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©be Atlanta ©rLWeeMa Soutnal VOL. XXII. NO. 91. HARDING ACCEPTS WILSON’S CHALLENGE ON LEAGUE Washington State Republicans Fear McAdoo ARE SURPRISED BUT HOPEFUL AT CHUICE FOR pm LEADER Westerners Would Have Preferred Governo r Low den or General Wood as Nominee BY DAVID LAWBENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) SPOKANE, Wash., June 18. —War- ren G. Harding is little known out here, so the first reaction toward the man chosen by the Republican na tional convention is one of surprise mingled with hope. This part of Washintgon contains not a few pro gressives, though the aggressive number who are willing to be char acterized as such is dwindling. Some disappointment over the failure of the Republican convention to name either as president or vice president some one around whom the progres sives could rally is inevitable. Four years the women of this state gave the electoral vote to Wil son. This year women seem to have made themselves vocal only with re spect to Herbert Hoover and now that he is eliminated in the presi dential contest the feminine section of the electorate has no definite ob jective. Senator Harding is being represented as a good citizen, a sim ple American, born on the farm and a self-made man. If his managers are skillful in their approach to states like this, they will win votes for Harding. For, broadly speaking, the Repub licans here would have preferred Governor Lowden or Leonard Wood. Indeed, there was a substantial con fidence felt in the capacity of the Illinois governor.-But Harding is all new to the voters. The people are favorably inclined, however. They want to vote against the mistakes of the Wilson administration, but mostly they want an executive In whom they can have absolute confi dence. If the campaign managers can instill such confidence with re spect to the Harding personality, the reSult, even at this early date, is not difficult to conjecture. McAdoo Strong with Democrats But on the Democratic side there s a pronounced leaning toward Mc- Adoo and. as one Republican ol prominence expressed it, the nomi nation of McAdoo would give the Democrats a fighting chance here abouts. He was basing his assertion on the strength hold -which McAdoo has upon the railroad brotherhoods and organized labor and their fami lies. Governor Cox has been very little kno-wn out here, but since the news papers have been telling how he car ried Ohio three times during the same period that Harding served, the people are beginning to wonder if the Democrats, too, are going to nominate a man from Ohio. Curiously enough, howevrfh, there is a vital interest in whether or not Cox and McAdoo are dry on the liquor question. McAdoo has 'the in dorsement of the Anti-Saloon league, while Cox is believed by. local Demo crats to have moist leanings. So far as this state is concerned, the drys -would have a better chance. The people of Washington are tired of the liquor question, but wrhat they are mostly tired of is the liquor question in politics. Any Democratic candidate need not apply for votes in the state of Washington on the basis of wetness alone. He had bet ter count’ on some of the populous eastern states where the advantages of prohibition still are imaginary. Bryan and the Tarmer Another thing is that William Jen nings Bryan is looked upon by the farmer as a teacher of agrarian gos pel, and this is tha country where he is by no means held in such light esteem as in certain parts of the east. To be sure this is an entirely dif ferent part of the world from ?4ew fork, New Jersey and For instance, while Republicans dis like the Wilson administration as a natte(- of/principle, they don’t dis ike with the bitterness of depth of feeling that the average Republican in the east releases when engaged in political conversations. - Perhaps it is distance, but the itate of Washington—or at least this md of it —isn’t afraid that the league of Nations or the pending peace treaty will work the harm ;hat Senator Johnson say's it will Sven the Republican newspapers in ;his section are willing to take a tha’ice oh the treaty of Versailles 1 ind the league with reservations Chpy think it better than nothing ma if there is any concrete disap >ointment about the Republican con tention. it is about the platform •ather than the candidate. “Pussy-Tooted” on League Plank A straight out-and-out declaration ibout the peace treaty with reserva ions would have been very welcome lereabouts and folks now are inclin d to look upon the plank about the league of Nations as “a superb ilece of pussy-footing,” as one Re lublican expressed it Jt is pretty early yet and such dis .ppointment as prevails may disap lisappear but the main things for . party and a candidate to do to get he votes in the state of Washing on is to inspire confidence. This is the task that Senator Har ling and his campaign managers lave before them. And there are a ;ood many progressives who will tave to be coddled if they are to em irace heartily the platform and can lidate by the time November comes round. >. Highest Court I Admits Girl, 24 HH; > I ■ * w •< ig * < V • PALKW WASHINGTON - - Miss Dora Palkin, at the age of 24, is the youngest woman 1g be admitted to practice before the United States supreme court. During the war Miss Palkin was a member of the Loyal Advisory board which rendered advice to draft ed men. DETROIT WITH 993,739 COUNT IS FOURTH CITY WASHINGTON, June 18.