Potash Contracts Face German Tariff War Threat
The American potash buyers describe German actions as arbitrary and aimed at invalidating contracts. They cite the 1916 potash law levying a penalty tax on overproduction and claim it targets US agreements, risking a maximum tariff response under the Payne Aldrich act. The statement outlines histories of the Kali Syndikat, Bradley contracts, and US protests led by Secretary Knox and Ambassador Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
New York
Kall-Syndikat
Department of State
Washington
Berlin
Knox
Hill
M. H. Davis
Ambassador II
Mr. Davis
Kali-Syndikat
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Joan & Miller
Chicago
Warren
Garfield
Bradley
England
Afdl
America
Davis
Payne- Aldrich
Europe
Congress
Clapp for Chairman Shocks Railroads in Minnesota
The campaign for Clapp for Chairman targets railroads and reform, highlighting the failure of Senator Elkins and portraying him as radical. The emphasis remains on eroding the old guard and promoting a shift in leadership and policy.
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Black Eagle
Minnesota
Elkins
Insurgent Clapp Likely Next Railroads Committee Head
The article discusses the likely ascent of Senator Clapp of Minnesota to the chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, replacing Elkins. It notes seniority rules, possible shifts among Cullom Aldrich and Kean, and the impact on railroad regulation policies and reclamation funding.
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Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Elkins
Clapp
Minnesota
Senate
Evarn
Black Eagle
Elking
Cullom
Interstate Commerce Committee
Committee On Foreign Relations
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Kean
New Jersey
Senator Cullom
Republic
Congress
Shedl
Taft
Special Board of Engineers
Salt River
Arizona
Tuma
California
Grand Valley
Colorado
Encompahgre
Colo
Fayette-Boise
Idaho
Mike River
Montana
North Een Wyoming
Nebraska
Truckee-Carson
Nevada
To Grande
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
T'matilla
Oretron
Klamath
Oregon
Strawberry Valley
Utah
Sunnyside
Yakima
Wash
Tiston
Washington
Special Board
La Follette Testifies In Indian Lands Bribery Probe
Senator La Follette testified before a House committee investigating bribery charges tied to Indian land contracts. He relayed Senator Gore’s claim that Jake Hannon of Lawton Oklahoma offered $25,000 to Gore to drop opposition. Gore’s swearing supported that the motive was not personal gain from the Rowell allotment.
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Senator la Follette
Gore
House Committee
Jake Hannon
Lawton
Okla
Oklahoma
McMurray
Senate
la Follette
Two House reapportionment plans introduced for Congress
Chairman Crumpacker offers two bills to set House size and apportionment. One retains 391 members at 234000 per seat, the other fixes 433 members at 211377 per seat, excluding Arizona and New Mexico. Norris files two rule-change proposals for reading only titles and public committee votes. Insular inquiry resumes with Dean Worcester questioned on Manila press arrests tied to land leases. Murdock calls for judiciary panel probe of mail carriage monopoly and ban on other carriers.
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Congress
House
Crumpacker
Home Committee
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Norris
Nebraska
Dean Worcester
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Martin
Colorado
Dean C. Worcester
Philippine Commission
Manila
Mbel
Mr. Worcester
Resolution for Direct Vote in Senate Election Debate
A resolution was submitted by Representative Waw Jey of Oregon urging direct popular election of U.S. senators. The measure is presented as a reform proposal amid ongoing party talks, with Mr Hawley noted as a regular Republican.
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United States
Waw Jey
Oregon
Hawley
Panama Rail relocation appropriation passes Congress
The War Department reports an appropriation of 91 750 000 in lieu of 1 000 000 for relocating the Panama Railroad including salaries and supplies. Surveys show the cost to be this amount, moving the line east of Gold Hill. Also notes MacVeagh plan to curb gold coinage and issue gold certificates. Rep Alexander to present Peary service recognition. Root thanked for Hague arbitration work. Roosevelt travel expenses inquiry proposed by Rep Rainey.
