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Show UTAI1 THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSV1LLE, DRESS MAKER hade well Followed a Neighbor. A j and Took Lydia NAVAL HOLIDAY PLAN PROPOSED BY IDAHOAN REJECTED SENATE VegetableXorapouj3 BY Vernon, Tex.- -" For t. suffered untold agony each fod rfmdeJtS Proposal That Senate be Given View on Practicability of Government Suspending Building Operations Six Months Turned Down. Krkr husband A negative report was Washington lit senate nn- onloreil on Tueilii h i til commlltoe on the esolnt ion of Senator Korn h, Kipiililliim, Iilnlio. asking for (lit i oinniit tee's opinion, w lietlier it mis prut-- icnlilf or advisable for the gov eminent to Miopt'inl naval building operations- for six months. 'Ilie i oiuniiltee's notion on the Kornh resolution was said to 'hate boon taken It followed extenwithout division sive hearings of the naval general hoard und naval offieers, with no witnesses appear) tig to advoeate tempoof the rary or partial present building program. Senator Ilopiihlit tin, Iolndevter, Washington, was authorized by the committee to draft Htid present to the senate the report of the committees eonelusions adverse to the suggestions In the Borah resolution. Appearing Tuesday before the naval committee hearing, which was expected to be the last of the hearings on the Koruh resolution to suspend capital ship construction for six months, officers of the navy general board urged that work on those ships be rushed. They nl.fo asked the committee to support measures to authorize Immediate construHlon of two alrplune carriers. uLetaTble Jet ?,rhborS me she had taKe.n t with results me to try it I was then in bVparS the time and my uoctw said l l - HIGHWAYMAN SLAYS OFFICER Band of Daylight Burglars Engage in Battle With Police. Salt Lake (Tty. Following on attempted daylight robbery of a store In Salt Lake, members of thb jvollce force engaged In battle with the robbers. Detective G. 11. llambjvof the Salt Lake police department wus killed with a shot through the brain from a weapon In Ilie hund$ of Tom Kluckle" Iturns, who In turn was mortally wounded by Chief of Police Joseph K. Jlurbldge and Detective Clifford Int-leI n. Chief Hurbhlge was slightly wounded when Hums fired at him from a few paces, the bullet burning the clothing over his right breast as it grazed the flesh. Detective C. W. ILwenkrantz wus knocked unconscious earlier In the day by the .mime hand and tied baud and foot in a room In a hotel. Six oilier men besides Hums were arrested. GERMAN STATES FOR REJECTION Premiers Will Ask Berlin to Refuse Compliance With Demands. Munich. Huvaria. Premiers of the various German slates have agreed to urge the Herlin government to refuse compliance with the allied demands as formulated by the supreme council In Paris two weeks ngo. This became known here Tuesday when Dr. von Kahr, premier of lluvarla,' returned from Herlin, .where he took part In the conference of MTorul premiers on attitude Germany's regarding the allied note. Suffrage Statue Causes Trouble. Washington. The suffragists have a suffrage statue they want to present to the nipltol February 15, hut so far they have been unable to get the Joint library committee of con gross to accept it, because, the National Woman's' party charges In a statement '.Tuesday, of a strong feeling" In tlie committee. anti-suffrag- e Sheriff Forgett to Hang Slayer. Hu ton Uouge, La, Sheriff Grant of Ourhita parish notified Governor Parker Tuesday that lie had forgotten to hang Domic Eaton, negro, convicted of murder, on February 4, as required by the sentence, und asked whut to do with the prisoner. The governor has put the problem up to Attorney Gen- eral Coco. Allied Troops Prepared. Paris. One hundred and fifty thousand Hritlsh, French and Helglan soldiers In the Rhine area of occupation were issued heavy marching equipment "on Tuesday, and ordered to stand In readiness to receive orders to advance toward Germany. Aristocrats Violate Lavf. Berlin. While a distinguished company. composed mainly of members of the former royal court of Bavaria, was bolding a carnival ball in a Munich, hotel. In defiance of an order prohibiting carnival celebrations, the police appeared and stopped the ball. Two Boya Electrocuted. Fresno, Cal. Walter James, 12, Is dead and Gordon Henson, 10, Is reported by physicians to be dying as the result of burns received vvhei one of the hoys threw a wire over an electric power line. Open Shop Causea Trouble. - Albany, N. Y. Oiieration of street cars In Trov Tuesday by the United Traction company under qen FT is conditions brought about ii were flivd by tit' jml'et hi dispers ng crowds, a dozen bong sawn 2 vertisement of Lydia E. Pinkie. I . --- I Pams m my"; have to be operated ? 07 mecme.-Mra.- Jl OomburfSI W. M.Stepm:vum N. Commerce St., Vernon, Texas103 Dressmakers when overworked an prone to such ailments and should croft by Mis. Stephens experience Write to Lydia E. Pir.kham Co. (confidential), Lynn, Maw. your health. Your letter will beonel Kt em.ani?SWer.ed strict confidence. a woman bee and its hum parted; and the bee A and llrt Important to all Women Readers of this Paper By JAMES P. HORNADAY. WASHINGTON'S K O It G K connection with the capital city of the nation began when, ns President of the United Stutes, be appointed a commission to locate the capital a on the Potomac river, few miles above Alexandria to Georgeand adjucent The town. congress sitting In Philadelphia directed that be . apthe commissioners pointed uud Instructed them, as to where they should locale the permanent capital. Those commissioners named the city for the man who had led the victorious armies of the colonies In the itevolutlou und who was then serving as President. Mudy fairy stories have been written ubout how Washington personally selected the site for the capital, even driving some of the surveyors stakes, etc. The unvurulslved truth Is that he merely carried out the will of congress by appointing a commission which yvus Instructed by congress to do a