The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-08
OLD GLORY NOW
IN BIBLE LAND
American Hospital Near
Where Cain Killed
Abel
CARE FOR RUSSIAN SICK

PETROGRAD. July .. my Mail }
Tho Stars and Stripes today flap
in hreeEes waited across fields IA.
nous In the United States ms the
land OF the Holy Bible. Tho flag
flies free over tho door OF an Amer
lean hospital. where pretty Ameri-
can girls and able American doctors
caro- for Russian sick and wounded
The hospital Is at Khoy. Is miles
south OF Julia. on tho frontier be-
tween Russia aud Persia. To the
northwest OF khoy the icy dome Of
Mount Ararat stands limnoi against
tho skyline. 1900 feet high. or
nearly 1000 feet higher than Mount
Blanc. Here Noahs ark Is suppoa.
ed TO have rested after tho flood
To tho southwest OF khoy lie tho
slopes where Abraham and Isaac
tended their flocka There. too. Ia
the scene of tho most famous OF all
crimes. the murder OF Abel by his
brother Cain.
There Is no railroad from Juifa
To- khoy. aud the dirt road ~ very
bad. II takes four horses 10 pull a
carriage At first the way lies in
desert. with barren mountains on
both sides. but gradually. As one
approaches Khoy. the terrain
amoothes itself out. and richer soil.
aided By irrigation. gives vegetation
chance: and here one still sees
flocks OF sheep grazing. Just as they
did IN tho days when Abraham be.
cat Isaac.
a Valley Of Gardens
In valley OF orchards and gar.
dens lies khoy. surrounded by its
mud walls Low mud houses.
along narrow. crooked streets. sur.
rounding gayly decorated and col.
orfui bazaars. which form the cen.
ter o, the place. compose tho city.
while Just outside f. the conHpicu.
Gus building OF the Russian consul
Opposite this Is the American hos.
pital. with les Yankee flag nyiug.
building long. broad and squat
Tho hospital STAFF. including Dr
fIaKleit. Or. Diekey. Dr. McCilntlc
and several American nurses, orig.
inally was AZ kicy. when the Rus.
stan retirement from Galicin began.
all hospitals were evacuated to
points farther east Al first the
Americans tended wounded az a
temporary hospital near tho Kley
railway station. but upon being an.
signed 10 the Army ~ the Caucasus
they moved 20 Tiflia. From This
they went TO khOy. 20 DO nearer
the Russian front then operating
In tho region % Erzeroum
Beds Were Crowded
AZ first there we're many conta.
gious cases And the beds were
crowded with sick refugees from
Armenia. Syria and other districts
There we're many children. too. TO
be looked after. many 81 them in
the most pltiful condition. One
Syrian girl mentioned BY CONNER.
elal Attache Baker. who visited tho
hospiial. had been found BY the
wayside In a dying condition. her
legs below tho kneea frozen. yer.
min filllng her hair and covering
her body Shs was scarcely more
than a skeleton. In rags and starry.
Ing. She was tho last Of family.
the victims OF Turkish maasacres.
and she had escaped only by seek.
ing refuge In the mountains Both
legs were amputaied above the
knees and her life was saved
Conditions rapidly got better in
khoy and vicinity. the contagious
disease being practically stamped
out. 40 DrH. Dickcy and McCiintic
and Nurse Miss LEO we're trans
feFred TO a field hospital al Kax.
win and later TO Hammodan. Cen.
trail Persia DR. HaElett remained
In charge NJ Khoy