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fbe Asjsocikted ; Fres.) with the
aaval treaty t Virtually completed
the arms delegates are preparing
. to turn to Shantung, hoping that
a settlement of, that controrersy
may make It easier to go ahead
wih other troublesome proWems
, of the. Far. East. .. ,
, It is the expectation. In confer
ence circles that during the next
lew days and probably ' until a
-' decision' Is reached, the Shantung
negotiations wilt hare right of
way,orer discussion of other Far
Eastern subjects.
' Program Limits Today t
80 far the Shantung exchanges
lutTe been between- the Japanese
and Chinese alone, with Ameri
can and British observers present,
but the -next phase Is expected to
concentrate upon the problem the
friendly Interest of all the gov
ernments represented here. .
'; The Japanese and Chinese
. roups' today agreed to open up
, the entlr KJao Chow leased ter
ritory . to ""foreign trade and to-
" morrow- will take up others of
. the collateral questions inTolTed
In restoration of the leasehold to
China. , Their sessions, expected
to; last all day, are the only Item
for tomorrow. .
In the nstal negotiations only
a' few perfunctory details emain
to be arranged. An . agreement
Has been reached regarding meth
ods of scrapping under which dis
carded battleships may be con
rerted In some cases Into air
plane carriers and training ships.
and a final settlement relating to
Pacific fortifications awaits a re-
ply, expected hourly from Tokio.
French Crisis No Hindrance .'
It present plana develop, the
final drsft of the aval - treaty
Will be laid beforo the full naval
committee early next .week and
" will be publ icly , announced at a
' plenary r conference, -session later;
. .-One possible element of delay
In concluding the naval eonven
; tion was eliminated today when
theFrench, delegation, received
- Instructions .from: President Mille-
' ran to, go aheai.witb. its confer
ence duties, regardless of the. cab
inet crisis al',Palv-,tiU tt-'-
-Albert Sarraut.'. head' of . the
: French here, indicated that he In
terpreted the, message ' as. giving
. him full power to. sign the treaty
: unless some; unexpected;. Question
of. ,- real ' Importance appeared, in
the negotiations. v f.'irti Or'
; f'-' -' f-i Some .Sbipai rJ0onTtedi:v.
' f ;,Under the scrapping -provisions
, s;,f,Inally agreed, tp,-. tbe i United
States, and Japan, are understood
1 to be. authorised , to, change, Into
airplane carders some of the bat
tleships now. . under construction.
which sunder ttho original . plan
1 would have gone, to the,,scrap
neap, while. France Jind-Italy are
to : be permitted to convert .Into
training ships, .the 'dreadnaughts
Ot their fleets which, by the agree
ment are to become obsolete in
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; This decision, waa formally re
corded at-a meeting of the "big
iyt! today, vr iH'''
,tThe decision to .give the- Shan
tung problem- the. r,lght of way
details of , the - present , naval
agreement clear p. was interpret
ed geneally as .another evidence
ot-.the. fundamental importance,
attached by conference leaders to
, 'the , question of tbo.: long , con
' tested, former German leasehold-
In- American quarters, particular
ly there Is apparent a belief that
a. final settlement of the Shan
tung situation is almost indispen
sable to the program of readjust
ment undertaken by the confer
ence In the Far East. .
( n Settlements Conditional
. .During several, weeks of con
versstions on. the subject the
. Japanese, .and , Chinese have ef
fected agreements on many.de
. talis, but all of these settlements
are vcondltlonsi paj satisfactory
solution of the method tor return
to China of th TslngTao-tsInan
- Fu railroad.- On that point diffi
culties persist despite an infor
mal effort on the part ot-Secra-
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MRS. GUNDA MARTINDALE; Sheriff of Allamakee,
(Iowa; will direct- the execution of Earl! ITirost, whose
life she saved when a mob of enraged farmers tried to lynch
him when they found the body of a young school teacher of
whose murder Throst was found guilty. .. , ..