certain thing. From the day the tract ten miles square was staked out Washington's Impress lias been In the city and Its environs. That Impress stands out clearer us the yeurs pass. More than a million persons, Americans by birth or adoption, gain new Inspiration every year merely by looking upon the material things that connect the days when Washington was moving about there In (he flesh with the present time. Thousands of foreigners benefit In the same way. There Is never any pause In the stream of pilgrims to Mt. Vernon or In the throng that U always on the way to the Winter and top of the Washington monument. summer, through sunshine and storm, the homage paying to 'the "Father of his Country" goes on. Every recurring anniversary of his birth seemingly increases the Interest In, his memory. On these anniversaries floral decorations are Invariably piled high In the tomb at Mt. Vernon, and neither branch of cougress ever falls to provide that his faiewell address shall he read. Probably because the point has never been emphasized many persons have the Idea, It seems, that Washington lived for a short time In the city Hint bears Ills name. There Is also a popular belief that the Washingtons at one time occupied tlve White House. Washington was never a resident of the permanent capital. The seat of government was In Philadelphia when congrto locate the cupital where It Is, and ess-voted Washington had a temporary home tn that city. On returning from Philadelphia at the close of his second term as President he gave considerable personal uttentlon to the early developments of the new capital. lie frequently, rode up from Mt. Vernon on his favorite bluck horse to see how things were coming on. Who would undertake to say that he dal not visualize the national capital In some such form as It stands today? If he did, he saw In his Imagination the Capitol building on Capitol hill, the Library of Congress with Its golden dome In the rear of the Capitol, the magnificent otllce buildings for senate huJ house of representatives, the expansive Mall extending from the Capitol to the Potomac, with the monument to his own memory, the most' conspicuous thing on It ; and he also saw the splendid memorial to Abraham Lincoln which has Just been completed, as well as the memorial to U. S. GrnptTwhleh Is almost ready to be turned over to the government.. And who again would say that he did not have a vision of the resident section of the city extending far beyond the White House to the northwest? Washington never saw the White House occupied. To some extent It represents his Ideas of what a combined home and business office for the President should be the original Idea was that the jTesIdent should make the house his residence and also his workshop. Washington as a Mason assisted In laying the cornerstone tf the White House. That formality was conducted by a Masonic lodge In Alexandria of which Washington was a member. , It Is certain that he was deeply Interested In At the time of hts the work of construction. death the house was practically ready for occupancy. The furnishings were being placed In p sit Ion. Only a few days before his death he end Mrs. Washington went through the entire building and. according to the chroniclers of the time, were keenly Interested In every detail of the place which was to be the home of future Presidents. Today, Be lt 1ms, ever been. It is not so much the things with the Washington stamp on them, is those In the nearby districts that Interest the tourists, Mt. Vernon, of course, Is the Washington shrine and it will continue to be that so long as the republic endures. It was the Virginia home on the Potomac to which Washington toot his bride; there he made plans for his life work, plans that were rudely shattered by the events of later years. It was from that refuge that he wrent forth to command the armies of the Revolution, and It was from the seclusion of that attractive place that he answered the call to be President. lie returned to the old home on re from office, and there he died, and there tiring his bones lie. . When the national capital city was laid out, and for many decades afterward, Mt. Verjion was looked upon ns u long ways of T from the capital. It Is only seventeen miles away. Today there are three ways of reaching Mt. Vernon by boat, by electricity, by automobile. It is an easy hour's travel from the business center of Washington. With these facilities the number of visitors has greatly Increased. It is believed the time Is not far distant when a million and a half of tourists will annually visit Mt. Vernon. If you should happen to he In Mt. Vernon on the 22d of February you would, In Imagination, see Washington ns lie went about Ids country place on his birthday. The very atmosphere speaks to you of him," said a distinguished Frenchman. Visitors marvel at the faithfulness with which the buildings and their contents and the grounds have been preserved. There have been, of necessity, some replacements, but speaking In a broad way, things are as they were when Washington last looked upon them. One can , almost . see the house cat coming out of the hole under the door thnt led to the room occupied by Mrs. Washington. And what u sense of comfort one gets as he sits tn an easy chair on the veranda and looks out over the Potomac and across the river to the hills of Maryland, Just as Wnsliington N'o wonder Washington d?d not wish to did leave the place even to be President of his country, one says to himself. The Mount Vernon Ladles Aid society continues to care for the Mt. Vernon home and lands. The country owes a debt of gratitude to this society fir preserving the property. Yeais ago when it was about to fall iuto the hands of private speculators this society was formed and It has done Its work well. M.my persons believe, however, that congress should buy the estate In Mie name of the government and throw It open to the public. Always under the management of the Aid society a nominal charge for admittance has been made. Many of the visitors linger