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WESTCOTT DENIES DEAL TO EtJTEEl MOTOR CAR MERGER AT INDIAN APOLIS

" A vigorous denial that the Westcott Motor Car company la even contemplating entering the proposed combination of motor car and motor car part companies that was reported in news dispatches yesterday was made this afternoon by H. O. Root, general manager of the Westcott company.' "The use of our name In connection with the proposed merger Is entirely without authority," said Mr: Root "and we desire It understood that we are contemplating nothing of the kind. With this wonderful reputation for quality that the Westcott cars have gained and the resultant increase In DYNAMITE KEG FOUND CLOSE TO PACKING PLANT ; ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17. Discovery of a nail keg containing 146 sticks of dynamite next to the boiler bourse of the St. Louis Independent Packing company resulted today, in the revelation that within the last six months at least three supposed "plants" of high explosives were found by private watchmen about the packiag plants of St. Louis. According to Gustave Blschoff, head of the Independent Packing company, more than one hundred sticks of dynamite were found last 'week in the plant of the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision company. Biechoff said the' firm had many calls for foreign business in the war zone. SEIZES AMERICANS EL PASO, Tex.t)ec. n.rTbe Mexican situation is again approaching a serious phase .ah; the Iborder, owing to the increasing bitterness of General Villa's followers against the United States. It was asserted here today that Villa himself was augmenting, this feeling by repeated charges that American aid Is ' being extended to ' the Carranze forces. According to reports that .have Teached 'here Villa yesterday ordered held for ransom six employes of the American Smelting and Refining com pan yat Chllhaur.ua.

ELKS SIGN CONTRACT FOR fvlltlSTREL SHOW

The preliminary move in the arrangements for the production of the annual minstrel show under the auspices of the B. P. O. E. lodge In Richmond, was made yesterday when a contract providing for the production of the show by the Miller-Draper Minstrel Producing company of Chicago, was signed by Elks and Frederick Foote, representing the company. Details decided in the negotiations Indicate that the minstrel this year will be bigger and better than that produced In any previous season. Unlike anything heretofore attempted, the show to be given will be what is known as "The Old Dockstader Torpedo Show" with a musical program proceeding the minstrels. It will necessitate the appearance of fifteen or twenty women who will as

H0U00U TRIP PLANS OF WILSON KEPT QUIET

WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. The busiest spot in Washington today was the cosy little home st 1308 Twentieth street. Northwest, where Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait and her mother live. The most casual passerby would have noted that something untoward was brewing. Tradesmen came and : went, friends of the president's fiancee called to speak a few words with the happy woman who will become the first lady of the land tomorrow, and idlers clustered to drink In with their eyes every bit which it was possible to see of the wedding preparations. The medium sized house's interior is being turned into a proverbial bower of flowers. Prominent In the decorations is the orchid. Mrs. Gait's favorite bloom, the new "Edith Boiling" pink, and great palms from the president's conservatory. Most of the buds come from the . white house, famous for orchids and lilies of the valley. Further details of Mrs. Gait's wedding toilet were learned today. Following the old admonition that the bride must wear "something old, some- ; thing new and something blue," the , president's bride will have on her gown a piece of rare old rose point from the Boiling family lace collection and a turquoise bracelet worn by

business, we realize theeralue that the Westcott name would add to the promotion of such a combination. That perhaps explains why our name was used. "The Westcott Motor Car company Is experiencing the greatest business of Its history and prospects for future growth never were brighter. Consequently we would not . be willing to consider an'y arrangement that would tend to smother our identity We are proud of our name, our reputation aad our business and do not intend to lose either one of the three."

NEWSPAPERS SUPPORT AUSTRIA'S ANSWER BERLIN, .Dec. 17 German newspapers without exception endorse fully the Austrian reply to the American note regarding the sinking of the Ancona. Their editorial expressions are believed to reflect the opinion of the German, officials. The view of the press is that Austria has shown that there is no issue as to principles between the United States and Germany's ally but that the question has been narrowed down to a conflict of the facts as given by the commander of -the submarine that sank the Ancona and the facts that have reached Washington ,from Rome. SHIP IS TORPEDOED LONDON, Dec. 17. The British steamer Levenpool, bound from New York to Rotterdam has been damaged and beached Lloyds announced today. No. details were given, in the first announcement,-but its similarity to those made when a ship has been sunk by a submarine -were taken In shipping

