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THE LINCOLN STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY, AICIST 5, 1927. THIRTEEN WAR SECRET 1HJREE TOP NEAEBY SWAMP YIELDED U-BOAT CODE. Discovery of Vital Importance to Pertinacity of American Officer. MaJ. Gen Hunter Liggett in the Saturday Evening Post: The best A.

E. secret service story 1 can vouch for, and which never has been told In print, links up with a houvenir hunting American officer. The O-2. or chief of Intelligence, of my Flrnt army corps staff was Richard Howard Williams, then a a captain of coast artillery, was in Belgium when the gray fog of the Germany army rolled thru. His mission (assisting stranded Americans) completed, he was dispatched to Constantinople to serve as our military attache to Turkey, under Ambassador Morgenthau.

He was the only attache with the Turkish army in the Gallipoli campaign and the only American who saw, from the land side, the tragic landing of the British army. After the British evacuated the peninsula Williams went with the Bulgarian a to Dobnidja against a Rumanian-Russian force. Germans Tried to Hold Him. In January, 1917, Washington called him home, It was apparent to the German government by that time that we were coming by that war against them. Williams had been studying their allies at first hand for two years they did not relish the idea of letting him get away to use his knowledge against them, but still being at peace with the United States, they coilld not refuse him permission to leave.

They did insist, however, that he travel by way of Berlin, and they delayed him there for eight days while secret agents did everything but X-ray him. When he got to Copenhagen he found shipping suspended because of the submarine blockade but he got home later by way of Norway and a long detour by way of Iceland. Washington promptly sent him to France to report to General Pershing at Chaumont, and there, because of his exceptional advantages, he naturally went into the intelligence section under General Nolan. He was still at Chaumont in October, 1817, when the Germans launched their greatest single Zeppelin raid, starting thirteen airships from Belgium tor the greater English ports and industrial centers. Two--the L-49 and the L-51 -were driven down almost simultaneously about forty miles from Chaumont The L-49 was captured in- tajit, a party of Frenchmen too old for military who were out on a boar bunt, preventing the crew from firing a Very pistol into her envelope and destroying the ship by fire.

The L-51 slrurk ihe earth with HH forward gondola, or control car, bounced upward, struck again and progressed across country in that fashion until a i wrenched the control car loose in a tree top. and freed of It? weight drifted away to be lost, with alt hands. In the Mediterranean Found Map In a Swamp. Williams and a British general attached to the American headquarters, jumped Into a staff car and drove to the scene, arriving just after the crew of Ihe control car of the L-51 had surrendered to "the prideful boar hunters. Other officers.

French and American, were on the scene. Williams was told that no papers had been found in the L-51 control car or in the L-49, and the search apparently was about to be abandoned. Not satisfied with this, he suggested to his British companion that they follow the visible course of the Zeppelin along the ground as far as possible. trail ended in a- swAmp and the two officers found nothing on the way The British general turned back, but Williams, with characteristic doggedness, waded into the swamp and soon came across a fragment of a German map. He continued to wade, finding more fragments, until he had explored the whole area of the swamp.

When he returned to the tree in which the gondola had lodged he found his companion waiting there. The latter recognized the significance of the find at a glance and was quite un-English in his excitement. Williams climbed the tree, incidentally, and found one more fragment of the map lodged in the limbs. Working all that night with Capt. Samuel T.

Hubbard, in civil life a New York City cotton broker, the two succeeded in piecing the fragments together and found that they had a cross section German code map of the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the Skagar-Rak and Cattegat, with only the English Channel missing. It obviously bore an important relation to the German submarine Operations, but without the German code the map was more interesting than important. A Valuable Souvenir In the course of the morning a young American officer at G. H. Q.

spoke casually of having seen what he regarded as the most interesting souvenir of the war to date. Williams asked for details. It was the German code book, with additions for the proper visual identification of German naval and aircraft, Williams suspected at once, and he ordered the officer to find the possessor and "produce the "PRIX DES DRAGS" FASHION SHOW A GREAT PICTURE MY KITCHEN NOTEBOOK DENIES UNFAIR PRACTICES Manager of City Telephone Company Sayi Never Tried to Invade Territory. Towle, manager of the Southeast Nebraska Telephone company, tells the railway commission, answering a complaint of the Farmers' Mutui.l company of Preston as to alleged unfair practices, that his company has not built any lines Into the Farm- pis company territory aad has not solicited any of its patrons. He says the company has been i i such poor service that many patrons of it have asked to "be served from Falls City, which is where they trade mostly, and he wants to know if it would be proper to give this service.

