New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-03
TAFT ADVISERS TO REST
Cabinet Members Plan VaCa-
tions After Tomorrow.
UNDERSTANDS WORLD TRIP
Attorney General and Wife To
Be Gone a Year-Stimson to
Practise Law Here.
From The Tribune Bureau.


Washington March 2.-AIembers OF the
Taft Cabinet have about completed
preparations for their retirement to pri-
vate life, nearly all of them intending
first to take vacations extending from a
month To a year.
The Secretary Of State. Philander G.
Knox. will resume his law practice at
Pittsburgh which he first gave up In
1901 to become Attorney General In
President McKinley's Cabinet. the first
position he held in Washington. He has
been president Of the Pennsylvania Bar
Association and is a distinguished lawyer.
He may take a trip abroad. The AS
sistant Secretary of State. Huntington
Wilson. and Mrs Wilson will 20 to
Europe for a year.
The Secretary OF the Treasury. Frank
plans He owns palatial home IN
Washington. the gift Of Mrs. MacNcagh.
and may remain in Washington for sew
eral months.
The Secretary OF War, Henry l.. slim
son. Will return 10 New York and resume
the law He has served as United states
Attorney for the Southern District or
New York. and gained much fame as
special assistant Attorney General in the
sugar fraud cases
The Attorney General. George w.
Wickersham and Mrs. Wickersham will
close their Washington home immedi-
ateiy after Inauguration. and Will leave
about March L. FOR a trip around the
world They will he accomp MED by Miss
Martha Bowers and Miss Frances Moves.
Of Washington. and Frederick Moore. Of
New YORK The party will leave New
York March for san Francisco. Two
weeks viii he spent in Honolulu. and the
interesting points in China and Japan
will also be visited. Describing their
plans. Mr. Wickersham said
we Shall &c; away from Picking just
before the summer rains begin. visit the
Great Wall. probably at Shan-Hai- kwan.
reaching the Traus-Siberian Railway a.
Iiarbin on July I. We could not leave
sooner. even n We wished. Tor these are
the first accommodations We have been
able 10 obtain. so crowded is that route,
in summer particularly. I'm Russia we
viii. II COURSE. 500 Moscow and s.
PETERSBURG
Tie Postmaster General Frank ".
Hitchcock will take six months rest
after his retirement from the Cabinet
lie he's no definite plans. but expects %
60 either To Europe or To- he Panama
Canal Zone Tie has received nattcriug
offers TO engage In business. but has not
Vet made a decision Mr.. Hitchcock has
the distinct on ~, being the only bachelor
in The cabinet
The Secretary 81 the Navy. George Won
Lencerke Never. has planned 10 go on
tarpoon fishing trip along the coast Of
Florida. He expects L. remain in Florida
about -Four or five weeks before taking up
his residence AZ Hamilton. Mass. He has
extensive business interests IN the New
England states. being a trustee Of the
Pro, idcnt Institution f"r savings. Of Bos-
ton. and director Of the old Colony Trust
featuring Company. Of Manchester. y H. !.
the United Electric Securities Company.
Of Boston. ard others
The Assistant secretary ~ the Navy.
Reckman Winthrop. will enter the firm ~
Robert Winthrop & 70. No. 80 Wall
street. New York. Ills home is al West
bury. Long Island. where he will rest for
several weeks before actively ensaging
i'm business
The Secretary NJ the Interior. Walter
/. Fi.hcr viii return 10 the law. In CHI
Cdeo.
The Secretary Of Agriculture. James
Wilson. who has held the Office since 1891
Will go back Ia his extensive farm IN
lama County. Iowa.
The Secretary Of Commerc" and Labor
Charles Nag.l. and MIS-. Mage. who have
been among the most popular members
Of Washington society. will return 10 81
Louis. where the secretary VIII resume
the extensive law practice he enjoyed be-
for. ne entered President Tafts cabinet