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#\/VSAAAAAAA/W'A/WWWW' it The Palisades Are the Balcony of the World William A. Mackay, Coytesville 99 PALI 3 AD IAN ")?sfE----—IFF "Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything." —As You Like It. J / VOL. XX. No. 47 PALISADIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1926—EIGHT PAGES PRICE FOUR CENTS MICHAELSEN AND WEIS WIN BY VERY SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITIES—G. 0. P. COUNTY CANDIDATES VICTORIOUS Michaelsen Runs High Man With Total Of 1,369 Votes— Weis Polls 1,273 Votes—Mercer And Perkins Win Only By Slight Margins—Edwin Corriston Receives 1,092 For Justice Of The Peace. The expected happened in ClifFside Park’s contest for two Council seats on Tucs., last and William T. Michaelsen and Ferd nand A. Weis, Democratic candidates for re-election, won easily over their Republican opponents, Arthur Hintze and James Akin. Michaelsen ran nign on me licki i and polled a total of 1,1169 votes with his running mate, Weis, a close sec ond with 1,273 votes. Akin polled 1,063 and Hintze ran last with 984. Republican County candidates re ceived average majorities of about 200 with the exception of Mercer and Per kins whose local majorities were but 58 and 120 respectively. The local totals on all but the local candidates follows: FOR CONGRESS Randolph Perkins (R) Francis Koehler (D) FOR ASSEMBLY Ralph Chandless (R) John Ilater (R) Pamela Francisio (R) Orison Hard (R) Jerome Kennedy )1>) Benedict Willis (U8 _ Leland Ferry (1>) Abram Lebson (I>) FOR COUNTY CLERK James Mercer (R) Irving T. Brickell (O) 1,148 1,023 1,289 1,217 1,205 1,020 997 984 976 1,080 1,145 1,087 FOR FREEHOLDERS Henry Wostbrock (R) 1,218 Andrew Knox (R) 1,169 Edward Brower (0) 988 Charles Hulst (D) 962 Charles Leeger of Grantwood was written in on three Republican ballots -for Justice of the Peace while Edwin Corriston,' also of Grantwood and a' Democrat, polled 1,092 votes. Former Mayor John Cadien was written in for this office on 95 Democratic ballots A. Gerabasi on 10 and Charles Knapp on. 17. Italo-American Club Requests That Fort Lee Board Open Night School The regular monthly meeting of the Fort Lee Board of Education was held in the Whiteman street school on Monday night. Louis Ponsi, representing the Italo American Club of Fort Lee, was pre sent and requested that the Board es tablish a night school in Fort Lee, where foreigners can learn the Eng lish language and receive the necess ary instruction to get citizen’s papers. The Board members expressed them selves as favoring such an institution and referred the matter to Supervisor Chase for a report. A communication from the Coytes ville Community- Club requested that a sidewalk be laid in front of the Coytesville school. The Board con sidered it an unwise move at this time as the Borough is at present consid ering the widening of this particular street. They will however consider the laying of a sidewalk on the south side of the school. Supervisor Chase suggested that a fire escape be erected at the rear of the Whiteman street school. This mat ter will be given immediate attention by the Board. Mr. Chase was given permission to attend the Teachers’ Convention which will be held in At lantic City on Nov. 11, 12 and Id. It was decided to hold the Christ mas entertainments of the Borough schools in the Fort Lee-theatre. After other routine business was attended to the meeting adjourned. Natural Vision Pictures Under the auspices of the Film Arts Guild, for the first time on any screen, there will be shown at tin Cameo Iheatre beginning Sunday, November 7, examples of the latest development in pictures—“Natural Vision” pictures. These represent an improvement over the ordinary movie upon which inventors have been work ing since the inception of the motion picture. Washington lane in Grantwoocl, leading from Division street and the car line to Washington avenue, and Palisade avenue, has been closed per manently. JAMES W. MERCER The winner of the hard fought battle for the County Clerkship Cook Balks On Street Improvement Move Should Not Use The Borough’s Money To Develop Undevel oped Property He Says Only three Councilmen, Cook, Hoe bei and Grieb, were present at Wed nesday night’s meeting of the Fort Lee Mayor and Council, when Mayor White called the meeting to order at 1) p. m. A public hearing was held on an ordinance to vacate a small strip of property at the lower end of Main street which is no longer of any use to the Borough. There were no ob jectors and later in the meeting the ordinance was passed. An application to erect a multi-fam ily dwelling on Columbia avenue in Palisade in the vicinity of the old Beckmann flats