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SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, easier; 6.64. Atlanta, steady; 11%. New York, quiet; 11.86. New Or leans, quiet; 11%. Havunnab, quiet; 11%. Augusts, steady; 11 9 1ft. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Partly cloudy tonight; Thursday fair, slightly warmer. PRICE: la Atlanta: TWO CClfT*. Os Trains: FIVB CFNT1. EUROPEAN GUESTS AT REAL GEORGIA BARBECUE W. R. Spilman Ad dresses Big Con vention. Heflin ResolutionGoes i to Separate Bodies. DES MOINES LOOKS LIKE NE£T PLACE USE SQUARE BALE WHEN PRACTICABLE Carriers to Visit Paul Lind say at His Tucker Home * Thursday. invention of Spinners Called to' Meet at 3 P. M. -. Wednesday. i The resolution of Congressman Hef lin, of Alabama, petitioning the con gress of the tJnlted States and the par liament of Great Britain to regulate the cotton exchanges In this country and In England sq that speculation in cotton futures will be absolutely prohibited, was the subject of a prolonged and In teresting discussion at the meeting of the International Conference of Cotton Growers and Manufacturers Wednes day morning. The resolution was favorably recom mended by the committee on buylhg and selling, which hod It under consid eration. and while It. was generally fa vored by members of the conference, it was deemed of too great importance to be acted upon hastily, and the live or ganizations composing the conference voted; through their representatives, to refer the resolution to each organiza tion for any action that may be deemed advisable. The motion to let the resolution take thi* course was made by President Bar rett, of the Farmers’ Union, and was made only after the argument for and against the resolution had been carried This picture was posed especially for The Georgia at Cold Sprinos during the big barbecue there Tuesday afternoon. Reading from left to right, those in the front row are: Alderman A. L. Curtie, Atlanta; C. W. Macara, of Manchester, England, vice president of the International Conference of Cotton Growers and Manu facturer# and president or the International Cotton Spinners of Europe; Mrs. Harvie Jordan, James A. MaColl, of Providence, R. I., president of the International Conference of Cotton Growers and Manufacturers; Harvie Jordan, of Atlanta, president of the Southern Cotton Association; Colonel Maxwell, a prominent planter of Louisiana. to some length, and after it became.ap parent that It might be prolonged in definitely without a s-atlsfactory agree ment being reached. Prefer 8quare Bale. Without committing Itself to any definite standard of baling cotton the c nf*renoe adopted a resolution of the committee oji rifMj $111,652.78 WENT TO FOUR LOOTERS OF TRACTION CO, GAILY DECKED MOTORS MAKE TOUR OF THE CITY juylng and selling In which it was recommended that all wherever practicable, put In y as possible gin compresses. New York, Oct. 9.—Anthony N. Era- dy, partner of Thomas R Ryan. before, the public service commission, told the astounding story of the Wall ai)d Cort- landt street ferry deal. The road cost him about $200,000, but w’hen the lato William C/ Whitney In duced him to sell the franchise he was paid by tbO/Matrppolltan Securities Company $965,407.19, of which by pri vate arrangement $260,000 was retained by-Brady to compensate’him. While the balance, on Brady’s personal checks, were rent to the fallowing beneficiaries: Thomas F. Rymi, $111,65171; WJ1- After the procession has taken in Whitehall and Pftac u * Ham C. Whitney. $111,662.78; P. A. B. WIdener. $111,652.78; Thomas Dolan. $111,652.78; \V. L. Elkins. $111,852.78. The board of directors approved the hale and- the entire sum Is carried on the books of the company as an asset. A‘spellbound audience listened to this confession of loot which far -transcends im r.