TRUSTS HIS FOE;
IS SHOT IN BACK
St. Louis Man's Generosity to
Enemy Costs Him His
Life. 1
IS VICTIM OF TREACHERY
"Fighting Jimmy" Paul, First In Front
Line of Enemy, Is Mourned by
French Foreign Legion ? Even
Wounded Attend Funeral.
Paris. ? Generosity toward the en
omy cost the life of James Paul of
St. Louis, a member of the famous
French Foreign legion. I'aul was
known as "Fighting Jimmy," and he
never failed to live up to his name. To
l>e called ono of the bravest men In
the legion Is a great honor, and that
was an honor held by "Fighting Jim
my."
Tweuty-four hours before ono of
the general attacks by the French In
their recent offensive In Champagne.
Paul was sent out with a body of
picked men to "worry" the Germans'
first line with bombs.
Puul was the first mnn over the par
apet and got safely through, together
with several other Americans. After
trying in vain to keep off the attackera
with machine guns, the Germans scut
tled Into their dugouts. Paul, who was
In advance, threw a dozen grenade
Into a dugout and called upon the
skulkers to come out.
Victim of Treachery.
Only one German appeared. He
threw up his arms, shouting "Com- ,
ntde," assuring Paul the rest of the
men Inside were dead. Without taking (
the trouble to search the man for hid- ,
den weapons, Paul turned to another |
dugout. The Instant his back was
turned the German drew an automatic
pistol and fired. Paul fell backward \
Just as his fellow legion members fol
Intvnd I
The German fell with bayonet
wounds In his body. Two of Paul's
best friends, Arthur Kerry of Boston
rind Christopher Charles of Brooklyn,
knelt beside him. I'nul lay on his
back and there was a smile on Ills lips.
"You are not badly hurt, are you,
Jimmy?" asked his friends.
There was no reply, and they turned
the body over. The bullet had pene
trated the heart an/l death must have
been Instantaneous,
Wounded Attend Funeral.
After that, any German showing
fljiht was ruthlessly bayonetted. Those
who surrendered were spared, although
Ihelr trip from the front to the rear
was far from pleasant.
After the position had been Uior
oughly "cleared out, the legion mem
bers retired, bearing with them Paul's
body. Every man who could attended
the simple funeral. Even wounded
men hobbled out to the Improvised
cemetery. , J
Paul had been decorated for bravery
at the battle of Belloy-en-Santerre, on '
(hi BoBHmI In Jul?, r.Htl. At that time,
single-handed, he held a sector of a
trench after his seven companions had
been killed. ?
Someone once referred to St. Louis 1
as a German city. _ , 1
"That's not true," exclaimed Paul. I
"It Is no more a German city than 1
Paris. True, there are Germans there, 1
but you find Germans everywhere. ?
You will find that St. I.ouls will send
over some mighty good soldiers."
BUSINESS FIRMS PAY
EMPLOYEES ON FARMS
Cleveland, O. ? Patriotic firms
In Cleveland have' announced
that employees who wish to aid
in food production by voluntar
ily laboring on Ohio farms thin
summer would receive full pay
just the same. The plan being
boosted Is to have city men vol
unteer for a day or two each
month. They will be assigned
through a local agency. The Bell
Telephone company was the first
company to announce that em
ployees would not be docked for
such absence.
Raise Flags Underground.
Shenandoah, Pa. ? At the Draper col
liery the other morning the inside em
ployees raised two American flags 1,000
feet below the surface In the mammoth
Vein gangway in honor of two of their
workers, Edward Phillips and Robert
Hahn, who have enlisted. One flag
was set floating at each chute from
where the men worked. Every em
ployee of the inside workings was
there.
Rodin Gets Aztec Sculptures.
Mexico City. ? Reproductions of some
of the more famous examples of Aztec
sculpture have been sent by the Mex
ican government as a gift to Rodin, the
French sculptor. Rodin in return has
promised to send a reproduction of one
of his works to be placed In the Na
tional Academy of Fine Arts.
Have You a Bogus Tenspot?
Washington. ? Discovery of a new
counterfeit $10 gold certificate of the
1907 series was announced by the se
cret service. It Is not as finely exe
cuted hs tie genuine note, but Is like
ly to prove very deceptive, It was
?tated. .
MAJ. GEN. HENRY G. SHARPE
I ?
A new snapshot of MaJ. Gen. Henry
(J. Bharpe, quartermaster general of
Iho war department. As the "rustler"
i>f supplies for the nrmy he has n man
"Ir.eil J
very ablc-bodVd male do something
laeful during the war.
IAPANESE "CURIOS" SEIZED
British Authorities Block German
Trick to Get Copper and
Rubber.
Liverpool. ? In demanding tho con
tention of certain shipments of "cu
?los" from Japan to Sweden, the
government attorney read the followi
ng letter In the prize court sent by
i Hamburg curio firm to a dealer In
fapan :
"We would like to obtain large
pianttttes of very heavy copper and
bronze vases, animals, etc. It Is es
sential that the objects be very cheap, '
but we lay no Importance to their con
dition, execution, eU\ You can send
us the roughest and most faulty speci
mens. The articles must be massive
tnd not hollow, and must have the
appearance of curios. If you can ship
ten to twenty tons monthly as curios
lo Sweden, we shall be glad to have
you quote lowest price. You might
ilso arrange to pack the cases with
raw rubber so works of art won't dam
!?ge. Aluminum objects of art also In
terest us."
Pointed Finger Held Burglar.
Fremont, O. ? "Stay right where
you are or I'll shoot," said C. L.
