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BRITISH PLAN OUTLINED.
es'ernment Trame Goes Free
Under Guarantee.
spcoi1' Gable DeSpdtch to THE Sun.
Copyri1ht. 1917, all yi0hfs reserref.

topyr1hf. lsll. all rt0hU reSerted.
LONDON, Dec 14.--In view OF the poss!-
b'ty of the United States taking over
Ge railroads In the manner England did
Ns methods adopted here may be of In
t7est. On August 4, 1914, control OF the
Railways Of Great Britain. with the ex-
e.ptlon Of the London tubes, was taken
fyer by the Government and an execu-
I've committee appointed composed of
general managers OF certain companies
With the President OF the Board of Trade
II was agreed that the compensat ton
. be paid should be the sun, by which
Tie aggregate net receipts Of the railways
f)r the period OF Government control
ten short OF the aggregate net receipts
for the corresponding period of 1918.
s:ov!dci tia: x the c-Sregate net re-
et.pts of the compani1 for the first half
OF 1914 were less than the aggregate net
receipts for the nrst half Of 1913 the
sum payable should be reduced in the
Same proportion.
IN April. 1915, the Board of Trade
announced that II had been agreed that
This reduction should not In the future
te made, but that 25 per cent. OF the
var bonus granted to railway employees
Who came within the railway concilia-
ton should be borne by the railway COM
tanies and not by the Government.
Burden OF bonus.
The bonus to other railway employees
and the subsequent Increase In the bonus
generally are borne wholly by the Gov
'rnmen, as a working expense. end this
sun. together with the net receipts
~ the railways taken over, to be
distributed among the companies In pro-
lpr'on 10 the net receipts of each COM
rinN dur9ro he tr.itt, tx,i,ich n,
H'isoN Is made.
The payment made under these ar
Judgements covers the services in con-
"f''!or With naval and military trans-
Iof' roudcre1 to the Government by the
'aiIN3' 'pnpanes during the period OF
"3n''oD For ,his purpose the net re-
's'llS mean the actual net receipts,
ch't'lus the miscellaneous net receipts
Inc Government has agreed to allow
"'mpensa'iol for deferred maintenance
"7d tc sums 20 received have been
Neq'i'd 70 depreciation fund In the CON-
'aLleS balance sheets.
Inc railroads. thus are considered a
imt for conpensa'ion purposes All
nalvIdunl distinctions are ignored and
'"e Vaihr IL sent by the best available
"H'e' By basiHg the compe nsafion on
ne h'l receipts the Government avoids
We dl''icul'ies arising from abnormal
uNra'lng expenses. The Government
MAKES no arrangements for q special
..nd Tor improvements. this being pro-
,aed ,. Tor by the companies as formerly
"om earnings.
Large Increase In wages.
;, me Government has been compelled
w increase the wages Of railroad work
very largely to meet the added cost
W hNlng but this does not concern thu
s.npahies because the deficit. In ans
% Is paid by the Government,
me railroads of Great Britain, like
Continued OF Second Pdys
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verbal Reply Decided On.

Germany concluded the despa ch con-
tiNues. that a direct verbal reply through
Il neutral was warranted by the circum-
stances. but subsequent events convinced
L that nothing had been done by. Eng
Land to facilitate such a direct reply
therefore. the ir-t news Germany Rad
received that tho British Government
was ready TO receive a communication
from Germany was Foreign Minister
BsIfour's statement in the Commons.
Discussing this divergence Of tesu-
mony. Lord Robert Cecil. on behalf Of
the Foreign Office. caid to-day that 80
far as he had studied the German state
men, II was entirely untrue, He OBJ
served that the statemen. was very
curiously wordcd and added
"Ot course. l am ignorant of what
inquiry the German statement refers
Germany's war aims are. following In
this the lead of President Wilson, and
there Mss been great volume OF
speeches and writings in this country
in the same vetn, inqu!rng as 10 Ger
manv's war aims.
I'VE do not know. OF course. what pri-
yate individuals may have said to Ger
many, but II II utterly untrue that such
a request for Germany's terms was made
with our knowledge. The German state
nleut does not even say directly that
there wls such IA communication from the
British Government we only know that
no such communication was made on
behalf of the BRITISH Goyerumc.t
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CREEL PAYROLL
1888 WEEKLY
Bureau of Public Information
Cost Is Subject Of Inquiry
in House.
SECRET OUTLAY FOUGHT
Gillest Raises Question Also
of McAdOO's FlOtatiOn
Of Liberty Loans.
SECRET OUTLAY FOUGHT
Agcciri Despatch 10 TuE sJN