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boat k The Levenpool was under charter to. the American committee for relief in Belgium and was carrying supplies. She left .New York on Nov. 24. An Amsterdam ' dispatch to the Central News Agency said It was reported there that the ship had been sunk by a mine or a torpedo but that the crew had been saved. sume the more important places during the first part of the show. Last year about fifty men took part in the minstrel but this year about seventy-five persons, men and women, will compose the company. The standing committee of Elks which is making arrangements Is composed of Elmer Eggemeyer, chairman, Louis Illff, Frank Druitt, Frank Braffett and Joe Peltz. Mr. Eggemeyer said today that no date has been set for the production but that it would either be given the latter part of January or latter part of Marcn. Jack Keefe, one of the nine producers of the Miller-Draper company, who last year directed the Elks Minstrel show will have charge of the event this season. Mr. Wilson's two daughters' when they were married. All the rest of the costume will be In the latest fashion. The wedding gown is of amethyst chiffon velvet, fashioned by Julius Kurzman according to Mrs. Gait's own detailed instructions. The hat, feathers,, gloves and sueed shoes will all match : perfectly. She will wear orchids from the president. The details of the ceremony are still kept secret, but it has become known that the Episcopalian ring service will be used. Mrs. Gait's sister, Miss Bertha Boiling, is expected to play the conventional wedding march. The wedding party consists only of the immediate relatives . of the two principals, the sole exception being Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the white house physician. Observing a Virginia custom, Mrs. Gait will permit held old negro "mammy", "Aunt" Matilda Steptoe, the daughter of a former slave In the Boiling family,- to superintend the dressing for, the bride. Matilda was Mrs. aGlt's nurse, and lsadored by the aged negress. As to the wedding trip, that is still a dark secret. Mrs. Gait will ' make her first official appearance as white house mistress on January 7. when the Pan-American reception will be given.

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Ice skating, or rather dancing on skates is the newest fashionable amusement. There is every indication that the new craze, which already is country-wide in extent, will be taken up by people of all ages, and in all walks of life, with the same enthusiasm that has converted men, women and children into fox trotters and tango-experts during the past three or four seasons.

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ready planned ice rinks for the use of their patrons. The Biltmore rink, on the roof of the hotel, the first to be opened to the public, is shown in the accompanying picture. The Waldorf is said to be investing, in the neighborhood of a million dollars in a rink' on the roof of its new annex.

4,000 SWITCHMEN THREATEN TO STRIKE ON CHICAGO LINES work today moving" the thousands of cars of Christmas freight tied up since Tuesday,, a strike of 4,000 switchmen of seventeen lines , using the - Belt tracks was threatened. , The switchmen seemed encouraged by the success of the Belt Lin : men who have received the promise that the special trains to carry . them to and from work in the clearing years will be run until January 1, 1917, and their continuation after that will be a subject of- arbitration. The switchmen on the seventeen roads have a number of minor grievances relating to caboose accommodations on freights and yard conditions. "A strike will be called as soon as we can vote the men." said , A. P. Whitney, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway-Trainmen today,' "if our complaints are not settled. We meet the officials this afternoon. G. W. Hanger, United States commissioner of conciliation aud arbitration, prepared to return to Washington today. He said he had not been asked to interfere in the threatened larger trouble. MOORE WILL EXPLAIN NEW PENSION LAW City Clerk. Bescher today received word from B. F. Moore,-superintend-ent of the Muncie public schools, that he would be In Richmond Monday evening for the purpose of addressing members of the city council and public school teachers on the various provision of the teachers' pension law. The meeting will be held in the high school auditorium. C6uncil invited Mr. Moore at the request of the school teachers, who said that he was the best qualified to present their side in the controversy as to whether the pension law shall be applied locally. AUTO MAKER DEAD MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 17. James Runyan of Redkey, Ind., who said he constructed the first automobile In the United States that was actually operated and antedated the machine of Elwood Haynes by three months, died last night in a Muncie hospital. Weather Forecast United States Report Partly cloudy and colder tonight. : Saturday fair. Temperature Noon Yesterday Maximum . . , Minimum . . .41 Local Forecast Rain and colder followed by occasional snows . tonight and Saturday. :. General Forecast The storm of the past two days is moving very slowly and is now central over the Ohio valley and is causing rain and snow over the entire Mississippi valley. ;, Another storm has' appeared in the far northwest which indicates an Indefinite period of unsettled weather. ' J , ;'. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

