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Evening journal., 1918-01-30
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 80, 1918.
sHIPYARDs AND THEIR wan WORK.

II ERE is good editorial from the New York sun
"A that is applicable 10 the shipyards In Whining
tomas 1t is to those in any other city,
II is reported from Washington that the Shipping
protect the shipyards Of the country from ncendares.
Chairman Hurley is represented having approved this
and it is explained
The decision to organize special force TO guard the
shipyards followed conference between Chairman
Hurley and General Bidde, actng Chief Of Sa at which
Mr.. Hurley informed that was impracticabe for
the War Department to assign a sufficient number OF
military units to guard the yards without serious inter
ference with more important military considerations"
There Is nothing In the military programme OF the
ton more important than the construction Of ships n
The General stan holds contrary opinion It is gravely
essentially military programme. The ships are prm-
arily designed and intended to accomplish military OBJ
iect Unless we have them all plans concerning the
army Will 60 TO smash
What facilities the Shipping Board has to organize
equip and direct police force we do not know. The
work such force will be called on to do is peculiarly
military work It could be done by disciplined sol
diers who doing II would be performing a seN ice not
less important than that for example, which falls the
troops now on the Mexican border. The protection Of
shpyards not less vital than the protection Of arsenals
and munition plants The suppression Of German raids
on vessels under construction is necessary the
suppression OF bandit raids across the southern boundary
line.
To call on the army to protect The shipyards is natural
and oper. They engaged In military work Of SUI
preme importance. We conceive Of no other mill
tay consideration that precedence OF their safety
despite the attitude Of General stan; and where, err
soldiers needed to insure that safety they should
stationed
The shpbulding plants in Wilmington are worth mil
lions Of dollars. Properly protected and named they
capable Of doing work Of supreme Importance
in this time when there is nsstent demand ships
that capable Of plying between the United States
and Europe.
It is only the duty Of the Federal Government to
protect the plants but also to do everything Its power
to make conditions such that they will be able To do
maximum Of work with minimum of embarrassment
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GAMERS AND TOMATO PRICES.

GAMERS AND TOMATO Prices.
From the Dover State Sentinel.
The Government is asking the tomato
Gamers to place a price on their pro-
duct, and the Gamers say that they can
not estimate the cost because they do
not know what they will have to pay
for tomatoes Farmers are willing TO
plant tomatoes but the crop has been
small in recent years and the price
on the open market so high that they
hardly know what to do. Careful inves-
tigation showed before the wac started
that II cost the Delaware farmer about
forty dollars an acre TO plant and har-
vest and deliver an acre Of tomatoes.
The Government report is that the aver
age Delaware crop last year was little
above three tons per acre. In other
words at the general contract price Of
tomatoes last year the average grower
got about cost for his product This
year the cost OF the product may be
nearly double the co Of last year, and
II this Is true and the average crop is
no more the farmer must have about
thirty dollars ton or afty cents per
basket for tomatoes. The farmer can
grow a hundred bushels Of corn as cas-
lily as he can grow an acre Of toma-
toes and a hundred bushels will prob
ably be Worth a hund ed and nifty dol
lars or more next fall The Government
would be perfectly safe in buying the
canned products at price based on fifty
cents per basket to the farmer, and at
this price the farmer would Willingly
do his best to produce all the tomatoes
needed.
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tration has really accomplished, while
concentrating their fire on failures
which Il is futile TO deny.
Senator Chamberlains main charges
cannot be brushed away either by Mr..
Raker's testimony or by the Presidents
indignant protests. The facts OF nom
preparedness and Of inadequate prepa-
ration remain. The armies are not prop
erly supplied. We have had TO lean on
France much too heavily for our heavy
guns, light guns, machine guns, ammu-
milton and labor behind the lines. In
the cantonments here the equipment Is
insufficient. There Is not enough heavy
clothing There have not been enough
rifles. Sanitary arrangements have not
been FIRST class. II we had merely the
say-sO Of Mr.. Chamberlain TO estab-
lish these deficiencies and there was
nothing In view but an Issue between
his testimony and the testimony OF Mr.
Baker and the President, the Admins
tration might hope to CHECK dlssatls-
faction by handing out. reassuring
statements.
But the trouble Is that behind Mr..
Chamberlaln's knowledge lies the per-
sonal, intimate knowledge Of the IA
Tiers, mothers. wives and sisters Of
the men In the home camps, whose let
ters have carried information as to the
real state OF affairs into every city,
town or hamlet in the country. The
relatives Of the men in the camps do
not have to depend on what the Sen
ator from oregon says or on what the
Secretary Of War says, or even on what
the President says They have their
own direct and SUFFICIENT knowledge.
10 Is with this knowledge that Wash
ineton has 20 reckon. a countrywide
opinion has already been created which
reflects a marked dissatisfaction with
the achievements OF the War Depart
ment. It IS not interested especially
In the controversy between the Presi-
dent and the Senator from Oregon. But
it is deeply interested in bringing about
changes in the war-maklng machinery
which will overcome the errors Of the
past II is too late to try to gloss over
hose errors They must be admitted
and then repaired. That is the real
duty today Of Congress- and the Admin
Istration. 10 IS a duty with which per-
sond and partisan controversies
should not be allowed to interfere.
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LEMFS npPnnTINITY.

