The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-05

IT, around III" raYy yards p" prornptI"
| inl"SHSHi"d. \ r;vy 'N"r MS At wore,
] t'Gr> "X1:rIuny ri" German skip l.ich-
! Cnt"l.: which sunk i'll charleston. :. =.
; harhnr uuct"r Su$lI"I"uS circumstances
| This work If nsrerlSjulnS tn" actual
! "an*" % ;ht sinking i'll be ro0tiruc'l
| tomorrow and tbs :Nuvy Department eX-
! ltr;S 4 tuIl report,
; Additional precautionary meaSurrs
| were reported from GAVIN and trorl
N"w pricaus. CLl';Atn Roy Smith. Sn. =
errrr OF It;str. S2iI that h. had made
arrangement: tor the adcaua!s prnter;-
/ tom OF thu German Suuboat Cormorans.
! iutcrEcd 1h"ra. 12Girrts from Ncw Or
! leans said 'ic"nlAa war bound steamers
/ III that port LAD t:sH tUweG int" mld
stream and 'l;i:;l orcd tGy the purposc Of
| cutting 1T Shrr': communicate ~ sau:i
| also tn project tn" Gnrk IN case Of fire
~ "A''t".t"n.
| Navy wireless Censors
! Navy Wireless .:anSnrs IN charge OF
| structcd 10 eHercisc unusual precau-
| lions and refer u the department. pro-
! per message about which thcy had the
! slightest duub;.
No steps toward applyins general
; bcvn taken. II is regarded as mpro-
blb!c that such steps will be taken un-
/, laSs Pres d"nt Wilson fnd. it ncccs-
savy I" again address Congress scekiue
authority tor warlik" operations.
The navy department. autographed
Governor Whitman of New York asking
that navy EaIT Gr;'ploycS who are mcn-
bcrs ~ thu Nrw York militia DC re-
| leased from duty 50 work in the navy
yards shall nnt be hanipcred. Similar
requests Will he mace IN other STATES
! where til" SarI': situation c&lsiS.
! The War Department.
=
al step, today either ~ Il precautionary
or Il warl!ke nature. although Secretary
! Baker was in frequent conference with
!. Maior-General Scott. chief Of staff. and
d, various department officials,
| 10th tho war and navy. departments
! continued today to he flooded with teia-
| graphic offers II services from indl-
| vidua!5 and tnuuitirns plants throuEl l.
! cut ti.: country.
| Rear Admiral pcarE announced TO-
nigh, thu, h&a would offer TO Secretary
Daniels tomorrow the services It the
| national aerial coast petrol commission
. OF whi,'h fc is the head.
| Messages from munitlou manutaGtuT-
| rrs have BEEN referred 10 rho army am!
! nay ordnance burcas /" be taken adj
! vrn;aCc ri whenever deemed dcsira BIZ.
At tho Navy Department
| orders we're prepared today tor calilus:
! tn. navy. They VIII not lrc sent until
. t.,ers - som: important change in the
situation. Their effect would be 10 re-
! Lease many activ" line officers pf the
! nav now Oh shore duty for work at
$50.
& is undncs, ond liar orders also arc
nreparrd for thc mobilization ri The en-
| listed reserve and the naval militia. al
though tic dispatch OF III" order also
will depend upoit developments IN IN"
! int"ruaiioua situation.
Great surprise rXiSl$ h"rn over It'll"
far, that up 10 tonight neither press re-
, ,,ortS nor official dispatches hav" ndi-
,,aird that Ambassador Li2rard has ask
rcl f"r MS passports. Ills INSTRUCTIONS
w"r.. sem hott Ivy rahl" and wireless
ard iher. i no disposition T." doubt that
hc ha:. received them and acted accord J.
ineiy. |, is assumed that the most
rigid censorship il being main'ain"H IN
Germany.