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irEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1-1, 1013.
Gin. ENCAMPMENT
BIGS ‘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.—Chal-
tanooga ha* put on her gayeet draw,
and with flag* and bunting, flowera
and decorations of all kinds, is to
day anxiously a waiting the opening
of the forty-seventh national en
campment of the Grnnd Army of the
Republic on Monday.
This year's encampment marks jh
auspicious occasion 1n the history jf
the G. A. R.. for it ia not only the
firm reunion of Northern veterans
ever held in the real South, but it is
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 fields of Chicknmaug.i,
Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge. The fiftieth anniversary of
the battle of Chickamauga fells m
the last two days of the encampment,
September 19 and 2ft
Already the city is crowded with
thousands of veterans and visitors,
and each incoming train adds to th
number Although no official figures
have been given out. it Is estimate 1
that more than 109*000 will
be hero by Monday morning, when
the city of Chattanooga tenders an
official reception to the visiting vet
erans at the Hotel Patten.
Commandsr-in-Ch»#f Arrives.
The G. A. K. commander-in-chW,
Alfred B. Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn.,
has arrived and will take a promi
nent part in the reception and the
events of the following days Th'a
reception will introduce the visitors
to the citizens of Chattanooga and
will he an elaborate social function,
one of the largest that C'hattanoogA
has ever undertaken. A committee
composed of leading rttizenN, under
the chairmanship of the Hon. A VV.
Chambliss, a prominent member of
the local bar. ha* been at work for
some time arranging the details cf
the reception.
The Chattanooga Fmrampment As
•relation. In conjunction with the lo
cal chapters of the Daughters of the
Confederacy and similar organiz\-
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
citizen* have been thrown open. Most
of the arriving visitors had secured
their accommodations several weeks
• go and they are being conducted t >
their places of residence for the we *k
* ith the utmost dispatch. The *airu
plan of caring for the vast crowds as
was used during the reunion of the
l’nited Confederate Veterans last May
Js being pursued in administering t .
the want* of their one-time ene-
mlefc
Confederates on Committee*.
Many prominent Confederate vet
erans have served on the various
committees, and the success of the
encampment, which is already a.«
stired, is due in no small measure tc
the work of these veterans, who have
thrown themselves Into the taak of
entertaining the men who once faced
them on the battlefield. The en
campment mill In a way be a reunion
for the veterans of both the North
and South. General Rennet 11. Young.
comm*nder-1n-eh1ef of the United
Confederate Veterans, who was large
ly Instrumental In securing the peacj
memorial which will be dedicated n
this city in 1915. will in all likeli
hood he a visitor at th* present en
campment.
■Everything possible has been done
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 \hove the Clouds.” repro
duced 1n fireworks on Lookout Moun
tain This spectacle, taking place o.l
the. bench or ahelf halfway up the
side of the mountain, where during
the conflict both sides wcr. 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 featun 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 Unton army i i
1863. and a large signal fire 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 Chirkamaugs
between regiment* of the regulir
army, concluding at historic 8nod-
grsss Hill, where 50 years ago Gen
erals Thomas. Brarman. Steedman
and others checked the advances of
the Confederates and saved the Un
ion army.
On Saturday, the Iasi day of the
encampment, the survivors of tne
battle of (’hlcknmauga will meet jn
the battlefield at 10 o'clock in the
morning at a point where the regl
mental monuments of the Twentieth
Brigade of the Third Division of the
Fourteenth Army Dorps are located
The call for this rrveeting was sept
out by Adam Foust, president of the
(’hicknmaugs Survivors' Association,
and the exercise* at this spot will he
under the direction of thla body. Tne
local committee has also arranged to
hold exercises on this battlefield, but
they will probably be held separately
from those held l*y the association.
Many Confederate survivors of tho
battle have signified their intention of
attending this meeting, and the reui
ion of the Blue and Gray on the field
where 50 years JLgo 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 of Dhlckamauga. has
many points of historic interest.
Snodgrass Hill is to Chlcamauga
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
tho Tennessee arid the army of the
Cumberland Although Ghickamauga
is regarded aa 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, thst the
Confederates were finally driven out
of Tennessee and Hhennan 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 op behajf of the State.
Governor Hooper also delivered a
similar address before the Confed
erate veterans on the occasion of
their reunion here last May.
1 rider 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
is 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 veteran*
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
8tate In the Union will be repre
sented by marching veterans, and
it is estimated that at least 2ft.000 will
be in line. The parade will be headed
by the officers of the G. A. R. and tho
Sons of Veterans, followed by the vet
erans of each Htaie in a separate di
vision.
Most of the lime of the visiting vet
eran*- will be taken up by sight-see
ing, but one important piece of busi
ness will demand their attention. That
1* 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
;he rivalry for the distinction !■ quit*
keen Five States are preparing to
push their candidates and in the short
time the veterann 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 he made from one of the
five.
The department of Indiana has in
dorsed Comrade D. a. Sommers, a
private in the rnnka
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. Cola, a
popular Grand Army man, who has a
creditable war record.
South Dakota haa indorsed Cap
tain N. H. Kingman, of Selby, and
has come to Chattanooga determined
to land him.