Dropping the football tactics
that lost them the . first game,
Thursday night, and playing a
wonderful game of genuine bas
ket ball, the Whitman - quintet
pulled out with the Ions end of
tha score against the Willamette
Bearcats In their second game last
night The final score was i to
29, with the Bearcats, fast over
coming a disastrous lead that the
Missionaries had gained early in
the 'game,:- : -vvts; '
t Whitman players certainly put
everything they had Into ? the
game. Captain Rich, Gurian and
tall Kundsen , were everywher,
scoring polnta with; clocklike re
gularity. Kit, is quite cle'ar that as
a team they have a little the edge
over the Beareats.- ;There 1 are
more of the old-timers who have
learned to. play together.- There
are more accurate shooters on the
Whitman teamA They guard in a
spreadeagle fashion that only the
most agile opponents could ever
pass. . ?,rf.',v?",.:-:;'i '''
At that U was pure luck that
could ever give them the verdict.
An, unfortunate Bearcat pass that
gave the ball to the deadly Qurian
instead of to a brother Bearcat,
where he had a week to walk up
to the goal and make two points
while everybody else - was at the
other end of the lieia accouniea
for two of the winning points.1 The
bearcats are the faster of toot and
the -better in passing tne can.
Patlmi- and LdKan .both had to
law off tor bad ankles. . Socolof
sky, going in tor - Dimick in the
last; aalfmade two long goals
that brought the crowd up sUnd-
ingvt"' - (i '.'X-t' -i1 r-''-
There were no long goals such
as -marked the - first, game; 1 no
body could locate tne oasaeis on
the dlsti"" tries. ; Edwards took
Logan's .place near ine cios . oi
the; game, and Caughlan went in
for a short tune ior uoney. wuuo
Dimick took Patton's place, a ,
The two. teams might piajr a
series of a dozen ;or i a nunarea
games with the prooaonuy. oi
bmakine - falrlv ' even. - ;There ? is
dearlv no weat difference in the
potential playing quality oi tne
two. : What there is mignt weu d
in faror of the Bearcats. ; it wouia
be tar easier and more logical ior
then? to gain ins accurate goal
throwing than for the others to
gain in speed. As it is they break
even. With one game apiece, ana
the. two scores so nearly together
that there is neither victor nor
vanquished. v -
The playing of Gillette was one
of the fine features of the Bear
cat team, and Doner1 gave Kand
sen an even' break . at- teonter,
though Kundsen outscored him In
the Whitman team playing
scheme. The work of Socolof sky
in the few minutes he was in stood
out sharply.'
Idaho university is to be here
next I week, Wednesday and Fri
day Slights, January IS and 20.
This! is not believed to be the
equal of Whitman, and the Bear
cats can fairly count on fattening
their, conference score off the Gem
state, players.
- The largest audience of the
season witnessed the game,
s The Score:
Whitman 24 ,20 Willamette
Rich. 10 Forward 8 Gillette
Gurian 6 Forward 4 Logan
Kun&son Center 2 Doney
Chandler Guard 2 Dimick
Penrpso - Guard Patton
Substitutions: Willamette So
colotsky (4) for Dimick; Caugh
lin for Doney; Dimick for Patton;
Doney for Caughlin; Edwards for
logan.
Field goals: Rich 4, Guar lan 3,
Kundsen. 4, Gillette 2, Logan 2,
Doney lr Dimick 1. Socolotsky 1.
Free throws: Rich from 4;
Gillette 4 from 8. 7
Scfore at end of halt: Whitman
13, Willamette 6.
IHO 30, CJOXZAGA 10
MOSCOW,, Ida., Jan. 13. Uni
versity of Idaho basketball team
defeated Gontaga university 30 to
10 here tenignt.
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Oregon Overwhelmed
SEATTLE. Jan. 13. Unable to
stop; the rush of the University of
Washington . qhintet the Unlver-.
Bityii of Oregon DasketDati team
wass defeated here tonight by the
scoria of 76 to 15 in a game that
opened the conference, season for
Washington. The speed ana ac
curate shooting of . the Seattle
players kept them far in the lead
at every stage of tne contest.
Heinle Seilk, with 24 points to
his .'credit, was the individual
scoring star.
The same teams will play to
morrow night in the final game of
the - series.
Washington (76) Oregon (15)
Le-jfis 12 .....f.... Rockney 5
Nicholson 8 . f Andre 5
Eeilk 24 . . . . . c. ; Zimmerman 4
Crawford 17 . . g. . . . . V Conch
Bryan ; ..... g. .... i Burnett
V Substitutions: Washington
Fr (31 -for Nicholson; Franklin
for Seilk; Peters (6) for Craw
ford; Froude K for Lewis;
Guedlack-for Uryan.
