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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD 'MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. 1935, WHERE KEY AIR BASES WILL BE BUILT IN LIE EVADES WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. (AP) The Whltis House Indicated today that no action would be taken against E. P. Cramer. Plalnfleld, N. J., advertising man. who testified yesterday to tha senate lobby committee that he had suggested a "whispering campaign" that President Roosevelt was Insane. The president hu taken no recog nition of the testimony. Legal experts believe criminal ac tion could be instituted under the libel law, but apparently this la not going to be done. It was Indicated the matter would be dropped. Cramer testified he was "ashamed" of what he had done and had no "basis for any belief that the presi dent was Insane. A 17-year-old daughter of Repre sentative Patton, (D.. Tex ), testlfted to the house rules committee today that E. V. Sellers. NRA employe, had told her he knew a box that her fath er took from the hotel room of John W. Carpenter, Texas utilities official, contained cigars. Miss Bonnie Patton, on the stand but a few moments, quoted Sellers as telling her after seeing newspaper Headlines about the box: ''That's absurd. I guess I know that was cigars In that box. I smoked some of them myself." Previously. Sellers had denied smok ing any of them. The committee. Investigating lob bying for and against the utility bill, fclso received testimony from Norrls Shook, nephew of the congressman, that the box contained cigars. . It has been testified Patton took the box from the hotel room before the house voted on the utility bill. Patton has said It contained cigars. Leo Brennan. clerk of a hotel where Sellers lived here, testified that Rep resentative, Blanton, (D., Tex ), day before yesterday settled the former's bill In cash amounting to $60 and some cents. I 3 TvlR I tMEXICOV C - ... .f.Hl RECOMMEND THAT WOMAN FRIEND BE DENIED PEN VISIT (Continued from page One.) Thla map ahowt tha defence areal where army air baaea will be aatabliahed under provlalona of the Wilaon bill which President Rooie velt It expected to algn thlt week. The number. Indicate the order In which the baaet probably will be built. Intermediate baaea will help form the complete defenae ayatem. (Aaeoclated Presa Photo) HOPE PASSAGE OF BILL GILLNET FISHERS 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. (UP) The New Deal's proposal to put a 9276, 000.000 tax on the rich each year In an attempt to redistribute the na tions wealth started through the house today with Democratic leaders pressing for passage before. Saturday night. Debate started shortly, after Secre tary of the Treaeury Henry Morgon thau, Jr., had appeared before the finance committee, which also is con sidering the bill, and told them the federal government would have to use all the revenue from this measure to reduce Its debts. Democratic leaders brought up the tax bill tn the house late in the day. The Republican attack against It be gan Immediately. Down the alste came chunky Bertrand Snell, leader of the minority, fumbling for his nose glasses. ASTORIA. Ore.. Aug. a. (AP) h. . thl h. ., Olllnet (lahermen of the Columbia , , nMd (or ,d(mionlll reVenue. IN WAGE STRIKE ton today in behalf of the Commun ity Chests of America. The president opposes giving corporations an ex emption from taws on money that they give to charity. Baker urged the senate finance commltttee to grant such an exemption. river were on atrlke today for higher prices for their catches. The late-season atrlke affecting 6000 fishermen and cannery workers recalled the one-day strike of similar nature in August ft year ago. Fisher men racked their nets today, but were repairing them rather than put ting them away for the winter. The Columbia River Fishermen's Protection union demanded 8 cents ft pound for salmon until August IS. with 6 cents a pound thereafter. Packers offered 8 cents ft pound until August 15, with the price to be determined later for the catch from the middle of August until the sea ton's close August 36. The Columbia River Salmon Co. and the Barbery Packing Co. here were packing ocean-caught salmon, but were not receiving any river fish. All other canneries were closed. Both sldos were holding tight In their proposals. The atrlke at this time comes during