From the Georgetown Sussex kepubn-
can.
In this day OF stress and strain be-
cause OF war. the business OF this coun-
try, the movement OF troops and sup
plies is delayed OF tied up for want OF
proper railroad terminal facilities.
The cause OF the delay in coal ship
ment and distribution. we are told, is
the number OF cars loaded lying at ter
mnals at our ports waiting to be I'M
loaded Now, we see by the papers that
not only do we lack ships to tran port
our troops and supplies across the
ocean, but our shipping ports have not
the facilities and capacity 10 handle this
traffic when ships are provided In the
face Of this fact. and because OF the
shortsighteC ness OF mankind in general
in the pa the one place along our
whole Allan .ic seaboard that affords the
greatest opportunity for the develop
ment Of a port. that has all the natural
advantage t. handle worlds shlpp!ng
lies practically neglected and undevel-
oped except to provide a convenient
harbor OF 3fuge in time OF storm for
the whole northern coast That place Is
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MILLER IS NOW A MAlnR

II oRAfER Cons essman Thomas w Miller OF this oity
II has mounted another round in the military ladder
He has been made major and assigned to duty In the
Ordnance Department
That is the third promotion he has received since he
entered the service only a few months ago.
His FIRST appointment that Of first lieutenant in
the First Delaware Infantry. He held that rank until
the regiment being transferred from Camp Mcclellan
at Admission, Ala to Camp Dix. at Wrightstown, n j.
When on his way north he received word that he had
been made captain in the regular army and assigned
TO duty on the Mexican border.
Then. before he could go to the Southwest the APP
pointment major came him and he was detailed to
the Ordnance Department
MajoRNler has gone In the short time he has been
in uniform and his friends heartily pleased that he
has been t,e recipient Of such honors
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WHAT REALLY MATTERS
from Che New York Tribune)