Oregon Latham for Couch;
Couch 1) tor Andre.
Score at half time: Washington
38 ji Oregon 4. - : ' .
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FIKAL DEBATE
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Basis Being Formulated for
Assessment Provisions
Which Are to Be Written
Into Tariff Act.
END OF NEXT WEEK
3WAY SEE DECISION
Recommendations Are Sub
mitted by Republican-Farmer-Tarriff
Bloc
WSHlKGTON. Jan. 13. Final!
discussion of the basis of assess
ing the Import dut'es which are
to be written into the new tariff:
bill was started today-by Repub
lican members of the senate fin
ance committee. Thsy hope to
reach a decision on this, the most
important and difficult phase of
the whole tariff problem, before
the end : of next week, and then
the actual wok of constructing
the rates will be undertaken. The
hope nor is that the bMl can be
Reported, to th sonato around
&tarch 1.
Besides discusslns the Ameri
can valuation plan and various
substitutes with members of the
tariff commission and the court
of customs appeals the committee
men received from the senate Re
publican (farmer) tariff bloc re
commendations as to rates on
farm products. These included a
suggested duty of G cents a pound
on 'shorlj staple cotton, which al
ways : has been on the free 111.
and a rate of 33 cents a pound
on wool on the basis of the scour
ed canteht, as against the 25 cents
proposed in the Fordney bilt
Hates at increases oyer" those in
the Fordney bill on wheat, oats,
aind many other products were
urged, i
In entering upon their discus
sion of the basis of assessing du
ties, the"; committee members had,
in conference' with Thomas O.
Marrin 5and William Burgess of
the tariff commission and Judge
Marion De Tries, a member of
the court of -custom appeals.
Stnoot Plan Endorsed
They I endorsed the plan out
lined in" an amendment proposed
yesterday by Senator Smoot of
Utah, of' assessing duties on the
basis of the selling price of the
imported article fn the American
market father than on the value
of the comparable article pro
duced m the , United States, the
Fordney. bill proposal.
The committee also went into
a general discussion of the Amer
ican valuation plan as written
Into the Fordney bill and several
substitutes for It which have been
proposed. -It was learned that
several f senators are leaning to
the proposal in the latest Smoot
amendment. .
Conflict Disclaimed
It was understood, that mem
bers of the, tar'.ff . commission and
Judge De Vries took the position
that the proposal and the other
Smoot amendments of yesterday
proposing to give the president
authority to alter rates within a
50 per! c?nt range to proclaim
American valuation on a given
list of articles whenever condi
tions warranted, were not in con
flict. The recommendations of the
Kepubilcan-farmer-tarlff bloc as
to rates on farm products were
presented to the maiortiy com
mittee members by Senator Good
ing, Republican, Idaho. The rates
were those originally proposed by
half a dozen farmer organizations
and Senator Gooding said they
had been accepted by these Re
publican senators. -
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Body 'ofWell-Dressed
Man is Found in Road
C014UMBUS. O.. Jan. 13. The
body of a well dressed man found
on a country road . near here to
day and at first thought to have
been that of J. R." Richardson,
formerly of Los Angeles, Cal., was
identified tonight as thai of Carl
Catt of Newark, O. Richardson
is alive and being questioned by
police 1 regarding the death, of
Catt., apparently caused by a bul
let wound In the breast.
FRUSU WINS
YOUNGSTOWN 6 . Jan. 12.-
Danny; Fmah. Cleveland feather
weight, knocked ?ut Joe Thomas
of Rochester, Y..-in the second
round! of la scheduled t10-round
bont tonight. s u , ; : .
INDIANS OF
KLAMATH TO
SEEK RIGHTS
Notable Gathering of Redskin
Citizens Announced for
Beatty and Chiloquin 1
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Jan.
13. A notable gathering of citizen-Indians
will be held at Beat
ty on January 20 and at Chiloquin
on January 23, for the purpose
of determining whether a request
shall be made or a suH Instituted
In the United States court of
claims for a partition of the Kla
math Indian reservation, or for
an apportionment of the shares of
the individual Indians who have
become citizens of the United
States.
This movement which has been
under consideration for some
time, would be undertaken pri
marily to establish the rights of
Indians to property specified in
treaties.
