The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-13
WASHINGTON IS SHOCKED AT
 KNOX DEATH
Pennsylvania Senator D S Suddenly Last Evening
 His Notable Career.

in all walks of life on the death of Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, who Tor so many years had been promi- nent in the nations life. The shock Of his death was accentuated by it's suddenness, the Senator having but just returned from Europe, appar- ently in his usual health.
 Arrangements for the funeral are expected to be made upon arrival to- day of out of town members of the family.
 pected to adjourn upon converting at noon out of respect to the memory of the senator. The Senate had on it's calendar for early consideration prac- treaty with Germany negotiated on the basis laid down in the peace res olutior which bears his name.
 Senator Knox was stricken sud- to enter the dining room of his res idence on K street for dinner. He suffered para1ytic stroke and died within 15 minutes without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Knox and his sec retary, WsssF Martin, were with him at the time.
 Philander c. Knox was Attorney General in the cabinets of Presidents
 Mckinley and Roosevelt, Secretary of State in the cabinet of President Taft and in the interim between those two offices and afterward was United States Senator.
 Senator Knox was an active figure in the fight in the Senate in 1919 and 1920 against the ratification of the Peace Treaty of Versailles. Even when the teraty was being drawn up and out of it in which he demanded that the League of Nations covenant should be separated from the other part of the treaty. He introduced a adopted by the Senate and also pre- sened resolution against the ap- pointment of American representa- tives on the Repafations' Commis- sion. He also drafted one of the various resolutions submitted to the Senate for adopting the treaty with reservations.
 Subsequently, Senator Knox was ed by the Senate in May, 1920, de- claring4 peace with Germany, This also was vetoed by President Wilson.
 Senator Knox first came into na- tlonal prominence when in 1901 President Mckinley appointed him as Atorney-General He retained that office under President Roosevelt untli 1904 when. he resigned to ac- eept an appointment as United States Senator from Pennsylvania to sue ceed the late Senator Quay
 As Attorney-General he establish ed record for prosecutions of trusts and combinations and In actions against railroads to prevent rebates and discrfminations in race
 Notable among his achievements while in this office was his suit against the Northern Securities company, a corporation organized for the purpose of combining the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads. He brought the government action to dis legal fight beginning in 1902 he won the case in the United States Circuit court.
 MT Knox also waged a notable hght against the combination of seven beef corporations against whom he brought action in that year (1s02), charging them with being in con spiracy in restraint of trade He obtained injunctions against the de- tendants which were made perman- ent on appeal to the United States Supreme court and the combination was ordered to be dissolved.
 soon after MT Knox instituted proceedings against 14 railroad cor porations charging them with being in combination in restrait of trade ad finally won all the suits. His frlends IT declare that he was a pioneer Tn the movement to control corpora tlons- It was upon his recommenda- ton that Congress amended the laws against railroads so as to punish them for granting rebates, extend the au- thority of courts to enjoin the carriers against making discriminatory rates and permit the Federal courts to give precedence to cases of great import InoS6 made him a powerful factor in the war against unfair practices by cor porations which was the outstandins feature of that period of President RooSeveltS administration.
 His own views on these powerful
 combinations were expressed in an address at that time in which he de- clared that over capitalization was the most conspicuously evil feature | of the trusts but that other factors which contributed to their ilfl-effect upon the public were lack of public | ity of operation, discrimination in tion- a tendency to monopolize trade | in their lines and failure to appre- ciate that they owed any service to the public.
 My purpose he declared, lis to show that we are not hopelessly helpless to deal with serious prob lems which confront us"
 MT. Knox has been credited by some with having actually carried through" the purchase of the Pana ma Canal for s40.0oo.o00 which was an achievement of the Roosevelt ad- ministration. As Attorney General, MT. Knox went to Paris and ascer- tained that the new Panama Canal company held a clear title to convey States to proceed with the purchase MT Knox was appointed United l States Senator in 1904. As Secretary of State in President Taft's cabinet F nausurateo an acllVe poncy oI eE1ing the eXtenaion of Am ertcan | de with foreign countries which l was characterized as dollar di- l plomacy," a designation intended in i derision but of which Secretary Knox l afterward declared he was proud. Ee | proposed that an Arbitral Court be | established at the Hague and that the | Manchurian Railway be neutralized | and approved the plan for the Cen | trad American Court of Justice for | maintaining peace in Central Amer l ica. He negotiated arbitration treat 1 :es with France and Great Britain | md made a notable trip to Central l American countries, Colombia and