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Show PAGE SIX THE TIMES-NEW- NEPIII. UTAH S. World's Largest Hospital Dedicated r.!IHr3. mm: t i; sy -- Ml M ' In rM t . "I .,je J'1 1 r tM a- I 1 j iw-- i a Market Placa In Bethlaham. railroad. Those were the days ot the sail hlp and the desert camel, when tlieX merchuut did not write or telegraph for his goods, but Instead journeys, selected but probably few realize bow and took longfor his wares, and much It Mill contains tbal helps us with bargained them returned home by cars-van- . to visualise ttie llrat Christmas. To those who know It well Its narrow, When about to start for a winding streets and lanes, cobble- land, Itethtebem youths stillforeign think stone paved; its age-olhomes with much of Itldda Waldaln, the parting walls of rough-cu- t stone grown mellow with years of sunshine; its blessing of their parents; they attribute their success to It It revineyards, olive yards, and terraced gardens ; and, most of all. Its minds one asoften of the inpatriarchal recorded Old Tespeople and their Biblical customs blessings narratives. We read that It still speaks vividly of the Na- tament when Itehekah bad chosen to leave tivity story. of her nativity and JourThe town, crowning a hill and the land ney to he the wife of Isaac In dominating open valleys to the east Canaan, her mother and brethren and south, lies just fur enough to blessed her and sent her away the north of the busy road that with the words, "Re thou the moth links Jerusalem and Hebron to be er of thousands of millions.' undisturbed by consented traffic. Again we see Jacob supplant his With the exception of a handful of elder brother and receive the parMoslem neighbors. Its (MKK) hospitcausing Esau in the able Inhabitants are all Christians ental blessing, agony of his soul to cry "with a and live together In amity. and exceeding hitter cry," and It Is not to be supposed, how- great say unto his father. "Ble-snie, ever, because we tind here a per- even me, also, O my father I" vading spirit of peace, quiet and counsel their Usually parents friendliness, which to a great exnot to marry of the maidens tent Is missing In the large neigh- sons of land which the In sojourn. boring cities, that the I'.ethleliem-Ite- s Just as Abraham, In they his declining are an indolent, peowhile was still Isaac young, ple. Quite the contrary. It is not days, made his "oldest servant, that ruled only the absence of political and over all he had, swear by the Lord," religious animosities among them, bin "Thou Shalt not take but their thrifty Industry that has enjoining a son wife unto of the daughmy brought on a stHte of ters of the Canannites among whom As we pass through the conI dwell; but thou Shalt go Into my fined thoroughfares, now under a and to my klndrei. and vaulted archway, now up by a country, a wl(?e mj nn Isaac" steep flight of street steps, we may take t;nurcriunto t the Nativity. bear the hum and f ru'r of tools The Church of the Nativity In pPHTI'shell into ornaments ?..:r..g or cutting thick sections of the liethlehem Is one of the oldest exsame material Into beads. The re- isting churches in Christendom, If sult May be a brooch, pendiint, or not the oldest, one of the few used neckM to bring joy to a lady upon In common by the three eastern the return of the pilgrim purchaser denominations and revered by all to some distant land. It may be sects of Christianity. The best auan Intricately carved and Inlaid cru- thorities doubt not that It stands el fix to hang, perhaps, on the wall on or close to the site where Jesus of some small, lonely chapel ; or it was born and the place of the first may be a snow-whitrosary mount- Christmas. Built A. D. XV) by the Emperor ed with pure silver, destined to find Constantlne and added to by Jusits way Into a convent tinian, It became in the Fifth cenArtisans Work In Homes. who tury the home of St. These handicrafts, which, accord- here translated the OldJerome, Testament have from the Hebrew. Since that time it standards, ing to local brought at' last a decent living, has gone through many vicissitudes sometimes have been the avenues and restorations. to modest wealth. Rest of all, the The present entrance to the NaIndustries have cultivated a sense tivity church Is so small that In In of Independence and It one must bend passing through the natives. very low. It Is closed by a heavily The places of work are by do sheathed. Rut means sweatshops, although hours one person cau enter at door. a time. The of labor are long and hard ; nor original entrnnce must have been do they savor of the factory. The an Imposing one, for over the presshop consists of a room or two in ent miniature