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■ w VOLUME XIII. ATLANTA, GA,., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1913. NO. 22. WILSON REFUSES TO IE SUFFICE BODY, FAVORING IT Tells Woman's Committee He Is Not Free to Intrude Pri vate Opinions on Congress of His Country STATE OF PROSPERITY Gathering of Old Publicity 1 Clans and Worshippers of The Commoner Taken as Meaning Another Race (By Associated Press?. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—President Wilson told a delegation from the Na tional Woman's Suffrage association that he favored a standing woman’s suf frage copimittee in the house of repre sentatives, but denied their request that he send a special message to congress urging the reform. Marching by twos and fodrs, with banners afloat, the suffragists were ush ered into the president's private office and formed in a circle about Mr. Wilson. >br. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the association, summarized their appeal tc the president to assist the movement either by sending a special message to congress, by including reference to suf- rnge in any general message he might deliver, or by using his influence to have a special committee of the house appointed to consider the subject. “I want you ladies, if possible,” said the president to the delegation, "if I can make it clear to you, to realize just v hat my present situation is. ‘‘I’M UNDER ARREST." “Whenever I walk abroad I realize I am not a free man; I am under arrest. I am so carefully and admirably guarded that I have not even the privilege of talking the streets. That is, as it were, typical of my present transference, from being an individual, with bis mind on any and every subject, to being an of ficial of a great government, and, inci dentally, or so it falls out under our •system of government, the spokesman of a party. “I set myself this very strict rule when I was governor of New' Jersey, und have followed it as president, and shall follow it as president—that I am not at liberty to urge upon congress, in messages, policies which have not had the organic consideration of those for whom I am spokesman. In other words, I have not yet pre- , s ?nted to any legislature my private views on any subject, and I never shall, because I conceive that to be part of the whole process of government that r shall be spokesman for somebody, not for myself. It would be an imperti nence. When I speak for myself, I am .in individual; when I am spokesman of du organic body, I am a representative. "CAN'T START ANYTHING.” “For that reason, you see, I am by my own principles, shut out, in the lan guage of the street, from starting any thing. I have to confine myself to those things which have been embodied as promises to the people at an election. That is the strict rule I set for myself. “I want to s^y that with regard to all other matters I am not only glad to be consulted by my colleagues in the two houses, but I hope they will often pay me the compliment of consulting me when they want to know my opinion on any subject. One member of the rules committee did come to me and asked me whatt I thought about this suggestion of yours of appointing a special commit tee of the hpuse, as the senate has al ready appointed a special committee, for the consideration of woman’s suffrage, and I told him that I thought it was a proper thing to do. So, that so far as my. personal advice has been asked by a single member of the committee, it has been given to that effect. I want to tell you that to show that I am strictly liv ing up to my principles. BY RALPH SMITH. * WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—President Wilson’s advocacy of direct primaries for the nomination of presidential can didates, which he uttered in his recent address to congress, has given some so- called "Bryanites” cheer. They see an other Bryan presidential boom looming large on the political horizon. Although the secretary of state has made no statement on the subject, and he is not expected to do so, many of his friends in Washington—and he has many—have within the last few da>s gained a new enthusiasm, and ^the.-e has be n an undercurrent of talk that Mr. Bryan will be Democracy’s stand ard bearer in 1916. There is no attempt—no suggestion— of arraying Bryan against Wilson. On the contrary, the talk springs from what Bryan’s friends profess to believe to be a desire on Wilson’s part that the Nebraskan shall be the nominee In 1916. Thejjr— or at least some of them —attribute (President Wilson’s presiden tial primary suggestion to a belief by the president that Bryan would be the beneficiary of the direct vote. STILL ANOTHER SIGN. The talk of the new Bryan boom has followed directly not only the presi dent s direct primary recommendation, but also a banquet given at the Bryan residence last week at which were a score or more of newspaper men and others who managed the publicity end of the Bryan campaign in 1896 aid afterward. Philip Troup, of New Haven, who v as at the head of the Bryan publicity bu reau prior to the convention of 1908, and whose father died of heart troub’e after an alleged quarrel with Bryan