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4* V i * * I T< V i G. A. R. rssoi Chattanooga and the Southland Give Warmest Welcome of Friendship as Invaders Return to Historic Battle- j fields of Mountains of Tennessee. CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 13.—Chat tanooga has put on her gayest dress, and with iiags and bunting, flowers and decorations of all kinds, is to day anxiously awaiting the opening of the forty-seventh national en campment of the Grand Army of the Republic on Monday. This year’s encampment marks an auspicious occasion In the history of the G. A. R„ for it is not only the first reunion of Northern veterans ever held in the real South, but it is also the centennial of some of the most famous battles fought during the Civil War in the vicinity of this city. t Fifty years ago the armies of the North and South entered into deadly combat on the fields of Chickamaugi, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. The fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Chickamauga falls jn the last two days of the encampment, September 19 and 20. Already the city is crowded with thousands of veterans and visitors, and each incoming train adds to the number. Although no official figures have been given out, it Is estimated that more than 200,000 strangers will be here by Monday morning, when the city of Chattanooga tenders an official reception to the visiting vet erans at the Hotel Patten. Commander-in-Chief Arrives. The G. A. R. commander-ln-ohief, Alfred B. Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn., has arrived and will take a promi nent part in the reception and the events of the following days. This reception will introduce the visitors to the citizens of Chattanooga and will be an elaborate social function, one of the largest that Chattanooga has ever undertaken. A committee composed of leading citizens, under the chairmanship of the Hon. A. VV. Chambliss, a prominent member of the local bar, has been at work for some time arranging the details of the reception. The Chattanooga Encampment As sociation, In conjunction with the lo cal chapters of the Daughters of the Confederacy and similar organiza tions, have seen to all arrangements for the housing of the veterans and visitors during the encampment. Because of the limited hotel ac commodations the home of private citizens have been thrown open. Most of the arriving visitors had secured Their accommodations several weeks ago and they are being conducted to theii* places of residence for the week with the utmost dispatch. The same plan of caring for the vast crowds as was used during the reunion of the United Confederate Veterans last May is being pursued in administering to the wants of their one-time ene mies. Confederates on Committees. Many prominent Confederate vet erans have served on the various committees, and the success of the encampment, which is already as sured, is due in no small measure tc the work of these veterans, who have thrown themselves into the task of entertaining the men who once faced them on the battlefield. The en campment will in a way be a reunion for the veterans of both the North and South. General Bennet H. Young, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, who was large ly instrumental in securing the peace memorial which will be dedicated :n this city in 1915, will in all likeli hood be a visitor at the present en campment. Everything possible has been done to make the week a gala one. Many special features for the entertainment of the veterans and visitors have Deen arranged, among them being the Battle Above the Clouds," repro duced in fireworks on Lookout Moun tain. This spectacle, taking place o.i the bench or shelf halfway up the 1 COAT COLLAR Head Broke Out in Pimples Which Festered. Hair Came Out. Head Itched and Burned. CuticuraSoap and Ointment Cured in 2 Weeks. 004 Grftenrllle Avo., Staunton. Ya.— •'My head broke out in pimple* which Centered. It itched me bo that I would scratch It till my head got almost In a raw sore. My hair came out gradually and it was dry and lifeless. Dan druff fell on m r coat collar till I was ashamed of it. My > head had been that way all summer, itching and burning !\ till I couldn't sleep in anj ™ * 1 peace. "I tried salves but It looked like they made it worse. I got but it did me do good so I got a cake of Cutlcura Soap and box of the Cutlcura Ointment and you dou t know what a relief they gave me. In two weeks my head was well.” (Signed) J. L. Smith, Oct. 28. 