The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-09

in close touch with the business of
the department of justice. Wade Ell
lis, assistant to MIR. Wickersham is
acting attorney general,
While away from Washington tho
attorney general will consider some
questions that have arisen in connec-
ton with tho department.
While no definite time has been
fixed for g conference respecting
President Taft's plan to reorganize
the interstate commerce commission.
it is expected that the president and
some members of his cabinet includ-
ing Attorney General Wickersham
and Secretary OF Commerce and La
Dor Nagel will have such confer-
ence early in September either at
New York or at Beverly. No scheme
of reorganization has been deter
mined upon and it was stated today
tentative state. Among those likely
to be present at such conference
are Chairman Knapp and other men,
bers of the Interstate commerce COM
mission, Solicitor General Bowers of
the department of justice and Repre-
sentative Townsend of Michigan, a
member of the house committee on
Interstate and foreign commerce.
The presidents tentative idea is to
formulate legislation, i'll amendment
to the present railroad rate law that
will provide for division Of the
work now done by the interstate COM
merce commission. His plan as dis
cussed with these particularly inter-
ested is to provide that Investigations
into violations of the interstate COM
merce act from which prosecutions
may result, shall be conduced either
directly by the department of justice
or by the bureau of corporations in
stead of by the interstate commerce
commission.
Revising Commission
1t is believed by administration Of
ficials that the carrying into effect Of
such q plan will be the better for
the railroads and for the people and.
at the same time, remove from the
Interstate commerce commission any
criticism that it's action with regard
to criminal cases might influence its
action respecting freight rates.
Secretary OF State Knox left today
for his home at Valley Forge, Pa.
leaving Assistant Secretary Adee as
acting secretary.
Secretary MacVeagh of the treas
ury department expects to leave
Washington this evening for
Dublin, New Hampshire, where he
has q summer home. He probably
will be absent several weeks. 1t is
his expectation to remain in touch,
so far as possible. with the treasury
department and with President Taft
1t is likely that he will have con-
ference with the president before the
latter starts his journey across tho
continent in September.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
will leave Washington tomorrow
evening for the west, where he will
spend his vacation investigating sew
eral matters connected with the af.
! fairs OF his department.
Secretary Wilson will spend week
at his home in Traer, Iowa, after
concluding his work in Wyoming and
Utah. He will confer at Rawlins,
Wyo., with the sheep raisers OF that
country. He is anxious to ascertain
whether there are lands included IN
the forest reserves which are valu-
able for agricultural purposes. II
such lands are found to exist in the
reserves he will recommend to the
secretary of the interior that they be
listed for settlement and entry. Later
Secretary Wilson will go to Ogden,
Utah., where he will take up the
same question. Since June, 1906,
there have been 250,000 acres Of farm
lands in the forest reserves turned
over to homesteaders. Mr.. Wilson
will return to Washington early in
the autumn. Meantime Assistant
Secretary Hays and Willis l.. Moore,
chief of the weather bureau, will be
successfully acting secretary of agri-
culture.
When Secretary Nagel of the de-
partment OF commerce and labor
leaves here tomorrow night he prob
ably will not return to Washington
except for two or three days, until
October /. He will go to his sum-
mer home at Marion, Mass, to spend
ten days following which he will re-
turn here to finish some important
work.
Again returning to Marion he will
remain there until early in Septem-
Der when he will go to New York
city to confer with the attorney gen.
eral and others.
McIIarg in Charge.
He will devote some consideration
to the workings of the Immigration
service and will visit his old homo at
st. Louis before returning to take up
the winters work here. Assistant
Secretary McHarg will be acting Sec
retary.
Secretary Dickinson is at his home
at Belle Meade, Nashville, while Gen.
eral Oliver, assistant secretary is at
Murray Bay, Canada. Chief Clerk
John Schofield is acting secretary of
war. General Bell, chief OF staff, is
in Alaska looking over army posts.
General Marshall, chief OF engineers,
is on an inspection tour in the far
west. General Clarence R. Edwards,
chief of the insular bureau, is on the
ocean bound for Germany.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer is
catching salmon on the Restigouche
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