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NEW BERN SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA march 30 1915 i m i "TREATED ME LIKE A COMMON CRIMINAL" SAYS SOLICITOR TO THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE Charles L. A be me thy Goes Before Investigators On First Day of liking of Evidence Told Straight Story of the Contempt Case---Several Witnesses Examined During Day But There Was No Sensationalism The Investigation To Continue Today The Legislative investigating Com mittee in the famous Jude Frank Carter-Soboitor Charles L. Abernethy ease came to New Bern yesterday morning and for eight long hours they held forth in the Craven county Couit House investigating the con- tempt proceedings in whioh Judge shaking finger." Mr. Dunn explain Carter played the stellar role with d to the committee that in his op Sotcitor Abernethy playing the minor inicn the solicitoi was not insulting parts. abrupt and harsh. The investigation was not spetacu-, Tne witnes8 then told of the fin Jar, in fact, it was anything but 0f the solicitor by Judge Carter spectacular, and it might be termed an1 of his Dejng piaced jn the custo as partially sensational. Several wit- dy cf the sheriff, nesses were examined, among whom. was Solicitor Abernethy, who claims Cross Examination to have been ill-treated by the judge, j Upon cross-examination by the whose character has been assailed judges aUorney, Mr. Dunn stated and who is seeking redress. The that 8oiicjtor Abernethy told the solicitor made an excellent witness, j judge that the Baugham ease had in -fact if there was anything that been continued bv consent. That the he didn't remember about that court, true mU in the oase had been found fise, it must have been mightyat the Scp(ember term of Craven ineonsequental, and the wallops he Superior court. Mr. Dunn then re- hnndod .liiflce Onrtor for his demeanor toward 'him were indeed worthy of the attention of the investigating committee, and 'that they gave this attention was manifested by the manner in which they sat up took notice during parts of the citor's testimonv. The solicitor was not the only one who had some interesting testimony to give. There was L. I. Moore, D. E. Henderson, Edward Krit tan. of the News and Observer, A. D. McLean of Washington "and a few others. Each of these gentlemen had their own personal opinion about the Li , -, wwwHtCT'4a whch Judge i(MmjM& treated the solicitor and they did riot mince words in expressing it. How ever, there was fio lurid or thrdlng testimony offered during the day. Judge Carter was on hand all through the proceedings and spent considerable time in coaching his counsel, Ex-Judge Manning. Mi- Manning did seme pretty close cross- examining, but he failed to shake the evidence of a single one of the witnesses and it appeared to nil as though the day was a sort of case of "round one for Abernethy." At times the evidence, which is necessarily of a repetitive order, be came sort of monotonous, but the investigating committee stuck man fully by their guns and heard it all through with apparent interest. At 0 o'clock las' evening a recess was taken until this morning at 0:30 o'clock when the talcing of testimony will again be lestimed. Just how long the investigating committee will remain in New Bern is a matter of speculation. They may bo hue for , three of four days or may possibly call a hair at the conclusion of today's session. Today probably whl be the ino.-t sensational ol all and about thirty-five witues-i's have beou sum moned to be on hand when, the com mittee resumes work this morning. Morning Session , The cession yestetday was sched uled to begin at 10 o'clock and at that hour the Court House where the hearing was held, was well filled with a group of curious gpeotatois How ever it was 10:50 before Sheriff R. B. Lane called the session to order and Chairman Doughton called the com mittee to order. William Dunn William Dunn, Jr., was the first witnesB called to the stand by the Abernethy forces. He stated that his firm (Moore and Dunn) was con nected with the Baugham oase, re presenting the defendant. He told of calling Solicitor Abernethy over the phone before the oase was first called and explained that he would like to make arrangements about giving bond This was in September. In October the case was continued on account of the witnesses (young ladies and gentlemen) being off at school. In regard to the last continuance Mr. Dunn stated that hit firm had nothing to do with the last ccntin anne. In regard to the February term of court, Mr. Dunn told of the fining of Clyde Kby nnd J. M. How ard (jurors) being fined hy Judge Carter for being late. He told of the judge's demeanor refusing to allow the gentlemen to pay by check and telling the Sheriff t fine. olleot the! "St Down" In regard to the calling of the Maugham cake. Mr. Dunn