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www. fad with a vim and four of the CATCH RUNAWAY Roy Shumaker colored, 18. is being held by the sheriff of Hancock county-awaiting information from Richmond v concerning the boy; who says that he ran away f nun home. He said hla home .was '.in Richmond and that his mother's name was Mrs. . : Burden living - on North Thirteenth street Sheriff Steeh was notified this after noon and. made an effort jto. locate the boy's parents, but was unable to find them.. The boy was found riding the "bumpers" on a -Pennsylvania train last night. When the train reached Greenfield, a brakeman turned him over to the police. HOTEL DE HOBO OPENS DOORS The Hotel de Hobo, located in the basement of the city hall, has been formally re-opened for the winter seaBon, Manager Vogelaong announced today, and the usual liberal . patronage is anticipated.' Manager Vogelsong requests that the public assist him in caring for his guests. He wants supplies of coffee; sugar, potatoes, bread and canned milk, or he will accept cash contributions to be used in purchasing such supplies. Last year nearly a thousand wandering, homeless men found shelter at the Hotel de Hobo, and a large num ber of them were deserving workmen out of employment. The police also believe that the hospitality shown these wayfarers was an important factor in holding down criminal activities in Richmond to a minimum. "If a down-and-outer can't find a place to sleep and a place to get something to eat he naturally turns his hand to stealing. The majority of this class of men if given a square deal will show proper appreciation of the treatment they receive," Vogelsong said today. COMMUNITY. TREE AT WHITEWATER A committee composed of eight residents of Whitewater has been appointed to have charge of the community Christmas tree celebration next Thursday evening. Mrs. Grace Gormon, supervisor of music, and Miss Grace King, domestic science supervisor, assisted in planning the program. Music will be furnished by an adult chorus and the school children will sing Christmas carols' Candy and pop corn will be distributed among the children. The pupils of the seventh and eighth gradeB in the Whitewater school will prepare the candy. PREPARE 325 BASKETS Increase in the number of baskets of eatables which will be distributed by members of the Elks lodge from 200 to 225 baskets was decided upon at the regular lodge meeting ' last eight. Contributions to the funds which will le used to' buy the . food are being daily. received by-the committee which ;, is completing , the : ar-

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most fashionable hotels have al STATE BOARD SAYS JUDGE FOX GRANTS PLEAS TOO FREELY ""Judge Fo" of the Wayne circuit court was placed in the class of "judges who sign petitions too readiily" by the state board of pardons in disposing of the case of Alonzo Fisher. The petition for Fisher's release from the -state prison, where he is serving a life term, has been presented to the board several times. Fisher was sent up from Wayne county on July 24. 1907. At the time of his commitment Judge Fox wrote to the state prison authorities that he had no good word for him. In the last fifteen months, however, the judge has twice signed ' a petition for the prisoner's release. . "The petition for Fisher's release, as usual, is signed by Judge Fox," said the board in Its report to the governor. In committing him he (the judge) said In substance that he is a very bad man and he had no good word for him. The judge, as usual, comes forward with a letter recommending the release of the prisoner." The 'board refused to recommend Fisher's release. He was sentenced for the murder of bis wife. CAR SUPS OFF ROAD DOWN STEEP GRADE The Ford jitney operatins between Liberty and Richmond was badly damaged and five passengers were shaken and frightened when the machine skidded on a hill near Elkhorn Mills this morning in making its first trip of the day here and backed down off the road over a twenty-foot embankment. No one was hurt. The driver C. Snyder of Liberty, telephoned that the car was out of commission and returned to Liberty. Details of the accident are lacking. It is believed that the car did not turn over. GLASS MANUFACTURER IS CALLED BY DEATH MUNCIE, Ind.. 'Dec. 17. Lord W. Maring, 72, a pioneer in the glass manufacturing business and retired millionaire, died suddenly last night at his home here. He is said to have helped to organize the first window glass company in the United States at Bellaire, O. SCANT WELCOME FOR FORD PARTY CHRISTIANIA;. " Dec. 17. Scanty preparations have been made here today, to greet the Ford peace pilgrims tboard tbe liner Oscar II.- Because of the foregone .conclusion, here that tbe peace pilgrims will -be able to accomplish nothing various - organizations which had been asked to participate in a formal welcome refused to do so.

LANSING BASES ACTION AGAINST AUSTRIA ON REPORTS OF OFFICIALS

WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. Austria's reply to the United States on the sinking of the Ancona reached the state department at 1 o'clock this morning. The work of decoding it was begun immediately. Austria's demand for a bill of particulars will be granted. Secretary of State Lansing will make It plain in his reply that his demand for a disavowal of the sinking of the Italian liner, and indemnity for American lives lost, was based on evidence collected from American citizens which was backed up by the official Austrian report on the case forwarded here by Ambassador Penfield. It is expected the reply will be of such a nature that there will be no opening afforded for the Austrian foreign office to throw the facts in the controversy into long-drawn-out diplomatic negotiations. It also is certain that this government will decline to re-slate its position on submarine warfare as outlined in the correspondence with Germany. The position of the POSTMASTER'S OFFICE FILLED ViTH PARCELS The parcel post business that has piled up at the postofflce during the last few days will make it necessary for an additional wagon to be used tomorrow. Postmaster Beck had not planned to use extra men until next week, but the bad weather of the i last few days has delayed the work of the parcel post carrier. Postmaster Beck's private office is being used in sorting parcel post packages owing to the crowded condition of the mailing room. An auto truck will be used to deliver packages next week. WRECK. KILLS. FIVE NEW CASTLE. Dec. 17. Five persons were killed and many injured today in a collision between a passenger train and an empty work train on the railway between Jarrow and South Shields. FILES CLAIM FOR $86.25 A claim for $86.25 was made against the estate of the late William F. Hiatt by the White Crown Fruit Jar company. The claim was filed in circuit court this morning, alleging that an account with the company remains ! unpaid.