WAsHtNGvoS. be-. ii.--Secret expen-
ditures by the President In disposing in
par: Of The 500, 900 900 emergency fund
were attacked to-day by acting Eepub-
l.can Leader Gille,t in the House when
an urgent deficiency bin was introduced
to make the balance Of the fund-abou.
SO. 900. O.oo0--aVailab!e until the end Of
June next. The bill was passed later by
both houses.
Secretary McAdoo and George Creevs
Bureau Of Public Information ~~f,fe In
for the stronses; criticism at the hands
% Mr.. Gill.tt NJ. Giliett declared that
before asking for more money for the
Greet committee Congress should be IN
formed Of what salaries are paid TO its
employees and that Congress s~ould
know. too, how Mr.. McAdoo has spen,
the money allotted to him for floating
the Liberty bond issues.
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PARIS. Dec 1.-THE Spanish steam
ship Preferida while .steaming along the
coast OF Portugal was stopped by Ger
man submarine. teiegraphs the corre-
spondent at Madrid Of EInformdtiom.
The officers Of the U-boat made half
hour inspection of the Spanish vessel.
but left hurriedly when the submarine
was nenaced by the coast artillery.
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Enemy's Higher Command
in Saddle Again and Sees
+ Chance of Victory.
MILLIONS ARE MASSED
Entente Will Face Greatest
Danger in Next Six Months,
Says Critic.
II, col. CHARLES REpINGrON.

Special Cable Despd,ch 10 THE SuN from the
london Times
Copyright, 1917, all rights reserrsd
LONDON. Dec 1i.---Every one Is aware
that. owing to the disintegration OF
Russia and the Italian defeats, the
enemy has power to assemble on the
front in France larger forces than ever
before, and Mt Is also evident that owing
to this favor Of fortune the famous
Reichstag resolution has been relegated
70 the background. The German higher
command Is once moro master of the
situation and has acquired fresh con-
fidence for peace by victory. The
question Is what can the enemy do and
what can we do to answer him:
There is much evidence to show that
an intensive transfer Of troops from
the east to the west recently las been
begun There are now some 40 Ger
man divisions approximately 100000
meu) in the west and seventy-n!ne
l.l06, ,000 mcn) in the east, but from
the latter there are being Withdrawn
all men from 10 to 80 years old for SER
Svice on the Frarco-British front. some
complete divisions may follow. and the
possibility of the appearance Of Austro-
Hungarian divisions on the French front
must not be excluded.
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Vast sums Being spent.

Members of the Naval Affairs Com
mitice also say that az at tn. last Sos
sion $1,000 100000 was appropriated for
naval expenditures and that this yoar
another billion Is proposed the system
of expendrg such vast sums should he
examined. Representative Bri,teu said
there was surplus Of big guns in III,
navy. whose construction might be
stopped 10 use the machinery to pro-
duco for the army. o.her suggestions
OF that sort Will be looked into, he said
Representative Eritten also said he
purposed TO urge creation of Il supreme
tou1c'' ot defence comprising not sX-
ceed'ng three men, and preferably one
man, TO handle the war In America and
have arbitrary power to determine every
question so as 10 avoid issues
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Distributed 1900, 900 Books.

The report disclosed also that some
100000 books and pamphlets have
been printed and that more than ?,000.-
900 Of them have been distributed Most
Of these documents have been dlstrib-
uted under Congressional franks, the re-
port says. This Is known to he n fact,
as Democratic congressman have read
lily seen that the red, white and blue
hook" printed by the committee, on the
cover OF which the names Of the director
Of the bureau, George Creel. and those
Of three of the principal advisers OF the
President of the United States are linked
intimately. Is an excellent campaign
document and have flooded their dis
tricts with II.
THE accounting that must give"
says Mr.. Creers report. must first Of
all be prefaced by the statement that
have never considered myself a censor.
nor do !, nor will t.
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No Danger Frop Russia.