—Detroit, with a numerical increase and rate of growth larger than Chicago’s and second only to New York’s during the last ten years, is now fourth largest city of the country, displac ing St. Louis and outranking Bos ton, Cleveland, Baltimore and Pitts burg, all of which were larger than the Michigan city ten years ago. De troit’s 1920 population, announced today by the census bureau, is 993,- 739, an increase of 527,973, or 113.4 per cent. Automobiles are more popular than the movies it may he observed. The increase for Los Angeles was 80.3 'per cent, compared with the increase of 113.4 per cent for Detroit. Cleveland has increased 42.1 per cent with 236,173 more inhabitants this year than in 1910. The popula tion then was 560,663. This increase places Cleveland third in the order of gr.owth. The others are Detroit, 113.4 per cent; Los Angeles, 80.3 per cent; Cleveland, 42.1 per cent; Baltimore, 31.4; Chicago, 23.6; Milwaukee. 22.3; San Francisco, 21.9; Buffalo, 19.4: New York, 17.9; St. Louis, 12.5; Cin cinnati, 10.3; Pittsburg, 10.2. With announcement of the popula tions of Cleveland and etroit the definite ranking of the country’s eighteen largest cities has been es tablished. New York and Chicago remain first and second largest cit ies, respectively. Philadelphia is the only one of the eighteen whose 1920 population has not been announced, but figures for the Pennsylvania city are not expected to remove it from third place. Detroit has gone into fourth place and Cleveland into fifth position, forcing St. Louis into sixth, Boston into Seventh, Baltimore into eighth and Pittsburg into ninth posi tions. Los Angeles advanced from seven teenth rank to tenth and displaced Buffalo, as ■well as attaining the honor of being the largest city west of St. Louis. San Francisco retain ed eleventh place and Buffalo dropped from tenth to twelfth, while Mil waukee was forced into thirteenth. Washington moved from sixteenth to fourteenth position, displacing Newark, which dropped into fif teenth. Cincinnati, thirteenth larg est city in 1910, now ranks as six teenth, having been passed by both Washington and Newark. New Orleans, through the advance of Los Angeles and Washington, was forced from fifteenth to seventeenth ’place, while Minneapolis retained its rank as eighteenth largest city. The population of Lynchburg, Va., is given at 29,956, increase 462, or 1.6 ' per cent. Blairsville Man, Sentenced to Hang, Granted New Trial i Ed Butt, convicted of murder and I sentenced to hang for the killing of I Bass Petty, in the town of Blairs ! ville, county site of Union county, was granted a new trial by the state supreme court in a decision render ed Friday. Butt and Petty got, intd an argu ment about some hogs, arid Butt shot and killed Petty. At the trial of his case he was represented by Attorneys William Butt, Thomas S. Candler, Tohn M. Johnson, Garland M. Jones and B. P. Gaillard, Jr. The prosecutors were Attorneys J. G. lins and Pat Haralson. Judge J. B. Jones, the trial judge, overruled a motion for a new trial, and the case was taken up on a bill of exceptions. The supreme court reverses the judgment on the grounds (1) that Judge Jones should have charged the jury on manslaugh ter. and (2) that he should have charged on the laffr relating to mutual combat. The case attracted much atention in northeast Georgia by reason of the prominence of the parties in ■volved. HOOVER ANNOUNCES HE WILL SUPPORT ■ REPUBLICAN TICKET In Statement Following Breakfast With Harding He Terms Most of Plat forpi Progressive WASHINGTON, June 18.