1912. For pimples and blackheads the following Isa most effective and economical treatment: Gently smear the affected parts with Cuti- cura Ointment, on the end of the finger, but do not rub. Wash off the Cutlcura Ointment la five minutes with Cutlcura Soap and hot water and continue bathing for some min utes This treatment is best on rising and retiring. At other times use Cutlcura Soap freely for the toilet and bath, to assist In pre venting inflammation, irritation and clog ging of the pores. Cutlcura Soap (25c.) and Cuticura Ointment (50c.) are sold through out the world. Liberal sample of each Dialled free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post-card “Cuticura. Dept. T. Boston. ' lfM«n who shave and shampoo with Cu- tJeura Soap will find It best for slcia aud scalp. side of the mountain, where during the conflict both sides were enveloped in a cloud which obscured the view and prevented the contestants from seeing each other, will be visible for miles from the surrounding eountr\ Another feature in the firework.- line has been decided upon for Sig nal Point on Walden’s Ridge, north <>f the city. This point was used as a signal station by the Union army i i 1863, and a large signal fire will blaze forth from this point every night dur ing the encampment. The fire will be visible from four States. Sham Battle a Feature. Another event will be the shan: battle on the field of Chickamauga between regiments of the regular army, concluding at historic Snod grass Hill, where 50 years ago Gen erals Thomas, Brnnnan, Steed man and >.thers checked the advances af the Confederates and saved the Un ion army. On Saturday, the last day of the encampment, the survivors of the battle of Chickamnuga will meet on the battlefield at 10 o'clock in the morning at x point w’here the regi mental monuments of the Twentieth Brigade of the Third Division of tho Fourteenth Army Corps are located The call for this meeting was sent out by Adam Foust, president of tho Chickamauga Survivors’ Association, and the exercises at this spot will be under the direction of this body, Tne local committee has also arranged to hold exercises on this battlefield, but they will probably be held separately from those held by the association. Many Confederate survivors of # tho battle have signified their intention of attending this meeting, and the reui - ion of the Blue and Gray on the field where 50 years ago they fought each other so bitterly will be a touching bit of sentiment and a memorial to the peace which now unites the once hostile sections into a composite whole. Greatest Battle of West. The battlefield of Chickamauga has many points of historic interest. Snodgrass Hill is to Chicamauga what Little Round Top is to Gettys burg. Here the battle reached its height, as a climax to the tierce two days* fighting between the army of the Tennessee and the army of the Cumberland. Although Chickamauga is regarded as one of the decisive battles of the war. it was. like Gettys burg, almost a drawn battle; neither side could rightly claim a victory. And it was not until the following November when the battle of Mis sionary Ridge took place, that the Confederates were finally driven out of Tennessee and Sherman began his famous march to the sea. On the third day of the encamp ment, Governor Benjamin W. Hooper of Tennessee will deliver an addrsirs of welcome on behalf of the State. Governor Hooper also delivered a similar address before the Confed erate veterans on the occasion of their reunion here last May. Under orders from the War De partment, two full regiments of Unit ed States troops are at Fort Ogle thorpe, at the entrance to Chicka- mauga Park. The Eleventh Cavalry is regularly stationed at the fort, and the Seventeenth Infantry has been I brought from Fort McPherson, At- j lanta. • 20,000 to Parade. Although many of the veterans j have been enfeebled by age, there are i still enough of them who are able to | march, to make a strong showing in the monster G. A. R. parade. Every State in the Union will be repre- ! sented by marching veterans, and it is estimated that at least 20.000 will be in line. The parade will be headed by the officers of the G. A. R. and the Sons of Veterans, followed by the vet erans of each State in a separate di vision. \ Most of the time of the visiting vet erans will be taken up by sight-see ing, but one important piece of busi ness will demand their attention. That is the election of a commander-in- chief. The highest official position in the largest organization of Veterans in the world is no small honor, and the rivalry for the distinction is quite keen. Five States are preparing to push their candidates and in the short time the veterans have been