stated that whli (hit WM rbe HoUoltor artbe ,0 explain and Judge. Carter abruptly called for the records in tne ca8e Solicitor Abernethy again attempted to explain" said the wit- ness," and was told to "SIT DOWN," this time in a loud tone and with a m the least while the judge was very peated the events leading up to the command to "sit down." Asked a- to whether Solicitor Ab ernethy was in an amicable mood, Mr. Dunn stated that in his opinion neither he nor the judge were in such a mood. Upon ex-amination by the Solicitor's attorneys Mr. Dunn told of a case in which Judge Carter had acted con trarily in regard to the examination of a witness in another case. Asked in regard to whether any finding of facts were read to the con tempt proceedings, Mr. Dunn stat ed that such was not done until the frdfo whrg day The inveHffjrating committee then asked Mr. Dunn in regard to the "amicable mood" of the solicitor and a few other questions, after which Solicitor Abernethy went on the stand. Solicitor Abernethv Mr. Abernethv stated that he was the solicitor in the fifth judicial, dis trict giving a complete history of his term in office. The solicitor then launched into the case of State vs. Baugham, first reading the present ment in which the details of the kill ing of James Ringold in an accident were recounted; of" the finding of a true bill in the ease and of '( upon request and upon consent of Judge Peebles)- its continuance. Solicitor Abernethy stated that he did not know Baugham and that the whole matter of allowing bond was in the hands of Judge Peebles. The solicitor then told of the con tinuance of the Baugham case in October pn account of the absence of very important witnesses who were at school. The Famous "Sit Down" ' Coming on down the line the so licitor reached the February term, 1915, of Craven Superior Court the term at which all the trouble occurred. The witness then told of previous pleasant co-operation -with Judge Frank Carter and that when he came into court that morning, he greeted Right here Attorney Rouse asked Mr. Abernethy if he had had any correspondence on the Ringold ease previous to the opening of oourt, the solicitor then rend letters fiom Harry Me Mullen, of Washing ton, N. C, one of the defendant's attorneys' relative to trying the case at this term; another letter from M D. Lane of Fort Barnwell, Craven ecunty, a friend of the family of Kingolds; another letter from Ms. Ringold, widow of the deceased, in which she expressed regret at the in dictment of young Baugham and told of a settlement with her and her husband by the Baugham's. In this letter, Mrs. Ringold also aid that the whole oaje was brought about by J. A. Ringold, a son of hern. Couldn't Drop Case The solicitor then told of answer ing the letter of M. D. Lane, telling him that he could not drop the Baugh am case, as the grand jury had already presented the ease. Following this Solicitor Aberne thy told of a conversation with Angus MoLean of Washington, re lative to continuing the caw and tbat he told him he could not do this that ha would' have to ovine to trial. Later McLean again telephoned him in regard to the matter ami he fin ally said, "I'll take the matter up with K, A, Nunn, on'' of counol far the RnfcldV' The soUoltuj- did this and Mr. Nunn was sgreeable to a continuance. Mr. Rouse then told the solici tor to go ahead and tell about coming into court before the judge on the opening day. He told of the judge's charge; of his assertion that rich men violate law without regard and of his reference to speeding automo biles. During the charge the sohci tor told of the judge calling him down in an abrupt manner for talking to the clerk saying "gentlemen I don't appreciate your disturbance of the court." The solicitor said that he then sat down until the charge- was concluded and then came the calling of the docket. "When the Baugham case was reached," said the solici tor, "Judge Carter first passed it over, then went back and said 'what i this case of Stuff vs Rauuhftm? I then told him and he said, 'Is he a white man?' I said yes sir, he then said 'is: he a wealthy man?' 1 said I don't know." "Oh yes, I see; this is another one of those cases where a wealthy man is in the case and try ing to escape justice." The solici tor then tcld of being fined fifty dol lais for alleged contempt, of being placed in the custody of the sheriff and of being treated as any other common criminal, even being re fused an appeal to the Supreme Court and of the judge telling the sheriff to put him in jail if the fine was not paid by 3 o'clock. Mr. Abernethy said that it; was not until the following dav that the finding of the facts were read by bim; that they were not read out that day but that he .aw them on the minutes. 