The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-10-13
HARDING DUE To
ATTEND FUNERAL
OF KNOX FRIDAY
President. H,oh Government OIL.
elals cenursnlonsl Leaders 70
&c Present When Las; sad
Rites Said.
BURIAL WILL BE AT
VALLEY FORGE, PENN,
last Resting Place q csns,or 10 pe
Near Summer Home: Haa Been
in Public Life for a Mum.
Der Of Years.
Nv rnllel proaa.

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ry United prcas.
Washington. DC. ia.-Pil siici
Harding. all hlgh government osii
clals ami congressional leaders vii
ptieul the funeral services ior Sen
a,or rhilandcr c. Knox. VINO dIc'l
yesterday evening az his home her
"a the result OF a stroke OF apoplcxy
The funeral services are TO be held
here tomorrow riorning. Burial viii
occur near The summer home Of Sen
ator Knox. at Valley Forge. Penn.
Senator Knox VAS stricken with
apoplcxy at his home here yesterday
evening as be was entering 10 din.
Ing room OF his home here. lie
died less than holt an hour later.
The senate OF the United States
is to adjourn today In respect to
its dead membes.
Senator Knox was an active figure
IN the fight In the senate IN 1919
and 1920 against the ratification
cf The peace treaty OF Versailles
Even when ths treaty was being
dawn up hc delivered speeches In
the senate and out OF II In which
he demanded thar the league OF
nations covenant should be separated
from the other part OF the treaty
lie introduced q resolution to. that
effect which was adopted by the
senate and also presented a resolu.
tion against the appointment of
American representatives on the ra-
rarations commission. lie also draft
ed one of the various resolutions
submitted to the senate for adopt
ing the treaty with reservations.
Subsequently Senator Knox was
the author OF resolution adopted
by the senate in May, 1920 declar-
ing peace with Germany. This also
was vetoed by President Wilson
Senator Knox first came into ma
tional prominence when in 1901 Pres
ident Mckinley appointed him as
attorney general. He retained that
office under President Roosevelt until
1904 when he resigned to accept
an appointment az United States
senator from pennsylvania to sue
ceed the late Senator Quay.
AS attorney general he established
a record for prosecutions of trusts
and combinations and in actions
against railroads to prevent rebates
and discriminating in rates.
Notable among his achievements
while in this office was his suit
against the Northern Securities CON-
pany, a corporation organized for
the purpose of combining the North.
ern Pacific and Great Northern
railroads. He brought the govern-i
ment action TO dissolve the merger
and after a long legal fight begin
ming in 1902 he won the case in the
United States circuit court.
Mr.. Knox also waged a notable
fight against thu combination Of sew.
en- beef corporations against whom
he brought action III that year 1902) |
charging them with being in conspi-
racy in restraint CT trade. He OBJ
tanned injunctions against the defen-
dants which we're made permanent
on appeal to the United States SUI
preme court and the combination
was ordered to be dissolved.
Soon after Mr.. Knox instituted
proceedings against fourteen rail
road corporation, charging them with
being in combination in restraint of
trade and finally won all the suits.
His friends declare that he was a
pioneer in the movement to control
corporations. IT. was upon his rec
ommendation that congress amended
the laws against railroads so as to
punish them for granting rebates,
extend the authority of courts to
enjoin the carriers against making
discriminatory rates and permit the
federal courts to give. precedence
to cases of great Importance to the
public. These actions made him a
powerful factor in the war against |
unfair practices by corporations