here there has been much electioneering. When the election comes up there may be other candidates in the field as well, but it is expected that the choice will be made from one of the five. The department of Indiana has in dorsed Comrade O. A. Sommers, a private in the ranks. Netfraska has entered the lists with Colonel C. E. Adams, a banker and farmer of Superior. Nebr. Michigan has come to the encamp ment carrying the flag of the Hon Washington Gardner, of Albion, tho well-known editor-statesman, and enters him as a candidate for the honor. New Jersey's candidate for the honor is Colonel Ralph D. Cole, a popular Grand Army man, who has a creditable war record. South Dakota has indorsed Cap tain N. H. Kingman, of Selby, and has come to Chattanooga deteiffnined to land him. With five strong candidates, said to be the greatest number ever present ed before a national encampment, the fight for the honor promises to be spirited and full of Interest. BOY UBGES OPERATION TO LET HIM GO TO SCHOOL ANN HARBOR, MICH., Sept. 13 — j Making the journey from his home in i Lewistown to this city alone, where he went to the University Hospital o prepare for an operation for the re moval of cataracts which are threat- j ening his sight, Charles Rice, 8 years old. is anxious to have the doctors begin the work at once, so he may at tend school for the first time next month. IURARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1013. I 3R0MINENT figures at annual encampment of Grand Army of the Republic at Chattanooga. Above is General Alfred B. Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn., Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. R., while below is G. E. Whitman, of Fitzgerald, Ga., depart ment commander for Georgia and South Carolina. The center picture is of an old Confederate battery on Lookout Mountain. THREE TB FIR HER SEA Fighter-Evangelist Converts Old Rival Minister Obeys Dream Command to Erect Altar on Prize Ring Site. Psychologists Declare That Lad of Fourteen Is Most Dangerous Inmate of Illinois Prison. Diver, Over Telephone, Tells Crew Above How Struggle For Life Goes. JOLHCT, ILL., Sept. 13.—Tousle- halred and undersized, In appearance like scores of other boys who may be found on baseball lots or at the "old swimmin’ hole," Hermann Coppes, ! slayer of the wife and two babes of j his benefactor, presents to the State ! prison officials and criminologists one of the most baffling eases that has ever come to their notice. Only 14 years of age and sentenced to life imprisonment the boy is kept in almost solitary confinement, and psychological experts declare the fu ture holds no hope of the boy being transferred to any asylum or winning any liberty or privileges beyond tho rules which govern the most des perate and hardened of criminals. Buffering from an Incurable homi cidal mania, the child has been de clared the most dangerous prisoner In the State prison. Four months ago tho bov killed Mrs. Manny Sleep and her two babes on the Sleep farm near Elgin. For three days he went calmly about his chores and then coolly confessed to the crime' and led searchers to . cistern where he had hidden th bodi< s. He showed no remorse and no fear, not even when he arrived at the State prison, the youngest con vict ever admitted to that institu tion. , Alienists, criminologists and peni tentiary officials are agreed that it would be a menace to any community | for the boy to be free In it, and that were he sent to an asylum the cun ning of his brain would devise some way to satisfy his lust for blood. “He Is a second Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” said one of the guards. "One day he’ll be as happy as a kid with a baseball bat. The next day he hangs his head and mopes in his cell." SEATTLE. Sept. IS.—Eighty feet under the sea, at Alden Banks, near Anacort;es, Puget Sound, Walter Mc Kay, a diver, fought a furious forty- five minutes battle with a devilfish, nine feet in circumference. It was a battel to the death for the man-de vouring fish, and while McKay finally won. several times he was on the verge of collapse during the desper ate struggle, and more than once announced that he believed he would loste. Jnmes E. Hill, who was In charge of the assistants to McKay, tells the story. During the battle with the octopus, Hill stood with the telephone re ceiver to his ear, listening to the graphic bulletins given him by the man below engaged in a fight for his MONTGOMERY. MO., Sept. 13.