The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-17

4 THAT peppery sea fighter Admiral
1 Sims seems to have stirred up
more trouble by his rather unre-
strained utterances. In a dispatch
carried by a news agency he was
quoted as saying:
'In my opinion, the attitude of the
Navy department toward the naval
war college has long been crime.
The appointment of an officer who Is
not graduate Of the war college (Ad-
miral Coontz) to command the great
United States feet is a crime against
the people, and SO Is the appointment
Of nongraduate to the most impor-
tant position in the Navy department
that Of chief of naval operation Cad
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 disgusted with the
situation-disgusted that the same old
game Of service politics is being
played. 1t believes that the best place
is seat next to the dealer In WASH
| ingtOn. 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"
T United 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
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 depriv-
ing a sick person Of liquor at critical
periods, the court points out.
TN ANNUAL convention in New
i 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 whole adopted resolu-
tion urging its members, civic bodies
and the public in general to engage
quickly in a united effort to restore
the railroads to sound and profitable
position in "the forefront Of American
business"
Second, the chambers committee on
governmental relations to transporta-
tion, headed by George A. Post. pre-
sented 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 general con-
solidation Of all roads into possibly
twenty great systems but specifically
maintained that such merging of
facilities should not be allowed to af-
feet through rates based on long estab-
lished rate basing points.
| INTENSE interest has been aroused
L by the success Of Georges Barbot
of France with a ''flivver" monoplane.
He flew across the English channel
and back-eighty miles-with 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 a two-cylln-
der motorcycle engine, and, owing to
its lines and lightness Of construction
1t can go anywhere, and It takes off
and lands so slowly that the safety
factor is enormously increased. Its
thick, hollow wings enable It to float
II 1t 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
contribution toward the running ex-
penses Of the Chicago Federation Of
Labor, presumably because the latter
championed w. a. Fosters Trade Un-
Ion Educational league. Also. the ex-
ecutive council Of the A. F. Of L. has
demanded that the Seattle Central
Labor union and the Minneapolis
Trades and Labor assembly rescind
their Endorsement Of the soviet autoc-
Tracy In Russia.