—Herbert Hoover today announce!! formally that he will support the ticket nom inated jy the Republican national convention a’. Chicago. In a letter to friends made public after breakfast with Senator Hard ing, the Republican presidential nominee, Mr. Hoover characterized the greater part of the platform adopted at Chicago as “constructive and progressive." The announcement definitely clear ed the doubt surrounding Mr. Hoov er’s attitude as the result of the Chicago He said that he had received many hundreds of inquiries from friends as to his course. Mr. Hoover reiterated previous statements of Senator Harding that Mr. Harding would issue no state ment of policies until after the Dem ocratic convention and then only after consultation with all sides. *‘l need not reiterate my convic tion that the constructive ability so critically needed for the vigorous business reorganization of the fed eral government and to meet the many economic issues before us lies in the Republican party,” Mr. Hoover declared, in the conclusion of his statement. Mr. Hoover’s letter indorsed the Republican platform except in some minor particulars. Coming on the heels of President Wilson’s condem nation of that document, the letter was regarded here as making further consideration of Hoover as a Dem ocratic presidential possibility out of the question. He had been mention ed by Democratic leaders now at French Lick Springs. Mr. Hoover, also declared against ! a third party, which, it is under stood, many elements dissatisfied with both old parties, wanted him to lead. Hoover’s Letter In response to inquiries, Mr. Hoov er said in a letter which has been sent to the questioners: ‘‘l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. I have received many hundred other communications from friends advising various courses with respect to the situation that eventuated in Chicago, for undoubted ly many of the independent and pro gressive Republicans like myself are greatly disappointed over some ten dencies that were apparent at Chi cago. The Chicago platform is not radical; the greater part of it is con structive and progressive; nothing prevents the compromise planks on labor, the league, etc., from being given a forward looking interpreta tion; some things, including a reor ganization of our election expendi tures and the primaries, are not ade quately dealt with. “In these times when the great problems and issues created by the war are new and so complex, we must expect a wide divergence of view among the members of the party as to the methods by which they are to be met. It follows, therefore, that if there was to have been unity in the convention, there had to be a large measure of com promise. The compromises on the platform and the candidate are proof that we have not arrived at an era of new political arid social tenden cies—and for this same reason the same divergent groups and the same attitude of compromise will be found In the Democratc convention. Party Splits “Nothing could be more disastrous than the development of several party organizations representing the. complexion of every group in the country. With the legislative and executive functions more widely sep arated than in any other democracy, the whole process of constructive government will come to an end if we have more than two dominant parties. If we should come to this position there will be no possibility of the American people securing an expression of the will of the ma jority and we shall be entirely ruled by log-rolling minorities or- sterile political coalitions.” ‘‘l am convinced that those of us— and I believe they are the majority of the party—who hold more definite views, could not, even were we so in clined, successfully effect the con summation of such views outside the party, and that our duty is to en deavor to bring them to realization within the party organization itself as the issues on which they bear arise. The tendencies of the party will gain tfieir meaning only from actual administration. ”1 am convinced that unity of ac tion among the liberal thinkers of the party, especially if they exert them selves in the curent of congressional elections, will insure the country against legislative reaction. Should Support Party “If the Republican party is not to be irrevocably split I cannot conceive that Senator Harding will for one I moment submit the administrative side of the government to the domi nation of any group or coterie. Furthermore, we have the possibility of having measures and policies de termined by full cabinet responsibil ity, and of having co-operation re stored with the legislative side of the government. I need not reiterate my conviction that the constructive ability so critically needed for the 1 vigorous business reorganization of the federal government and to meet the many economic issues before us lies in the Republican party. “For all these reasons, I believe that those of us who look upon party organization not from the point of view of partisanship, but Solely from the point of view of its usefulness as an agency of maximum service to the country, should support the Re publican party at the polls.” ' ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1920. FELIX JACKSON, , well known Gainesville banker, who is bein” urged to enter the race for governor of Geor gia. W J II TWO WITNESSES TO BE DETAINED IN ELWELL CASE NEW YORK. June 18.