Show FEDERAl COU COURT T ASKED TO M MAKE KE A ARMOUR MOU CA CAR HE HEAD U TAlK CHICAGO Feb 4 The Tho United States State district court was asked today to compel compe Frederick V V. Ellis president of ot the Armour Armour Armour Ar Ar- mour car lines JInes to answer Questions questions asked by by Inter Interstate Ln te commerce commissioners commissioner relative to the business s done by his corn corn- pa pany ny The Tho clash between the car oC official and tho the commission came In the inquiry Int Into private car lines JInes The petition asking tho the court to force fore answers from tho the witness s was prepare prepared 1 by y P. P J. J Farrell a solicitor of ot the commission corn corn- mission in Washington and was filed by byan byan byan an ns assistant district attorney here It 1 Is understood that thal an interval of ot several eral days will be granted anted before tho the hearing The rho petition recites that because o of evidence given Iven the tho commission conclude that It was Its duty to Inquire Into th the ther r relations of the thc private ear car line and th packing company to determine whether conces concessions lons In rules roles were ero being gt given n an and received The commissioners set et forth the they dc do- do sire Ire to ascertain t whether Armour Co was the Armour car line linc through stock tock ownership or other means mean and using them as aa u LL device de to ob obtain concessions con cessions in the published rates of ot trans trans- They also seek seck by the questions questions ques- ques lions to learn whether tho the packing corn corn- om- om pany obtained rates less than those pal paid by bl others for or like service or whether th the tho Armour car line was receiving unreasonable unreasonable unreason unreason- on- on able com compensation from railroads for tor re refrigeration roo re- service which Insured to th the benefit of Armour Co |