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8 A HEAR ST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, DA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER M, TOTS. SIR. it A6AIN0I DIXIE’S SOIL Chattanooga and the Southland Give Warmest Welcome of Friendship as Invaders Return to Historic Battle fields of Mountains of Tennessee. CHATTANOOGA, Kept. 18.—Chat tanooga ha* put on her gayest dre*a, and with flags and bunting, flowers and decorations of ail 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 »f the G. A II., for it it not only th< first reunion of Northern veterans ever held in the real South, hut It is also the centennial of some of the most famous battles fought during the Civil War In the vicinity of this city. Fifty years ago the armies of the North and South entered Into deadly combat on the fields of Qhickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. The fiftieth anniven-ary of the battle of Chickamauga falls m the last two days of the encampment, Seotembcr 19 and 20 Already the city Is crowded with thousands of veterans and visitors, and each Incoming truin adds to the number. Although no official figures have been given out it Is estimated that more than 200,000 strangers will be here hy Monday morning, when the city of Chattanooga tenders an official reception to th« visiting vet erans at the Hotel Patten. Commandsr-in-Chi*f Arrives. The G. A R. commander-ln-chief, Alfred H Beers, of Bridgeport. Co n.. has arrived and will take a promi nent part in the reception and the events of the following days Th's reception will Introduce tho 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. W Chambliss, a prominent member of the local bar. has been at work for some time arranging the details cf the reception The Chattanooga Iflncumpment As sociatlon, in conjunction with the lo cal chapters of the Daughters of the Confederacy and similar organlzi- tlons. 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 t > their places of residence for the wed; with the utmost dispatch. The sunn plan of caring for the vast crowds u> was used during the reunion of the United Confederate Veterans last May is being pursued in administering t • the wants of their one-time ene mies Confederates on Committees. Many prominent Confederate vet erans have served on tin* various committees, and tho success of the encampment, which is already as suted, is due in no small measure te the work of these veterans who have thrown themselves Into tho task of entertaining tin* men who ore e fao»d them on the battlefield. The eti- umpment will in a way be a reunion for tho veterans of both the North and Booth. General Uennet H Young, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, who w as large ly Instrumental In securing the paacj memorial which will be dedicated n this city In 1915, will in all likeli hood be a visitor at tho present en campment Everything possible has been doni to make the week a gals one. Manv special fe atures for the entertainment of the veterans and vis'tors have been arranged, among them being tho Battle Above tho Clouds." repro duced in fireworks on Lookout Moun tain This spectacle, taking place o.i tho bench or shelf halfway up the side of the mountain, where during the conflict both sides wort. 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 »>f the city. This point was used as .» signal station by the Union army ii 1863, and a large signal Are will blase forth from this point every night dur ing the encampment The Are will be visible from four States. Sham Battle a Feature. Another event will be the sham battle on the Add of Chickamauga between regiments of the regular army, concluding at historic Snod grass Hill, where 60 years ago Gen erals Thomna, Branr.an, Ht&edman and others checked the advances of tho Confederates and saved the Un ion army. on Saturday, the last day of the encampment, the survivors of tno battle of Chiokam uiga will meet on the battlefield at lft o’clock in tho morning at a. point where the regi mental monuments of the Twentieth Brigade of the Third Division of tho Fourteenth Army Corps are located The call for tills meeting was sent out by Adam Foust, president of the Chickamauga Survivors’ Association, and th* oxer* isos at this spot will be under the direction of this body. Toe 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 hatth* have signified their intention of aitending this meeting, arid the reui - inn of the Blue and Gray on the field where 60 years ago they fought each other so bitterly will be a touching hit of sentiment and a memorial to the peace w hich now unites the once hostile sections into a composite whole. Greatest Battle of West. The battlefield «»f Chickamauga has many points of historic interest. Snodgrass Hill is to Ohlcamauga what Little Hound Top is to Gettys burg Here the buttle 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 Ohickamauga Is regarded as one of the decisive halt lea (if the war, it wus, 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 «>f 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 wel< ost)e on behalf of the State Governor Hooper also delivered u similar address before tho 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 aro at Fort Ogle thorpe, at the entrance to Chlcka- mauga Park. The Eleventh Cavalry is regularly stationed at tie* fort, and the Seventeenth Infantry has been brought from Fort McPherson, At lanta. 20,000 to Parade. Although manv *»f the veterans l ive 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. H. parade. Every State in the Union will be repre sented by marching veterans, and it is estimated that at least 80,000 will be in line The parade w ill bo headed by the officers of tho O A l{. and tho 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 or busi ness will demand their attention. Thai D 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 fl v e. The department of Indiana has in dorsed Comrade D A. Sommers, a private in the ranks Nebraska 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, 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. II. Kingman, of Selby, and has come to Chattanooga determined to land him. AN Ith five strong candidates, said to be the greatest number ever present ed before a national encampment, the tight fur tho honor promises to be spirited and full of Interest Blind Postman’s Girl to Ride With Him Miss Jessie Wilson Sees That Post office Department Rule 16 Lifted for Her. WASHINGTON, Rept. 18 —The lit tle blind daughter of Mail Carrier Sherry at Mandale, Ohio, may rldu with her father over ids rural fre» de livery route, although a postoffice regulation expressly forbids it. be cause Miss Jessie Wilmon. the Presi dent’s second daughter, interceded for the child, and got Postmaster General Burleson to issue a spe* tl permit. Jessie Columbia, 13 years old, of Cleveland, epent her vacation this ; ear with her grandfather, tho post master at Mandaic, and saw the blind girl’s plight. She wrote Miss Wilson of how little Miss Sherry longed to ride on her father’s mail cart, and an appeal tp the Postmaster General wa s followed to-day by an order waiving in this case the regulation which for bids that anyone but a carrier shall ride on a inAl wagon. Society Revelers Climb Into Windows Only Way Ardent 'Trotters’ Could Get Into Club to Finish Dance. Special Cable to The American. BAR HARBOR, MAINE, Sept. IS.