ATEDFOTID MAIL TRTBTTXE, JIEDFORD. OTfEGOX, TIll'KSTVAY. JANTJATiY 11, 1934.
Sea Serpents Mate Is
Sighted Near Victoria
the water, and the seagulls set up a
terrific commotion.
"Many of tno birds pecked unmer
cifully at the sleek body of the mon
ster. 6uddenly we saw her reach oat
and devour Jne of her tormentors
with a single snap of her camel-like
head."
COLORADO'S NEW DEATH CHAMBER
Heads Commission
IMPORTANT BILLS
SEEK NEW HOME
VICTORIA. B. O., Jsn. 11. (TJT
A glistening, brown-black sea serpent
which reared out of the water be
tween Trial Island and the west end
of Shoal bay near here, gulped down
a seagull and retired to Its subma
rine fastnesses, three reputable Oak
Bay citizens were prepared to swear
In affidavits today.
They reported they saw the sea
monster for about four minutes be
fore It became Irritated and ducked
out of sight.
The serpent Is believed to be the
wife of -Amy." a larger, more be
spangled denizen of the deep which
made Its appearance near here last
October. For the time being, "Amy's"
wife Is being called "Pender," In hon
or of Pender Island, where she was
first seen a short time ago.
"Pender was quite close to shore,"
Charles Marsh, Earl Marsh and J. W.
Chilton, all of Oak Bay, B. C, re
ported, "We noticed numerous seagulls fly
ing nearby. Suddenly a big, brown
black head rose about three feet from
IN MEXICO AREA
Tribal Chiefs Consider Going
On Another 'Trail of Tears'
Oil Derricks of Okla
homa Put. Crimp in Style
r
Residents of South Csrollna pur
chased 7.614 more new automobiles
In 1033 than In 1933.
STOP ITCHING
Itt amazing how this tormenting
trouble wherever it occurs
Sales Tax and State Bank
Measures Going On Ballot
if Enough Signatures Are
Placed On Petitions
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yields to soothing
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BALKM, Ore. (UP) Two revolu
tionary measures win come before
t'.ie Oregon voters for approval or
rejection In 1934 If sufficient signa
tures are obtained to place them on
the ballot.
They are the sales tax, passed by
the recent special legislature; and
creation of ft state-operated bank,
defeated at the session. In general
the voters who favor the sales tax
will oppose the bank. The state
g-rcnge and federation of labor are
moving spirits oenma ine referen
dum against vw sales tax and ini
tlatlve for the state bank.
Would Aid Schools
The sales tax would support the
schools partially on a different basis
than previously. It will be voted on
May 16, If 16,006 signatures are ob
tained on referendum petitions, which
is practically assured. A similar levy
was defeated In July. Ballot title
reads:
"To provide for relief of the exist
Ing serious financial condition of the
public schools, due to unusual tax
delinquency, by collecting a tax of
ltf per cent of gross receipts from
retail sales of tangible personal
property and utility services, such
tax to be paid by the seller and
by him collected from the purchaser
exempting gross receipts of each per
son up to (so a month: an net reve
nues derived from such tax to be
apportioned to school districts and
the amount thereof deducted from
school taxes on property: this levy to
be effective until June so, loss."
New Banking Element
The proposed state bank would
create an entirely new element In
state financial affairs. Two Initia
tive measures will be voted on In
Kovember, If 26,666 signatures are
obtained. The first would repeal a
present Oregon constitutional amend
ment prohibiting such a bank, the
second create the bank. Ballot title
for the bank creation reads:
"Creating the state owned and op
erated 'Bank of Oregon' with tfie gov.
ernor, secretary of state, attorney
general and labor, commissioner as
board of directors and atate treas
urer as manager; to do a general
banking business; to be exclusive
state fiscal agent and depository for
all moneys of the state, counties,
districts, political subdivisions (ex
cept cities), legal receivers, trustees,
administrators, executors and offi
cials; fix Its Interest rates paid and
received; have county agent banks;
all deposits guaranteed; may deposit
funds In any Oregon bank which
gives the same security as state de
positories; officials so depoetlng and
their securities exempt from llabli.
lty."
This It the new lethal gas chamber of the Colorado prison at Canon
City, where Walter Reppln of Newark, N. J., wai doomed to die unlets
he legal battle to save htm proved successful. Reppfn's attorneys
argued that the boy, being a minor, had no right to plead guilty. He
won a stay of execution from the Colorado supreme court. (Associated
Press Photo)
Nude Madwoman Penned
In Unheated Dirty Hovel
Is Rescued by Policemen
TEN PROJECTS IN
OREGON COSTLY
PORTLAND, Jan. 10. (AP) Ore
ion bu had 10 project In the federsl
PWA classification totaling $40,173,000
and requiring 0.030,047 man-days and
12 project under non-federal classi
fication, costing $7,081,613 and re
quiring 002,570 man-days, It was snld
here today by C. O. Hockley, Oregon
PWA engineer, f
It would take one man more than
18,000 years to finish all the PWA
Jobs allotted Oregon If he had to do
them single-handed, the engineer
estimated.
