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AUTO STILL DRAWS MANY DEALERS HERE. Hundreds Flock to Show in Spite of the Storm. The Automobile Snow in the Grand Cen tral , Palace will come to an end to-night, and according to the management 1t has j teen the most successful ever held by the I -■ American Motor Car Manufacturers' As- ■ sociation. In point of fact no assurance ""of this kind was needed. The size of the crowd which turned out last evening was Quite enough in the way or ocular proof. ■ It was something of a hardship to get to the Palace after 6 o'clck yesterday. Those who braved the storm found difficulty in navigating the slippery pavements, but the lure of the motor car was strong enough to I Weep hundreds from turning back. The ! show was not quite so crowded as on Mon- j day and Tuesday, but it was crowded just i the same. . According to Al Reeves, more than eight ■ hundred* agents and dealers from all parts < of th© country are in this city, and many of them were on hand yesterday to complete negotiations for handling certain cars. Mr. Reeves said that practically every large city in the United Slates was represented and a great range of smaller cities as well : Including Medicine Hat. Mont.; Albuquer- '' , que.; N. M.; , Dcs Moines, Iowa; Terra Haute. Ind.; Sandy Hill. N. Y.;^Brattieboro. Vt.. Little Falls. N. V.; Council Bluffs, i Iowa; Griffiths Corners, N. V.; Totnlcula, Perm.. and Eaglestown,.N. J. Although for business reasons motor car j GLIMPSE OF AUTO SHOW IN THE PALACE. exhibitors prefer not to give out names of purchasers, a canvass of some of the lead ins makers indicated that a healthy retail trade hap been done since the show opened. Charles Skinner, of the Mitchell forces, reported that fourteen cars of that make had been sold, not counting sales to agents, while Oaaton Plaintiff, of the Ford com pany, said that the demand for his car had increased 68 per cent over a year ago. -It has been, a busy .week for. the makers of motor trucks, who have thrown their entire selling force into the breach, but it has been a difficult matter, even with this large force, to answer all inquiries from interested merchants. The improvement in heavy traction vehi cles has been marked in the last few yearg, and the claims of superiority over the horse for heavy trucking have had ample proof in actual operation. A sale of ten one-ton trucks to an Ohio concern was made by the Grabowsky Power Wagon Company, in addition to several sales of single cars to New York firrrs. Among those seen around the show jrea #»nJay were Mr. and Mrs. J. I>aurence Van Aleri, Mrs James Speyer, Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Yander To<-\, jr.. Robert Van Cortlandt. Worthington Whltehouse, W. Cortlandt Easton. M. and Mmc. <\f ("haretta. Mr. and Mrs. Frederkk Pterson, .lames Ptillman, J. L>. Thompson, J. F. <'oleman, Jefferson M. Lev;, Mi. and Mrs. Kiliaen M. Van Rensse aer, Louis L. r>oril)ard. ji\, Jjeonard M. Tl ■omas, Mr. ami Mrs. Fred erick Martin Da vies. J Bmlen Roosevelt. Mr. and Mrp. Albert Si>attu-k. Mr. and Mrs. Potter Staples, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur X Bourne. Mr. and Mrs. J. Van B. Oddie, John Aucfcinciosß. Marshall Kernochan. .1. Lorimer Worden. Benjamin Nicoll. Gordon Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. William '5. Rockefeller, jr.. Franklin Plummer, ?. M. Butler, James W. Appieton, Dr. and Mrs. Preston Satt<-r thwaite, Bertram Crugwr. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wiltse. Mr. and Mrs. George Ehret, jr.. Kdward Livingston. Francis L. V. Hop pin. Seymour Johnson, E. L. Norton, Mr.-. Frank " Mel>ai]giiHT!. Miss M<Laughlin, Anr-.ry S. Carhart. Robert Butt, K. I-a. Montagne, E. darkflon Potter, i. T. Bur den. jr., and EUmtm. Dyer. V. K. Moskovics. presnift.t of the !