KNOX, Philander Chase, American law yer and statesman: b. Brownsville, Pa., 6 May 1853. He was graduated from Mount Union College, Ohio, in 1872; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1875. He was assistant United States district attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania in 1876-77; resigning this position he took up the practice of law in Pittsburgh in partnership with J. H. Reed. The firm's practice grew rapidly and Knox became known as one of the most successful corpora tion lawyers in the United States; in 1892 he was counsel for Carnegie during the Home stead strike. April 1901 he was appointed At torney-General of the United States and held this office till June 1904 when he became sen ator from Pennsylvania for the unexpired term of Senator Quay, and in 1905 was elected for a full term. He served on the Judiciary Committee and took a prominent part in the debate relating to the Panama Canal. As At
torney-General he was involved in the °anti trust') agitation, and in 1902 brought suit against the Northern Securities Company and the so-called ((Beef Trust)) on the ground that they were violating Federal statutes. In 1909 he became Secretary of State in President Taft's Cabinet. He was not considered to have been as successful in this office as in that of Attorney-General. In 1912 he made a tour of the Latin-American countries for the purpose of cementing closer relations between them and the United States. He was re-elected to the United States Senate in 1916 for the term 1917-23. He has published 'Future of Com merce) (1908); 'International Unity) (1910); 'Speeches' (1912), made during his tour of South America.