Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-19
Administration Determined the
United States Shall Not Rush
Into War Preparations.
DECLINES TO APPROVE
INCREASE IN armament
President Reiterates Favorable View
of Lever Bill in Interest of
Cotton Grower.

day that administration officials nave
not given the slightest consideration
to the subject of increasing the arma-
rnents of the United States. agitation
for which has started anew. The PreSl-
dent. replying to questions, said he saw
no objection to discussing the subject
as .mental exercise" He had heard
about the same arguments ever since
he was a boy, it was intimated. and De-
Iieved the subject a most familiar one.
He had not decided that he would make
recommendations to Congress 1or IN
creased ornaments for navy or army
A1thoush he did not say so, the indirect
ordinations of the President were that
tho F,uropean war would not be allowed
70 rush the United States into a mill
,arv FRENZY. resulting in unusually
largo expenditures for the army ana
navy.
Again Endorses the Lever Bill.
President Wilson today reiterated MS
f,,.orahIe attitude to the Lever Dill Ior
the supervision by the government Oh
cotton warehouses in the south, IN
Guiding the issuance of certlhcateS OF
d.,osit The President hopes the Dill
viii mass before Congress ad)ourhs'
and there were intimations among con-
cressional callers today that the house
will pass the measure winch hdS a"
ready passed the Senate.
The President has heard nothing more
from the Colorado coal operators since
they rejected his plans Ter settihs III
strike and he has taken no lul theI
stems. Senators Shafroth and Thomas
OF that state called on the Presloeht
TODAY. but not in regard to the coal
strike. One thing they took up WIN
him was the wish of COLORADO peopie
that he visit that state and lay the
co~ner stone of the proposed "Presi-
dents house." in which future Presl-
dents shall spend their summer. II tneS
desire. MIR. Wilson did not give an en-
couraging answer to ms lnv!ta.i n
fore A fund of 100000 was raised IN
Colorado to build this home. but the
work has not started, awaiting lntlma-
tions from President Wilson that the
scheme has his approval
Invited to New Orleans.
Senators Thornton and Ransdel1 of
Louisiana urged the President to at
tend the ceremonies at New Orleans
concentrating the battle of New Or
leans, in which Gen. Jackson and his
men defeated the British behind bales
of cotton.
that he might send some vessels to
take part in the celebration. He so in
formed a delegation of LOUISIANA con-
gressmen who visited him to extend
an invitation in behalf OF the gov
ernor of the state for the Secretary OF
the Navy to be present. Although not
generally known, he said, the navy
had taken some part IN that pattie
and he thought it should be repre-
scented.
Pacific Coast Interests Presented.
The congressional delegations from
California. Oregon and Washington. in
Guiding republicans and democrats,
waited on President Wilson today and
asked him to recommend to Congress.
in his annual message to that body,
.n,n1e annropriations for resounding
and recharting the Pacific coast by the
coast and geodetic survey. The deieea-
ton told the President that millions OF
dollars of property and many hves
have been lost in recent years oy the
failure of the government to give clear
and up-to-date Information as to the
Pacific coast from California to Alaska
The President also listened with in
terest to a delegation consisting OF Ed
win F. Sweet, acting Secretary OF the
Department of Commerce; Commits
sioner q. r Putnam of the lighthouse
service and Otto Tittman, chief OF the
coast and geodetlc survey, VINO toio the
President of the work being done along
the Pacific coast by the department.
Increased appropriations TO carry on
the work of the lighthouse service and
the geodetic survey were asked by the
delegation.
Declines to Discuss Senator's Speech.
President Wilson said today that Chair
man Stone of the foreign relations COM
nittee had not consulted him before max
ing his speech last week advising foreign
nations to carefully regard the neutrality
of the United Sttaes and declined to fur
Their discuss the question.
The President said he had given no
consideration to Representative Gardeners
resolution on the military preparedness o.
the United States for war and that the
question had not been discussed by ad-
rninistration officials No policy could be
discussed, he added, because none had
been formulated