Obituary,
Died Monday morning, January 8,
after a week'a serious Illness at the
Granite City hospital, Ashland, Elea
nor Genevieve Cuahman, age 4 years.
8 months, twenty-seven days. Born
at Ashland September 19, 1039. Left
to mourn her loss are her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cushman of Trail,
two brothers, Paul and Blllte and
one sister, Rowena, besides two grand,
mothers, Mrs. Cushman of Trail and
Mrs. Freeman of Ashland and several
uncles and aunts.
Everything possible was done for
the little sufferer, whom nurses and
doctors pronounced one of the most
patient sufferers they had attended.
Little Eleanor, loved by all who
knew her, will be sadly mtsned by
her many relatives and friends.
Seeks Movie Fame
lKtes. -;r
i Mrs. Virginia Peine Lehmann.
socially prominent Chicago beauty,
and "Virginia Pine," ahow girl In a
motion picture being produced In
Hollywood are one and the tame
person. She started a career In the
films recently and remarked "It
beats social functions. (Assoclat
ad Press Photol .
RIDCIEWOOD PARK, N. J., Jan. 11
( AP ) Detectives strove today to
piece together the strange story sur
rounding the Imprisonment of ft
naked madwoman in a dirty, un
heated, closet-like room over a stable
on the old barnea estate.
The woman, Mrs. Sophie Cerardl, 43,
pronounced Insane by a county phy
sician, meanwhile was receiving medi
cal attention at the county hospital
Bergen pines.
Two Held.
The two other characters of the
strange tale were the two alleged
Jailers, Joseph . Cerardl, 34, the
woman's husband, and his house
keeper, Miss Mary Griffin, 30, were
held under arrest In county Jail on
charges of false Imprisonment, and
authorities said there was a possibility
of a second charge of abusing an In
sane person.
Much police Interest centered on
the husband, a former middleweight
pugilist, who they said was questioned
In the Lindbergh kidnaping case after
the body of the murdered Lindbergh
baby was found near a shack where
Cerardl stayed occasionally at Hone-well.
Long Prisoned,
Cerardl, also known as Geradl,
rented the four-room apartment above
the stable almost two years ago.
Neighbors told police they saw his
wife arrive with him and she was
then apparently In good health. When
police found her last night she bad
wasted away to 00 pounds.
When Cerardl was arrested last
night, police said he acknowledged
keeping his wife locked up, but de
nied mistreating her. He aald he had
taken her from a state Institution,
where she bad been committed as
mentally unbalanced and was keep
ing her with him "for her own bene
fit." Sinter Calls Police.
Police entered the case late yester
day at the request of Mrs. Cerardl's
sister, Mrs. Loretta Regenstruf of the
Bronx, who complained that Cerardl
had repeatedly refused to allow her
to see her sister, and allegedly threat
ened "to bump her off" If she told
anyone he kept her sister locked up.
Prosecutor Lieutenant Nathan Allyn
said Mrs. Regenstruf had also in
formed him that Cerardl had Insured
his wife's life for 810.000. Allyn said
this Information would be Investi
gated today to determine It It had
any bearing on the case.
Refused Admittance.
When police went to the barn,
which Is at the end of a winding lane
behind a tall hedgerow, the house
keeper first refused them admission,
relenting when they threatened to
break down the door. They then pre
vailed upon her to surrender the key
to the 6x8 room In which Mrs,
Cerardl was locked.
The door was opened, officers later
reported, and they found Mrs. Cerardi
huddled naked on the bed, gibbering
wildly. Both windows tn the cubicle
had been boarded up, and the bed
was the only article of furniture in
the room. A soiled blanket was
thrown across the bare, dtrty mat
tress.
The woman was taken to a hospital
and police waited several hours be
fore Cerardl entered the apartment
and was arrested, together with the
housekeeper. They were questioned
and committed to county Jail. There
Cererdl, who Is known generally as
Joseph, said his real first name was
Carmelll, and gave his occupation as
a bootblack. The housekeeper told
police she did not know her em
ployer's occupation and said as far as
she knew he had no way of earning
a living.
Son On Premises.
