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Evening star., 1924-04-19

With the warm and sunny Easter
morning which seems likely this ro-
mantle place will be filled by crowd
OF people.
Those who have promoted this union
Protestant service have said: 1T is not
our purpose to interfere with any
other services planned for this hour,
but to have a general place to which
people can come who are not ex-
pected elsewhere. OF course, the
meeting is interdenominational and
every one will be welcome. In case
of rain the services will be held in the
Covenant Presbyterian Church" The
service is to be held under auspices
OF the Washington Federation Of
Churches, District Sunday School
Council, the Y. NJ. c. A., the Y. W.
c. A., Christian Endeavor Union, Ep-
worth League and other Christian
bodies. It is to be q short service
OF prayer and song, with brief
speech by the Secretary of the Navy,
and it is thought that many Wash
ingtonians will attend.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Jail for Bootleggers.

Attorney General Stone has given
evidence Of his desire for a vigorous
and effective prosecution of violations
OF the prohibition act, sending instruc-
tions to federal district attorneys to
urge the courts to give more severe
sentences, and in all cases where a
commercial violation of the law is in
volved to do their best to have jail
sentences imposed.
The imposition OF Jail sentences will
do much more TO break down the spirit
OF law defiance than the levying of
leggers is merely adding 10 the final
price OF illicit liquor. The cost OF bonds
and the fines go into the reckoning as
expense" But a Jail sentence cannot
be capitalized in this way. The prisoner
is deprived of an opportunity to- trans
act business. He is shut away from
the traffic, and the longer the better
for the community. Perhaps he feels
no disgrace in such punishment. He
may even boast of having done time
in such a cause. But he is neverthe-
less disconnected seriously.
In the Attorney Generals letter of
instruction the point is stressed that
the federal attorneys use every means
at their command to prosecute second
violators, to demand Of prohibition
agents to ascertain whether defendants
have been guilty Of former violations
so that heavier penalties may be Sc
cured. This is especially important. A
class Of habitual professional bootleg.
gers has developed AS already sug-
gested, whenever fined they go back to
the practice and make good their
money loss by heavier charges. But
if penalties are made cumulative, with
Jail sentences, increasing on repeated
conviction, this trade will soon lose
its lure.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Easter Sunrise Service.

The aim of the union Protestant
Easter service on Temple Heights is TO
quicken the spirit Of churchgoing Chris
tians, and especially TO awaken others
to a contemplation Of the miracle Of
the resurrection and to guide their
thoughts to God II is believed that
a holy service at such an enchanting
spot will cali together a concourse Of
men and women who piously follow
their religious duties, and that it will
also can together a multitude Of men
VINO by affairs Of the world have been
drawn apart from religious meditation.
They call it q sunrise service. 1t is
not strictly that, but the sun will not
be long risen when the service begins.
Seven o'clock is the hour set. and that
is not too early for most persons, and
certainly not too early for those who
feel that they can find comfort and
rafreshment Of the soul in prayer.
holy word and sacred song. Temple
Heights is a noble park hemmed in
by new North Washington. 1t over
looks the trees and housetops Of the
old town, and from this height ones
view travels to distant hills. The
river, far away, is seen. On Temple
Heights old oalts grow and men may
rest from tzuinS noise OF tha- city,
Evening star., 1924-04-19
The Border Smugglers.

Congress is at last awakening to the
evils Of the smuggling of aliens and
Of liquor across the Canadian and
Mexican borders, as evidenced yester.
day, when the House adopted an
amendment to the bill making appro-
priations for the Department Of Labor
Tor an additional expenditure OF 81.
The inability OF the department prop
erly to cover the vast border lines,
through paucity Of funds, has been the
cause Of great concern, and the House
acted wisely in loosening up the purse
strings to tighten the border.
With the money provided it has been
possible, ii. was testified by the officials
Of the department appearing before
the committee on immigration of the
House, to turn back about 10 per cent
If the smuggled aliens. while with the
new sums proposed to be granted they
expect to head off IS per cent. The
startling statement was made that the
estimated number Of immigrants IL
legally entering this country across
the border is five times greater than
the legal quota.
1t is hoped, with the increased ap-
propriations for the border patrol, to
check in some degree the smuggling
OF liquor. Since the breakdown Of
state enforcement by New York state
liquor running has increased by leaps
and bounds along the New York
Canada border line until it has become
q national scandal.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Save the Dogwood! +!

