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Show It GOVERNMENT INQUIRY, i Telegraph Companies on the List ot President Roosevelt. Chicago. A dispatch to tho Trlbuno from Washington, U. C, says: In nc cordnnco with Instructions of President Presi-dent Roosevelt. Commissioner of Cor pornttons Herbert Knox Smith Is up rnnglng for nn Immedlnto lnvestlgn Hon of tho relations botween tho telegraph tele-graph companies of tho United Stntes. This Investigation will bo conducted In vuch a manner as to avoid giving nny company or otllclal tho privilege of Immunity from prosecution In case ii violation of tho lnw should bo discovered. dis-covered. Tho Investigation will do-termlno do-termlno tho nature nnd extent of the agreements existing between tho tele-graph tele-graph companies, the into ot wugos paid to employes, tho operating expenses ex-penses nnd such other data as will lie, useful to tho department of Justlco In determining whether to lirstltuto legal proceedings and lo congress, should that body desire to have tho government govern-ment oxorclso control over tho tele-'graphic tele-'graphic service. |