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/ 8 A 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 ora™” 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. The “tee Kist” APPROVED BY : Good Housekeeping Institute 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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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. 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