—An unusual scene, in which there was considerable sentiment manifested, took place at the courthouse entrance here, resulting in the conversion of Jack Swezy, a noted character, and a woman by the name of Mrs. Hays. About fourteen years ago Roy Hud son was a prize fighter at Montgom ery. Finally he got hold of an an tagonist who gave him such a beating that he went to Terre Haute. There he was converted and joined the Methodist Church and became a licensed minister. He says God ap peared to him in a dream and told All through the battle, Hill, des perate through his inability to help his chief, dripped with cold sweat. The telephones uned by divers allow the man underneath to talk to tho man on the surface, but the latter can not reply, and the only encour agement Hill could offer to the diver was an occasional tug on the signal line. The octopus had throw'll tw r o ten tacles about McKay’s body, binding his left arm tightly to his side. McKay with his right arm drew his knife from his belt. He had to use groat caution not to cut his suit. Finally McKay disentangled him self having to cut away yards of the wire mesh. The devilfish still held a death grip on his left arm. McKay, seeing he could not break the hold, signalled to Hill to haul up Man and monster were pulled to the surface. The fish held on until It was half raised above the surface when It let go, but only to be dragged out dead by Hill and the assistant diver. McKay collapsed. him to come back to Montgomery and hold a revival meeting and show to the people what a transformation had taken place. He came here a few days ago and began a meeting* at the courthouse. Jack Swezy, whom he had the honor of subduing in a fistic encounter, fell on his knees at the courthouse steps and cried for mercy, while the evan gelist from Indiana announced to the large audience that he was now see ing his vision and dream fulfilled; that the very man whom he had met in the ring here had been brought to repentance through his efforts. Woman Licensed as Full Fledged Skipper Mrs. Mary A. Billings Ambitious to Become Second Officer on Great Liner. BOSTON, Sept. 13.—The distinc tion of being the first woman In New England to whom the United States Government has granted a license to operate a boat run by power fell to the lot of Mrs. Mary A. Billings, of No. 23 Chestnut street, Cambridge, yesterday. After receiving her li cense, Captain Billings let it be known that "her one ambition now la to be a second officer aboard one of the trans-Atlantic liners. She is ivow' preparing for the examination required to obtain that class of li cense. Captain Billings’ boat is the Yar- ma, and it now' rides at its anchor age on river basin. Although now empowered to operate her boat for business purposes, the new skipper hadn’t quite made up her mind yes- terday whether she will launch the Yarma, a 24-foot boat, carrying a six-horsepower engine, in the mer chant marine service or simply use the boat for pleasure. There are only seven other women in this country licensed by the Gov ernment to operate boats run by power. Buys Whole Town and the Landscape Hotel Keeper Will Take Over Entire California Hamlet for a Sum mer Resort. CHICO. CAL.. Sept. 13.—Not sat isfied with owning property in Chico worth a fortune. Jack Murphy, own er of the Western Hotel, has bought a whole town. Burney Valley, and the adjoining landscape. The purchase includes the pictur esque pioneer village, located in Northwestern Shasta County, near the celebrated Burney Fails, and 800 acres around the place. The town consists of five residences, two ho tels, a store, blacksmith shop, post- office, granaries, barns and a building or two where there used to be sa loons before the interior of the county went drv. He got the whole outfit for something over $5 n ,000. Murphy will raise s ock on the land and convert the town Into a summer resort. Wife Asks $50,000 For Husband's Loss Colorado Women Files Sensational Damage Suit Against Her Pa- rents-in-Law. Bachelor Club Fails; Women Get Members Oklahoma Band of "Stag*” Falls Off One by One Until All Are Gone. Cupid Frees Autoist Held for Speeding Prospective Son-in-Law Gets Man Acquitted to Win Daughter's Hand. OKEENE, OKLA., Sept. 13.