The Washington times., 1921-10-13
TRIBUTES FLOW
!. To MEMORY Of
SENATOR KNOX
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expressing the grief OF the Senate at
Senator Knoxs death.
Adjournment followed Immediately
after the adoption OF the resolution.
Hardings Visit Home.
Shortly after IL o'clock. the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding went 20 the
Knox residence In X street to ex.
press personally TO Mrs. Knox and
the family their sorrow at the death
OF the Senator.
Vice President, Coolidge today
made the following comment:
The whole nation has suffered .
severe loss In the taking away Of
Senator Knox. He was man Of the
very largest experience In the trans
action Of public affairs. with most
marked ability and unselfish patriot
ism. 1T seems impossible 10 recon
cile his loss with those needs OF the
present time TO which he was 80 re-
markabiy trained 10 respond. He
was a great lawyer, a great cabinet
minister. a great Senator. Every be-
lever In sound government under
the Constitution and In accordance
with the law will mourn his depar.
ture."
i. G. q. Adjourns.
Out Of respect to the memory OF
Senator Knox, the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee today postponed
hearings on the railroad situation until
next Saturday.
Attorney General Daugherty. who
was on his way West when he learned
Of the death OF Senator Knox, Is re-
turning TO Washington TO attend the
funeral and will accompany the body
to Valley Forge.
The entire nation today is in
mourning for Senator Knox, whose
unexpected death from a paralytic
stroke at $50 o'clock last night oc-
CURED at his Washington residence,
1921 X street northwest.
Reed Knox and Hugh 8. Knox
sons of the senator and a daughter.
Mrs. j. H. Tindall, all or Valley
Forge, Pa, reached the Capital early
today to complete arrangements Tor
the funeral services.
1t is planned TO hold funeral services
for the distinguished Pennsylvania
tomorrow>>> at st. Johns Episcopal
Church, with members of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee as honor
ary pallbearers and intimate friends
of the dead Senator as active pail
bearers.
Following the funeral services II Is
planned to take the body to Valley
Forge. Pa. for burial.
In announcing these arrangements
v~~avx,haru ~ tho In p,tlv aaid fhAV were
subject to change.
The active pallbearers will be
Maj. j.. Reuben Clark. tr.. Maj.
Charles F.. Wilson, Walter e. Clark,
William Watson Smith. Frederick
De c. Faust. and Warren F. Martin.
Following services here tomorrow
at IL o'clock at st. Johns Episcopal
Church the body will be taken to
the late home of Senator Knox In
the ssbook room" at the, Knox home,
the favorite room OF Senator Knox.
Services will be held at 2:30 Sat
urday afternoon at the Valley Forge
Memorial Chapel.
In Politics 20 Years.
For twenty years Senator Knox
was one. OF the most noted and
active figures in Washington official
life, first as Attorney General under
Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt:
later Secretary of State under Taft,
and in two terms in the Senate.
Senator Knox returned to Wash
ington Monday from a months va
cation abroad. He declared to
newspaper men that he was feel
ing fine" except for slight fatigue
from the ocean voyage. He plunged
into his Senatorial work with usual
vigor, however, and was preparing
for the busy sessions ahead.
Was to Attend Theater.
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock.
Senator Knox left the Senate Cham
ber for a motor ride through Potomac
Park. On the way home he stopped
to purchase tickets for a theater per-
formance last night.
Arriving at his home, the Senator
Immediately went to the library where
he prepared to make himself COM
Portable among his books until dinner
time.
Upon being summond to dinner, the
Senator descended the staircase. Mrs.
Knox and the Senator's secretary, w.
F. Martin, saw the statesman crumple
up on the stairs. DIR. Samuel Adams
was summoned, but Mr.. Knox died
within fifteen minutes.
Tribute to the memory of Knox was
paid the Senator's colleagues. par
ticularly by Senator Boies Penrose of
pennsylvania.