Karschner, pointing bis linger at Cy
Williams, aud the latter did Just as he
was told to do, and ns n result he Is
confined to the city prison chnrged
with burglary. Karschner and Will J.
Moore, In passing the latter's saloon
on Arch street late In the evening, ob
served Williams prowling urouud on
the inside - . ?
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Smithficld, N. S.
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FOR SUBMARINE
Inventors Strive for Means to Rid
Sea of Menace to
Shipping.
EARLY ACTION IN AMERICA
Thousands of Letters Received by
Boards of Inventions in England
and United States but Few
Practical Ideas Advanced.
?
London. ? The New York Ilerald's
naval correspondent writes :
A development of the war which will
receive special attention from the his
torlnn Is fnat which Is connected with
the mobilizing of Inventions for fight
ing purposes. In Oermany science was
harnessed to the (Moloch of destruc
tion before hostilities began, und nil
the resources of technical knowledge
were brought to bear for the purpose
of devising new methods of killing. It
was the use by the Huns of poison gas
and similar contrivances which awak
ened the allies to the necessity for
mobilizing Inventions and the imagi
native enterprise of thoughtful men
and painstaking Investigators.
As a result there were established
In France and England boards of In
vention connected with the naval and
military departments, for the exami
nation and trial of such plans nnd pro
posals as seemed to be of value. By
these measures the flow of Invention
was directed to <*hannels from which
It was hoped might issue a provision
of new weapons and new kinds of mu
nitions helpful to the forces by land
and sea.
Early Action by America.
With ready forethought America,
while yet at pence, provided her own
bureau of Invention. She should be,?
therefore, more ready to utilize her
natural Inventive Renins now that she
has become a participant In the war.
It Is comparatively easy to find men
of expert judgment and experience to
Inquire Into or advise upon the feas
ibility of Rcheines and proposals, many
of which are only rough hewn but may
contain the germ of Improvements;
but what Is less simple Is to detach
Mid detail the rlcbt kind or officers
From the naval and military services to
carry forward the work of experiment
and Investigation to a point of useful
ness.
Just at present the attention of In
ventors Is directed particularly toward
finding an antidote for the submarine.
It Is said that the consulting board of
the United States navy received In one
week more than two thousand letters,
each containing what tho writer be
lieved to be a solution of the subma
rine menace. . How many letters the
British board of inventions hqs re
ceived on this subject has not been
made public, and yet It Is manifest that
10 de\lce has been discovered the prac
tical application of which is an assured
success. The explanation of this un
satisfactory state of affairs seems to
rest mainly In the Inability of the In
ventor to grasp rightly the factors In
the problem.
The principal obstacle to effective
dealing with the U-boat is Its Invisibil
ity, Its quality of submersion for n
considerable length of time, during
which It can travel comparatively long
distances under water and change its
position \vithofit discovery by the
watchers on tbe surface. It Is true
that It must come up at times to re
charge Its electric accumulators or to
give Its crew fresh air. It must more
often put Its periscope above water,
and the circumstances In which Its at
tack is made may oblige it to emerge
for the purpose of bringing Its gun into
action.
The Real Solution.
In these conditions It may be treated
as a surface boat, and proposals for
dealing with It, whether from the air
or the sea, have already attained a
high degree of efficiency. Again,
where the U-boat is forced to operate
or to reach the scene of its activity
through narrow channels or constrict
ed waters, the value of nets and mines
ns a deterrent has, as official records
show, been proved up to u point.
Nevertheless, to overcome tho sub
marine, It Is not sufficient to be able to
obstruct Its passage in certain limited
areas, or merely to be prepared to deal
with it during Its brief intervals of
ITALIANS BUILD FINE
ROADS IN ALBANIA
Rome. ? Thanks to Italo-Aus- ?
tiian rivalry, after the wur Al
banlu will have the best system '
of wagon roads of any lialkan ,
state, (5ree< o and Uounmnla In- J
eluded. ?
A few days ago a new road, J
!.">*) kilometers long, connecting ?
Santl Quarantn with Salonlkl, \
was opened to the public. The ?
road Is a monument to Italian
labor and ei.^ineerlng. Over 300
kilometers lie through high
mountains and deep gorges. A
motor car own cover the distance
l itwe? n tlio two cities in ; 'jout
20 hours.
In a few days a new piece of
road, 110 kilometers long, will
be opened to the public and will
connwc' Avion a, on the Agnatic,
with Salonlkl.
Billions of Dollars
That heretofore have been stored away in vaults and
safety deposit boxes are being taken from hiding and
loaned to our Allies in this war.
_ ?
The Vast Sum
Will not be spent out of the country. It will be spent here
for foodstuffs and the thousand and one other supplies
that must be sold to our Allies for the support of their
armies and civil population. The articles must be raised
axid made in this country, by our own people.
Millions of Americans
Will be employed in this work, with factories rilnning
over time and farmers utilizing every hour of the day
light. Much of that money will even find its way right
into our own local community, and every citizen will be
proportionately benefited. _
Shrewd Merchant
Will heed the doctrine of commercial preparedness, and
will begin now to advertise his wares in this paper, for
ft is a self evident fact that the spender will go to the
merchant who makes the most attractive bid for his
business, whether that merchant be local or foreign.
Keep it at Home
If the merchants of Smithfield and other Johnston
County towns want the money that is sent to the mail
order houses they must go after it with the same vim
and vigor that the mail order houses do. They know
the value of Advertising.
It's Time For All Home Folks to Wake Up
The
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