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TIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1913.
8 * A.
GAR. ENCAMPMENT
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AGAIN ONEJIXiE'SSOIL
Chattanooga and the Southland Give
Warmest Welcome of Friendship as
Invaders Return to I listoric Battle
fields of Mountains of Tennessee.
CHATTANOOGA, Sejpt. !3.—Chat
tanooga has put on her gayest drees,
and with flaws and bunting, flowers
and decorations of all kinds, Is to
day anxiously awaiting the opening
of the forty-seventh national en-
:«mpmont 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 reai South, but it js
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 tne
North and South entered into deadly
combat on the fields of Chlckamauga,
lookout Mountain und Missiona/v
Ridge. The fiftieth anniversary <.f
the battle of <’hickHmatiga falls »n
the last two day* of the encampment,
September lit anti 20.
Already the city Is crowded with
thousands of veterans and visitors,
and each incoming train adds in th •
number. Although no official flgur.
have been given out, It Is estimate I
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.
Commaricler- in-Chief Arrives.
The G. A. R. commander-in-chief.
Alfred B. Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn.,
has arrived and will take a promi
nent part In the reception and the
events of the following clays. Th's
reception will introduce the visitoi.s
to the citlzerw of Chattanooga and
will be an elaborate social function,
one of th© 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, ha* been at work 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 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
theft* places »*f residence for the we k
with the utmost dispatch. The sanv
plan of caring for the vast crowds as
was used during the reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans last May i
is being pursued in administering t> i
the wants of their one-time ene- '
mlts.
Confederates on Committees.
Many prominent Confederate vet
erans have served on the various
committees, and the success of th«- I
encampment, which is already as
*ured, is due in no small measure te j
the work of these veterans, who have
thrown themselves into the task of
entertaining the men w'ho once fac'd
them on the battlefield. The en
campment w ill in a way he a reunion
for the veterans of both the North
and flouth. 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 llkell
hood be a visitor at the present en
campment.
Everything possible has been don"
to make the week a gala one. Manv
special features for the entertainment
of the veterans and visitors have
been arranged, among them being the
Battle Above the Clouds,” repro
duced in fireworks on Lookout Moun
tain. This spectacle, taking place oi
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 l j
1863, and a large signal tire will blaze
forth from this point every night dur
lng the encampment The fire will
be visible from four States.
Sham Battle a Feature.
Another event will be the sham I
battle on the field of Chlckamauga ,
between regiments of the regular
iiniy, concluding at historic Snod-1
1 grass Hill, where 50 yearn ago Gen
eral* Thomas, Brannan, Steedman
and other* checked the advances of
the Confederates and «nved the Un
ion army.
On Saturday, the last day of th n
encampment, the survivors of the
battle of Chlckamauga 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 wan sent
out by Adam Fount, president of the
Chlckamauga Survivors’ Association,
and the exercises at this spot will be
under the direction of this body. Tne I
local committee has also arranged to I
hold exercises on this battlefield, but j
they will probably be held separately
from those hold by the association.
Many Confederate survivors of the
battle have signified their intention of
attending this meeting, and the reun
ion of the Blue and Gray on the field
where 50 years ago they fought each j
othpr so bitterly will be a touching j
bit of sentiment and a memorial to |
the peace W'hich now’ unites the once
hostile section* into a composite
whole.
Greatest Battle of West.
The battlefield of Chiekamauga has
many points of historic* interest.
Snodgrass Hill is to Ohicamauga
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 (’hickamauga
is regarded as one of the decisive
battle* of the war, it was. like Gettys
burg, almost a drawn battle; neither
side could rightlj claim a victory.
And it wan not until the following
November when the battle of Mi*-
sionary Ridge took place, that the
Confederate* 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 order* 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
th'- Seventeenth Infantry has been
brought from Fort McPherson, At
lanta.
20,000 to Parade.
Although many of the veterans
'■avo been enfeebled by age, there are
till 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 nt least 20,000 will
be in line. The parade will be headed
by the officer* of the G. A. U. and the
Son* 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 veteran*
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 h«M been much electioneering
When the election come* up there
may bo other candidates in the field
as well, but it is expected that the I
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
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 us 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 determined
to land him.