-v*-’atl<»n that was brought out by the Insurance Investigation. Nothing to smooth over the damning facts was ©f- b n-d by Mr. Br:td\ ind n. n attempts were made to put Mr. Ryan In a better light Mr Hra.lv offered no elucidation whatever. More than fifty automobiles, some of them gaily decorated, lined' up In, plantei as rap— # __ . and that since the great majority of the spinners favor the square bale, that this bale be used in preference to the round bale, and that In baling the squrte bale the Egyptian character of bale be adopted, the ties to be of the Egyptian type and ten in number. The committee further recommended that the length of the bale be 48 Inches, the width 21-inches, the weight 500 pounds, the density 36 pounds and the bale to ichtree, the different machines will go their separate ways, according to the wishes of tho respect ive owners and their respective guests. Some will go to the cotton fields whore tho foreigners and easterners may see the cotton Just ns It Is raised. When tho ride Is over, the delegates Little Clarice Declares She Will Kill Herself If She Can. front of. the Piedmont at 3:30 d'clock Wednesday afternoon for the automo bile ride, the last entertainment to the Manufacturers. The ride began a short time after tho tlmo set and all the automobiles were filled with delegates. In the pro- ceeslon that filed down Whitehall and up Peachtree street were nearly all of the fine machines that enliven the •treefs of the city from day to day. . \\ nen me riae is over, me ueieguifH will bo taken back to their respective hotels, and at midnight the foreli hotels,’ and at midnight the foreigners and many of the easterners will board the -special Southern -train for Birm ingham. beginning a tour of the South.' When Clarice and Helen Avary heard the decision of Judge Ellis In the super ior court Wednesday Hftornoon, re manding them back to the custody of their father. Dr. M. B. Avary, under condition that th. court reserve Its right to permit Mrs. A. S. Crumpton, their aunt, to visit them, the two little girls began screaming and clung to their aunt until taken away by their father, brothers and uncles. •'I will kill inyself If I can." cried Clarice, aged 12. Mrs. Crumpton; who has cared for the-girls for six years, and who attempted to secure perma nent custody of them. wept. The little girls, when brought Into court In the morning by their brother, Hugh Avary. had taken their seats by their, aunt and had testified In her favor, declaring that they wanted to live with her. In the answer to-the habeas corpus petition of Mrs. Crumpton. • Dr. M. B. Avar)- charged forgery against the Crumptons. He stated that a note-for 35,000 from Thomas J.' Day to Mrs. Clara P. Ersard, Mrs. Crumpton's The conference also adopted unant- Contlnued on Page Three. 0 ' The b-r-r-r-r kind of weather 6 O sllpopd In on Atlanta ‘ Tuesday O 0 night, and Wednesday morning O O visitors from the northwest said O 0 It felt "something like." Allan- O O tans caipe down town In over- 0 0 coats and hOavy winter clothing. 0 0 Forecast: 0 0 ‘.'Partly cloudy Wednesday 0 0 nlghtp. Thursdoy. fair; ellghtly O 0 warmer."- • ' O 0 , Wednesday .temperatures: O 0 7 0'clgck.a. tit, 0 • 3 o'cltf — . Liverpool, Oct. 9.—According .to an official Statement, - the Cphard liner Lusitania Is bren'klDg sll records on her westward voy age. The ’ Wireless states-her run Tuesday Wat 908 knots, the fsstest ever made by a lloer. Tho average speed exceeded 31 knots per hoar. Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 9.—After being told by his wife that she Intended push ing her suit for divorce. Fred Butt, aged 30, a molder, tried to make her swallow carbolic add, and fallfng, shot her dead. Butt then turned the revolver upon himself and sent a bullet Into his body. To complete the Job he swallowed car bolic acid and Is now dying at a hos pital. - Marietta,' Go.; Oct 9.—The city coun-' ell of Marietta has placed a tax of fttflia year on locker <Jubs,!to*Becqtne effective January 1- The license was' fixed on a motion‘by,Mayor Pro Tern. Hardeman, prohibitionist. There are fewer "blind tigers" In Marietta than there s'ver have been In her history, and the.prohlbltlon'lowa are being enforced. The business men of Marietta believe that a great deal, of‘money wlll.be kept In Marietta on accouht of the prohibi tion law. DETROIT- .67 degree#. 