—The first real legal detention in the & mys terious case ors the murder of Joseph B. Elwell, wealthy sports man and whist expert who was shot to death in his home here last Fri day, was forecast today. Assistant District Attorney Joyce, in charge of the investigation at El well’s home, issued the following statement: “Edward Rhodes, chauffeur for Mr. Elwell, and Marie Larsen, house keeper, will be taken to the court of general sessions, where we will ask that they be detained formally as material witnesses.” Detectives were particularly in terested in revelations expected from rMs. Larsen, and the owner of the pink silk lingerie found in the Elwell house, who were to face each other and answer questions regard ing the hiding of these articles the morning Mr. Elwell was killed. Mrs. Larsen already has revealed the identity of the woman who is said to be the owner of the lingerie and who is reported to have rushed into Mr. Elwell’s home the morn ing of the murder in an effort to obtain her belongings. Her name has not been made public. Efforts will also be made today to ascertain definitely whether Mr. Elwell went to bed the morning he was shot or whether his house keeper hurriedly made up the bed after she found hjm in a dying con dition. Throughout the investiga tion it has ben assumed that Mr. Elwell had not gone to bed, but in view of certain retractions and cor rections made in the testimony of Mrs. Larsen, she will be questioned definitely on this point. District Attorney Swann said he had not learned anything to warrant suspicion that either of these wom en was at all implicated in the mur der. but that he thought they had perhaps concealed evidence that might tend to reveal the person or persons responsible. Mystery Woman Identified “The mystery woman” who figured prominently in the life of Joseph Bowne Elwell, whist wizard, was known as “Miss Wilson." This revealed today by Mrs. Marie Larsen, housekeeper for the murder ed man. during an examination at the office of District Attorney Edward Swann. Was “Miss? Wilson” “I knew the girl as ‘Mis Wilson,’” Mrs. Larsen said during an examina tion in the presence of newspaper men. “I have later found that was not her true name.” At this point Mr. Swann, who pos sesses the real name of the woman, said: “To \protect the honor of woman hood, we have decided to withhold the girl’s real name for the present and it will not be made public now.” “Miss Wilson” had been in El well’s company often recently. “Miss Wilson” was at the Elwell house on Friday, after Elwell’s mur der had been discovered, Mrs. Larsen said. She denied that she had hidden the revolver with which Elwell was shot. She never knew of anyone making threats against her employer. slus said. As far as Mrs. Larsen knew, she and Elwell possessed the only keys to the house. Three Dead, Two Dying As Result of Wreck Near Cartersville CARTERSVILLE, Ga„ June 18.- In a head-on collision between a switch engine and a work train one mile south of here at 1 o'clock to day, three persons were killed out right and two others are dying. Gompers Is Re-elected President of A. F. L. MONTREAL. June 18. —Samuel Gompers was elected unanimously president of the American Federation of Labor at the convention here to day. Capt. Conrad a Suicide GENEVA, June 18.—Captain Con rad, an Australian naval officer in the submarine flotilla at Trieste dur ing the war apd reported to be a relative of the Austrian fiekTrnarshal of the same name, committed sui cide yesterday on Lake .Constance. It is said his action was due to his I rejection by a Viennese actress. Cap- I tain Conrad hired a motorboat and , when half a mile off shore shpt and killed himself. First Cotton Blooms SYCAMORE, Ga._ June 18.—The first cotton blooms of the season are being- shown on the streets, and it is hoped that the boll weevil will not attack the early crop. j OVERWORK ML TO 0. W. NOTEO FINANCIER Had Been 111 for Some Time, Once Was Partner of J. Pierpont Morgan—Sketch of Life NEW YORK, June 18.—George W. Perkins, financier, died this morning in the Stamford Hall sanitarium, Stamford, Conn. It became known June 11 that Mr. Perkins had suffered a nervous breakdown but mefhbers of his fam ily did not intimate at that time his life was in ianger. Mr. Perkins was taken to Stam <o<d about ten days ago when his son, George W. Perkins, Jr., an nounced tire change was made to af ford his father a complete rest and seclusion from his friends who sought his counsels during the polit ical campaign preceding the Chicago convention. The affection to which Mr. Perkins succumbed is believed to have been the result of influenza and pneumo nia contracted while serving with the Y. M. C. A. in France during the war. A statement by the dead