in New York during the campaign of that year, was another guest of the dinner. Thd'- younger Troup was re cently appointed as postmaster at New Haven, supposedly through Bryan’s in fluence. James Creelnian, the v?ar eorespond- net; Willis J. Abbott, Harry W. Walker a^id oth-„r newspaper men and publicists to whom Bryan and Bryanism have been a religion since 1J-96, were oth ers who attended the feast at the sec retary’s home. It is denied by those who were at the pinner that there was any serious talk of the 1916 nomination. It is signifi cant, though, that some of these men, and other Bryanites here, who for sev eral months have been silent as to the next Democratic ticket, are once again talking confidently of their belief that Bryan again will be the nominee. Anjong politicians generally, the elec tion returns for one year are merely a prelude to the framing of plans for car rying the next convention or primaries and elections. Although not much of it has geen printed, Washington gossip and speculation since last March has been largely of the question of who will the party nominate in (916. Villa Summons Carranza for Conference-Plan United Ac tion in Drawing Lines Tight er Around Huerta, (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) SPARTANBURG, S. C., Dec. 8.—J. G. Lumsden, of Sautee, Ga., a Civil war veteran, was found unconscious on a street car last night. H e was carried to the police station on a charge of drunkenness. When called before Mayor John A. Floyd for trial today he said he had been drugged and robbed. He was passing through Spartanburg on his way home from a hunting trip on the coast. Mr. Lumsden said he met a stranger in Spartanburg yesterday, with whom he was induced to drink a bottle of b^er. Soon afterward he lost consciousness and when he came to his senses in the police station it was found his pocket- book with $46 was missing. A tele gram to his home bank brought him funds and he left for Georgia. Little Girl Wants Young Santa Claus Named by Postmaster (By Associated Press.; WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—“Please ap point a younger Santa Claus,” wrote eight-year-old Lodema L. Hile, of Al bion, Ill.,\ to Postmaster General Bur leson in a letter which reached that of ficial’s desk today. “Grandpa says he used to come to his house when he was a little boy so he must b^ pretty old by this time and I’m afraid he’s too old to come to my bouse.” Mr. Burleson wrote Lodema that a personal representative of Santa Claus would attend to her wants. Culebra Cut Engineer Is Dead in Baltimore Sayre and His Bride Spend First Day in London Seeing Sights (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Dec. 8.—Francis Bowes Sayre and his bride spent their first day London on a sight-seeing trip. Mr. Sayre tomorrow will accompany Walter H. Page, the American ambasso- dcr, to Cambridge to participate in the ommemoration feast at Trinity. (By Associated Press.' BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 8.—Lieuten ant Colonel David du Bose Gaillard, United States army, who directed the engineering work in the Culebra cut di vision of the Panama canal, died at Johns Hopkins hospital here today. Colonel Gaillard had been a patient at the hospital since August 17 last, suffering from a growth in the head, the result of seven years’ arduous labor in the canal zone. He failed gradually and for two months had been in a state of coma due to the pressure of the cranial growth on the brain cells. BALDWIN FARMERS WANT DEMONSTRATION AGENT MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Dec. 8.—— Baldwin county farmers are determined o have a farm demonstration agent for Baldwin next year and Saturday the Progressive Farmers’ club went on rec ord as favoring the project and pledg- ,ng st^ng support to the work. The dub met with Mr. George W. Hollins- head, Sr., and enjoyed a splendid bar becue dinner and all-round feast, sever al talks being made on southern farm- ng. C. R. Torrence, an enterprising farmer of one neighborhood, has volunteered to donate $10 and raise enough to make it *50, while the Milledgeville Oil mills has notified Mr. J. C. McAuliffe, editor of the Milledgeville News, that his com ■irday will be sought from the county •md 1916. Whatever other money is iceded after the farmers meet next Sat- irday will b sought from the county itself and the outlook for a farm agent s exceptionally bright, only a total of *500 being needed to insure co-opera tion between the State College of Ag riculture and the federal department in putting on the work. CRAIG TRIAL NEAR END; DEFENSE TO ASK ORDER SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 8.—When the trial of Dr. William B. Craig, charged with the murder of Dr Helene Knabe, was resumed here today the state expected to complete its case be fore nightfall. Attorney Ephraim In man said it would take about two hours to complete the direct testimony of Miss Augusta Knabe cousin of the dead physician who was on the stand when court adjourned Saturday and that two or three other \Vitnesses would be called. The defense planned to ask Judge Alonzo Blair to dismiss the case as soon as the state rested on the cbntention that no case had been made against Dr. Craig. The defense had about fifty wit nesses ready to testify in case the judge ordered the trial to proceed. ALABAMA’S CORN CHAMP FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 8.