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Evening journal., 1915-05-29
HIGHFIELD-AN IDEAL CANDIDATE.

nNE of the most popular men on the Republican
" city ticket is William G. Highfeld candidate for
City Treasurer
He is business man, pledged to give to the taxpay-
ers Of Wilmington businoss-ike administration of the
Office for which he has been nominated and to which
he unquestionably will be elected.
Statements already made by him show that he be-
leves that public business should be transacted with
the same pansaking and high regard honesty
and economy that wel-conduced private busi
ness. His earnesness in that respect has made a
profound impression in lis favor in all the wards
Mr.. Highheld born in ELAN. Delaware county,
Pa, on October 8, 1884. He Is of John Gilpn
Highhed and Elizabeth Highfeld When he was a year
old his parents moved the line into Brandywine
hundred.
It was in the old Elght-squ School, near Concord
turnpike that young Hiehheld received his education
in the elementary and grammar grades From there he
went to Godey College and entered the shorthand
typewrtng department Following his graduation
from that institution he accepted position in the Office
OF Herbert ~ Fell local for the Mutual Life
Insurance Company Of New York A better position Of
fering itself in the purchasing department of the Har
Ian and Holingsworth Company Mr.. Ighheld accepted
It. He served in that place six years
Following that he selected secretary of and
manager foR the Mutual Fire Insurance Company Of
Delaware. In 1913 he opened an agency for himself
and. reinsured the business of that company. He is
at the head OF that agency at the present time.
family He also Is prominent in Masonic circles Corin-
THAN Lodge No 20. A. f., A. NJ; st. Johns Chapter
No 4, r. A. NJ; ST. Johns Commandery, No. 1, X 7. ;
Delaware Consistory. No. 1, Scottish Rite Masons
Lulu Temple, Mystic Shrine. and the Tall Cedars OF
Lebanon all claim him member. He is Grand Tall
Cedar of the Tall Cedars Of Lebanon.
He also figures actively in club life. For years he
has been active ana useful member of the Young
Mems Republican Club He also is affiliated with the
City Club the Delaware Saengerbund the Shrine Club.
the DUPONT Trapshooting Club and the Caymont Gun
Club Several years ago he purchased the dwelling
house at No. 1914 Van Buren street. in the Seventh
ward, and Il is there he makes his home While he has
always Interested acutely in public and political
affairs he has been regarded politician but
rather business man who realizes the importance
Of in business life performing. properly, intei
gently and conscentiously, his civic duties
Mr.. Hghfeld is a OF charming personality After
he has been elected those who have business in the
City Treasurer's ONCE will find there atmosphere OF
courtesy that will be very agreeabe-in fact con-
tinuance OF that atmosphere that has pervaded the
Treasury Department for years under Republican con
troll
We bespeak for Mr. Highfed the earnest support OF
all Wilmington voters who believe that the finances o
their city should be handled in suslness-like way
Evening journal., 1915-05-29
SATURDAY MAY 20. 1915
LuCkY srssEX COrNTY.

~ ENERAL r. COLEMAN DUPONT has decided to
" build the eighteen miles OF dupont Boulevard
extending from Georgetown down to sebyville, the
Maryland line
We congratulate tho people Of Sussex county upon
the good fortune that will to them through that
decision
Our earnest hope is that those obstructive elements
that heretofore have prevented the building Of the
highway from end-to-end Of our State will be removed
and that ultimately this practical-minded phan-
throps will be enabled to out his entire prncey
project
There never has been any lack of willingness the
part Of General DUPONT build the road and dedicate
it the uses of the public Only the work short
sighted and narrow-minded obstructonists it would
have been built long We confidently Of the
opinion that after the section from Georgetown to
Selbyve has been constructed and put in the
timent in of continuing the line up the State
to Wilmington will become strong to be simply
irresistible
Tho composition of the county delegation that
waited on General DUPONT this week and urged him to
build the Georgetown to-Selbyvie part the road,
showed clearly how overwhelming the sentiment in
favor Of the project is in that county 1t embraced
a former Governor, two former Congressmen, former
Lieutenant Governor members and former members OF
the Legislature and substantial business and profess
sional men from many sections Of Sussex. Men from
Philadelphia and the Eastern Shore of Maryland
also we're In the delegation. Republicans Democrats
and Progresses side by side and worked earnestly
for the road II only natural that they felt much
satisfaction when finally General dupont assured them
that he would start the deeds for por
tions OF the rght-oway already purchased have been
obtained
Il is time for men of prominence in other sec
tons of Delaware to band themselves together have
the road come right up the State. To neglect such
opportunity as that which now presents itself would
be the height OF folly.
Evening journal., 1915-05-29
BECKrR,s LOSTNG FIGHT.

