two Streets
Borough Will Purchase Piece
Of Property On Sylvan Ave.
To Call For Sewer Bids
A very interesting meeting of the
Englewood OliiTs Mayor and Council
was held last night and a decidedly
genial spirit was manifested.
The special committee that had
been appointed to consider the condi
tions. nf John..street, Floyd street.apd
Dillingham place, reported through
Mr. Wunsch that John street was in
very bad shape and that the borough
would have to spend a considerable
amount of money on it. Mr. Engcr
said that in an much as the assess
ments were levied against the abut
ting property owners, the borough
couldn’t lose on the property. Mr.
O’Meara, who owns seven hundred
feet of frontage along John street,
and who is financially interested in
the company that put up the houses
there, and Mr. Wm. Young, who owns
the rest of the frontage, addressed
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Local People In Florida
Storm Area Reported Safe:
Properties Are Unharmed
Property owned by the real estate
firm of Beirne & Bohm, of Grant
wo9d, in Florida, has not been
touched by the recent hurricane there.
Anton Bohm said Thursday:
“All our property is on the west
coast, in and around St. Petersburg,
We are safe so far as the devasted
area is concerned.”
Among other local people who are
said to have property in Florida, are
Albert Elmendorf and Frank E. Knox,
of Grantwood, and Mrs. Nathan B.
Hartman, who is now residing in
New York.
A .telegram was received from Miss
Mabel Boswiek, of Aurora avenue,
Grantwood, by her family stating
she is safe and that St. Peters
burg felt the hurricane only slightly.
Her sisters, Gertrude and Helen, re
turned from Florida a few days be
fore the catastrophies.
A card from Edward and Albert
Stein, of Knox avenue, Grantwood,
who are on their way home from the
devastated area, reported conditions
as “terrible.” The two young men
were in the thick of the storm, but
escaped injury.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
R. H. Nutt and their daughter, Rachel,
will be pleased to learn that their
winter home at Mount Dora, Florida,
escaped all damage from the hurri
cane which swept the lower Florida
coast section.
No report has been received from
Mr. and ,Mrs. Clark, of Lincoln street,
Palisades Park, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lauter and family, who were in Mi
ami during the big. storm.
Word was received' pn Wednesday
from the Cooper family, of Palisades
Park, that all had escaped injury in
the hurricane.
ADDITION TO LOCAL HIQH SCHOOL
Architect's sketch of new winy now being constructed on Cliffside Park
High School. The Corner-stone laying will take place this Saturday.
Coytesville Pioneer
Is Called To Rest
John G. Schuster, 59, Passes
Away After Forty Years of
Residence In Ft. Lee
John G. Schuster, of Washington
avenue, Coytcsville, died last Satur- j
day afternoon in the Englewood Hos
pital after a short illness. Mr. Schus
ter was in his fifty-ninth year at the
time of his death, and had been a
resident of Fort Lee and Coytcsville
for over forty years. For thirty
years he conducted a butcher shop in
Coytcsville, and during this time be
came prominent in business and civic
affairs. *•
lie is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Schuster; two sons, John F.
Schuster, who was Fire Chief of Fort
Lee Borough; William, a second son,
and Mrs. _IIcnry Weiss, a married
daughter.
John Schuster was a member of the
Dutch Reformed Church; of the Tus
can Lodge, F. & A. M.; of the Fort
Lee Court Foresters of America; the
Knights of the Maccabees, and one of
the pioneer organizers of No. 2'Coytes
ville Fire Company, and an exempt
fireman at the time of his death.
On Monday evening the fire com
panies of Coytcsville and Englewood
Cliffs visited the Schuster home and
paid their respects ot their d^ad com
rade. At the impressive burial ser
vices conducted by the Rev. Edward
Keldcr, pastor of the Dutch Reformed
Church, the men of Fire Company No.
2 filed into the church slowly and
stood in the nave while the organ
played by Leon Klingberg, sounded
low music. At the conclusion of the
service conducted by Rev. Keldcr, the
members of the Fire Company left
the church and their places were taken
by the Masons of Tuscan Lodge, who
conducted the Masonic burial service.
Delegates from the following lodges
were present. Tuscan, Wakefield,
Amaranth, Knights of the Maccabees,
Foresters of America, and Master
John Gould, of the Tuscan Lodge;
Master Emil Beyer, of the Wakefield
Lodge; Past Masters William Wood
and Robert Hill; also District Depu
ties of the Third Masonic District,
Henri Cascnovc, with many other
Masonic brethren from New York
and Brooklyn, witnessed the ceremon
ies.
