New-York tribune., 1922-08-03
Senator Grow
Is Dead After
Long Illness
Many Blood Transfusions
Fail to Restore Health
of Pennsylvania Named
as Successor to Knox
Was a Political Leader
Appeared i'm Chamber at
Washington But Once, the
Day He Was Sworn I'm

uNloNTOWN, Pa. Aug. 2.-United
states Senator William f. Crow died
at his country home in the mountains
near here this morning.
Senator Crow was taken i'll three
years ago, and although under the care
OF eminent physicians was never after
ward considered physically fit. He was
taken to Pittsburgh hospital last
december, but not until few months
ago did his physicians announce that
ne was suffering from pernicious
anemla and that 1t had been necessary
to resort to blood TRANSMISSION on a
number of occasions to prolong his
life. He had so far recovered in Nav
that he was removed to his summer
home, Chalk Cliff. Improvement, how
ever, was only temporary and addi-
tlonal transfusions of blood were of
no avail
Was School Teacher
William Evans Grow was born on a
tarm IN Fayette County, afterward the
center OF the Pennsylvania coke in
dustry, March 10, 1870. He was edu-
Gated in the country schools. and at
the pennsylvania State Normal School
at California, Pa. After serving as a
teacher for two years, he became a
newspaper reporter in Pittsburgh He
abandoned this field for Uniontown,
where he became editor of "The Union
town Standard" in 1894.
During his spare time he studied
law, and in 1895 was admitted to the
Fayette County bar. He had always
been interested in county politics, and
a month after his admission to the
par was appointed an assistant Dis
trict Attorney. Within three years
he was elected District Attorney, per
maps the youngest man ever chosen to
that once IN western Pennsylvania.
Always Republican in politics., Mr..
Grow in 1895 was made secretary of
the Republican County Committee and
elevated to the Craftsmanship four years
later.
he met his first political reverse in
1902, when he was defeated for State
| Senator. This he overcame in 1906.
and from that time until his appoint
ment by Governor Sproul to succeed
the late Philander C. Knox in the
United States Senate he was con-
tinuously a member of the Pennsyl-
vania upper legislative body. So sue
cessful was he as a political leader.
that in 1909 he was made chairman of
the Republican State Committee. He
was powerful factor in the councils
Of his party.
Only Once in Senate
Senator Crow became so i'll after
his appointment to the United States
Senate that his only appearance in
the Capitol was the day on which he
took the oath of Office
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2.-The death
of Senator Crow makes the third va
cancy in the United States Senate from
Pennsylvania within ten months. SEN
ator P. C. Knox died on October 12
last and Senator Boies Penrose on New
Years Eve
Senator Crow was appointed by Gov
ernor Sproul to fill the Knox vacancy
until successor was elected in No.
vember. Senator Grow, because of i'll
ness, declined to become a candidate
for the term which expires next March
and Major David A. Reed, of Pitts
burgh, was nominated at the May
primary without opposition by the Re
publicans, both for the unexpired term
and the full term beginning in March.
Political leaders here to-day said
they expected Governor Sproul to ap-
point Major Reed to succeed Senator
Crow because he was the party's
choice for the unexpired and full term
OF the late Senator Knox