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Evening star., 1925-04-13
On the Eve of the Game.

Tomorrow the regular season OF the
big leagues Of base ball clubs will open
with games in eight cities. In years
past Washington observed the advent
| Of the opening day" with an interest
| inspired by a faint hope of success.
This year all is changed at the Capital
For today the Washin gton ball tean is
the champion organization not only
Of its league. but of all organized ba se
ball. Therefore the local hope once
so faint, is now high and confident. i
When the home team won the Amer
lean League flag last Fall, and then to
the surprise OF the base ball world
proceeded to trounce the New York
Giants for the world championship.
this city expressed itself adequately in
rejoicings that had no parallel in local
history. Now the question uppermost
in all minds here is whether the Ma
sionals can repeat their remarkable
performance.
A certain penalty is attached TO high
success in such a field. 1t entails an
obligation to continue. Springing thus
suddenly from a persistently held low
ly position, the Nationals at one move
established the highest possible stand
ard for their future action. Response
biiity was assumed. Whereas hereto
fore any gain in position, however
slight, was welcomed, now there is no
possible gain beyond last years per
tormance. The home team simply must
win again. or be subject to the sus-
picion that it won last year by a
lucky break.
Recent happenings have greatly
comforted those douoters who were
prone to view the 1924 victory as a
1uke. BY arrangements which were
questioned as possibly unwise, the
Spring training season was marked by
a protracted series Of games between
the champions and their highest com
petitors, the New York Giants. The
series started off disastrously for the
Nationals. OF the first six games the
enemy took five. 1t looked like com
plete fiasco. a positive demonstration
that the Nationals OF 1924 were mere
" the benefciaries Of the luck Of the
game. Then came a change OF the
next six games the Nationals took
five, the series ending in tie. Pluck.
persistence skill and good manage
ment prevailed to prevent disaster.
So the Nationals face the season
with their prestige nndimmed by de-
feat They have been strengthened by
additions to their ranks, mostly OF
veteran pitchers Of ripe experience
and. it IS believed. OF much remaining
skill. They are in high spirits. They
have confidence in their manager.
They have the loyal support Of their
home town. and if they fail to repeat
it will not be because of lack Of en-
thusiasm for them, here and else.
where.
Evening star., 1925-04-13
Spring Visitors,

In annually increasing numbers
Americans OF all ages and from al
sections are coming to Washington at
Easter time to inspect the National
Capital They travel in groups large
and small, and as individuals. They
come in organized parties, sometimes
representing orga nizations or schools.
They come in trains and in motor
cars. They come under the guidance
of experienced leaders who know the
ground, and they come on their own.
with no particular direction. All or
them are welcome guests, and Wash
In gton endeavors 10 make them stay
pleasa Mt and profitable.
These visitations make for better
understanding of the Government of
the United States. They bring great
numbers of people into contact with
the Federal administration, and to
some extent into acquaintance with
the leaders of the administration
Many of them meet the President
They see the Capital City at the time
of its matchless Spring beauty. its
bourgeoning. This year they miss the
sessions of Congress, but they see
much that is instructive in the de-
partments and bureaus. They visit the
memorials and places Of historic in
terest. Blessed with perfect weather
this season they are having a glorious
time and everybody is plea sed.
Washington has become a national
shrine for great numbers. 1t is es-
pecial1y gratifying that arrangements
have been made in the schools of the
country to send here large groups of
students, chosen in. many cases in con-
sequence of their excellence in studies,
as a reward for good work in class.
The educational value of a visit to the
Capital cannot be oyerestimated. IT is
felt here that no other city in the
country can offer such entertainment
and instruction in con- bination. There
Is no more welcome sight in the streets
of the Capital than the groups Of
young people going from place to place
under guidance, usually brightly at
tired at this season of the year and
with smiling faces appreciating the OPP
portunity TO study at first hand the
seat of the Government
Evening star., 1925-04-13
Wisdom of Ship Sale Debated
Widely Among Nations Editors

