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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
DIRECTIONS To MR.. KAHN'S
PROPOSAL

1t is rot exactly easy TO understand
The various reasons which are beng
advanced in Washington against the
wisdom of the Kahn plan of settling
war debts due America, Il matter to
which we had occasion TO refer yes
terday. This because they do not ap-
near to reach to the merits of the gen
eral features Of the proposal. 1t is
said. for example, that it will be I'M
possible for the debts incurred by the
Allies since the armistice 10 be dit-
ferentiated from those incurred dur
ing the war, because the act under
which the Preparations commission was
instituted does not make provision ior
the distinction involved. The obvious
answer is that if the Kahn suggestion
deserves approval, Congress can very
easily amend the law in question SC
as to confer the needful authority up-
on the commission. Again, 1t Is
pointed out that much opposition has
developed to the New York bankers
advice because he favors partial can
collation. of war debts. But as we
read Mr.. Kahn's letter, he did not
make any recommendation to that ef-
feet Instead, he explicitly recogniz-
ed the futility of doing so because OF
the strong undercurrcnt of opposition
70 that idea which now controls Am
erican public opinion. In the third
place. it is charged that Mr.. Kahn
IS OF German birth, and of British CIT
;zenship through process OF naturaii-
zation. Even so, his recommendations
do not indicate that he is controlled by
anv impulse save that having to do
with the debts due from the Allies to
America. and hence no reason IS shown
10 fout his views as worthless mereij
because ne happens TO be of German
NATIVITY. The News again says that
Mr. Kahn's suggestions are IN the
r;ght direction; that they have in view
the early REIMBURSEMENT OF conditions
wb;ch are now operating to produce
r,inous suspense throughout all Eu'
zone and that the sooner they are set
tleS the better for the worlds recovery
from the extreme economic depression
to which practically all nations are
now victims.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
Hogmannay Damp
And Very Elastic

London, Jan. New Years Day is
being celebrated with customary en-.
thusiasm by Scotsmen all over Great
Britain, the day being national hol-
iday in Scotland, although England
and Wales do not recognize the date
officially, except that the London
Stock Exchange is closed and the
banks are doing their annual balanc-
ing Of books.
Last nights celebrations of "Hog-
mannay" (as the Scotch call New
Years Day. were somewhat hamper
ed by the lack of consideration shown
by the calendar in fixing New Years
Eve on Sunday. In Scotland and
Wales saloons are closed on Sunday
and in England closing hours are
much earlier, but prudent roysterers
had an official" but really wet" cei-
ehration Saturday night and carried
on with reserve supplies Sunday even
ing. The leading hotels in London
and the provinces had New Years Eve
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01

next preceding their being summoned
to serve as such, and competent In
other respects as hereinafter pro-
vided, shall remain and be liable to
serve as jurors"
1t is probable that the jury law
will be amended by the General AS
sembly at the extra session to be
held in March, so as to impress jury
duty upon the new voters. The only
change necessary is the elimination Of
the word "malc" wherever it occurs
in the text of the existing law.
The jury commissioners appointed
by the judges are required by Section
1888 TO submit lists OF citizens eligi-
BILE for jury service TO the judges Of
the respective courts not later than
January Is each year. The whole
number of names thus submitted shall
not be less than 100 or more than l.
900 for the city of Richmond. For
Norfolk maximum of 600 names, is
provided for, and in all other cities
and counties the maximum is fixed
at 300.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
Women Not Yet Eligible
As Jurors in Virginia

Richmond, Va, Jan. 1.-When the
annual drawing Of citizens for jury
service is ordered by the difforen:
courts of the Commonwealth and ex-
ecuted by the jury commissioners
this month women will again be omit
ted from the lists, it was pointed out
today. Contrary to popular belief,
women are not now qualified under
the law to serve as jurors in Nlr-
GINA. To place women vo'ers on an
equal footing with men in this re-
spect it will be necessary to amend
Section 1884 of the Code or Virginia,
prescribing the manner in which jur-
les shall be drawn. 1t reads in par:
as follows:
"All male citizens over q years OF
age shall have been. residents of this
State two years and Of the city, county
or town in which they reside one year
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01

