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CLIMAX" IN HCSERS' -CASE
Defense Move to Strike Out Evi
dence a to Handwriting.
MOTION IS UNDER ADVISEMENT
SwIK'f Atlnrnea Move to Instruct
'. Jury to DIrrHard Kvldrnce In
l.rttrm, So Fur urn Their
f'llrntK Are (iinrrrnrd,
CIItCAG. Jan. 6.-A climax was
rachcd today in the trial of the ten
Chicago packers, charged with criminal
violation of the Sherman law, when coun
sel for tlp defendants moved to have
nrrrken frrm the record the evidence of
Jerome H. Pratt identify ing the hand
writing of J. Osden Armour, Arthur
Meeker and Thomas J. Connors on cer
tain letters previously introduced In evi
dence by the government to show the ex
istence of a combination among the de
fendants In the. period between 1896 and
1906. ,
Attorney M. W. Borders, representing
the Morris interests, made the point that
tbe testimony of the witness Fratt on
this point was Incompetent for the reason
that It was based on an opinion obtained
In the ordinary course of business and not
on personal knowledge.
District Attorney James II. Wllkerson
and hla assistants fought hard to prevent
the exclusion.
Before the argument of counsel on this
point lied been concluded, Attorney
Oeorge T. Buckingham Interposed another
notion seeking to have the Jury In
structed to disregard the evidence con
tained In the Armour, Meeker and Con
nors letters so far as the cases against
the representatives of Swift & Co., were
concerned. i
Judge Reserve Drrltlos,
After listening to the arguments of
counsel on both sides for several hours.
Judge Carpentar adjourned court until
Monday and reserved his decision on both
matters.
Judge Carpeitier said he had no doubt
regarding the admissibility of the tetters
as documents, but expressed doubt as to
the witness's tgivlng an opinion on the
Identification of the handwriting unless
supplemented by other evAlence.
"The government will have to show a
combination of effort and concerted ac
tion on the part of each of these ten de
fendants to 'Commit conspiracy, or there
will be an end to this caae," said Judge
Carpenter. "The government Is neces
sarily obliged to proVe its theory In a
case of this kind piece by piece. This
may be supplemented later by other tes
timony. I cannot know In advance Just
what evidence the government will
present."
World's Great Retail
Merchant Believes
in High Efficiency
John Wanamaker, owner of two of the
largest department stores In the world.
employes an educational director who
conducts courses fur employe of his
stores, from clerks to department heads,
with a view to Increasing their efficiency
and preparing them for advanced work.
The Flltne store in Boston has an
efficiency director whose business It Is
to keep up and Increase the efficiency
of all employes. The first efficiency
director is now connected with the
Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration. The knowledge that
these efficiency directors are using
as a basts of their work. Is exactly the
sort of knowledge that Is belngN Im
parted to those who are taking the
Business Administration course of the
Ial Salle Extension University.
See The Bee's offer In connection with
this course on page 8 In the news sec
tion of this paper.
WOMAN WILL SUPERINTEND
SCHOOLS OF CLEVELAND, 0.
CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. . Women
rapidly are forging to the front In the
administration of Cleveland' government
and rtvll affairs. Within the last year
no less than six have won posts of Im
portance that hitherto have been filled by
men. Chief, perhaps. In the Hat of posi
tions to which women will have succeeded
Is that of superintendent of public schools,
to which Ml Harriet L Keelrr U slated
for election today.
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