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Show ADMIRAL SIMS CREATES BIO SENSATION Action Regarding the Naval Awards Adds New Chapter to Long Contest 5 Washington. Dec rs Gamine, a the Umax to BtlUKilied rharR-ej that Secretary Panleia had re-arranged tfe? whole list of nward.. raisins rome officer to hic'iir-i iiitinrtion than recontmenoV I arid Mur penrillnir" other!". uhli.-.m.,ii j of Admiral. Sim's action, created a nw MUSSf Iflll m the navy department, ard ' rdded a new chapter to the, long contest In which some naval offleera have com-rlalned com-rlalned of the secretary' administration Ot affairs and others' ha e defended nlTi with equal vigor The whole thlnr has heen hrOUfttt tO r head hy the action of Admiral Shiv, who. writing an official communication to Secretary DaniHa. has net out that officers for whom he recommended the I distinguished service medal highest ot i.li nav-tl decorations except the i.-onprres-sIouhI medal of honor receiv. d l. th- scrt tury's revision a deeorntlon ol lesser Velue, and that other officers whose j duties and services Admiral Sims con- i .i-lei ns of lessor vahm received, h the teflon, the more valued dci oration. At the settle tlm, it develops. Admiral ; Sims fent franked copies of his letter Id many nuval officers In Washlngtoi , Mis action hecame known first throucb t em. :md Inter LodS) Mr. Danlcl.t (rave I out the Utter without nmm iit K.-nlier in th da), however. Mi lnU-K hid announced an-nounced thai he hail prepared UlS l -port aaked for ly .senator Tage and io-night io-night after transmitting It to the senator, ir.nde puhllc copies of It. Admiral Sims In his letter, does not aPPear l refuse his decoration uPSPlMll-tlonnllv uPSPlMll-tlonnllv le rdfUSSd ll under the con-ditiOfll con-ditiOfll In- dtfUlflei :"d he talcs' for an ; opportunity to explain the reasons for his original recommendations. Besides tl at. the edmlrdl doo.s not ask thai thi I highest awmil !. tnken from any offlcei upon mImuii it already has heen conferred. J hut he does ask foi- revision upward of some of the lesser decoration.-'. Sims, long kno-.vn the ItOftt) petr-l I of the nav since his -ensatlonMl '-last j drop of blood" ipeecfi In the Guild Hall : at London, when he drew the attention I i the tdrclgn offices of Uerlin. indon , ;-nd Waahihaton, has figuiod in nn BSS- isations before and has tMUI Sfafftl supporters sup-porters Slhdtlg the officers. Secretary Daniels' report to Chairman' Tage of the i I .-cnate naval committee, outlines the gen- ' eral po)c followed bs the secretary in J fcfrerdlllgt medals and distinctions to nav.-il I officers and enlisted men. Indicating that the entire controversy ! that has now come to light revolves ' ( 'iroimd the old navy department dls.it:i' -inent as to which class of service sho - i or sea is most Important. Sc i t u Den- I Mn In his report said. i "The value of the duty on shore was j duly iccognlzed. tail in my opinion It i I should he of the highest Importance and j responsibility in order that this duty I , should be reddfhlsed bj ifid Sward of tt.e same kinil of medals as that givn 'o j 1 Cifficers charged with great responsibility , and at the same time In positions of grave ( dnnjrer In the adtlV.C war zone and this I was the standard which any particular , I case hari to meet for an officer on Short dtlty to be awarded the modal." oo Fargo Oil Line to Be Constructed Without Delay Construction work on the pip- line of the Fargo Oil company to conve gas from the Poison Spider fields to I Casper, Is to start Immediately, ac-j rordlng to word received yesterday by j Den Hunsaker of the companj Thej Casper Daily Tribune gi the- following fol-lowing regarding plans for this work "Contract has been let by the Fargo rill company for material for a 0 inch gas line from the I'olson Spider Held to Capper. The first delivery of pipe will be made in -Tanuar and the con- . tract calls for all the material being ' on the ground by March 14. with pros-! poets that early summer will see the completion of the project "This announcement, which carries, definite assurance that gas for domestic domes-tic and commercial purposes will be! iailnble next year, was made today j In YV. D. Weathers, president of the, Fargo Oil company, which under thel reorganisation last tall took over the holdings of its associate compauy, thej Addison in the Poison Spider field I The company controls approximately! a dozen gas and oil wells in that region re-gion with present production capable of supplying the demand here fori ears to come and nrosueets that the! I string of domes lying eresl of Casper ( ; contain an inexhaustible suppl) foi I be future J "The mills already are rolling the j steel for the Casper line which will be1 built and owned by the Targo coni-jpany coni-jpany No steps toward distribution I will be made until the gas is brought I to Casper. "The New York Oil company," through its president. Frank G. Curtis,; has also announced that it will build a pipeline to Casper from the same I region Whether the race will develop de-velop between the two companies In getting their lines into Casper cannot i be stated but with a large increase In: manutactures predicted when gas for commercial use la available It is like-! ly that an outlet for immense porduc- tion will be tound. "The Fargo Oil OOmpanj also is laying lay-ing plans for extensive development sork in the south in Texas and New Mexico. In Texas the company con trols somo 8,000 acres of prospective Oil lands in Coke and Reynolds coun-1 ties, and in New Mexico it holds leases on 88,960 acres in the vicinity of Alamogordo, extending through several sev-eral counties Negotiations are said to be pending whereby eastern capi talists will undertake to tost out this land through "checkerboard" leasing by the Fargo companv The latter will thus secure the benefit of such tests without drilling expense." II |