—In a house leased by them five years ago, a number of bachelors established their residence. It i? said that they would not allow a woman inside the place. They employed men to cook for them and do the housework. Not one of them married during the first year. The young married men were clerks and teachers, there being one young physician among them. During the second year they began to drop away, two of them being mar ried during that time. In the third i year they scattered even more, but"! new recruits were brought in and the I •'den" was maintained. Recently there have been only three j of the bachelors left, all the others having married. Three of them have j moved away, but they were married before they left Okeene. A week or j two ago Louis Hey was married and the two remaining bachelors gave up the houwe that has been known as the "den." They could not get any others to Join them and take the oath. CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—'"Yes, Til de fend you, but I’ll want a pretty large fee," said Attorney Joseph W. Schul- LONG LOST HEIR OF WEALTHY HERMIT FOUND man when Hyinan Edeiman was ar rested for speeding. "Well, It’s worth something. How much do you want?” asked Mr. Edei man. "The hand of your daughter Bes sie.” “I think I can clear you; and you might go to jail, you know,” insinu ated Schulman. So finally it was agreed. Yesterday came the trial. The evi dence was so strong that the court prefaced* a sentence w’ith the remark that a heavy fine as an example might have a good effect. Miss Bessie, who sat in court chuckling at her father’s plight, grew suddenly grave at this, and whis pered to the Judge the state of af fairs. "I will not fine this defendant. I parole him to his prospective son- in-law.” AURORA, ILL., Sept. 13.—Frank Robbins, an heir of the estate of th? late John Robbins, wealthy Plainfield ! bachelor farmer and recluse, long be lieved hidden from the world in a Roman Catholic monastery, has been located at West Melbourne, Austra- 11a. LEAN MEN LIVE LONGER. ST. PAUL, MINN., Sept. 13—Fat men are more likely to die in middle life, while thin ones are more likely to either die young or live to a ripe old age, according to figures given the medical section of the American Life Insurance As-ociation by Dr. H. A. Baker, of Pittsburg, chairman of that section. Used One Girl's $60 to Elope With Another No. 1 Drew Savings From Bank for Railroad Fare, Supposing She Was To Be the Bride. NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—Miss Rose Lesser, of Yonkers, being persuaded by Alexander Manscher to agree to elope with him. drew $60 of her pav ings from a bank and intrusted the money to his care. He left her ostensibly to buy rail road tickets, and when he did not re turn she became suspicious and aske-i police aid. He was found and arrest ed in Providence, R. I., having eloped there with 17-vear-old Pauline Dey- ban, also of Yonkers. Suffragists Scoff “Adamless Eden" Denver Women Voters Admit That They Do Not Possess Spinster Spirits. GEORGETOWN. COLO.. Sept. 13. Robert and Isadore Nlmme, wealthy residents of Idaho Springs, have been made defendants in an alienation sui < filed in the district court of Clear Creek County by Jennie May Nimme, their daughter-in-law. Judgment is asked In the sum of $25,000 and $25,- 000 punitive damages. Mrs. Nimme the younger alleges in her complaint, which is rather sen sational in its wording, that the de fendants poisoned the mind of their son Henry against her, causing him to finally drive her from home. She further charges that they have on various occasions beaten and bruised her, all of which she contends has “caused her much mental anguish and bodily injury-" DENVER, Sept. 13.—Mrs. Kate T. Wolsey, of New York, who has of fered to subscribe $500,000 to found a college of women that would be a real Adamless Eden, need expect no help in her project from Denver women. “I am going to the colony when it is organized,” announced State Sena tor Helen Ring Robinson, "to write an article about it, not to stay. I might stand it a little while. I could bear having men around less, but I like to see them a dinner sometimes. An Adamless Eden might be an In teresting experiment, but I’m sure It would not be an interesting place to live in, at least, not to me. There are women who have ‘spinster souls;' they can live without the society of men and not be unhappy. I frankly admit I have not a ’spinster soul."’ ELOPERS ARE MARRIED AFTER NIGHT IN JAIL TERRE) HAUTE, IND., Sept. 13.— After being in Jail overnight, Che3- ter R. Schlatter, of Chicago, an em ployee of the Illinois Central Rail road, and Bernle E. Martin, aged 17, of Bloomingdale, were married by ■ the Rev. Paul C. Ci *nlck. Schlatter was visiting in Bloomingdale whet, the elopement was planned. They left for Chicago after the wedding. S3 ■ Your “Best Play" Is made when your physical condition is normal. Sickly persons are always badly handi capped because they lack the stamina and strength necessary to win. Try a bottle of HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS It restores the appetite, aids digestion and in every way helps you back to health and strength. Get a bottle to-day. Avoid substi tutes. 