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HEAR ST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY', SEPTEMBER 14, 1913.
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
BRINGS 'YANKEE' ROSTS
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.
(THA‘.TTAH r OOOA, Sept. 33*—Cha*-
tanooga hue put on her gayest drew*,
and with flage ami bunting, flowers
and decorations of all kinds. la to
day ajulourty awaiting the opening
of the forty-seventh national ©n-
rampment of the Qrand Amiy of the
Republic on Monday.
This year’s encampment marks a n
auspicious occi.»lon in the history *f
the G. A. K., for it la not only the
first reunion of Northern veterans
ever held in the r<>al South, but it js
also the centennial of some of th»-
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 field* of Cfcidkamaug.i,
Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge. The fiftieth anniversary of
the battle of Chickamaugn falls m
the last two days of the encampment,
September 19 and 2d
Already the city is crowded with
thoufwnds of veterans and visitors,
and each incoming train adds to the
number. Although no official figures
have l>een given out. it is esllmati 1
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 O. A. R. commander-in-elfief.
Alfred B. Beers, of Bridgeport, I’nnn.,
has arrived and will take a promi
nent part in the reception and the
events of tlu* 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 hailing citizens, under
the chairmanship of the Hon. A. W.
Chambliss, a prominent member of
the local bar, has been at work for
some time arrunging the details of
the reception.
The Chattanooga !)noam T >mont 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
their places of residence for the week
with the utmost dispatch. The saro>
plan of caring for the vast crowds us
v. is us«*i 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 tho various
committees, and the success of the
encampment, which Is already as
wired, is due In no small measure to
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 he a reunion
for the veterans of both the North
and South. General Bennet H. Young,
commander-in-chief of the Units.!
Confederate Veterans, who was large
ly instrumental In securing the pease
memorial which will he dedicated ri
this city in 1915, will in all likeli
hood be* a visitor at the present en
campment.
Everything possible has been don' 1
to make the week a gala one. Many
special features for the entertainment
of the veterans and visitors have
been arranged, among them being the
Battle Above the Cloud*” repro
duced In fireworks on Lookout Moun
tain. This spectacle, taking place o.i
the bench or Shelf halfway up the
side of the mountain, where during
the conflict both sides were enveloped
In a cloud wh eh 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 be« n 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 ii
±863. and a large signal fire will blaze
forth from this point every night dur
Ing the encampment. The flro will
be visible from four States.
Sham Battle a Feature.
Another event will be the sham
battle on the field of Chlckamaug*
between regiments of the regular
:;u>, concluding at historic Snod
grass Hill, where f>0 years ajgo Gen
erals Thomas, Brennan, Steadman
and others checked the advances of
the Confederates and saved the Un
ion army.
On Saturday, the last day of the
encampment, the survivors of the
battle »»f (’hlckamauga 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
Chickumaviga Survivors’ Association,
and the, exercises at this spot will be
under the direction of this body. Tne
local committee has also arranged to
hold exorcist’s on this battlefield, but
they will probably be held separately
from those ThId by the association.
Many Confederate survivors of tho
battle have signified their intention of
attending this meeting, and the reun
ion of the Bluo and Gray on the field
where f>0 years ago they fought each
other so hltterlj will bo a touching
bit of sentiment and a memorial to
tho peace which now' unites the once I
hostile sections Into a composite
whole.
Greatest Battle of West.
The battlefield t/f Ghirkanmuga has j
many points of historic interest.
Snodgrass Hill is to Chioamauga
what Little Round Top i« to Gettys
burg. Here the Baltic reached Its
height, as a climax to the fierce two
days’ fighting between the army of
the Tennessee and the army of th
Cumberland. Although Chickamaiigu. I
is regarded as one of the decisive i
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 Look place, that the
Confederates wore finally driven out
of Tennessee and Sherman began his
famous march to the soa.
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 lost May.
Under orders from the War De
partment, two full regiments of Unit
ed States troops are at Fort (>gle-
thorpe, »t the entrance to Chlcka-
mauga Park. The Eleventh Cavalry
is regularly stationed at, the fort, and
the Seventeenth Infantry has been
brought from Fort MdPherson, At
lanta
20,000 to Paraido.
Although many of the veterans
’.a ve been enfeebled by age, there are
Mil enough of them win- are able to
march, to make a strong showing In
tlie monster G. A. R. parade. Every
State in the Union will bo repre
sented by marching veterans, and
it is estimated that at lenst 20,000 will
he In line The parade will he hoailed
by the officers of th© G. A. U. and the
Sons of Veterans, followed by the vet
erans of each State In a separate di
vision.
Mo»t of the time of the visiting vet
erans will he 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. Th© 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 Spites are preparing to
push their candidates and in the short
time the veterans hav« been here
j there hae been much electioneering.
| When the election cornea up there
may be other candidates In tne field
j .is well, hot it is expected that the
choico will be made from one of the
I five.
