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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
Conferences Are Planned.

Chairman summons OF the nnance
committee. il is expected. will confer
with President Wilson this week in re-
gard to some proposed amendments to
the tariff bill.
Senator Williams of the finance com
mittee has given it his opinion that
the Department of Justice should pro-
ceed against those manufacturers who
reductions in the tariff. under the
sherman antitrust law. The law he
said. has been used against laboring
men who combined 10 increase wages
and it would be only just to direct it
against men who cOnspire to reduce
wages.
Assistant Attorney General Denison
Will go To New York tomorrow to con-
fer with the board of United States
general appraisers about his sugges-
tion to Congress that the Secretary OF
the Treasury he empowered to proclaim
the dutiable value of merchandise thus
giving to ad valorem duties some of
the qualities Of specific duties
1t has been suggested that this power
he vested in the board Of general ap-
praisers. but Mr.. Denson. who was
chairman Of the presidential commits
sion that recently invests ga ted the op-
eralions Of the board. opposes this view
on the ground that the function is ad-
ministrative and legislative. and not
judicial.
The procla nation method said Mr..
Dcnison. will put all importers on
equality. eliminating unfair competition
in the shape either of audalent un-
deryaluations or inequalities due to
advantageous markets. 1t will elimi-
nate IA great deal Of litigation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.

Senate:
In session > pm.
Territories committee continued
its hearing on Alaskan problems
House.:
Not IL session. meets noon
Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
Roosevelt's Attitude.

Theodore Rooseyelt's attitude toward
the proposed reconciliation of the repub-
lican factions may have to be taken into
account, it is declared by politicians. He
is holding in escrow many thousand erst-
while republicans. supporting his bufl
moose party. These men are as much a
cause for solicitude to the republican
peacemakers as the return of the old con-
serVativvs. All of the dissenting elements
will have to be reassembled. it is claimed
il the republican party is 10 be made as
good as new
II is recalled that Col. Roosevelt
promptly kicked all the Stats out of one
effort at reconciliation that of Frank A.
Munsey. and admonished his followers to
remain true bull moosers.
Only last night Col. Roosevelt gave an
other utterance OH t,s -ubject. In let
ter to the 2.oop bull moosers gathered
at a dollar dinner 10 discuss fusion i'll
wrote:
Really. at present there are not three
party organizations. There are but two
the party of progress and against ii. the
party of privilege and the party of re-
action. This party of reaction is organ
lied in two divisions. called republican
and democratic. the better to make effec-
tive the common opposition of both ma
chimes To the policy of genuine Sclf-SOv-
crnment.
Then he went on to say that real
progress could be made. except by the
people supporting the progressive party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
IN STATE OF COLLAPSE
English Suffragette Leader
Unable to Appear in Court
for Trial.


LONDON. May 13.-"Gen.' Mrs. Flora
DTurpmond, the. militant sufrragette lead
er. is jim a state of collapse and was IN
able 70 appear at the resumed hearing at
Bow street police court today on the
charge of conspiracy under the malicious
damageto to-property act which has been
brought against her. a doctor testified
in court that owing to her illness she
had been moved to a nursing home He
said it would take two weeks for her to
get into fit condition to undergo an
operation which was necessary and an
other two months before she would be
able to he tried.
The other "consprators," who COM
prised Miss Harriet Rebecca Kerr. Miss
Agnes Lake. Miss Rachel Barrett. Mrs.
Beatrice Saunders, Miss Annie kenney,
Miss Laura Lennox and the analytical
chemist. Clayton. all surrendered to their
bail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
Program in Favor.