Interment took place on Wednes
day morning at the Brooksidc Ceme
tery, Englewood. John Heus, of Fort
Lee was in charge of the burial ar
rangements. As the funeral cortege
passed the black draped Fire House
with the flag at half mast, the gong
was struck softly by another old mem
ber of thb company, until the last
flower filled car, and those carrying
the mourners, had turned out of Wash
ington avenue, bearing John Schus
ter to his final resting place.
Cliffs Firemen Hold
Successful Get-Together
The firemen held a very successful
“get-together dinner” last Saturday
evening at which the Mayor and Coun
cil were guests. Delicious chicken
and its accessories were served by
Chef Gunther and after a hearty
meal, speeches were made by all the
guests and many members of the
company. Then followed songs,
dances and a radio entertaniment.
The committee in charge consisted of
J. Bolz, chairman, and E. Stanton,
F. Wakeham, Geprge Bolz and «i.
Weiss. Eeveryone had a lively time.
She: This is the last time I shall
tell you that you may not kiss me.
He; Ah! I knew you would weak
en eventually.—Topham Courant.
Complete Program
For Big Local Event
Elk Lodges From Several Com
munities To Be Here With
Own Bands—Line of March
Announced.
The laying of the corner-stone of
the addition to the Cliffside Park
High School will be held on Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the High
School grounds, when the Cliffside
Park Lodge of Elks, No. 1502, B. P.
O. E., will conduct the ceremonies.
The parade, which will form at
Walker street and Palisade avenue,
Cliffside, will march up Palisade ave
nue, gather the pupils of Cliffside
Grammar School, No. 3, then proceed
to Palisade avenue and Gorge road,
where the High School and Junior
High School will join, then up Gorge
road to Anderson avenue, to Lawton
avenue, where the Grantwood School,
Nor 4, will join in, proceeding to
Lafayette avenue, thence east to Pal
isade avenue, and then south to the
High School.
«'•- Tha, toitfnspeqfila along -the lioe ef
march' are expected to decorate their
homes and stores with flags and
bunting to make this a gala day, and
the citizens are requested to join in
the celebration by attending.
It is expected that there will be a
large delegation from the Engle
wood Elks, with their band; a large
delegation from Union City, with
fife and drum corps, and also from
other Elk lodges in Bergen and Hud
son counties. There will also be a
large delegation from the local lodge
of Elks.
The marchers, in addition to the
Elks, will consist of: Mayor and
Council, Police Force of Cliffside
Park, Members of the Board of Edu
cation, School Children, and the mem
bers of the faculty. Teachers and
students are requested to report at
their respective schools at 1:30 and
be ready to join the parade promptly
at 2“ o’clock.
This celebration is an achievement
of what has been going on during the
past four years, and also what the
Board of Education have been con
sistently working toward since 1922.
It is expected that this will be a
very unusual and interesting occa
sion.
The chorus singing will be under
the direction of Mrs. Jennie McCul
lough, music supervisor in the
schools.
Tlie program will be as follows:
Mr. J. W. Mahoney, chairman of
the Building and iGrounds Committee,
will preside.
Invocation, Rev. Richard Pressey.
Song, “America, the Beautiful.”
Elks’ Ritualistic Opening of Cere
monies, Joseph A. Preston, Exalted
Ruler, C. P. Lodge of Elks, No. 1602,
B. P. O. E.
Song, “Unfold Ye Portals,” Union
City Male Quartette.
Address, Mayor Joseph W. Marini.
Song, “America.”
Address, Mr. H. F. Goemann, pres
ident of Board of Education.
Address, Mr. Robert L. Burns,
principal of the High School.
Instrumental Selection, Carughi’s
Band.
Address, Mr. George F. Hall, su
pervising principal of schools.
Laying of Corner-stone, Jos. A.
Preston, Exalted Rpler, assisted by
other officers of the lodge.
Song, “Star Spangled Banner,” Un
ion City Male Quartette.
Address, Francis P. Boland, Past
Exalted Ruler, District Deputy, and
Grand Exalted Ruler of B. P. 0. E.
Holdup On Edgewood
Lane Nets Bandits $28
Young Proprietor Of Chinese
Laundry Keeps Cool And
Barely Misses Catching
Thieves.
Wong Thomas, proprietor of the
Chinese hand laundry at 704 Ander
son avenue, Grantwood, was the vic
tim of a hold-up on Edgewood lane
last Sunday evening about 0: .':o
o’clock. The bandits relieved Wong!
of $28, but not without protest from
him.