finan cier’s phyisicans, given out at Mr Perkins’ office, gave the time of hi death at 2:15 this morning. Death lesulted from an attack of “acute inflammation of the brain, the re sult of complete nervous exhaustion due to intense and continuous over work,” the announcement said. Liberal Business Policy i George Walbridge Perkins, for ten years a member of the firm of J. P. oMrgan & Co., was reputed to have first suggested to and persuaded “big business” to adopt profit-sharing, in surance, service bonuses, sick bene fits and old-age pensions. It was Perkins who was also said to have inaugurated the plan which permitted employes of. the United States Steel corporation and the In ternational Harvester company, in both of which he was at one time an executive, to purchase stock on in stallments and at less tlwn market value on the assumption that “indus trial justice is the most profitable of investments, that justice promotes peace, peace promotes prosperity and that the workmen’s prospertiy is nec essary to the prospertiy of the busi ness man.” Mr. Perkins was born in Chicago, January 31, 1862, a descendant of Jacob Perkins, an English ancestor who settled in Boston in 1631. His father, George W. Perkins, long en gaged in the shipping industry at Buffalo, was later a pioneer in the life insurance field. The son entered the insurance business in Chicago when fifteen as a clerk, became a bookkeeper, an agent and subsequent ly manager of a Cleveland office. He went to Denver and in 1892 was made vice president of the New York Life Insurance company. His achieve ments attracted the attention of the elder Morgan and in 1900 he was in vited to become a member of the Wall street firm. In this capactiy he negotiated a number of big foreign loans. He remained with J. P. Mor gan & Co. until 1910, meanwhile be coming a director of numerous large corporations including the steel and harvester companies, a number of railroads and the International Mer cantile Marine company. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL |-n FROM NOW r A □V c TO NOV. 10th jJV - The national conventions of both the Democratic and Republican parties will soon be staged— And then will come the campaign with all of its excitement and enthusiasm— And that will be only a part of the interesting news which readers will find in their paper every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday from now to November 10th. More Than 5 Months 50c This will pay your subscription till after the national elec tions in November, giving you all the campaign news as well ,as the results of the election. We are making a special offer to send The Atlanta Tri-Weekly journal to you from now until November 10th for only 50c. SEND YOUR 50c TODAY If you wish to secure your subscription without cost to you send us four new subscribers fifty cents each for this offer and we will send you The Tri-Weekly Journal till November 10th for your trouble. THE ATLANTA JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL from now until November 10, 1920. Name R. F- D..................... P. 0................................ State PICTURE COLBY LIKE THIS! i~ T Ss B W’’ vi ■ I I ■ - I i -JT L t CUteZOM L...- 1 \ ..: l= )| LONDON —Can you picture Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby togging out like this and going over to the senate to perform? This is Lord Curzon Britain's foreign secretary and leader of the House of Lords, all dressed up in his lordly trappings. DRIVE IS ORDERED ON BITUMINOUS COAL PROFITEERS WASHINGTON. June 18.—A drive on profiteers in bituminous qoal was ordered Thursday by Attorney Gen eral Palmer. All federal district attorneys were ordered to give special attention to charges of such profiteering and to seek indictment wher investigation warranted. “The department of justice,” said Mr- Palmer's instructions, “is receiv ing a number of letters in which com plaint is made that bituminous coal prices at the mines now range from ?7 to sll a ton, with a further in crease imminent. 1 The writers say that operators are attributing the advanced prices to car shortage and export demand, emphasis being placed upon the export demand. “Production cost figures gathered by the federal trade commission 1,589 bituminous coal operators in the principal production regions mining roughly about 60 per cent of the annual output, show that during Jan uary, 1920, their costs per ton aver aged $2.32 at the mines. Since then there has been an increase of 27 per cent in the cost of labor, en hancing the production cost to $2.79 per ton. The accuracy of these fig ures is borne out by information in letteis coming to the department from purchasers of poal, from which it appears that prices in May did not greatly exceed those furnished to the federal trade commission for Janu ary. “This situation demands the prompt attention of all United States attorneys. Please give specal at tention to the matter and seek in d:c:.n snts where inv*s;tg it‘.» i dis close.'