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Show I TO JOIN "CLOSE CORPORATION" I Hernort Knox Smith, commissioner of tho iir United Stntes bureau of corporations and henco 3?&ez a "near-cabinet" mernbor, has acquired so much P5 X knowledgo of the htiblts nnd benonts of corpora- Km6 tlons that ho Is about to becomo Interested In n$$& , ono himself. It Is not expected that tho now Krc Zv'fi alllnnco of tho commlrsloncr will mako It ncccs-(fvtr ncccs-(fvtr r 8ary tar n'm rcllnatsli his position undor vt Secretary Garfield, although It may bo said V "m' 'l0 10 colllro' nearly CO per cent, of tho V jAtJ holdings and stock of tho now concorn. Tho jN. other half or n trlflo moro will bo hold by tho otlior partner In tho prospcctlvo combination. ,flSSS?s Sho Is Miss Oortrudo Elizabeth Dietrich, dauRh- RW. ter of former Senator Dietrich of Nebraska. Tho ( lvs$Wtl wedding will tako placo during tho fall, of which season It will bo ono of tho notnblo oventn In Washington society. The groom-to-bo finds tlmo during his novor-ondlng trust hunt to keep himself In good standing as n member of tho president's famous "tenuis cabinet" and Is n trusted adviser of tho oxccutlva ns well as an tntlmato friend. Ho Is a millionaire and his public career began when, ns a young lawyer of Hartford, Conn., ho succeeded ono "1)111 Jones" as n ward captnlu, That aroused his thirst for political honors and ho proccedod to no chlovo new honors In an unbroken list, beginning with chairman of tho town committee and state legislator. In tho latter position ho wan some attention for his uncompromising attltudo toward tho corporations and their lobbyists and attorneys. , Ho was called to tho president's attention by President Hndloy of Ynlo r- cotlcgo and engaged to assist Jntnca II. Carflold, then heading tho corpora- tlons bureau, to protocuto tho naughty trusts. Ho did so well that when his superior was taken Into tho cabinet Smith succeeded to tho bureau position. Thero he has mndo n great nnmo for himself, his light against the Standard Oil being a particularly spectacular and Interesting campaign. Ho Is 39 years old and Is believed to havo a great tuturo. |