The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-14
Frank B. Kellogg Has.
No Apologies to
Make for 1t.
WAS COUNSEL FOR
STEEL COMPANIES
Frankly Tells Of Fee Of $4,000
Paid to Him After EIe Took Up
Government Service - Elk
President Roosevelt and
]. Pierpont Morgan MS
Must Testify.

Washington, June 13.--Frank B. Kel-
logg special counsel of the Depart. &
nient of Justice in the prosecution Of
tho Standard OH Company. and known
as the trust buster" told the House
steel trust investigating COMMITTEES 4
to- day that he had for years been
special counsel for subsidiary COM
panies of the United States Steel Cor
poration In Minnesota and that he had
mo apologies to make for 1t. Chair
man Stanley declared that the commit
tee would summon any one-be he the
PRESIDENT of the United States or IS. q
plerpont Morsanr,-in order, he said to
get IT the whole truth and nothing
but the whole truth as to how cer- Z
tain railroads owned by 4 the
steel trust are able to declare 100 or
loo per cent. dividends and put sl.-
100000 or s5.oO0.Oo0 into their sur
plus when their capitalize ton is only.
S4.0oo.oO0 OF s5,oOO,0oO. That may be
al right, and 1t may not be- i&
It is probable that former President
Roosevelt and Mi. Morgan viii be
asked to appear before the COMMITTEES
when It holds sessions In New York.
Makes Frnnk statement.
Mr. Kellogg referred to letter he
had sent to the committee in which
he explained that he and his firm.
Davis, Kellogg and Severance, had for
years represented, the Duluth and Iron
Range Railroad and the Duluth,
Mesaba and Northern Railroad, sub
sidiary companies since 1901 OF the
United States Steel Corpora ton. is{
Denying that while acting as special
counsel OF the government HE had per-
formed any service for the Steel Cor
noration. MIR. Kellogg frankly stated
that a fee of $4,000 for services pre-
Wously performed had been approved
by officials of, the United states Steel,
Corporation and paid 10 him in Octo.,i
bar, 1907. after he had undertaken;
trust prosecution for the government
has been a good deal said"i
Mr. Kellogg told the commit tee, "a bout,
my connections with the government
and with the Steel Corporation To
commence with. l have no apologies
to make l. have explained to this
committee i'tee my services with these SUBJ
sidiary companies to the Steel Corr
poration. They were purely local
They did not concern the Steel Corr.
poration as an organization. Just prior
TO 1906 | argued some mineral rights
Eases in Minnesota and presented N a 4
Pill for $4,000. This. L believe, was
approved by the Steel Corporation in
1iSV 'e5 since ~ ~ nave given + my,
time to the government In the Stand-8
ard Oil and a few other cases until
they were concluded, am have done
little II any, other business. My firm
has stillycontinued as coun sci .or these
roads, and both my firm and myself
are taking all the legitimate business
we can get. have no apology to the
American people for appearing for any
corporation or individual. L have never
advised the organization OF any cor
poratton or the opara tion Of any cor
poration under the Sherman law f,5I
wish to make this statement as broad
as possible"
5e Willing to Tel All. II,
Mr. kellogg testif.I that there was
nothing concerning his relations with
the steel trust railroad companies In
Minnesota that he would not disclose
to the committee.
n James Gayley, former vice president
OF the Steel Corpora ton, who also was
a witness to-day and will continue to-
morrow, is the only corporation wit
ness under subpoena TO appear here
at present. Several iestern witt
nesses are to be heard, and the com
mittee then probably will adjourn over
until the wool bill Is passed, and meet
later IN New York. Several New York !
witnesses have been told they would +
be examined in New York.