Show CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY Grand Jury ury Returns Indictments Against James A. A Patten and nd Seven Other Cotton Speculators I The The The came out out i i. i tl e open open on Friday in its attempt atten at at- ten tempt temp t t to o prove rove that m manipulating the the coti cotton m market Is against the law Ja r Patten of Chicago and se seven en ies gures In the speculative field have been leen indicted charged wi with n. n con con- n In restraint of trade under unde-r the Sherman trust anti-trust law The he indictment Indictment indictment in- in in In- was returned by a sp special cial grand jury against James A. A Patten Eugene B B. B Scales Frank B. B Hay Hayne Harne e William P. P Brown M. M H. H Rothschild Sidney J. J Harmon R Robert bert M. M Thompson Thomp Thomp- SOIl son and Charles K Little The first five named have given bail ball of through their counsel while bench warrants were issued for the other three When the indictments were announced announced an an- there was an excited break on the tile New York cotton exchange The bull leaders however appeared undisturbed un un- disturbed by the governments government's action and by their buying orders helped to rally raIly prices during the last few min mm- utes Five counts are embraced In the Indictment Indictment In In- which is in blanket form and contains words The Fhe first count charges that the defendants unlawfully did conspire with certain corporations not herein indicted d to demand arbitrary excessive and monopolistic monopolistic monopolistic mo mo- mo- mo prices for cotton cottonS Scores of cotton mills in Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas s ar are named as conspirators co-conspirators though not not Included included ed in the j indictment It ent i |