TAKE MEASURES TO CLOSELY GUARD ALL VITAL POINTS Naval and Military Posts and Property Safeguarded in Advance Washington, Feb. 5. Precautions to safeguard naval stations, posts and arsenals and other service property constituted the military measures taken by the government f following the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany. President Wilson conferred briefly with Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels after his address to Congress. The conference, it was stated, had to do entirely with precautionary steps, although the Secretaries also prob ably gave some general information as to the Nation's preparedness for war. It was made clear that the ad ministration had no desire to take warlike measures unless forced to do so by some act of Germany. No state ment was forth-coming as to whether a military policy had been decided upon to be applied in that event. The following specific orders went out during the day: The \Vliite House and White House grounds were closed to vis itors for the first time in many ycars. All navy yards and stations were closed to the public, only employes and officers and enlist ed men of the navy to be ad mitted until further notice. Officers commanding army posts, arsenals, magazines anil coast batteries were directed to exercise every precaution. The State, War and Xavy Build ing was closed to visitors and cards of identification were Issued to employes and press represent atives entitled to admission. Publication of tile daily ship movmccnt list, giving the depart ures and arrivals of navy vessels, was suspended. Secretary Daniels said there was no change in the orders of the Atlantic fleet. "The fleet will continue maneuvers in the Guantanamo region," he said. Measures of national preparedness taken wihin the last two years make it unnecessary for the War and Navy Departments to do much work that otherwise would have to be begun im mediately. For the navy a survey of all mer chant craft under the American flag and of all .small pleasure craft and power boats has been virtually com pleted. Guns for the arming of merchant ships have been assembled at the various navy yards with plans for the structural work necessary for putting them aboard already worked out. The availability of each vessel so ex amined for some particular part in a naval mobilization has beeu deter mined and all data in regard to it placed on file. For the army and navy both an inventory of the manufacturing re sources and plants of the country has been carried well forward each plant examined having been listed for its best use in producing war munitions. A text book on munition manufacture has been completed and is about ready for issue. From it private manufac turers can learn quickly the steps necessary for the conversion of their plants to war uses. The Council of National Defense, created last year, already has taken over the co-ordination of industries ** lor war purposes and has worked out in part its general plans. Resolution Endorsing Wilson's Action in Breaking Introduced in the Senate Washington, Feb. 5.—A resolution endorsing President Wilson's action in sqtering diplomatic relations with Germany was introduced in the Sen ate ta-day by Senator Stone, chairman of tire Foreign Relations Committee, emphasizing particularly the Presi dent's expressed desire to maintain peace. 1 The resolution recited the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany and concluded by declaring "that the Senate approves the action taken by the President as set forth in his ad dress to Congress." Senator Stone requested that the resolution go over for a day under tho rules for action to-morrow, and it was agreed to without debate. Republican Senate leaders, among them Lodge, Gallinger and Smoot, were consulted and the Republicans will suppot the endoscment. The text of tho resolution follows: "Whereas, the President -has, for the reasons stated in his ad dress delivered to the Congress in joint session on February 3, 1917, severed diplomatic relations with the Imperial German gov ernment by the recall of the Am erican ambassador at Berlin und by handing his passports to the German ambassador at Washing ton, and "Whereas, notwithstanding this severance of diplomatic inter course the President has express ed his desire to avoid conflict with the Imperial German government, and, "Whereas the President de clared in this said address that if in his judgment an occasion should arise for further action in the premises on the part of the government of the United States ho would submit the matter to the Congress and ask the authority of Congress to use such measures as he might deem necessary for protection of American Veamen and people In the prosecution of their peaceful and legitimate er rands on the high seas. "Therefore, be it resolved, by the Senate that the Senate ap prove the action taken bv the President as set forth in his ad dress delivered before the joint session of the Congress as stated above." U-Boats and Chasers Would Be Built First in Case War Comes Washington, D. C., Feb. 5. Fur ther steps to make