Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1915 — Windmill Signals. [ARTICLE]

Windmill Signals.

The English are a practical people who know the consequences of spying. At Lemnos there are a number of mills, five or six in a group. Ths owners of these mills are not permit* ted to run them altogether to their liking. The English admiral requires that they shall have his authorization, A proprietor came one day to ask the admiral permission to run four mills for two hours. The officer responded: “No, you may run two mills four hours.” The reason for this has been stated that certain millers hsd an outside acquaintance with the sea where the wings of thsir mills would carry signals and reveal to the German submarines prowling about the island ths movements of the boats of the allisa —Le Cri de Paris.