'On Wednesday," said the solici tor, "about 5:30, we were in the midst of a murder trial, a very important case, when Judge Carter abruptly called a halt in the proceedings and read statement one of'those respectful requests". In this document the judge handed the solicitor another wallop. -This literally knocked the JSJCftUWinder the solicitor, accord mg'to the evfde!lic'eT an J fie was so much worked up over it that he ask ed for an adjournment fcr the day which was granted. This document was a request for a statement from the solicitor for full details in the Baugham ease. At the time designated (Thursday morning) by Judge Carter for Solici tor Abernethy to make a statement, the solicitor handed the judge a "statement" which was to the effect that the case was closed and that he did not care to go further into it at this time; that tho time, for ex plaining had passed. According to the witness the next incident occur red on Friday when he announced that ho was through with the docket and a recess was taken until Satur day morning. Another Wallop! On Saturday morning the court adjourned sine die after which Judge Carter . pulled out a memorandum and ordered this spread on the min utes this was a missive in which the solicitor was severely criticized. Mr. Abernethy's attorneys then objected to this being spread upon tho minu tes' if it contained anything relative to Abernethy. The judge then ordered a short recess in order to allow the solicit or and his attorneys to consult this "statement." After reading this article of Judge Carter's and finding that it spoke in very severe terms Off the solicitor, he and his attorneys made written protest against allow ing it spread upon the court record. According to the evidence however, the judge's statement was ordered on record and there it went, along; with the protest of the solicitor and a supplement by Judge Carter. Statement Published Solicitor Abernethy then told of the publishing of these statements in the New Bern Journal and the News and Observer. He then jump ed over to the subject of "liquor cases" stating that Judge Carter said Craven juries would net convict "blind tigers" and sajd all who would come in and submit, that 'prayer for judgment would be continued Tho solicitor said that the Craven jail was cleaned out in, this manner which, incidentally he thought was a slack way of doing business Afternoon Session After a recess of an hoar and a half for lunch, the investigating com mittee resumed the inquiry. Solici tor ('. L. Abernethy who had been on the witness stand during the fore noon, resumed his seat. N. J. Rouse, of Kins ton, of counsel for the solicitor, told him to recite the facts why he refused to answer Judge Carter's request for a state ment of the Baugham cat and this ha did, , At this juncture, Judge Manning Judge Manning the went into an exhaustive inquiry in agard to the oase of State vs. Baugftim and the solicitor's attitude in this ease. Con cluding this tack Jufiae Manning then took up the statements which the solicitor had gives out, desir ing to know just when they were given out. Next he wanted to know why the solicitor didn't set down when told to do so. To this question Ab ernethy replied that if he had taken a seat just when ordered to do so he would have sat on the floor as there were do chairs near at hand. The Juris Was ftusv Solicitor Abernethy was then asked if he did not know the judge was busy and that this wa the reason he was asked to- sit down the wit ness replied "No." Next came a query 'as to the tele phoning the Solicitor had done. A list of names was presented to him and he verified the assertion that he had 'phoned to eaehlono of these. Among these names Were Governor Craig. Editor E. E. Rrittan of Ral eigh, Judge Allen, MejLean of Wash ington and otheis. Must why this query a- to telephoning was made wa not evident. Back again to the subject of giving out interviews to the newspapers went Judge Manning in bis question ing and desired to know just when and how many interviews Solicitor Abernethy gave oat. The solicitor answered each of these questions to the best of his ability. At this junc ture Representative Stacy question ed the solicitor in regard to whether there was any cause for Judge Car ter to think that ha Was in contempt of court cn Monday? The witness answered in the, negative. Follow ing this Mr. Rouse tijad to the com mittee the official record of the con tempt ease. ': Given No Chance Mr. Hutchinson of the investigat ing committee asked the solicitor if Judge Carter gave him any oppor tunity to explain tba-lleged contempt, the witness replied that "He did not." Chairman Doughton then asked as to the liquor eases handled by the judge and the solicitoi repeated the evidence given atjthe morning sess ion and stated that he thought the citizens of Craven'-county were hon est and would onnviot a "tiger" if there was evidence enough for such and that .he xould "jot uphold Judge Carter