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question of minutes. All right, bring
her.
She came back, waxen white.
''Dora's sick" she said 'Appen-
dicitis. She's been Morrow's patient,
and he told her that if she had an
other attack she'd have to he on the
table within an hour. Mark thinks
she'll die If it isn't done tonight.
tried to stave off her coming here, but
he's set on it. But what1l we do?
Morrow's away and DR.. Annals sick.
and every surgeon on call is rushed to
death Miss Johnston" she sum
moned the nurse. will you call DR.
Maxwell? And DR.. Blame? And
F'ishkin? Tell any one of them you
can get it's an emergency appendi
citis."
She began to pace the sun parlor.
II don't know what we can do If
we can't get them" she fumed. Or.
here"
Up and down the room she strobe,
~ restless as tiger, her WEAKNESS
dispelled by the driving power of her
problem.
II don't see why Mark had to call
me-" she muttered. resentful of the
responsibility of the burden. THE
Presbyterian would have taken her
in if he'd fought for it, even if she
had been MorrOw's case. / should
have called there, not let him come
here. Don't you see what he's put
ting up to me? If she went to an
other hospital, I wouldn't have to
think twice about her. If" She
paused, caught by sudden thought of
another contingency. "Oh, she won't
die" she said bitterly.
The nurse returned from the desk.
"They're all working at other hos
pitals," she told Amy. Mrs. Blanc
says the doctor may be able to get
here within three hours. That's the
best anywhere"
Too late"
She went back to the instrument as
it buzzed again.
"Mr. Preston's downstairs" she
said.
"Send him up"
Amy went forward to the elevator,
to stand beside it with martial atten-
ton. Mark Preston came out beside
Dora, who was on the rollered cot
that two attendants were pushing.
You've got some one?" he asked
Amy.
Not yet"
"You won't let me die?' Dora
gasped between her groans. You
won't let me die?"
NO Amy said. Take her down
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here. and so told him I'd meet him
at the Chinaman's place down the
street. ! lunched with him there
why did he want to see yUu?"
why did / want to see him? Be
cause he's had time to find out that
he's made a mess of everything"
"Why did he marry herr"
why do men marry women they
don't really love? Infatuation, pas
sion, anger against another woman.
Oh, there are fifty reasons. none of
them good. and all of them true lG
hurt him and neglected him, and she
was there to soothe his vanity. He
knows now what mistake he has
made"
nY her avoidance of me in the days
that followed, knew that she was
seeing Preston. and 1 wondered what
Dora would do when she came to
know the situation.
Amy went on with her work in the
hospital, and DIR. Lebcovic must have
noticed the change in her attitude,
but since Amy was doing all she de-
n1anded Of her she was too wise a
woman to offer unasked advice in the
private affairs Of subordinate. Amy
was striving nightly toward the goal
OF individual responsibility in her
work and, with the radiance of reas-
surance. was coming nearer to 1t
every day. DIR. Annals soon" shifted
to very SOON" and Amy waited for
thu command to take her into her
first operation with the tense eager
ness of a runner at the tape. Her
months at the foundation had endowed
her with perspective and her associ
alton with Anna Lebcovic had given
her spiritual surety in skill. as well
as an actual consciousness Of the de-
mands that the traditions of the pro-
fession make upon it's votaries. E.X-
cept for the shadow of Preston in
the background, her present was hope
full, her future assured.
bOrhood came to pale summering. it's
only flowers those brought by visitors
to the hospital or sold by dark.skinned
vendors along the streets. The fra.
ternity houses along the boulevards
began to clear as the colleges closed.
but the current of the city's life flowed
increasingly. Great waves Of heat rose
on the southwestward prairies and
rolled over the city. pressing down
upon the poor in crowded tenements
and novels. Old men, old women, lit
tie children died through the torrid
days and breathless nights of misery.
Ambulances changed up Harrison
street hour after hour, speeding some
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One of those who probably would
have taken their places was a man
now little remembered, Joseph Jones
of King George County. a member Of
the Virginia House of Burgesses: of
the Virginia convention of 1875. which
adopted the Virginia bill of rights and
the first written constitutions; of the
Virginia committee of public safety,
which guided the conduct of the
States affairs during the Revolution,
and of the Continental Congress. His
eminence is evidenced by the fact that
the State Department has published
for the Government a volume contain
ing his correspondence
ence with Washington. Jefferson, Mad
ison and Monroe, the last his nephew,
which shows the wisdom and patriot
ism marking his contribution to the
common cause.
In a previous article 1t was stated
that James MadisOn's paternal ances-