Mr. Towle says the Farmers company stockholders voted to accept a proposal made by which each farmer would get a year's free service in exchange for his $12 share of stock, or $10 each, but the directors did not want to sell in this way. They advertised for buyers, but none came. Herman the president, has offered to sell tor $3,000 and throw in all accounts, but the offer was refused, because of the poor condition of the lines, many of which he says will have to be rebuilt. Preston is seven miles from Falls City, and some of the Farmer company run within five miles of the latter.

Sea level at Panama. a i Tho States navy department believes the level of the Pacific oct'an at canal is slightly than that of tho Atlantic ut the other rml ol the canal Spirit-leveling across Panama indicates a real difference, altho that difference has not been determined exactly. In 1908 tho tide gages at the i ends of the canal were connected by a of precise leveling I'-sins; continuous records of the tide for ten years in both places In i tations, it was found that ilie average or mean sea at he Pacific entrance Is 0 6 8 5 of a foot (about seven inches hUher thiiu the average level at the A a i entrance. This difference supposedly due to ocean currents which tend to pile up the water in the Gulf of Panama while, they lower it in the Mosquito gulf. Difference in sea level should aot bo confused with mere i fluctuation.

On the Pacific side the tide has fluctuation of more than twenty feet, while on the Atlantic side there is a fluctuation of only about two feet, a difference due no doubt to wind, currents and the. attraction of land masses. There is a popular but unfounded belief that the digging of the Panama canal af- fec'art the climate of North and South America. Summer Frocks Give 7m- pression of a Revival of Victorian Styles of Dress. By Coralie Van Paassen.

fashion display on the Champs Elysees on the occasion of the fashionable "Prix des Drags" at the races eclipsed anything that Paris has seen since the close of the war. Old-fashioned mail coaches loaded with mannequins from the leading couturier establishments gave a picturesque cachet to the dense motor traffic. Of these bright-colored old four- in-hand coaches the most interesting for Americans was that of Dr. Charles Adams Holder with its famous team of thorobreds. The mall coach of the dressmakers carried mannequins wearing an elegant assortment of spring creations, including taffeta hand- painted robes de style and filmy lace frocks.

Later the mannequins mingled with the crowds and evoked gasps of admiration from the tens of thousands of women race-goers. It is estimated that a larger and more fashionable group was present at the races this year than ever before. Among those on the tribune, the diamond circle of Longchamps, were Mrs. Charles A. Munn, Joseoh Widener, Mr.

and Mrs. Berry Wall, Mrs. William Randolph -Hearst, Mrs. Clarence Jones, Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Chrystal Hearne, H. S.

Pollard, Mrs. Bentley Mott, Miss Edith Manville, Mrs. Hiram Beverley. With them were members of the Spanish nobility and several members of the Italian haul monde as well as the Russian grand dukes and Vivienne, Countess von Bernstorff. Doumergue, an ardent race- How Mack We've Loomed About the Feeding of When I hear the young of today discussing carrots and spinach and orange joke and cereal, I wonder how any of us of an older generation ever managed to live through oar first two or three years, without the elaborate feeding programs which exist today.

Bat mnch at wise young moth en know that is new in the feeding of there one bask fact that doesn't change. For the baby just starting out in life. Nature has provided the perfect food in mother's milk. The breast-fed baby has a better chance from the start than the artifkially-fec baby, and avoids the experiments that are necessary and the set-backs tbatsp often occur in finding the beat sabsu- tute for mother's milk. Take Your Advice To find the right milk for your baby let your doctor advise you.

Vfhat may have worked for some other baby won necessarily work for yours, and ft takes a doctor's knowledge of many babies and their idiosyncrasies to guide you best To make a milk safe for a baby the reqturements are. naturally, stricter than for any other use. One dares not risk anything but the purest milk in the feeding of a tiny i fant. Not only must it be of excep tiaoaOy high quality--and produced under the most sanitary conditions-nit the quality must be of controlled uniformity. Wide variations from day day in ordinary milk may seriously upset a baby.

All of these qualities you win find in a tniHr that has been the mainstay of thousands of mothers in the feeding of tiny, infants. Carnation Milk has proved marvelously successful in so many instances that it may be just the hing your baby should have. Not only is it the purest of whole milk, from selected herds, but it is so carefully sterilized, so free fiom germs and bacteria, and sealed so perfectly against contamination that no further pasteurization is necessary- loojadd jure water to restore that removed by evaporation and yon have pure mdk. A very important quality of Carnation Milk is its easy digestibility, due to the Tjamogenization which breaks up the fat globules into extremely minute particles, very readily assimilable. Baby feeding is but one of the many important uses of Carnation Milk.