>->* Angf-les Motordrome, the n~w board track which if now under construction at LrfM Angeles, stated yc-su-njay that he bad re <«iv«-d the entries of Ralph Ie J'alnia, George Robertson and I-ouis Strang for the first meeting, which will be(ia on April M and last for one wer r k. Ralph De Palma will drive his recon structed Cyclone. Strang will drive the 175 horsepower Fiat which holds so many world's track records, and Robertaon will drive his new Simplex racer. red J. "Wagner, the official starter, has l>ecn retained to wield the flag and exercise general supervision of the contests. He will also be the Kastern representative of the track. Among the novelties at tin show is a gas mixture dintmer, which may be fixed on any pipe between the carburetor and intake valve. By the use of a revolving wheel similar In shape and operation to the com mon window ventilator, it is claimed that the gasolene vapor about to enter the • >! inders la diffused in ■ manner which add* *reat efficiency, lessens fuel coat and gives anywhere from 15 to 40 per cent greater power to the motor. GAME FOR NIAGARA TEAM. Defeats Manhattan College Five in a Close and Hard Fought Game. In an interesting but rough game the Niagara University basketball team de feated the Manhattan College five on the i>+ La Salle Institute court last night by a •core of 28 to 21. The game was hard fought and clot*. Niagara got a lead of 6 points In the first half, which it maintained to the finish. Both teams showed good team work and shooting. K-il.-;:.-r. of Niag ara, was put cut of the game for fouling. The line-up and summary follow: Keliehei Centre "'fjonohua Dillon BJ«»»I guai I V- ™'a> ulls- Peat; for Breiinan. Cnmnrjor Keller. Bolton for O'Brien < ' > > l>i ' l l 'l'^f",x>, Niagara. BiMinan <4.«. Dolan <-'J. g*£f,K fill .Dillon. (2), King: Manhattan. ilu ." a ,> <r ( o *£ ry B rl*n. Donoiiua <2>, Conway <Jh J^ \J>%£ , .■;;.-, Nugent *2>. O Brk-n. "f'J'*J — ChrUtoph«r M*ho B ey, £er&uun. OlJQ«-^ft Ive * MORE LOVE NOTES IN DBJANON MYSTERY Police Break with Relatives of Missing Girl. ' _..„ IBy Telegraph to Th« Tribune.] I hlladelphia. Jan. -New love note* brought to light in the case, of Miss Roberta B. Dejaiion and Ferdinand Cohen, the Bellevue-Stratford waiter, with whom she is believed to have left this city a week ago, are the latest feature In the case. The notes were turned over to the police by Mrs. Cohen, who said she found them In an old coat belonging to her hus band. » . The police have broken with the relatives of the missing girl and are conducting their investigations along their own lines. They say there has been too much talking by members of the family. Superintendent of Police Taylor has taken charge of the case and is now directing his efforts to a search of Philadelphia. One note indicates. If the note Is really from Miss \r>ejanon, that the elopement was postponed owing to finance*. It reads as' follows: ; ' Well. papa, I will write you a.' few. lines if 0.V,. have time before you bring in the V te r* U was a strange thing that you should say in that note that the reason I would not go with you was that I found out- you had no. money. Really Fred it was you who refused to take 'me when you found out that I had nothing, and that Is one thmg that hurts mv feelings so the other things I shall tell you another time. Robert Buist. the wealthy grandfather CARS EXHIBITED PY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. of De.ianon, and Henry F. Walton, a friend of Mr. Buist, were in consultation with police official? to-day, during which all phase? of the case were discussed. Ferdinand Dejanon was not at the con ference, having returned to New York. Mr. Buist said after the conference that there was no truth in a report that he had destroyed papers of adoption which were to he executed when the girl disappeared and which would have made him her sole guardian. "We are bending every effort to locate my granddaughter," he said, "and any talk about my adoption of her, or decision not to, is extraneous. I want her back. That is all there is to say.'' Counsel fo- Mr. Buist and the girl's father deinied to-day that there was any family ■eacdal connected with the girl's disap pearance, and said that all were united in efforts to find her A REPORT FROM WILKES-BARRE. Missing Pair Believed to Have Been in Towanda, Perm. IBy Telegrarh to Th<> Tribun*. I \\ iikPs-Barre. Perm., Jan. s.