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Show BEEP CASES WILL BE UP TOMORROW Packers Claim They Were Promised Immunity; Must Prove It. CHICAGO. Dec. 11. The cases against the beef packers, were not called today in the United States court, but will be heard tomorrow. The proceedings pro-ceedings will 'not be in the nature of a formal trial, but will be to establish certain facts which the. packers have set up and to which the Gocernment has demurred. The packers' have claimed that they ware promised immunity by Commissioner Commis-sioner of Corporations Garfield and, this the United States District Attorey denies. The accuracy of the assertion of the packers will "be tested in the preliminary hearing and the formal legal, le-gal, proceedings against the men inflicted in-flicted will be taken up at a later date. It is expected,- however, that .the hearing tomorrow will bring out some important matters connected with the prosecution of the packers. - |