Show JOlt JOIN I. I A GALLANT and a valuable life lite went out in the death on Saturday on an aviation field in Louisiana of Major John Purroy Mitchell formerly former former- ly mayor of the the city of New York Vork Dying at the age ago of thirty nine when he had ha hardly more than passed the noon of at life he yet had behind him many years of able and fruitful public public public pub pub- lic service and retaining the spirit of youth and its eagerness for tor brave adventure his recognized capacity y seemed to promise a career of further further further fur fur- ther distinction as an officer er in the nations nation's forces Never content with witha a surface knowledge of matters he had to deal with he made a close and painstaking study of municipal affairs which gave him a grasp of con conditions such as few chief executives i of ot the city have ever had As a representative of ot the city on public occasions he won general admiration and In time of ot stress he personified i ii i the vivid single-minded single energy of American American- patriotism putting aside opportunities for marked material advancement to devote himself to the service of his country country It is natural natural natural nat nat- ural that men of all shades of opinIon opinIon opinion ion and belief should unite as ae as they have done in encomiums upon his character and his career He lie has leftIn left leftin leftin in his record of f public service and not least that since his retirement from civic of office nee a memorial which will be an inspiration to those coming I after him dying as he had lived fa ia a gentleman Brad unafraid unafraid Brad Brad- I streets |