— Ferdinand Cohen, the Philadelphia waiter who is said to have eloped with Roberta B. Dejanon a week ago. is reported to have been with the girl in Towanda. near here, for half a day yesterday. A couple answering their description alighted from a Biuquehanna 4- Xew York train yesterday and inquired the way to a liotol. They were directed to the Bradford House. At the hotel the man asked the proprietor for employment aR waiter, say ing that he had had experience in several hotels. He was engaged, and while t lie pirl remained at the hotel the man walked about the town, l^ater he hurried to the hotel, got th» girl and started across the river to East Towanda. Their peculiar behavior attracted atten tion, ami Chl^f of Police Miller wa> in formed. He failed to find them, however. It is believed they took a train from East Towanda to New York State. AGREE TO ARBITRATE. Switchmen and Western Roads Appeal to Washington. Chicago, Jan. s— Members of the Switch men's Union representing the Western railroads :igreed with the General Man ■ Cars' Association to-day to submit their requests for advanced wages and change in hour." to arbitration undei ihe Kriimau law. The following joint telegram was sent to C. P. -Will, United Stales Commmissloner of Labor, and' Martin Knapp, , chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission: a committee of the Switchmen's Union of North America. representing the «m ploy*-« engaged In switching service on certain inilwa\.N. liHviiiK been continuous ly in session since December 18 and hav ing failed to reach a settlement of the questions at Issue, Jointly invite your notion 'as mediator. 0 under tlie Krdman act and respectfully request you to name a place and date where a meeting can be had to that end. .. . . Both sides agree that the finding of the arbitrators is to be final and both -.valve the right to file exceptions thereto for matters of law appearing upon the records as provided by the act. AUTOMOBILES. BREWSTER&.CQ Bicadw^y and >Clh.St.Nc\vYork, Qj4iitomobilQs r Repairs io body ormcstor. Gmixli Onftral J>aiaco Sho\» r - i nji th« iißTis r . * i. iianii. NKW-YOKK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JANUARY T,, \u\0. IN ARMY AND NAVY RECRdTISG BY MAIL. Considering Plans to Stimulate . f ; Enlistments. ' [VltAn 'l'ht- Tribune Bureau. 1 ; •- Washington, January 5. RECRUITING BY MAIL— military and naval authorities are considering the methods which it may be necessary, sooner or later, to adopt to stimulate enlistments. With the return of prosperity and the de mand for lah,or In all parts of the country, recruiting for the. services naturally falls off. and some officers believe that even under conditions most favorable to recruit ing there will be more or less difficulty in obtaining: eligible men. Of course, this situation is easy to meet by modifying the recruiting requirements.- When there are numerous candidates it is possible to exer cise a stricter selection and when the ap plicants for enlistment are not so numerous it is easy enough to let down the bars. The Navy Department has adopted a plan which .establishes the mall order principle iii naval recruiting. It has opened a branch recruiting office in New York City where the work of obtaining recruits will be con ducted by circular letter. Names of elig ible young men have been obtained and will be kepi on file, and a series of letters point ing out the .advantages of the service will be sent to them. CHANGRS IN ARMY COMMANDS.— Major General J Franklin Bell, who trans fers the duties of chief of s'jff of the army in April to Major General l^eonard Wood, will •be the next commander of the army in the Philippines. General Bell will suc ceed Major General W. T. Duvall. who re tires from the service in January, 1911. It also has been determined that Major General Frederick D. Grant, now in com mand of the Department of the Lakes, will be assigned again to his oU' command at the head of the Department of the East, to si cceed General Wood. It is generally un derstood that Major General W. H. Carter, now In command of the Department of Luzon, will be assigned to command of the Department of the T^akes. ORDERS ISSUED.