Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08
CABINET IS SCATTERED
Postmaster General Will Be Left by
Himself Monday.
SUMNER PLANS OF ADVISERS
Conference in September to Devise
Reorganization Of Interstate
Commerce Commission.

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cabinet of11cers-Secretary of the Treas
ury MacVeagh and Postmaster General
Hitchcock. BY Monday night the dis
| tinction probably will be alone enjoyed
by Mr.. Hitchcock.
President Taft is keeping in close
touch with Washington over the gov
ernment wire from Beverly. Mass. Vice
| President Sherman is at his home in
Utica, N. Y. and Speaker Cannon left
| yesterday for his home in Danville, Ill.
Attorney General Wickersham. ac-
| companied by Mrs. Wickersham start
ed yesterday for New York in an auto
mobile. They will stop for at least one
day in Philadelphia and will make, per-
haps, brief stops at other immediate
points.
| They expect to remain at their Long
Island home for about six weeks. The
| Attorney General will be at his New
York city offices during the greater part
Of that time.
Frank Cole. the Attorney Generals
| private secretary, will establish an Of
fee in New York city, through which
Mr.. Wickersham may be kept in close
touch with the business of the Depart
| ment of Justice. Wade Ellis, assistant
to Mr. Wickersham. is acting Attorney
General.
While away from Washington the At
| torney General will consider some Ques-
tions that have arisen in connection
with the department..
Interstate Commerce Conference.
While no definite time has been fixed
| for a conference respecting President
Taft's plan to rorganize the interstate
commerce commission, 1t is expected
| that the President and some members
Of his cabinet. including Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham and Secretary Of Com
merce and Labor Nagel, win have such
| a conference in September, either at
New York or at Beverly.
| No scheme of reorganization has been
determined upon. 1t was stated today
that the whole matter yet Is in tenta-
tive state.
Among those likely to be present at
such conference are Chairman Knapp
and other members of the interstate COM
merce commission, Solicitor General Bow
ers of the Department Of Justice and
Representative Townsend of Michigan, a
member OF the House committee on inter-
state and foreign commerce.
| The Presidents tentative idea is to for
mulate legislation, in amendment to the
present railroad rate law, that will pro-
vide for a division of the work now done
by the Interstate commerce commission.
His plan, as discussed with those par
tfcularly interested, is to provide that in
| vestigations into violations of the inter-
state commerce act from which prOsecu-
| tions may result shall be conducted
either directly by the Department of JUS
tice or by the bureau of corporations IN
| stead of by the interstate commerce COM
| mission.
| 1t is believed by administration officials
that the carrying into effect of such a
and for the people. and. at the same
| time. remove from the interstate COM
merce commission any criticism that it's
action with regard to criminal cases
might influence its action respecting
| freight rates.
Movements of Cabinet.
Secretary of State Knox left yesterday
for his home at Valley Forge. Pa. leav-
ing Assistant Secretary Adee as acting
| secretary.
Secretary Macveagh of the Treasury
Department expects to leave Washington
Monday morning for Dublin. N. H.. where
he has a summer home. He probably
will be absent several weeks.
1t is his expectation 10 remain in touch.
Sd far as possible, with the Treasury
Department and with President Taft. 1t
| is likely that he will have conference
with the President before the latter
starts on his journey across the continent
in September.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson will
leave Washington this evening for the
west, where he will spend his vacation
investigating various matters relating to
the affairs of his department. Secre-
/ tary Wilson will spend week at his
home In Traer. iowa. after concluding
| his work In Wyoming and Utah
! He will confer at Rawlings Wyo., with
the sheep raisers OF that country. He is
anxious to ascertain whether there are
lands included in the forest reserves
which are valuable for agricultural pur-
poses. II such lands are found to exist
/ i'm 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 Og-
den, Utah. where he will take up the
same question. Since June. 1905, there
have been 10000 acres Of farm lands in
the forest reserves turned over to home
steaders.
| Mr. Wilson. will return to Washington
early in the autumn. Meantime Assistant
Secretary Hays and Prof. Willis l..
Moore chief of the weather bureau, will
be- successfully, acting Secretary of Agri-
culture.
Nagel Conc for Long Time.
When Secretary Nagel of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor leaves here
tonight, he probably will not, except for
two or three days, return to Washington
until October 1. He will go to his sum-
mer home at Marion. Mass, to spend
ten days, following which he will return
there to finish some important work.
Again returning to Marion. he will re-
main there until early In September. when
he will 60 to New York city to confer
with the Attorney General and others.
He will devote some consideration to
1.-THE workings of the immigration service.
and will visit his old home at st. Louis
before returning to take up his winters
work here. Assistant Secretary McHarg
will be acting Secretary.
Secretary of War Dickinson is at his
home at Belle Meade. Nashville. Tenn.
Gen. Oliver assistant secretary, is at
Murray Bay. Canada: Chief Clerk John
Schofeld is acting Secretary OF War.
II Gen. Bell, chief of star, is In Alas
ka looking over army posts.
Gen. Marshall. chief Of engineers, Is on
an inspection tour In the far west.
Gen. Clarence r. Edwards. chief Of the
insular bureau. is on the ocean, bound for
Germany.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer Is CATCH
ing salmon on the Restigouche, Ontario,
while Assistant Secretary Winthrop is
in New England, where he went to in