Wong was en route to his Grant
wood home from New York. lie gjt
off the street car at Palisade Jun"
tion instead of Anderson avenue as
is his usual custom. He walked
through Edgewood lane and just
where the roadway bends westward
toward Anderson avenue the two
men accosted him.
“Got any money. Charlie?’’ tliev
asked.
“No,” Wong replied, thinking at
first they were just fooling.
He soon found a gun pressed firmly
against his left side and one of the
young highwaymen demanded that he
“come across.” Wong was not inclined
to give up his hard earned cash so
easily and took the chance of knock
ing the gun from the bandit’s hand.
Not satisfied with defying bandit
rules by dislodging the gun he stooped
to pick it up only to find another re
volver barrel tickling his ribs with
the holder threatening to terminate
his life.
He gave in and turned over all the
cash he had, $28. “Here’s a quarter
for carfare, Charlie,” one of his as
sailants said. “Keep it all,” Wong
replied still maintaining his compos
ure.
The men ran toward Anderson ave
nue with Wong not far behind. They
boarded a departing bus at Lafayette
avenue "But jumped* out when their
victim shouted, “Hold those fellows.”
They made their getaway somewhere
in the West Grantwood section but
Wong is still on the lookout.
School Board President,
F. Goemann, Returns From
10 Weeks’ Visit In Germany
Herman F. Goemann, Grantwood
druggist and president of the Cliff
side Park Board of Education, re
turned on Monday from a ten-weeks’
visit in Germany. His brother,
Charles Goemann, made the return
trip with him.
A large reception committee, in
cluding relatives, friends and mem
bers of the School Board, met Mr.
Goemann at the boat and the chil
dren of School No. 3, Cliffside, were
assembled on the grounds to cheer
him as he passed up Palisade avenue
in an auto. He was also greeted
with loud cheers from the children
of the two Grantwood schools en
route to his home.
Mr. Goemann said that his was a
reception he never will forget, and
although he had a fine time in Ger
many, he was glad to return to Cliff
side Park. He will be present at the
laying of the cornerstone of the ad
dition to the high school next Sat
urday afternoon.
On October 2, on the premises at
2 P. M., William Kennedy, auction
eer, will sell 120 business and apart
ment house sites located on Sylvan
avenue and Hudson terrace in En
glewood Cliffs, N. J., only a short
distance from the proposed Fort Lee
Bridge Plaza. This property is being
sold to close out the holdings of the
Wid Realty Co., Inc. Perrin Gardiner
of Fort Lee, N. J., are the agents
for this sale.
BRIBES TOTALING $43,375 PAID TO
NEW JERSEY OFFICALS AND POLICE
OF 2 STATES ACORDING TO MEMOS
Memoranda Said To Be In Hands Of Federal Officers In
volves “Higher Ups” In Edgewater Rum Scandal
Names Of Some Called Before Grand Jury—Indict
ments Promised Next Week.
A memorandum book giving the names of some “higher ups’'
in the Edgewater rum scandal, together with various bribes paid
hem, totaling $43,375, will, be presented at the next meeting of
the Federal Grand Jury the early part of next week and officials
promise that indictments will be made about the first of next
month. It is reported that several perjury indictments will be
included.
Cliffside Zoning Law
Attacked By Builder
The ClifTside Park Borough of
ficials have been served with pa
pers demanding that they show
cause why A. Ricci, North Bergen
builder, should not be issued a per
mit to erect an apartment house
on Knox avenue in Grantwood
about 200 feet east of Anderson
avenue. This is of course the first
step in a court fight started by
Ricci to force the local Council to
permit the erection of his proposed
apartment in a section where it is
contrary to the Zoning ordinance.
The writ is returnable today and
it is believed the Cliffside Park
officials will make every effort to
uphold the ordinance. The out
come of the case will have far
reaching consequences and will be
watched with interest by all per
sons living in the Borough.
School For Foreigners
Opens Monday, Oct. 4
Gives Opportunity To Become
Schooled In American Lan
guage And Ideals — Rate
Reasonable.
The evening school for forqigrr
3orn adults on Broadway, near Hud
son street, Hackensack, will open on
Monday, October 4, at 7:30 o’clock.
3n Friday afternoon, October 1, at
1 o’clock there will be opportunity
'or night workers to register for the
lay classes. Special day classes are
arranged for those who work nights
•egularly or periodically.
The Broadway Evening School of
’ers three types of beginning classes:
(1) For those who are learn
ing to speak English and to
read and write for the first time
in any language.