door Is a large portal the home or adjoining It Some- that repeatedly through the ages times only the members of a fam- l;ns been made smaller. ily work together; at other times a to enter, one comes Into few others are employed. Sitting onStooping Interior of great simplicity. cross-leggeon the floor and work- There are two double rows of pinking with the simplest tools and con- - ish limestone monolith pillars, said traptions, the artisans turn out to have been brought from the beautiful things; aud, while the ruins of the Temple of Jerusalem. squeak of a saw or the rasping Above the supporting columns Is noise of many files cutting away at the old wooden roof, the gift of Edthe hard shell Is not a pleasant ward the Fourth and Philip of Burnote, still, unless they have stopped gundy. About two walls are scat the'sal-titations to return In flowery Arabic tered patches of gold and colored the workers Ryzantlne of passers-by- , mosaics, probably will be found passing with the white plaster contrasting that was otherwise irksome time lo singing filled In as portions of the mosaics In unison tunes centuries old. off. Particularly InterestA little way beyond this shop a dropped ing Is a fragment depicting a row solitary man sits under the dense of half figures Intended to be porshade of a fig tree, making beads traits of the ancestry of Joseph. from a palm seed known commerWhy Vandals Spared It. cially as "vegetable ivory," but loA pretty story Is still told by fruit." These cally as "Mecca beads are dyed In vivid colors and the Bethlehemltes, which, though made up Into Moslem rosaries, upon It lacks historic backing, may acwhich the faithful repeat their count for the sparing of this church when the hordes of the ruthless prayers. Persian Chosroes burned and deNot all the folks of Bethlehem all the other churches In are humble laborers. Muny families stroyed Palestine, including the Church of are modestly well off. Their men the Holy Sepulcher In Jerusalem. have Journeyed afar In their youth, It is said that among the earliest counAmerican South the of mostly mosaics over the main entrance tries, and there have built up for- within was a large panel representtunes, beginning possibly as ped ing the Magi making rich offerings dlers. then operating retail stores, to the Infant Jesus. Seeing this, and finally becoming wholesalers recognizing the costumes that and supplying the newcomers from and Three Wise Men were Persians their native land. Prosperous as a the the vandal hordes spared the result of their efforts In the countries of their temporary adoption, church. the pilgrims and visitors, these merchant princes have re- asToday well as the natives, enjoy a turned to pass their declining years quick run from Jerusalem to liethIn the homes of their boyhood. lehem over a smooth, dust less road Have Traveled. Many In modern cars; still It Is pleasant, in thinking of the first Christmas, Many such successful adventurers began life in the Bethlehem to let memory carry one back to pearl shops, saving a small amount days when there were no vehicles from ench thousand heads turned of any kind to mar an ancient setout By dint of hard work and pa- ting, when camel and donkey trails tience, they gathered enough for and footpaths were the only highsteerage tickets, and once abroad ways. they were helped along by their leaving Jerusalem, with Its encircling walls, towers, and bulcompatriots already established. of came them Others from more warks behind, the traveler crosses pretentious families. Their fathers the plain of Itephnlm and starts a have boasted of may being "coffee gradual ascent. Krom the top of and spice merchants." Importers of this hill he catches his first glimpse commodities In the period before of Bethlehem, called Belt Lalim, the countries around this end of "The House of Bread." by the ani he Mediterranean were opened to cients because of the fertility of world commerce by steamer and Its fields. National Ofirraphle O. I fer Muclalr. Waali I rut on. D. ALL know of Bethlehem a small town la Judea and slug about It In our carols, WK d easy-goin- g well-bein- . e self-respe- Iron-studde- d d Iti l ' i in :!;!!: M I r-- I il I It I! MVt-- i 1 4a ... 4 Ml - ..anaaturnri - ... Largest of Its kind In the world, the new $13,000,000 Los Angeles county general hospital was the scene of cornerstone laying ceremonies. In which Gov.