the navy ready were planned to-day by Secretary- Daniels at conferences with Chairman Padgett, of the House naval commit- lee, chiefs of all bureaus and assist-, ants. In a general way plans include new legislation to empower the President io take over shipbuilding and munition plants and other private concerns which might be of value to the armv and navy. Formal suspension of the eight-hour law applying to navy yards may be included in the program, as the lim ited amount of shipbuilding labor available necessitates it. Indications are that the Navy De partment would decide, in the "event of war. to put the building energies of tho country to quick construction of submarines and submarine chasers Under this theory it is held that In . Shumaker, aged 25, daughter o fMrs. Eillie M. Shumaker, 320 Clinton avenue, AVormleysburg, died Saturday night after an illness of two weeks. Funeral services will bo held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. E. E. Vance, pastor of the Church of God. officiating. She is survived by her mother, one brother. Harry, of Philadelphia, and the following sisters: Clara, of Har risburg; Mrs. Anna Capece, of Chat anooga, Tenn.: Mrs. Dora Welliver, of Harrisburg, and Mts. Minnie Duvall, of Wormleysburg. Burial will be made in Paxtang Cemetery. YE OLD STUFF : : : : / . . : : By BRIGGS .✓fl ( EDWARD WISH YOU'D / Q_-. T I .. j ~ ~ *<" ITO THIS X>OOR knoß- I lJoSI£ , H o Hoo, N. *. Aw I ,_r W6MCMERe Tb\P „ Tt\ I S£LF - WJHV Do You vOAfoT \C\ * •< ( fl 11 . C„ Feb. .">.—Spain | gave notice to-day or her willingness j to take over American diplomatic in j terc.sts in Germany. More than aoft j American consulates in every part of i the world have ceased looking after | German interests in addition to the. ( aniliassadors and ministers previously ; reported. Holland lias notified the de . part men t of its willingness to lake ! over British interests in Germany, rcp ) resented by the United States and I Spain those of Rumania, Serbia and Japan. El Paso, Texas. Feb. s.—After the South Carolinn and Tcnncsse units stationed here already entrained to-day for home an order was received from General Funston by the quartermas ter's department suspending the re turn of all state guard troops here. Washington, D. C., Feb. s.—While officials refuse to admit that Austria's formal announcement of Iter adhesion to Germany's declaration or unre stricted submarine warfare has been ! received ollicially, there is reason for j iK licving it is now before the govcrn i incnt and that appropriate action is being considered. I German U-Boat Sighted West of Scilly Islands by Dutch Tanker Jan. 20 New York, Feb. 5. —A German sub marine was met 120 miles west of the I Scilly Islands January 20 by the Dutch oil tank steamship Rotterdam, the-lat ter's officers reported upon her arrival -here to-day. The U-boat was in the route usually followed by ships steam ing between Liverpool and New York. The Rotterdam in response to a shot across her bow signalled her destina tion, the officers said, and was not detained for examination. Gale and Four Degrees Makes For Bitter Weather Harrisburg pulled on ,its heavy over coat, ear muffs and mittens this morn ing in an effort to keep warm. A twcnty-flve-mile-an-hour gale driving over the city while the tem perature hovered near zero made it the bitterest day of the year. While the wind will die down by this even ing—much to the regret of the corner cigar store crowd—the temperature will be near zero, says United States Weather Forecaster E. R. Demain. The second cold wave in seventy two hours was ushered in last night Just as church was leaving out, accom panied by a blinding snowstorm out of trie west. The snow fell only a short time, but the mercury fell sixteen de grees in three hours. In a number of churches the steam systems failed to work, but the Har risburg Light and Power Company officials to-day insist that it was not because of any trouble at their plant The light company men say the trouble must have been on the systems in the churches. tism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Eczema, Tet ter. Malaria and other evidences of impurities which are Indicated by ir ritations of the skin. Impurities in the blood also cause a general weak ening of tire system, which becomes run-down and impoverished. There is no disorder of the blood that does not promptly yield to the purifying and cleansing powers oC S. S. S. If you feel that your system is not in perfect condition, your blood is sluggish and a few bottle of S.'tS. S. will tone you up and put new lite in your blood. Write our chief mellcal adviser for advice regarding your V.vn case, addressing your letter to Smjft Specific Company, 34 Swift Luboß*- tory,- Atlanta, Ga. % PIRACY CLEAR PREMIER SAYS , Germany Revealed to Neutrals as "Goth in All His Naked Savagery" Carnarvon, Wales, Feb. 5. Four j thousand of Premier Lloyd George's | constituents flocked to Carnarvon Sat j unlay to hear his accounting of liia j stewardship. In regard to Germany's new sea. policy the Premier saia: "It is, after all, only a development and