The temporary Injunction obtained
by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
against the United States Shin
ping Board to prevent the sale of five
vessels belonging to the GoveTnme MT
came in the midst of a country wild Q
discussion of the sale. The ships, now
operated by the Pacific Mail, were
sold to the Dollar Steamship Co.
and the editors have given at
tention TO the price paid. to the ques-
tion of Government operation and to
the legality or wisdom of the boards
action.
After losing at the rate of about
$5G,090,000 a year and after building
up routes so that private concerns can
proftably take them over if sold at
bargain rates. is the Government to
have nothing to show for its expendi-
tures?' asks the St. Paul Pioneer
Press. There is a question of broad
policy involved in the failure to bind
the Dollar interests to maintain the
service which the Government has so
painfully developed. 1t can certainly
afford to hold on to vessels which are
paying until a purchaser appears who
is willing to guarantee their continu-
ance. Otherwise, what has been the
object of throwing all this money
away"
the Omaha W0rh-Herald fails to
find justification for the sale. There
certainly was no urgent reason for
selling" says the World Herald. "On
the contrary. there was every reason
for retaining ownership and control
of vessels which COULD serve American
commerce at low ,rates while their
operation was no9burden upon the
Government"
with questions Sof price and of
policy both raised" observes the New
Orleans Times -PicaysNne, Congress
will have the makings%of an investi-
cation or a first-class now, or both.
And if Congress runs TRUE to post
war form, the temptation po go to it
will prove irresistible" Anticipating
such spirited debate. tha Lansing
State journal gives it's views as TO
the contention of the minority of the
Shipping Board that the saieVioIates
the spirit, il not the letter, Spf the
Jones law.
"What the national defense pN Hey
has got to do with the question: of
whether the Government is to remA in
In the shipping business is littAe
hard to see" says the State Journal
"0f course, the connection can be
traced. II the Government should
Evening star., 1925-04-13

with much truth that thoughtless
graduates, bent on having an old
fashioned good time at reunions,
can undo the efforts of the whole year
on the part of the university to make
its undergraduate tes understand that
the law is the law and to be obeyed.
In plea that makes it's appeal to
every Yale graduate, the. Weekly de.
clares: IF on no other grounds, then
loyalty TO Yale ought TO decide this
matter for the reunionist.'
The plea for university men 10 re-
gard the law on their return to col
-lege reunions is admirable. But why
eonfine the plea to reunion time? Why
should not the graduates Of America s
universities at all times take the lead
in obeying and sustaining the law of
the land? Unquestionably many of
them do. But unqGestiohably, too,
many of them do not. Else would the
recent action of the Yale alumni ad-
Visory board be an idle thing.
Evening star., 1925-04-13
The Sunrise Easter Service

In continuation of practice orig
mated last year Easter was opened
in this city yesterday morning by a
sunrise service at Temple Heights,
which drew great throng Of people,
irrespective OF denominations. This
practice of marking the day of the
resurrection by a worship of the
risen Christ under the rays Of the
rising sun thus becomes an institu-
ton which should be continued. 1t is
an inspiration to mankind. With song
and prayer and appropriate speech
the day on which the faith of Chris
tianity is founded acquires a special
significance in these services which
unite all Washington. Those who
conceived the plan and have 80 sue
cessfully carried it out for two years
have contributed richly TO the spiritual
welfare of this community.
Evening star., 1925-04-13
Alumni and Law Observance.

Vale. through its alumni advisory
board. has called on Yale graduates re-
turning to New Haven this Spring for
their class reunions to obey the pro.
hibition laws. The very fact that such
an admontion is necessary argues a
sad state Of affairs in the United
States University men, leaders in
every sphere and walk Of the national
life. will make the joyous pilgrimage
10 New Haven in June. 1t is to these
men. It seems, that an appeal to obey
fhe law OF the land is necessary. There
is something wrong-either with many
Of our best citizens or with the law.
The Yale Alumni Weekly, comment.
ing upon the action of the advisory
board. and indorsing it, says:
Whatever may be the individual opin-
ion about enforced prohibition in the
country, Il happens to be the law and,
that being so. there il left to law-ablding
citizens only one thing TO do. and that
is to obey it. Especially is this true OF
American university men, who, II any.
should be leaders in public matter OF
this kind.
More particularly is the drinking Of
liqucr and the violation Of the law By
alumni returning to their alma mater;
Yale or any Of the other great institu-
tons of learning, unfortunate because
of the effect on the undergraduate
body. What are the. undergraduates,
who must take their places in the busy
world a year or two from now, to
think if they see men admittedly sue
cessful, men who are leaders and who
are respected in their communities
and the country, iolating the law?
There is much loose talk about the dis
regard for law in the land. There will
be more ana more if the men who. be-
cause of their education. and the sue
cess they have won in their chosen
lines, should be leaders in all public
matters. continue TO show contempt
for law
The action of the Yale alumni advis-
cry board was not taken without due
consideration, or without a knowledge
of the fact that at Yale, as at other
universities, there has been fragrant
violation of the prohibition law at past
,reuniono. The Alumni Weekly says
Evening star., 1925-04-13
Won Hindenburg Under Fire.

