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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-03

be provided to enable the Commits
sion, whenever in it's judgment it is
necessary, to make a physical valu
alton of any railroad. AS l stated
in my Message to the Congress
year ago, railroads should be given
power to enter into agreements, sub
ject to these agreements being made
public in minute detail and to the
consent of the Interstate Commerce
Commission being first obtained.
Until the National Government as
sumes proper control of Interstate
commerce, in the exercise of the au-
thority it already possesses, 1t will
be impossible either to give to or to
get from the railroads full justice.
The railroads and all other great
corporations will do we'll to recog-
nize that this control must come;
the only question is as to what gov
ernmental body can most wisely ex-
ercise 1t. The courts will determine
the limits within which the Federal
authority can exercise it, and there
will still remain ample work within
each State for the railway commits
sion of that State; and the National
Interstate Commerce Commission
will work in harmony with the sew
eral State commissions, each within
its own province, to achieve the de-
sired end.
Sherman Antitrust Law.
Moreover, in my Judgment there
should be additional legislation
looking to the proper control of the
great business concerns engaged in
interstate business, this control to
be exercised for their own benefit
and prosperity no less than for the
protection of investors and of the
general public. AS I have repeat
eddy said in Messages to the Con-
gress and elsewhere experience has
definitely shown not merely the I'M
wisdom but the futility of endeavor-
ing to put a stop to all business
combinations. Modern industrial
conditions are such that combina-
ton is not only necessary but in
evitable. 1t is so in the world of
business just as 1t is so in the world
of labor, and it is as idle to desire
to put an end to all corporations,
to all big combinations of capital,
as to desire to put an end to combi-
nations of labor. Corporation and
labor union alike have come to stay.
Each If properly managed is a
source of good and not evil. When
ever in either there is evil, it should
be promptly held to account; but it
should receive hearty encourage
ment so long as it is properly man
aged. 1t is profoundly immoral to
put or keep on the statute books a
: law, nominally in the interest OF
public morality, that really puts a
premium upon public immortality, by
: undertaking to forbid Honest men
from doing what must bt done un-
der modern business conditions, SC
that the law itself provides that its
= own infraction must be the condi-
: tion precedent upon business sue
: cess. To aim at the accomplishment
of too much usually means the ac.
= complishment of too little, and often
the doing of positive damage. In
: my Message to the Congress a year
' ago, in speaking of the antitrust
= laws, said:
l "The actual working of our law.
l has shown that the effort to prohibit
= all combination, good or bad. is nox.
r ious where II is not ineffective. Com.
= bination of capital, like combination
of labor, is a necessary element in
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II ROSE At MIDETdHT AND WENT TO THE
PARSONAGE"


he needed me would answer. Such n
feeling possessed INC whon / rose Mt
midnight and went to tho parsonage
"The call Of one kindred soul 10 an
other cannot go unhocdcd. md ! was
compelled TO respond I did 80 glndly.
There was no imprOpricty In our rcla-
tiOns, nothing further than cOmmu-
nicatiOn between two souls External
~ our friendship Is OF the platonic
sort"
'My soul would die without her" is
the startling resume Of the Rcy. Mr..
Walcnta's regard for the wife OF his
lifelong friend. "She has become so
necessary 70 my existence that can
not be separated from her and firmly
believe with her that one day we shall
be left alone 20 tho fulnumeut OF our
happiness.
III a total reconciliation win her
husband would make her happy /
would DC glad TO have her 20 back ID
her happiness and work out my life
Tie best l could without her. but she
does not want her husband"
Justice Asplnall. feeling that this
soul affinity business was beyond tho
limit Of sanity, sent tho pair 10 the
Fiatbush asylum for observation and
on tho finding Of tho Flatbush experts
decided that both tho Rev. Afr Waion.
tG and Mrs Bauer woro iuu9fiCs. Ua
dsmlssed tho adultery charge against
them with the recommendation tD the
friends OF the "soul matos' that they
should consIgn the eccentric couple 20
. sanilarium
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PROTECTING SCENERY
Encouraging Progress In the
Fight Against BiIIboards.
SUCCESS HERE AND ABROAD.