— The following orders have issued: . ' ARMY. Captain WALLACE M. CRAIGIE, »th Cavalry. from Army School of the Line, Fort Leaven worth: to his regiment. First Lieutenant GI I.MAX C. DOLLET. medical reserve corps, to Washington for duty in laboratory of surgeon general's office for one . month, thence to JA>rt Leavenworth. First Lieutenant JAMES I. THORNE. medical reserve corps, upon arrival In ' United States. to his home. First Lieutenant "VVILSOX G. HEATON". from 13th to 2d Cavalry. Finil Lieutenant WALTER H. NEJILL. from Ist to 13th Cavalry. First Lieutenant DAVID L. ROSCOE, from IS to Ist Cavalry. Leaves of absence: First Lieutenant OSCAR F. DAVIS, medical reserve corps, four months; .-r.ond Lieutenant STANLEY KOCH. 6th Cavalry, an.i First Lieutenant .TAMES I. THORNE, medical reserve corps, one month. NAVY. Rear Admiral. W. W. KIMBALL. placed upon retired list from January ». Rear Admiral .1. HUBBARB. detached duty commander third squadron. Pacific fleet; to duty commander in chief. Asiatic fleet, on board the Charleston. Captains H. ML P. HUSK. H. S. KXAPP. W. L. RODGERS and B. W. HODGES. Lieu tenant Commanders O. G. MI'RFIN and A. ST. C SMITH. Lieutenant C. E. WOOD. Medical Director H. B. AMES, Surgeon J. M. KRISTER and Chaplain A. W. STONE, commissioned. IJeutenant A. C. PICKENS, detached the Indiana: to the Michigan. . Lieutenant J. R DEKREBS. detached the Michigan: to the Mississippi. Lieutenant E. T. CONSTIEN. detached offlc* Judge, advocate general; to office, naval In telligence. Lieutenant D. P. MANNIX, detached the Mississippi: to navy yard. Philadelphia. Ensign .1. V. OGAN. detached the Indiana; to the Michigan. Enelitn 1,. F. KI.MHALI. detached th« Panther; continue Naval Hospital, New York. Midshipman J. M. DOYLE, detached the Idaho; leave, two weeks. Midshipman K. O. BAUBH, orders to th« Panther revoked. Midshipman .I. B. CLARK, detached the New York; to the Panther. Passed Assistant Surgeon 11. W. COLE, de tached the Yankton: leave one month. Passed Assistant Surgeon A. M. FAT NTLKROV. to the New York: additional duty the Indiana. AUTOMOBILES. ( Ikoa/I of Igjme \ rlnjlfolorinir lnjlfolorini 1 John K. Ix-Witi. former famous l'riii'cion football player, eats up the miles In his automobile with just as much enthusiasm us he. used to crash into the Yule Hue or • carry the ball around the Yale ends. DeWltt uses Diamond 11 res. L. V. Loree. president of the D. <t H. Railroad Company, is a . railroad'mag nate who enjoys riding in a K'-kh' auto mobile'quite" its well as traveling in the. most luxurious private car. Mr. Loree uses Diamond tires. Theo. F. Morse, music publisher, hears niHsic in the rhythmic purring of an ele gant and powerful automobile. He uses Diamond tires. Nat C. Goodwin, while, touring, often liarks .back .lv ; Ihe more strenuous days when he was studying under Wy/.tiuauii Marshall,' then manager of the Boston Theater. He uses Diamond tires. Col. J. J. Whlpple, president of the Wiidev /pavings Bank. Boston, likes motoring immensely. Mr. Chippie uses Diamond tires., i:i-(ioveni(»r C. M. Floyd,'; of Man chester, K. 11., has auloiuoblling as oue of his chief 'pleasures. He' uses Diamoud tires. 1 Geo. K. Keith, .shoe - manufacturer, of Brockton, Mass., "economizes" on his own product to the extent of Having sole leather by using his automobile. He uses L'lajiiund tirea, , AuUtant' Surgeon J.R. PHELPS. detached the NewjYork: to the Yankton. ' MOVEMENTS OF .WARSHIPS— The fol lowing w movement* of vessels have been reported to the Navy. Department: ARRIVED. -Tan. 2.