a lull in the fish run and preceding the usual heavy August catch which usually Is 60 per csnt of that for the entire season. cIjOCAXS Harding at Fort Klamath B. Q. Harding, agent, southern Oregon dis trict bureau of Internal revenue, ex pected to leave today on a business trip to Port Klamath. Mrs. Van&cnyoc Leaves Airs. C. C. Van Scoyoc. who ha been spending the pst alx weeks In Med ford and Salem, has returned to her home tn Ban Jose, Cat. Inhpectitr rllff Arrives Grazing Inspector Cliff of the refitonsl forest service offices st Portland, arrived to day to spend several days In Revue River national forest, looking over the grazing and (lsh snd game condi tions. Juvenile ( tub to Meet Juvenile Deeree of Honor will meet at the Eagles' hall at 3 p. m. Saturday, and will also have picnic at Ashland Lithla park Sunday. Those who plan to attend the picnic tre notified that they should attend the Saturday meeting, and should report at the city park at lie., m. Sunday. AMUons Mill In llonpltal Althougn It was previously reported that Mr. and Mrs. D. Y. Allison and Mrs. Margaret Cotton, all of Roseburg. who were Injured In an auto acci dent Wednesday on the north Pa cific highway, were to be released from the Sacred Heart hospital yes terday, they are all atill receiving medical treatment there. Mrs. Allison, most seriously hurt, suffered a se rious scalp wound that will prob ably confine her to the hospital for some time. t Work Marts Monday Eighty men chosen from the relief rolls of Jack eon and Klamath counties througn the national employment bureau, will atert work next week on forest ser vice work at Lake o the Woods. It was reported today at the offices oi Rogue River national foret. Work started yesterday on the erection oi ft camp for tha men. and It will be occupied by 40 Monday, the rest re porting for duty later. Norman J Penlck. administrative assistant lor the national forest, will be In charge of the work, which will consist oi recreational Improvement. fire haz ard reduction, and t tinner control work. A new warehouse and guard ftUtlon will ftlso be erected but th.a bill does not provide that revenue. "The Roosevelt administration Is spending S28.0OO.00O avery day. It Is collecting only 917,000.000 a day. It Is easy to figure out that the United States la on the road to bankruptcy." Representative Adolph Sabath of Illinois opened the defense of the bill for the Democrats. "This bill," Sabath said, "la a step In the right direction. All It tries to do is to impose ft tax upon those who can best afford It to get money to run our government." The atmosphere at the senate fin ance committee was, chilly and hostile when Morgenthau began his testi mony. "Does the house bill meet the views of the administration on tsxatlon matters?" asked Chairman Pat Harri son. "I can't answer that.' Morgenthau said. "Why not?" wked Harrison Irrita bly. Morgenthau doubled up his right first and stuck it In his coat pocket. "As long as I am secretary of the treasury." he said, "the treasury de partment will never make a recom mendation to congress on how to write ft tax bill." Newton D. Baker came to Washing- OREGON EXPERTS AID WYOMINGIAN TO REGAIN MIND EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 3. (AP) The tall, bronzed youth who for two days sat In the Lane county Jail unable to recall his name or any part of his life was Thusrday definitely Identi fied as Clifford D. Kllgore of Casper, Wyo. The identification followed an all-day session In which psychologists of the University of Oregon worked with Kllgore in an attempt to aid him in regaining his memory. The psy chologists, Lester P. Beck and Dr. H. R. Crosland. through a system of hyp nosis, enabled the bewildered 23-year-old youth to piece together his ex periences since leaving Wyoming In March. For a month he had been visiting a grandmother, Mrs. Seth Wilson, near Salem. He left Salem Tuesday morn ing. It was learned, and was not heard from until he walked unannounced Into the Eugene police station early Wednesday morning. C. A. Swarts, Lane county sheriff, left with Kllgore for Salem todsy. Relatives will be awaiting the am nesia victim at the capltol city. WILD TALE NETS ROOSEVELT JOKE WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. (AP President Roosevelt smiled today when his attention was called at his regular press conference to the "whis pering campaign" proposed by E. P