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EXPECT CONFESSION, TO REVEAL EXTENT Of PLOTS OF GERMANS

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 Federal officials hinted today that Frederick Metzler, secretary to Paul Koenlg;, alleged bead of tip German secret service in America, arrested in connection with the alleged Wetland canal plot, would make a confession possibly before night that would reveal ramifications resulting in many arrests la other cities. The whereabouts of Metzler a source of keen anxiety to Koenlg, his lawyers, and the officei i of the Hamburg American line of which Koenig is chief of the investigation department. Department of justice and secret service men refused to reveal the hiding place of Metzler. He was not in the Tombs prison where Frederick Sctleindl, the National City Bank clerk VILLA'S ENVOYS DISCUSS TERMS FOR SURRENDER KL PASO, Tex., Dec. 20. Following a conference between Mexicans, believed to be official representatives of the Carranza and Villa factions, the following announcement was made today by Andres G. Garcia, Carranza consul at El Paso. Final acrangements for the surrender of General Villa's army are now being made. Villa himself has left Chihuahua for the border and probably will enter the United States before tomorrow night. His followers will be granted amnesty Insofar as that can be given." Senor Garlca said he had been au thorized to speafc for Vina as wen as .for Carranxa. He declared that reports which reached here last night that Villa had- decided not to yield v re unfounded. ...... StEENlJURED PURSUING MAN IN CENTERVILLE The residents of Centerville saw Sheriff Steen and Deputy Mashmeyer chasing a.taan down the streets and alleys Saturday afternoon. They heard two shots apparently coming from Sheriff Steen'B revolver. They then saw Deputy Mashmeyer helping Steen out of an entanglement of wires in an alley back of the' town hall. ' J Today Steen is exhibiting a bandaged hand, which he says was injured when he fell 'into a pile of barb wire. The people who saw the chase say that Steen apparently shot himself in the hand. Deputy Sheriff Mashmeyer, when, he saw him fall, rushed to him. He had neara me bdoib uu. saw him reel he supposed that he had accidentally shot himself. The object of the chase was Thomas Henderson. 25, an insane man. who after he was captured was brought to the county jail for safe keeping. Henderson broke away from the sheriff his deputy and the town marshal when handcuffs were being placed on him. He darted down tho streets, cut across lots followed by the officials and a crowd of boys. He was finally captured and brought to Richmond on the 6 o'clock car. Henderson was formerly an operator at the telegraph station on the Pennsylvania at Centerville. Several years ago he had typhoid fever and last year a crowd of boys frightened him as he was on night duty. It is believed that this fright affected his mind. His father, William Henderson requested the county authorities to take charge of him for he believed him to be dangerously insane. Because of his action he was placed in the padded cell at the county jail awaiting a sanity Inquest and admission to an Insane asylum. NEUTRALI1Y PARTY LEADS ELECTION IN GREECE, SUNDAY ATHENS Dec. 20. The neutrality party, led by ex-Premier Gounaris, appears from the returns thus far available, to have been triumphant in yesterday's flection. According to observers here, this will result In Greece maintaining its present attitude unchanged. Though t followers of ex-Premior Venizelow, who favors the Allie and wants Greece to take an active part In the war, had been urged to refrain I'rom voting, nevertheless thousands of I hem took part in the election. They R ere far outnumbered by the Gounaris fteutraMsts, however, in the districts ft-blh have tlnis far reported.

was confined, and at the office of the United States district attorney it was said that Metzler would not be arraigned today before Commissioner Houghton. Count Rishard Neuhaus, of Niagara Palls, was expected to appear today before the district attorney along with several other Germans of Niagara Falls to be interrogated about that Welland canal plot. Neuhaus is the German reservist who last summer made an unsuccessful attemDt to "leave the country and join

