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Show IS JOHN D..IMMUNE? Government Has Little Hope of Convicting Con-victing Standard Oil Officials. Washington. Although tho, dopart-raont dopart-raont of Justice has announced that It proposes to begin criminal proceedings against tho officials of tho Standard Oil company, tho Intimation Is given that It is doubtful If Indictments may bo found against mien men In the Standard Oil company as John D. Rockefeller, II. II. Rogers and John D. Archbold. An official of tho department of Jus-tlco Jus-tlco Indicated that whllo tho government govern-ment would press tho prosecutions vigorously, vig-orously, ho did not have nn Idoa that tho officials of tho Standard Oil company com-pany would bo reached In criminal proceedings, pro-ceedings, any moro than tho presidents of railroads, personally, nro reached through similar proceedings. . |