dinners, suppers and dances Sunday
but most of the popular New Years
balls were held Saturday or will be
staged tonight.
At all Scottish dinners the ferocious
"haggis" "a wierd national dish COM
posed of the heart, lungs, liver of a
sheep, or calf, prepared with season.
ing and vegetables) was brought, on
to the strains of the bagpipes, while
various brands of ''brose' tempered
with aicohol) were served-apart
from the flowing bowl Of Scotch
"whucky." NJ.
"Gctting the first foot i'm calling
on friends with soothing drinks as
soon after midnight as possible ana
sampling the liquor supplies OF the
friends as well) continues to be
nopular pastime in the North.
In London thousands OF Scotsmeh
reinforced by local royste,rersI,
gathered around St. Paul's Cathedra!
to "see the New Year IN the vas.
crowds joining hands and singing
"Auld Lang Syne" as the cat ,:[1.
clock doomed out the hour of midnight
and the dawn of another year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01

FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE
Bryant GrifHfh and BrUHnon,
10 Fifth Avenue. New York,
Peoples Gas Bldss.. CAlcnEo,
2of DevOnshire St., Boston,
wRItea Bldg. Atlanta. On.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
Payable In Advance
Delivered by Carrier I'm Alexandria ana
vicinity
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01

in fact, commemorate. No one famii-
z iar with the Geiie1lties that ineyitabiy
bsset the pcthSay Of .p.aii.c men caa
fail 90 be syEapstnesic sgisil him.
: There can b. no QUESTION that Gov
Z srncr Tg.inkie, whJ. has bestowed %
much anxious thtaG;At cpan tre qaes-
4 tlaD "a highway caastra. ton IN Vir-
o.iris as Lny on2, pern@rs 9l3-e tnan
/ ang o1he. individual, tsvors, IS his
address 10 tia 9care ilJisata Tca
! aonat,y RAPID coRstiTlcc;vii Of the STATE
/ highway system. One l.1g search his
pubhs utserances S'hiIe a candidate III
4; vain Cor any stGtenaent rat ne is OF
| posed u comprehensive Fru;y1,:iEn CT
iroa6 building, OF to1' SAY opposition
TO q Ecra Issue under fayarah.c c;r-
cum ;ta,,ess. II seems clear that he
/ has distinctly avoided aaJ such pos
ton. although it is certain chat ne and
his followers profited during his pre-
urinary campaign Of 1921 by the IN
preston left that he would not favor
such action without sec0lG retcren-
DUN. Even now he does not say tha,
he will not sign bill authorizing /;
bond issue, If one IS passed. 1t seems
certain from all indications chat he
lres!!y believes bonds 70 De the mos
feasible method of raising funds to Ifs
Virginia from the mud and to take
away this States reproacn through
out the country.
Governor Trinkle is young; he came
into office with record OF progressive
ness; his campaign slogan was For
ward, Not Backward" his headquart-
ers sent out many thouanG of cir
culars with former Governor Stuartis
Characterization Of him as having
His face toward the rising sun" We
do not question that he puts the well
fare CT his State above any consider
alton affecting his personal fortunes.
Still it is but human that public man
should seek the approval OF his fell
iow-men and opportunities Tor further
usefulness to his generation. Can the
Governor be so Unmindiul OF the les
sons OF history as not 10 realize that,
above all, the people admire courage
and decision? 1t is with no feeling
toward the executive other than we
sympathy and friendliness that we
express the profound hope that he may
assume at this time in his native state
a position that vii lestablish him as
leader in the most importan and most
far-reaching issue that can possibly
be presel I'd during his administra-
ton.
That position simply resolves itself
into this: Better highways are the
need of the hour, they cannot be built
without money; it is the part OF a
public leader to advocate and bring
about furnishing Of the necessary
funds. We have pointed out that Ii
gasoline tax enacted in March, 1923,
elective in July, 1928, will not do it.
We arc for any other sound method,
bonds or anything else, that will Sc
cure the funds necessary Cor COM
prehensive program. To that end the
State demands leader whose face Is
toward the rising sun.-Rlchmond
Times Dispatch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
cAREI Ess noNnHoLnEas