Within few days the dogwood will
be blooming in this region. This most
attractive spring shrub will, if undis-
turbed, give great pleasure to all who
fare forth upon the roads. But it is
in danger of destruction, and unless
efforts now being made for its preser-
vation succeed the dogwood will in a
few years be eliminated by the annual
raids made upon It by thoughtless
people.
The Garden Club of America and
the Wild Flower Preservation Society
have formed a committee, joined by
other organizations, 10 prevent the
destruction of the dogwood and other
Towering trees. They have enlisted
the cooperation of the American Auto
mobile Association, and some Of the
florists have joined the movement to
prevent dogyood destruction. Most of
the damage is done by motoring
parties, who. attracted by the lovely
white blooms in the woods along the
roads, stop and tear off great branches.
These wounds do not heal. The flower
is OF a peculiar character, and to
make display an entire branch must
be stripped from the parent tree.
Usually this is done roughly. split.
ting the stems in 4 way that perma-
nently Injuries the growth. But even
when the blossoming branch is cut
neatly from the tree damage is done
that cannot be repaired by the growth
of many seasons. Often the trees
themselves are killed by this yandal-
ism.
The dogwood is not suitable for
house decoration. II is at it's best
when growing in the open, naturally,
as an object Of beauty. available to all
1t willis almost Immediately after the
breaking of a branch. and during the
dogwood season the roads around
Washington are strewn with these
faded, shriveled branches and bios
SONS that have been torn loose and
then discarded upon the dropping of
the leaves and petals, for the dog
wood will not revive when placed in
water. as is the case with SO many
other wild plants.
In Maryland q law prevails which
prohibits the cutting or breaking Of
branches of towering trees and
shrubs. Most Of the damage done
around Washington is in that state,
because of the greater mileage Of good
roads there. The hope Is now felt
that Maryland will be able to enforce
this law by Furnishing those who break
dogwood branches. The District has
but little dogwood left, owing to the
extension Of buildings. and also to the
breaking of the few remaining trees,
and it hopes now for better under,
standing by the people Of their re-
sponsibility for the preservation Of
this beautiful spring flower, both at
home and in other places.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Regrets Hanihara Note
Basis of Senate Action

To the Editor OF The Star:
Anent the japanese exclusion mat
ter, permit me to raise my voice in
protest-not against the i'll advised
letter of the Japanese ambassador.
but against the childish attitude of
the Senate in allowing his words to
sway its collective action. Our high
est representative body should never
permit its better judgment to be
warped by the indiscreet utterances
of any man, no matter who or what
he be. Even though it be assumed
that the ambassador spoke with au-
thority for Japan, we should be great
enough to make due allowance for a
perfectly natural sensitiveness and be
unmoved by an indiscreet outburst. The
exclusion or admission of the Jap
anese should rest on higher ground
than single Japanese utterance.
however Objectionable. Are we will
ing to break down the friendly re-
lations built up with so much care
and patience, to bring nearer the
possibility of war with it's unspeak-
able horrors, to jeopardize the peace
of the whole world, to weaken the
safeguards of Caucasian supre MACY,
because. of one hasty, ill considered
expression? God forbid that we
should be so small!
HENRY oLDYS.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Dartmouth to Teach
Art of IngratiatiOn