the Kaiser's army. Early today Koenlg could not be found, but the government investigators said they would be able to lay hands on him when they want him. He is at liberty on $50,000 bail. SUCCEEDS HALLSTEIN O. K. Bolls of Pittsburg has succeeded W. P. Hallstein as signal supervisor of the Richmond division of the P. R. R. Mr. Hallstein was transferred to Fort Wayne some time ago. Mr. Bolls was assistant signal supervisor of the Pittsburg division and received his promotion for careful attention to his duties, lie has been in the employ of the Pennsy for fifteen years. CHURCHES TAKE COLLECTION TO ASSIST NEEDY Contributions in money, provisions and clothing were collected in various Richmond churches at the services Sunday and will be distributed the latter part of. tne week, among the needy people of the city. Names "of persons who will appreciate the gifts are in the hands of committees. About $50 represents the amount in provisions and clothing which was collected by members of the congregation of the Second Knglish Lutheran church. The donations will be dis tributed by a committee composed of Mrs. W. E. KJopp, Mrs. C. Wellbaum and L. D. Hazeltine. At St. Paul's Lutheran church about $80, including $60 from the Sunday school was obtained, according to tho estimate of the pastor, the Rev. C. Huber. Tbe collection during the morning and evening services were turned over to the deacons and the exact amount is unknown now. Donations of any kind will be re ceived at the First Christian church until the entertainment is given in celebration of Christmas. The committee of the First English Lutheran church will meet some time during this week and arrange for the distribution of donations received at that church. The amount collected during services yesterday is unknown to the pastor, the Rev. E. G. Howard. MRS. SARAH PEACOCK 80 YEARS OLD, DEAD Mrs. Sarah Lawrence Peacock, age 80, a direct descendant of John Lawrence, Lord Mayor of London in 1666, and a life-long member of the Society of Friends, died at her home, West Seventh and Peacock streets at 11:10 o'clock Sunday morning after an illness of ten days of a complication of diseases. Mrs. Peacock was the widow of Levi Peacock, Sr., who died about four years ago. She was born In 1835 in North Carolina and has been a resident of Richmond for a number of years. She was the youngest of a large family, all living to an old age. Mrs. Peacock was always active in affairs of the Friends church. She is survived by two sons, Daniel L. Peacock of New York City and Levi C. Peacock of this city and one daughter, Mary L. Peacock of the Columbia university of New York. Funeral services at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at the residence. Rev. C. E. Tebbetts officiating. Burial in Earlham cemetery. Friends may call at any time. PENNSY RUNS EXTRA TRAINS FOR EXPRESS Traffic on the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg is unprecedented in the history of the company in both the freight and passenger departments. In order to accommodate the heavy express business from the east, twb extra trains have been put on and others may be added during the close of the Christmas season if the rush continues. ' All the trains are carrying from five to six. extra baggage cars and also extra coaches and all crowded. All the extra men on the division are working and every car that can be secured is being pressed into service.

ENGLAND CALLS OUT 1,750,000 RECRUITS

LONDON, Dec. 20. A royal proclamation was circulated in London this morning calling to the colors groups Nob. 1, 2, 3. 4 and 5 of tbe recruits attested under the Lord Derby volunteer plan. The five classes were called upon to report January 20. It is unofficially stated that the Derby plan has resulted in enlisting 1.750,000 men. They are divided Into groups according to age, marriage and occupation. NORWAY COOL IN RECEPTION TO FORD PARTY ABOARD THE SliAMER OSCAR II.. CHRISTIAXIA. Norway, Via London, Dec. 20. Though the arrival of Henry Ford's peace expedition has aroused little enthusiasm at the Norwegian capital, the pacifist leader is hopeful that he will be able to add ten Norwegians to the1 body of delegates which set sail from the United States. The Oscar II probably will leave for Stockholm Wednesday. At the Swedish capital efforts will be made to enlist another batch of ten delegates. The American delegates were given a reception Sunday, evening by the Norwegian Students' association, an organization to which both radicals and conservatives belong. The reception was of a purely informal and unofficial nature, because of tbe fact that the peace expedition is not official, but a number of addresses were delivered In the students' hall, which was well filled. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago, made a short reply, concluding as follows: "You ask what we are going to do. We do not know. The character of our mission is unofficial, but we are commissioned by love." . STORK COMES Gus Kroma Is being held by the police on a charge of having deserted his wife yesterday at a time when she was confined by the arrival of the stork. Once before Kroma was arrested on a similar charge, but court was prevailed upon' to release him on promise of future good behavior. "This case is one of the most aggravated ever called to my attention," Secretary Melpolder of the social service bureau said today. "I think Kroma is deserving of the most severe punishment possible." Secretary Melpolder further stated that at one time Mrs. Krowa wa3 an inmate of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. She was a patient there seven months. He says relatives have informed him that at present she is not normal mentally. The child born yesterday was her third. Fails to Call Doctor. As the stork hovered over the residence in Happy Hollow, where Kroma had recently install his family without the formality of obtaining the consent of the owner of the building, according to the police, Mrs. Kroma told her husband to go for a doctor. Kroma left the house but forgot to get a doctor. He was found about an hour after the child was born in a very intoxicated condition on North E street. When neighbors discovered Mrs. Kroma's condition they sent for a physician, but the child was born before he arrived. Mother and child are doing well, however. Kroma says he went to the office of one physician, CITY XMAS TREE FOND GROWING

