New Britain herald., 1921-10-13
NATION .MOURNS
 DEATH 0F SENATOR
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AiAI AO1 O1AuOls HE Wdo Wclh- ing across the threshold of the din- ing room at 6:45 when he fell un- conscious.
 Fails to Be Revived.
 Mrs. Knox and MT. Martin tried to | revive him. Finding their efforts un- successful MT. Martin rushed out to | summon a physician He was back in fifteen minutes with, Dr. l.. S. | Adams, who said the senator was | dead.
 Mrs. Knox gave way under the ! shock. Dr.. Adams cared for her and | it is not believed that she is in any ] danger. News of Senator Knox's death | spread rapidly in Washington and | brought from high officials expressions | of the greatest regret.
 Word was sent at once to Senator 1 Penrose of Pennsylvania, his col l league. Senator. Penrose was pro- foundly affected by the news. He I said.
 T am unspeakably shocked and can find no words in which to3express my 1 grief. can only say that the coun- try has suffered an irreparable loss 1 in the death of such a statesman. And 1 I have lost a close and worthy friend l and cherished colleague
 PhiYander c. Knox, Jr.. who lives in | Washington, was summoned by ser wants immediately after. his father was stricken, but Senator Knox had | been dead some time before he reached the home.1 Hugh S. Knox, an other son, is at Strafford, Pa. and l Reed Knox. the youngest son, and Mrs. James R. Tindle, the only daugh- 1 ter. are at Valley Forge.
 CoorAf. Nfoun,, 6 ~-& oA3- -tai caller at the Knox home. As an old friend of the family he went l immediately upon hearing the news.
 Notable Diplomatist Gone.
 "The death of the Pennsylvania senator removes one of the best known of American statesmen, lawyers and dip1omatists. Senator Knox was fre- quently referred to by his colleagues and others as one of the greatest minds in American political affairs in several generations As attorney general under Mckinley and Roose- welt, as secretary of state under Taft and as senator from Pennsylva nia, he brought into play the faculties that made him leader.in national and in- ternational affairs eliminating when he framed the senate resolution to bring state of peace with Germany. Tn choosing the American delega- tion to the arms conference it had Ebsen expected Senator Knox would be one of the American representa- tives. So clearly was this understood that it was quietly intimated in sem ate circles that Senator Knox already had been asked to serve. When 1t. was decided to limit the number of American delegates to four, Senator Knox gladly removed himself from consideration so President Harding would have no embarrassment in ap- pointing Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign relations committee, and Senator Underwood as the represen- tative of the democratic minority. T Served In Cabinet
 Philander c. Knox was Attorney I General in the cabinets of Presidents
 Mckinley and Roosevelt, Secretary of Gate in the cabinet of President Taft
 and in the interim between those two
 offices and afterward, was United Gates Senator.
 Senator Knox was an active figure
 in the fight in the Senate in 1919 and I1920 against the ratification of the
 Peace Treaty of Versailles. Even
 when the treaty was being drawn up
 he delivered speeches in the Senate
 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
 resolution to that effect which was
 adopted by the Senate and also pre-
 sented a resolution against the ap-
 pointment of American representa-
 tives on the Preparations Commis-
 sion. He also drafted one of the var 1ous resolutions submitted to the Sen
 ate for adopting the Treaty with res
 ervations.
 Subsequently Senator Knox was the author of resolution adopted by the
 Senate in May, 1920, declaring peace V lth Germany. This also was vetoed ny President Wilson.
 Attorney General in 19O1
 Senator Knox first came into na-
 .ional prominence when in 1901 President Mckinley appointed him as Attorney General. He retained that office under President Roosevelt until 1904, when he resigned to ac-
 cept an appointment as United States Senato., from Pennsylvania tc suc- , ceed the late Senator Quay.
 As Attorney General he established 7 record for prosecutions of trusts r ard combinations and in actions 5 against railroads to prevent rebates l ard discrimination in race.
 2 Notable among his achievements while in this office was his suit against 5 the Northern Securities Company a ce operation organized for the pur- pose of combining the NorthAr1 Pa