tors lived in Orange County. 1t is
true, however, that at the time of his
birth his mother, who was the daugh-
ter Of Peter Conway. was visiting her
father at Port Conway on the Kappa
hammock. in King George County. The
house, which was delightfully."- located
in the fertile river valley. has long
since disappeared, but it's site is easily
ascertained.
Among the early clergymen of the
established church were the two Stu
arts. who had charge of the King
George churches. DIR. David Stuart,
a native of King George, was the
grandson of one Of them and the son
of the other. When, under authority
Of Congress. Gen. Washington located
the seat of Federal Government where
1t now is, he appointed commission
OF three. one of them DR.. Stuart, to
survey the District, to accept and pur-
chase land on the east side of the river
and to provide suitable buildings for
the accommodation of Congress, the
President and the executive depart
ments. DIR. Stuart, commended by all
the writer's who have discussed him
as man OF fine qualities, may be
thought of az the personal representa-
tive of the President on the commits.
sion. since he was Washihgton's con-
nectiOn, his family physician and one
of his closest friends.
Immediately across the Rappahan-
mock from Port Conway Is Port Royal
in Caroline County. and near there
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of
President Lincoln, met his death in a
barn where he had taken refuge. One
leg was broken in escaping from the
theater in which ne shot the Presi- |
dent, but Notwithstanding he man.
aged to make his way through Mary. |
land and cross the Potomac into King |
George near Cedar Grove. the old |
home Of the Stuarts, and then traverse |
the county and get south Of the Rap |
pa hammock
In King George County. among many |
OF the notable places which 1t includes, |
there is none more stately or of great. i
err antiquity shan Marmion. n Lewis |
home. the construction of which shows |
that the necessity OF guarding against |
Indian attacks was not overlooked. |
So most unusual are the interior ar.
and carving that few |
years ago the owners were persuaded |
to allow the panellng and mantel.
pieces or one OF the rooms to be used
In Its Reproduction by the Mettopoli-
Ian Museum OF New York.
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IN hNING- from the PledmOnt
section to the Tidewater sec.
ton Of Virginia, there are the
i counties of Stafford and King
George. The distance from
Washington to the courthouse of the
fprmer is about so miles by the Wash
ihgton-Richmond highway, and to the
courthouse of the other about 70
miles. over the same highway to
Fredericksburg and then by way Of
the Kings Highway from that city
Stafford, organized in 1854, had as
one Of it's early settlers the first Of the
Virginia Masons, lineal ancestor of
George Mason of Gunston Hall. There
is tradition in the Mason family
that as a member of Parliament he re-
sisted with ability and eloquence the
aggressive measures OF the crown.
Certain it Is, however, that when war
came he declined to espouse the cause
Of Cromwell and served as an officer
in the army OF King Charles.
He was a Staffordshire man and led
A Staffordshire troop Of cavalry in the
battle OF Worcester. Following that
disaster to the royal arms, after being
In corcealment for a while, he made
his way to America and gave to thu
Virginia county the name of the Eng
lish county where he had lived. Until
1742 Stafford included counties subse-
quently created. among them Fairfax
and Arlington, which are suburban to
the District OF Columbia.
King George County. organized in
1870, was named for George III by the
then colonial Governor. Alexander
Spotswood, ~ho conducted the expe.
dition OF the Knights of the Golden
Horseshoe across the Blue Ridge
Mountains to the discovery Of the
Shenandoah Valley. The King, be-
fore ascending the throne, had served
with Spotswood under Marlborough
on the Continent, and won his devoted
allegiance.
Prior to 1916 Stafford had no front
on the Rappahannock River and King
George none on the Potomac, but that
year their boundaries were readjusted
by statute so as to give each county a
front on both rivers. Thus the place
called the Ferry Farm, or Pine Grove
Farm. opposite Fredericksburg, to
which Washington's childhood was re-
lated. was before that date apparently
within the limits Of King George
County, though now within the limits
OF Stafford.
The latest Of the Washington biog-
raphies says OF this place:
"ThA old farm buildings have disap.
peared. with one noteworthy excep.
ton. This IL a little one-story struc.
ture. which the youthful shington
used as a workroom-the only struc.
ture now in existence which is posi-.
lively known to have been in constant
use by him during his bOyhood. The
new farm buildings, nesting among
the trees on the highland. occupy
practically the same site as they did
in the days of Washington
KING GEORGE, which 10 one Of the
Az Ave counties commonly spoken
OF as the Northern Neck OF Virginia.
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Famous Virgins ns Of Stafford and King George

