Show interstate commerce commission makes war on them washington oct 18 what promises to extend into a legal and legislative battle against private car lines was precipitated by the interstate commerce commission by its course taken today at the beginning of the hearing instituted to show the connection between refrigerator car lines and railroads counsel for the commission directed every effort to bring out the fact that great railroad systems operating their own refrigerator car lines give to their shippers a much lower rate tor refrigeration than is obtained on roads that are compelled to operate in connection with car lines in this the railroads notably athe illinois central and the pennsylvania through their traffic and freight managers who were on the stand the greater part of the day apparently aided the commission As a result there were many sharp tilts between the counsel for the commission and the attorneys for the armour car lines and other private car companies the action of the commission in initiating and prosecuting the complaints has the double purpose of establishing its jurisdiction over private cur lines and correcting the evils complained of the chief contest Is expected to develop on the point of jurisdiction chairman knapp opened tho hearing by reviewing the proceedings instituted and calling up the first case which was directed against practically all of the roads of the southeastern part of the united states and the armour car lines frank barry who represented the commerce commission in bringing out the evidence and examining witnesses elated that several roads had not filed contracts existing with car lines and these were called tor by chairman knapp mr arlon for the armour car lines objected to proceeding until the commission had announced the general scope and purpose of the inquiry and indicated whether this is to be a concrete finding on which some subsequent proceedings could be had the commission after consultation announced that formal complaints had been filed against specific companies ascertain whether their charges arc reasonable or it discriminations are made against any persons and that it was not prepared to say what its subsequent course would be chairman knapp said he presumed it would be the duty of the commission to make definite order against any defendants found guilty of violating the regulations or to dismiss proceedings ce in specific cases where the proofs sustain the denials ot any ono or more railroad or car lines the hearing will be continued tomorrow PRESIDENT 18 GIVEN ROYAL RECEPTION IN RICHMOND warm virginia welcome given roosevelt who voices his deep appreciation of virtues of south and Sout richmond va oct 18 richmond today threw open her gates to president roosevelt and during the seven hours of his stay state and city officials and citizens accorded him a welcome bearty and sincere the presidential train arrive a few minutes after noon and from that moment until 7 tonight when he departed for raleigh N C over the seaboard air line he was given an ovation his entry into the city was the signal tor a wild demonstration from a tude and the welcoming enthusiasm only ceased when his train continued on its journey thorough the south mrs roosevelt shared in tha honors and mrs montague the wife of tae governor gave a reception at the executive mansion in her honor the president made several addresses one at the capitol square be tore one of the largest crowds ever assembled in virginias capital another at a banquet in masonic temple where of the representatives of the oid dominion were gathered about the boards again at the lee monument where he spoke to a largo number 0 confederate veterans and once more at a gathering of degrees hla speeches pala tribute to tho confederate veterans voiced appreciation of the economic and political bess of the south since the civil war pointed to his ancestry in emch southern and northern blood are mingled and to his birth in the east and his life la the wast declaring he believed himself a middling good american spoke of the preponderance ot southern blood in his regiment in cuba referred to tho aid through advice that this government can give tho people on the coasts and islands 0 the caribbean reiterated the principle of equal justice to all and in his talk to negroes congratulated them on their progress as a race at 12 sharp the presidential train pulled into the main street depot and a special committee formally welcomed the president to richmond then the president was escorted to capital square the line of march was through the principal streets to tho western part of abo city and return all along the route the president was enthusiastically cheered the president and party called at tho executive mansion and paid their respects and then repaired to tha sneakers stand which was faced by one of the greatest multitudes ever assembled in richmond mayor mccarthy presented the governor who tn a brief speech introduced tho president who spoke as followay fol lowas mr mayor governor and you my hosts one among abo very many virginians at the time when athla nation was born and I 1 quote gentlemen patrick Henry said we are no longer new or new england ars lans or virginians we are americana and surely mr mayor the man would bo but a poor american who waa not touched and stirred to depth by the reception that I 1 have met with today in athla great historic city of america corn in hv the of jaclyn la the city of lee 1 I felt what a privilege it la that I 1 as an american have in claiming that you yourselves have no more right to kinship a lee and jackson than I 1 have I 1 can claim to be a middling good american because my ancestry was halt southern and halt northern iwas I was bom in the east and I 1 have lived a the west so long in fact that I 1 do not admit that any man cabbe a bet ter westerner than I 1 am there was an uncle of mine now dead my mothers brother who has always been among all the men I 1 have ever met the man who it seemed to me nearer typifying into the flesh that most beautiful of all characters in notion rays colonel my uncle james dunwoody Bullo cli an admiral in the confederate army in short gentlemen I 1 claim to be neither northerner nor southerner easterner or westerner nothing but a good american pure and simple next only to a mans having worn the blue comes the fact that the mans having worn the gray as entitling him to honor in my sight last year I 1 told general fitzhuch Fitzhu ph lee that I 1 wanted to add to my collection of autograph letters of great americans lincoln grant clay jefferson turning to the governor your namesake