German main headquarters probably
no danger is to he feared from Russia
and that ii Is important to settle mat
tcrs with the western allies he fore Rus
sia can recover and before the United
states can concentrate In France very
large forces.
The Western front will become an I'M
pene;rable scfeen Of safety aad the gar
rison. landsturm and other second grade
troops therefore may he retained there
Tho Russian front will be maintained
by the class of 1919 and the older men,
while the whole German forces III tn
fight and concentrated in the west for a
decisive blow or blows. possibly during
the winter, POSSIBLY in the spring. lGIr-
ing the nest SIX months our danger Will
be greatest.
The menace .. war On two fronts no
longer exists for Germany. hut Ger
many and her allies are hard beset by
want and the exhaustion of their re-
serves and /, may be necessary for them
TO strike more quiCkly than we know.
In any case the broad lines Of their
strategy are simple and sound enough.
We must expect 50o0o0 fresh fighters
and aircraft The long German dsfen-
eive in the west. unchanged except at
Nerdun since 19ti. must he regarded as
ended. We nius: 'ak" corresponding
B preCautipuz
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THE longer publicity ia held back"
Mr.. Gillett said. the more pitiless K
will be when Il comes. I hope in the
future the Administration will give us
the details OF expenditures. Germany,
we know. has n subsidized press. and 1.
may be necessary that In meeting her
we should have "A subsidized press Blu,
I think II we do VIC should know what
salaries are being paid and the details
OF the estimate"
A few hours after this statement by
Mr.. Gll!ett was made Chairman Fftz-
gerald OF tho House Appropriations
Committee appeared with report from
Mr. Creel. which Representatives thought
until they read It. would meet the criti-
c!sm made by Mr.. Gillett.
In this report the figures do not alto
gether square with the report sent to
Congress by the President. The actual
expenditures by the Crcel bureau are
placed at s30OOS7
The Information that there are l5I
regular employees of the bureau Is con-
| tained In the report. and the fact that
the weekly salary list is s5333. but the
salary Of no ono employee is put down.
This would make the average salary OF
Mr. Creel's satellites, including Office
boys, messengers, girls to do typewrit-
ing and mimeographing. the janitor and
every one else. slightly more than s35
n week.
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SPEND thsaNOLIDAys At PINEHURsT.
y. o. Hotel caroiinn Nov oren.--Adr.
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DENIES BERLIN'S
WAR AIM CLAIM
Cecil Says Britain Did Not
Make Request. but Question
Was Asked Often.
REPLY NEVER WAS MADE
Two Versions Now of Septem-
her Peace PrOffer Men,
toned by Balfour.
REPLY NEVER WAS MADE
Spec'a, Cable Despatch 10 TIE SrS.

topkIt1"t, l9li, az ft1hts SeSsfItf.
LONDON, Dec. 1i.--Therc is q sharp
disagreement between England and Ger
many as TO which country initiated the
peace offer discussed last Tuesday by
Foreign Minister Ralfour in the House
OF Commons. Mr., Balfour said England
had been Informed. seemingly on high
authority, that Germany was disposed to
open a peace discussion and that Eng
land had replied that IL was willing to
receive any German proposition and con-
slider i; in conjunction with his allies.
An Amsterdam despatch. which is de-
scribed as an official telegram. to-day
says that the intima ton Of willing
ness to discuss peace originated In Eng
land and was communicated 10 Germany
through neutral in such form that on
the ground of international custom 1t
vas supposed that the inquiry was made
with the knowledge and sanction of the
british Government.
Circumstances permitted the "urthcr
conclusion. it L. said. that the British
cabinet was informed Of this step and
that II had the sanction at LEASE of tn
more important allies of England
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"The German victories have BEEN EN-.
blazened to the world. but her troubles
did not appear in he'bullctins How,
ever, We know something or ther. TSr
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DANIELS BACKS
NAVAL INQUIRY
BY THE HOUSE
Opinion Very Largely Held
That Department Wants
to Make Contrast.
POLITICAL PLAY HINTED
Testimony on Army Ordnance
Heard by Committee in
Secret Session.
POLITICAL PLAY HINTED
Special Despntch 70 Tue srN.