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CITY CHRISTMAS FUND Previously acknowledged $46.00 City officials 12.00 Court house officials 8.15 John Crane 100 Clem Gaar 50 Clem Heck 2.00 H. E. Beale 2.00 James A. Carr 6.00 F. S. Bates 6.00 Total $81.55 These' totals do not include subscriptions sent in to the Evening Item, but merely contributions sent, to The Palladium and -to Sergeant McNally, treasurer of the minicipal Christmas tree fund. There should be at least $200 in the fund, and Richmond people are urgently appealed to to send in their contributions promptly. The fund is to defray the expenses of the annual municipal tree celebration, which, is looked forward to with so much pleasure by hundreds of Richmond youngsters. Show your civic pride and interest by swelling this fund. MONDAY BUSY DAY LONDON, Dec. 20. It Is found that Monday , is the best day of the week for recruiting soldiers. i

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r-i WING RESERVE? FOR PRESIDENT r HOT SPRINGS, Va., Dec. Sy.-pSe-cluded in their suite in the east! wing of the Homestead hotel here, "Rres 1dent Woodrow Wilson and his; bride enjoyed the second day of their honeymoon free from all prying eyea. . f An auto ride ' at top speed jwas scheduled to be their only out-qf-joor diversion. The balance of the day was spent on the big sun veVanda which adjoins their immediate1 suite or. in the cozy sitting room which had been especially decorated for thorn. ? Whole Wing Set Aside. ' The entire wing of the hotel ; has been set apart for the happy oopple and access to it is denied by energetic secret service men who guard thj entrances. f The president caused it to be known today that he desired complete',;' elusion. ;no visitors win De receiveo All meals will he taken in the 'private dining room of -the suit. And it! has been arranged that the golf links shall be set apart for their private use at certain hours each day. t " Divests Official Duties. : ' The president has let it be known that he divested himself of his offic ial duties and that he is here on his honeymoon as Woodrow Wilson, happy bridegroom, instead of as Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States. Only "glimpses from afar" pf the president and his bride are pQsible for the less than 100 guests no'f at the hotel here. They have even been denied so far the customary view of the happy pair passing through the corridors. There is a private entrance il lue wing ui iu3 uuiei in nuicu iu presidential suite is located and it 'will be used at all times. And, by. order of the president, all camera men are to be barred from that section ef, the big hotel. TO HOME; but did not find him; then, he says, he: got to drinking and forgot all "about the stork's arrival at his home. . . Find Woman Hungry. V; Sergeant McNally and Officer La-" ler went to the Kroma home upon re quest of neighbors. They arrived before the physician and foundlJMra; Kroma sitting up in her bed eating ravenously of food, which had; been brought to her by a woman. She said this was the first food she and ' the other two older children had had for Recently the Kroma family ,jnade their home In a house in which nearly all the window panes were broken. Almost frozen Kroma packed up .hip scanty household goods and took possession of a more weather-proof dwelling, neglecting to notify the jrner of his action. .' Says Husband Is Cruel. , . " Secretary Melpolder asserts ' that Kroma and his wife should never be permitted to live together again. Kroma is unfit to be a husband and father, Melpolder says, and Mrs. Krpma should never bear any more children. "I have been informed that Kroma Is very cruel to his wife, and has' frequently beaten her and driven Tier from the house," the social secretary stated. A home ' for the two' older children will be found, if possible, and Mrs. Kroma and the baby . probably will be placed in some institution. Prosecutor Reller says that he. jnay prosecute Kroma on the wife desertion charge preferred against him over a year ago." '; TAFT BECOMES ILL WHILE ABOARD TRAIN LACROSSE, Wis., Dec. 20. Former President Taft who was 111 at .MiV waukee Saturday from laryngitis was met at the train here by a phyaiciin today and taken to the home of George W. Burton, a Yale classmate -. find friend, where he was put to bed. 'The former president was taken" Trita chills on the train and it was necessary to make up a bed for him ah the parlor car: His condition is believed not to be serious. GERMAN FLEET SCOUTS FOR BRITISH SHIPS BERLIN, via Amsterdam, Dec.- 20Part cf the German fleet has nut to sea but has failed to encounter 'any British warships, it was off Iclally announced today in the following fesort from the admiralty: r s. - "A detachment of the fleet searched the North sea. for enemy ships'. On Friday and Saturday they cruised "fnto the Skager Rack. Fifty-two veisels were searched. One ship bearing contrabands was brought into a Gersaan port. - During1 all the time no : British warship was seen anywhere .V, . :