was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Ralph Reid of Palisade was present at the meet ing and testified that the neighbor hood in question was no longer resid ential in character and stated that he had been refused a permit many years ago for a multi-family dwelling in this particular section on account of Zoning restrictions but after dispos ing of the lot the new owners erected a three-car garage thereon. Several improvement petitions were received. One asked for sewers, water, gas, sidewalks and curbs on Warwick avenue in Palisade Gardens and a similar petition Risked for the .same improvements on Virginia avenue. Mr, and Mrs. Mulligan, agents for Pali sade Gardens’ property, were present and stated that the owners of seventy five per rent of the front footage or these streets were represented on the petitions. Councilman Cook stated that he was not opposed to making improvement* but did not think the Borough's mon ey should be used to finance the de velopment of undeveloped propertj without some guarantee that the or iginal owners who signed the petitior would pay their assessments withir .-ix months after the work is complet ed. After some argument pro and cor the matter was referred to the Com rnittae of the Whole. A petition asking that the gai mains be installed along Hudson ter race north of Bigler street was re eeived and referred to the Stree' Committee for a report. The Engineers reported that the re quested improvement on the section o: Jassamine way lying in the Borougl of Fort Lee (West Palisade section) would cost about $17,000. This flguri will be given to the petitioners befon ifuither action is taken. | (Continued on Page 2) SUCCESSFUL REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES RALPH W. CIIAXDLESS JOHN Y. DATER PAMELA J. FRANCISCO ORISON M. HURD LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS BY DISTRICTS William T. Michaelsen (D) Ferdinand A. Weis (D) James M. Akin (II) Arthur H. Hintze (It) CLIFFSIDE PARK FOIl COUNCILMEN 1 2 3 4 5 231 184 126 114 229 231 181 117 103 189 114 102 186 119 94 118 106 205 136 113 6 7 8 Total 249 302 121 1,369 220 294 123 1:273 167 210 109 284 185 241 105 ' 1,033 i Henry H. Cook (D) Francis E. Troy (D) Arthur E. Kerwien (11) Peter Grieb (E) • • Thomas Brosnahan (D) George Schlosser (It) j Edward B. Cavanagh (D) I Frank VV. Lang (It) FORT LEE FOIt COUNCILMEN 1 154 91 185 207 2 441 158 188 245 274 199 98 4 51 52 22o 135 182 159 210 129 FOE COLLECTOIt 320 216 128 241 184 149 FOE ASSESSOIt 427 275 209 119 143 87 o 214 143 141 173 188 168 218 137 6 175 92 102 164 173 114 169 109 7 181 82 222 221 199 176 253 199 8 60 69 30 1 184 129 215 229 123 Total 1,563 869 1,475 1,554 1,565 1,406 1,990 1,046 Hackensack Re-elects j Mayor N. D. Campbell Republican Commissioner Gives G. O -P. Balance Of Power N. Demarcst Campbell, Democrat, was re-elected Mayor of the city of Hackensack over Herman Vander wart, Republican, on Tuesday last by the comfortable majority of 452 votes. Much interest centered around the Mayorality contest in Hackensack and the Republican forces were reason ably sure of success. Cyrus P. I). Weeks, Republican, was elected Commissioner from the Fourth Ward over J. Ray Outwater, Demo crat, by a vote of 1,070 to 412. This keeps the balance of power in-, the Improvement Commission, Repub lican, four to two, exclusive of the Mayor’s vote. Republican county candidates poll ed a heavy vote in the city of Hack ensack. Resolution Defines Attitude On Zoning Full Text Of Local Realtors, Resolution In Support Of Zoning Principle WHEREAS: The attitude of the Courts of New Jersey have led to a general breakdown of our present Zoning laws and Ordinances. ANI) WHEREAS: Ry reason of this attitude of the Courts the resid ential sections of our Cities and of our Towns have been and are being disfigured with unsightly and non-con forming buildings for which there is no economic necessity in said sections, most of the buildings being created by non-citizens who have no regard for the welfare of our Cities and of our State. AND WHEREAS: The continuance of this condition will tend to not only destroy many existing residential sec tions with consequent loss and damage 1 to our home-owners but will discour age the buildings of new homes in res idential sections where land restrict ; ions have expired and may ultimately lead to the destruction of the home ■ owning spirit of our people. ' BE IT RESOLVED BY THE 1 REAL ESTATE BOARD OF THE , PALISADES AS FOLLOWS: . FIRST: We strongly condemn and take a positive stand against all at tempts to take selfish advantage of Jersey Democrats Gain One Seat In Congress The vote for Congressional Re presentatives with practically all districts.complete was as follows: (1) Wolverton, Republican, 43, 352; Kelleher, Democrat, 19,696. (2) Bacharach, Republican, 47, 332; Melville, Democrat, 12,035. (3) Hoffman, Republican, 54, 780; Devoe, Democrat, 34,632. (4) Eaton, Republican, 34,125; Williams, Democrat, 22,163. (5) Ackerman, Republican,■ 44, 727; Sauer, Democrat, 26,102. (6) Perkins, Republican, 40,385; Koehler, Democrat, 22,553. (7) Seger, Republican, 27,852; McNair, Democrat, 10,792. (8) Taylor, Republican, 28,159: Moore, Democrat, 39,496. (9) Fort, Republican, 19,838; Whalen, Democrat, 13,138. (10) Lehlbach, Republican, 28, 754; Townsend, Democrat, 15,666. (11) Eichler, Republican, 6,833; Auf tier Heide, Democrat, 37,435. (12) Grcce, Republican, 10,944; Norton, Democrat, 55,360. Republicans Walk Away With Fairview Election In Fairview the Republican admin stration candidates, Powers and Reil y won by large majorities over their independent opponent Reme. The vote was as follows: Powers, (Republican), 829; Reilly (Republi can) 841; Reme (Independent) 441. ;he present attitude of our Courts ,vith respect to zoning. SECOND: We strongly condemn and take a positive stand against the disfigurement of our Cities and of our rowns with non-conforming buildings by unscrupulous and avaricious spec ulators. THIRD: We urge the Governing Bodies of all local municipalities to resist all selfish attempts to violate aur present zoning laws and hereby pledge ourselves as Realtors to aid them by refusing to have any connect ion, directly or indirectly, with any operation, whether completed, in the course j>f • completion or in prospect, that will or does violate the spirit of zoning and has for its main object the aggrandizement of thoughtless and heedless speculators. FOURTH : We strongly endorse the Resolution known as the Mackay Re solution, providing for an amendment to the State Constitution which will legalize our present Zoning Law and which Resolution was adopted at the last session of the Legislature and will be presented for second passage at the next session and we request the Senators and Assemblymen from our (Continued on Page 2) Bergen County Still Strongly Republican County Candidates Win Easily With Huge Average Maj orities Of 20,000 The Republican candidates in Ber gen County, true to form, were swept into office by very large majorities. County Clerk Brickcll, Democrat, and James Mercer, Republican, put up the most evenly matched contest and still Mercer’s majority was over 14,527. Brickcll ran ahead of his ticket and Mercer ran behind the other G. O. P. candidates. Chandless was high man as usual. The complete County totals follow: F(OR CONGRESS Randolph Perkins (R) Francis Koehler (D) FOR ASSEMBLY Ralph Chandless (It) John 1 later (It) Pamela Francisio (R) Orison Hard (R) Jerome Kennedy (D) Benedict Willis (D) Leland Ferry (I >) Abram Lcbson (D) FOR COUNTY CLERK James Mercer (R) Irving T. Brickell (D) 44,518 2!) ,091 FOR FREEHOLDERS Henry Wostbrcck (R) Andrew Knox (It) Edward Brower (D) Charles Hulst (D) rian i o Build $<£uu,uuu Prep School In Englewood Plans for a $200,00 Catholic pre paratory school in the vicinity of En glewood are under way. Prominent Catholic laymen are behind the move ment and indications arc that it will be on the order of St. Peter’s in Jer sey City. This is Bergen County’s second “prep” school, the other was the Newman Catholic Prep School occu ying the beautiful buildings later turned into the Roman Gardens, a roadhouse, and now the Y. M. H. A. It was on Essex street. The Newman school moved to its present location in Lakewood, after selling its property in Bergen County at a tremendous profit. The demand for a prep school in Bergen County at this time is the cause of the agitation for the school. If it proves a success, it is quite like ly that plans will be made for a Cath olic college in the vicinity. The offices of the Interstate Hud son ** River Bridge Association, the Bergen County Association, have just been removed from 228 Main street, Hackensack, to rooms 1 and 2 in the new Oritani Theatre building. The} front both on Main street and Cam den. KERWIEN IS DEFEATED IN FORT LEE, COOK AND GRIEB WIN COUNCIL SEATS, BROSNAHAN AND CAVANAGH WIN Defeat Of Administration Candidate Shifts Balance Of Power On Local Council—Cavanagh Wins By 944 Majority—Republican County Ticket Goes Over But Only One Local Republican Is Successful. The defeat of Arthur Kerwien, Republican aspirant for re election to the Council was the big surprise of Tuesday’s election in Fort Lee Borough. Kerwien has been in public office for the past seventeen years either as Mayor or Councilman. The very small vote given him in Coytesville is said to be the cause of his defeat. Palisade alone gave Kerwien 235 votes in District 4 and 304 