Unquestionably a great many rspubii-
cans OF influence who do not call them
selves progressives are in favor Of the
Cummins Borah- -Hadley program and il
may turn out that the national commit
tee. IL ii shall be called To meet, will face
a demand for action that it cannot Well
deny. This question of making a change
in the basis of representation is not a
new one 1T has been up in every ma
tional convention in some form or other
for twenty-four years.
Al Chicago in l3s the national conyen-
ton Of the party came within thirJy-six *
votes of making the change That con-
vention. and possibly every national con
yent.on that has been held in the TWEEN
ty-fOur years. has been In favor OF re-
ducing the representation from southern
states, but the question was always raised
~ time when nominations were to bt
made. and as a result an honest express
sion Of views was impossible
The argument of the progressive. repl.b-
lcans within the party for calling a con-
vention this YEAR is that IQis question and
other questions OF smaller importance
could D. settled on their merits: they
would not be complicated with the aues-
tion 10 who should be nominated for
President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
TARIFF FIGHT ON
IN SENATE AGAIN
Democrats Expect to Defeat
Penrose Amendment
for Hearings.
SOME MANUFACTURERS
PREFER TO FILE BRIEFS.
Would Feel Compelled to Come to
Washington Again When
They Do Not Desire.

The tariff fight is on again in the Sen
ate today. Senator Penrose's motion To
instruct the finance committee to grant
hearings was still pending when the Sen
ate met al : CLOCK. and as Senator Pen
rose had expressed the opinion that de-
bate on this point would continue for
the matter will be finally settled today.
The fact that some of the republican
senato do not intend to support the
Penrose amendment. believing that to
have public hearings on the tariff bill
would not accomplish any particular good.
seems to assure the democrats that they
will successfully defeat the amendment.
and that the bill will be referred to the
finance committee without instructions.
Althougl the tariff bill is not technical
~ before the Senate finance committee.
the sIibcommitteeS of that committee are
making good progress. it was reported
today. They are holding meetings day
and night.
Already these subcommittee have
made many tentative amendments to the
schedules which have been assigned to
them. but ii is understood that these
amendments do not change the bill in
any vital respects. That few if any ma
terial increases in rates Will he made by
tIe senate finance committee was the
opinion expressed today by senator's
In support of the plan Of the finance
committee majority not to give public
hearings on the tariff bill. democratic
members of the committee today stated
that many of the manufacturers and pro-
ducers who are appearing before them to
tile briefs and to make additional state
ments TO the subcommittees. say that
they see no reason for having hearings
They could say nothing new, they pointed
~ - M y,,.. 81
many of the manufac cturers would feel
compelled to come to Washington again
to be heard. when they really had no de-
sire to come again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
Printers on the Stand.

During the hearing the printers of the
militant suffragette newspaper the Suf-
fragette. related the negotiations which
led to their undertaking the work. Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst conducted the nego-
tiat:ons, and in reply to an expression of
fears by the printerS that the job was n
dangerous one she gave her personal as
surance that no offensive or illegal matter
would appear. She laid stress on the
point that her daughter Christabel had
a legal training. and was a specialist in
constitutional law.
The interesting revelation was made on
the witness stand that the militant or
ganiZa ton, the Women'S Social and Po-
iitcal Union. paid for the printing of the
election address of George Lansbury the
former socialist member of parliament
which failed to secure his election
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
View of Politicians.

Politicians touay expressed the opinion
that Roosevelt will prevent his bull
moosers from coming back into the re-
publican fold. Then the case would be
one OF the handful of progressive repub-
lcans who assembled In Chicago yester-
day trying 10 take ovei> the old republi
can party.
Whether the Chicago conference is
really going tn pave the way for har-
mony between the republicans and the
Observation-Disclosures eventually the off
spring will return TO the parents a
question about which the most farsecinG
politicians differ. Men whose judgment is
usually to be relied upon regard the Chi
cago conference as merely a mild symp-
tom of Il gct-:ogether desire.
There is indisputable evidence fhat
many of the voters who supported the
progressive party last year are pretty
generally inclined to drift back 10 their
old moorings Some of them are looking
with favor on the Wilson administration.
while others are showing disposition
to return to the republican party
The old standpat republicans are look
ing on without saying anything. Phi
vateIy some of them are expressing the
view that the CumminS- -BOrah-Hadley
movement will come to naught. How
ever. most of them seem willing TO wait
and see what Will happen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
Peace Delegates Leave.

