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Show STARTS AFTER STANDARD OIL Administration Announces it Intends to Begin Criminal Proceedings. Attorney General Moody Will Invoke the Elklns Law, Which Prohibits Rebates In Interstate Commerce, and May Bring Further Action Under Sherman Anti-Trust Anti-Trust Law. Washington. Formal announcement announce-ment of the purposo of tho government govern-ment to prosocuto tho Standard OH company was mado Friday by Attorney Attor-ney Ocneral Moody. It nppcars from his stnlcmont that the proceedings In tho first liiHtanco will bo under tho terms of tho Elklns law which prohibits pro-hibits rebates In Inter-state commerce. Tho attorney general, however, gives notice that In nil probability, Bhould tho Investigation ho Is still asking Justify It, ho will bring further nctloni agnlnst the Standard Oil company under un-der tho tonus of tho Shorman antitrust anti-trust law, and also will tako steps to lnsuro ngnliiBt tho cuutlnunnco on tho part of tho company ot discriminations discrimina-tions In trado and transportation not now a subject or proscdutlon under existing ex-isting lnw, but especially provided against In tho pending rnto bill. |