BLICKWEDEL CONVICTED OF BEING BRITISH SPY

Members of the South Side Improvement association are rtunned today. They had a good reason to be. Here is the reason. Adolph Blickwedel, president of the association, and Martin Grunzke. a prominent member of that organization, were tried last night before a ; tribunal of that organization and found j guilty of being British spies, although generauy supposea to De araeni sympathizers with the German cause In the present European conflict. Although Prosecutor Gus Hoelscher demanded the death sentence for each of the accused men, and Judge Frank

ILIFF OPPOSES TAKEN BY XL D. FOULKE m inncE of ot.

BY EDGAR ILIFF. History began with Idle gossip, tales around the campfire. and stories, ballads and lullabys songs at the hearthstone. Herodotus, the gossipy historian, called the "Father of History," cleared his skirts when he began his chronicles with this statement: .. . "It is my business to relate what is told me, but I am under no obligation to believe It myself.' But the making of history is no longer oral, and is by no moans made up of tbe gossip of wayside inns or old wives' tales It has become a science, qualified and bound by the splendid rule set down by the Finnish historian,, Edward Westernack, like this: "The concealment of truth Is the only indecorum known to science." That Is tbe basis of modern historywriting. We demand exactness and proofs. ' We ask for the truth though I it may come in strokes of pain. . I It must in all frankness be con- j

state department on this point Is thai the furnishing of the complete text of the correspondence to the Austrian embassy here was sufficient warning to Austria under International law. ' President Wilson has turned the entire matter over to Secretary Lansing with power to settle It in whatever way he thinks best. Austria's reply to the demands of the United States In the Ancona case was today declared to be utterly unsat-i is factory to this government It was" considered at length at a cabinet meeting following which Secretary of Stale Lansing was given complete and absolute authority to deal with the entire subject. The cabinet conference developed: The reply fails to stae a new Austrian position that Is in any way responsive to the American position, ft was deemed ridiculous that Austria should dispute the fact as recited in the American note, inasmuch as that note very specifically set forth that Continued On Page Five.

TURKS FORCE ALLIED SHIP TO WITHDRAW CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 17. An allied cruiser that was bombarding the Turkish positions on the Gallipoll peninsula was struck by Turkish positions on the Gallipoll peninsula was struck by Turkish shells and forced to withdraw, It was announced today by the Ottoman war office. An allied aeroplane was shot down by Turkish high-angle guns. Following Is the text of the official report: "Dardanelles front At Sedd-el-Bahr the. enemy- fired 3.000 shells against our center In the course of one cannonade, but no Important damage was done. On Wednesday night two transports that were discharging, their cargoes near Burnu were driven off by our artillery. A cruiser which was bombarding our rig4it wing from Sedd-el-Bahr was hit by our shells and forced to withdraw. Our artillery brought down an allied aeroplane. "Irak front There has been intermittent artillery duels and Infantry combats near Kut-el-Amara. While approaching enemy fortifications our troops detected underground mines which they exploded. On Tuesday near Kut-el-Amara we captured four lighters laden with Umber." Strayer almost insisted pon the Jury returning such a verdict in the Instructions he read to the jury, the vigorous and effective def - se of the two men presented by their attorney, Gath Freeman, got them off with very light punishment. $1 and costs, each. Neither Likes Cider. In thanking tbe jury, Mr. Blickwedel. his voice trembling with emotion, said he had at all times been confident the death penalty would not be Imposed and that he was particularly grateful that - e and his fellow defendant had not been sentenced to impri sContlnued On Page Five. fessed that while Americans do an enormous amount of reading they read like they eat. In a hurry, in a ten-minutes-for-lunch hysteria,- gulping, bolting and away they go! Our magazines, with a few exceptions, are only a quick-lunch counter. They are even more. They feed us on pre-di-gested mental food. So much of our, informaticn about other races and other governments has been gathered from gulping down historical hamburgers and literary sandwiches, washed down by newspaper headlines, that the result Is the public mind has become confused and we are all suffering from mental gastritis and Intel-, lectual neuresthenlal . , We need a diet of plain food, eaten in a quiet frame of mind. We badly need to digest this food ourselves Instead of buying It p red i Rested In canrr You may ask almost any man if b V J .LI. .1. . . . . um mu iuib ur uimi wni-oov ) cook, ana me answer win oe. but I have read a review of It where. He boasts of being a .Continued On Page Sevan.