— The Ijeonldas. at Boca? del Toro ./an. 4. — The Pompey, at Guam; 'the Yankton. at Hampton Roads: the Potomac, at New York City; the Marietta, at Bocas d*l Toro; the Panther, at Tompklnsville; the Tacoma, at Port Union; the Mayflower, at Santa Do mingo City. . SAILED. Jan. 3. --The Tacoma, from Blueflelds, for Port LI mot i . . " Jan. 4. — The Chicago, from Annapolis, for Phila delphia: the Rocket, from Norfolk, for Rich mond ; the Vlckaburg, from Corlnto. for Sa- Una Cruz; the Panther, from New, York city for .Tompklnsvllle. Jan. 6. — The Villa lot.o.i. from' Shanghai, for a cruise. The armored cruiser squadron has hem dis banded, and the vessels composing It (the North Carolina and the Montana) have been detached from the Atlantic fleet and assigned to special service. MARINE CORPS. Colonel J. K. MAHONKY. Major K. H. DUN LAP and Captain N. P. . VWLTK.. commis sioned. ROCK ISLAND COMMON DROPS. Rumored Selling by D. G. Reid Sends Stock Down Nearly 7 Points. Rock Island common stock, which a week ago Monday jumped 30 points in fifteen minutes! dropped nearly 7 points from the opening, price yesterday, following the cir culation of a report that Daniel U. Reid had suddenly decided to go abroad and before. doing so would considerably lighten AUTOMOBILES. The Low-Cost, High-Class Car Silent as the Foot of Time "Jl long, low, rakish craft " which carries so much classical beauty that it will open the eyes of those unenlightened ones who still cling io the fallacy that high price proves intrinsic merit This car, as well as the other two of the Mitchell line, contains more real automobile value than any other car now on the market, and you will be given every oppor tunity to prove it for yourself. The fact that motor cars began with almost prohibitive prices, and many of them still linger around the high-cost mark, has created the belief in many minds that it is impossible to build a low-cost motor car that is really high-class. Yet to the student the belief has been disproved by the existence of many low cost cars which supply all the essential features of the high cost cars, and these cars arc steadily advan cing in public estimation because of their consistent performances year in and year out. The excuse for a medium-priced six-cylinder car is the public demand, and the six cylinder is just as easy of accomplishment as the four cylinder providing the factory produ cing it is capable of building a good motor of any power. A six requires a little more material than a four, but it does not follow that it runs into materially more money save from the purely superficial standpoint of "get every penny you can for what you do." Take, for instance, the Mitchell Six-cylinder, new this year. It is a de velopment of the Mitchell Four of 1909. Two extra cylinders have been added and the frame and wheel base lengthened, but the Mitchell Company found that the cost of this development in a factory so thoroughly equipped as theirs was The Mitchell Line will be j jfjf»& jr it jfS X \^ ¥^ Paris Branches: exhibited at th. Grand Vfs««¥|«<?# W§U4' fe&' £&?* 20 Rue de Tii.itt and Central Palace— Sec. 6, membfr al a m a km«k m« w i Space 22, Main Floor- . 4§M* %* 40 * 4 Avenue_MacMahon Dec 31st to Jan. 7th. +Su£Mt£>, W&. i&. 4j. W*» **«• F. O. a fUcin. New York Agents: Mitchell Motor Co. of New York, 1876 Broadway the load "f stocks he had been carrying. The preferred stock of the company was . also weak on the announcement that the directors, at their meeting on TneadsQr, had taken no action in the matter of ftawntag dividends on that Isaue. Mr. Reid, when seen at his office, sal'l that he had no intention of going abroad al present, a. i<l that he had no Idea where such a report originated. NEW WESTERN ELECTRIC BONDS To Meet Obligations $5,000,000 Two- Year Notes Will Be Issued. The Western Electric Company. It ww learned yesterday. will soon bring out I an Issue of r><V>oo> two-year nottt the I proceeds of whi. h will be used for taking up maturing commercial paper and liqui dating current indebtedness. The collateral for the notes will be 55.d00.000 twelve year 5 per «ent general mortgage bonds of the : company, part of an issue of $15,000,000 au thorized by the stockholders in November. ir<>7. The mortgage securing these bonds, none of whicn has been disposed of. is dated December 30. 