In It's personal aspects the contro-
We sy between the p esident and Sena-
tor Chambe lain is exceedingly regret
table II Is likely 20 develop friction
OF an unpleasant SOFT at a time when
cooperation between the Executive
ana Congress is more than ever neces-
sa y. II may help 10 revive the de-
st uctlve spirit Of fact onalism and
part'sanshlp. happily buried at the be.
ginning Of the war for since was was
declared there has not been a single
division in Cong ess on war measures
along Democratlc-Republlcan or Ad-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stration llnes)
The question whether Mr. Chamber
Ian went too far In his original charge
that the machinery OF the Government
had b oxen down NE has since modil
fed II so as 20 cove only the Govern
ments m litary actlvitles) or whether
the President went too far In saying
that Mr. Chamberlain distorted the
truth is a matter which the public
would gladly see opped It Is not
wise or profitable to pursue such in
miry lust now There is such a thing
as looking at one side OF the shield and
ignoring the other We can make bet
ter progress in prosecuting the war by
looting TAI ~ at both sides
Everyone knows that there has been
a considerable breakdown In our mill
tary machinery. The degree OF inefll-
cheney exhibited is the only thing real
ly IN dispute Since there have been
definite and established deficiencies In
preparation. Il is not the part Of states
manship either to exaggerate them or
TO try TO conceal them. They can be
repaired 10 better advantage II the
country discovers just where the fail
ure was and who was 10 blame for It.
In his zeal for remedial measures Mr..
Chamberlain. speaking tempOraneausly,
may have overstressed the War De-
pariment's shortcomings. That was a
fault But Il is an even greater fault to
insist that the public should take moth
ing but rose colored view OF the sit
uation, as Secretary Baker suggested
by his often lippant testimony before
the Senate Committee on Military AZ
fairs. And in endorsing the Baker
view the President committed himself
to a policy which must ALLEVIATE pub
lie syn patty and make It an the easier
for critics to neglect what the Admins
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MusIc rom oun Bows N FRANCE.

ID ATTu0TC Interest influences us TO suggest that
Il Wilmington lovers OF music attend the Orpheus
Club concert which viii be held In the Century Club on
February
The net proceeds Of the performance will be added to
the Our Boys 10 France Tobacco Fund. which already
amounts to than $1,000 and which already has sup
piled almost 10000 cartons Of tobacco TO American lighters
In Europe.
The programme arranged by those in charge Of the
Orpheus Club concert Is admirable one Il embraces
both vocal and instrumental numbers Of high quality
II Is we'll worthy Of public support quite apart from
the patriotic spirit underlying the rendition
There is time like the present for engaging seats
Such action viii encourage the mus clans and also bring
Joy to the hearts OF Our Boys in France
Evening journal., 1918-01-30
The sMorHEnING OF DARBY.

" VERY Wilmington High School student every member
u Of the faculty. every aumnus and aumnae every
Wilmngtonian who has passing interest In indoor
sport should experience thrill Of pleasure when read
ing the score OF The basketball game between the
Hlsh School team and the vo OF the Darby High School
The local boys simply smothered the visitors Ia GO to
10 game that in several respects especially the making
Of field goals broke all recent records.
The local team lie doing good work Thus far this
season It has lost only one game and that
contest In which II faced odJs n should have
been called to face The athletic department OF the
school should get fairly and squarely behind its
and do everything possible to make It's work
epoch in the history OF High School athletics
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houses. they should be housed In the
homes OF patriotic citizens.
The Queen meeting was a wonder
ful example Of the patriotic spirit that
Wilmington possesses. With only one
days advertising, the theatre was pack
ed to the doors. Then there are some
who say our citizens are not aroused
to the fact that we are at war The
people Of Wilmington are ready 10 help
They should be called upon to rent
part Of their homes to our valuable
shipbullders.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

Deep vers'd in books. and shallow in himself-Nion
Blessedness is whole eternity older than damns
tlon.-Jean Paul Richter.
81:
He that Is stricken blind cannot forget
The precious treasure Of his eyesght osShakespeare
80:
Books that you may carry TO the fire. and hold readily
In your hand. the most useful after aJohnsoniana
suit the action 10 the word the word to the action with
this special obse ance that you oersep not the modesty
Of nature-Shakespeare.
Evening journal., 1918-01-30
The VOICE OF AUSTRIA
tFrom the New York SUM-