The department of Indiana has in
dorsed Comrade O. A. Sommers, a
! private in the rank*.
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 l>akota has indbrsed Cap
tain N. 11. Kingman, of Selby, and
has come to Chattanooga determined
to land him.
With live strong candidates, said to
ho the greatest number ever present
ed before a national encampment, the
fight for the honor promisee to be
spirited and full of Interest.
Blind Postman's
Girl to Ride With Him
Miss Jessie Wilson Sees That Poet-
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 poetofllce
regulation expressly forbids it. be
cause Miss Jessie Wilson, the Presi
dent’* second daughter, interceded for
the child, and got Postmaster General
Burleson to issue a special permit.
Jessie Columbia, 13 years old, of
Cleveland, apent her vacation this
year with her grandfather, the post-
Vfandaie. and saw the blind
t. She wrote Mis* Wilson
of how little Miss Sherry longed to
ride on her father’s mail ( art. and an
appeal to the Postmaster General was
followed to-day by an order waiving
in this case the regulation which for-
‘ ids that air-one but a earner shall
ride on a mail rggon,
a ate
girl’!
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. 13.—
The liveliest whirl that the smart
contingent has indulged in for years
took place following a subscription
ball at the Malvern—when the turkey
trottprs still wanted to trot.
When the time came for turning
out the lights in the Malvern ballroom
—and Proprietor Brob insisted the
rule must be obeyed—Edgar Scott In
vited the whole bunoh over to his
“trottery,” the Swimming Club.
The revelers had to climb in the
windows, hut they got in, the ladies
being judiciously aided by the men in
negotiating the high places.
After dancing, with gay music, un
til dawn, the crowd wound up at one
of tho cottages i'or a badly needed
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1 PROMINENT figures at annual encampment of Grand Army
of the Rppublk at Chattanooga. Above iaOeneiaJ Alfred
R. Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn., Coinmander-in-Chief of the O.
A. It., while below is <i. E. Whitman, of Fitzgerald, Ga., depart
ment commander for Georgia and South Carolina. Th* canter
picture is of an old Confederate battery on Lookout Mountain.
Ilf SUM OF
THREE TO END
Fighter-Evangelist
Converts Old Rival
Minister Obeys Dream Command to
Erect Altar on Prize Ring
Site.
20 GIRLS MCE
"PEN" FAR UNDER SES
Psychologists Declare That Lad of Diver, Over Telephone, Tells
Fourteen Is Most Dangerous
Inmate of Illinois Prison.
Crew Above How Struggle
For Life Goes.
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JOLTET, ILL., R$pt. 18.—Tonale-
hatred and undersized, in appearance
like scores of other boys who may be
found on baseball lots or at the “old
swtmmin’ hole/' Hermann Coppes,
slayer of the wife and two babes of
hl« 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 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. 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. 18.—Eighty feet
under the sea, at Alden Banks, near
Anacortes, Puget Sound, Walter Mc
Kay, a diver, fought * 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
lose. James 0. 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 used 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 tho 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.
MONTGOMERY. MO.. Sept. 18 —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 caine 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 hia 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 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. 13.—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-,
eluded a most peaceful two weeks'
vacation, and were starting hom in
their coach and six. A few miles out
from Mountain View, their camp, tho
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, 8ays GiH.
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 waa
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 ;t
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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Women Get Members
Oklahoma Band of "Stags” Falls Off
One by One Until All Ar#
Gone.
OKRENTC, OKLA., Sept. 13.—In a t
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 th©
place. They employed men to cook
for them and do the housework. Not
one of 'hem married during tho 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 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 Okeene. A week or
two ago Louis 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 he r of the estate of the '
late John Robbins, wealthy Plainfield 1
bachelor farmer and recluse, long be- j
lieved hidden from the world in a
Roman Catholic monastery, has been |
located at YY’est Melbourne, Austra- I
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Cupid Frees Autoist
Held for Speeding
Prospective Son-In-Law Gets Man
Acquitted to Win Daughter's
Hand.
CHICAGO, Sept 9.—"Yes, ITl de
fend you, but I’ll want a pretty large
fee," said Attorney Joseph W. Schul-
man when Hyman Edsizn&n was ar
rested for speeding.
"Well, It’s worth something. How
much do you want?" asked Mr. Ed el-
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 with the remark
that a heavy fine as an example
might have a good effect.
Miss Bessie, who sat in court
chuckling at har father’s plight, grew
suddenly grave at this, and whis
pered to th© Judge the state of af
fairs.
“I will not fine this defendant* I
parole him to hit prospective son-
in-law.”
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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. 18.—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 Association 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. IS.—Miss Rose
Leaser, of Yonkers, being persuaded
by Alexander Manecher to agree to
•lope 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 when he did not re
turn she became suspicious and askej
police aid. He was found and .arrest
ed in Providence, R. I., having eloped
there with 17-vear-old Pauline Dey-
hftiL also of Yonkers,
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