Dartmouth College has called a
Pullman porter to its rostrum to iH-
struct undergraduates in the ineSSe
OF understanding human nature-the
art OF getting along with people to
ones profit
This art is one OF which the col
leges can well afford to give an ink
ling. Thousands. OF graduates other
wise perfectly equipped have a hard
row to hoe because they have failed
in its application. They have lacked
the simple primary qualification OF
common humanity. They have taken
no course in the valuable science of
getting next TO the other fellow
Iingratiation. They have not learned
that to interest ones self in ones
neighbor, unobtrustyefy winning graft
tude and friendliness, is q vital move
in the great game.
The Pullman porter knows this be-
cause he has no other way of making
a living than by It's direct 'applica-
tion. His, tips are an expression or
| gratitude. They may also have come
| 10 be an expression of sense OF
social obligation: but if that is So
| it is because by the perfection of
his art, the withholding of thanks
| here and alacrity there, the servant
has. mesmerized tho master,-Grapd
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Evening star., 1924-04-19
Muscle Shoals.

Testimony this week before the Sem
ate committee on agriculture in the
matter Of Muscle Shoals has made it
plain that Congress should not pass
the Mckenzie bill turning that prop.
erty over to Henry Ford. Two other
offers for Muscle Shoals are before
Congress, both of them, on their faces,
more advantageous to the government
and the people than that of Mr.. Ford.
But this does not mean that either Of
these offers should be accepted. On
the contrary. they constitute the
strongest possible argument for open
ing the whole matter up to competi-
tive bidding, a thing which it would
seem ought to have been done in the
beginning.
If there were no other objections to
Mr.. Ford's offer, the fact that it pro-
vides for a 1o0-year lease OF Muscle
Shoals ought to be sufficient for its re-
lection. 1t is a violation Of the funda-
mental principle OF the national policy
that no federal-controlled water power
shall be leased for more than fifty
years. To make an exception at Muscle
Shoals for the benefit Of Mr.. Ford
would be an entering wedge for break
ing down the entire conservation pro-
gram, and the grand grab OF the ma
tons power resources would be under
way. But there are other objections to
the Ford offer. 1t amounts to q colcs-
sal gift Of public property to private
citizen without any attempt to guar
antee an adequate return in the way
of service to the public. 1t would turn
Muscle Shoals over to Mr.. Ford and
his successors to do with practically
as they pleased for a hundred years,
with a return to the government
which would be fairly ridiculous in its
inadequacy.
Instead of passing the Mckenzie bill
or accepting either OF the two other
offers which have been submitted, Con-
gress should outline a definite policy
Tor the development Of Muscle Shoals,
and the government should extend a
general invitation for bids under such
a policy, which bids should be analyZed
by the governments own experts and
the best one accepted. After the oil
disclosures the people are not likely to
contemplate with patience further bar
tering away of public resources, for
either political or other reasons.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