Effective Measures Taken by California
Towns to Abolish Nuisanee-oer-
man Governments Good Work to
Guard Fine Sites From Misuse.
In the midst Of Los Angeles fight
against the billboard nuisance It IS
pleasing to note that not only Callfor-
mia and the United States. but nearly
all European countries. are taking up
the obliteration Of these blots I'm
more decided and effective manner
than heretofore. says the Los Angeles
Times
a superior court judge Of Santa
Clara county has decided that East
San Jose. n city Of the sixth class.
has right absolutely 20 prohibit the
erection Of any billboard whatsoever
which news. coming from our own
state. Is very encouraging to those
who have for many years persistcutly
and consistently fought this desecra-
tiOn Of our landscapes.
10 IS far cry from Germany 10 Cali
fornia, but we nevertheless hear
welcome voice in the Continental Cor
reepondence Berlln) when it records
the passage OF sweeping law by the
Prussian government for the protcc-
ton Of natural scenery and fine out
looks. 70 says I'm brief that the ua'Y
law VIII be very sweeping I'm itg effect
and VIII restore to their primitive
beauty many landscapes hitherto van
dalizcd by the Introduction of frlghtful
blots Such attractive natural features
have I'm many instances been desc
Grated by biilboards. I'm others by
buildings. They are in the same tur-
moil regarding the country landscapes
as we Gnd lu Callforuin. os Witness ihe
following extract:
That the beauties of country scenery
MISC rcod legislative protection was sad
ly proved hy some Industrial Installations
on some beautiful spots 81 thc famous
banks OF the Rhine river Tile naturally
pretty valley of tbr upp.r frr.. iuu.df-
atclv above Berlin hos already boon spoil
cd hy cncronchments ~ Industry beyond
auy hope of recovery and fIs lovely
country between Dresden auI 1f.isson is
laqHg moro and more Of i,a charms by
iuconsidtHte construction. Tho. nre only
tho best known instances among mlny.
md 30 con Doc no 0ucgUon that ir Gprma-
ny thH time has come Tor quperinfoudenco.
ag Rusidn demanded it for Euginnd.
Commenting upon the poesaga az tho
above law, Che Literary Digest suys
Tho German government aar for some
years exercised q porort 80 carc in pro-
tcciing the best elites n lts citics from
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SHEISNATURALLYBAD
Rich Woman Steals Because She
Enjoys Il.
HAS EVERYTHING SHE WANTS

Loves the Excitement Of C.rinninality.
Gets a job as Maid In Order TO Rob
Somebody - Remarkable Confession
of Mrs. Charles J. Ramadke.
Mrs. Charles ]. Ramadke, twenty
three years old. wife OF the millionaire
trunk manufacturer OF Milwaukee, nc.
cused of committing many sensational
robberies, has made confession, one
OF the strangest in criminal history
Il stole because am bad" she
says, naturally bad. | dld not need
10 steal 20 support myself. enjoyed
the work, and that is my only excuse.
Yes. I'm thief l don't know just
why, as had everything ! wanted.
Even after l left home had $50 a
week that my husband sent TO me-.
Still stole.
II first conceived the idea aftor see
ing how easy IL was when | was at
my home I'm Mil'Haukcc. | was wash.
Ing my hands, and left my rings on
the washstand. When I went out OF
the house l remembered about them
aud wondered II the servant would
steal them. Steal Steall Stealg
The word kept ON running through
my head. Here wns n new kind of
cxcItcment
when | returned the rings were
where ! left them Ii struck me that
the servant, who had been IN the wash
room TO straighten IL. was foolish 90 be
so honest. Several days later saw an
advertisement In Milwaukee paper.
IL held out position ms maid.
went TO the house that OF n Mrs. Cady.
at 1876 Eighteenth street. and secured
the position. | WIS there only few
hours when I saw good chance to
steal a sealskin cloak took It aud
left thc.house.
Il had once been 20 Chicago and
While living at the house OF Mrs So
phie Smith Albert Jones had carried
several messages for me TO my doctor
] sent the coat 60 him at 1920 Wabash
avenue. He sold Il to n woman living
In State street for SIS
''Then l went to Chicago. That was
In April. saw an advertisement in
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TRADE WIVES LIKE HORSES
New York Canal Boatren Satisfied
With Their Swop.