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Panama
Congress
War Department
Culebra
Goldhill
Senate and House Actions After Senator Hikina's Death
Senate adjourned within minutes after convening following the death of Senator Stephen B. Hikina. House members introduced bills and resolutions, including a permanent tariff commission and rules amendments. Senator Gore’s alleged bribe offer was cited by Senator La Follette. House paid tribute to the late Senator Biking and prepared for his funeral. The House adjourned at 12:30 to reconvene at noon today.
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Senate
Henator
Stephen B. Hikina
Longworth
Tariff Commission
la Follette
Special Committee of Investigation
Biking
House
Longworth bill favored by tariff association chief
John Candler Cobb, president of the National Tariff Commission Association, endorsed Longworth’s tariff commission bill yesterday night. He favored a ten year term for members, staggered appointments, and emphasized congressional branches’ power to call for reports, praising the subpoena provisions modeled on the Lenroot bill.
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John Candler Cobb
National Tariff Commission Association
Longworth
Ohio
National Tariff Commission “Association
Cobb
Congress
Commission
Ach
Ban on Parlor Match Could Be Law Under Mann Bill
A bill by Representative Mann of Illinois would outlaw the parlor match in the United States and prohibit its transport with a $1000 fine and three years in prison. The measure also allows courts to compel patent owners of alternative methods to license manufacturers at reasonable rates to prevent monopoly concerns. Government investigations and President Taft have highlighted health dangers in phosphorus match production.
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Bradley
United States
Geheimrat Kempner
Mc. Bradley
Kali-Syndikat
Berlin
Oberbergraf Paxmann
Jeheimrat Kempner
Bradtey-Agdersleben
Sollstedt
Agdersleben
Sollatedt
Schmidtmann
Stade
Victor Murdock
Kansas
House
Judiciary Committee
Representative Mann
Ilinois
Dll
Mann
Taft
Defer Attack on Lorimer in Senate Fight
In Monday Senate talks a death in the party alters plans as opponents to Lorimer seek to declare his election illegal. The timing of Owen and Beveridge is in question as Beveridge may issue a minority report while Owen steps aside. Also notes Lieut Salter dead in New York born 1860 and Transport Sherman sails for Manila with 128 cabin passengers 650 recruits and supplies.
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Elkins
Lorimer
Owen
Lattimer
Tee
Senate Met
Beveridge
Mr. Lorimer
Indiana
Spear
Salter
Sherman
San Francisco
Jan
United States
Manila
Honolulu
Guam
Hotel Guests Listed by City Across the Nation
A long list of guests at major hotels in Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh California Maryland Massachusetts New York State Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee and Virginia is recorded. Names include G H Noise Ny Tubbs T Manke C F Derry N B Hunt J J Graves J J Moran W R Raleigh and many others. The compilation reads like a social registry of visitors staying at well known hotel properties.
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Boston
G. H. Noise
Tubbs and Wite
Raleigh
T. Manke
George A
Upton
Bereham
C. F. Derry
Willard
N. B. Hunt
St. James
Chicago
P. Murph
FA. Wells
W. R
T. Palmer
John A. Collins
Ebbite
Witter J. Morley
Mrs. A. Murphy
Mont Binney
Itn
F. Mather
Charles W. Brooks
A. H. Cottle
Riggs
W. R. Perking
Arlington
Harry Mann
John Bartlett, Jr
Call
Shoreba
B. Newman
M. M. Mann
George J. Gillon
Rd. Wickes
Philadelphia
J. ‘Lewis Cottle
T. J. Moran
H. Lawson
W.H
Bateman
J.sabel
P. H. Kiey
C.T. Cummins
H. Robinson
Hi. Hartmann
Dunne
T. P. Smith
Robert Shock
Ebbitt
James M. Hibbs
Job Herkness
Henry Crowthey
Pittsburg
Deaths and health threaten Senate power balance in session
The article argues that five Senate deaths since the last session and health concerns could swing control from Republicans to Democrats. It details current party strength, possible gains from states with Democratic legislatures, and the fate of the so called old guard as insurgents rise, signaling a fragile hold on majority power.