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DIES: Itl FORT 17AYIIE r Mr. Carrie JB. .' Jtsiker, aged 72, widow oflS.'E.-Parker, a -resident of Richmond for' ntj(-t te"Jrel. 'died Saturday at herrboia9. ip Itart Wayne after, a lingering illness. Thev funeral 'service and tirtat 'took "piece this afternoon' at .New CasMt- 'She is surriTe4 by .three chiidrear Miss Mamie Parker and Mrs. EC Bender of Fort Wayne, and " Oran Parker of this city H one brother. H.; jf . ubbard of Cincinnati:, tone' slater ' Mrs - Kate urae or tn;g eii j, bihx foun grmnu-j cmiqren, .uqirara inenqer,. oi rgn Wayne, Horace. Russell and Oran E. Parker of Richmond? ;. , ; ON DARK STREET cantlv. given br Chief Goodwin ' to jRichppnd!" w6m'enhpt" ,t"o carry, their purses expomea ,wnen on ine , streets without "escort J. was kiustrated late 'Saturday -afternoon by .the attack 'madp 'upon" Mlif Emma Newnjan. 25 ;North Sixteenth"" street, a" teacher at xne Starr scnooi. oy an uncnown purse anatcber, on ' North Sixteenth street, near the first ' alley north of Main street.' - ; .... Miss Newman was knocked down by the ' thug and painfully ' injured, but ,oe am not secure ner parse as sue fell upon it" when he 'knocked ' her down. After the- assault the thief ran down the alley and escaped. So badly frightened "was Miss Newman that she was unable to five -a description of her assailant. She 7: does not know whether he wai a; negro or a white man. She had only, three or four dollars in her pursei ' ' . . ; The. purse 'snatcher followed" Miss Newman down Sixteenth street. Reaching the ' alley ' he snatched for 'her puree. The . handle broke, . bowever, and it fall to the sidewalk. The throwing 'nar to the want wan sacb ialimce aa.tft brule the rights side of Her .XallwauM. DBehahlx Jiave frac 'the BeeVjr felt tat :ha wis wearing several or ner nairpins were Droaeu. After- the attack - Miss Newman screamed: sad the. thug took' to his heels, making no effort to secure the purse which ' she ' had ' fallen upon. Neighbor helped her to -her home. .She was in an hysterical condition for .come time.' . . . . .. -" PEOPLE TO HELP ; WABHIKOTON, Dec. JO. A proclamation by president." Wilson ' setting Jan.' as a da jr "ipon which; the people of the United States may .make such contributions aa.hry feel disponed for the aid of the stricken Polish people" was given out a the-White House todayThe proclfmatlen-wai issued as the result of a 'resolution' passed in jLhe geaafe Deo: tl?caRiac attention .to the situation-in Poland and sug-rgesting-that -the president set aside Uk "iLayranHng'tlfe helidayf: an which comriounons. saouia. d raaae to me sufferers in " that country.- Senator 'Kern of Indiana, introduced the resolution.- . ,' NEW DIRECTORY READY The I9t city directory Is now In tbe hand of the ' printer -'and iH' be distributed among, the merchants of the Vity within the next month.1.. The book Js blhibf d py ft . L: I'qllt ;& Co. and 111 contafn all of the featnres of the 1$14 directory. ' -' f : f, - Several days 'ago a representative from a directory Puhlielag firm of (Ohio was,inthe city. . and announced that ap; . Investigation' is beiag made to determ"ne the advlsailky pf making a more detailed "direcibry of the city. ' The man -left Saturday and It is not known whether another directory -publishing firm will eater, the local Jlld'next' year. Jt is understood that i ne unis rinn - inLvnaa f assue a illrectcry here in 1917 white the Polk j .directory Is issued etery tro years. '1 ! ' 'r 7-T-C ' I :(iiip.Fpirc!papt J United tste leport Ceerly fair f onlaht and Tiiesjdsy axoept snew flurj ies th'S aterncen naa UaKe Michigan XntBertttra JJooa. 31 Ifaxlinuin J. . 31 i ' Loaal , Fprscasl Fair -tofirtt with Increasing cloudiness Tuesday t nd risag tSMrature;: - .fr ' . Ij? Qeeri tCotdUne?r'The.weather Is -clearing oyer tna cenvar' states and a fooi; wits jiseomingjirnn we icocgy eouiitafhs,- hut Js, bceaklnf ,'ap.i Vae t gather will be Csostly fair during the twrt -14- fcouri' wtth -a-hurher temDera-

