Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-25
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Mitchell received the sentence quietly,
and each of his ten judges shook his
hand cordially in farewell. Just be-
fore the taking Of testimony closed, the
colonel received one of the hardest
blows of the entire proceedings. II
was In the form Of a letter written
last March by John w. Weeks, then
secretary of war, to President Cool
idge, and the document closed thus:
"In addition to these matters, Cen
eral Mitchell's whole course has been
SO lawless, so contrary to the building
up Of an efficient organization, so lack
ing in reasonable team work, so lhdlc-
atiye of a personal desire for pub
licity at the expense of everyone with
whom he is associated that his ac-
tions render him unfit for a nigh ad-
ministrative position, such as he now
occupies. l write this with great re-
gret, because he Is q gallant o1ncer
with an excellent war record, Dut MS
record since the war has been such
that he has forfeited the good opinion
OF lHOSH NIlO are lolhlAl'A 'NN'
facts and who desire to promote the
best interests of national Defense
On Thursday Maj. Allen Gullion, as
sistant trial judge advocate, began the
arguments for the prosecution, asking
for the maximum sentence, Dismissal
from the service, on the ground that
Mitchell chad been proven guilty OF
disorder to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline and of conduct
of n nature to bring discredit to the
military service" Major Gullion was
: extremely severe in his characterize
tion of Colonel Mitchell and also Of
the chief witnesses for the defense.
Colonel Mitchell asserting his trial
was the "culmination of the efforts OF
the general staff of the army and the
general board of the navy to depre-
ciate the value of air power told the
court he had instructed his counsel to
make no closing arguments.
VASTLY interesting to the people
of Illinois and in lesser degree to
the whole country was the opinion rem
dered by the Illinois Supreme court
holding that Gov. Len Small must ac-
count for about $1,000,0O0 interest on
state funds which, according to the
decision, he and his associates put
in their pockets when he was state
treasurer in 1918. Since the state
constitution provides that a person in
debted to the state cannot hold office
it would appear that Small is in
eligible for the office Of governor and
a quo warranto suit to oust him prob
ably will be started later. The court
decision is the elimination Of four
years fight in the course Of which the
governor was found not guilty OF con-
spiracy to defraud the state, under
suspicious circumstances. Considering
the same evidence offered by the pros
ecution In the criminal case, the Su-
preme court now finds him guilty "be-
yond reasonable doubt" Two Of the
seven justices dissented.
CREAT BRITAIN has won its quar-
lcA Will AuIhCJ oNOh IhC Ah"Sul
vilayet, the council Of the League Of
Nations awarding to Irak all of the
disputed territory except a worthless
strip and extending the British man
date over Irak to twenty-five years.
The Turkish delegate refused to take
part in the proceedings and declared
Turkey would not relinquish Mosul
until the national assembly at An
CORA consented. The Turks had been
talking loudly of defying the decision
of the council by force of arms, but it
is predicted that they will yield and
will enter into negotiations with Great
Britain in the hope of getting some
compensation for the loss Of the rich
oil lands Tho English are willing TO