—Walk er Lee Dunson, of Alexander City will receive the S100 trip to Washington, D. C., offered by the State Bankers’ association to the boy raising the great est amount of corn on one acre of land In Alabama. The award was announced by ‘he agricultural committee of the association Saturday, and Dunson ae- companied by a state agent in corn club work, will leave on December 9, for several days’ visit to Washington and the national congress. SOME ST A TE PLANS TO GIVE FARMERS ALL COTTON STATISTICS RURAL CREDITS REPORT GOES TO CONGRESS SOON BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Census Di rector William J. Harris, of Georgia, has determined to use every agency of the United States government that the farmers' crf 'the' south may be informed concerning federal statistics with ref erence to the production and consump tion of cotton. He regards it as highly important Aat the producers shall have first hand information of this kind, which he believes will prove valuable in more ways than one. Director Harris has just perfected an arrangement with the postoffice de partment by which he hopes to give the federal cotton stitistics a wider distri bution. Postmaster General Burleson has agreed that postmasters in every postoffice in the cotton-growing states shall be furnished with copies of census reports concerning the cotton crop. He has instructed all postmasters to dis play these reports in conspicuous places in their offices so the farmers and all other persons interested may have easy access to the information as soon as it is issued by the census bureau. Thieves Steal Cotton And Then Resell It In Broad Daylight GASTONIA, N. C., Dec. 8.—Skillful thieves have resold at least ten bales of cotton here in the last week, steal ing the staple in daylight from the city platform. The way the trick is worked is: the thief comes at a time when the weigh er is operating the scales at one end of the platform, drives to the other end, takes tags from bales already ar rived and sold, loads them on -a wagon, drives round to the scales, has the bales weighed and tagged again, samples them and makes the sales up town to a broker, who pays once more for cotton already his. Two brokerage firms are short about $700 on account of the thefts. Senate Can't Get Autos, Keeps Monorail System For Its Private Subway WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The senate has found it impossible to get an auto mobile manufacturer to construct two machines suited to the needs of the sub way that runs from the capital to the senate office .building. As a result the senate rules committee decided not to remove the private monorail system which was to have been discontinued be cause of the noise it makes. BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The report of the United States commission Jn rural credits will be submitted to con gress next week, probably, by Senator Duncan U. FletoWfcrv of Florida, who-4* chairman of the commission. The re port will furnish the basis for federal legislation to facilitate the credits need ed by the farmers of the nation, and will better enable congress to deal with this question, the importance of which was so earnestly emphasized by Presi dent Wiison in his annual message. President Wilson’s message has given great impetus to the rural credits move ment, and Senator Fletcher, as one of itf- leading spirits, is greatly encouraged over the outlook. He said today: “I was gratified beyond measure at the hearty commendation given to the rural credits movement by the presi dent. It means much to the success of the work. I feel confident congress will undertake legislation to facilitate cred its needed by the farmers, as Mr. Wil son recommended in his message. REPORT READY SOON. “I am particularly gratified to state that the report of the United States commission, which investigated the sub ject of rural credits in the countries of Europe, is rapidly completing its re port. This it will submit to congress at an early date, probabty next week, fol lowing which a concerted effort will be made to frame legislation that will give the desired relief and benefit to the farmers of the United States. "The United States commission, co operating with a commission from the Southern Commercial congress and com posed of members from every state in the union, learned much in its European studies that will prove invaluable to congress. “As President Wilson said in his mas sage, ‘it would be indiscreet and pre sumptuous in any one to dogmatize up on such a great and many-sided ques tion,' but I believe the comprehensive report of the United States commission will furnish a vast lot of information that will prove useful. “It seems to me the president dealt with no more important subject in his whole message than that of rural cred its, and I believe no feature of this re markable state paper made a happier impression on those who heard it.