The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1917-09-01


The following article from Sundays
New Orleans Times Picay une is of ab-
sorbing interest. The subject of the
story, Jacob Oliver Schultheis, is no
stranger to our people; native and re-
sident of Gainesville, this county, he IS
well known, and "a member of one of
our oldest and representative families,
TIE article follows:
Gainesville, Miss, ten miles from the
Northeastern road, "Wednesday welcomed
home hero. Jacob Oliver Schultheis
has been in the trenches for a year. He
enlisted in the navy before he told his
relatives he had reached America.
He is, only 81, does not look like a
veteran or warrior, but he has seen
more real service probably than any,
body of his age in the country. All he
is bringing home is an alias and a
French war medal with three bars re-
presenting battles.
1t is due to Congressman "Pat" Har-
rison that he is back. His re-enlist-
ment is of his own initiative. With
enough adventures and thrills behind
him for several movie masterpieces, he
is most matter -of-fact headliner. He
cannot be made to take the center of
he stage or to consider anything he
has passed through as out of the or
binary. He went into war because he
wanted to see the world; he is going
back into war because he is of age and
might be called anyhow. He was never
wounded, but the German gas almost
did for him. When he recovered he
vent back, as a matter of course.
When the United States obtained his
honorable discharge he did not hang
around. He shipped on Leyland
liner as coal passer. Nothing hap
pened; not even the semblance of a
submarine.
He landed in New Orleans on Tues
day, and instead of celebrating or rush
ing home he went to the navy recruit
ing Office on Common streetssand spent
the day without food SO as to get
through the examinations. He did not
tell anybody he had not dined, but the
jackies on duty finally found him out
and they least exercised the privilege
Of getting him through in hurry and
providing him with ticket to his folks.
90 it is plain that il the dime novel is
o be written it will have TO be done
without much help from the leading
character.
Schultbeis' grandfather was German
oorn, and the name is so Teutcnic thai
the youngster had to change it it order
o start on his great emprise. He
is an American, though OF German de-
scent, born at Osyka, Miss. His mothel
IS an American OF Spanish blood
jacob is the Oldest of half a dozer
children. The family removed tt
Gainesville, on Pearl river, where tnt
father operates sawmill. There was q
Jahncke fleetin that river two years ago
and Jacob got job on it. He held OF
to the job after the fleet came to New
Orleans, and he worked on the dredgt
around West Ead aGd Spanish Fort
he heard about the ships taxing live
stock to Engle nd, and decided to see
that country. He applied to go as &
muleteer, and was sent with his papers
20 the British consul. The name
Schultheis was too much for the consul
and he refused sanction. Before the
Asian sailed Schultheis was oack at the
consul's Office as Hugh Cook. There
| was no trouble this time, though he die
| cot have any parental consent. Per.
naps on the books he may have hat
| himself put down as an orphan.
ENLISTED WITHOUT DELAY
After he reached England a recruiting
sergeant came along and asked ii an,
of the muieteers wanted to join the army
| Ihirty of them did. This was his way
| 10 seeing England. The boys were