advance along the road to com ! plete barbarism which is crushing out i of that country the last shreds of civ ilization." The Premier said Germany must stand revealed, even to the most indul gent neutral, as "u Goth in all his naked glory," and added: "Germany intends to sink ships without warning. No respect will be paid henceforth to | any nag except the black flag. ; Germany's Insolence to America "Germany had the graciousness to | announce as a favor to the great ro- I public of the wets," said Mr. Lloyd George, "that she would allow an Am erican passenger ship to ply to ono I port provided it bore the mark of a | Dutch paddle steamer. \yns thero e-ver such insolence? It amounts to insanity." | 17 Merchantmen in Bay at Manila Seized and Their Crews Taken Off Manila, Feb. 5. The naval au s tlioritles at 6 o'clock this evening seiz led the seventeen German merchant | vessels anchored in Manila bay. All i the German crews were removed. Naval guards were left on the ves : sels. Boats were sent to the German I merchantmen which were boarded ono at a time. The American crews toolc I off the Germans, who landed in tho | business district, which was almost de serted at that hour. I The municipal authorities will caro for the Germans who are without re sources. Others will go free. American police are guarding tha German consulate. Germans Seized in Canal Zone Sent to N. Y. Colon, Feb. 5.- —Twenty Germans who have been removed from tho working force on the Panama Canal and about 80 other Germans will bo sent to New York on the United States transport Kilpatrick which sails to day, her departure set for yesterday having been deferred a day. The remainder of the Germans aro from the four Hamburg-American Line steamers which were seized Sat urday by the canal zone authorities. The four captains of the seized ves sels, the wives of two of them and tho child of one are included in the num ber. INTERNED SHIPS DAMAGED Manila, Feb. 5. Customs officers, aided by navy experts, have discovered that every one of the 17 German ships anchored here have been extensively damaged. i T Legal Notices PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING BITTDGS Office of Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings, Statu Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pa. SEALED PROPOSALS will be receiv ed by the Deputy Superintendent o£ Public Grounds and Buildings u t niM oflice. in the Capitol Building, Harris ! burg. Pa., until a o'clock P. M„ Tues day. February 13, 1911, for furnishing all labor and materials to build bridge over the Cowanesque Kiver on the Llt ile Marsh Road near the village of Knoxvllle. Deertield Township, Tioga County, Pa., aB Indicated fully in tho plana and specifications prepared by U. A Fllnk, Consulting Engineer for tha Board of Commissioners of Publia Grounds and Buildings of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania. Plans, Specifications and bidding blanks will be furnished prospective - bidders by applying to the Deputy Su perintendent of Publle Grounds and Buildings, Capltoi Building, Harris burg. Pa. Proposals must be marked "PROPO SAL KNOXVILLE BRIDGE,' on out side cover. JAMES C. PATTERSON, Deputy Superintendent. L. W. MITCHELL Secretary. AUDITOR'S NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that the "n --dersigned Auditor, appointed on Janu ary 18, 1917, to distribute the balance In the hands of John A. Conrad, as signee in trust for the benefit of the creditors of Theodore G. Garman, of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin Coun ty, Pa., among those entitled to the same, will sit for the purposo of jls appointment at the Law Library. Court House, ilairlsbtirg. Pa., on Monday. February 19. 1917, at 10 o'clock A. M., when and where all persons Interested may attend If thev see proper so to do. WALTER R. SOHN. Auditor. CHARTER NOTICE In the Court of Common Pleas of Dau phin County, No. 65, March Term. 1917. NOTICE is hereby given that an ap plication will be made to the Court of Common Pleas of Dnuphln County on Monday, the 13th day of February, 1917, at 10 o'clock A. M„ under the pro visions of the Corporation Act of 1874 and the supplements thereto, for a charter of an Intended corporation to be called THE HARRISBURG RIFLE CLUB, the character and object of which 1s the msintenance of facilities for rifle and pistol practice and trap shooting by its members, including a club for such purpose; and for this purpose to have and possess and en joy all the rights, benefits and privi leges of the said Act of Assembly and its supplements. Tho proposed charter is now on flla in the Prothonotary's Office. DOUGLASS D. STORET, HOWARD M. BINGAMAN, Solicitors. NOTICE CLAIM OF REWARD By reason of the apprehension and conviction of Chsrles Savercool, charged with the iHroeny of one horse, the property of Milton Kline, of Harrlsbufg, Pa., to No. a 5 January Sessions. 1917, I will pre sent my petition to the Court of Quar ter Sessions of Dauphin County. Pa., on the 12th day of February. A. D. 1917. claim the reward allowed by law. GEORGE W. CHARTERS, Constable Second .Ward 13