Using JDK 1.8.0_92

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.exceptions.InvalidFormatException;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.WorkbookFactory;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InvalidFormatException {
        try (FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(args[0]);
                Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(is);
                FileOutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(File.createTempFile("test", "excel"))) {
            wb.write(os);
        }
    }
}

Not working XLS https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3S4vhAbS0W2NHYwZUtwMXI4bkk
Working XLSX https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3S4vhAbS0W2c19jZGptMjRFaXc