in his actiorrin regard to the hiC&S-ht rtniliii -MStfSrfH easSr of retailing. A. D. . McLean A. D. McLean of Washington took the witness chair at 4:05 o'clock. This witness is of counsel for James H. Baugham the Washington youth who stands charged with having caused the death of James Ringold. After giving a brief resume of the accident, the fact that three young people were with his client, the wit ness told of having the case contin ued the first time on account of the inability of counsel to attend and of another attempt to have it contin ued from February to June. Mr McLean Stated that the solicitor told.him that this was a matter which was up to the jedge. Later, after explaining that the witnesses were attending school. Mr. McLean suc ceeded in getting Solicitor Abernethy to see R. A. Nunn of counsel for plain tiff and that they had. agreed for a continuance and in view of this he did not come over to New Bern. On Wednesday, February 10th, he read of the trouble between the judge and the solicitor and at once wrote to the judge explaining the -matter and received from him an acknowledg ement of this letter. L. I. Moore Larry I. Moore, of the law fii m of Moore and Dunn, this oity, next took the stand Mr. Moore stated that he was one of James Baugham's attorneys; that he knew very little about the continuances as Mr. Wm Dunn, Jr., attended to that part of the work. After the first incident in court, Mr. Moore came to the conclusion that tliif was detrimental to the interests of his client and that he went to see Judge Carter in re gard to the matter and asked him not to let any occurence in court have the influenoe of put ting young Baugh am in an unfair light with the court . Mr. -Moore then told of Solicitor Abernethy telephoning to him after being taken in custody and requesting that he (Mr. Moore) come to the Court House and that ho at once did this and advised the solioitor tbat the best thing be could do would be to pay the fine. Mr. Moore in continuing his evi dence, told of Sheriff Lane bringing Solicitor Abernethy'a cheek to the Judge and of the latter refusing to accept it and requiring the "cold cash", which was . procured for him by L. O. Daniels. What Happened Saturday In continuing his evidence, Mr. Moore took up the proceedings on Saturday morning when the famous "defamatory statement" from Judge Carter was spread upon the oourt. His version of this was practically identical with that gives In the fore noon by Solicitor Abernethy him self. At. tids juncture Judge Manning iMited Mr. MfWt n. fi quMtlous ROPER MACHINISTS WON! GO BACK Quit Work Two Weeks Ago And Are Still Holding Out Sine the strike of the union machinists employed at the local shops of the John L. Roper Lumber Company, about two weeks ago, the work in the shops has been done by machinists who were in the employ of the company prior to the time of the strike, and who are not members of the un'on. The strike was the result of the officials issuing an order for the men to work eleven hours per day for ten hours pay. At that time the machinists had been idle for some time and it was thought they they would be willing to resume their work on these conditions, but such was not the case. Judging from the pres ent outlook they will remain out of employment for some time unless they seek work elsewhere, as the officials of the company seem to be firm in the stand which they have taken in the matter. The union mei also seem to be equally as determined not to go to work under those con ditions. after whioh Chairman Dunning ask ed in regard to Abernethy's check to Sheriff Lane. D. E. Henderson D. E. Henderson, another well known local attorney, was one of the attorneys who were present on the opening day of court and was fortu nate enough to hear the famous "Rich man versus 'pore' white man and negro charge." Mr. Henderson told of this and of the subsequent fining of Messrs. Eby and Howard by Judge Carter and of the Judge's- remarks about paying the fines "right now" and of his "call down" after they had paid their fines. Continuing, Mr. Henderson told of the calling of the docket and of reaching the case of State vs. Baugh am and of Judge Carter's action when this was reached. (This account by Mr. Henderson was about the same as that of other witnesses testified.) He then launched into a description of Judge Carter's action in adjudging the Solioitor in contempt , of the fin ing of the court officer, and of the scene when the fine was paid. Mr. Henderson also stated that he asked Judge Carter not to make an official record of this and that Judge Carter said that he would take the matter under consideration and that he (Henderson) later saw Solicitor Ab ernethy and told him that he thought he could get the judge to keep the findings off of the court record. "The next thing 1 knew," said the witness, "the findings had