- I feel confident the people of the country, j regardless of their calling, will indorse the sentiments expressed by Mr. Wil son, and phrased in such beautiful lan guage.” JUAREZ, Mexico, Dec. 8.—In antici pation of an important conference with General Venustiano Carranza, General Villa returned today from the vicinity of Chihuahua City to the town of Villa Ahumada, eighty miles south of the border. It was said recent events, such as the evacuation .of Chihuahua and the further extension of rebel territory, ne cessitated a more united understanding concerning future oprations. Accord ingly Gneral Villa today requested Gen eral Carranza at HermosiUo to proceed i to Chihuahua or to Villa Ahumada. Vila today said he hoped on his trrp* south, after his conference with Car- ! lanza , to win additional victories ; through further desertions by federal j bands, many of whom have been with out pay for weeks. I Although within a few miles of the i city with seven thousand troops, Gen eral Villa made no attempt to enter Chihuahua. Villa regards the posses sion of the city as a formality since Governor Federico Moye was instruct ed by General Salvador Mercado, Hu erta's deserting military commander, to turn the city over to the rebels. 220 Federate are Killed In Battle with Rebels BROWNS VILE, Tex., I>ec. 8.—A twenty-four-hour battle near Tula, forty miles below Victoria, Tamaulipas, in the region of important Mexican oil fields, resulted in a federal loss of 220, accord- i ing to a constitutionalist report receiv- | R d at Matamoros late yesterday from General Aguilar, the commander-in- 1 chief in that district. The constitu tionalist losses were not stated. Late ; advices from Victoria said fighting was again in progress. The battle started Tuesday night. General Carrarea Torres commanded the constitutionalists, wno numbered 2,000, and Generals Rabago and Arzamendi SHOWS STEADY GROWTH commanded 1.000 men. P9VBT00SSV ^a) WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Growth and operations of national banks of the, United States are deatiled in the an nual report of the currency hureau, sub mitted today by Acting Comptroller Thomas P. Kane to Speaker Clark. The report contains no reference to currency reform and no recommenda- thc federal force of about Huerta Sends Emissary To Europe Seeking Money MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8.—Hoping he will be able to do what others have failed to do, President Huerta is send ing to Europe his minister of finance, Adolfe De La Lama, on a money-seek ing mission. The minister left for Vera Cruz last night and will proceed from there to Paris. Senor De La Lama is in close rela tions with Jose Ives De Limantour, for mer minister of finance, and other mem bers of the old regime now in Europe, and through them, hopes, it is said, to be able to obtain money. He retains his position as minister of finance, the of- six national banks out of more than 7,000 existing, went into the hands of receivers with aggregate capital stocks of $4,350,000. Satisfactory progress in liquidating the asets of all was reported. OF FI mings ms sir DEATH LIST SUING Many Drownings Occurred Last Night or Today in Sec tions Where Texans Receiv ed Ample Notice tions, but details the condition of banks ... . , . during the year ended October 31. Fireman Blown 50 Feet by Explosion; Engineer Is Unhurt (By Associated Press.) ROANOKE, Va., Dec. 8.—Engine 549, attached to train No. 15, a fast passenger train, blew up this morning at 7:15 o’clock about a quarter of a mile east of Willis, 20 miles from Bluefields, on the Norfolk and Western, killing Fireman C. M. Virts, of Roanoke, and slightly in juring Engineer Linkous. The force of the explosion was downward and Norfolk and Western officials say it was due to the blowing out of a. crown sheet. Engineer Linkous was blown through the window of the engine, but fell beside the engine, only slightly bruised on the leg In passing throught the cab window. Fireman Virts had just finished putting in a “fire” and was in front of the fire gox door. He was blown 50 feet, going through a mass of telephone wires into a field, leaving parts of his clothing swinging to the wires. The body was horribly burned and had two bad wounds in the head. He ^ied within tw r enty min utes after being found. KAISER’S SON STIRS UP TROUBLE IN GERMANY BERLIN, Dec. 8.—The hand of the German crown prince was at work in the reecnt crisis in Zabern, Alsace, ac cording to Dr. Georges Weill, a Social ist deputy in the imperial parliament. Speaking in Metz today, Dr. Weill said: “The crown prince sided strongly with the soldiery and visited the imperial chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, on December 3, the day on which the chancellor made the unsatisfactory speech in parliament which resulted in the passage of a vote of non-confidence in the government. “The chancellor’s hasty references on that occasion to the emperor's anti-miil- tary orders were undoubtedly due to his desire to reconcile the wishes of the last German ruler and his eldest son.” Lieutenant Baron Von Forstner, of the Ninety-ninth’ mfantry, instigator of the trouble between the soldiers and the citi zens of Zabern, told friends today that he was "as good as retired from the army," / ) Three Jessie Wilsons; One Gets a Note From President's Daughter RAVENNA. Ohio. Dec 8.