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ITEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMRER 14. 1013.
GlU ENCAMPMENT
AGAIN ON DIXIE'S SOU
Chattanooga and the Southland Give
Warmest Welcome of Friendship as
Invaders Return to Historic Battle
fields of Mountains of Tennessee.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 13.—Chat
tanooga ha* put on her gaye*t dress,
and with flags and bunting, flowers
and decorations of all 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 in
auspicious occasion In the history >t
the G. A. R., for it is not only the
first reunion of Northern veterans
ever held in the real South, hut it la
also the centennial of some of th**
most famous battles fought during
the Civil War in ths vicinity of this
city.
Fifty years ago the armies of the
North and Houtli entered into deadly
combat on the fields of Chickamaug.i,
Lookout ..fountain and Missionary
Ridge. The fiftieth anniversary of
th* battle of Chlckamauga fails >n
the last two days of the encampment,
September 19 and 20.
Already the city is crowded with
thousand* of veterans and visitors,
and each incoming train adds to th •
number. Although no official figures
have been given out. it Ik estimated
that more than 200,000 strangers will
bo here by Monday morning, when
the city of Chattanooga tenders an
official reception to the visiting vet
erans at the Hotel Fatten.
Commander-in-Chief Arrives.
The G. A. R. commander-in-chW.
Alfred R Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn.,
has arrived and will take a promi
nent part In the reception and the
events of the following days. Th’s
reception will Introduce the visitors
to the citizen# 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 of
the reception
The Chattanooga Encampment As
eociatlon, 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 privat
citizens have been thrown open. Most
of the arriving visitors had secured
their accommodations several weeks
sgo and they are being conducted f >
their places of residence for the we -k
with the utmost dispatch. The sain-
plan of caring for the vast crowds as
was used during the reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans last May
is being pursued In administering to
ihe wants 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
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 be a reunion
for the veterans of both the North
and South. General Bennet H. Young,
commander-in-chief of the United j
Confederate Veterans, who was large
ly instrumental in securing the peac> ;
memorial which will be dedicated n
this pity in ltlft, Will in all lilt
hood he a visitor at the present on
rampment.
Everything possible has been don"' j
to make the week a gala one. Many |
special features for the entertainment
of the veterans and visitors have
neen arranged, among them being the
Battle Above the Clouds,’* 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 won enveloped
in a cloud which obscured the view
and prevented the contestants from
seeing each other, will be visible for
miles from the surrounding « ountry.
Another feature in the fireworks
line ha« 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 Are 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 Chlckamauga
between regiments of the regular
army, concluding at historic Snod-
Blind Postman’s
Girl to Ride With Him
Miss Jessie Wilson Sees That Post
office Department Rule Is
Lifted for Her.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 —The lit
tle blind daughter of Mall Carrier
Sherry’ at Mandale, Ohio, may ride
with her father over his rural free de
livery route, although a postoffice
regulation expressly forbids it be
cause Miss Jessie Wilson, 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, spent her vacation this
year with her grandfather the post
master at Mandale, and saw the blind
girl s plight. She wrote Mis# Wilson
of how little Miss Sherry longed to
ride on her father’s mail cart, and an
appeal to the Postmaster General was
followed to-day by an order waiving
in this case "the regulation which for
bids that anyone but a earner shall
ride on a mall wagon.
grass Hill, where 50 years ago Gen
erals Thomas, Brannan, Bleed man
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 tno
battle of Chickam tuga will meet on
the battlefield al 10 o’clock in the
morning at a. point where the regi
mental monuments of th< Twentieth
Brigade of the Third Division of tho
Fourteenth Army Corps are located.
The call for this meeting was sent
out by Adam Foust, president of the
Chlckamauga 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
from those held by the association.
Many Confederate survivors of tho
battle have signified their intention of
attending this meeting, and the reu?
Ion of the Blue and Gray on th*- field
where 50 years ago they fought each
otheT so bitterly will be a touching
bit 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 of Chlckamauga has
many points of historic interest.