in District 8, a total of 539 with Grieb the next highest with 319. A very large number of Kerwien’s votes were “ace” votes and the ballots indicate that the majority of Kerwien “ace” votes were cast by Democrats. PETER GRIEB Only successful, local Republican candidate in Fort Lee Borough Administration Men Win In Edgewater Record Vote Of 1,531 Polled— Almost A Three To One Victory Edgcwater’s 3 to 1 vote for its ad ministration candidates Kennedy, Fin ; ley and Gilroy was a great surprise ; to many who had expected to set Todd, McDonough and Weir victoriou ; by small majorities. ! A record vote of 1,531 was polled in the little Borough on the river’s bank which was divided as follows: FOR COUNCIL Kennedy 1,030 Finley 900 McDonough 443 Todd 417 FOR ASSESSOR j Gilroy 942 | Weir 398 The County Republican ticket car ried by large majorities. Entertainment For Worthy Cause On Monday Evening The many residents of Palisade and ClifTsidc Park who have so enjoyed entertainments, for the past five years at the Christian Orphan Home, do not need a reminder of the date Monday, November 8, at 8 p. m., for this sea son’s concert, but this notice consti tutes a cordial invitation to possible new friends as well as interested old friends, and for the benefit of the former, we would say that the Home is located on Palisade avenue, over looking- the Hudson, several blocks south of Main street, Fort Lee. It is only a few minutes drive from any part of Cliffside Park or Fort Lee or it can be reached by trolley to White man street. Walk east and two blocks south to Home. The 125th street ferry trolley (Fort Lee car) passes the Home gate. This unusual Home is, in itself, well worth a visit and Monday even ing will be an auspicious occasion to see it while also enjoying the program of professional talent. The complete program appears on page three. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lechtler anti children, and Miss Brier, have return ed from Marlborough, New York, where they spent the summer. ' Kerwi#n’s defeat was a bitter dis appointment to the administration ;upporters as it shifts the balance of power on the Council and leaves the Mayor with a 4 to 2 majority against him. Harry Cook, Democrat of Coytcs ville was re-elected, polling a total of 1,563 votes despite Palisade’s very small vote of 121 for him. He ran high man among the Council candi dates. Peter Grieb ran a very close second with a total of 1,554 votes of which 319 were cast in Palisade. Ker wien’s total was 1,475 and Troy ran last with 896. Edward Cavanagh, Democratic can didate for re-election as Assessor, ran high man on the entire ticket beating Frank Lang, Jr., Republican, by a 944 majority. The total vote in this con test was Cavanagh 1,990, Lang 1,046. Thomas Brosnahan, Democrat, won by 159 votes from George Schlosser, Republican, in the contest for the Col lectorship. Brosnahan [wiled 1,565 votes and Schlosser 1,406. The County Republican candidates were successful locally. The Borough totals follow: FOR CONGRESS Randolph Perkins (R) 1,411 Francis Koehler (D) 1,054 FOR ASSEMBLY Ralph Chandless (R) 1,499 John Dater (R) 1,436 Pamela Francisio (R) 1,417 Jrison Hard (R) 1,465 Jerome Kennedy (D) 1,099 Benedict Willis (D) * 1,045 Leland Ferry (I)) 1,056 Abram Lebson (D) 1,063 FOR COUNTY CLERK lames Mercer (R) 1,425 irving T. Brickell (D) 1,165 FOR FREEHOLDERS Henry Wostbrock (R) 1,586 Andrew Knox (R) 1,589 Edward Brower (D) 1,014 Charles Hulst (D) 1,009 iCerwein And Grieb Poll Splendid Vote In Palisade While Arthur Kerwein received the splendid vote of 559 in Palisade, which was 220 more than his running mate, Peter Grieb, still it was not enough lo overcome the large majorities giv en Cook and Grieb in Coytesville. Grieb made a very fine showing in Palisade having [wiled 519 votes, which is 205 more than he received in this section when he ran two years ago against Harry Schall. His total it that time was but 116. Program For The Orphan Home Concert On Page 3 On page three of this issue will be found the complete program of the Orphan Home entertainment and con cert to be held at the Home in Fort Lee on Monday evening, November 8. G.O.P. Candidates Win In Englewood Cliffs At the polls in Englewood Cliffs the Republican candidates won every oflice. In the county, Repub lican candidates received approxi mately double the vote of that ac corded to their I iemocratic oppon ents. The only local contest was for the office of Councilman. Wil liam Wunsch and Frederick Debus, present encumbents, received 17.'5 and 1G1 votes respectively, and Caesar Impemba, the defeated De mocratic nominee, 1-io votes, which ! will give Englewood Cliffs an all Republican Council. Two hundred and eighty ballots were cast.