Captain William Runcb. owner of
three canalboats plying between New
York and Quebec, and II. G.. Emmery.
n steersman In his employ. while on
their way 90 Now York with q tow OF
boats traded wives at Whitehall, N. Y,
the change being satisfactory to all the
parties concerned.
While tho two women were making
purchases In the local stores md their
boats were awaiting their turn TO be
locked from the lake 10 the canal Cap
tain Runch called Steersman Emmery
TO his cabin and approached the mat.
ter OF changing wives
you like my woman better than you
do your own, and I like yours better
than / do my own, so what's tho mat
ter with trndlngT asked the captain
OF the steersman "Thats n 60" re.
piled Emmery. and the deal was there.
by agreed. When the women returned
they 0ssented and the bargain was
closed
One result Of the trade is that the
former wife OF the steersman retires
from n life OF labor 90 one OF ease, IN.
osnuch as she Is promoted from tho
cooks cabin on tho rear boat TO the
domlcile OF the captain on the forward
boat. with nothing to do. The former
wife or the captain assumes the posi-.
tion Of cook aud chambermaid thus
made vacant.
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rel Of salt pork were washed ashore.
Fresh water ran from cTevices In the
cliffs.
Knowing they were within thirty
miles OF a lighthouse at New Years
island, they began to plan for means
OF reaching there. Headed 10y Carl
Stark, the ships carpenter, and work
ing for nearly thirty days with pocket
knives and crude stone tools, they
built n boat thatRwas seaworthy The
foodstuffs gave out. but they caught
some seals and gathered shellfish
known as slimpet.
After Stark had finished the boat he
with the first mate. Hunter, and n sea.
man, Herman Heyne, started for New
Years island 20 get relief. Because of
the peculiar shore line and the fact
that the men had TO follow It the sail
ing distance to the lighthouse was
nearly hundred miles. This was GOV.
cred In six days. Arriving at the light,
they told OF their plight
The Chilean government delegated
Lieutenant Delgadc dnd five men to
20 TO the island in a large whaleboat
to rescue the marooned men. Stark
went back with the whaleboat as a
pilot His companions remained al
the lighthouse. Because of adverse
winds II took the whalcboat Eve and
one-half days to reach the beach where
the survivors of the Prussia were ma
rooned.
Even after their arrival the surf ran
so high that Il was six days before the
whaleboat could be launched and put
to sea again. They managed TO get
away In a fair wind, which took them
to Punta Arenas within twenty-four
hours. There Porthln and his ship.
mate, Helman Harke, were placed in
the hospital. Drake, the Norfolk nd
venturer, left there some time ago and
is now at home.
Those who returned on the Tenny-
son were John Hunter, Grst mate; 10.
II. Rainer, Herman Heyne. George
Richter. Carl Stark, able seaman, and
Y. TokamOn, the Japanese cook.
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misuse or deprivation Ecrrrable or pic
turcsque historical buildlnRn are kept safe
from destruction Or thoughtleRs altcra-
iion. Tho squares and streets arc not left
to the whim or bad taste ~ the property
owners 10 mar or disdguro by works OF
architecture or sculpture OF offensive ug-
lincss or inhaunoniOus design Tho now
bill recently passed by tho Prussian par
lament goes further and provides against
anything In the way Of building or advrr-
Using placnrds which tends tu destroy the
beauty OF mountain. meadow or river
scenery. Germany. by such legislation Is
practically leading the world. and those
whose EcnsibilIties are jnrrcd by the gnu-
dy advertising signs which are becoming
more humorous and moro iideously OBJ
trusive along our railway lines cvcry year
will applaud the action tnigcu by the Prus-
sian parliament and pray That ~ may bo
taken as an example by other countries
including our own.
Eastern periodicals devoted to park
news. landscape gardening. etc. all Of
which are waging war ON tho offensive
billboard, keep IN close touch with the
iir'it In various pnrts of California II
would appear from the following
clipped from Park ana Cemetery Of
Chicago, as though we were well TO
The fore I'm this commendable warfare
III Alie NlEOFOut eNflUAiEn NENluNt inc
billboard inaugurated by the American
Civic association and ably assisted by the
daily press throughout the country credit
for the most substantial actual results
thus far must be given To California Los
Angeles has passed an ordinance inpos-
ing tax OF ] cent n square foot. and n
court decision from Santa Clara county.
10 the effect that billboard may b. de-
clHrcd "a nuisance. IS distinct advance
over any ruling thus for secured from the
courts Billboards have hitherto boon
successful In sheltcrinR themselves behind
the Hpocious plea that "a nuisance is not a
nuisance when ~ affects only tho eye, and
courts have held that objections 20 bill
boards were Aesthetic objections and
not subject 20 legislative action Tho de-
clsion referred to "a the first strong owl
denCo that this feeling i8 passing ont Of
the legal mind and forcahadOwq the limo
when an Offense 90 the eye viii bo regard
cd ~ much nuisance as nu omenso to
the nose. II f. tho first recognition of tho
right TO prohibit billboards under tho po-
lice power and should have tho careful
study of All civic Improvement workers.
Some Of the leading merchants "
Riverside were recently interviewed
on the billboard nuisance. and all cx-
pressed the desire ~ see the boards
abolished and 10 be relieved from this
class ~ advertising. ono " tile lar
Eest merchants said nc only advertised
by this method because others did
and hc wanted 30 catch every class Of
people that hls competitors catered 10.
but would use his best cndcaF0r with
the city council 90 have all removed.
Tho only excuse offered by auy one
approached ON thc question was that
billbogrds should be allowed for tho
posting Of theatrical md other coming
attractions, but that no local nrm rail.
road or othor corporation should be NJ
lowed 10 use this questionable means
u attracting public attention.
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browns SONS TO SPITE WIFE
Father Hurls Two Boys Into Meat and
Boasts OF Act