forced IN question fhsi- inv-i'v IN en-
gagements against people OF their own
race.
The root Of this dissatisfaction has
been largely opposition 10 the domino
ton Of Prussia and the fact that Aus
tria-Hungary is lighting Germany's bat
tie Hungary has from the FIRST OPP
posed Hohenzollern militarism. Count
czernin expressed this when he said
that the Dual Monarchy had no mill
tary patty and would not endure one.
This feeling has been strengthened by
the recent demands Of the German
militarists and German annexation
lists.
Germany, according to the reports. Is
feeling the effect OF the Austrian I'M
rest and is preparing TO combat it. The
situation is described as zone Of dis
content among the masses suppressed
by the triumphant hand OF the mill
tary party" The Norwarts, which
was forced to suspend publication on
account Of its reports OF the Austrian
strikes. has redppeared principally on
account OF the attack on the Censor
ship by one OF the Socialist leaders.
Frederick Ebert, In the Reichstag. In
his speech he said.
we welcome the action OF the prele-
tariat OF Austfia-Iiungary, and express
our warmest sympathy. German work
men. when necessary, will use their full
power TO combat the efforts that are
preventing an early peace based an I'M
derstanding and right
German influence and Prussian power
will DO brought TO bear TO repress this
Ovth Of dissatisfaction not only
within the German Empire but also
in Austria. The Austrian people have
undoubtedly spoken and their voice IS
against German dictation and in favor
o. peace. But there is no reason to as
sumo that the menace Of Hohenzollern
and Hapsburg autocracies is removed or
that Che Allies should slacken in their
determination TO bring about their de-
feat.
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OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPORT.

A1ATIONAL and International importance will attach
~ to the patriotic dinner OF the Maryland Society OF
Delaware. which win be held on February in the
Green Room at the Hotel dupont.
The guests Of honor and speakers VIII include the
Chinese Minister to the United states, the Hon v
Wellington koo; the Hon David Houston Secretary OF
Agriculture; Senator Willard Salisbury Of this State
and Congressman Frederick II. Gillette Of Massscbu
sets, who is Republican leader in the House.
With such speakers and with such an intensely patri
Oc audience, things should be said at that dinner that
will into the history Of our county that now
Is so hot In the making
The members OF the society may well felicitate them
selves that in these days Of public stress they have been
able to arrange for such a function
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With The Photographers

The capture Of the spy Sporrman is highly important
he seems TO have been OF Bernsto MS bequest
TO the country whose hospitality he so shamefnllv
abused II there are Others whom the Secret Service
mas us eye they should not be allowed 10 escape Nor
should the Government II this man is convicted hest
tate to nnict upon him the extreme penalty OF the law
The peril is too great to be trined with-Phadelpbia
Ledger
Evening journal., 1918-01-30

During the week ended January 2s the British casual
lies were s5ss That represents cut OF Nifty per
compared with the week next preceding II. The fact
that large offensive operations undertaken and
few serious actions Of defense made necessary
ing last week probably accounts for the unusually small
casualty list
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The reports from Vienna and Buda-
pest do not depreciate the seriousness
OF the situation in Austria-Hungary'
and there apepars nothing yet 10 up
hold the opinion that The strikes We're
mere manoeuvres OF the Government to
attract attention away from prepare
lions for war and 10 bring about sym
patty and a state Of unrest among the
laboring people OF the allied nations
The Intelligence received through neu-
trail countries unquestonaDly SHOWS
the spread OF the strikes throughout
the monarchy, a serious economic con-
dition brought about by the shortage
Of food and growing demand lot
peace.
In a nation so strongly ruled and
disciplined by dominant militarism as
rs Germany these evidences OF DIS
satisfaction and unrest might not nave
the Significance that they have in
Austro-Hungary. The two parts OF
the monarchy are antagonistic, with
Hunga constantly striving for adj
vantages that she surrendered at the
time OF their union. How active this
anta9on'sm Il even In time o. war
appeared In the recent demand OF the
hungai ians for a separate = ny or
ganization and the freedom to use their
own language In their military estab-
lishment. So serious were the Hun
garians In this contention that its veto
bv the Emneror bought about a
Cabinet crisis. Besides the difference
between Austria and hungary there is
within each nation a great heterogen-
eous population Of Czechs, Serbs, Ru
manians, all struggling for recognition
Of their separate national existence az
ter the war has ceased
To each OF these peoples the war had
a different meaning. and they entered
il from separate motives. The war
was never popular in Hungary. and
many Of the agltations FOR peace within
the monarchy came from Hungarans.
1t has been so unpopular with the bulk
OF the Slavs tina. Austria has been
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Is refreshing to know that the Supreme Court OF the
United States has refused to intervene in behalf Of Emma
Goldman and Alexander Berkman and that those
blatant anarchists must time In Jail Those
social oucssts convicted 10 New York OF conspir
ing to violate the draft Since their conviction they
have exhausted every legal remedy TO have the
ton and judgment set aside Their last hope that
spect has disappeared.
Evening journal., 1918-01-30

