The sun., 1918-07-07

| A Ieaf IT.. en the plane ians ike
nose a,vs AZ "a VIM" I,s .ne Iai' spin'
mora % ,,a , SIP anu uoLeh
tons nra,,,.o, uans , eVo'o-
| Elimjnat,na 49,. VI. . y',e tlo",s.
| Major M,,ohe, w p,eI' ,,y uips'
| ton thirtv'six ho uroei nis", ,ns.ru 0
m,n,,ss hc,n houIs ana torty-nVe
m,utary pilot. In his training flights
which he bad aon,n s,o'V Va
two months after he started tra,ning
he few UPSIDE down 600 Zoo. ,hove
| the Pacific Ocean Two wesks ACC be
| was transferred for further .neciai
| training from the neId M San Diego
| to Gerstner Field I.alo chorlos To
| wbps b,s s,,.oa.. .,., -, 80.
pra,if,.d h,s 49, anu Unusual a Iau,ilty
there wers 49,, LINUS w view iork'
hoe, ~ many tnose lnat knew MN
| fear thot ,he $50. '"eeees y, .he
,ooron ~ -. mayor wou'u De kiiied
undar ,h,. III ainhs; lney were
kneu thnt because .hey
| worn,ra q, suoJes.' without
,ssrn,a,. . us heauacnes' an
wh,ia or y, . .,l,. ieser ne acquired
80. vi Visit 10 south America
once whiIe Naior Ni,eSo, 49, Ma.
he was ATTACHED h,, ovch ha,aao,,a. 90,
made helnless nv n,royv,,s -, ,,air 60.
| lowed by weakness Iia ,,aa nars.o,,,,
aware Of ,be dangsr tbat To-, ~ ~,
| persistent acr,,ction GA 60 -.
accepted His commiss,on IN t,e sisr m
| Corna be conaaaa g. ,r,.na ...t "a
| ua. afraid 4, ,,a,,ia - e
~ n beaSoos. a,,ao,,os III, Wy WV. MN
was eving '' "'''' "'
|
WAS 30 Year, Old.
oi -n'tchei was utmost 81 years OF
ae' han'hs oeen porn at fordham, N. T..
sS ~ 100. MS grandfather. john
| ,o.e vas patisneu TO Austrana In
,oto lor merry utterances In his Young
eano movement newspaper His
i"'ner was capt. James Mitchell, VINO
uIeu III oetooer, i'oo' when ne was reg
,er,hs LOT tne ran election. capt.
NiIcnei naaSeeen active In city politics
ana hao held the ofhce OF Fire Marshal
Ior iNe Years WINE fenry u. Purroy
WAS fire commissioner. Like President
"hsoH' MAJOR Mitchel could look back
70 ,ons iine OF vigorous. stralghtiaced
scotch, irlsn ancestors. His forebears
were presbyterian ministers. athough
ne nimseil progressed the roman Cathoiic
iai'h
Young Mitchell entered st. Johns Col
lege when he was twelve years of age
and received his A. b. from Columbia
in 1899. His law degree came from the
New York Law School in 1901. and In
the same year he was admitted to the
sion. - =. - -.
lie had peen QUITO law school only
te" years wnen ne optained an. appoint-
ment in"the o1nce OF the Corporation
CouhseL" IN tnat once ne was merely
one OF NUMBER OF young men WIN
plenty VI "orh 10 10 anu none oi lhe
= WORK oHerins fluch PROMISE IL ma ).
De- even with ms peculiar aiertness ana
: restless energy una, ne "ouia nave oeeh
suoihetseo IN .hat routihe hao II ho'
ocen .n"t 'he tnen Corpora,.oh oouisei,
: Wlliiam b. Eliison. hlelong frieha OF
ms uncle henry ~ Purroy' gave MN
ms START, ms mrs. upward step IN
, pohtlcal career "hich was 10 De swiftly
, successful
Al tnat trne mayor MctieiIan s'rreu
, oy puoiic opi'iio"' ohec'eu 'he So'n''.is
, sloner OF Accounts 10 Investigate 'ne
, analrs OF tne once OF Boroueh fresioeh,
OF Manhattan, then heiu by po"eriu
Tammany ieauer. 1ohn Il; Ahearn. Eli,
son was directed to assign an inNesti-
gator 10 tne Jop' ne caieo III !ou,is
! Mitchell. told him OF the work 10 DC
done and did not neglect TO warn MS
E protege th6 honest inquiry might mean
, the death OF any hopes or pohtical ad'
: vancement. He counseied' however
y that 1t would be an Invaluable expert
I ence for young lawyer
]
3 ""eo TIC
at is TN to YOU, John" said Ellison
"You have got your future to make and
I don't want to influence you II yol
2 aren't afraid Of the l!melight and don't
mind a lot of hard work, here is your
, opportunity. But I give you fair warn.
q Ing. once Won start this investigation
Won will have against you the mos
q powerful Influences in the city. The,
viii break Won II they cam
younr Mitchell asked for one day ir
a vbicb to think over the proposition
y The next morning he told his chief tina
be was ready 10 tackle the Ahearn in
: vestigation. He thoroughly compre
: bended its nerlls Having been brough
nm in an atmosphere of politics he knew
q exactly what he was mourning He wa
not a member Of Tammany Hall Oh,
q, never Joined that organization and re
nained to the end n determined and in
; teIliyent antagonist). but he knew to al
. ounce the nressure that would be brough
. against him,
. Ellison anpointed him to serve as
: spe'sl a.. "a ,.or,, 40 he uncovere,
n fact after fact prejudical to the admin
e istration of the Borough PRESIDENT
d office friends of Ahearn showed signs
e alarm. The strongest influences wer
d brought to bear to quash the proceed
n ing. Mitchell pressed on dauntlessly
| His work was COmDlete that after IN