those who pushed them" At any
rate, Senator Wheeler. the Mnneapo-
lis Tribune Republican, suggests,
! now has his chance to prove in
court the measure of his loyalty and
the quality of his devotion to public
interests"
As the Savannah Press (DemocratIcJ
sees it. ''if he has done the things
charged. he ought to have been prose-
cuted before; however, 'this action /
comes little late, and at timel
when its political effect is only too
apparent" The st Louis Post-Dis-
patch independently agrees "there are
surface indications of a conspiracy to
"a sinister aspect of the evidence al
ready secured is the activity of
George B. Lockwood, secretary of the
Republican national committee, and
employees of the committee in con-
nection with the indictment; more-
over. if Senator Wheeler is not guilty,
the department is utterly corrupt and
needs cleaning out from top to bot
tom"
Just how bad the situation looks
for Senator Wheeler, the Sioux City
Journal (Republican) would not at
tempt to say but the developments
at Washington are beginning to move
along with attention given to the old
the public now will have the oppor-
tunity TO see how a Democrat can con-
duct himself in the role of the fox
with the pack after him in full cry"
In view of all this the St. Paul Dis
patch independently asks Can Sena-
tor Wheeler expect more considera,-
tion than he gave to DaughertyE
Answering this the San Antonio Light
independently says, ''If it is all right
for Senator Wheeler to investigate,
his enemies for political purposes, it
is the right of Wheelers political
enemies to Investigate him for po-
litical purposes. However, it is nei-
ther the best nor highest kind OF
politics, but it is difficult TO find a
brand of politics that cannot be play
ed by both Sides"
The Norfolk (Neb) News Gnde-
pendent) thinks ''he ought now TO be
in a little better position to judge,
how unfair it is to judge q public
man upon meager and Untrustworthy
evidence" And even though the
charges against him fall, the Scran-
ton Republican (Republican) sug-
gests, '.he is getting a dose of the
medicine he has been SO induStriously
mixing for others" The Lansing
State Journal independently indorses
this sentiment and adds, ''the moral,
if there is any, is that when you start
throwing bricks you want to have
your own iron hat ready"
Regardless of the outcome, the Col
lumbus Ohio State Journal (Republi-
CAM says. Let no one assume or pre-
tend that to accuse a Democrat, or
to prove him guilty, helps to absolve
a guilty Republican-politics inchnes
that way, but not patriotism-
Evening star., 1924-04-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Q. Why Is Easter so called2-I. w.
A The name 'O8tara," or Easter, !"
was the name given by the ancient
NorSemen TO that season of the year
in which the festival of Ostara, god
brated. Although since the time of
Christ Easter has come to have a
very different significance for the
majority Of peoples, the old name has
still held.
Q. Who was first to reach the sum-
NIT of the Matterhorn w. o. +.
A. A party composed of Edward
Whymper, Charles Hudson, Hudow,
Lord Francis Douglas. and three
der, sr-. and Peter Tangwalder, jr..
made the first successful ascent of
the Matterhorn on July II, 1865. On
the descent four of the party were
lost. Peter Tangw alder, jr., the last
survivor of the expedition, died re-
Gently in Zurmatt. Switzerland, at
the age OF etghty-one. In all, he had
ascended the Matterhorn 122 times.
O.. What was the date of the fire
hat destroyed Herzog's Theater, 9th
and streets northwest?-O. d. c.
A. The fire occurred at 2:23 am.
December 5, 1886.
Q. When was the first practical ma
chine gun made?-J. A.
a The first modern, practical ma
chlne gun was invented by DR.. Cat
ling Of Chicago in 1852, and 1t was
put into general use about 1870
Q. What is the Gaelic form of the
name 'Patrick"?-J. ].
A. Padraic is the Gaelic equivalent.
G. Was there ever q time when
foreign artists were unpopular in
Rome?-E. w.
A. The master painter Masancio
disappeared in street of Rome. and
ms death is still mystery. Gentle
da Fabriano died equally mysteri-
ously while painting the Iateran
frescoes SiguoriIlrs son was cruelty
beaten while in Rome.
@. Did the first Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt die at the same time as
Theodore Roosevelt's mother?-M. S.
A. The first Mrs Theodore Roose-
yelt died October II, 1884, within a
Few hours of the death of President
RooseVelt's mother,
Q. Has the College Of Cardinals
ever had four American cardinals be-
fore?-B. N. G.
A. This is the largest representa-
ton that Roman Catholics of the
United States have ever had. The
four American cardinals are Arch
bishops OConnelI of Boston, Dough
erty of Philadelphia Hayes of New
York and Mundelein of Chicago.
G Do the children of Japan salute
their flag as our children DOW
c. NJ.
A Japanese children salute their
flag with bow.
Q. What part OF the price Of a
quart OF milk goes to the dairy pro-
dueing it?-R. VI. G.
A The Department of Agriculture
has investigated the situation here
and finds that about 80 per cent Of
the retail price is received by tn,
milk producers. The split betweer
F! producers and distribution a-encfe.
| runs about the same in most citie
/ that have made a survey Producer
! receive az cents on a 15-cent quar-
! of milk delivered on routes by dis
| tributorS or sold through singIe-uni
| groceries and delicat essens and 61
| cents on 13-cent quart sold througl
kchaIn stores
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Street Cars of Wrong Tyne.

