The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-24

THAT peppery sea fighter Admiral
1 Sims seems to have stirred up
more trouble by his rather unre-
strained utterances. In O dispatch
carried by a news agency he was
quoted as saying:
I'm my opinion, the attitude Of the
Navy department toward the naval
war college has long been a crime.
The appointment Of an officer who is
not graduate of the war college Cad
miral Coontz) to command the great
United States fleet Is crime against
the people. and SO Is the appointment
of nongraduate to the most impor-
tant position In the Navy department
TINT Of chief Of naval operation (Ad-
miral Eberle).
More than half Of the officers given
preference in the transfers recently
were not graduates Of the war col
lege. The service is disguised with the
situatiOn-disgusted that the same old
game Of service politics is being
played. 1t believes that the best place
Is a seat next to the dealer in WASH
lngton. Personal influences bring
greater rewards than war college
training"
Secretary Denby's comment was: IT
find 1t hard to believe that Admiral
Sims made the statements attributed
to him. cannot believe that any Of
ficer would show such disloyalty to
the service"
LIMITED STATES District Judge
~ John G. Knox in New York has
dealt something Of blow to the Vol
stead law by handing down an opinion
holding void that section of the act
which limits to one pint every ten
days the amount of liquor which a
physician may prescribe for a patient
The court held that this Limitation
puts restriction on sick persons not
intended in the eighteenth amendment.
Death might even result from depriy-
Ing sick person Of liquor at critical
periods. the court points out.
TN ANNUAL convention in New
l York the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States took three i'm
portant actions concerning the future
of American railroads. First, the
chamber as a whole adopted q resolu-
ton urging Its members. civic bodies
and the public In general to engage
quickly In a united effort to restore
the railroads to 4 sound and profitable
position In the forefront Of American
business"
Second, the chambers committee on
ton. headed by George A. Post. pre-
scented a report in which the belief
was reiterated that the roads should
be owned and operated by private cap
ital under government regulation.
Third. the report Of the committee
on railroad consultations. headed by
Carl r. Gray, president Of the Union
Pacific system. urged a general con-
solidation Of all roads into possibly
twenty great systems. but specifically
maintained that such a merging of
facilities should not be allowed to at
feet through rates based on long estab-
lished rate baslng points.
INTENSE interest has been aroused
l by the success of Georges Barbot
of France with "flivver" monoplane.
He few across the English channel
and back-eighty miles-with a con-
sumption Of four gallons of gasoline
and Is cents worth Of Oil. and on sue
ceeding days flew here and there over
France at the same low rate of ex.
pense. The machine has two-cylin-
der motorcycle engine. and. owing to
Its lines and lightness Of construction
II can go anywhere, and It takes of
and lands so slowly that the safety
factor Is enormously increased. Its
thick. hollow wings enable 1t to float
II II lights on the water. 1t Is forty
feet from tip to tip. but only twelve
feet long.
DRESIDENT GOMPERS has started
his campaign to free the American
Federation from the RED menace"
within. Already he has largely reduced
the national organizations monthly