This is the third Of series Of articles
about some Of the points Of historic
interest in Virginia ,rhich can be reached
on days trip from Washington and
return. based on data cOUected bv Repre-
senfatfre n. Walton Moore o. the con.
dressionat district in trhich TIE counties
dealt tcith are located
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-14
By WILL p. KENNEDY.

from the Piedmont
section to the Tidewater sec.
ton Of Virginia. there are the
i counties of Stafford and King
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Against Prestons arguments and
pleas she held out for that year Of
intensive experience, and finally won
an appointment to work in the Clara
Clayton Foundation, which DIR. Anna
Lebcovic's surgical skill was already
making famous.
On the night she took her degree
Preston gave Amy hundreds Of roses
and an ultimatum that she must
marry him the next day. He was 60.
ing to Texas on a case that might
keep him away for several months,
and he wanted her to so with him.
Il can't" she protested, standing
among the roses i'm her cap and
gown. Il start at the hospital next
Monday"
Don't you think I'm more impor-
tant than the hospital?"
Not more important" she coun.
tered. than my faith in myself. I've
set out to do this Job, and I'd be los.
ing something vital if l quit now
But what are you going to do
with 1t all?" he protested. "You
won't want a profession when you
marry me-"
Il don't know when / might need
it."
Don't you think I can take care
CT you?"
OF course I do" she laughed. ~
wouldn't marry you at all II I didn't,
but I've seen too many OF the acct.
dents OF life to let any woman. even
rnvself. go without a means Of iiveli-
flood when it's within her grasp. Be-
sides, it's something deeper than just
that. I'd feel that I'd failed II l give
this up, and don't want to give you
q failure for q wife"
You're quibbling," he declared.
"You want this sort OF life more than
you want me-"
II don't want anything in the world
more than Y want you." she said. but
] love you 80 much that / want you
TO have the best OF me. II ! went
with you now, wouldn't be giving
Evening star., 1927-09-16
PLANES GATHERING
FOR BIG AIR DERBY
II "Ships" Take Up Station
at Roosevelt Field Seek
ing Flying Fame.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. September 10
Seeking flying fame and a share of
the $42,500 offered in prizes. IL air.
planes today were at Roosevelt
Field for the start of the Spokane
air dreby across the continent next
Monday and Tuesday.
The plaes represented less than
one-fifth of the 81 entrants listed for
the races, which comprise a nonstop
flight, one with a single halt and one
with two overnight stops.
For $4,000 Prize.
Two of the planes, on the field
We're entered in the class "A" event.
They are piloted by f. G. Lee of
haywood, ILL.,, and Nicholas Manner.
Neither had announced who would
accompany them as passengers.
Planes in this classification are to
take off at $50 am. Tuesday and
make an overnight stop at st. Paul.
Each is to carry a pilot and two
passengers. A prize of $4,000 has
been offered for the winner of this
event, with $4,000 for second place;
$4,000 for third and $1,000 for fourth.
The other arrivals are to compete
in the class "B" race, scheduled to
start Monday at $50 am. and stop
overnight at chicago anu 1lSHuiNC,
Mont. The prizes for this race are
$1,000, $4,000, $1,000 and $500. Each
is to carry one passenger.
Royal Windsor Entered.
Crews of planes on the ground en-
tered in this class were ]. G. Smith,
pilot, and j. B. Storey. passenger,
Tacoma, Wash; Jack Ashcroft, pilot,
md Burt Grader. passenger, Towanda,
Pa: r. Johnston, pilot, Missoulo,
Mont, passenger unannounced; Ed
die Burgin, pilot, Garden City, Long
Island, passenger unannounced; A
l.. O'Donrell, pilot, and Mrs. A. l..
O'Donnell, passenger, Whittier. Calf;
Clair McMahon, pilot, Miles City,
Mont, passenger unannounced; Eu-
gene Dettmer. pilot, Tarrytown, n.
Y, passenger unannounced; JACK
Asher, pilot, passenger unannounced
None of the seven planes which
officials said were entered in the
nonstop event has arrived. The
latest entrant is the Stinson-Detroit-
err monoplane Royal Windsor. which
Duke" Schiller and Phil Wood re-
Gently withdrew from an attempt
to cross the Atlantic. Two prizes
have been offered for this race, $10,-
900 for the winner and $4,000 for
second place.
Evening star., 1927-09-16
RADIO TO REPORT HOP
OVER NATION WITH LION
Jensen Plans First Nonstop
Flight From Los Angeles to New
York Next Saturday.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CULVER CITY, Calf, September
16.-The splutter of short-wave
radio antenna will temper the roars
Of an airplane engine and a Jungle
beast when Leo, movie stunt lion,
wings his pioneering way to New
York next Saturday in an airplane
with Martin Jensen in the pilot s
quarters.
Announcement yesterday at Metro,
Goldwyn-Mayer Studios here. which
are sponsoring the aerial trip, said
that the radio would send back here
hourly progress Of the flight. The
project, marking not only the first
time an animal Of Leo's proportions
has been transported by air, but also
the first attempted nonstop flight
from Los Angeles to New York, will
determine the feasibility Of trans.
porting beasts quickly from one point
to another for show purposes.
An insurance policy for $4,000 has
been taken out to guarantee that
Leo makes the trip safely.
Jensen, who piloted the Aloha to
second place in the Dole transpacific
flight, said he would enter the plane
in the New York-to-Spokane Derby.
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line, was found dead In their home
Yesterday Of a knife wound through
the heart.
The man. who until 10 years ago
practiced medicine in Davenport,
Iowa, their former home. was booked
on a charge of murder and put in
jail. Meanwhile the police tried, with
the assistance OF members Of the
family, to gain from him some light
on a possible motive and explana-
ton of the mans all-day wander
ings.
No knife was found near the body
and Won Engel was absent when
the police were called to the home
b. his daughter. Mrs. Agnes lex.
never. Won Engel was said to have
walked for hours to the home OF his
sonin-law to tell him Of Mrs. Won
Engels death.
Evening star., 1927-09-16
GOES AWAY TO DIE.
Correspondence of Tho Star.

