Newspaper Page Text
8 A
BRINGS ‘YANKEE' HOSTS
AGAIN ON DIXIE’S SOIL
Chattanooga and the Southland Give
Warmest Welcome of Friendship as
Invaders Return to Historic Battle
fields of Mountains of Tennessee.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 13.—Cha*-
Unooga ha* put on her gayeat dreas,
and with flag:* and bunting, flowers
and decoration* of all kinds, Is to
day anxiously awaiting the opening
of the forty-seventh national en
campment of the Grand Army of tho
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 reel South, but it is
also the centennial of some of the
most famous battles fought /lurlnj
the Civil War in the vicinity of this
city.
’Mfty years ago the armies of tne
North and South entered into deadly
< ombat on the fields of Chi* kamaugi,
Lookout Mountain und Missionary
Ridgo. The fiftieth anniversary of
the battle of Chiekamauga falls *n
the last two days of the encampment,
September 19 and 20.
Already the city is crowded with
thousands of veterans and visitors,
and ea« h incoming train adds to th •
number. Although no official figure*
have been given out, it is estimate !
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-Chisf Arrivas.
The G. A. R. commander-in-chief,
Alfred B Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn.,
has arrived and will take a promi
nent pan in the reception and the
events of the following days. Th's
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 citisens, under
the chairmanship of the Hon. A. W.
Chambliss, a pi eminent member of
the local bar. has been at W'ork for
some time arranging the details of
the reception
The Chattanooga Encampment As
portation, in conjunction with the lo
cal chapters of the Daughters of the
Confederacy and similar organisa
tions. have seen to all arrangements
for the housing of the veterans uui
visitors during the encampment
Because of the limited hotel ac-
«ommodations 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
their places of residence for the week
with the utmost dispatch. The same
plan of earing for the vast crowds as
v. as used during the reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans last May
is being pursued in administering to
the want* 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
tlH vork of these veterans, who haw
thrown themselves into the task of
entertaining the men who once fac'd
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 don"
to make the week a gala one. Mnnv
special features for the entertainment
of the veterans and visitors have
been arranged, among them being the
Rattle Above the Clouds,” repro
duced in fireworks on Lookout Moun
tain This spectacle, taking place in
the bench or shelf halfway up the
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 country.
Another feature in the fireworks
line has been decided upon for Sig
nal Point on Walden's Ridge, north of
the city. This point was used as a
signal station by the Union army i i
1863, and a large signal tire 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 sham
battle on the field of Chickamauga
between regiments of the regular
rmy, concluding at historic Snod
grass Hill, where 50 years ago Gen
erals Thomaa, Brannan. Hteedman
and others cheeked the advances of
the Confederates and saved the Un
ion army.
On Saturday, the last day of th°
encampment, the survivors of tne
battle of Chickaniauga will meet on
the battlefield at 10 o'clock in the
morning at a point where the regi
mental monuments of the Twentieth
Brigade of the Third Division of the
Fourteenth Army Corps Are located
The call for this meeting was sent
out by Adam Foust, president of the
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
frmn those held by the association.
Many Confederate survivors of the
battle have signified their Intention of
attending this meeting, and the reui.
ion of the Blue and Gray on the field
where 60 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 Welt,
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 fierce 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 address
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 Bark The Eleventh Cavalry
i.-’ regularly stationed at the fort, and
the Seventeenth Infantry has been
brought from Fort McPherson, At
lanta.
20,000 to Parade.
Although many of the veterans
have been enfeebled by age. there are
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 leant 20.000 will
tie 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.
Mbat 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
ir 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 veteran.* 1 have been here
there has been much electioneering.
When the election comes up there
may be other candidates In the field
ns well, hut It is expected that the
choice will be made from one of the
five.
The department of Indlann has in
dorsed Comrade O. A. Sommers, a
private in the ranks
Nebraska has entered the lists with
Colonel C, F. Adams, a banker and
farmer of Superior. Nebr.
Michigan haa come to the encamp
ment carrying the flag of the Hon
Washington Gardner, of Albion, the
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 Chuttanooga determined
to land him.
With five strong candidates, said to
b«* »he greatest number ever preaen?-
«‘d before a national encampment, the
tight for the honor promises to be
spirited and full of interest.
Blind Postman's Society Revelers
Girl to RHe With Him Climb Into Windows
Miss Jessie Wilson Sees That Post-
office Department Rule Is
Lifted for Her.