-' that an unreasonable profit has been taken, advising the department of the action taken.” EARLY SOLUTION OF MAIL ROBBERY HERE EXPECTED An early solution of the mystery surrounding the robbery of about §61,000 worth of Liberty Eonds from a United States mail truck in At lanta Tuesday night was apparently foreshadowed Thursday, when post office inspectors rounded up and rig orously examined three men whose supposed connection with the Case was not divulged. One of the three is J. D. Smith, of 31 South Gordon street, arrested Wednesday by city detect Wes while in swimming at Piedmont park, and now is in the Fulton county Tower in default of a $3,000 bond assessed Thursday afternoon by City Recorder Johnson under the charge of automo bile theft. The names of the other two have not been given out, but the inspectors prosecuting the investiga tion do not deny that they were ex amined. Smith is alleged to have joined in stealing a car owned by V. J. Meigs, of 9,1 Crumley street. The machine is said to have been found in Dah lonega Wednesday by City Detec tives Malcolm and Meek after it had been sold there. Smith strenuously denies any knowledge whatever con cerning the bond robbery. He ad mitted that he had been taken to the federal building and ques tioned by postoffice inspectors, but declared that <hey gbt no infor mation from him. He said the in spection department is trying to fasten the mail theft on him, al though he is innocent. Ever since a two-gun highwayman held up the truck at Forsyth and Hunter streets, overawed John T. Widener, registry transfer clerk, and J. E. Craig, negro driver, and looted the registered mail pouch on a coun try road beyond West View ceme tery, the inspection department has expressed satisfaction with the way their case was progressing and has indicated that important develop ments might be expected almost hourly. The entire staff of inspec tors, aided by officials of other post office departments and city detec tives, has been giving practically its entire time to the case. The investigation has apparently substantiated the report of the postal employes on the truck concerning the manner in which the hold-up was j staged. Cholera Serum Is Money Saver ' AMERICUS, Ga.. June 18.—One i hundred thousand dollars is annually I added to the value of Sumter coun- I ty’s hog crop through the use of SSOO I worth of hog cholera serum monthly I in the territory embraced in Chatta- I hoochee, Marion, Macon, Stewart. Schley and Webster counties. Dr. H. I Wise, district veterinarian, who makes his headquarters in Americus, has just received a large shipment of the serum, and will keep a quan tity of this as a reserve supply throughout the summer months. No charge for this serum is made to farmers, except exact cost. Previous to the introduction and use of this serum .only about $25,000 worth of hogs were sold here annually. George O. Marshall, county farm demonstration agent, now states i $160,000 worth of swine were shipped ; out o fthe county last year, in addi tion to about $25,000 bought by lo cal butchers. Os the hogs shipped, SBO,OOO worth were sold in co-opera tive sales; $30,000 worth were sold through other agencies for packing house purposes, and $50,000 worth ; were sold either as foundation herds or for breeding purposes. S6OO Reward Offered For Brutal Highwaymen EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. Mo., June 18. —A reward of S6OO raised by public subscription, was offered to day for the two men who robbed George M. Underwood, of Carrollton. Mo., Wednesday night, and bound him to a railroad track with the re sult that his left arm and foot were cut off. Underwood will recover, physicians say, although he received a serious shock partly extricating himself from his barbed wire bonds as a passenger train approached. Officers working on the case said they were not inclined to accept the .single robbery motive ftrofered by Underwood as the amount involved was only S7O. In addition to county officers a private detective agency has been employed and operatives for insurance companies in which Underwood holds policies also are said to be working to solve the mys- I tery of the attempted murder. Scents a copy. $1.50 A . YEAR. NOMINEE WILLING ID ED ID PEOPLE ON im ISSUE President Takes Offensive in Interview Denouncing G. 0. P. Platform Favors No Candidate at Frisco WASHINGTON. June 18.