During the world war, when cur
Government was engaged in raising
billions Of dollars by loans, the cari-
ous fact was developed that millions
Gf Americans we're quite ignorant OF
TIE nature OF bonds ana the methods
CT investing IN them. When they were
induced by apepals to Their patriot
ism to buy bonds many of them reg
lectcd to collect the interest due them.
and in Other ways. seemed to indi-
cate thay they regarded the money
they had paid for Liberty bonds as
really contribution to the Govern
ment, for which they were to receive
no return. -
Some of these unsophisticated per-
sons seem to be still. among us, judg-
ing by the announcement that the
holders of $4G9,00o,000 of Victory
bonds, interest on which ceased on
December Is, nave failed to call for
their securities and arc therefore now
receiving no return on their invest
ment. The interest due them is wait
ing for them, along with the cash
necessary for the redemption OF the
bonds, but still these holders show no
desire to obtain their money.
Evidently there are vast number
of Americans who are either very i'm
provident or very careless when they
pass up $400,00G,C00 in this easy
fashion. Uncle Sam would be very
glad if they would cali and get the
money which is waiting for them and
which should be promptly reinvested.
philadelphia Record.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
A POET IN POLITICS

William Butler Yeats, the Irish
dranatist and poet, is getting III
10 politics. He is the same Yeats
who SAID once upon a time, to al
American audience;
Il have never voted in my life.
A man cannot do his duty to art
if ne wallows IN the dirty stream
OF politics,
Evidently Mr.. Yeats is final
" making up his mind that there
is no more dirt in politics than
there is in art, and that in either
case, the thing for a person OF
high ideals to do is not TO stand
haughitly aloof but to plunge in
and help clean up the mess.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
FACE TOWARD THE RISING sun

With no animosity, and no political
interests to serve, but with u deep
sense of the needs of the hour. this
newspaper expresses the hope that
Governor Trink.e will rise to the oc-
casion and assume that position of
leadership which his high office, his
record, his knowledge Of the situation
alike demand of him in this epoch Of
the affairs Of the Commonwealth.
The Governors position is indeed
difficult. He is beset daily, hourly,
by advocates of one policy or another.
Always his attention is called to the
popularity or unpopularity OF this or
that move; and ii is no more than hu-
man for public men to seek the ap'
proval of the people in discharge OF
their duties and responsibilities; 1t Is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
WOMEN AS SPENDERS

The charge has been made more
than once that although women
handle the largest percentage OF
the family incomes, they do not
spend judiciously. This may be
true in supplying the family ia
BILE, but two business women OF
long experience with their sex
testify that they spend wisely III
other lines.
The first witness is assistant
in the adjusting department OF d
big New York department store.
She says that the percentage OF
unreasonable adjustments caus-
ed bv women's repenting OF their
purchases is extremely small. She
toints out that the purchasing
ability of women cannot be bal
anced against that OF men, be-
cause the fragility and changing
STYLES of wonen's clothing make
their purchases necessarily more
epherneral. As a whole, in her
wide experience she has found
her sex good buyers.
The second witness is connect
ed with bank. She comes in
contact with more than 5000 wo-
men a year whose deposits run
from s. to $4,000. She finds
that when any OF these women
withdraw their savings Tor in
yestment they buy telephone
stock. Liberty bonds, municipal
bonds or other conservative Sc
curities. seeking competent advice
! before they nlNeel' oii0 iNiAi>'' 49,
incidentally:
During my business expert
ence have known two men to
lose large sums OF money. One
lost fortune through playing
the bucket shop, the other IN
vested in oil. Bit | have never
known a woman to lose money
through speculation,
1t is true that there are eNcep-
tons to these excellent records,
but here is expert testimony that
the average woman IS not lacking
! in financial sense.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01

ward such agreement, only asking that
the law OF this State providing for "A
2-ccft tax IN gasoline, instead Gls ii
csnec fees should be pnraieiad ~ tie
District. As this iaNs Goes n9tga INTO
,oTets until Januaay l, 1924, t!esro Is
an.nle time for the District to securc
roaii,rccity by submitting 70 similar
tax. This law having beaE passed by
Use Maryland Assembly,, it is obvious
~ advisable tia: aisiali.ar tax skonlt,
81 applied il the District of C9in2:-
b;a. -
Coa'1ictc rce;2rSity witt, tais STAG
Is, therefore, open t. Washington at
t9meb:lc ogy;isrS SIS soon rs Il gasoline
tax similar to tnat rendiag here is
enacted for the Disuiet.-Beitlrore
Sun
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
Crcat Labes-St. I.awreuce water,

