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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. 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