—When the ; engagement of Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of the president, was i announced last August, Miss Jessie Yvil- i son, teacher in the Ravenna schools, wrote to the bride-elect asking for her autograph, the sameness of their names being the apology for the request. To day it became Known that instead of receiving the conventional autograph she got the following letter: Cornish, N. H. My Dear ?Jiss Jessie Wilson: It is most interesting to me to learn that you have the same name as I. You are the second with that name of whom I have heard, for the second daughter of the new secretary of labor is named ‘ Jessie Wilson, too. I hope that some day you will be as happy I as I am in this new joy of mine. ] Very cordially yours, .jessie WOODROW WILSON. Vain Search for Desperado’s Body (By Associated Press.) BINGHAM, Utah, Dec. 8.—Search cf more than half the Utah-Apex mine for Ralph Lopez, Mexican desperado, was completed tonight without result. The probability is that the slayer of six men 1 has escaped. The poisonous gases forced into the mine for the purpose of asphyxiating Lopez, following the killing of tRvo J deputies in an underground fight a week ago. were cleared from all the passage ways and tonight the search was continued in parts not yet ex plored. Prize‘Winning Cats Flee Before Camera; Police Can't Find 'Em (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Prize win ning cats on exhibition at the show of the Washington Cat club object to having their pictures taken. The ap pearance of a newspaper photographer with his little back camera was the signal yesterday for a general exodus of high priced felines who are now roaming the streets of the capital. To day neary the entire police foree is out searching for the animals, while physi cians are busy treating bites and scratches on hands and arms as a suit of the scramble made for the cats as they gained their freedom. Several persons were severely bitten. “Champion Lady Sonia,” a high pric ed Persian cat owned by Mrs. F. Y. Mathis, of Greenwich, Conn, is one of the missing animals. She was valued at $500 and around her bushy neck was a $1,000 collar of turquoise shell and gold. Four felines were lined up in front of the camera and as the pho tographer said “hold still now” the cats jumped. Posses Search in Vain For Lopez; His Tracks Show He's Still Alive BINGHAM, Utah, Dec. 8.—Posses con tinued their search of the Utah-Apex mine today for Ralph Lopez, the Mexi can bandit. The discovery of his blan kets and his tracks yesterday indicated he had not succumbed to the poisonous gases forced into the tunnel last week to asphyxiate him. That Lopez had escaped from the mine several days ago was still a general be lief. Has Shroud Under Bed For 55 Years, But She Hasn't Needed It Yet 'By Associated Press.) NEW’ YORK, Dec. 8.—Although cheer fulness is the recipe by which Mrs. Han nah ICosokoff says she has attained the age of one hundred and sixteen years, she constantly has a burial shroud fold er beneath her bed. She made it herself fifty-five years ago, when she thought her time to die had come. Balloon Near Disaster , HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 8.—The dirigible balloon Sachsen reached here today after passing the night in a peril ous position at Quickborn, twenty miles north. She was compelled to descend there last night when the pilot lost his bearings in a dense fog. NEW RECRUITING OFFICE ESTABLISHED AT ELLIJAY A United States army recruiting of fice has been established at Ellijay Ga. This is a branch office, with head quarters in Atlanta. The war depart ment claims that the best soldiers in the world come from the small towns and country rlistricts. Offices are being established to justify this state ment. A competent officer is in charge of the office at Ellijay. WILSON IS GIVEN PRAISE FOR STAND ON CURRENCY WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Senate changes in the administration currency bill, so far, will not cause any pro tracted discussion when it goes to con- erence with the house, in the opin ion of President Wison. With adminis tration leaders he hopes for passage by December 20, and smooth action in con ference that will permit the usual Christmas vacation for congress. Senator Swanson, one of the adminis tration supporters on the banking com mittee, opened the debate today, gener ally analyzing and indorsing the meas ure, which he declared was the best remedy under present conditions. He urged prompt action and praised the president highly for insisting on cur rency reform. The present sj'stem of mobilizing reserves in New York, Mr. Swanson araigned, saying it was re sponsible for “trusts and monopolies.” JUDGE WOULD PUT LID ON DIVORCES IN MAINE PORTLAND. Me., Dec. 8.