Cramer, Plalnfield. New Jersey, ad vertising man. that the chief execu tive wns insane. With a chuckle Mr. Roosevelt re plied that probnbly the least sur prised man In the United States at the testimony before the senate lobby committee was himself. rom Far and Near. . . . .1 liei) M eel af tin MULTNOMAH Because of Its il:e and excep tional facilities, distinctive app ointments, excellent - cuisine and sen-ice, the Multnomsh, as ft convention hotel and community center, is the scene of constant dvic and social activity. Naturally, It is the topping place for Interesting and important visitors from iar and near, from at far away as India. an d as near home as Mc Minimi. e . .. W hen you stop at the Multnomah you are in the midst of thing, yet In homelike, hospitable atmos ! phere. And re- 4 memT costs N'o Wi Morel HOTEL MULTNOMAH of Portland world but himself. He has been in numerous controversies with his as sociate and his community." When I aaf.4d Dr. Stelner what he meant by the phrase "psychopathic personality with strong paranotdal trends," he stated that he meant that Ban Its was "crazy as hell.'1 Both Dr. Stelner and Dr. Evans advise against the transfer of Banka from the penitentiary. They state: Asylum Escape .Seen. "This case would be a most diffi cult one for the hospital to take in for the reason of the probability of his escape and his menace to so ciety, and of our necessity to place htm under conditions which would be very much more disagreeable for him and his friends ... He is only one of many cases like which are to be found In every penitentiary, and It Is unfair to this Institution, I feel, to place him here without suitable provisions for confinement. His case la not one which offers any hope of cure or betterment, and i can see no logical argument for his transfer here unless he should be come absolutely unmanageable in the prison to which society, through Its regular courts, committed him . , . We found, from his own state ments, that he had been treated kindly by the officers of the prison since his Incarceration and that he had no complaints to make aa to this treatment." Conclusions. I believe that it is evident from what has been said before that all of the evidence in this case points directly to Banks himself as being th Derson who crumbled the bi chloride of mercury tablets into his own sugar. It will be recalled that Banks was greatly depressed over the denial by Governor Meter of the application of George P. Moran for a pardon for Banks. It is possible that a motive is that Banks desired to arouse sympathy to be tiaed as trie basts of another attempt at pardon to be engineered by his friend. Mrs. Pomeroy. Frankly. I have not yet found a public official famlllsr with Banks and the circumstances of his alleged poisoning attempt who does not believe that Mr. Banks was the guilty party. The entire poisoning incident demonstrates beyond the shadow of a doubt that a pardon for Banks at this time would be against the public interest. Visits Disturb. It would not be possible for any ; unbiased person to study .this case without coming definitely to the conclusion that a continuance oi Mrs. Pomeroy'a visits with Banks would be Inimical to the best inter ests of this prisoner. The prison authorities state positively that her every visit causea a fresh disturb ance of Banks and aggravates ana ; accentuates Banks' belief in his I "martyrdom." Mrs. Pomeroy'a attl- j SENATORS INVESTIGATE NUDISM NO SWIM CLASS Miss Marjorie Kelly, la charge of the Red Cross swimming and life saving school at the Natatorlum, an nounced today that there will be no classes Sunday morning, but the pool will be open at 10:30 ft. m. at the reg ular ten -cent fee for those who wish to spend Sunday morning practicing. The junior life-savers will meet ftt 7 p. m. as usual, and tha regular senior claas mill be held at Its regular time, 8 p. m. Monday evening the general public Is invited to attend a demonstration, which will include class work, life saving, races, diving, and stunts. Fur ther plans for the demonstration will be announced later. Swimmers and beginners will be tatH Mondav and Tuesday at the regular class times, and tests for sen ior and Junior life savers win be neid Tuesday and Wednesday. a tntai of 53a have registered for the swim so far. an increase of 300 over last year, beverai were necessar ily denied the privilege of attending the