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SELECT! IA6S
Venires Repeatedly Exhaust
ed During Day, Marty
Are Challenged "
, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan.. 13.
With 11 temporary passed jurors
in the box the third day's session
In the manslaughter trial of Ros-
coe (Fatty) Arbuckle were con
eluded tonight after the panel of
another department : of the su
perior court had to bo requisition
ed to supply additional veniremen,
Four times during the day tha
required 12 temporary Juorswere
obtained, only to have one of the
number eliminated by perempt
ory challenges. ;i The defense used
three peremptorlcs during the day
and the state one. The latter now
holds three and the defensa seven
The 65 members of the panel
in Judze Harold Louderback's
court were exhausted at noon.
The bailiff was directed to sum
mon 34 from another department
and eight of these were examined
this afternoon. Harold Spreckles,
son of . Randolph Spreckles and
nephew of John D. Spreckles, was
one of those x temporarily passed
and he is still In the box.
It Is not thought that the jury
can be obtainod before Monday
noon.
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Patch of Fresh Cement in
Tacoma Home Adds to
Murder Theory
x TACOMA, WTash., Jan. 13. A
blood-stained hatchet, discovered
by ity detectives today in the
basement of the, Rutherford home
here, strengthened the belief of
the police that Mrs. Sarah Ruth
erford met her daath mere tnree
months ago at the hand of a mur
der yet unknown and four days
before ber husband, John Ruther
ford disappeared.
Stains believed to be those of
blood ware found beneath a pile
of boards in the basement and the
removal of several cords of fire
wood disclosed a fresh patch of
concrete. This concrete, police
said tonight, would be torn out in
the belief that a portion of the
woman's remains may be hidden
behind it.
With these new discoveries, in
terest increased in the pending re
port from tlT3 University of Wash
ington on the charred bones found
in the Rutherford home Mrs. L. E.
Reeves, who with her husband has
been occupying the house since
Rutherford, the owner, left sud
denly without leaving a trade. If
the university ; reports that the
bones axe those of a human being
as a number of Tacoma physicians
have declared Ihsm to be the po
lice announced tonight that they
would consider it certain that a
crime had been committed.
What may ' be found tomorrow
behind the new patch of concrete
running from floor to ceiling and
about fouiL feet in width, may so
definitely "explain the disappear
ance of the woman. In the mean,
time tt3 search for Rutherford
continues unabated.
. Mrs. Rutherford, police learned
today, was formerly a resident of
Detroit and Grand Rapids. Mich..
having married Rutherford in De
troit and coming here from that
city in 191S. She Was known in
Detroit as Mrs. Sarah Galalehcr.
Rutherford being- her second hus
band, the police say.
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MEETING TODAY
Arthur Griffith Sends Invita
tions to Ail Deputies to At
tend Session in Mansion
House, j
THREATENED STRIKE ,
ON ROADS WATCHED
Provisional Government fto
Be Established at Meet!
ing in South Erin I
DUBLIN, Jan. 18. (By the As
sociated Press. Interest in the
political situation tonight centers
in tne meeting to be held tomor
row by the ."southern parliament
for the ratification of the peace
treaty with Great Bitain.
Invitation at the session. Issu
ed today and signed by Arthur
Griffith, were directed to all dep
uties elected for the 26 southern
counties. Including Eammonvpe
Valera and bis adherents. It is
not expected, however, that 'Mr,
De Valera or his followers will
attend. . ': ii
May Be Perfunctory ll ;
The meeting will be held In the
oak room 0 the Mansion house,
and unless some members opposed
to the treaty decide to attend.
promises to ie a perfunctory car-
emofly, j . - :.,
A chairman will be elected, the
.treaty formally ratified and a
provisional government establish
ed. Mr.' Griffith and the mem-
bars of the new cabinet, accord
ing, to. presjeht plans, will com
pose the provisional govenmeht.
Trtinfcr Hard Task Hi
With the establishment of . the
government will begin the com
plicated and laborious task,' of
transferring;! authority from tha
British to the Irish govern ment.
All the members . of the cabinet
conferred & Mansion house ; to
day, discussing their future , da-
ties, the responsibilities of the
povisional government and the.