-KleJames Itolph, Jr., of California and Mary PIckford officiated. Approximately 10,000 people witnessed the elaborate cere- I. ivr Prepared i i i u i n i a an. lit' Wirt. sin M :v M i monies. FEAR OF VOODOO BEHIND TRAGEDY? Murder, Suicide Recalls Strange Rite of Haitian Natives. Creecy spirits, also they had secured reservations for a trip to New York. Then they returned to their luxurious apartment In the Mayflower. The apartment was a shambles d when hotel ofticla'e forced the lock on the following day after It had been found Impossible to get an answer to telephone calls. Mrs. Creecy lay between the twin beds with three great hatchet gashes In her head. She was still breathing faintly. Colonel Creecy lay half In and half out of the bathroom. He had apparently sented himself before the bathroom mirror before putting a pistol to his breast and sending a bullet Into his pale-face- Washington. Can the dark spell of Haitian voodoo magic reach out to enfold the white administrators of the black republic? It sounds preposterous, yet many In marine circles are shaken by this theory. When. Lieut Col. Richard B. Creecy, assistant commandant of the Garde d llultl. the Island organized by the marine corps, savagely hewed his attractive wife to death with a hatchet In their apartment at the fashionable Mayflower hotel a short time s ago. his family and brother were unanimous In declaring that he must have been Insane. Colonel Creecy followed the murder with suicide by shooting. The crime was one of the most unmoand apparently nmnzlng tivated. Colonel and Mrs. Creecy had lived together happily for 24 years. Ills 27 years' service record was distinguished and he was slated shortly to return to duty at bis Important post with the Garde d'Haitl. Also, the couple were Independently wealthy, aside from the colonel's army salary, possessing an Income of $20,000 a year. It Under such circumstances seemed certain that nn Investigation would disclose that the officer had fallen victim to some sudden mania, perhaps the result of a tropical disease. Colonel Was Sane. But the Navy dciartment board of inquest, after an exhaustive examination of both the medical and personal history of Colonel Creecy, has declared that he was sane at the time of the tragedy. The grim words of the navy papers state that "the death of Colonel Creecy was Incurred as a result of his own misconduct." Those who know Ilaltl hint that the roots of this strange crime go deeper than modern science or modern criminal Investigations are likely to delve down Into the depths of the black voodoo sorceries that have held Haiti In bondage for centuries. It Is the common belief In Haiti or mamma-lo- l that the voodoo papa-lo- i can Inflict death and misery re gardless of distance. Natives often are said to have died under the effect of such alleged spells, although scientists believe that such deaths are the result of the terror of the subject and his belief in voodoo; he believes so strongly In the approaching end that he "hypnotizes himself to death." Many who have been In Haiti shake their beads nt these theories as if to say, "There Is more to than you think." Friends of the Creecys say that this fnntns-tl- c Idea Is quite as reasonable as to suppose that Colonel Creecy killed his wife while in his right ofll-cer- heart In spite of the fact that the door was double-lockefrom the Inside, the family and friends of the Creecys Insisted nt first that It was murder. The Creecys were the sort of people with whom it seems preposterous to associate crime. Crime Was Planned. But the police pointed out that the only way for a murderer to gain access to the Creecy apartment would be by scaling a wall GO feet high leading from the roof of the hotel dining room to the windows of the fifth floor apartment. The window ledges and sills of adjoining rooms showed no sign of any such "human fly" performance. The claim of murder completely crumbled with the identification of both the hatchet and revolver as purchnses made by Colonel Creecy shortly previous to the tragedy. Thus It appears that the astounding crime was also premeditated. Although there had been no hope of Mrs. Creecy's recovery, she lingered for some days. A constant watch was kept at her bedside In the hope that she would recover consciousness for a moment. Only .through her Hps could the truth about the tragedy be discovered. She Tries to Talk. Once she showed signs of regaining consciousness. She rolled half over and her lips framed Incoherent words. Hospital attendants say that she seemed to be trying desperately to talk. Every effort was made without avail to make some seuse of her feverish mutterings. But the flutter of consciousness and agonized endeavor to speak soon faded d MAN Seadromes. voo-dools- mind. Shock to Society. The Creecy murder and suicide was un appalling shock to Washington society, both by reason of the social position and wealth of the principals and the unexplnln- The nble savagery of the crime. pair had visited