TT ERMAN ROSENTHAL. gambler and nformer
II murdered in New York city two years and ten
months ago. Since then Lieutenant Becker, Of the
New Police Department has been before the pub
lie eye as fighting for his life. He was indicted
July 90 1912; found guilty October a. 1912; his
conviction was reversed, February "a 1914; second
trial began May g. 1915 found guilty again, May 22
1914 and that second conviction has been upheld
by the New York Court of Appeals. Unless further
legal steps the exercise Of executive cemency save
him. he will be electrocuted next July
The gunner who actually killed Rosenthal paid the
penalty long They Gid not have the the
friends TO enable them to set up such determined fight
for life as has been waged by their principal Lieuten
ant Becker. who for the protection OF corrupt police
system arranged that Rosenthal informer against
il, should be put out OF the way forever Becker's
fight has been. however. a losing one His ultimate
conviction and punishment necessary for the
safety of society There would no safety for men
and while murder committed at the instance of
a corrupt Police Department could go unpublished.
Becker has had every possible opportunity to prove
his OF completely in the crime He has failed
to So and seemingly has little hope
Governor Whitman will defeat the ends Of justice by
pardoning him committing his sentence.
Evening journal., 1915-05-29
coLONEL sTOyER,s BROADsTbE.

his mastery address before the Republican City
4 Committee the full text of which has appeared
in our columns Colonel weer e. stover. City Coun-
Gilman from the Seventh ward and chairman Of the
Committee of City Council, rdded every count
in the indictment against the Howell Republican adj
minstration that recently framed by Dr. j. Harvey
Spruance the Democratic candidate for Mayor, and
his associates on the made-in- Honolulu Democratic
city ticket.
Count after count in that falsely y-conceiyed and
falsey-framed indictment torn to pieces by the
facts figures and logical deductions contained in Col
onel stoyers speech BY the time he had finished his
bombardment Of the conscioness and deceptive docu-
It had been reduced to shreds before the eyes
OF the Wilmington voters
Colonel stover did a good piece of work at op-
perfume time. Republican and independent voters feel
thankful that he spoke and, by broadsde de-
stroyed the offensive of the made-in- Honolulu Demo-
cratic candidates. The Republican administration dur
ing the four years that DR.. Harrison W. Howell has
been Mayor has been a good II should have been
immune from such an attack aimed at IL by the
nade-in Honolulu candidates of absentee political
boss.
The Republican party now is on the offensive. The
Democratic party is on the defensive There will be
TO change in their relative positions from this time
til the closing of the polls the evening of June
When the votes have been counted that day 1t will
be found that the made-n-Wilmngton Republican
ticket headed by City Treasurer James +. Price has
received a large plurality the made-in- Honolulu
Democratic ticket headed by Dr. J. Harvey Spruance.
The Democrats have fred their big gun and. theii
CONSERVATION. it has blown out the breechblock and
destroyed the solidarity OF their own ranks even in
what usually strong Democratic wards. II DR.
spruarce and his associates wise they would
withdraw the contest subject themselves
the humiating experience of election day show
down.
Evening journal., 1915-05-29