(2) For those who are learn
ing to speak and read and write
English but who have had school
ing in their own language.
(3) For those who speak Eng
lish because of long residence in
America but do not read or write
it.
Classes meet Monday, Tuesday and
rhursdays from October to June with
r corps of teachers specially trained
:o teach adults of foreign birth, and
ire free to all residents of Hacken
sack.
Rates for students not living in
rlackensack are merely nominal: $2
i month or $15 for the eight months
if 90 sessions, preferably paid in ad
vance. On request three $5 pay
ments may be made.
Why You Should Look Up
’Tis looking down that makes one
iizzy.—Browning.
Mrs. Martha Franke Dies 1
Following Serious Operation
Mrs. Martha Franke, of 71 Wash
ington avenue, Grantwood, passed
away at the Englewood Hospital this
(Friday) afternoon about 4 o’clock,
following a serious internal operation.
Mrs. Franke has been a resident of
Grantwood for many years and was
beloved by a large circle of friends.
She was an active worker in the Trin
ity Episcopal Church and prominent
in the community’s social life.
The deceased is survived by three
sons, Valentine, Walter and Charlie,
and four daughters, Martha, Elsie,
Edna and Florence.
Valentino Franko is at present in
the Englewood Hospital recovering
from an appendix operation.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced as yet.
* Names of Edgewater residents who
have so far appeared before the Grand
Jury are Fred Mentz, policeman; A1
Flannery, policeman ;Ed Pickering,
policeman; William Gaul, proprietor
of gasoline station; James Todd,
member Jefferson Democratic Club;
Joe Skelly; Enoch Carlson, whose ho
tel was raided last week; Sylvester
Lynch, former American Legion com
mander; Harry O’Brien, owner of
summer camp and brother of late Po
lice Chief O’Brien; Emory Ber.iot,
former Edgewater resident; Miller;
Gericange; Jorgenson; GigrinR and
Tomasilli.
It is rumored that powerful politi
cal pressure is being brought to bear
in Eergen County to squelch the
Edgewater scandal but Federal offi
cials seem determined to prosecute
the case and see that the guilty par
ties are justly punished. The Jersey
Observer last evening said in connec
tion with the case that
“A prominent former New Jersey
official and a well-known contractor
may be indicted as the result of be
ing implicated in the case on the tes
timony of the fifty odd people who
have appeared before the Grand
Jury.”
t Jt *^.a[k8p(i IJjS* ,
book m the hands of the investigators
shows that $43,375 in bribes has been
paid to New Jersey officials and New
Jersey and New York police. Only
$9,000 of this amount went into New
York.
Commander Reeves, of the steam
ship Eker, is now in the custody of
the Federal men and claims that a
sistership to the Eker, the Donato,
also landed valuable cargoes of rum
in Edgewater. He claimed also that
the April landing in Edgewater by
the Eker was not its maiden trip.
There is a dead hush among Edge
water officialdom and nobody seems to
know anything more than “they read
in the papers” and if they do, they
are not willing to tell. The anxious
public waits patiently for something
official from the Federal men while
all sorts of rumors are going the
rounds.
It’s another case of “time will tell.”
Cliff side Park Exchange
Club Plans To Receive
Charter At Dinner-Dance
The securing of a charter by the
Cliffside Park Exchange Club will be
celebrated in the near future w.th a
dinner-dance according to the plans
of the local Exchangites who at last
Tuesday s luncheon-meeting appoint
ed a commie work out the details
of this affu.r.
The committee consists of August
Hansch, chairman; Anthony Coppo
letta, Nelson Neumann, Mayor Jos
eph Marini, Erwin Goemann and
Burr Moler. It is planned to have
a representative present to officially
present the local club with its charter.
At their meeting on Tuesday of
last week the club voted to send a let
ter to the local School Board request
ing that the Cliffside High School
take part in all interscholastic activi
ties including debating.
\rrest Wife Deserter
In Englewood Cliffs
Charged with deserting his wife,
Catherine, and their six children, Pat
rick Powers, aged 39, of 706 Colum
bus avenue, Now York, was arrested
Sunday afternoon by Detective Ser
geant Frank White and Acting De
tective Marcus Fitzgibbons, at St.
Michael’s Villa, Englewood Cliffs.
He was taken into custody on the
complaint of the wife who swore out
a warrant for his arrest some time
ago. She notified local headquarters
Sunday that Powers was in the vi
cinity of the villa, where she is stay
ing and his arrest followed.