Tie breakfast this morning brought q
a close the entertainment Of the VISITING
peace advocates in Washington. They
left on special train at " o'clock ioi
Pin ladelphis where they will witness a
bali game tomorrow. and then viii "a
for a short tour through Chicago. Detroii. 1.
Niagara Falls and New York. Elaborat"
entertainments nave been planned fcl
them at all these places. Some of them
will 20 To the nineteenth annual Lax
Nohonk conference on int.rnauonal ar
bitration which opens tomorrow.
The other speakers At the breaklast
this morning were John \. stewart
chairman Of the executive commltte"
of the American committe" Tor ti'
celebration Of the loo years OF peacr
CAPT. the Hon. Sir Arthur l-awley. o.
4. /. f.. OF Great Britain: \. q. Fox OF
New York. and Sir Edmund Wake
a. y a., Ii ID. of Canada SeNer'tl
spoke Of the Significance % the trrt
that a peace breakfast was being helu
il, IN, Arm. aud Navy club M.
-, wart called attention 10 the fati
,ha. ttie coming celebration IS 10 =
,oinai IL L.. ali nations and is 70 - :
St., f.r~ ard teAard universal peace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
Plan for Republican Convention
Will Be Considered by Ma
tiOnaI Committeeman.
LEADERS NON-COMMITTAL
AS POSSIBLE OUTCOME
Cummins Borah Hadley Program
Gains Favor-Change in Basis of
Representation Demanded.

Now that various influential repre-
sentatives of the progreSsives within
the republican party have met and
formulated "A demand that the repuhli-
can national committee shall call q ma
rional convention for the purpose of
changing the basis of representation in
future conventions. and for doing other
things that might possibly. pave the
Way for restoration of harmony in the
republican party, interest will center ON
the meeting of the executive committee
of the republican rational committee,
which will be held here May "A.
This meeting of the executive commit
tee was called by Chairman Hilles i'm
mediately after the progressive repub-
licans announced that they would con-
fer in Chicago. The prevailing impress
sion here is that the executive commit
tee will submit the proposition of the
Chicago conference 10 the full member
ship of the national committee. 1t is
regarded as altogether unlikely that the
executive committee will take the re-
sponsibility of saving whether a nation
al convention shall he called.
In The sunday Star two or three weeks
go there was published a statement from
ono of the old line republican leaders
calling attention to the difficulties which
would BE- encountered in assembling the
ycpubican party N convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
Burden of the Plea.

The Chicago meeting of yesterday was
being anticipated in that statement The
burden of that leaders pl.a was that it
would be best To get together before
getting together" That is to say, to have
: general understanding of what was in
tended To be brought before the proposed
convention. 50 as to avoid another split.
tn. executive committee of the national
committee at its meeting here May -.
viii take up this Very thought and discuss
1t very carefully. il Is said. The Judgment
Formed from that discussion Will influence
the governing committee in deciding
whether il deems ii advisable to open all
unsolved problems to national conven-
ton.
The best informed republicans in pub
lie life are unwilling at this time to
make any predictions as to what the ma
fional committee will do with the re-
quest that has been put out by the Chi
cago conference The committee as II
Is now made up is not progressive in
the sense that il is inclined to follow the
leadership of Senator Cummins, Senator
Borah, Gov. Hadley and the other men
who go TO make UP the group, reSpon-
sible for the Chicago meeting. hut ii
may turn out that the committee will
see in the cummins- Bora h Hadley pro-
gram solution of some of the difficulties
that now perplex the old party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
Warning From Colorado.

If YOU cannot be true and loyal to
your state and it's welfare and help pro-
tect its vital sugar and WOOL industries,
don't come back to Colorado" was the
message received in the mail from Den
yer today by Senator Thomas of Colo
RADIO.
The message was in the form OF a
printed coupon with the senator's name
written at the top and the don't come
back warning printed in bold-face type
Senator Thomas received several of them,
it being one evidence Of concerted and
effort being made in Colorado to
force democratic opposition to the sugar
and wool schedules In the tariff bill.
Senator Thomas made no cOmmen,
whatever on the message. nor to huge
pile of other letters and kilograms urging
him to vote against free Wool and the
sugar schedule of the Underwood bill
Extraordinary pressure of similar char
acter is being brought to bear against
other western senator's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
Those at Breakfast.