O1(dt AaiNNo7s| 49, ~FsN"tN'N>~ ''~--
way commission and representa-
lives OF eight states particularly
interested III the project. This
is an eilinently Sensible move.
Some opposition to the pro-
ject has come from tae railroads
fearing that their transportation
activities would he seriously in
i,med by TIC opening Of such a
water route fren tire heart OF the
country to he Atlantic Ocean,
Sponsors of the project, however,
have argued chat there is enough
carrying to be done TO make use
OF all the facilities OF the railroads
and all the new water facilities
proposed.
1t docs not require the WORD
of an expert TO discover that
greatly improved transportation
is one OF this nations most III
gent needs. In view OF this fact
it is reasonable to expect that the
respective operations of the rail
and water routes will be compile
mentary rather than competitive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
THE NEW YEAR

The old year is dead and new
one has come to take its place.
That which is past is gone for
ever and what lost opportunities
have gone with it matter not IN
this great scheme OF life. That
which is gone is beyond recall
and we are doomed to live in the
present with an eye upon the tu-
ture as to the accomplishments
that are to become ours or the
failures that arc to meet us. The
past lives only that we may profit
nv our mistakes. Opportunity IS
again presented to us that we may
live down the mistakes of past
DAYS and weeks and months and
years and ages, We live in today
alone. Let us with the old Per-
sian. Omar. strike from our cal
endar dead Yesterday and tn-
born Tomorrow and live with
every ounce OF cur energy in the
living Present.
Alexandria has progressed and
Alexandria will continue to go
forward so long as we look only
to the opportunities OF the pres
ent and allow to go unheerer the
failures of the past and those apt
to come in the future. We must
not become discouraged but live
and work. We must Of necessity
realize some of our possibilities
and for that purpose we must
spend some little part OF our
time in dreaming-in planning.
We must view the world in re-
Prospect, only, 10 gain an inSplra-
ton for our work today. NOW
is the accepted time; NOW is the
time to do our best; NOW-and
hard works when we will &C
complish the things we want.
The Gazette feels that il has
done some good in the past year
but it is not gloating over accolnp-
lishments but resolves 70 do each
day through the new year as
much as it can and feels sure that
if it does this, when 1924 arrives
it will have greater things to boast
of.
As the New Year begins its
dramatic passage ACROSS the stage
of the ages it presents TO every
one an opportunity 10 atone Tor
past miSdeedS and to make the
world and the nation and the city
better and greater Let It's not
fail in our duty. Let's all make
Alexandria greater each day OF
the New Near. Let 1928 mark
a turning point in the history OF
the city.
A Happy New Year to each
one OF its many patrons, is the
wish of The Gazette. And may
each one awaken to 4 realization
of the opportunity at his door
and arise and let it N. We start
a New Year in pleasant anticipa-
ton aad hope and faith and love
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-01
COMPLEMENTARY
CARRIERS

The railroads OF the Middle
West have been invited to take
part in the conference OF the
Evening star., 1923-10-20
GIRL SCOUTS STOCK
PRESIDENTS PANTRY
Hyattsville Maids Leave Dozen
Jars of Preserves at the
White House.