Cerardl was Mrs. Cerardl's second
husband, police said. She was di
vorced from a New York lawyer
named Joseph Maran, by whom she
had one son, Charles, now 23. Charles
lived with Cerardl In the flat over the
stable, police learned, but they were
not able to locate him for question
ing. The Oerardls married about
eight years ago.
Police said they had learned Mrs.
Cerardl had been mentally unbal
anced before she came to the old
stable and had received hospital treat
ment. One detective expressed the
opinion that her mental condition
might be traceable to the squalid
conditions under which she had been
living. Mrs. Cerardl was described
to police as a woman of Intellectual
attainments, who could speak seven
languages. When officers opened the
door of her prison, she used four
languages In her Incoherent replies
to their questioning.
AT
OF MUSIC, READINGS
An entertaining program was given
by the Derby Community club at the
Derby gymnasium Saturday evening.
The first number Included several
musical selections played by Ben and
Bert Whaley, Mr. Wftaley Sr., and
Lor in Smith, with string Instruments.
Miss Fnnny Long and Morle Dean
sang a duet; Lor in Smith sang, "Meet
Me In San Antonio," accompanying
with his guitar.
Miss Zella Dunlap gave a reading,
Percy O'Ncll played the violin and
Mrs. K. Eldred the piano, "My Wild
Irish Rose" and encore.
"The Pour Hay Shakers," Prank,
Ernest and Earl Dean, and Martin
Klley. sang "Night Time In Nevada"
and ''When the Bloom Is on the
Sage." Mr. Vestal and Lorln Smith
gave two numbers on the violin and
guitar. Misses I ma Dean and Helen
Kantor sang "When the Moon Came
Over the Mountain." They were ac
companied by Bert Whaley with
banjo. Zora Dunlap gave a reading.
A dance followed the program, with
music furnlahed by Mr. Vestal, Mr.
O'Nell. Mrs. Fldred, Lorln and P.
Smith, Mr. Whaley and sons, Bert
and Ben. The Whaley boys were
members of "The Roeue River Cow
boys." Refreshments were served at
midnight.
Pears Yesterday
NEW VOHK, Jan. U. - UBIW
Prsr auction market: S cars arrived;
I Oration, 9 Washington cars un
loaded; a cars on track.
Oregon D'AnJoua: 7J0 boxes, extra
fane j, 3 50-9 i. arerafw 13 95; 730
boxes fancy. 3 SS-2 OS, average 3 "5.
Washington D'AnJoua; 720 boxes
extra Jancjr, I3l , average S3 47;
75A boxes fancy, S3. 18-3 35, avenge
3.39.
LEGION CONFERENCE
NEEDS CO-OPERATION
The American Legion district con
fore nee for southern Oregon will be
held at Med ford this year on Febru
arys. Carl Moser, department ad
jutant, made a hurried trip to Med-
ford and met with officers of the post
and also of the civic organlMitlon
and the Chamber of Commerce, to
make arrangements for the visitors to
be taken care of. The conferences
this year are to be on a much larger
scale, well-known business men Le
gionnaires of Oregon and Washington
will be among those making the tr'.p.
All members of Med ford post should
help bring up our membership and
show the Legionnaires from the north
that we In southern Oregon continue
to "Serve In peace as In war." Bring
In all the old members. We want
every LeRlonnalre In this community
to do their part In entertaining the
visitors who are coming from Grants
Pass, Kerby, Ashland, Klamath Palls,
Lskevlew, Merrill and Malln posts,
besides our vlstore from the northern
posts.
Details have not been completed,
but as soon aa the program la ready
It will appear in this paper, and at
that time let every legionnaire be
reedv to take part. The day of the
conference starts at 8:30 a. m. when
the delegation arrives from Portland
on the Southern Pacific train and
finishes up sometime next morning.
Steamer Ashore,
LONDON, Jan. 11. (API A mes
sase to Lloyds from Yokohama today
said the American s tea me r Texas,
bound for Dalren. was reported
ashore on Qado Island, Japan. In a
snowstorm. Assistance was sent to
the grounded vessel, the report said.
WEWOKA, Okla. (UP)-The Sem
inole Indian tribe's council .house
hoe been moved from Wewoka, old
tribal capital. Into the country to
become a farmer's dwelling.
The move was made while the tri
bal chieftains considered going on
another "Trail of Tears' similar to
the long trek that brought them here
from Florida in 1631.
Three hundred Seminole braves,
disheartened by seeing their once
"Happy Hunting Orounds" of central
Oklahoma sprout oil derricks and
turn to industry, have practically
determined to move to old Mexico-
far from oil, riches, and the rush of
an Industrial civilization.
They want to get back to the open
spaces, and have begun negotiations
for another hunting ground In So
nora. The old brown council house,
which once stood In the center of
Wewoka. had been partly dismantled.
