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andconvicted when, according to an opinion handed down by one of the supreme court judges, "the criminal courts of Kanawha county were open, able and with full jurisdiction to try the charges against them." Here was a proceeding not only un usual, but almost unheard of, carried on almost in sight of the state cap ital and within 300 miles of the na tional capital, against one of the best known women of America known and loved by millions of working peo ple, for the promotion of whose wel fare she had dedicated her life. The fact of the trial was sensa tional. The subject matter of the trial was of the deepest interest. The incidents of such a trial would be of necessity not only sensational, but of interest to the whole country, and yet the great news-gathering agen cies of the country, active, alert, with a large, intelligent force searching everywhere for items of news, were not able to furnis ha line of informa tion to their newspaper patrons con cerning this astonishing proceeding. This fact speaks volumes for con ditions in that terror-stricken section. A zone was established for these in famous proceedings for the purpose of suppressing information. I am in formed that the proceedings were not reported because it was not safe for representatives of the news agencies to enter that territory. The situation was such that the American reading public was kept in profound igno rance of the startling happenings be cause of a reign of terror that could not be braved by the dauntless repre sentatives of the American press. This fact alone justifies the fullest and most'searching investigation. o o THAT'S RIGHT, SOAK 'EM Judge Fry is right. Soak the speeders. Soak the state's attorney's office for trying to help speeders es cape punishment. Being killed by an auto is at least as bad as being skinned by a clairvoyant ox robbed by aJackroHer, " MERELY COMMENT A Jap editor says "the White man's clique must be overthrown in the in terest of Japan and of humanity." Evidently Japan also has its Willie Randolluf Hoists. City Prosecutor Mclnerney says that when Mayor Harrison wants to break away from Willie Hearst he will do so. If our dignified mayor doesn't want to, he ought to have his head exam ined. And now we probably won't find out about that voting machine deal until away on in July. For the love of Pete, can't some one come forward and say one good word for the poor little house fly? My, my! Vic Lawson's Wrecker Herald has discovered that Barratt CHara hasn't paid $7.39 taxes on his modest $450 worth of personal prop erty. Very wrong of Barratt indeed! Look at Vic Lawson he paid his modest $17.42 cents worth of taxes on his million-dollar home! Judge Fry disagreed with a cor oner's jury of six clergymen which exonerated! a chauffeur for killing a man and soaked the chauffeur the maximum fine. But it wasn't John Bowman, chauffeur of the Tribune truck that killed Eobert Hay, There were only five clergymen on the jury that exon erated Bowman. By the way, have all the preachers in Chicago gone into the business of coroner's jury-ing? o o TO QUASH DARROW CHARGES? Los Angeles, May 16. District At torney Ford has struck from the court calendar the indictment charg ing Clarence Darrowwith bribery in connection with the trial of the Mc Namara murder case. This- leaves the case without a date for trial, and it is expected later the district, at- JtoineyVill quash the charges t &X lJ&. -i fivv i. rl!r i.