Show g JUL LE IN THE PUBLIC EYE E XE E MOISSANT THE MAN BIRD john Mols moissant sant the young chicagoan who star tied the world by his flight across the dover chan nel with a passenger on his way from paris to london has been a soldier of fortune from his early youth auth moissant mas as born of spanish par ants and Is an architect he suddenly came into prominence when he unexpectedly flew from to the issy military ground i assing over the E affel tower moissant Is thirty five years old and Is of t slight build he Is seemingly very jovial in tern tem pe he ile first visited paris some months ago and became interested in the study ot of avia tion he had two machines built after his own designs and found the subject so fascinating that he determined to become a practical airman the moissant brothers george alfred and john and two sisters tor for many years had interests valued at several hun dred thousand collars in salvador in 1907 george and alfred Mols moissant sant were arrested and imprisoned on charges of aiding and abetting the revolutionists john was mas actively implicated in the movement against president figueroa and handled a rapid fire gun tor for the nicaraguans when the revolutionists were repulsed john Mols moissant sant fled to nicaragua his brothers later were released but their property haq attached by the government as a bond to prevent their escape from the country when moissant was sojourning in honduras a tramp steamer loaded alth a cargo valued around was cast ashore and abandoned in a small dugout and in the teeth of a gale moissant Mols sant made his way alone to the vessel and took possession in the morning when the wind had abated the captain with some of the crew and an agent of the line rowed out to the vessel which had withstood the feiy of the waves but which was held fast on a bar in the harbor A shot from Mols moissant s revolver halted them after some warm discussion the captain had to row back to shore to inform the african consul that moissant had seized the ship and her cargo as salvage during the night another storm came up and finished the work of wrecking the vessel the american consul foint Mols sant lashed to the topmost r rigging only a few feet above abone the water HEADS ADS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS george M hanson recently installed as su preme chancellor of the knights of pythias halls from maine mr air hanson suggests physical and intellectual strength erect broad shouldered strong capable of enduring vigorous and pro longed labor and equally capable of mental actie ity and strain he combines the essential qualities of a forceful and successful chief executive by profession a lawyer he has been one of the W ak lea leaders ders of the bir bar of his state he ile has taken part in public affairs and held public office in the city of calais in which he lives he has been twice elected maor mayor he was appointed collector of customs by presided Pres dei idez t cleveland and by gover nor cobb of maine a member of the commission for the revision and codification of the tax laws of that state in the order of knights of pythias he be has attained the highest highet honor which that organization can confer he became a knight in 1883 and though a member of other organizations and secret societies has given of ct his time and talent chiefly to this organization since that time he was the second chancellor commander of his home lode lodge As soon as he was eligible he became a member of the grand lodge of maine and its grand chancellor in 1893 in 1897 he was elected supreme representative and re elected reelected in 1901 and 1905 in the supreme lodge mr hanson has been a forceful figure tor for ten years a member of and for eight years chairman of the judiciary corn com cittee that being the ranking committee of the supreme lodge in 1883 he married miss hattie W farrar of calais a descendant of mat thew thornton one of the signers of the declaration of independence and of henry price who introduced masonry into the state of massachusetts and whose name la Is borne by a ma onic lodge in cambridge mrs hanson Is the companion and associate of mr air hanson in their home life NEW YORKS R ACTING MAYOR greater far than the governorship of many states perhaps than any of them is the mayor ship of new york which has lately been filled by a oung young man of only thirty john purroy mit chell who became the acting chief executive of the metropolis upon the disability of mr gaynor he undoubtedly the youngest chief executive any great american city has ever had and it biens the great american capacity tor for govern ment when so young a man can step into a seat of power so great of honor so high and res so vast ast within an hour after mayor gaynor had been struck down dorn by an assassin assassins s bullet it la Is safe to I 1 k aay ay that at east least halt half the men in new york who give ani any attention to public affairs and their man argement 1 ad thought of john purroy mitchell AIli chell the young president of the board of aldermen who under the charter would succeed to the first office of the city if the mayors wound 1 result fatally mr air Al mitchell itchell was twenty eight years old and had been practising practicing law on his own on account for the fhe years when the making of his public record began it was in the family famil to study law and young mitchell had determined on that before be went to college consequently when he came to the elec tive courses in his junior apar he turned abide from the distinctive studies of the arts and chose those which he be believed would help him in his later career he went in for political the science of government political histon history and that sort of thing mr mitchell is a graduate of columbia university and of the new york law laa school an I 1 entered public life as assistant corporation counsel under william B ellison he conducted searching arching be investigations into several of the city departments and proved one of the most indefatigable workers con necked with the city government and last fall fail was elected president of the board of a dermen IN THE HOUSE OF GOVERN GOVERNORS ORS william george jordan has been appointed secretary of the hoise bo ise of governors his tion by the governors is a recognition 0 of f his ices as the founder of this unique institution which la Is likely to become ultimately an official sa s1 feature of the government mr jordan proposed ag 74 it the idea several years ago it was immediate y I 1 adopted by president roosevelt and a confer ence of goNer governors nors was mas called at washington to consider the conservation of national resources the results of the conference were so important that the governors on their own initiative called a meeting to discuss plans tor for greater uniformity in state legislation at that conference it was decided to make the house of governors a permanent institution and a resolution was passed offering a vote of thanks to mr jordan tor his part in the foundation and promotion of the third house william george jordan Is a widely known editor and publicist some years ago he gave up editorial work to devote his time to writing he ile has written largely on apsy psychological and political topics mr jordan is the only member of the houge who ho fj 14 not a governor J |