0 .57 degree*. O .56 degree#. O .56 degree#. O .66 degrees. O . .66 degree#. O r. r (1#*k i‘**<*#• o ,57 degrees. O , . Jk Arm. O 9 o'clock s, m. p 10 o’clock a. m. O 11-o’clock* a.'m. 0 12 o'clock noon .0 1. o’clock p. m 0 2 o’clock p. m. WILL LOSE ARM PROM BLOOD POISON CHICAGO- J. D. William#, Pennsylvania; Riley Alabama; Kennedy, Tennessee; Tal bot, Nebraska; Stoddard. Idaho; Gil man, Wisconsin; Haynle, Arkansas, Hpooner, Vermont: Perry. New Jersey. Eatonton, Ga., Oct. 9.—Lawson Laurence, a student for the ministry. In Mercer Uni versity, has been brought home and today one of his arms will be amputated In an ef fort to check blood poisoning. Boon after en tering Mercer an ordinary pimple, which de- v• • 1.•, *• 11 lrto a Loll. jipj.»*:irM on tin* yt.iunj man's arm. and he opened It with a com mon pin. Inflammation set In. And the am putation of the arm was a last resort to •&Te the young student’s life. AMERICAN GIVEN LONG SENTENCE HUNDREDS FLEE FROM N. Y. FIRE BATTERIE8. DETROIT—Mullen and Pawt*. CHICAGO—Pfelster and Kllng, Umpires—Sheridan and O'Day, By J. CRUSINBERRY. (Chicago American Expert.) Chicago, Oct. 9.—Owing to tho per fect weather yesterday's record-break ing attendance at the West Side park wee thought to be eclipsed when the Detroit Tigers nnd tho Chicago Cubs clashed today. At noon Manager Chance, of the cubs, announced that he would use Pfelster In tho box. with Kllng behind *he bat. Manager Jennings, of Detroit, •eld that he would work Mullen and Schmidt. When the gatea opened at 11 o'clock •lx long lines had drawn up In front of the ticket wlndowe. They extended back two or three blocks. It was esti mated that fully. 13,000 persons were on hand when ticket selling began. Cubs Favorites. Betting on the eerles still favors the tubs to win. Wagers were made today •t T to 5. Determined to have no more games called on account of the darkness, the national commission called today’s fame for 3 p. m. LINE-UP OF THE TEAMS. Chicago—Single, cf: Sheckard. If; Chance, lb: Steinfeldt, 3b: Kllng, c: Ever* 2b; Schulte, rf; Tinker, aa: Pfelster, p. ^Detroit—D. Jones, If; Schaefer, 3b; Crawford, cf; Cobb, rf; llesuman. lb; Coughlin, 3b; Schmidt, c: O’Leary, es; Mullln, p. Peril, Oct. ».-Jncob Lew, s naturalized American, bee been found guilty of firing on French snldlers and sentenced to Afteen veers' Imprisonment end Iwnlthtnent for twenty yeers efter ecnteoce. -Hundreds were •he cried. DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION OF CARRIERS "It Is bad policy," he declared, "to I raise a row with the Inspectors. From our school'day experiences we know it tft bad policy to quarrel with the man | with tho stick. I believe the depart- I ment will take up this question and settle It to our satisfaction." J He advocated that the carriers petl- litlon the department to nay a uniform ! scale for mileage traveled. If a carrier wanted to tuk- on 3" miles he should I bo paid for it accordingly. Then President I.indaay parsed to tho | qim:<t!on - f a parcel post. Ho contend ed that ft was necessary' for the car riers to secure Increased business on | their routes in order to get congress to increase their pay. Advocates Parcel Poat. *T am fully aware that the question of parcel post is a live wire In this country, but as president of this or ganization I can at least Indorse what General DsOraw says of It. The ex- 1 press companies w ill no doubt find | rlou# moral objection to delivering • packages to tho farmer’s door by mall" i He said that during the past eleven I years $168,090,000 had been appropriat ed for rural mall sendee, of which amount $5,000,000 had been returned to I the treasury*. In this great sum the ! carriers had spent $75,000,000 for Race Results. _ BELMONT. Hrst Race—Doti Enrique, S In l. ^on; Zlenap, ’8 to J, second; Dolly bpanker, 2 to 1, third. Tlmo. 1:25 2-5. GREAT NATIONAL CONVENTION OF RURAL FREE DELIVERY ASSOCIATION POSED FOR THE GEORGIAN AT GEORGIA STATE CAPITOL. Continued on P«ge Three, CONVENTION EDITION AND NEWS CONVENTION EDITION