in the country about the old Washington home. Of course no one who knew the Washington family Js now living, but there are plenty of descendants of the old families In the neighborhood who delight to talk of the old days. The countryside has not changed much In 120 years. Many houses built while Washington was alive still stand. Three miles south of Mt. Vernon the old Pohlck (Episcopal) church In which Washington frequently worshiped Is still occupied by the Episcopal congregation. Within the last five years the Interior of the old building has been restored and today visitors may look on the decorations precisely as they were wheu Washington attended. Passing time has not served to take away any of the Washington atmosphere about the old city of Alexandria, seven miles south of the national capital and on the road to ML Vernon. The first thing the wrier Is told Is that Washington did a lot for us. lie established our public school system says the local guide, and he gave us our flrsUfire department. He was always doing something for us. Foremost of the Washington showpieces In A'exundrla Is old Christ church, of which Washington was a member for some 40 years. The church building of brick has been preserved unchanged. The pew that Washington occupied Is reerv ed every Sunday for strangers who may happen along at the service hour. The old sexton will l certain to relate numerous stoHcs of the first President He will, first of alL tell you how Washington always came up from Mt Vernon on horseback, followed by his faithful black body guard In a bright red how after services Washington was likely uniform; to linger In the church-yarto talk with his country neighbors, and how It was frequently necessary for I the servant to remind him that it was time to go by leading up the horse and handing the bridle reins to him. The members of Washingtons family, the local historian relates, always came up in a large coach drawn by four torses If the roads were heavy. were Not Infrequently neighbors guests in tm coach. Another favorite rendezvous In Alexandria for sightseers is the room occupied by the Masonic This lodge still lodge named for Washington. flourishes. There one may look upon the .chair in which Washington sat when he presided over the lodge of which he was master, also the Masonic apron he wore, his wedding gloves, a pair of spurs he wore, a pruning knife he used on the Mount Vernon plantation, and a penknife which his mother gave him when he was a boy. And there is to he seen In the old lodge room the last authentic painting of him, a pastel from life made by William Williams of Philadelphia. Another old Washington landmark In Alexandria Is the Carlyle house. This structure was there when Washington was a young man. In colonial days It was one of the hotels In Virginia. The fine folks of the Old Dominion gathered there for balls and dinners and for good times generally, and Washington, the local historians say, was present at any unusual event. General Braddock had his headquarters in the old hotel when he was proceeding against the French nnd Indians. Making ones way back to the capital city over the Alexandrla-Arllngtoroad numerous landmarks may be seen. This highway leads by Arlington, the resting place of the nations heroes, and to Georgetown. As this old highway brings the traveler around the brow of a hill four miles southwest of the national capital the Washington .monument looms up across the low land and the Potomac river. From no point In the environs of the national cnpltal does the monument appear to greater advantage a magnificent reminder . of the good works of one typical American. This monument Is a fitting companion piece for the great memorial to Abrahnm Lincoln soon to be dedicated. It speaks of the founder of the Republic; the oilier of the saviour of the Republic. Many projects were discussed before the Washington monument was conceived and work on it begun. At the close of the Revolution the Continental congress recommended the erection of an equestrian statue to Washington. Immediately after his death the congress, sitting In Philadelphia, voted to erect a monument under which he should be buried. Another project was to make the Capitol building a memorial to him. Travelers may to this day have a peep at a vaulted chamber directly under the rotunda of the Cnpifol which was designed as a resting place for the body of Washington. The Washington monument Is the most conspicuous work of man at the national capital The dome of the Capitol and dome of the Congressional library and the new Lincoln memorial stand out with boldness, but the monument overtops them. On a clear day the monument may be seen from the crest of the Blue Ridge mountains, 43 miles away. The memorial had Its inception In the minds of patriotic people who formed the Washington Memorial association. It was proposed to charge a membership fee of $1 and the money thus contributed was to be used in the erection of a suitable monument to the hero of the Revolution. The money came in slowly and It looked at times as IX this project too would have to be abandoned. Finally In 184S congress voted a site. The spot chosen had been marked by Washington himself as a monument to the Revolution which he hoped would sometime be built. The work o! erecting the monument proceeded slowly. It had reached a height of ITS feet when the Civil war came on. It was roofed over and stood untouched until ISTS'w hen congress again took Loitl and un der the spur of congressional action It was completed In 1SS5. The height of the monument Is 555 feet nnd 0 inches. From the lookout on the top the view ol the national capital and Its environs fascinates a million persons a year. Other c irretentions memorials of Washingtor $re to be seen In the national capital ' best-know- n n Thousands upon thousands of womei have kidney or bladder trouble and unw suspect it. Womens complaints often prove to b nothing else but kidney trouble, or tin retult cl kidney or bladder disease. 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