—Presi dent Wilson’s Challenge to submit the peace treaty to a referendum of the American people was accepted today by Senator Harding, the Re publican presidential candidate. “I am sure,” said Senator Hard ing, "the Republican party will glad ly welcome a referendum on the question of the foreign relationship of this republic and the Republican attitude of preserved nationality will be overwhelmingly indorsed.” Senator Harding’s statement was in reply to the interview with Pres ident Wilson, published today, in which the president discussed the League of Nations issue and the Re publican platform. Herbert Hoover, whose name was „ voted on to the last at the Republi can convention, had breakfast today with Senator Harding, at the sena tor’s invitation. Another visitor today was George Clark, of Canton, 0., chairman of the Ohio state Republican advisory committee, who came to Washington to lay before Senator Harding plans for the Ohio c|mpaign.\ Republicans in that state, he declared, were ready to go ahead as soon as the Repub lican nominee had indorsed the plans. Wilson Takes Offensive President Wilson has taken the of fensive for his policies at the start of the presidential campaign, cabinet officers nad administration senators said here today. In Mr. Wilson’s interview with the New York World they said he has not only pointed out the course he believes the Democrats should fol low in the presidential campaign, but he has thrown down the gage to his opponents in 4 .his own party. Should this £age be taken up should the Demociats at San Fran cisco “pussyfoot" on the league—tho president has left hanging over them the possibility of his candidacy for N a third term. Democrats as well as Republicans here noted that the president had not repudiated -such a possibility. Republicans were ready to comment oh it. Democrats were not. The gage to the president’s dem ocratic opponents, his supporters said, was contained in the utterance that he “was as confident today as I was when I returned from Paris finally in July last that the peopls of not only America but of the en tire world are in favor of the League of Nations,” and also when he de clared that the American people want a referendum the league issue “above anything <else a political party now may provide.” In Mr. Wilson’s official family these utterances were interpreted as meaning that he believes the Repub lican party cannot escape the league issue and tl\at the Democratic party will havd failed the country if it does not take a positive stand for the league. ’ When he declared the “processes by which the Chicago platform was accomplished seemed to me to have been essentially Prussian in inspir ation and method” and later refus ed to comment on the Republican candidates, he outlined the Demo cratic campaign, according to ad ministration views. This course is an action on the Republican platform with the incidental statement that the nominees fit the platform. There was also rejoicing among Democrats that Mr. Wilson had re frained from indicating a choice for any Democratic presidential aspir ant. Secretary Daniels was the first cabinet officer to follow the presi dent’s interview with a statement of the same trend. Comment on Interview “I think the senate’s failure to ratify the treaty is the tragedy 6t' the century,” Secretary Daniels said. ‘‘The unrest throughout the world is chiefly due to that failure. The American people by an overwhelm ing majority showed that they wish ed the treaty ratified.” i Representative Mondell, Republi can leader of the house, declared the president’s interview indicated he was thinking of a third term. ‘‘The interview simply illustrates that the president still adheres to his idols,” Mr. Mondell said. “This would convey the impression that he would be a candidate for a third term. He says he’s the issue. If lie’s the issue he ought to be the candidate.” Mr. Mondell called attention to the president’s support of the Lever act and said no one had attempted to re peal it or suggested its repeal. Senator King, Utah, • Democrat, said President Wilson’s interview, •‘points the way v> , 'y clearly” for the action of the Democrats at San Francisco. “The Republican platform inevita bly made the issue when it decided against any League of Nations,” Sen ator King said. "The platform was a negation of moral fodrees which must operate among civilized na tions. It was likewise reactionary as to Democratic policy. President Wilson recognized this and with re markable precision placed his finger on the issues that made. The American people do believe in a concert of leading nations of the world. They believe in a League of Nations and they believe in this league with some reservations which will not destroy its effectiveness. President Wilson, I know is leaving the door open for reservations. He approves Hitchcock’s and the Taft reservations. His interview points the way very clearly for action of of the Democrats at San Francisco (Continued on Page 6, Column 3)