Field Marshal von Hindenburg is ex-
periencing the inevitable result Of
emergence from the role Of war hero
into the field of political candidature
AS long as he was a non political per-
sonage he was treated with extreme
consideration on the score OF his war
record There was no occasion to
dispute his prestige as the great mill
tary chieftain. He was accepted as
the man who had done the utmost
with German arms. But the moment
he announced his candidacy for the
presidency ne became the object of at
tack by the opposition.
The immunity from reproach that
Won Hmdenburg enjoyed while he was
merely field marshal was in large
measure the result of the fact that he
has not since the close of the war en-
gagged in any controversies such as
those in which Ludendorff has par
ticipated. He has been discreetly silent
on the war issues. From this status
he has now emerged into the arena
of partisanship, and naturally he loses
the protection that enveloped him.
In particular the opposition press in
Germany is attacking the record of
Won Hindenburg on the score of the
Tanfenburg battle. which caused the
defeat of the Russian armies invading
East Prussia. 1t is not asserted that
he bungled anything there. But it is
declared that he has been given undue
credit for the triumph at the dasurian
Lakes. II is, moreover, asserted that
during the later years of the war Won
Hindenburg was convenient screen
for Ludendorff.
This i5 a shrewd move Of the anti
tstn6enburs organiza ton. The field
Evening star., 1925-04-13
lose treasure in which even the poor

, lose treasure in which even the poor
est is rich.
! never see a hotel front In Wash
ington but what sigh for the return
, of the chairs tilted up against the
| wall. .--.a-
Especially when, Spring comes do ]
long for a tevivaf of that good old
custom. surely there is no better
way TO greet this glad season than
| from the comfortable bottom OF q
comfortable chair
| To all Washing ton hotel men, then
l recommend the placing of a bat
terry of chairs against their front
walls.
This old-new custom would have
| the decided merit of helping in the
great modern campaign for fresh air
and plenty of it, Even the clesnest
hotel Hobbies cannot have air as fresh
as the outdoors, dusty though the
street may, be. And our streets are
not dusty
In visions one can see the willard
with great row of cane-bottomed,
side-armed chairs ranged along Penn
sylyania avenue, each chair occupied
by paie, being intent on enjoyin g
the Spring
The Harring ton. with it's Eleventh
street and E street sides, would be
a veritable mecca for the travelling
men. esps cialIy. No doubt every chair
would be occupied by 4 am.
The Raleigh with southern and
western street fronts, would offer a
gallant sitting ground. where one
might kick his heels from morning
to night.
If it be argued that the hotel fronts
weuld thus become loahng grounds,
well, what OF it?
is not Ioahng the great sport of
Spring?
What better thing can one do in
Spring than just loaf around?
II IL be argued that the Sprin g
loafers would look at the girls
well. again, why not?
What else could they look at one
half so good or pretty?
1t remains to be proved that the
girls do not like to be looked at In
perfectly proper way, or course.
We bar out staring. ogling, etc.
But most girls, in their new Spring
dresses, rather enjoy being noticed.
Perhaps they would not admit it, but
they do just the same
Such a revival of chairs in front
Si notes "Oulo Dflng DaCk TO "asn !
In8ton some of that cd village at
mosphere which il lost when the
automobiles came along.
The World War completed it,
Since that date the National Capital
is entirely too cosmopolitan for many
of us. We want to be able to walk
across the Avenue. not run across ii.
We would like TO look up toward
the Treasury on a hot Summer after
room and see nary vehicle in 81 ght.
That was the way IT used TO be. and
we pine for its return, as the heart
psneth for the water brooks.
Chairs in front of hotels would re-
store some of the neighborliness
which some profess to hnd sadly
lacking in our great and glorious
city.
They would make for good fell
lowship and probably end that how
dareyo speak O. me without being
introduced attitude, so absurd among
men.
This and That tempers the chill
OF the city to the warmth of the
home town" friend of this column
writes.
Chairs in front OF hotels would do
It even better.
Evening star., 1925-04-13
New ''Union' Wanted
Organization of Capital and
Labor Held Needed.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Lam old enough to remember be-
fore "the union" when in my youth
full days / was so bitterly opposed
to the crue1ties of many bosses.
And, later. how I gloried in the
coming of "the union" the emanci-
patton of the working man.
Now, old enough to be a philoso-
pher, l can impartially review devel-
opments since the "fifties." Just as
the bosses formerly abused their
power. so now "the union" is taking
advantage of its power-demanding
increase upon increase in wages that
must ultimately bring disaster, col
Iective1y and individually.
Further-has not the time now
come to ask IL "the union" is based
upon a foundation firm enough to
endure, am a nobody, but read
what the great Eliot of Harvard Uni
versity said many years since:
1.-THE trade unions take a strong
hand in reducing the personal inde-
pendence and practical liberty of the
Ijourneymen in their respective trades
OF one thing, however, we may be
assured, namely, that industrial free
dom will not be promoted by meas
ures which diminish personal self
reliance, voluntary industry and am
bition and earnestness in work.
Whatever deprives q man of a per-
sonal, individual motive for self-in-
provement and robust exertion will
not make him freer, but, on the con-
trary, more servile, and, in the long
run, less Intelligent, industrious and
free, for freedom is a matter of char
acter and will power. Does not
American, experience in the. nine
teenth century go to show that po-
litieal freedom is of limited value
unless it is accompanied by genuine
social and Industrial freedom, and
Evening star., 1925-04-13