Immediate necessity for dealing
with the threatened strike of the
rallwaymen
Representatives of the ministry
of labor were called In by. "the
cabinet and the situation fully
canvassed with a view to avert
ing a general stoppage of the
country's main transportation fa
culties. il 18 reported tbere is
hope that accommodation may be
provided by which extreme action
by the railway men will be avoid
ed, for the present at least ','
Tom Edwards' Trial Is
Set for 9 This Morning
Tom .Edwards, alleged bootleg
ger, who wis recently arrested on
a charge qf selling liquor, will
be tried in: city recorder's court
at 9 o'clock today. Edwards yes
terday changed his application tor
a jury tial, deciding that the
court hearing would suffice.:
He is accused of selling liqqor
to Bruce Allen, a minor, who Is
awaiting sentence after pleading
guilty to a charge of having liquor
in his possession.
The arrest of Edwards 1st re
ported to ihave caused quite a
stir of the: small but active; ring
of those who dabble in liquor.
Offices assert that Edwards has
been involved in liquor handling
for some time, but that he has
been clever in his operations un
til recently. SA
OF liLUS CLUB
Business-Man Elected Pres
ident at Meeting Ipf
Board of Directors-!
DALLAS. Or., Jan. 13. (Spe
cial to The Statesman. A! the
first meeting of the newly ejected
directors of the Dallas Commer
cial club Thursday afternoon in
the club . ooms the following of
ficers were elected to servo for
the coming year: -if
President, N. L. Guy; vice pres
ident, C. B. Sundberg; secretary,
W. V. Fuller; assistant secretary,
Hattie Sachtler; treasurer,;; Eu
gene Hayter. H.; A. JosJln, the
retiring pesldent, and H. If. Rich
were elected to fill vacancies on
the boardioj directors,, r . ;
ST Nil
RS UPON
SILVERTON IS
VICTOROVER
INDEPENDENCE
Score 36 to 19 in basketball
Game Hi Y Iloys Win
From Sophomores '
SILVERTON. Or., Jan. 13.
(Special to The Statesman)
The Silverton high school basket
bail team met? the Independence
team at Silverton tonight. The
score was 36 to IS in favor of
Silverton." .'
A preliminary game was played
between the Ii-V boys and the
sophomores off-the high school.
Their score was 19 to 11 in favor
oi. the Hi Y team..
: The high school girls : team
played the Stayton high school
girls at Stayton but the result
had not been ascertained tonight.
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Silverton Mayor 1 Says He
Told County . Officers
Where to Find Booze
SILVERTON. Or' Jan. 18.
(Special to ' The Statesman) -
Mayor Eastman has given out the
statement that about three weeks
ago he notified connty officials
that there was a shack a little
north of Silverton containing
moonshine. i . 4
The county prf lclals admitted,
says Mr Eastman that they knew
of this and offered to take care of
it and report tne outcome to Mr
Eastman as the territory was out'
side of his Jurisdiction. ' :
i Mr. Eastman said this morning
that thig was the last ' he : had
heard of it. k , i
Raymond Poincaro Does Not
Expect to Finish Task
Before Sunday
FARIS, Jan. 13 (By the Asso
ciated Press! Raymond Polncare,
who has assumed the task of form
ing a ministry to succeed that of
Aristide Brland, said tonight that
he did not think that he could
complete his work before Sunday
evening at the earliest. '
M. Poincaro added that he had
Informed Davjd Lloyd George, the
British prime minister, that be
would be happy to confer ' with
him at the ..British embassy in
Paris tomorrow.
Thomas - Stewart Ryan of
Chicago Tribune Protests
He is Innocent
PARIS, Jan. 13. (By the As
sociated Press): Thomas Stewart
Ryan of the Paris staff of the Chi
cago Tribune, firmly protesting
his Innocence was being held in
Santa prison tonight in connection
with the serious illness of his
wife, due, it is alleged to the tak
ing of poison tablets while in Mr.
Ryan's room at a hotel here. Mrs.
Ryal '. is "a California woman.
She is a iviollnist. known pro
fessionally as Miss Audrey Creigh-
ton. - She Is in the American nos-
ptUrt where physicians tonight
hold out little hope for her re
covery. S i
No formal complaint has seen
tiled ajcainst Ryan. He i held on
a deposition made by Mrs. Ryan.
His counsel contends this deposi
tion makes no mention of "vio
lence or compulsion," but says
Mrs. Ryan took the poison when
"terrified."!