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EVACUATE POSITIONS EMBARKING TROOPS ON TRANSPORT SHIPS

LONDON. Dec. 20. Allied troops are being drawn from the Gallipoli peninsula, it was officially announced today by the British war office. In the official statement it was said that all troops on -the Anzac and Suvla bay fronts were being sent "elsewhere." The hardest infantry fighting at the Dardanelles has taken place on the fronts of Anzac and Suvia bay. On the- western ntde of Gallipoli peninsula, farther to the southwest, near Kritchia and Sedd-El-Bahr, tbo operations were confined chiefly to infantry dueling. It was reported concurrently with, the war office announcement that part of the troops withdrawn from the Gallipoli peninsula would be sent Into the Balkans and others to Egypt. If the allied forces are withdrawn from the peninsula it will release a Turkish

TEACHERS PENSIONS GIVEN SUPPORT OF LEADING f.lEiJ

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Unqualified endorsement cf the In-lcial aspect of the law. declared that diana state teachers' retirement law, the additional taxt-s which were Inproviding for the payment of pensions volved in the introduction of the systo school teachers, is contained in ex- tern, were justified in the equity and

pressions of opinion made totiay by representative professional and business men of Richmond. Practically all of the men who were Interviewed net onl;- supported the law in its entirety but hf-artily favored the proposed introduction of the pension system of this city. The onlv persons who did not endorse the law,, explained that they had not given it any consideration and were therefore unprepared to state an opinion et'her for or against it. That the system provides an equlttble an1 J,l8t '"rn for le services rendered by t!:e teachers is the pri mary reason why the law had the support of most cf the ierrot.i interviewed. They all hold that the tarher Is Insufficiently- paid for the work she does and that in virw of the meager! salaries received the teachers should be given protection of this character. Bankers, in considering the finanMRS. C. WESTCOTT DEAD AT ORLANDO News was received here today of tbe death of Mrs. ("hirles G. Westcott, wife of Charles Westcott, oldest son of the late John M. Westcott. at her home In Orlando, Fla., at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Word came by telegram to relatives and contained merely the announcement of her death, no details being given. STARR PLANT BUYS SITE IN CINCINNATI FOR BRANCH OFFICE The Starr Piano company has purchased from William Browning, of the Browning, King & Co., of New York City, twenty-six feet on the east end of the former St. Nicholas property at Fourth and Race streets, Cincinnati, and will err-et a new building for the Cincinnati branch. Work on the new structure will be started as scon as the weather permits. Clarence Gennett said today that the firm wculd be in its new quarters in eight or nine months. It lias not been decided how large the structure will be. Mr. Gennett said the property was bought direct from Mr. Browning, and that reports cumin? from Cincinnati that he had paid a fabulous price are untrue. Mr. Gennett denied that Mr. Browning bad made an average of 000 a front foot profit on the twentysix feet, and said that Harry L. Linch, an attorney, had nothing whatever to do with the deal. FEELING AGAINST U. S. GROWING IN AUSTRIA BERLIN, Dec. 20. Anti-American feeling la increasing daily in Austria aa a result of the note sent by the United States regarding the sinking of the Ancona, acording to advices , that reached here today from Vienna. -" These reports state that officials are trying to curb the feeling but that several . anti-American demonstrations have occurred. The indignation seems to ; be . fostered by the declaration of tho Austrian press that the United States is attempting to show that Austria' is subservient to Germany, diplomatically, economically and in military matters.