Correspondence of Tho Star.
NOME, Alaska.-Ada Blackjack
untutored and poverty stricken Eski-
mo woman of Wrangell Island fame
has left her last message to the
white people. She has embarked or
a trading ship for Kadiak Island
where she is prepared to die from ar
incurable malady.
She Is i'll Of tuberculosis, contract
ed on Wrangell Island In 1921 wher
she was a member Of the colony
planted there to hold the land as ar
United States possession. All the
others succumbed, but Ada was
rescued. Later she toured the states
and worked for a time as an extra
In HOLLYWOOD.
Evening star., 1927-09-16
DIES FROM BOXING.
Young Coast Guardsman Knocked
Out in Friendly Bout.

NEW LONDON. Conn.,, Septembe,
16 R.-A friendly boxing bout at the
Coast Guard Academy herr. in which
George Vorves, 20, was knocked out
Tuesday by his close friend, Earl Bull
lock, resulted yesterday in the death
Of Vorves. Vorves did not recover
consciousness after the knockout. The
youths were evenly matched as to
weight.
Evening star., 1927-09-16
DEAF AND DUMB MAN
ACCUSED OF MURDER
Partially Paralyzed Doctor Is
Charged With Staying &C. Year
Old Wife With Knife.

by the Associated Preee.
LOS ANGELES. September 10
An untold story Of death, which the
police charged was one of murder.
is believed by police to be locked in
the possession of DR.. Carl Won Engel,
70, deaf. dumb and partially para
lyzed, whose 62-year.old wife, Caro-
Evening star., 1927-09-16

Floods and droughts in Shantung
Province, China, have done such
great damage to crops in the past
year that farmers are Joining rowing
bandit bands,
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COUNTY POOL
TOSELL WOOL
Sale TO Be Held Thursday
Afternoon at Dakota Com.
pany's Warehouse Here

Wool collected by the Burleigh
county wool pool this spring will be
sold Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
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INJURED FOOT
NO HANDICAP
Roast Hamm of Georgia
Tech Hangs Up Records
Despite Injury