In cooking it gives a smooth creaminess, to soups and sauces, a fragile delicacy and exceptional keeping Dualities to cake, awonderful texture to candies and a rich velvety smoothness to ice cream that even the best of bottled milk cannot equal. Write for the free Carnation Cook Book. "My Hundred Favorite scores of ways to improve foods with this dependable, economical, convenient milk- Address Carnation Milk book immediately. When it was brought hurriedly to headquarters ihis surmise was cofifirHted. Two rourig American officers' had climb- ed into the cabin of the L-49 soon I after the boar hunters had captured it in the name of France, and be- tore intelligence officers a reached the scene.

Seeing the one of them pocketed it In- stanter as a capital trophy. I With the code book in hand, the tremendous significance of the map was apparent; it was the key to the whole German submarine campaign. On request, as acting G-2. Col. W.

D. Connor, acting chief of staff, ordered the map and code Book dispatched at once to Admiral Sims at London. Captain Hubbard was made the messenger. British Appreciation He found, in London, that the admiral was in Paris and that his personal aide. Commander Babcock.

was ill in bed in a hotel. Under the circumstances. Captain Hubbard went to the hotel, awakened Commander Babcock. ill as he was. and showed him what he carried.

The commander figuratively fell out of bed. whistled his amaze- ment and hopped to the telephone, calling British Naval Intelligence. "This is Commander Babcock, U. S. Hubbard heard him say.

"An officer has just arrived from American army headquarters with extremely important documents which you should see at once." A few minutes later two British naval officers reached the hotel, were given custody of the map and code book and left on the double quick for the admiralty. Tn the following week, before the enemy learned that his code and operations map were in the hands of the Allies, the British navy made its greatest bag of U-boats. They always had been able to intercept enemy naval radio orders; with ihe code book they now could decipher the orders and. by virtue of the map, surprise numbers of submarines at various designated rendez- goer and admirer of feminine charm, appeared on the official tribune accompanied by King Alfonso of Spain and Prince Ibrahim, nephew of King Fuad of Egypt. Manuel of Portugal and his mother, Queen Amelie, also present, as well as Princess Christopher of Greece.

The races were follow ed by several open air festivals in the Bois de Boulogne resorts. Balls were held beneath the starlit sky and ihe night was danced away in the rainbow radiance of high romance. The most remarkable novelty of the fashion display at the races was the presence of so many dainty, fluffy summer frocks and wraps, such lovely designs and col- oringb, such a variety of soft, silken material. It seemed almost a revival of Victorian days. The revival of the large hat trimmed with a soft fantasy in feathers, a rose under the brim or a little nosegay of flowers tucked in the folds of lustrous satin libbons was the finishing touch to the tout ensemble.

Flowered chiffon and georgettes which for a time seemed to have been supplanted by new designs of small conventional flowers, and checks, have burst forth again in all their former glory. There is nothing quite so gay and so much apropos of a festhal at the races and garden parties as these bril- iantly colored 1 rocks. The new gowns were usually made with very full skirt and bloused or jacket bodice, with no trimming except perhaps a flower at the shoulder or the waist. A gown of figured mousseline -was in a large floral design of yellow, pink and white. It had a skirt composed of two rather full bands, each edged with a band of plain black silk muslin and a bodice that was of the loose jacket type.

Beige seemed to have retained its influence. As a matter of fact it is the favorite color tor all kinds of costumes. Tans and browns are seen more and more at fashionable tea parties and in the bars of the smart hotels. Golden brown as well as the reder tobacco shade have appeared in the several collections used for both coats and gowns. Soft blues and greens were very much in evidence at the races, but Hie dark reds of the past season were rarely seen.

A very popular frock for the summer afternoon here is beige lace. This is used by itself or combined with chiffon or georip-tte. These frocks have long transparent sleeves and the cobweb lace of the bodice has a background of satin of the same color. BROWN SUGAR Richly flavored Air College. Daily News: AnnouncV men has been made that a bill will be introduced in congress next winter to provide for a government air coFlege, similar to the army college at West Point and the navy college at Annapolis.

This bill should be given consideration Both the army i and navy colleges have proved their worth, not only by giving this I country first class officers in time of war, but by gh ing selected I oung men a rigorous training that i has been valuable to those-who i have left the service for civilian life. They are responsible for such men as General Goethals, who fund checks, he will have to took for a new job. Justice ol I'eace Dunbar went before the county commissioners and had the appointment of Beckley revoked. During Ills term of office Beckley arrested several men for the same offense that he is now sen-ing a sentence for violating. masterly fashion, and is now one of the country's greatest engineers, after by private capital to chief of 1917, to the chief of the intelligence section, general staff, United States army headquarters in France, reads: serviceable in peace and war.