WASHINGTON, Dec. i4.--While the
Senate is investigating conditions in the
army the House is to undertake an in
vestigation OF the navy. The opinion is
held largely among House members that
the coming inquiry into navy conditions
generally was inspired by the Depart
ment itself. Secretary Daniels said he
welcomed the inquiry. Tho more they
investigate the Navy Department he
said. the better they will like It,"
The Naval Affairs Committee to-day
designated a subcommittee Of seven
members headed by Representative
Oliver (Alabama) to conduct the in
quiry. The fact that 1t came out of n
clear sky when there has been no
criticism of the navy led many Repre-
scntatives to believe that it was sought
deliberately by the Secretary of the
Navy to paint hi. Department with
glory somewhat In contrast TO the
present conditions Of the War Depart
ment and its head and a, the same time
provide Democratic Representatives on
the committee with "A sufficient weapon
20 head of criticism which might be
made later
The inquiry will I've opened on Monday.
May Get Republican Jv,,.
The plan for an investigation may re-
ceira some rude shocks from the Rersib-
leans OF the subcommittee. The rank
ing Republican named on the committee
Is Repre- sentative Britten (Ilinois). who
has been at 10: gerbeajs with Secretary
Daniels on several occasions -api has in
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;. me Government has been compelled
w increase the wages Of railroad work.
,s very largely to meet the added cost
y, nylng' but this does not concern the
s.npanies because the deficit. In any
use, % Is paid by the Government
j. me railroads of Great Britain, like
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-18
NEED GREATER GRAIN
PRODUCTION STRESSED

Atlanta, Aug. 17.-Need for a
greater production of wheat and rye
in the South was emphasized at a con-
ference between officials of federal
departments of agriculture and repre-
sentatives of agricultural colleges,
and state departments of agricultural.
The meeting was the second of a Sc
ries to be held throughout the coun-
try. Raymond Pearson, president of
the Iowa Agricultural College, eX-
planned that the government expects
Georgia to increase her wheat acreage
one hundred per cent. Rye increase
is needed in Georgia is four hundred
and eighty per cent, he said.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-18
TO ATTEND FUNERAL
LATE T. A. JENNINGS

A large party of Pensacolians, to-
gether with the family of the de-
ceased, left yesterday at 6:55 for
Jennings, Florida. to attend the
funeral services of T A, Jennings,
who died suddenly in Birmingham,
Ala, Thursday, The remains were
shipped direct from Birmingham, and
the funeral will be conducted this
morning by the Masons, at Mr.. Jen-
nings' birthplace, Rev. D. P. Slaughter
of this city officiating.
A special car was provided for the
party, which in addition to the family
of the deceased, included E. R.
Malone, Marvin Scarritt, Thomas l..
Waters, John A. Merritt, J B.
Mitchell, H. A. Lurton, J. F, Dusen-
berry, C. Edwin Pohlman, Eugene
NJ. Smith, J. Frank Taylor, Judge F.
B. Carter, and C. H, Mann.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-18
us. MAY SOON
TAKE CHARGE
PRESIDENT is CONSIDERING
QUESTION OF SHORTLY COM
WANDERING MANY INDUS
TRIAL PLANTS.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Government
control of industry appears to be i'm
minent. The president has turned his
personal attention to the subject. He
has heard from miners and operators.
Interests of the public will be pre-
sented by the federal trade commits
sion. The commissions report on the
investigation show that operators,
jobbers, and retailers are reaping eX-
horbitant profits.
The coal situation is more chaotic
than any time and prices are soaring.
Officials believe the presidents plan
is to commander all coal produced,
and fixing prices. Evidences are the
country is growing restive. Officials
are most concerned over an evident
intention of labor to force wage in
Creases.
Operators and miners who oppose
government price fixing in the fear
that prices may be pushed down too
low, put their case before the presi-
dent through Francis Peabody, chair
man of the coal production commit
tee of the council of defense, and John
White, president of the United Mine
Workers. Their idea of a solution is
a voluntary agreement between the
miners and operators and the govern
ment.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-18
DIST. EXEMPTION
BOARD WILL MEET

A meeting of the appeal exemption
board for the Northern District of
Florida will be held Monday morning
at II o'clock, at ChipIey, the district
headquarters, Much work has ac-
cumulated for the consideration of
the board, and it is understood that
a large number of West Florida coun-
ties have completed their quota of
men, and the appeal claims be hea14.
1t is pro, able that E5cambia
county's quota will be complete, n
a short while, and the Board will COM
mence the consideration of the claims
as soon as possible, as this the largest
count in the district
In all cases where the lower boards
grant exemption claims, the cases are
automatically appealed by the United
States to the appeal board, Judge
Henry Bellinger. having been ap-
pointed by the Provost Marshal to
make the appeals. In other cases
where the claims are denied by the
local boards, the claimant may of
course appeal shis case to the higher
board. In view of the considerable
number of refusals by the local board
it is probable that there will be a
large number of appeals.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-18
CUP DISPLAYED At
The MAYORS OFFICES