Tb,-. present at the breakfast Wee
Alderman d. De BrIln. and Alpnons~
van Weryeke of cihent. Lord Neaidai'.
Sir Arthur LawleN, Earl Stanhopr 81
Herbert E.ustace Maxwell 'hafie~
Thomas Mills NJ. r.. Neil Primrose u
=. Arthur Shirles Eenn. VI. r. jam
Allen Baker. NJ. T.: Moreton FreMen.
p: Henry Vivian. NJ. r.. and y. Pei
ris Of Great Britain; Sir Edmund Walker
Raoul Daniurand. Charles y. Masrat.i.
n - Travers Lewis aud capt. Charles
Frederick Hamilton q Canada 81
.;enra. Houstoun Reid 81 Australia and
Eugene ii. Outerbridee 81 Newfoundland.
secretary Bryan. Gen. Leonard Mood
con Nelson A. Miles. Henry White. Sen
atar Walsh of Montana. Representative =
Gamer OF Wisconsin. Senator Townsend
of michigan. Senator Page of Vermont,
senator W \. Smith Of Michigan. senator
Rnrton of Ohio Representative Goodwin
of Main. Sentor knute Nelson 81 Minnie
Sofa REPRESENTATIVE Linthicum OF Mai3
land senator Myers OF Montana. Repre-
sentative Townsend of New Jersey. Rep
resentative Bartholdt OF Missouri Ihom-
as Nelson Page. ". j stone. Albert
I.oen;ng. NJ NJ. WyNell. ". y. Howlana
caorp,. ". Rurleigh ". 4. Denorest. y
p Humphrey. Andrew Carnegie. Gutzen
Rorplum. r. A. e. Smith. Di Louis J..
seaman. rhauncev NJ Depe~, = g Fox
and William Allen Butler.
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Washington Is Praised.

pafara leaving Washington. LORD " ear
dale chairman of the British delegation
.astitiad ~ the pleasure OF the peace dele
o,tas oyer their reception and entertain
ment IN Washington BY saying ne
,housht Washington one OF the most
beautiful cities in all the world. He SAID
ber h.,d been astonished BY The Progress
of .he United States, ana tnat. the eN-
nressions of friendship voiced by leaders
~ the American government Tor the for-
:an.,S have touched responsive chord
:, the hearts OF all the delegates.
piscussing the plans for the peace cele-
hration. John A. Stewart OF New YORK,
chairman of the executive committee Di
ne anlerIcan committee. said that he viii
..all J, meeting Of his committee May -
- herin tn. active work OF preparing for
tbe event Ii is hoped 10 raise several
million dollars py donations and popular
subscriptions in the United States to
finance the plans. he said
.F,.s. OF all there Viii To national
oe.i,e monuments III Washington anu
ia the other capitals OF the English
sneakipg nations. the corner stones 10
be laid at the same time by the head>
Of the governments. SAID Mr. stew
art I'VE hope the governments WIZ
undertake this work.
Monuments on Border
...rnen there will be the monuments
- tablets along the border line De
-, canada and the United States
;,h al least one monument IN each
harder states of the United
<as There will also be the cele-
,,t,n in the municipality OF Ghent.
~ 49,. the treaty between Great Brit
,;n aud the United States was signed.
sr,,ara will also be great celebrations in
New york. Washington, Ney Orleans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13
WEATHER.