One point in favor of such gov- nuUACOT ASK yoor doctor about Carnation Itik tdl yon that it is pare, safe, nourishing, and more easily digested tjbao milk in any oilier Don't confute Carnation with INSIST ON-Smith's Capitol Bread -THAT HOME MADE 1 has handid to me tne important documents hi li ou were good etrough to send to Admiral Sims. I hasten to express to you mv grateful thanks for your kindness and promptitude In sending nv tills most aluwl'le document, which I jou 1 will be of the greatest value. You ma relv that any Information contained therein which will be of to tlie I United States forces ttt at once communicated to them. Invented Cob Pipe. I waste no time in weeding out the unfit.

The preliminary examina-1 tions are rigorous, and those who survive them are young men of fine mental ability and good physique. It is certain that the great interest in aviation which hag been aroused by. the recent exploits of LindbergM. Chamberlln. Maitland and Hegenberger.

and i Byrd and his companions, has turned the thoughts of thousands of boys to the possibility of an air Some of them would be Public Market X332OSt. B4244--B4251 Pounds Short Eibs Beef. 1 A ponnd 1UC Brisket Boiling Beef, A pound with delicious sugar-cured prime poik and lots of molasses and brown sugar BIAN HOLE BEANS As bakedin the Maine woods Shoulder Steak, pound 19c Best Pot 14c 18c Fresh Hamburger, pound Uv Back Bacon, ponnd 26c One reason Indians knew did not have cobs large enough for such purpose. Then the farmers along the Missouri river began to erow large eared corn. In the early a Dutch scissors grinder, bored the pith from a few iarRe corn cobs, in- wrted hollow reed sterns or bits of cane, and these first rob His pipes were- exhibited school could pick the best of na iona be a great national in- I vestment.

I Constable in Jail Is Fired. Auit. --When Constable Clarence ley of North Bend finishes his 15- day sentence in roumy jail for writing Narrow Lean Bacon, ponnd. 35c in after had patented them, and son landed an order for jtipes in St. I-xraiS.

1S7S a factory was under way and FranMhi coanu becaw 1 world's center of corncob 1 production Now each year 'hai county about pipes. Home Dressed Spg. Chickens Ib. 33c Fancy Hens, per Ib 29c Choice Spring Ducks, Ib. 33c Pure Pork b.

30e Frvth Beef Hamburger. Ib. Genuine Corn Fed Pet React. Ib. 22e to 25c Tentfertoin Steaks.

Stk. Genuine Mwtlor Mutton Roast or Ctiops, Ib. 25c Milk Fed Veal Veal stew. 'to Srrched hjif'i ib Style Cor-ara I5t 25c 'b 140 So. llth Heittottcr's Market Pbone B-334S ALFALFA SEED I i d'pc-nd fmf lot of 5 Jh: 1 yfru -ipoi.

rim 1'akota CHICKEN FEED Kor you of i STOW- In- Jx- ROBT. S. GRISWOLO Seed and Floral Co. New B-1740 Very finest 1 Picnic At I Cold Sliced Boiled Ham, pound Wilber Weimes, or pound Pride Hams, 2 or whole. 27c Rolls Toilet Paper 25c Pounds Leader Coffee AA Pounds Milady Coffee Large cans Pineapple 25c Large cans California Pears 3 Pink Salmon.

50c Full Cream Wisconsin Cheese Corn, Peas, Tomatoes 35c lOc Ut Pnfljy o' A Pounds lif Sugar 1.00 Phone B4244-- B42M A Fire Sale The P. Skaggs System does not fix up their stores in such a way that a stranger would be of the impression we were conducting a fire sale. Off brands of canned goods, syrups, do not cover the entire floor space. Thought is always given to the Public's convenience and com' fort. Patrons are not pelled to wind around and step over displays in order to do their shopping.

Profitable Items The O. P. Skaggs System does not make displays of merchandise that shows a big profit to the grocer. We do not have salesmen that insist on selling profitable merchandise to every patron. It is only natural that most food buyers appreciate the comfortable roomy aisles of our stores.

It is apparent to them, upon first entrance, that big profits are not uppermost in our thoughts and plans, but that the comfort and convenience of our patrons has first consideration. Try buying your groceries and meats the O. P. Skaggs System way next. It will please you greatly.

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