Mr. Ryan appeared to be un
shaken whence told his version
of the affair to the examining
magistrate.! He testified he had
made no threats and did not lock
the door of his room while Mrs.
Ryan was with him there. He
said he had told Mrs. Ryan Jok
ingly he had poison In his hand
bag when fhe said she did not
wish to live but he thought she
wus pretending when she took
the poison.; ''
When aware that she had -swallowed
the poison, he stated, he
despairingly had attempted to cut
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HEARS
RESULTS
MEETS DELAYS
WIN
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JOIiST
REEVE OUS
SLUBBERS AT
m o'clog;;
Body, Which Retired to De
liberate at ,3:57 p.m. Will
Resume at Early Hcit
This Morningi
DRAMATIC APPEALS
MADE BY ATTORfiEYS
Women Jurors Sob, Defend
ant Smiles afld Baffles
Psychologists
LOS ANGELES, "Jan. 13, r j
The jury which at 3:57 oclock I
this afternoon retired to con
sider the fate of Arthur C
Burch of . Evanaton, HI.,
charged with the murder of J. j
Bel ton Kennedy, Los Anjclc3
broker, had reached no verdict
at 9:50 tonight, and at that
time Judge Sidney N. Iicevo
ordered that it be taken to a
hotel and locked up f or tha
night. . :
He instructed that it re
sume its deliberations not Ut
er than . 9 o'clocli; tomorrow
morning. - : -.
Burch . was in court when
the order was made, his cour..
sel agreeing to the procedure.
The prisoner's face showe t
lines f anxiety' when he cams t
court, although " his step wt -jaunty.
As h3 left the cour troc: ;
to return to the county Jail by way
of the-"bridge of sighs," connect
ing the Jail with the hall of Jus.
tice. an acquaintance called out;
r "Where are yon going?" I
Back to the same old place," j
replted t Burch. - s
The Jurors left for the hotel tl
10:15 p.4 m. ' - '
j Trial Lasts Eight Weeks
Ten women and two men fUc",
into a Jury .' room here at 3:37
o'clock today to deliberate after
bearing eight weeks of testimony
and argument upon' the fate c'
Arthur C. Burch of Evanston, Ijl..
indicted on a charge of the mur
der of J. Belton Kennedy, local
broker here August 5. .
Burch smiled, seemingly in .
isf action that his previously ex
pressed wish that his life be de
livered Into the hands of the Jar,
on Friday. the 13th, had come t
pass. His smiles,-which have baf
fled students of psychology, en
wreather his visage even wh'.:
women Jurors sobbed as Thona
Lee Woolvine, district attonir r
drew by living words a'plcture c
tho "desolation of the parents c
the murdered boy," Kennedy.
; Burch Not Dlncoursged
Expressing confidence that'h'
would be acquitted, Burch, ir
good humor, was taken to t
county Jail after the Jury retire,
tor its deliberations.
Superior Judge Sidney K. Reevr
gave the case into the hands e
the Jurors after reading for 3
minutes instructions on law an
evidence. He defined first an
degree degree murder, and, touch
Ing ' upon evidence presented t
show Insanity, said that to deter
mine that Burch was Insane th
Jury would have to find that 1.
did not understand the nature I
the act alleged to have been cora
mltted if they should find that
committed the murder. ,
JXfcuMkm Refused1 '
Mrs. Belle Harris, 1 i th alter
nate Jfrsor. dismissed t;conciu
eiou of the argument, declined t
discuss tbe evidence, saying ti
the was not called upon to -a
verdict aftd therefore had nor.
t0Tvo court sessions of the day
bringing to a culmination a tri?
that has taken the most of tw
months. are marked by sorn
four hours of argument by tt
district attorney couched in burr
ing words, designed to bring fort
tires of Judgment upon what r
termed a "miserable, coward,
little assasin"i In a "foul . cor
spiracy" : . ' ' ' " V
Woman I Scored
The district attorney picture
Mrs. Madalynne C. Obenchain c
Chicago, co-defendant in the 1:
dictment against Burch but who i
in the county Jail awaiting.tr:
set for next month, as the arc
conspirator in a plot that took t:
life of Kenneedy. '
Th1 Jurors after dellberat
two hours were taken pot to t
ner at 6:57 o'clock. Judgs
announced that he would tt;
to the court room at S o'clc :
was said the Jury might i
by 7:30.