want ships in time of war II could
! Undoubtedly get any that were owned
oY American companies But if there
were no American companies owning
ships, then the Government would be
up against it If, however. in order
10 De ready for some future war, the
government is to keep its ships and
keep them up, why not keep the fac
tories it took over in war time and
the railroads and everything else in
sight?"
The Cleveland Plain Dealer. reply
ing to the contention that there is a
public demand that the Government
get out of the ship operating bust
ness, argues: "As regards the yes
sells sold. il was already out. The
ships are now operated by the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Co. under an
agreement which at least involves the
public Treasury in no loss whatever.
As long as that condition prevailed il
is difficult to see what has been
gained through the sale of these ex-
cellent ships at SO low a price. A
little further delay, pending inyesti-
cation OF the monopoly question.
could have done no harm. it might
have brought to light facts materially
affecting the Judgment of Shipping
Board members regarding all pending
offers"
1.-The action of the Pacific Mail Co
in asking and securing a tenn
porary injunction against the sale"
according to the Lynchburg News, is
probably but the beginning of, long
, drawn-out controversy which will be
waged through the courts to the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
continue within the membership OF
the Shipping Board and find echo in
Congress. This sale, by which the
provisions of the Jones act requiring
guarantees of operation seem to have
been ignored, leaves much for expla
nation"
More emphatic is the condemnation
or the Lincoln State Journal. which
describes the deal as one in which the
Shipping Board, deciding by a four
to-three vote to sell the ships at one
sixth OF their cost, took a heavy
risk" The State Journal holds that
''if such a sale were TO be made at
such a loss 10 the Government, the
Shipping Board would better have
waited till it could be unanimous"
The matter of profit and loss ap-
peals also to the Rochester Times
SJnion, which believes there is no
Naason why the question of Govern
MINT in business should be settled on
the ground of any prejudice eitheV
for ar against The decisive factor is
wheArer or not the Government is
losingA or gaining on a given line. of
actiyit4s,. There are phases of the
shipping business in which the Gov,
ernfnent Us losing, and in such cases
the thing To 40 may well be TO cut
III losses. But what possible justifi-
cation can n ere be for disposing 10
private frterAts Of line which is
an actual sourcIs OF proft7''
Evening star., 1925-04-13
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

| long before he resisted Congress- at
tempt to raise his pay. Mr.. Sanders
like many a statesman before him
and since, once was a turn on a
mid Western chautauqua circuit. Along
with the rest of the talent
he was accustomed to submit weekly
expense accounts. Once in a while
chautauQua turns tof which the same
this scribe once was one) are per
mitted the luxury of riding In a
sleeping car. Sanders crowd one
night clambered aboard a train which
had only upper berths left, and they
took them. Next day one of the
talent" said TO him: You're going
to charge UP a lower. aren't yeu?'
The future right -handman of Calvin
Coolidge said that wasn't his way
OF doing business. Mr.. Sanders never
opposed higher pay for Congressman,
and spoke in its favor just before
leaving the House last Winter But
he refused to conspire to make him
self the beneficiary of a salary boost
In the JOB he was about to take
Dogwood, which the country is
asked to spare, has utilitarian. as
well as esthetic value. The amount
cut for commercial purposes ism t
very large, but 1T supplies a need
no other wood in the world has been
able to I'll with equal satisfaction.
Seventy per cent or more of the
shuttles used in the United States
in looms for weaving cloth are made
OF dogwood. The remainder are
largely persimmon, and a few. for
the silk industry, are of lockwood.
Dogwood is seldom, If ever, cut into
lumber because of its small size and
greater value for other purposes, but
is sawn into small dimension stock
1t grows IS an understory tree be-
meath both hardwood and softwood
trees and commands almost the
highest market price OF any of Amer
ica's native woods. The amount of
standing dogwood in the United
States is very roughly estimated at
376,000 cords, of which about So
000 cords are in Mississippi, and &C.,
900 in Alabama. Some 10000 to 25,-
600 cords are cut annually in the
United States. The amount has
gradually increased with the greater
number of looms in the worlds cot
ton, woolen and silk mills. Prob
ably go per cent of all dogwood cut
IL manufactured into shuttle blocks.
Most of it goes abroad--to England,
France, Germany and Italy and there
is made into finished shuttle.
Is this to be an absolutely allitera-
tive administration able, alert,
active, and all the rest of it? At
any rate, this observer hears from
constituent, who says that to the
national nomenclature, which long
has included Cautious GAL" we now
must add '-Daunt1ess Dawes
Copyright. 1e25.)