army of about 250.000 men for service in some other field of action. The Ansac front mentioned in the official statement Is that section of the allies' line held by the Australian and y New Zealand army corps. It Is south of Art Barnu, a place which was figured frequently in the British and Turkish war office reports. BERLIN NOT SURPRISED

BERLIN. Dec. 20. Reports reached German military circles today that the Anglo-French troops at the Darda nells had abandoned the Gallipoli campaign and evacuated all their positions, again embarking on transports. This news caused no surprise aa it had long been recognized in Berlin that the Gallipoli campaign was doomed to failure. PROFESSIONS ; right which the teachers should be give-n. Attorneys who have studied Ihe legal phases cf the law maintain that tbe bill which passed the legislature providing for pensions Is accurately framed and technically Is Ju?t as it should be. ,t , . , Examples of the endorrenent are contained in tbe following statements of representative cltlxens - of Richmond. . - Frank I. Braffett "I am heartily in favor of the law. Teachers and college professors are the poorest paid or any profession. It's hard to attract thebest talent to this occupation tinV ample provision is given for a livelihood after tbe services are discontinued. Either salaries rhmild be Increased or the pension system adopted. It should by all means be IntroContinued On Page Six.) RICE CLAIMS BRITISH TRADE NOT BENEFITED WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. State department officials said today that there would be no Immediate reply to Ambassador Spring Rice's letter denying that, the British blockade of neutral ports has increased British commerce at the expense of American exporters. The letter, however, is sure to provoke future discussion. It seems assured that many of the figures submitted by Sir Cecil Spring Rice will be analyzed in the senate aa soon as that body convenes after tbe holidays.- Although the British ambassador takes issue with Consul General Skinner of London, who brought to the attention of the state department to the alleged discrimination, many senators who recently conferred with Mr. Skinner are expected to be unconvinced of the truth of the claim. - Sir Cecil claims that when Mr. Skinner submitted his report he had not access to American trade statistics. Senators, however, especially from the cotton states, are ready to contend that Mr. Skinner was in first-class position to observe his reported increase of British trade to neutral porta virtually closed to American trade. ' CHILD WANTS DISHES Santa Claus letters continue to pass through the post office as Christmas eve draws near. The following letter was received today: Dear Santy Claus: I am a little girl 6 years old and would like to have' a dctl and some li'.tle dishes and seme candy. . I have a little brother, he wants a little gun and 1 have one more sister and three more brothers who like a toy. Tour little friend, RUBY WALKER. 17C6 North P St HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES - Arrangements have been completed for the Christinas entertainment which will be given In the High school auditorium Tuesday. A program of musical selections by the orchestra and glee club will be delivered under the direction of Ralph Sloane. supesvisor of mujlc in the city schools. All the students will assemble In the auditorium and some of the parents of the etcdents t will probably be In attendance. School closes until after the holidays tomorrow afternoon. .

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