Recently the last of It was moved to
Vie Lawrence Youngblood farm.
Within the past 30 years, the 14
bands of chieftains, each with a first
and second band chief and a law
maker, sat In the old council house
to dispense tribal Justice among
their people.
Governor John P. Brown, first chief
of the Semlnoles, dispensed a strict
Justice from within the council. Law
breakers were whipped at a tree now
standing near the Seminole county
court house. No Jails were found
within the Seminole nation, only
the whipping-tree.
A hard lashing was usually suf
ficient for malefactors. A third con
viction resulted In death under the
Seminole unwritten laws. i
Seminole Justice waa swift, strict
and unflinching, but malefactors
were not taken away from their fam
ilies and the dependents left In
want.
If the wrongdoer reformed, as us
ually was the case, he was accepted
In trhe tribe again. If he was Incor
rigible, he was put to death.
In the old council house, many a
brave went on trial, and death sen
tences were meted out to the worst,
The house was moved a number of
times, first making the long, tortu
ous Journey along the Trail of Tears.
William E. Lee, Idaho republican.
Is the newly-elected chairman of the
Interstate commerce commission.
The chairmanship la rotated an
nually. (Assoclat. d Press Photo)
TELEPHONE PLANT
VALUE BE STATED
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ON LUMBER HELD
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 11. (AP) A
demand of the Oregon public utilities
commissioner that the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company provide
him with a valuation figure on the
Oregon plants and properties of the
utility, based on "present value." was
agreed to by the company at a rate
hearing today.
Commissioner Charles M. Thomas
and his attorney, Ame. Clark, In
sisted that the telephone company
base Its valuation, not on "reproduc
tion cost now," but upon "present
values," which will be the base valua
tion upon which the rates and charges
of the company to Its patrons win do
I calculated by the commissioner.
I It was explained that by "repro
duction cost now" waa meant the
I amount of money necessary to start
from the bottom ana build the entire
telephone structure In Oregon at the
present time. The "present value"
was taken to mean the amount the
company would receive from Its prop
erties, at present, If a prudent In
vestor wished to purchase It.
Before adjournment yesterday, C. R.
Lester, engineer for the utilities com
mission, put figures Into the record
fixing the value of the company's
properties and plants In Oregon at
$37,679,888. He estimated the value
of Portland properties at $21,368,000.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Up)
Charges that the lumber code author
ity la violating a provision of the
lumber code and skyrocketing prices
with a basing point selling system
were made today by Worth E. Shoults,
an economist with the consumers' ad
visory board of the NRA.
Shoults. in a report of the board
read at a hearing on the code, said
le provides for f.o.b. mill prices, but
subsequent rulings of the code au
thorities require mills to quote de
livered prices which are composed of
toe originally Intended f.o.b. mill
prices plus freight on specified basing
points.
As an example, the economist said
a maple wood producer, regardless of
where located, must charge delivered
prices as though he shipped from
Cadillac, Mich., the base point. Sim
ilarly, he added, Wausau, wis., is the
basing point for northern hemlock
and Duluth, Minn., for northern pine.
Declaring the email producers are
suffering from the high lumber prices
in the authority schedule, he added
they are also discouraging the publtc
on buying, and putting mills under
temptation to cut code prices to ob
tain sales.
"If these prices stand," he quoted
one complainant as saying, "the small
mills of Virginia will not be able to
carry out the code, but I think they
will cut the lumber as heretofore.
sell for what they can get and run
the risk of detection.'
Similar complaints and statements
were received by the consumers' board
from all sections of the country, he
said.
Advice given In August against
rapid lumber price Increas by the
United 3 Lutes timber conservation
board has been disregarded by the
industry, Shoults declared. Statistics
showing the decrease In lumber sales
over the past four months, and let
ters citing the distress of mills and
retailers, were offered In substanti
ation of the claim that price shed
ules are set above the public's power
to purchase in sufficient volume to
support the Industry,
Oregon Weather.
Increasing cloudiness followed by
rain tonight and Friday west portion
and snow or rain Prlday northeast
ern portion; slightly warmer tonight:
wind Increasing to southeast gale
offshore.
Cotton Cargo Afire
LONDON, Jti n . It. (AP) Lloyds
reported fmm Land's Knd today
that the American steamer Tripp, en
route from Hsu ton to Liverpool, re
ported a fire In her cotton cargo be
tween decks at 7 p. m. yesterday.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. (AP)
Stocks of wheat on farms Jan. 1.
were reported today by the depart-
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194.130.000 buViels, compared with I
272,623.000 bushels last year.
Stocks of corn were 1,422,556.000
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January 1 lAst year.
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