The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
mitchell CERTAIN
COCKTAILS MEANS
TO ACCEPT OFFER
Intention Is to Become
Police Commissioner
Of New York.
SLATED FOR HEAD.
OF CANAL ZONE
Two Conditions on Which His
Acceptance of Municipal Job
Depend Probably Will Be
Realized-Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt Is Responsible
for Present Situation.

New York, January Aft Colonel
George w. Cocktails should be offered
the position OF Governor Of the Canal
Zone by President Wilson he will not
accept
This is tho Interpretation Mayor
John Purroy Mitchell placed to-day on
Colonel Goethalss present attitude to-
ward the police commissionership of
this city, WHICH has been rendered him.
"If language means anything" said
the Mayor. Colonel Cocktails will be-
como police commissioner OF New York
City. provided two conditions which he
imposes are fulfilled. 1 expect these
conditions to be realized
The Mayor said no expected to get
in touch with President Wilson soon.
He had no official knowledge. he said.
of any intention on the part OF the
President to offer Colonel Goothals the
governorship of tho Canal Zone, but he
did expect that the President would
grant the coloncrs proposed request
for retirement from tho army.
The two conditions imposed by Col
onel Cocktails are his retirement from
the army and the enactment of legisla-
ton which will give the police com
missioner power to remove subordi-
mates without court review.
Willing to Wait.
II nm willing to walt several months
for tho colonel" said Mayor Mitchell.
Il certainly never expected him to take
the position until he had finished his
duties in the Canal Zone"
Mayor Mitchell was in conference
with counsel to-day preparing 4 bill
TO be submitted to tho State Legisla-
ture. giving the police commissioner
the power Colonel Cocktails desires
He called Lieutenant Governor Wagner
into conference. and received assur-
ances from him that the bill would
have the support of the administration
at Albany.
The fact that Colonel George w.
Cocktails was willing to entertain un-
der certain conditions q proposal to
accept the police comIni ssionership Ia
said TO have been due to Mrs Theodore
Roosevelt more than to any one else
Colonel Goethals was first approach
cd by Mayor John Purroy Mitchell. No
direct offer was made. but the colonel
made 1t known that he would not ac-
cept. Mrs. Roosevelt visited Panama
soon after Mayor Mitchell left, and II
Is said learned that Colonel Cocktails
was considering the tentative offer
made to him by tho Mayor. Mrs
Roosevelt ut once became Interested
and talked with Colonel Cocktails about
the New York Police Department, re-
calling Mr.. Roosevelt's experiences
urged the colonel to reconsider his de-
termination.
Mrs. Cocktails Tired of Psnama.
Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs. Cocktails
also discussed the matter Mrs
Cocktails. 1t Is understood, is anxious
to leave Panama for good. She told
Mrs Roosevelt so. and 1t was on her
suggestion that Mayor Mitchell was
urged to send an emissary to Colonel
Cocktails. Mrs. Cocktails came to New
York on the same steamship with Mrs.
Roosevelt when the latter returned
from Panama.
Upon her arrival in New York. Mrs.
Roosevelt communicated with Mayor
Mitchell. She told him there was n
possibility that Colonel Cocktails might
accept the ommissionership. The
Mayor Immediately took UP the qucs-
ton with George w. Perkins, with
tho result that Mr.. Perkins went to
Panama and has just returned with
Colonel Goethals's conditional accept
ancc.
One condition lie named. and which