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Show DIETRICH CASE IS PRACTICALLY ENDED WASHINGTON, March 22-The select se-lect committee of the Senate appointed to Investigate charges, against Senator Dietrich concluded taking of testimony yesterday by examining Senator Rohrer of Hastings, Neb. ' ' The witness was asked whether he had ever had a conversation with William M. Dutton relative to the appointment ap-pointment of Hamman as deputy postmaster, post-master, lnrhlch conversation the question ques-tion of paying 500 tor Hamman's appointment, ap-pointment, came up. .The witness said that he never had had snch a conversation. The witness was excused. This completed the taking of testimony testi-mony and the committee went Into executive session for the purpose of determining de-termining how the evidence, should be considered and if certain testimony should .be eliminated. . It was decided that nothing final should be done until after the return of Senator Pettus from Alabama, where he goes to attend at-tend the funeral of the late Representative Representa-tive Thompson. |