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Senate
Ynen
Indiana
Nebraska
Montana
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Maine
Missouri
West Virginia
Chhosen
North Dakota
Brown
Frye
Root
Briggs
Burton
Nixon
Nevada
Bradley
Kentucky
Dixon
Massachusetts
Delaware
Rhode Island
Bristow
Clapp
Cummins
la Vollette
Poindexter
Grenna
Young
Iowa
Cumming
Borah
Townsend
Crawford
Gamble
Bourne
Nelson
Aldrich
Burrows
Carter
Depew
Hale
Kean
Scott
Elkins
Cullom
Army Orders Leaves of Absence and Transfers
Army orders list leaves of absence for Maj William L Kenly and First Lieut Le Roy Bartlett, with other officers in Coast Artillery and Cavalry assigned to new posts and duties. Transfers include Bartlott and Basil G Monon among coast artillery corps, plus Newbill to Fort Myer examining board. various detachments move to Manila, Sandy Hook, and New York for duties.
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William L, Kenly
Fifth Field Artillery
Leroy Bartlett
Coast Artillery
Gharlds AL P
Mania
Kramer J
Philippines
Mason
William S. McNair
Fala Artilery
Artillery Board
Fort Riley
Kans
Naval Orders and Vessel Movements Report
Naval orders assign Capt Harlow to Cali fornia duty, Mayo to Mare Island Yard captaincy, Tappan to the Navigation Bureau, and Kuenzli to Portsmouth Yard. Vessels arrive Lebanon, Horton, Paulding, Terry, Row at Key West and Mare Island Light, Lamson at Culebra. Sailed: Colorado to Mare Island Light, Closter to Guan tanamo, North Carolina for Guantanamo, Cyclops, Celite, and others to Guantanamo etc.
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Lebanon
Horton
Paulding
Terry
Row
Key West
Colorado
Mare Island Light
Lamson
Culebra
San Francisco
Closter
Norfolk
Guantanamo
North Carolina
Portsmouth
N. H
Cyclops
Sevalle Point
Célitc
Bostch
Supply
Manila
Guam
Bailey
Political Figures Named Amid Chaotic January Session List
A garbled OCR listing shows Pestmaster General Hitchcock, Secretary of the Navy Meyer, and numerous senators and representatives from across states. Names such as Bristow, Curtis, Kean, Cannon, Weeks, Hinshaw, Woodward, Lauden, Calder, Kinkaid, Hill, Lapean, Prince, Crow, Dawson, and Young appear with inconsistent spellings and typos, suggesting a fragmented congressional roll call or committee roster from a January session.
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Hitchcock
Meyer
Flint
California
Curtis
Kansas
Senator Stone
Diasport
Bevator Perking
Celitommie
Jones
Washington
Kean
New Jersey
Burkett
Nebraska
Bristow
Cannon
Weeks
Muscachhusetta
Hinshaw
Woodtard
West Virginia
Steenerzon
Minnesota
Statesmen to Open Canal In North Carolina Celebration
A delegation of senators and representatives left Washington to join the opening ceremony for a canal linking the North Carolina sounds to the Atlantic Ocean below Cape Hatteras. The two year project, started with a Congress appropriation, runs by Adams Creek to Core Creek and Beaufort Inlet, marking a step toward a continuous inland waterway along the Atlantic coast. Participants include Senators Simmons, of North Carolina, and Fletcher, of Florida, and Representatives Small and Thomas of North Carolina, Sparkman of Florida, Ransdell of Louisiana, and Stevens of Minnesota, joined by the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association led by J Hampton Moore and Addison B Burk.
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North Carolina
Immons
Fletcher
Florida
John H. Small
Charles R. Thomas
Sparkman
Ransdell
Louisiana
Stevens
Minnesota
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
J. Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
Addison B. Burk
Philadelphia
No Mexican Base for Japan Denial by Ambassadors
Mexican Ambassador at Washington Senor de la Barra denied Mexico would permit a Japanese naval base at Bahia de Todos Santos in lower California. The Japanese Ambassador called the report absurd, while noting a published article citing Gustavos Madero.