and andrew jackson that of general lee with his photograph I 1 got from general fitzhugh lee a letter of general lee and a photograph of him handed me after general lees death I 1 was not able to thank my old and valued friend the father but I 1 put the son on my staff and now I 1 have the grandson of general grant and the grand nephew of general lee and the son of phil sheridan on my staff I 1 think it a middling good staff too in my regiment organized at the beginning of the spanish american war I 1 think that there were moro men whose fathers wore the gray than there were men fathers wore the blue the only rivalry that ever entered their heads was rivalry as to which man could show himself best entitled rn titled to the praise of having done all that in him lay tor our country and our flag 1 I noticed that the statue of stone wall jackson had been raised as a gift by certain englishmen the best biography of general jackson was by an englishman colonel henderson it is a curious and rather lamentable fact that he died just as he waa about to undertake another biography which I 1 had earnestly asked him to undertake I 1 had written him urging that he should finish bis very remarkable military study of stonewall jackson by writing a military biography of general lee and he had written me back that he had intended to do so shortly afterward I 1 learned of his death gentlemen I 1 cannot sufficiently express to you my deep appreciation of the way in which you have greeted me today you cannot be nearly as glad to see me as I 1 am to see you let me say once more what I 1 said in my formal address think of the good fortune that is ours as a people in having each of us whether we in our own persons or through our ancestors wore the blue or the gray the proud right to challenge as our own all of the valor all of the self devotion all of the steadfast adherence to right as god gave to each man to aee the right shown alike by the men who wore the blue and by the men who wore the gray in tho great contest that was waged from 61 to 65 A feature of the return of the procession from the west end to the capitol square was the public school chip dren banked for several blocks along the broad street white on one aldo and colored on the other when thac president finished speaking the line was reformed and the march taken up to the masonic temple where an elaborate banquet with cover for persons was spread after the president had finished the party was posed for a flashlight photograph mr roosevelt having given hia consent and standing while the photographer to took the picture the president then hurried out and with his military guard and special mounted escort of citizens proceeded to visit points of interest about the city the party first drew rein at the lee monument where the confederate veterans from R E lee camp soldiers home were gathered to greet him in his address to the old soldiers the president touched on the valor ot the south in the following words greet you in the shadow of the statue ot your mighty commander general robert E lee you and ho left us memories which inasmuch aa they are part ot the memories bequeathed thed to the entaro country by all the americana who fought in the civil war are to serve forevermore forever moro aa spurs and incentives to the generations coming after to teach us and our descendants that alike in ecaca and war the times teat try mens souls may come we are to rise level to the opportunity as you rose level to your opportunity and ready to prove as you proved our willingness to prove our worth by our endeavor the president was listened to with areat interest and was heartily cheered by the eray clad veterans turning eastward the party then drove to the old homo ot john marshall chief justice of the united states and to the confederate museum where many of the ladles of ano confederate memorial and literary association were present to welcome him ha was presented here also by the ladles with a bunch of red and white roses tied with the confederate colors proceeding eastward the party visited st johns episcopal church in which patrick henry made hla famous give ano liberty or give me death speech and the president expressed great interest in the old chuich and tho adjacent burying ground shortly after 6 the president joined mra roosevelt at the governors mansion and a little later tho distinguished visitors were escorted to the station whence at 7 their train departed for raleigh and the far south at one point in the line of march today the hands with ellerf B jackson president ot tho development and jamestown exposi uon company and addressed a gathering of negroes as follows 1 I want to congratulate you upon ohp showing houi school children hav made and further I 1 alsa as an amerl can to congratulate the of the colored race ano have shown such progress in the industrial inte ests of this city all they have don in that way mr jackson means gen alne progress for the race I 1 am glai as an american for baat waat you are do ing the standard of the bank which in this city is managed ny colored mci should give genuine pride to all th colored men of this country its is an enviable one yon colored ampi who show in business life both abelli and a high order ot integrity are rea benefactors not only of your race bu of the whole country during mr Roosevel ts throughout the city he snowed interest in the school children liner up to greet him the wiltes on one sio ot broad street the blacks on th other he was muan amused at an other point by the appearance of a huge stuffed bear over which was th signs mr president have a ahoi the only one in richmond he laughe heartily at this As the president party passed the centenary methodi church the chimes in the tower of th church rang out my country als c thee and at another point fitter girls from the comans womans college a tired in pure white sang the sam anthem everywhere the bartys pros ress was through streets packed ali well dressed people who cheered e As mr roosevelt li tonight he said to a reporter 1 I want the people or richmond know what a great pleasure it ha been for me to have been with the and to have had an opportunity meeting them personally it they like me halt as much as like them wo will call it square an ill be satisfied 1 I like the southern people jol greenway here will ical you so and cant express how greatly I 1 the warm virginia welcome I 1 today will soon be in raleigh raleigh N C oct 19 the pre dents train reached millbrook miles from raleigh on the air line at 1255 this morning will remain there during the can hours and pull into raleigh at 8 on a m |