Generally cloudy tonight and
ednesday, without decided tenn
perature changes
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-06-12
Copyright. 1912. by Journal Amenean Examiner

There was one person intimately con.
nected with Mr.. Argyle, whom he
treated with unfailing love and re-
spect. She was his adopted daughter,
Miss Mary Mazuret About her the
newspaper reporters could learn little,
excepting that she took the place Of
a natural daughter in the old mans
life What her real parentage was re-
NAMED a mystery. She and Bruce Ar
gyle, the son, and the other members
Of the household refused absolutely to
see reporters, so the reporters wrote
things that they didn't see and held up
the police for everything that the po-
lice had learned.
This was not much The murder was
nearly week old, and the mystery
seemed as far from solution as ever.
But there was no lack of material for
lively speculation.
Old Mr.. Argyle had been known to
quarrel with his son frequently the
past few months, and this fact was
given due Importance. He had been
out for motor ride through the park
that afternoon with Miss Mazuret and
seemed unusually happy and pleased
when he returned. He had telephoned
to his son and invited him to the house
for dinner that night
After dinner the father and son had
long talk in the library. Miss Maui
ret dined with them and said that it
was very happy party-that Mr.. Ar
gyle and his son were on an unusually
friendly footing, and that the past diff
ferences seemed to have been forgot
ten. She denied that she knew what
these differences might have been.
She left Mr.. Argyle and Bruce talk
ing In the library and went up to her
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-06-12
CHAPTER |.
The Murder.

YPON day James Argyle was
about his usual haunts. Upon
- an evening he was at his
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-06-12
PROLOGUE

When murder is committed
there is Invariably motive.
Sometimes it is obvious; some
times its presence is masked be-
hind completely of possibili-
ties until it is we'll nigh inpos-
sible to dfsentangle the slender
skein of fact from the warp and
woof Of probability But always
the motive is there. Look for
the woman" said Pere Tabaret,
the French detective, and in her
you will find the solution OF your
mystery---V you find her" And
In the main he was right Yet it
is not always the. obvious woman
nor the obvious motive that is
responsible for a crime. Some
times the underlying cause rests
on deeper reasons than are ap-
parent even to the closest OBJ
server. Then only an accident
can give a clew to the real Grim
fnal. And so ii is with The
Argyle Case"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-06-12

Upon day James Argyle was
about his usual haunts. Upon
an evening he was at his
home, seemingly hale and
happy. Upon morning he was found
on a Persian rug by the inlaid table
Of his rich library lying on his side
with one hand gripping the table COW
er, the bosom Of his evening shirt
deep brick red, small hole one inch
to the left Of the second stud his
glazed eyes staring at the ceiling.
A chair near by was overturned, and
some distance away lay a revolver.
1t was plain murder.
The crime was discovered shortly
after o'clock in the morning, and by
8 the evening papers were on the
street with columns Of picturesque de-
tail and theory, for James Argyle was
known from one end of Manhattan to
the other. He was also known in San
Francisco and other places.
In the first place he was enormously
wealthy. He had built a costly and
not very small place on a street In
New York where the price of front
foot would keep an ordinary family in
comfort for a number of years. But
beyond the mere fact of his riches
there were other reasons.
He was probably sixty years old,
though he never discussed his age
with any one. He belonged to q few
clubs and attended only one. This was
In later years. Formerly he seemed
fond of the society Of men, but In the
few years preceding his death he grew
eccentric. He was likely to quarrel,
and for several months before the ter
rible end he did quarrel with every
one.
For years the firm Of Tolworthy &
Mead had looked after his legal needs,
but the elder Mr.. Tolworthy died, and
old Mr.. Argyle severed relations with
the firm and retained an obscure at
torney named James T. Hurley. He
quarreled with his son almost con-
stantly, so that the young man, who
had a decided bent toward the artistic.
rented a studio in Twenty-third street.
where he lived q bachelors life. He
even began to find fault with the old
negro cook who had been In his house
hold for twenty years and for whose
cooking he was wont to leave the club
at meal times after pointedly insulting
the management in his criticisms Of
the club cuisine.
Much Of this the newspapers learn
ed and the rest they guessed at. They
also guessed at great deal more for
the flrst day or two until real facts be
gan to spring up that made guesswork
unnecessary.