Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-24
COL. GOETRALS WILL
ACCEPT, SAYS
MAYOR
New York Executive Conf
dent Eminent Engineer Will
Consent to Become Com
missioner o. Police.

(By Leascd Wire a. c,cusne Gsralsl.l
New YORK. jan. ~ III Col George
W. Gocthals should bc offered the
position of Eovernor of the canal
zone by President Wilson. he win
not accept. This b the interpreta-
tion Mayor John Puyroy Mitchell
placed today ON Colonel Cocktails
present attitude toward tho police
commlwionership ~ this city which
has been tcndorcd
"lf language means anything"
said the mayor. colonel Goothals
win become police commissioner of
New York city provided two condi-
tiona which he imposed are fulfilled.
expect these conditions 10 be
realized"
The mayor added that " occasion
demanded he would go tu Washing
ton 10 see President Wilson concern
Ing Colonel GocthalH and that he cN-
pectcd ut any rate 90 get in touch
with the president shortly ilc had
no official knoWirdgr ne said VI any
Intention on the purt Of the prcsi-
dent to offer Colonel Gocthais the
govornurship OF the canal Dunc. hut
ho ala expect thai the president
would grant the colonels proposed
request for retirement from the
army. This. he intinntcd. would
be- the subject 10 he taken up with
the president The two conditi ions
imposed by Colonel Goethnls are his
retirement from the army and the
enactment uf legitiation which viii
give pOicn commissioners power to
remove subordlnutos without court
res
II have not asked the president 90
rctir, Colonel Gocthals as yet" sal !
the mayor in reply 10 a question. "f
am willing 90 wait several months
Tor the colonel certainly never
expected him 60 take tho position
until he has finished his duties In the
canal zouc."
Mayor Mitchell was in conference
with counsel today preparing bill
10 be submitted a. the state legisla-
turc giving police commissioner COL
oncl Goeihal his desires
Mr.. ROOrCVclt Takes Hand.
The fact that colonel Goothnls Wai
willing 60 entertain under condition.
a proposal To accept the appointment
as police commissioner uf New Ynri
city Is said 20 huyo been due to Mrs
Theodore Roosevelt wife of the for,
mer president more than to any on,
else.
Colonel doethsls was nrst ap
preached on tNc subject bv Mayol
John Purroy Michel. No direct Of
ter was made hut the colonel mnde
The condition boz named and whicl
Mrs. Roosevelt vlfited Panama sooI
after Mayor M,t,hci left, ana 81 d
said, learned that Colonel uoethall
WAS considering the tentative one
made 10 him by the mayor.
Mrs. Roosevelt lt Once became In
torestcd and talked with Coione
OOethais about the New York police
department. recalling Mr. Roosevclt'
experience when be was commission
ar. She urged tho colonel to recon
slider his determination. ON her az
rival Ia New York Mrs Roosevelt
communicated with Mayor Mltche
and told him there was a posslbilt
that Colonel Gucthais might acceq
the commlssionorship The mayo
Immediately touk up the questio
with George W pcrklns with the re-
suit that Mr. Perkins went "a Pau
anna and has lust returned with Col
Oncl OoethRrs conditional acceptance
Tho conditions he named and whicl
Mayor Mitchell has announced he wi
make every enort 90 meet N that
law deIrlvinr the courts of the noWc
10 review the dismissal hy tho polite
commissionor of police officials b
passed Anaihrr condition named b
Colonel Goethals WAS that he be- re
tired from the army. IN which "a
served thirty -four years