Colonel Creecy's parents, Colonel and Mrs. E. C. Creecy, and seemed in the best of General's Report Shows National Guard Growth Gains In enlistWashington. ment and nn Increase In efficiency for the National Guard were reported to Secretary of War Hurley by MaJ. Gen. William G. Everson, chief of the War department militia bureau. Everson said 6,727 officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men had been added to the guard during the last fiscal year, ending June 30. Only 128 commissioned officers resigned during the year, he said. Is now The guard's strength 182.715. "There has been a very gratifying Improvement in the efficiency of basic and field training," Everson reported. "Attendance at both armory and field training camps has Increased. "There Is an ever increasing deNational mand for additional (iinird units," Everson said also. "This not only nets as an Incentive to existing units to maintain the remit red standards, but tends to assure them of the support of their communities." out and 4he sank again Into a This time It ended with her death. The enigma was left unun swered. Colonel Creecy was burled In Arlington cemetery with full military honors a few days before his wife's Brother ofllcers. Including death. generals and colonels, acted as pall bearers. A strange request In the joint will of the puir bus been the only clew thus fur to the manner o' their deaths. It Is a slight clew but thought provoking. The odd request was thnt If the pair died together they should be burled together beside the grave of Mrs. Creecy's mother In Westminster, Md. The will whs drawn up a yeur ago. A Strange Will. This strange provision In the Joint will was not discovered until the duy after Colonel Creecy's funeral. Heirs were notified of It by the Baltimore Trust company, which had acted as depository for the will and trustee of a legacy for Mrs. Creecy. Mrs. Creecy's body was burled In the family plot In Westminster according to this request, but Colonel Creecy's body was left undisturbed In Arlington. Did some premonition of disaster prompt this strange will 7 Not once In thousands of cases do a husband and wife die at the same time, as suggested In this testament. Ild the curse of some obscure Haitian witch-doctoIndicate such an end to the American commandant of the black constabulary of the turbulent Island republic? The Haitians have small love for their white supervisors. Marines of the Haitian expeditionary force will tell you that even the sturdv de1i angs quail from tt SMKtthillty of falling Into the hands of native bandits. Isolated marines have undoubtedly been murdered from time to time accord Ing to the rites of voodoo. The native population has believed, for hundreds of years. In the powers of the Is It spells of the possible that belief In the menoce of some unknown power of black magic caused Colonel Creecy and his wife to make that significant last request that If they died together they should be buried coma. New York. A speeding passenger alrplune rushes westward In durkness over the Atlantic ocean, circles over a dim lane of light far below and then slants downward toward the Mack water to land on a long floating Island where passengers en route from London to New York on a flight may find nil the accommodations of a 36-ho- city. That is not a wild dream of the ocdistant future, but an every-dacurrence to Oe enacted within the next few years when airplane passenger service across the Atlantic becomes an ordinary event and mail service from London to New r York will be a flight. The Israpidity with which lands of steel for such service are being developed Is explained in an article In the Americnn Architect. Construction contracts for the building of a single seadrome between Bermuda and the United States have been let, and pinna are being made for eight of these structures to provide resting places at Intervals of 400 miles for transatlantic airplanes. Edward It. Armstrong, consultant for the Du Pont Interests, Is the Inventor. The seadrome deck of steel will be "0 feet above the water, 1,100 feet long and 340 feet wide. It Is supported by 32 buoyancy tanks locuted below the water affected by wave action and connected to Iron colthe deck by stream-lineumns. The deep tanks and the arrangement of the supporting columns eliminates any roll or pitch due to wave action. The seadrome, a model of which hns been tested In Chesapeake bay, has a structural weight of some 17.500 tons and a displacement of 40.000 tons and will cost for all eight-so- me $.10,000,000 to $10,000,000. Amphibian planes traveling night y mun-mad- 38-fo- e HEAD won't wait for a to wear off. 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