school because classes were too Urge. Janouch Takes Trip Supervisor Karl Janouch of Rogue River national forest returned today from a brief business trip to Upper Rogue CCC camp and Lake o the Woods. A mild sensation was created In a Senate committee discussion wnen a dook on nuoism illustrated ana witn a foreword which men tioned Lawrence M. Carter, newly appointed governor of the Virgin Islands was presented during a territories hearing. Cramer (left) and Senator Bone (D-Wash) examine the book. (Associated Press Photo) tude can best be shown by a perusal of one of her writings tn this case entitled "The Feast of Beishszzer." This remarkable document is at tached to the original of this report, marked Exhibit H. It describes a dinner given to Governor Martin In Medford, Oregon. April 25, 1035, the evening of the burning of the state capltol. In this allegory Mrs. Pomeroy indicates that the destruction oi our state house represents the Judg ment of God for the attitude of our people toward Llewellyn A. Banks. Mrs. Pomeroy describes this con victed murderer In the following lan guage: Writing Tiled. "Even then, the prophet of his time and place was gazing through prison bars at the flaming dome ot the capltol the capltol of the state for which he had sacrificed all earthly possessions, even liberty it self. A he gazed, the great dome crashed Inward to its bsse. The treasures of his people consumed. destroyed before his very eyes; and as the flames leaped. high, the Hand of Gcd writes tn fiery letters across the dome of Heaven iteelf the age old message 'Mene-Tekel -Peres.' As Daniel of old, so the great prophet of Oregon Interprets "Mene: God hath numbered thy kingdom and iini"neu it. "Tekel: Thou art weighed In tne balance and art found wanting. "Peres: Thy kingdom is divided." Too Much Courtesy. Dr. Stelner concurs in the view that the visits of Mrs. Pomeroy have a very disturbing Influence- and should not be permitted for the mental good of Banks. Mrs. Pome roy. of course. Is a very determined woman, and it Is her conviction that it is her moral duty to actively Intervene In these matters. She has. however. bPen accorded privileges at the state penitentiary which no other person has ever previously re- , celved. Whenever Mr. Lewis was not Inclined to grant her every request she has carried the matter direct to Governor Martin and State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman. who, out of con sideration and courtesy, have granted to Mrs. Pomeroy unusual privileges. Frankly. I feel that the entire mat ter should be left to the discretion of Warden Lewis, of the state peni tentiary, and it would be my recom mendation to him that In the in terest of Banks himself that Mrs. Pomeroy be denied sny and all ac cess to Banks, either in person or by letter. HOTCHKISS GIVEN MEDAL OF HONOR WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. f AP) The war department announced today award of the distinguished service medal to Colonel Clarence R. Hotch-' kiss "for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services" during 1 the World war when he was In com- ! mand of the Wlnnel Down rest camp ! of the American Expeditionary Forces i in Winchester. England. j Col. Hotchklss was born In Warren. Pa., resided in Portland. Ore., at the time of his aooolntment: and Is now I on duty in the war department here. Forest Service Hay Bids Open Saturday Bids will be opened at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the national forest offices in the federal building for 40 tons of hay for use In Rogue River national forest, it was announc ed today. The hay may be of either grain or alfclfa variety and will be picked up by the forest service. y IN OREGON Bad J t i ' . j "j x H'. 1. -'Sr' " enr IT 1 I 4 .V HEED the call of the great outdoors and let the miles flash by as you skim over the smooth highways to )' choice of the wondrous jfl vacation playgrounds on the Pacific Coast. You can in reality "write your own ticket" fishing, hiking, golfing, swimming, horseback riding all these arc yours for the choosing. 4 And to make your comfort and enjoyment even vour "motoring headquarters". Mere you will rind the famous Richfield service and dependable information at nearly every turn of the road .and don't forget HI-OCTANE!" f . . s. ..V1 mmmik ' J r tM ai. --.'-' : -V SI m l W d 1 . 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