—“If mar riage Is to mean anything, a brake must be put on the granting of divorces,” said Judge Joseph E. Con nolly in the superior court today, when he insisted that all the facts in a case 1 on trial should be presented. "I’m not going to grant divorces” Le continued, “to accommodate people or toi a use tnay va to tu: * (By Awooiated Pres..) BBTAS, Tax., Dee. 8.—Reporta here today that probably a,OOO negroes and Italians have drowned in the thirty-mil* levee disaster oannot be confirmed. The reports were based on an estimate mad* by land owners in the dlstriot of th* number of their tenants and the total number of known resoned or those still marooned. (By Associated Press.) HOUSTON, Tex., Deo. S.—There wer* ninety-six known dead in the Texas floods up to noon today. Fully twenty- five of these were drownings occurring last night or early today in sections where warnings of the rise had been posted for days. Disrlgard of these warnings put new and more serious aspect on the Hood, for it had been expected fatali ties would decrease as the floods passed through the last one hundred miles of the Brazos and Colorado river courses, which they are doing today. The water in Central Texas on th* Brazos was still too high to confirm reported drownings there, which, if ad ded to the list, will bring the dead well over 100. Twenty persons are known ot hava drowned near Brookshire in Waller coun ty, today in the Brazos floods. Brook shire is about 60 miles in an airline from the river’s mouth and marks approx imately the position of the flood creso today. Most of these twenty deaths cam* when the rise swept a large party of negroes off a knoll near Sunny Sid*. The drownings in that section were said to Include three white men. At Wharton, on the Colorado, six poi sons were drowned last night. They lived in a section of the town through which boats were run all night, picking up several hundred persons trapped in their houses. A man named Bruce, hi* wife and three children drowned before they could be rescued and a storekeeper named Ray lost his life when his store floated off. Ice formed in the thirty-mile levc* district of the Brazos floods, where sev eral thousand refugees are gathered in camps along the river banks with scant shelter, and where it was • estimated at least fifty persons were still In trees. Throughout the flooded districts in both the Brazos and Colorado rivers temper atures were low, dropping to 60 de grees on the gulf coast. Hundreds of persons were still marooned along these' rivers. The Bryan, gave out an officii persons were still water-bound last night in the overflow, but most of the men operating rescue boats agreed this figure was too high. Apprehension today centered almost entirely on tlie Brazos floods. Although the rise reached the gulf Saturday, the crest was passing south slowly and the last 100 miles of the stream had a worse overflow today than at any time previous. The Brazos’ slow fal In the levee district, where It began to recede Saturday, delayed rescue work and left numerous reports of heavy negro death lists, wtihout confirmation. This morn ing’s dispatches put the drowned around twenty, the greater part negroes.' The Brazos floods continued to pro duce victims faster than there wer* 1 boats available to rescue them:. ANTI-TRUST MEASURES Tex.. - relief committee Icial estimate that 10.000 (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Anti-trust plans will be discussed at a confer ence between President Wilson and Chairman Cla'yton, of the hou-e Judiciary committee today. Democratic members of the commit tee conferred today over the variety of pending bills. While one or two mem bers believed that they bad some clear ideas of what the program in congress should be, some of the ranking mem bers declared that no members of th* committee were in accord. Fashion Photographers At French Race Tracks Make Modistes Furious PARIS, Dec. 8.—A trade defensive committee is being: formed among Pa risian dressmakers in support of their demand that photographers shall l>e henceforth banned from Paris race courses in order to prevent the creation of Paris fashions from being copied by foeign rivals. ATLANTIC FLEET RETURNS FROM EUROPEAN CRUISE (By Associated Press.) ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP WYOMING AT SEA, by wireless telegraphy to San Miv-iel, Az ores, Dec. 8.—Vessels of Atlantic fleet, which have been visiting European ports, separated at sea at noon today in latitude 35.45 north, longitude 33.5 west. The Kansas, Ohio and Connecti cut proceed to Vera Cruz, Mexico, by way of Guantanamo, while the remain der of the vessels continue their voy age to United States waters. CANAL AUTHORITIES SEEKING GEORGIAN NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—According to the last issue of the official Canal Record. Just received, it is bulletined from tho headquarters of the isthmian canal com mission at Ancon, Canal Zone, through Joseph Bucklin, the bishop’s secretary, that any one having any information re garding the present whereabouts of Nor man D. McCutcheon, aged twenty-tw. weight 170 pounds, of Adairsvllle, Ga., at one time a clerk in a bank, but Iasi heard of on the isthmus, is requested to immediately communicate with the office of the isthmian canal commission ai Aricon and the American legation ai Panama.