Atlanta, July 1e.-tP--To Roast
Hamm of Georgia Tech goes the
honor of hanging up the best broad
iump mark of the 1927 collegiate
campaign. Hamm made "a feet, IL
IA inches in the Southern Intercoi-
leyiatcs, setting a new record in the
classic, What is more, he did It with
the wrong foot.
IN The same unorthdox fashion
Nnmm also won first place IN tnt
lump event at the Penn Relays and at
thr National Intercollegiate at Chi
cavo. though his efforts were bit
short of his wonderful performance
at Baton Rouge. -,
Not long after Hamm's initial
triumpns, he was injured IN an auto
accident. The ankle he used to take
off with didn't mend properly. ne
took first place in the Southern III.
tcrcollegiate relay carnival the heA'
spring while competing for georgia
Tech, but his winning Jump OF :.
feet. ~ inches was a mark he wouid
have scorned IN his early high schooi
days. 80 :. ,ootoa
ms if the athletic world was about
TO lose one of its most promising
prospects. Young Hamm was not dis
mayed, however. He decided to learn
to take off from the ether 1901
Obviously. he met with little success
ut first. 1t was tough task 70 pc
come accustomed to the switch, Du-
after many hours Of determined prac-
ticc he "got the knack' Of hitting
the lakeoft with the other foot.
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FILM EMPL0YE
AT HOLLYWOOD
is M u RDERED
Police Start Investigation In
TO Violent Death Of Per-
cival LinwOOd

Hollywood, Calf, July 12.--M--
Police today began an investigation
into the apparently violent death Of
Percival l.. Linwood, 40, motion pic
turc employc, who was found dead in
his home with two-inch cash at the
base Of the brain.
Mrs. Linwood. who said her hus-
band was a director, was hysterical.
Police reported they were unable to
obtain any information from her.
Mrs. Linwood was held while de-
tectivcs under Captain James Bean
attempted to question her. They re-
ported that the Linwood apartment
was i'm great disorder and that there
was evidence that there had been
considerable drinking. The detectives
declared neighbors had said the Lin
wood couple had not been seen to
leave their apartment in several days
and that the landlady of the house
reported the Linwood door had re-
manned locked during that time.
Mrs. Linwood was unable to tell
the detectives the name Of the pic
ture company that had employed her
husband, but she insisted he was |;
director.
The police received their first re-
port of the unexplained death when
undertakcrs called them TO view the
body. 1t had been taken from the
Linwood apartment to the undertake
| ing rooms at the telephoned request
of DR.. Jesse Ross. who had been
called to the aid of the man, whom
! he said he found dead.
| Coroner Frank Nance ordered an
! autopsy.
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space will be devoted to large and
complete agricultural exhibit. Forty
acres of agricultural implements and
farm power equipment will be
shown, and the automobile exhibits
will constitute a veritable automo-
bile show. The Greater North Da-
kota Livestock show will be featured
by hundreds Of entries in all Of the
leading breeds. Another 5000 square
feet Of floor space will be devoted
to educational exhibits and the mer-
chants pavilion 10000 square feet
of space will house extensive in
dustrial and mercantile exhibits.
The community building will con-
tinue to afford it's quiet, unique en-
tertainment and recreatioal oppor-
tunitics.
Especial stress is being laid upon
boys and girls club work this year
and the exhibits, cont e S $ and
demonstrations in this department
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-12
Police Court

B. A. Carlson, arrested by Chief
of Police Chris Martineson near
Mandan Saturday night in posses.
sion of an automobile which had
been stolen from Bismarck street
a few hours previous, pleaded guilty
to a charge o. taking an automobile
without the owners permission when
arraigned Monday night before Po-
lice Magistrate J. NJ. Belk. He was
fined SIS and costs, and given 10
day Jail sentence which was sus-
nendcd
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Gilbert Haugen to
Discuss Farm Relief
at N. ID. State Fair

Grand Forks, n. D., July l2.--L4)--
Lowering skies of the forenoon
promised to give way carly this aft
ernoon to brighter weather in time
for the Scandinavian Day program
before the grandstand at the North
Dakota state fair Representative
Gilbert Haugen of Iowa is scheduled
to speak on farm relief.
A shower this morning put the
race track in perfect condition Tor
the opening horse race program.