— The liveliest whirl that the smart contingent has indulged in for years took place following a subscription ball at tl i Malvern when the turkey trotters still wanted to trot. When the time came for turning out the lights in the Malvern ballroom —and Propr < tor Brob insisted the rule must be obeyed—Edgar Scott in vited the whole bunch over to his "trottery." the Swimming Club. The revelers had to climb in the windows, but tfiev got in, the ladies being judiciously aided by the men in negotiating the high places. After daucing, with gay music, un til dawn, the crowd wound up at one of the cottages for a badly needed 1 3ROM IN'ENT flyuns at annual pneampment of Grand Army of tho RppuMir. at Chattanooga. Above is General Alfred B. Boer*, of llridtfeport, (dnu., ('oininurnler in-Chief of the (}. A. 1C, 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. V THREE TO[ND Psychologists Declare That Lad of Fourteen Is Most Dangerous Inmate of Illinois Prison. JOI.rnT, ILL., Sept. 13.—Tousle- haired and undersized, in appearance like scores of other boys who may be found on baseball lots or at the "old swimrnln’ 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 the 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 Bleep and her two babes on the Bleep 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 Btate prison, the youngest con vict ever admitted to that institu tion- i 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 ihe 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 pf the guards. "One day he’ll be as happy as a kid with a baseball bat. The next day lie hangs his head and mopes in his cell." FIGHTS DCT0PUS FOB 45 MUTES FSB HEB SES Diver, Over Telephone, Tells Crew Above How Struggle For Life Goes. SEATTLE. Sept. 13.—Eighty feet under the 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 lone. 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. All through the battle, Hill, des perate through his inability to help his chief, dripped with cold sweat The telephones us»ed by divers allow the man underneath to talk to the man on the surface, hut 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 Are Gone. OKEBNB, OK LA .. Sept. 13 —In a house leased by them five years ago, a number of bachelors established their residence. It is 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 tho first year. The young married nun were clerks and teachers, there being ono 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 were brought in and the "den” was maintained. Recently there have been only three of the bachelors left, all the others having married Three of them have moved away, but they were married before they left Okeenc. A week or two ago Louts Hey was married and the two remaining bachelors gave up the house that has 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 hi • of thi estate of th late John Robbins, wealthy Plainfield bachelor farmer and recluse, long be- I lieved hidden from the world in a Roman Catholic monastery, has been located at NVest 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 largo fire," said Attorney Joseph W. Schul- i man when Hyman Edeiman was ar rested for speeding. "Well, it’s worth something. How much do you want?” asked Mr Edei- i man. "The hand of your daughter Bes sie." I think I can clear you; and you 1 might go to Jail, you know,” insinu ated Sehulrrmn. So finally It was agreed. Yesterday came the trial. Tho evi- 1 donee was so strong that the court prefaced a sentence with the remark that a heavy fine as an example ■ might have a good effect. Miss Bessie, who sat in court I chuckling at her father’s plight, grew suddenly grave at this, and whis pered to the Judge the state of af fairs. "1 will not fine this defendant. I parole him to his prospective son- I in-law.” LEAN MEN LIVE LONGER. ST. PAUL. MINN., Sept. 18.—Fat men are more likely to die in middle wfu. 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 Association by Dr. H. A. 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. McKay, seeing he could not break the hold, signalled to Hill to haul up Man and monster were pulled to the surface. The flah heid 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. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Miss Rose Lesser, of Yonkers, being persuaded by Alexander Manscher to agree to elope with him. drew 380 of her sav 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 asked police aid. He was found and arrest ed in Providence, R. I., having eloped there with 17-year-old Pauline Dey- baa, also of Yonkers. Your "Best Play" is made when your physical condition is normal. Sickly persona are always badly handi capped because they lack the stamina and strength necessary to win. Try a bottle of fiOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS Tt restores the appetite, aids digestion and in every way helps yon back to health and ' strength. Get a bottle to-day. Avoid substi tutes. i Fighter-Evangelist Converts Old Rival Minister Obeys Dream Command to Erect Altar on Prize Ring Site. 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 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 S'vezy, whom he had the honor of subduing in a fistic encounter, fell on his knee si 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 is 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 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. Miner Bitten by Rattlesnake Res cued and Taken to the City by Fair Campers. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18.—Twenty girls in a stage coach, thrilling 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 Hezekiah Bo- hanon, a miner, who hastily explained that Hessert had sought help at his camp after being badly bitten by a Wild Ride, Says Girl. 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. 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 also pre ferred against her. She is charged with having stolen the corsets which were her weapon. 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