WASHINGTON, Sept 13—The lit
tle blind daughter of Mail Carrier
Sherry at Mandale, Ohio, may ride
with her father over his rural free de
livery route, although a postoffice
regulation expressly forbids 1t. be
cause Miss Jessie Wilson, the F'reai-
dent’s second daughter, interceded for
the child, and gut Postmaster General
Burleson to issue a special permit.
Jessie Columbia. 13 years old. of
Cleveland, spent her vacation this
>ear with her grandfather, the pos:-
master at Mandale and haw the blind
girl s plight. She wrote Mls» Wilson
of how little M " Sherry longed to
ride on her fat; er'g mail < art, and an
appeal to the Postmaster General was
followed to-day b\ m order waiving
in this case the regulation which for-
od- that anyone but a carrier shall
ride on a mail wegon*
Only Way Ardant 'Trotters' Could
Get Into Club to Flniah
Dance.
Special Cable to The American.
BAR HARBOR MAINE, Sept 13 —
The liveliest whir! that the smart
contingent has indulged in for years
took place following a subscription
ball at the Malvern — when the turkey
trotters still wanted to trot.
When the time came for turning
out the lights in the Malvern ballroom
—and Proprietor Brob insisted the
rule muat be obeyed—Edgar Scott In
vited the whole bunch over to his
*trottery," the Swimming Club.
The revelers bad to climb in the
windows, but they got tn. the ladie<
being judiciously aided by the men in
* negotiating the high places.
After dancing, \sith gay music, un-
| til dawn, the crowd wound up at one
of the cotivi^es for a badly needed
I IE AH ST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1013.
I PROMINENT figures at annual encampment of Grand Army
of the Republic at Chattanooga. Above is Gene al Alfred
R 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 8onth Carolina. The center
picture is of an old Confederate bat tery on Lookout Mountain.
THREE TD END
Psychologists Declare That Lad of
Fourteen Is Most Dangerous
Inmate of Illinois Prison.
F
FID UNDER SEA
Diver, Over Telephone, Tells
Crew Above How Struggle
For Life Goes.
JOLIET, ILL., Sept. 13.—Tousle-
haired and undersized, in appearance
like scores of other boys who may b«
found on baseball lots or at the "old
swlmmtn' hole,” Hermann Coppes,
slayer of the wife and two babes of
his benefactor, presents to the State
prison officials and criminologists one
of the most baffling cases 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 the
rules which govern Ihe most des
perate and hardened of criminals.
Suffering from an incurable homi
cidal mania, the child has been de
clared the most dangerous prisoner in
the State prison.
Four months ago the 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 a
cistern where he had hidden the
bodies. 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. Jekyil 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. 13.—Eighty feet
under $he sea, at Alden Banks, near
Anacortes. 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
loae. James 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
life.
A!I 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 the
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 thrown two 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 great 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.
Bachelor Club Fails;
Women Get Members
Oklahoma Band of "Stags” Falls Off
One by One Until All Ars
Gone.
OKEENE. OKLA., Sept. 13.—In a
house leased by them five yenrs ago.
number of bachelors established
their residence. It If said that they
vould not alloNN 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
year they scattered even more, but
new recruits w ere brought in and the
"den” was maintained.
Recently there have been only three
of the bachelors left, al! the others
having married. Three of them have
moved away, but they were married
before they left Okeene. A week or
two ago Louis Hey was married ami
the two remaining bachelors gave up
the house that ha* been known as the
"den ” They could not get any others
to join them and take the oath.
LONG LOST HEIR OF
WEALTHY HERMIT FOUND
AURORA. ILL.. Sept. 13.—Frank
Robbins, an heir of the estate of th
bite 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
lia.
Cupid Frees Autoist
Held for Speeding
Prospective Son-in-Law Gets Man
Acquitted to Win Daughter’s
Hand.
CHICAGO, Sept.. 9.—“Yes. I’ll de
fend you, but I’ll want a pretty large
fee,” said Attorney Joseph \V. Sehul-
1 man when Hyman Edeiman was ar
rested for speeding.
"Well, its worth something. How
■ much do you want?” asked Mr. Bdei-
i man.
"The hand of vour daughter Bes
sie.”
"I think I can clear you: and you
1 might go to jail, you know,” lnsinu-
I ated Schulman.
So finally it was agreed.
Yesterday came the trial The evi
dence was so strong that the court
! prefaced a sentence with the remark
1 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
sundenlv grave at this, and whis-
• pored to the judge the state of af
fairs.