Complaint has been filed in court by
the corporation counsel for the Dis
trict that one OF the local traction
companies has repeatedly and pro-
tractedly violated an act OF Congress
In operating open-vestibule cars. 1t is
estimated that if this charge is sus-
tanned the company will be subject to
a fine Of from $3.50, 900 to $s,75e, 900.
One count Of the complaint cites the
operation OF one certain car without
an inclosed vestibule for $50 days.
This case brings freshly to mind the
fact that the Public Utilities Commis-
sion is not properly equipped to super
wise the services rendered the commu-
nifty by the corporations under its
control. It is lacking in facilities for
inspection. In most instances defaults
Of service are reported by the people,
who, after long suffering, finally are
brought to the point Of asking for re-
lief.
It may be asked, reasonably, why
the violation Of the car-yestibule law
should be permitted for so long a
period as $50 days. That means five
months. II the law was designed to be
enforced at all it should have been en-
forced within FIVE days. It must be as
sumed that the use OF the open
vestibule cars was we'll known at the
District building, or else it must be
accepted that the Public Utilities Com
mission is not acquainted with the
manner in which the car lines are
being operated in the District The
former assumption is preferable, as
more reasonable.
A confusingiy and discoura.gingly
wide range of street-car types prevails
in Washington. There are front.
entrance cars, remembrance cars, side.
entrance cars. There are large cars
and small cars. On the same line may
be run two or even three styles Of
cars. In short, there is no standard
type Of car. The company now brought
Lunder complaint has for some years
Evening star., 1924-04-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM EILE

Incumbent Of that office. William D
Terrell, is not a censor in any sense
Broadcasting stations use their own
judgment in the character OF matter
they send onto the ether. Their
licenses must be renewed every three
months. II is conceivable that il
stations were in the habit of grossly
abusing the privileges of the air re-
monStranceS might be made But as
broadcaSting concerns are essentially
dependent on popular good will. it is
the governments theory that the
people themselves are in position to
censor the wrong kind Of radio stun
= y
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., who Is
stirring up the journalistic animals
on the Pacific Coast with his illus
tra;ed daily papers in San Francisco
and Los Angeles, has adopted a
sprightly editorial page slogan. It's
intended to clear the Vanderbilt fam
lily name Of an aphorism which has
unpleasantly clung to il since Com
modore William II. Vanderbilt a gen
GRAFTON ago said, The public be
damned! His Sreat-grandson's bat
tie cry in his new newspapers Is
The Public Be Servedw
y >
Aiva. A Adee, grand old man of the
American diplomatic service, is wind
ing up his fifty-fourth successive
year in the State Departments en-
ploy. The venerable Second Assistant
Secretary of State, who has survived
ten Presidents OF the United States
and is now serving his eleventh, will
be eighty-two years old in September
1894, He still functions in the State
Department, and in certain matter.
he has long made his speciality there
is none who outranks him in ability
Until a year or two ago Mr.. Adee
spent his summer vacations on long
distance cycling tours.
Copyright, l924.)
Evening star., 1924-04-19

suffered from financial handicaps that
have prevented the re-equipment of
its lines with cars suitable to the
volume Of the traffic and the public
comfort and security. II this suit is
brought for the purpose Of increasing
its financial difficulties it may be ef-
fective, unless the court takes cog
nizance Of the palpaole fact that it is i
tardy action. and that failure to file
earlier IN complaint is tantamount to
tolerance Of the violation.
Out of this matter, should at least
come some re-equipment that will
give the public the benefit Of uniform.
typed cars, putting an end to the con-
slant guesswork to which the car
riders are subject as to where they
are to sater and leave and where they
are to tender their fares.