Although thousands OF Delawareans fail 10 the
practical value OF the Garfield fuel order most OF them
have been patriotic enough TO obey In the hope that
will work TO the advantage Of the Navy and War Depart
ments In forwarding men and munitions to Europe.
There reasonable sacrifice that Americans
willing 10 make In that behalf but they must be shown
in practical way, that the sacrifice is worth while
Evening journal., 1918-01-30

Only 1--WE prisoners in the Sussex county Jail in
Georgetown. TWO Of them VIII be tried at the February
term Of court II would be interesting to know these
days Of stress how much fuel is consumed In heating
that penal institution that has few inmates and II
saving might not be effected by adopting different
housing system
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There little reason to doubt that the hotel and
restaurant men in city would give TO our Food Ad-
mnistrator hearty support in conservation work In
fact they had done much in the line before
the conference called and the local appeal made
directly TO them.
Evening journal., 1918-01-30

Turkish sdvices say that the cruiser Sultan Yawuz
Selim, formerly the German Goeben has been noated
and towed into the Dardaneles That may be true but
the Turks have lied much that no one will believe
the statement until 1t has been confirmed from some
veracious source
Evening journal., 1918-01-30

Bscerloogsts and others have assured the Board Of
Water Commissioners that nothing put In our cty's
water supply caused the recent epidemic intestinal
trouble Having decided what did not cause IT, viii
those experts please advice suffering public what did
cause IT, so Il may protect itself in future3
Evening journal., 1918-01-30

Sussex county has had seventeen SHOWS this winter
Here in Wilmington the people have been too busy
shoyeng the pesky stun on the sidewalks to indulge in
mathematics connected with it,
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With eggs selling at sixty cents a dozen down the
state It is not surprising that nrst-cass are selling
high here IN Wilmington.
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new organization, known THE Try to DO Better
Society has been organized In Harbeson Sussex county
What had It's members been doins before they went into
such a society
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Grace NJ E Church has decided to raise fund for
the relief Of Belgian women. child and crppes It is
nne stand FOR the members Of that large and repre-
sentative church to take Past experience has shown
that when Grace sets out to do anything acqus itself
In handsome fashion No who knows its past his
tory Will doubt for instant that it will live up TO
Its enSiobe repuston for dealing practically and gen
erousy with humane ?. oiects
Evening journal., 1918-01-30

Foryseven persons have been killed and i69 injured
by another aeropane attack on London All the victims
were non-combatsnts. Most OF them and
children Tho Hun is still living up to his despoable
lighting form One OF the attacking machines set
nre altitude OF 10000 feet fell that distance Its
occupants were burned alive. The world would have
been well pleased had every Hun who engaged in tho
bombing enterprise suffered the same fate.
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the opportunity to provide the means
Of transportation for the traflc that will
seek egress and ingress there Some day,
these natural advantages will be recog-
nized and will be developed Why not
now when the need Is 50 great?
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The spirit Of democracy at last seems 10 be stalking
through Germany and Austria instances at least
not afraid TO proclaim It's presence Many things lnd
cate that In both countries the mltarsts are alarmed
by the feeling OF popular unrest that exists The
conservative Of those mitarlsts doing what they
to pacate that feeling but much OF their Is being
nulned by outburss OF and incendary uterances
that from the radical milit0rstlc element which
seemingly cannot that II is riding to a fall.
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"nats IN manner a British steamship named Cork
~as been sunA by German submarine