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Washington
Senor de la Barra
Mexico
Bahia de Todos Santos
California
Gustavos Madero
Pacific
Inquiry Begins On Puritan Sinking In Norfolk Board action
A Norfolk navy yard meeting of Rear Admirals Harber Heilner and Sutherland with Commander Ridley McLean reviewed responsibility for the Puritan sinking after Isham explosive tests. Also announced: Capt. C. H. Harlow named commander of the armored cruiser California, detaching from New York recruiting station. Capt. H. T. Mayo becomes Mare Island commandant. Capt. B. Tapken to Washington for navigation bureau duty.
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Norfolk
Board of Manry
Giles B. Harber
Lewis C. Heilner
Wiliam H.H. Sutherland
Ridley McLean
Norfolk Navy Yard
California
C. H. Harlow
Navy
New York
H. T. Mayo
Mare Island Navy Yard
B. Tapken
Washington
Bureau of Navigation
Dolphin Ordered to Central America for Naval Services
The gunboat Dolphin currently at the Washington navy yard has been ordered to Central America for general services in those waters and will sail in a few days for Guantanamo.
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Dolphin
Central America
Washington Navy Yard
Guantanamo
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Robert 5. Bradley
I Inividual
Mr. Bradley
Bogus
Kalt Works
Kalt-Syndikat
Robert S. Bradley
B. H. Brewster, JR
H. Dempwolf
Charles H. Macdowell
James A. Moncure
Bears
Insurgent
Commerce Committee
Reforma
MacVeagh
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Peary
Alexander
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Butler
Douglas
Senator Root
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Hague
Great Britain
Theodore Roosevelt
Ralney
National Tariff Association
Ohioan
Cmafornia
T. W. Wheeler
Hollister
Maryland
William W. H. Bensar
Germantown
Hicks
Williams
Baltimore
O. J. Cue
W. J. McLean
J. W. Cruett
O. H. "Stone
Millbury
G. F. Dickinson
Pictfield
R. L. Coral
Shoreham
R. W. Converse
Palmer
New York State
M. F. Bowen
Buffalo
B. M. ‘Tester
Brooklyn
J.T. Copeland
Adrora
Ebpitt
Alex
F. W. Leslie
Charles G. Bennett
Mrs. M. Smith
George A. Nerkendale
Glevelang
Rajeigh
CG. Wright
Cincinnati
Aringt Phipps
F. A. F. Burdell
Columbus
S. M. Luden
Reading
C. Allan
Pottsville
Eppitt
James At Shull
James M. Barnett
New Bloomfeld
Springer
Uplontown
St. Jammer
Tennessee
Bea
ARMY
NAVAL
H. Harlow
H.T. Mayo
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Cal
B. Tappan
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
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the Luttrell Co
Connecticut Avenue Ad
Dupont Circle
Japan
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Nolice
Maiinren
Georgetown
NEW York University
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Aix
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Max Fiedler
National Theater
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Ruth St. Denis
Ancient Egypt
Fue
Imperial Russian Cou Balalaika Orchestra NT
Mme
Liza
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Clyde Fitch
Tully Marshall
Richard L. Garner
Basie
May Irwin
Chertas Wrohrman Npraante
John Drew
Maughane Coxeau
Smith
Boxe
Montgomery and Stone
George Ade
Lesver
Mate
Fe. Ave
Howard Houses
14Th
Pa. Ave
N. W
International Auto Sightseeing Transit Co
Stemmat Washiatten
Pa. Ave. N.W
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Givin
EVA Taylor & GO
Amy Ricard
Lester Lonergam
Erin
Grenjal Gen Greene
Tempest & Shine
Sol Goldsmith
Guy Hofer
manfan—Van Dieman
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Tae
Motion Pictures
White Sox
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the Brigadiers
Stalloon
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Paris
Charles Howard
Tro Gay
Citi
Irwin
Academy Pane
Death Valley
Cripple Creek
Dartmouth Dramatic Cb
David Garrick
New Willard
T. Arthur Sealth
la BF
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