Little Bertha Weirick today pre-
sented President Coolidge with q
dozen jars of preserves made by the
girls of Tent No. II. Girl Scouts of
Hyattsville, Md, while the tent MEM
bers were visiting the White House.
Mrs. Louis Dashiel, captain of the
tent, was in charge. She made the
introductions and presented the men,
bers to the President, after which
he posed for group photograph with
the young visitors in the rear
grounds.
Through Mrs. Oliver Hartman, ma
tional president of the Camp Fire
Girls, accompanied by delegation of
Washington Camp Fire Girls. Presfe
dent and Mrs. Coolidge today were
thanked in the name of the 100000
members of the organization for ac-
cepting the respective offices of hon
orary president and chairman of the
advisory committee of the national
body. Mrs. Hartman, with the dele
CATION grouped about. presented the
President with a scarf woven in silk
by Miss Catherine Alden of Dorches-
ter, Mass. Mrs. Coolidge was tender
ed silk scarf with a symbol design
ed for her as chairman of the advis-
ory committee. She was also pre-
sented with a doll, made of wound
yarn for knitting. and presented by
the Camp Fire Girls in recognition
of her skill in handcraft.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
RHODE ISLAND AVE.
EXTENSION URGED
Link Between Mount Rainier
and HyattsviIIe Is Be-
ing Boosted.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSvILLE, Md, October 60
Hyattsville may be brought consider
ably nearer Washington IL move
ment just launched here looking to
the extension of Rhode Island ave
nue. from Mount Rainier to Johnson
avenue, Hyattsville, Is successful.
Believing that the time is opportune
for bringing about this Improvement
if II can be secured, Mayor J. Frank
Rushe of Hyattsville has appointed
committee of the town council,
consisting of Councilman G. Sher-
man James chairman; Councilmen
Ernest Gasch and Lemuel L. Gray, 70
gather the necessary facts to build
up strong argument for the thor
oughfare for presentation to the state
roads commission
Would not "Crowd.o
1t Is believed that if building lines
and railway rights-of-way between
Melrose and Johnson avenues, Hyatts-
vile, can be readtusted to permit the
construction of the road between
these points, it will be as good as
built all the way, for the abutting
property along the right-of-way of
the City and Suburban railway from
the Hyattsville town limits to Mount
Rainier does not, for the most part,
crowd" the tracks of the railroad,
parallel with which it is planned to
construct the road.
In Hyattsville. however, between
Melrose and Johnson avenues, the
worst stumbling block in the pro-
posed route probably will be encoun-
tered in the group of buildings in
which is included the local drug store
and adjoining business houses to the
south.
1t is believed now, however, that
the building line in this particular
stretch would have to be moved back
only some five to ten feet to afford
room for the roadway. 1t appears to
be the general opinion that the most
practical method of getting the road
through from Me1rose to Johnson
on both sides Of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company's line.
Traffic Would BE Diverted.
In addition to the argument that
extension of Rhode Island aveune to
a route to Washington considerably
more direct than is now available. it
is pointed out that the new road
would divert much of the traffic which
now passes over the grade railroad
crossing at Hyattsville, and the dan
ger at this point would therefore be
appreciably lessened.
| The school interclass soccer ball
championship will be at stake when
the senior and freshman teams OF the
Hyattsviile High School clash, prob
ABLY next Monday. The seniors have
already defeated the sophomores, 10
10, and the freshmen the juniors. l to 0.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
DIRECTORS NAMED
FOR JUNIOR HIGHS
Staff Selected for Closer Su-
perviSion of Instruction
Courses.

Closer supervision of instruction in
the junior high schools is the pur-
pose of a staff of directors appointed
by Supt. Frank W. Ballou yesterday.
The directors are: Miss |. F. O'Neal,
domestic art; Miss Emma S. Jacobs.
domestic science; Miss Annie NJ. Will
son, drawing: John A Chamberlain,
manual arts for boys; Edwin n. c.
Barnes, music; Miss NJ. F. Marsden,
penmanship, and DR.. Rebecca Stone-
road, physical training. Heads Of high
school departments also have been
designated to take charge of their
respective subjects in the junior high
schools.
They are: A. L. Howard, CONNER
cial subjects; Miss Sarah f. Simmons,
English; George J. Jones. history
Miss NJ. C. Hawes, Latin; Harry Eng
lish. mathematics. and Prof. Rene
Samson. modern languages.
The same arrangement will be car
ried out in the colored school system.
The directors in divisions ten to
the work in the colored junior high
schools. are: Miss L. f.. Wilson,
domestic art: Mrs. ], w. Shaw.
domestic science; J. o. Montgomery,
drawing; o. W. Mcdonald manual
arts for boys; Miss j. E. Wormley,
music; Miss O. f. Martin. penmanship,
and Miss A. j. Turner. physical train
ing.
The heads of departments in the
colored high schools assigned to
similar work in the junior high
schools are: G. d. Houston, CONNER
cial subjects: r. l. Vaughn, manual
arts for boys and drawing; Miss
Otelta Cromwell, English and history
A. H. Glenn, Latin and modern
languages: r. E. Mattingly, mathe-
matics, and y. E. Weatherless, general
science.