With live atrong candidates, said to
be U.e greatest number ever present
ed before a national encampment, the
tight for the honor promises to be
spirited and full of intere*
Blind Postman’s
Girl to Ride With Him
Mias Jessie Wilson Sees That Poat-
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 fret de
livery route, although a post office
regulation expressly forbids it. be
cause Miss Jessie Wil*«on, 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, rpent her vacation this
•ar with h?r grandfather, the post
master at Mandale. and saw the blind
girl * plight. She wrote Mi^s Wilson
of how little Miss Sherry longed to
ride on her father's mail t art, 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 carrier shall
ride on a mail 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. 13.—
The liveliest whirl that the smart
contingent has indulged in for years
took place following h 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 Rcott in
vited the whole bunch over to his
"trottery.” the Swimming Club.
The reveler* had to climb in the
windows, bat they got in. the ladle**'
being judiciously aided by the men in
negotiating the high place*.
After dancing, with gay music, un
til dawn, the crowd wound up at one
of the cottages for a badly needed
rest.
I 3R0MINKNT figurrn at annual oncHmpmpnt of Grand Army
of the Republic at Chattanootra. Above in General Alfred
B. Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn., Commander-in-Chitf of the G.
A. R., while below is G. E. Whitman, of Fitzgerald, Ga.. depart
ment eommander for Georgia and South Carolina. The eenter
picture is of an old Confederate battery on Lookout Mountain.
BO! sum Of
THREE TO f HD
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Psychologists Declare That Lad of
Fourteen Is Most Dangerous
Inmate of Illinois Prison.
JOLIET, ILL, Sept. 13.—Tousle-
haired and underused, in appearance
like score* of other boys who may be
found on baseball lots or at the “old
awlmmin’ hole," Hermann Coppes,
slayer of the wife and two babe* of
hi* benefactor, presents to the State
prison official* 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 hoy 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 month* ago the bov killed
Mrs. Manny Sleep and her two babes
on the Sleep farm near Elgin. For
three day* he went calmly about his
chore* and then coolly confessed to
the crime and led searcher* 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 deviae some
way to satisfy hi* lust for blood.
“He is a second Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde,” said one of the guard*. “One
day he’ll be as happy a* a kid with a
baseball bat The next day he hangs
his head and mopes in his cell.’’
Fighter-Evangelist
Converts Old Rival
I Minister Obeys Dream Command to
Erect Altar on Prize Ring
Site.
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 furiouw 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 timea he wa* on the
verge of collapse during the desper
ate struggle, apd more than once
announced that he believed he would
lose. James E. Hill, who was In
charge of the assistants to McKay,
tells the etory.
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'* body, binding
hi» left arm tightly to his side.
McKay with his right arm drew
his knife from his belt. He had to
u*e 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.. Pept. 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 1l prize fighter at Montgom
ery. Finally he got hold of an an
tagonist who gave him such a heating
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 ahow 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 kneeM 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 bepn 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-horeepower 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.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13—Twenty
girls in a stage coach, thrilling with
excitement over a mad dash across
hill* 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 rattle«nake.
The girls, part of a party of 65
playground camper*, 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
snake.
Wild Ride, Says Girl.
Greatly excited over the danger to
Hessert. the girl* assisted Bohanon
in getting him into the coach on the
seat by the driver. Then the mad
ride began.
Mis* Evelyn Thon, of No. 1642
Glendale avenue, one of the girls in
the coach, declared that the ride wa*
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 *nake 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, Floesie Ram
sey, Gladys Talbot and Alma FanJoy.
USES CORSETS AS WEAPONS
FIGHT WITH CONDUCTOR
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—Mary NewaSv
ki, who was arrested Friday evening
for hitting a street car conductor with
a package of corsets, was fined $50
and costs by Judge Mahohey yester
day. 8he asked for a jury trial on a
charge of larceny, which is aiso pre
ferred against her. She is charged
with having stolen the corsets which
were her weapon.
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Bachelor Club Fails; Cupid Frees Autoist
Women Get Members Held for Speeding
Oklahoma Band of "Stags'' Falls Off Prospective Son-In-Law Gets Man
One by One Until All Are Acquitted to Win Daughter’s
Gone. Hand.
OKEEN'R, OKLA.. Sept. 18 — In a j
house leaned by them five years ago, j
a number of bachelor* established
their residence It is *aid that they
would not allow a woman inside the
pla« e. They employed men to cook
for them and do the houaework. Not
one of them married during the first I
year. The young married men ere i
clerk a and teachers, there being one j
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 i
new recruits were brought in and the !
“den” wa* 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 j
before they left Okeene. A v\eek 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. 11.1... Sept. 11 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
Roman Catholic monaster#, has been
located at West Melbourne, Austra
lia,
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 Edeiimtn 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-
“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 woe 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 Juflge the state of af
fairs.
“I will not fine this defendant. 1
parole him to his prospective son-
in-law.”
LEAN MEN LIVE LONGER.
ST PAUL. MINN., Sept. U. — 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. 13.—Miss Rose
Lesser, of Yonkers, being persuaded
by Alexander Manseher to agree to
elope with him. drew $6ft of her sav
ings from a bank and intrusted the
money to his care.
He’lcft her ostensibly to buy rail
road tickets, and when he did not re
turn ahe became suspicious and askel
police aid. He was found and arrest
ed in Providence, R. I., having eloped
there with 17-vear-old Pauline Dey-
bon, also of Yonkers,
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