Snodgrass Mill Is to Chlcamauga
what Little Round Top is to Gettys
burg. Here tho 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 Chlckamauga
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, Governbr 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 Chleka-
mauga Bark. The Eleventh Cavalry
s 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
nave 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 least 20.000 will
be 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.
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
if» the election of n commander-In
chief. The highest official position in
the largest organization of veterans
in the world la no small honor, and
the rivalry for the distinction i» quite
keen Five States are preparing to
push their candidates and in the short
time tiie veterans have been here
there ha*i 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
five.
The department of Indiana ha« 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 hus a
creditable war record.
South Dakota has indorsed Cap
tain N. H. Kingman, of Selby, and
ha# come to Chattanooga determined
to land him.
With five strong candidates, said to
V the greatest number ever present
ed before a national encampment, the
tight for the honor promises to be
spirited and full of interest.
Society Revelers
Climb Into Windows
Only Way Ardent ‘Trotters’ Could
Get Into Club to Finish
Dance.
1 3 ROM TNI’NT figures at annual encampment of Grand Army
of tho Republic it Chattanooga. Above is General Alfred
R. Moors, of Bridgeport Conn., Commandor-in-Chief of the G.
A. R., while below is G. E. Whitman, of Fitzgerald, Ga., depart
ment commander for Georgia and Mouth Carolina. The center
picture is of an old Confederate battery on Lookout Mountain.
F
THREE TO END FOR 45 MINUTES
Fighter-Evangelist
Converts Old Rival
Minister Obeys Dream Command to |
Erect Altar on Prize Ring
Site.
25 SIS RAGE
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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JOLIET, ILL., Sept. 13.—Touale-
haired and undersized, in appearance
like scores of other boys who may be
found on baseball lots or at the “old
swlmmln’ 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 homl/
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 hla
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. Jekylt 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 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 MoKay 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,
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 the diver
was an occasional tug on the signal
line.
The octopus had thrown two ten
tacles about McKay’s body, binding
hi# left arm tightly to hi# side.
McKay with his right arm drew
his knife from his belt. He ha4 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. 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 w’ho 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 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 pow r er 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 countrv licensed by the Gov
ernment to operate boats run by
power.
Good Housekeeping Institute
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 Angoles 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 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
seat by the driver. Then the mad
ride began.
Miss Evelyn Thon, of No. 1042
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, w r hen
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 tho rustling
noise, and as a result the snake bit
him in the thumb.
Among other occupants of the
stage w’ere 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 w r eapon.
No Crank
No Basher
No Handle
No Cogs
No Wheels
No Wood
No Hoops
No
Hard Work
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 tile 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 Scott in
vited the whole bunch over to his
“trottery,” the Swimming Club.
The revelers had to climb in the
windows, but they got in. the ladie#
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 the cottages for a badly needed
rest.
Bachelor Club Fails;
Women Get Members
Oklahoma Band of “Stags” Falls Off
One by One Until All Are
Gone.
OKEENE. OKLA., Sept. 13.—In a
house leased by them five years ago. |
a number of bachelor# 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 •
ono of them married during the first j
year. The young married men were
clerks and teachers, there being one j
young physician among them.
During the second year they began J
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 j
“den” was maintained.
Recently there have been only three
of the bachelors left, all the others i
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. 11. L. Sept. 13.—Frank
Robbins, an heir of the estate of the
late John Robbins, wealthy Plainfield
bachelor farmer and recluse, long be
lieved hidden from the world in a j
' Roman Catholic monastery, has been j
located at West Melbourne, Austra- 1
lia, 1
CHICAGO. Sept. 9.—“Yes, I’ll de
fend you. but I’ll 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.”
”1 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 her father’s plight, grew
suddenly 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.”
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.
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.
Baker, of Pittsburg, chairman of that
••ottos* . i
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—Miss Rose
Lesser, of Yonkers, being persuaded j
by Alexander Manscher to agree to j
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 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 wdth 17-year-old Pauline Dey-
bnn, also of Yonkers,
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