HNNN' a'N''e wv G!JN ilAO hioeN anu
Boasts OF Act.
4 revolving crime was committed re-
Gently at the fortlncations on the
southwest side of Paris, where ia
ther drowned his two boys. aged seven
and nine years.
The murderer is costcrmongcr
named Pierre Alfonso Robert Some
months ago his wife ana children left
him owing 10 his brutality. Then one
day he attacked his wife with n knife
and tried TO XIII her. She in self de-
fcnBc fred at him and wounded him
with n revolver. For this she was
tried and acquitted. Nine. Robert re-
Gently began divorce proceedings
against her husband. hut consented 60
his scciug their two sons once week
lie pleaded with his wife 10 reconsider
her decision and go back TO him. but
she refused.
Robert called mt the house Of his
wife's parents and took tho two boys
for walk. They went 10 Scyres aud
on their way back 70 lssy-le Mollncux
he suggested n walk on the top Of the
fortiGcations. The lads consented
There is inoat with water about ten
feet deep at this point, nnd when their
attention was distracted FOR moment
the inhuman father gave both lads a
violent push. They fell twenty. nye
feet into the water and were drowned.
After waiting until they had sunk
for the last dine Robert coolly walked
10 his Wffafg IgUp euI tofI Her tt.No 3
he had done. Aftcrward he went to
the nearest police station and gave
himself up. my crime was prcmcdl-
tated," nc declared. II loved my wife
ut one time, but now hate her
knew that by killing my boys / would
break her heart. Therefore did It,"
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Tie extension Of the German East
African railroad from Dares- salaarn,
the chief town ana seaport OF German
East Afifca, forty miles south OF zan'
zibar 90 Mrogoro, about 1870 miles
from the coost. was opened by tho sec.
rotary OF state FOR the colonies, Herr
Dernburg. A dispatch 20 tho LokaI
Anzeiger from MrOgoro says that dur.
ing the course OF banquet in celebra.
tlon OF tho opening Of the terminus two
lions entered some outbufldlngs and
carried or pig. The guests at the
banquet left the tables preclpitately.
seized arms and pursued tho animals,
but lost their trail In the surrounding
forests.
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SOUL MATES INSANE.
Brooklyn Judge Thinks Affinity
Fad Is Lunaoy.
ADVISES MEDICAL TREATMENT