Decorating the desk of Mayor John
son in the city hall yesterday was the
massive silver cup which was won
by former Mayor Hinrichs in a con-
test at the Mardi Gras at Milton last
February, when the city of Pensa-
cola sent and entered in the decorated
car contest the city's auto which was
decided the first prize winner. The
cup was just received from the en-
graver yesterday and it was much ad-
mired by a large number who visited
the mayors office during the day.
The engraver, however, evidently
following copy" spelled the name
of the winning mayor wrong, and also
misspelled "Mardi," making it
'Madri" instead. These little errors.
however. do not detract from the
beauty of the trophy, which will be
kept in the mayors office perma-
nently.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-18
IS CHARGED
WITH FORGERY
YOUNG MAN FROM COUNTRY
SAID TO HAVE VICTIMIZED
MANY IN THIS CITY WITH
WORTHLESS PAPER.

Cary Eddins, a young man resid-
ing in the country, is in the county
Jail is charged with being a dangerous
and suspicious character. and will be
asked to explain to a higher court
his connection with a number of foz.~-
ed checks which he is said to have
victimized a number of Pensacola
business men. The police yesterday
afternoon had traced down about d
dozen of the worthless paper, one sa-
loon man turning in a total of S45
worth.
The young man is said to have
forged the name of Capt. Johnson.
of the river steamer Capt. Fritz, and
is said to have had little trouble in
getting rid of them, his more partic-
ular victims being saloon men, it is
said
Officers have been looking for him
for the past several days and Special
Officer Harper located him on a North
Hill car yesterday afternoon and
promptly placed him under arrest. He
will be arraigned for a hearing to-
day.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-18
Additional Move for Build
ing Concrete Driveway
BY Navy Department.
OFFER IS MADE TO
DOBSON AT CAPITAL
Route of Proposed Highway
Will Be Over Sawdust
Trail.

That the navy department has made
an additional offer for the building of
a concrete road from Pensacola to
the aeronautic station, provided the
county does its share, is the state
ment received by The Journal last
night from Washington. According
to the information, the offer was
made unofficially through c. E.
Dobson, who has been in the capital
city for several weeks on business,
and it is expected that it will be
transmitted through local authorities
later.
An outline of the plan indicates
that the route of the road will be
over the sawdust trail, beginning at
the Half Way House and leading to-
. ard Tthe car trestle, and thence
ward the car trestle, and thence
directly to the station. This route is
part Of one of the three proposed
routes outlined by Captain J. l..
Jayne before the county commission
ers, and shortens the road about two
miles.
The offer is made conditionally
that the county deeds the right of
way for the road from the Half Way
House, and paves its portion from
Little Bayou to the Half Way House,
and builds a concrete bridge over the
Little Bayou.
Under these plans the county's por-
ton of the road is further decreased
hy nearly half mile, from the Half
Way House to the Big Bayou. Orig
inally, the proposition was for the
county m nave hatreeu the hsvOlls
and the government would pave from
the Big Bayou to the navy yard. The
county commissioners are now seri-
ouslv considering the plan to build
the road, and have stated that if a
satisfactory way to finance it is ar
ranged, it will be done, The added
are expected to push the matter fur
inducements of the navy department
ther, and will go far toward making
the desired improvements.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-18
MEN FROM
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
SHAKING AWAY A MANS
LINIMENT LIKE THAT
WHAT COULD YOU EXPECT

Possibly the snake had the
collie and forgot to pull the cork.
Possibly he was one Of the glass
eaters you read about, and was
hungry, and possibly
But let James ". Bowman
tell the tale, Mr.. Bowman lives
at Bowmanville, near McDavid,
a perfectly dry place, and there
is the bottle to corroborate the
story besides.
my brother, r. NJ. Bowman"
said Jas. W, unwinding the yarn,
"has an olive oil bottle which
he keeps down at his barn, full
Of iniment. 1t is about a foot
long and an inch and a half in
diameter-the bottle is, I mean,
not the barn. Well, several
weeks ago the bottle disappeared
entirely. a couple of days ago,
his little boy was in the hay loft
and saw a snake-a great big
bully, about eight feet long-a
white oak snake. He went for
help and brought back three or
four men-the boy did. not the
snake-and they killed it, When
they threw the body out. they
noticed a big bulge in it; they
cut it open, and I declare to
goodness if there wasn't that lost
bottle of iniment, with the cork
still in"