The Washington times., 1937-12-22
FRANK KELLOGG,
WORLD P { A C E
ADVOCATE, DIES
Long Career in Public
Service Won HonorS

Service Won HonorS
ST. PAUL. Mimi. Dec. %
G.N.SD.-Frank Billings kellogg
was spared the final bitter blow
to his lifelong dreams of world
peace. it became known today.
He died last night on the eve OF
his eighty.first birthday without
being informed of the japanese
bombing Of the U. S. gunooat
Panay.
The former Secretary of State
and Co-author of the Kellogg
BRAND peace pact had been so i'll
for weeks that doctors feared he
could not survive news OF the crisis
the attack precipitated.
WAR TREND HARMFUL
Until the last few days. when he
dropped into a coma, Kellogg had
been keenly interested in Far
Eastern developments, and it
taxed his physicians to keep word
of the Panay bombing from him.
Friends were of the opinion
that the warlike trend in world
affairs had undoubtedly affected
the noted Statesman'S health in
the past two years. He had notice
ably weakened, they said, as he
saw the Shattering of ideals to
which he had devoted a major
part of his public life.
Rallying from several strokes in
the past year, Kellogg suffered
an attack of cerebral thrombosis
in November which was compli-
Gated by pneumonia that devel-
oped late last week.
RETIRED IN 1885
Save for maintaining an interest
in his law firm, Kellogg retired
two years ago when he resigned
as a judge at the Court of Inter
national Justice at The Hague
to which he was appointed in 1929.
From? farm boy to fame.
That is the life story of Frank
Billings Kellogg.
Born in Potsdam, N. Y. Decem-
Der %, 1856. he went with his par
ents to Olmstead county, Mime
sofa, when he was 9 years old
The family settled on a homestead
farm and the boy did his full
share of the farm work.
EARLY STRUGGLES
When he could be spared from
his chores, young Frank went to
a distant country school, the
familiar one room school of those
days. He absorbed the three
RS" about the only thing the
school could give him.
That was the extent of his for.
NAL education. When 10 years
old, he went to Rochester, MINI
and there became student clerk
in law office.
Shortly after becoming a full
fledged lawyer, Kellogg entered
politics, and was elected success
Sively as city attorney and county
attorney. In 1887 he moved to
St. Paul and entered private prac-
tice of law.
WAS TRUST BUSTER
Kellogg came to national atten-
ton in 1902 when he joined the
''trust-busting" campaign of Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt and won
two difficult cases. This was
enough to start him in politics
again and he became a force in
Minnesota affairs. He was elected
to the United States Senate in 1916
but was defeated at the end Of
his term by Henrik Shipsead,
Farmer-Labor candidate.
OF NERVOUS TYPE
e His industry and readiness
to eXpend mercy on all sorts
of legislative propositions that the
Senator won the nickname of
Nervous Nelly" His constant
activity and his seeming inability
to sit still while on the Senate
floor or in committee rooms gave
the appearance of nervousness.
Following his defeat, Senator
Kellogg again went back to Mime
sofa and the practice of law. He
maintained his interest in politics,
however. and became an authority
on farm problems.
Because of his outstanding rec.
ord as a lawyer he had been presi.
dent of the American Bar Associ
alton, and as a reward for his con.
slant loyalty to the Republican
party President Coolidge selected
Mr. Kellogg to be ambassador to
the court of st. James in London
in 1923.
ACTIVE IN CAMPAIGN
Active in the campaign which
saw the reelection of President
. Coolidge, the Chief Executive, upor
winning, brought Mr.. Kellogg tt
Washington once more. This timt
he came in on Inauguration da,
as the chief of the Presidents nev
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