been en tered on the court's docket." In referring to Judge Carter's tone of voice and apparent anger during the Abernethy incident, Mr. Henderson stated that it was plain that the judge was "warmed up" going on down through the week the witness, who was appearing in the case of State vs, Jesse Creel, charged with murder; stated that on Wed nesday afternoon after the trial of this case was begun, Judge Carter called attention to a statement which he had to read and he then read this which was the request for the solici tor to make a statement to the oourt in regard to the Baugham case. Mr. Henderson declared that this so frus trated the solicitor that he asked for an adjournment of court until the following day and this was done. Asked aa to what effect he thought the reading of the statement by the judge had on the Creel case, Mr. Hen derson replied that it "had more effect on the solicitor than on the case." The witness then told of the filing of the statement by Judge Carter on Saturday whioh "roasted" the solicitoi aud of the subsequent filing of a protest to the entrance of this on the oourt records by Solioitor Aber nethy and of the filing of the sup plemental statement by Judge Carter and of the entrance of the whole on the records. Judge Manning, in behalf of his client, put Mr. Henderson through a grilling cross-examination in which the witness entirely re-hashed his evidence at first given. Not once, so far as was. disoernable did Judge Manning shake the foundation of any of the testimony. Edward E. Bnttan Edward E. Britten, editor of the New and Observer, stated that he received from R. A. Nunn, a state ment written by Judge Carter and signed by bin, this was received near 1 o'clook. Said he met Mr. Nunn on the street of Raleigh and the communication was given to him then, stating tbat it was filed "this morning" (Saturday.) De clared it would have been impossible for the statement to have been mail ed in New Ben after having bean filed in oourt and to be ye reached, WPWto by l Q'Olook. GERMANS BURN POLISH PROVINCE IN RETALIATION Suwalke Is Now Only A Mass of Smoking Embers and Ashes CZAR'S MEN ACTIVE Have Won First Move Their Attempt On Budapest In - a Petrograd, March 25. The Ger mans have burned Suwalki. capital of the Polish province of the same name, in retaliation for the Russians' occupation of Memel. the war offioe announced today. Word was brought to Orodo by Russian aviators. Ger man warships have bombarded unfor tified Russian villages in the piovince of Courtland, on the Baltic as a fui ther act of revenge. Win First Move - - -4 London. Mareh 25. The Russians have won their first move in the it tempt against Budapest. They have pushed through the western gap of theDukla Pass and are intrenched " , , . , ,,, , city of Bartfa, where a great battle is in progress. The Russians are fight ing desperately to capture the Lup- kow,and Uszok Passes. The Russian war office remains silent as to the dis position of the army that invested Przemysl, but has announced the cap ture of a large amount of booty there. ftgNftft French PlanR tfcfcrg fParis, March 25. A French war office statement answers assertions made in American newspapers by General Kriedrich Von Bernhardi that the French plan of concentra tion showed that France and Great Britain had made more careful pre parations to violate Belgium's neu trality. The statement explainsjin detail that when war was declared the French army was concentrated alon gthe Ft anco-Germa nt frontier, and that the German invasion of Belgium compelled the general staff to change completely t he disposition whioh had been arranged. I But for this delay, it says, tho Germans would never have been able to cross the Mouse. , The question of the British army taking the field was not considered, thefwar ministry asserts, until after mt,r, an exclusive fetish paper pub violation of Belgium's neutrality on Ughed in Raleigh, wilka interesting August 5. to those who are interested in the Itsconcentration was effected be- eradication of the cattle tick in Bast- hind Maubeuge from August 14 to 24. Varicustorders are quoted tot "Destroying the cattle tick is not show that the French army waslkeptl. tmH. but , demonstrated BaeL sixfmiles from the frontier and or- dered tolleave to thelGermans the re- sponsibility for opening hostilities. An order issued bythe nunisterof wr "n Sust 4 u quoted as; read- mg:H Germany win auempt oy faise erewmuiy wiuaiwiui . uy "" a induce us .to violate Belgian irality. It isstnotly forbidden, news. neutrality. until further orders, for patrols or even single soouhk crossftne one or forlayiators to fly oye rBelgian territory." Iafflftpi i Not .until August 5, the statement asserts, at the formal requestM the Belgian government, did Frenoh troops enter Belgium. s t t t i iinnpu iiatpi LanuKLN nuiLL r FILES AN ANSWER They Are Defendants