1909. and the trustee is the Merchants' Lmi and Trust Company of Chicago. The American Telephone and Teh graph Company owns most of the outstanding , capital stock of the Western Electric Com pany, which manufactures the various electrical instruments used under th* Rell telephone patents. AUTOMOBILES. Setting for the Garden Shotv Big Ampitheatre Being Transformed to a Fairy Land for the Modern Motor Car. It was learned yeMerrlj expenditure of money In the transfon of Madison Square Garden for the tenth national automobile show, which opens >>n Saturday night at 8 o'clock for a period of one week, has recently been Increased fr< m 530.000 to J3S.UW. Even those most familiar with the old Garden arid its multitude of exhibitions will be amazed at the wondrous change. The work is progressing rapidly and is nearly finished. Already big steel girders have been* covered with thousands of yards of azure blue cloth, which gives a sky effect to the dome. Huge arc lamps, with colored shades, are suspended at frequent inter vals, while the boxes that front the arena have been lraped. These boxes will seat one thousand persons, and will be a dis tinctive feature, that never before has been seen at any New York automobile show. ' ■At the arena entrance of the Garden plasterers are modelling a Ron: an fountain, which is fronted by a curving- seat for vis itors. This fountain has a trowghlike basin, in which goldfish win play amid natural pond lilies ami artificial water, plants. The big Doric columns that extend around the outer edge of .the elevated platform AUTOMOBILES. not sufficient to warrant any change in the orig inal price of the Big Four, so they made no change in the price when they created the Six. Thus there springs into existence the medium priced nx- cylinder car, which is so good in every particular that it raises the pertinent question: "Why do other makers insist on such radical dif ference in price between a four-cylinder car and a six-cylinder car?" The medium- priced Mitchell Six-cylinder car contains the same excellent materials as are used in the high-cost cars — they show the same careful workmanship, the same power, the same speed, the same design and the same finish and equipment. Why is it then that one factory can produce a six-cylinder car at I- ,1)00 which will give perfect satisfaction and please the taste and comfort just as well, while another concern insists upon $6,000, or three times as much, tor a six that is no better in any particular? The answer is that the public has been educated to believe in high prices, and the makers of high cost cars are content to let the public remain in its unenlightened state. There is a grow ing tendency towards the six, and what becomes popu lar in this country must be produced. It i* the enttrfrising maker who immediately begin* to rigurc on how the cost of the popular vehicle may be reduced while the "stand-still" maker, who b anxious to get rich quick, tries to see h»w much he can increase his profits, and he depends wholly on the public's lack of mechanical knowledge to get away with it. and tOA'er upward to the dome of. th* Gar- ) den are now in place. These columns ar<« .{ twenty-five feet high, and are surmounted j with the show emblem— an eagle on »> wheel. The columns are painted whit*, and the, emblems are of old gold and will he illuminated by tiny electric lights. r.Tb«;| walls throughout the building that. back' the exhibits are covered with heavy paper -| of a rich golden hue. The balustrade f which extends all along the outer edge of ! the elevated platform and the railings that ■ edge the upper balconies are firmly fixed j In place. Work was started on Tuesday in the con- j cert hall, and at present the men employed | there are putting the finishing . touches on j the details. A large, drooping . sheet of ' j canvas covers the ceiling, and the exhibits ,1 will appear as if on show in a drcos tent. -I A score of men are engaged on the big lat- | tlced arbor that will hood the exhibition hall. Twenty-four sunbursts are suspended I from the arbor, as is also an immense ro- : sette. The work in the basement is practically I completed. The floor Is ready for the ex- j hibits. and the signs are up. The basement i celling is covered with a specially woven r-toth. Strings of electric lights extend around the spaces. AUTOMOBILES. n