The bequest of bit of the wool of
Mary's lamb to the SomerYille, Mass,
historical society in the viii of Mrs.
p. II. Derby, which was entered in the
probate court in Springfield, brings to
light the interesting information that
the nursery jingle, Mary had a little
lamb, its fleece was white as SNOW"
had a basis in fact. The piece of wool
in question was given to Mrs Derby
I'm 1880 by Mrs Mary r. Tyler. the
original of the little lamb jingle. 1t
is a piece of yarn tied in a bow and
fastened on piece of paper with pale
blue ribbon. Under 1t is written the
words, "wool from Mary's lamb" It
seems that when the old South Church
of Boston became involved financially
one of the ways hit upon to raise
money was suggested by Mrs. Tyler
She took a pair OF old wool stockings
that her mother had knit for her from
the wool OF her pet lamb, and which
she had never worn, but kept in mem
ory OF the departed lamb. These were
cut up into lengths and made into
bows, like the one that was in the pos
session Of Mrs. Derby, and sold for
25 cents each. The result was that
$500 was realized and thus the little
lamb helped to save the Old South
Church.
The story Of Mary and her lamb is
authenticated and the incidents bear
a close relation to the events of the
poem, or rather, jingle. Mary e. Saw
yer was born in Sterling March %
1906. and the house in which she was
born is still standing. She had two
sisters and four brothers. none OF
whom ever had themselves immortal
lied in rhyme as Mary did. Mary's
father was a farmer and kept sheep
One cold morning in March, 1914 just
about 100 years ago. and one year over
twin lambs we're born in the Sawyer
sheepfold. one of which was to be
known in nursery rhyme for time i'm.
memorial. Like all geniuses, she-foi
il was a girl-displayed the vagaries
of it before she was many hours old
So much so in fact that her mother
would have nothing to do with her
Little Mary, aged 8, took pity on tn,
young thing and asked her father il
she might have IT, not thinking of the
greatness that would come of thi.
charitable deed. She fed and tended
1t and the two became very fond o.
one another.
It was but natural that the lamt
should in time to come have a thirs
for knowledge, and, as the first stanzi
Evening journal., 1915-05-29
Editorial Opinion
Won TIRPITz. A TYPICAL SEA DOg

From the Worlds Work.
Admiral Won Tirpitz's character is
chiefly that of an old salt. With his
forked beard, his large, round face,
his huge bulk, he physically looks
the part of Neptune. With a genuine
sailor, he can easily unbend; he can
roar out a sailors duty with the best
of them; his business and his relaxa-
tions are all nautical; even his
favorite drink, according to tradition,
is North sea seafoaml If he has one
enthusiasm, it is the British navy;
he admires its history, its traditions,
its great achievements. If fate in
recent years has transformed bim
into an Anglohobe, that certainly is
not his chosen role; for Nelson,
Drake, Hawkins and the other great
British sea rovers became the guild
ing influences in his life. Moreover.
he likes not only English naval ideas,
but England itself; his children have
gained their education. in part, in
England. This inclination, accord
ing to his advisers, he has transferred
to the United States.
Evening journal., 1915-05-29
OUR SOLDIER DEAD.

~ WING to May 80 falling Sunday this year, Me-
" mortal Day will be observed on Monday May
the weather fair the end that the relatives friends
and former comrades-n-arms Of soldier dead may
go in comfort to their and do honor to their
memory.
The in line in this city and State this year
will be fewer in number than at any time since the
Civil War closed Many who assisted in decorating and
firing salutes and sounding taps the graves OF
their comrades year ago. will be the recipients of like
ororable attention this year. And it will go
III of those who stood valianty and successfully
between nation and disunion half century ago
will remain. The duty of doing honor to the memory
Of nations defenders will devolve upon others and
grateful posterity will worhily perform that patriotic
function.
The observance of Memorial Day in this city Mon
day will be upon scale that will reflect credit upon
those who participate in IT, Everyone should conspire
honor only the memory OF the soldier dead
but also those veterans who fortunate TO
be alive today to enjoy the benefits of living in a
great free and united republic that made possible
by the brain, blood and brawn Of the heroes of the
Revolutionary War established firmly in the worlds
respect by the soldiers and sailors who fought in the
War OF 1912 and saved from seif-destructon by the
unfailng patriotism of the who fought the
Union side in the Civil War.
Evening journal., 1915-05-29