With five strong candidates, said to
bo the greatest number ever present
ed before a national encampment, the
fight for the honor promises to be
spirited and full of Interest.
( 3 ROM INK NT figures at annual encampment of Grand Army
of the Republic at Chattanooga. Above is Gene, al Alfred
B Beers, of Bridgeport Conn., Commander-in-Chief of the G.
A. R., while below is <1 K. Whitman, of Fitzgerald, Qa., depart
ment commander for Georgia and South Carolina. The center
picture is of mi old Confederate battery on Lookout Mountain.
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Psychologists Declare That Lad of
Fourteen Is Most Dangerous
Inmate of Illinois Prison.
JOLIET. 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
gwlmmln' 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 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 Xt
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.”
FAR UNDER SEA
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
lose. James E. Hill, who was in
charge of the assistants to McKay,
teils the story.
During the battle with the octopus,
Hill stood with the telephone re
ceiver to his ear, listening to the
gTaphic bulletins given him by the
man below* engaged in a fight for his
life.
Al! through the battle, Hill, des
perate through his inability to help
his chief, dripped with cold sweat
The telephones uwed 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
w*as an occasional tug on the signal
line.
The octopus had thrown two ten
tacles about McKay’s body, binding
hi® 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 sniit.
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 “Stag*" Falls Off
One by One Until All Ar*
Gone.
13.-
In a
Blind Postman's
Girl to Rule With Him
Miss Jessie Wilson Sees That Post-
office Department Rule la
Lifted for Her.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—The lit
tle blind daughter of Mail Carrier
Sherry at Mandate, Ohio, may ride
with her father over ins rural free de
livery route, although a postoffice
regulation expressly forbids it. be
cause Miss Jessie Wilwon. the Presi
dent’s second daughter, interceded for
the child, and got Postmaster General
Burleson to issue a special permit.
Jessie Columbia. 13 years old, of
Cleveland, t»pent her vacation this
year with her grandfather, the pom-
Mandaie, and saw the blind
iit. She wrote Miss Wilson
of how little Miss Sherry longed to
ride on her fat In r's mail c 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 anyone but a carrier shall
ride on a mad wagon.
uaate
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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 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 must be obeyed—Edgar 8cott ln.
the whole bunch over to his
tery,” the Swimming Club.
The revelers had to climb in the
windows, but they got in. the ladic v
being judiciously aided by the men in
After dancing, with gay music, un
til dawn, the crowd wound up at one
of the cottages for a badly needed
reftk
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OK ERNE, pKLA., Sept
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 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 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 heir of t'u estate of th.
late John Robbins, wealthy Plainfield
bachelor farmer and recluse, long be
lieved hidden front the world in a
Roman Catholic monastery, has been
located at West Melbourne. Austra
lis*
Cupid Frees Autoist
Held for Speeding
Prospective flon-ln-Law Gets Man
Acquitted to Win Daughter's
Hand.
CHICAGO, Sept, 9.—“Yes, I'll de
fend you, but 1*11 want a pretty large
fee,” said Attorney Joseph W. Schul-
man when Hyman 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 tho trial. The evi
dence was so strong that the court
prefaced a sentence with the remark
i 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*
.-uddenly 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*.”
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
i 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.
i Baker, of Pittsburg, chairman of that
l flection, .
Used One Girl's $60 to
Elope With Another
No. 1 Drew Savings From 3ar>k for
Railroad Fare. Supposing She
Was To Be the Bride.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—Miss Rose
Leaser, 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, und when he did not re
turn she became suspicious and aake.l
police aid. He was found and arrest
ed in Providence, R. I.. having eloped
there with 17-year-old Pauline Dey-
baxL aiflp of Yonkers,
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Fighter-Evangelist
Converts Old Rival
Minister Obeys Dream Command to
Erect Altar on Prize Ring
Site.
20 CIS MCE
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 Sw’ezy, 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 courthoupe.
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.
Miner Bitten by Rattlesnake Res
cued and Taken to the City
by Fair Campers.
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 murine 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.
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 G5
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, 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, 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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