3 D Miner Bitten by Rattlesnake Res cued and Taken to the City by Fair Campers. BOS ANGELES, Sept. 13.—Twenty girls In a stage coach, thrlllln* with excitement over a mad dash across hills and canyons in a race with death, arrived in Los Angeles from the Los Angeles Playground Asso ciation camp In San Gabriel, bringing in their coach Frederick Robert Hes- sert, mining engineer, who had been bitten by a 6-foot rattlesnake. The girls, part of a party of 65 playground campers, had Just con cluded a most peaceful two weeks' vacation, and were starting hom In their coach and six. A few miles out from Mountain View, their camp, the stage was stopped by Hezeklah Bo- hanon, a miner, who hastily explained that Hessert had sought help at his camp after being badly bitten by a snake. Wild Ride, Says QIH, Greatly excited over the danger to Hessert, the girls assisted Bohanon In getting him Into the coach on the seat by the driver. Then the mad ride began. Miss Evelyn Thon, of No. 16*3 Glendale avenue, one of the girls In the coach, declared that the ride was one of the most exciting experiences of her life. “We girls were all awfully Inter ested In the man. Mr. Hessert, when he got in the coach,” she said, “and he told us about the snakebite. Reptile Six Feet Long. The snake was about 6 feet long, he said, but It was colled, and some way or other Mr. Hessert had thought the thing he heard in the bushes near by was a gopher. He was mining, It seems, at the time. So he was care less an didn't investigate the rustling noise, and as a result the snake bit him In the thumb. Among other occupants of the stage were Miss Haxel Washburn, Ruth and Julia Martin. Flossie Ram sey, Gladys Talbot and Alma Fanjoy. Bartenders Must Stand Examination Candidates for Position Must Know What Is a Minor and the Sunday Laws. PATERSON, N. J,. Sept. 13.—Bar tenders have organized a union and have decided that all future members must answer the following questions before they qualify: "What la a minor?** "Give ten ways of selling liquor on Sunday with the front door locked and all shades down.” “What is the best medicine in the world beatdes whisky?” "Can you tell whether a man is married or single by the drink he or ders?” "Which Is considered best to re move a whisky breath—cloves or an other drink?” Hoosier Merchants Must Get Yardsticks Commissioner Prepares Pamphlet Declaring Scale on Counter Marked With Tacks Illegal. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. Sept. 18.— No more will the small Hoosier store keeper measure off his ginghams, calico or silks on an improvised scale, marked off with tacks on the inside of his counter. This practice has been declared Illegal by H. E. Barnard, State Com missioner of Weights and Measures, and he is preparing a pamphlet on the subject to be distributed among the small town shopkeepers. Now Well After Using Eckman’s Alterative The maker* ©f Eckman’s Alterative, which to dolus ao much for I Ain* Trouble, are contin ually In receipt of wonderful report* of recov eries brought about solely through the use of tills medicine. Investigate the case at this writer, who used Eckman’s Alterative and who to to-day enjoying good health: 421 Second Ave., Aurora, m. "Gentlemen: Pardon me for not writing sooner, but I wanted to see If I would stay cured. I can now truthfully nay I am per fectly wall. I have do pain, oa cough, no night sweat*. no bay fever. Since a child at two years I have been ailing with lung trouble, which grew worse aa I grew older. At the age of fourteen the doctor said If I could not be sent South I would surely die of Consumption. Every winter I would be sure to have either Bronchitis. Pleurisy or Pneumonia. I had Typhoid-Pneumonia one time. I bad catarrh of the itumach and bowels and had ILay Fever for the last few year*: but have not anything of the kind this year. I will answer all let ter* sent to me, asking a history of my case, from any one suffering with lung trouble." (Affidavit) ETTA PLATH. (Six years later reports still well) (Above abbreviated: more on* request.) Eckman’s Alterative has been proven by many years' tewt to be most efficacious In cases of severe Throat and Lung Affections. Bron chitis, Bronchial Asthma. Stubborn Colds and In upbuilding the system. Does not contain narcotics, poisons or habit-forming drugs. For sale by all Jacobs' Drug Stores and other lead ing druggists. Write the Kckman Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa., for booklet telling of recov eries and additional evldenci When Yon Perspire Use HID Keeps Your Skin Pure and Sweet 25c All Jacobs'Stores