carpenters. And it is shown that
after an increase of wages absentee
ism actually increased. War or no
war, a large minority Of the workmen
suited themselves about their hours
Of labor. The explanation given by
the managing director of a large
linQuents made il a practice to work
only long enough every week TO earn
a bare livelihood. This director went
so far as to say that "the average
workingman of today does not wish
to earn more money and put by some
thing for rainy day. but is quite
content to live from hand to mouth
so long as he has as easy a time as
possible" The White Book is full
of instances. In less than four days
a workman in the war munition shops
can earn three pounds, and If that is
all that he needs for subsistence he
may drop out the other two days to
enjoy himself. Admiral Sir John
Jellicoe, writing to the First Lord of
the Admiralty recently, said:
Il am very uneasy about the labor
situation on the Clyde and Tyne.
Today an officer in a responsible sit
uation arrived. His account of things
on the Clyde was most disquieting. He
said that the men refused altogether
to work on Saturday afternoon. that
they took Wednesday afternoon OFF
every week, if not the whole Of We'd
nesday. and worked all of Sunday be-
cause they got double pay for it,"
The Minister of Munitions must
change all this if it is humanity
possible. Fortunately David Lloyd
George is not only one of the ablest
business men in Great Britain, de.
spite his radicallsm in politics, but a
tremendous worker and hustler with
the endurance OF a roam horse. His
clear understanding of business prob
lens and his superabundant energy
are reinforced by a fluent and elo
quent tongue and a most attractive
/ personality. Add his unaffected sym
| pathy with the wOrkingman and 8
democracy that stands every test, anG
the combination should make an ef
| fective Minister of Munitions, whicl
! is England's greatest need today.
Evening journal., 1915-05-29
Peace and War
CFrom the New York Tribune.l

II the Nebraskan was torpedoed by
a German submarine. Ambassador
Gerard should be recalled. Count Won
Bernstorff should receive his pass
ports, and diplomatic relations be-
tween Germany and the United States
should cease
Such an outrage as the torpedoing
of the Nebraskan would be properly
accepted by the United States as the
real answer OF Germany to the Amer
lean note. the declaration of purposes
which makes further discussion i'm
possible.
A severance of diplomatic relations
is not a declaration of war, but it is
one more step, is indeed next to the
last step. In taking it the United
States would give final indication TO
Germany of the direction in which
its policy led and of the approach of
hostilities.
From the very outset The Tribune
has warned its readers that optimism
in the present emergency was wholly
unwarranted For many years thous-
ands of Americans have believed that
10 desire peace. to seek il honestly
and earnestly. was to guarantee thai
peace would prevail Even in the
heat of the Lusitania incident mosi
Americans have believed war impos
sible because no American desired it
because the very thought OF war wa:
intolerable.
But the fact has always been ex'
actly the opposite. Ever since tho
Lusitania sank we have been on th'
brink of war with Germany, not be
cause there was any desire TO seel
vengeance. but because if Germany
persisted in policy of assassination
and a program of murder It was i'm
possible for the United States to avoi'
a declaration of war.
Now. there is no occasion to pas
judgment in advance on the Nebras
kan incident. II il turns out that tn
ship hit a mine, so much the better
But IL is necessary to consider tn
situation VIC shall find ourselves il
II the ship was deliberately torpedocd
Evening journal., 1915-05-29

allowance of about $4,000 being made for that pur
pose Another pleasing feature Of the budget is
Of $4,000 in the police pension fund appropra-
tion.
The total assessment for city and school purposes
is S7S6O4459
Il will be exceedingly difficult for Democratic critics
OF the Howell administration to find anything to crii
cize in such financial showing When the Republic
took hold of the city affairs four years they
received a legacy Of debt from the Spruance Demo-
cratic administration They have paid of that floating
Indebtedness inherited from the spruance admnisra
tion, and will close the current fiscal year with
plus of from $4,000 to $4,000
That is a good, business-like showing. It is in
strange contrast to the that made when Dr..
Harvey spruance the present Democratic mayoralty
candidate handed the city affairs to Mayor Howell
four years ago
Evening journal., 1915-05-29
HARMONIOUs NEUTRALITY.

A correspondent sends up this story.
evidently from an ironical Swiss pa
per. says the Manchester Guardian.
A few soldiers belonging to part
Of Swiss regiment in garrison at
Basel went to a certain cafe for re-
freshments. One of them sat down
alone at table Later a civilian,
a German. joined him and the two
began to talk war politics.
Would you shoot on the Germans
if they invaded Switzerland" asked
the German.
"Oh, no, never" exclaimed the sol
dier
Waiter, a pint of beer and a beef
steak with potatoes for this brave
man." ordered the civilian.
And your pals sitting at the next
table, would they also not shoot the
Germans if they tried to invade this
country"
"Oh, no. never!" retorted the Swiss.
Waiter. a glass Of beer for each Of
the soldiers at the next tablet" or
dered the civilian.
And addressing again the soldier,
he asked
"Is this generally the view held in
the Swiss army in regard to a possible
German invasion? Are all the Swiss
soldiers so Germanophil?"
81 don't know" replied the soldier.
But why would you not shoot the
Germans?"
Because we belong to the band"
Evening journal., 1915-05-29
David Lloyd Georges New lob
(From the New York Sum