in Rather Sensational ' Case -i :n. xj v. nr. TU. I . n I , ' , 111 141111-11 v - ..,. hatw v.t,P,ie filed answer to the complaint against it by Mr. and Mrs l erbert Chaffin in.which thoy ask for l"u"u" . .k. . i- k .,m f artnnfMi n .hI We are not urging that this work ground that they were ejected from the hotel, insulted and humiliated by I a. , j the house detective. The hotel denies w' w 'Il,T, that thev were mistreated and claim. "A 'ompbory without givfcg that they left of their own accord PPfo hT t0 the only after the detective had gone to q"t But there win never he a their room and told Mr. Chafln that better time than right now to begin he could not occupy it without regis- SWtUMntlng the public with Its im torinrr portanoe and we urge that our rend- -'" : 71 . T" rTTI jars lake p the matter in their respec- ne re,u!,i , vrtiw loeiJitles. n nt tne noiei, not Knowing wngm he was when he entered the room aid beins unable to get him to put his name on the register, asked that ha resrlster or leave the hostelry. ohoee to do the latter, it is claimed,! .iMw.uo-h h,. wkh not fiected .'M Mr. ami Mr Chafln are prominent! Oro, the prosent ohampion, faced a Birmingham people and their action in filing suit some time ago caused much interest here John T. White, loeal agent for the Southern Express Company, has received instruction from the main oQoe telling htm not to deliver any package containing more than quart of hWky after .fas. first FORMER LEGISLA j TOR IS IN JAIL Erstwhile Representative From Pitt County Oat of Prison In Again 1 J. Nichols, at one time repre- Lqnmtiri in the Legislature from Pitt leouity and in the drug business a Green viiie. who was doing six months in the Leavenworth, K ansae, federal prison for misuse of the mails, ms arrested late Tuesday immediately upon the expiration of his seateaor for a similar offense in South Carolina dating back five years. The Leavenworth Times says Nich ols, "one of the youngest members" of the North Carolina General As sembly at one time "and still a young man," promises "a legal battle." He was sent up from Oklahoma. He claims that any person who owns a United States patent has the oo neb tut ion &l right to make, use and send the same throughout the United States and to license others to do so. A Federal court in Oklahoma, how ever, decided differently. Nichols w strong in his contention that he is the victim of a conspiracy and has enlist ed the aid of Congressmen from Okla homa and North Carolina in his be half. He proposed to resist extradi tion to South Carolina. "He was engaged in Oklahoma in the manufactuer and sale of a dome- tie patent, and it was through sueb "Tf ' , aA sales the alleged violation occurred. He claims his imprisonment is unjust "He will also raise the constitu tional question that a person, 'When arrested and indicted, cannot be held in default of bond for five years with out trial. He is strong in his conten tion that he has been treated unjust ly" Nichols is known to numbers of people here, who will remember the one time legislator, a man of intel lect ual ability and well-connected in the section. CATTLE TICK MUST k BE ERADICATED j So Says the Progressive Farmer In A Strong The following clipping from this f week's issue of the Progressive Far- I era North Carolina. M .j, hy tJxe charing of 350.- qqo square miles, or an aroa equal ln ,iae to flve average Southern States. 0nce ita if demonstrted in a locJjiity it tpreads to adjoining opun- ties, and in a few years wide areas 1 4re oleared and made-ready for the I are cleared and made-ready for the profitftble production of livestock, I Bt ig j, not alone the iivetoek farnwr tBat eradication work inten(ed; for the average general fsmer e,eryWhere in the South will fom it tne mogt 8UDBtantial neate. Why? Simply because my f..m -nd vours. be we ootton farmers. tobsiOCO hrmen. sugar farmers, or truck growers, are not completely equipped or operating most profita bly unless we have at least enough livestock to consume products that would otherwise go to waste and con vert them into meat, milk and but ter. It is plain, too, that these animal machines, in order to run to greatest Ajj muit properiy fed and Lared for and kept in good health. I We believe tbat ticky oowa are not cows well cared for, nor ean they be I in IK) IWBl) oi wmw. v ww v I- i .. a l l.l. tt it a ... a . . natxirally follows that such animals cannot be making for us profits they ntarted in counties where public sentiment is not ready for it, and we . , , . lal I GREAT BILLIARD CONTEST IS He ON IN CH1CAOO 'hieaao. March 'U Alfred Di fighting chanoe today to remain in the running for the world's three- cushion billiard obamptonsnip Mant es in bis match last William Huey of t'hioago, paired today with C Chicago Defeat chances of retaining one ! Is only tne game Juto uU of Sr night with I -1 t mi