"I will not fine this defendant. I
parole him to his prospective son-
in-law.”
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.
LEAN MEN LIVE LONGER.
ST. PAUL. MINN., Sept. 13.—Fat
men are more likely to die in middle
life, w hile 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 Association by Dr H. A.
i Baker, of Pittsburg, chairman of that
i section,
Used One Girl’s $60 to
Elope With Another
No. 1 Drew Savings From 3ank 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 sav
ings from a bank and intrusted the
money to his care.
He left her ostensibly to buy rail
road tickets, and w hen he did not re
turn she became suspicious and askei
police aid. He was found and arrest
ed in Providence. R. I.. having eloped
there with 17-year-old Pauline Dey-
ban. also oi Yonkers.
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.
i
Fighter-Evangelist
Converts Old Rival
20 GIRLS BICE
Minister Obeys Dream Command to
Erect Altar on Prize Ring
Site.
MONTGOMERY. MO., Sept. 13 —An
unusual 9cene, in which there was
considerable sentiment manifested,
took place at the courthouse entrance
here, resulting in the conversion of
Jack flwezy, a noted character, and a
woman by the name of Mrs. Haya.
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
him to come back to Montgomery and
hold a revival meeting and show to
the people what a transformation hud
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 knee** 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"
Is to be a second officer aboard one
of the trans-Atlantic liners. She la
now 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
empower# 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-fool boat, carrying a
six-horaepower 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.
Miner Bitten by Rattlesnake Res
cued and Taken to the City
by Fair Campers.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13.- Twen1y
girls in a stage coach, thrilling with
excitement over a mad dash across
hills and ca.nyons in a race with
death, arrived in Los Angeles from
the Ix>s Angeles Playground Asso>
elation 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 horn In
their coach and six. A few miles out
from Mountain View, their camp, the
stage was stopped by Hezekiah 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 Girl.
Greatly excited over the danger to
Hessert. the girls assisted Bohanon
in getting him into the coach on the
Beat by the driver. Then the mad
ride began.
Miss Evelyn Thon, of No. 1642
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 coiled, 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 Hazel Washburn,
Ruth and Julia Martin, Flossie Ram
sey. Gladys Talbot and Alma FanJoy.
USES CORSETS AS WEAPONS
IN FIGHT WITH CONDUCTOR
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—Mary Newas-
ki, who was arrested Friday evening
for hitting a street car conductor with
a package of corsets, was fined $50
and costs by Judge Mahoney yester
day. She asked for a jury trial on a
charge of larceny, which is aiso pre
ferred against her. She is charged
with having »stolen the corsets which
were her weapon.
W. Madison St., ChSJo.TllL
Enclosed is money order for $1.0
Please send the ICE-KIST CRANI
LESS FREEZER for 15 days’ trial.
Name.
Address
The “Ice Kist”
APPROVED BY =====
Good Housekeeping Institute
No Crank
No Dasher
No Handle
No Cogs
No Wheels
No Wood
No Hoops
No
Hard Work
$1.95
POSTPAID
15 DAYS' TRIAL
2-QUART SIZE
$1.95
P A r* If IT F° r ICE-KIST all you have to do i* to pour
r 11 V s I ■ in the cream, sherbet or whatever refreshment it
|| a W) ^ M ■ | may be, and pack in the ice as in the ordinary
iflMI d MLL freezer. Then the work is ended. There is no
working a dasher, no turning a handle or
crank, no straining your arms and back, no opening the freezer to “see"
if it if freezing, no extra packing in of ice. All you do after packing is to
open the freezer and serve the refreshment. It saves work, time, trouble
and—you.
We want you to know the joy of having an Ice-fCi.i- r.ant
Freezer in your home. We will send it post-paid upon the ret7?n r!f
S?HP 0 ";°F ther 1 , w, . tb *1-95 our introductory price If after
Si '$£ & A.WS <•■33
Perfect
The Ice-Klat has no dasher or
crank because it has two freezing
surfaces. The old-fashioned
freezer had only one freezing
turface—that is why a crank ana
dasher were necessary. The
Ice-KIst has a metal freezing
tube that extends directly through
the cream to the bottom. This
gives the two freezing surfaces.
The cold penetrates from the
center ana from the outside,
too. The cream Is frozen with a
smoothness that will delight you.
The Ice-Kiat makes a beautiful
and perfect-frozen mold.