Perhaps the most important post
in the new British Cabinet is that
Of Minister of Munitions, which David
Lloyd George has accepted. To put
the matter figuratively, he is expected
to produce two shells where one was
turned out before. Success will de-
pend upon his ability to make the
British artisan in the war munition
factories and shipyards work full
time and even overtime. II seems
like a labor Of Sisyphus for the new
Minister. While he persuades the
men in one plant to work the maxi
mum number of hours, the men in
another shop may be deaf to his ap-
peals. The reproach OF the British
operative has been that in the secur-
ity of his gainful occupation and his
home he would not support the sol
dier in the trenches by working with
a will the regulation number of hours
In many cases he has thought more
of his union than of his country's
extremity and has selfshly refused
to curtail his amusements.
In the White Book issued by the
Government recently it appeared that
in one great establishment submarine
engine ntterS were losing 20 per cent
of their time; that in yards engaged
in constructing warships the riveters
worked only 65 per cent of their
time, platers rs per cent, caulkers
and drillers rs per cent It must be
admitted that the work is hard, but
so is fighting and living in the
trenches in the shadow of death. As
men in the Royal Dockyards are
working sixty hours and over week
there can be no excuse for cutting
the weeks toll down to less thar
fifty hours in private yards.
In one yard devoted to warship re
pairing 32 per cent. of the iron work
crs failed to report in the early hours
also 33 per cent. of platers, 30 pei
cent of riveters aRd holders-on. s.
per cent. of drillers, and "a per cent
of carpenters Even after the da.
was well advanced the absentees in
| cluded 16 per cent of iron workers
21 per cent Of platers, 16 per cent
OF riveters and holders-on, 30 pc
cent of drillers and 13 per cent o
Evening journal., 1915-05-29

We shall then have reached the point
where diplomatic intercourse with
Germany has become impossible.
II is conceivable that the recall of
Ambassador Gerard might accomplish
what all other efforts have failed to
accomplish. The departure of the
representative of the last great power
at peace with Germany might have
an effect that no words, however
frank and firm, could have. II is Just
possible that Germany might draw
back on the brink OF another break.
Yet all this is totally unlikely. From
the very outset germany has indicated
calm. deliberate determination to
pursue her own ends in her own way.
She has devastated a whole nation to
get at a foe. She has slaughtered
American women and children to
strike at English sea power. Never
irom August has Germany given
the smallest indication that any oues-
tion of right. of humanity, of respect
for another nation would prevent her
from acting in accordance with what
she conceived to be her best inter-
ests.
+ Now. if we declare war upon Ger
many we shall not be able immed-
lately. if at all, to add to her diff
culties in Europe. Whether we are
hostile or neutral our ammunition
will continue TO flow into Allied coun-
/ tries. The maximum of actual dam
/ age We can do her We are doing NOW
II war be declared she can torpedo
our ships with impunity and In some
measure reduce the influx of ammu-
milton into the nations opposing her.
The only possible benefits Germany
could draw from preserving peace
would be moral. But these she would
have to pay for by the surrender of a
( weapon. not enormously effective. but
! still capable of doing actual service
in interrupting the ammunition trans
port Such being the, case. is there
anything in Germany's recent history
to suggest that she will sacrifice an
Evening journal., 1915-05-29
FORGOT HIS WIFE.

BY The United Press.
MONROE, Wis, May 29.-While ON
his way home from a days shopping
at Rockford, w. H. Boyd. a prosper
Gus farmer who lives Just across the
State line, brought his team to 4 walk
and scratched his head. He was sure
he had forgotten something. Try as
he would, he couldn't think what It
was. so he drove on.
Arriving home. his loud whoa"
brought the children out 10 see what
daddy had brought them. from the
city. Their welcoming shouts were
quickly silenced. however.
Where's mamma?" they asked in
chorus.
Then Boyd knew what he had for
gotten. His wife had , accompanied
him to the city and while she was
making some purchases for herself,
the absent minded father had driven
home without her. He broke all speed
laws driving the II miles back to
Rockford.