Married Minister and Welded Parish.
ioner Wanted 90 Discard Their Pres.
ent membranes For Matos Chosen
Under tho Higher Law.
"Whon. Mrs. Bauer went 10 Porto
Rico my soul cried out 10 her. anu shO
returned, uninowing that supenat-
ural force was driving her bnct to her
happiness" said the Rev Maxwell
Walcnta I'm court IN brooklyn "Pla.
tonic as our relations were, they oiled
an emptiness that only an empty soul
can realize Wa both realize the pc
culiarlty of our situation, aud. whllo
there is much In our attachment that
mystincs others, there is no harm"
Heaven has Joined our souls 20.
gcthcr 10y an inscpurablc bond and
the law of man has not the right nor
the power 20 separate our souls" said
Mrs. Dora Bauer.
Tho Rcv. Maxwell Walcnta was pas.
tor of st. Lucas church lIo Is mar.
rlcd SO Is Mrs. Bauer They were
arrested under the now law regarding
marital in6dcllty, which does not roc
ognizo the "soul union" of married
persons with outsiders. Mrs. Bauer
Is pretty little woman, with wavy
brown hair and expressive brown eyes
"My whole lifo," she says through
Lawyer Gllchrist. twas one long series
of cross purposes and shattered dreams
until | mot Mr.. Walcnta. My early
life was spent I'm Costa Rlcn, whore
my father is n wealthy planter There
l met and loved young man, but
quarrel separated tho sweetheart OF
my girlhood and myself, and came 60
tho United states. Here mot Mr..
Bauer my husband l did not lovo
him, but married him out of pIquc,
and my married life was miserable
failure. Then | met Mr.. Walenta.
"ln my moturor years my soul began
TO feel the weight OF It's emptiness. and
my life became burden with that
void tormenling mo always BY Gods
VIII I was drawn TO Mr.. Walcnta, and
my soul became rcstful again Grow
Ing better acquainted with the charac-
ter and loftiness of his mind and ma
turc, my soul went out 10 him, aud
constant association with his thoughts
and feelings created such bond of
sympathy between us that could
feel In my inucrmost being that when
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FROM JAWS OF DEATH
Doctors Bring Apparent Corpse
Back to Life.
sM0THERED IN TUNNEL LOCK

Taken Out lifeless, He Is Put In Com
pressed Air Box Again and Cured by
the Hair Of tho Dog That Bit Him.
,,s'a Most Remarkable Case.
Twice held TO be dead by two physi.
clans and without the faintest percep-
tible hutter OF the heart or sign OF
breath, Andre Mariti, thirty-five years
old, ''sand hog OF 800 East Twenty
ninth street. New York. was brought
back TO life" by being placed under
heavy air pressure in one of the air
locks of the PENNSYLVANIA tunnel at
lThirty-third street and East river re-
Gently. The man had turned pale
blue from head to foot.
Mariu is Pole. and his relatives
and many OF his fellow countrymen
We're overcome by awe at his recovery.
They refused TO accept the scientific
explanation of the doctors. and at the
tunnel mouth they fell TO their knees
In prayer and songs OF thankfulness.
There was another unusual feature
to the case, In that DR.. Sears almost
fell victim TO the "bends." In his
absorption over Mariu he did not
think of the danger to himself until
the great pressure caused the telltale
singing I'm his ears and the rush OF
blood from his nose. Sears was at
tended by the doctor attached to the
tunnel hospital.
To the mans impatience was due his
terrible experience. He neglected TO
stop the full time ordered by the tun.
mel physician IN the varying air pres
sures. but passed almost without de
lay from the heaviest pressure TO the
free air. He should have given at
least half an hour TO three locks OF
diminishing pressure, but he hurried
away TO his home. His brother John
followed an hour afterward and found
him collapsed on the floor.
Without an instants delay John
started ut top speed back TO the tun-
mel and took the physician there back
to the house. The two men lifted Ma
ritl to a bed, and the doctor after a
quick examination exclaimed. "Why,
this mans dead"
In the hope there might be a spark
OF life, however, the doctor telephoned
to Bellevue hospital for an ambulance
to take Mariti back TO the air lock-
Ten minutes afterward Dr. Sears ar
rived with an ambulance, and he at
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Circus Snake stampodes Crowd.

A circus performance at Dyersburg,
Tenn, was almost over when the
snake, a boa constructor, got loose and
began making It's way from the mem
agorie into the main tent. ITS prog.
rcss was stopped by an elephant, and
fight followed, the reptile coiling itself
around the elephants body, while tho
big animal vainly attempted 10 dis.
lodge tho snake. The shrlll trumpeting
Of the elephant brought It's keepers TO
the scene aud alarmed the people in
tho big tent. Reports that all the ami
mails had broken loose started rush
FOR the exits The snake was finally
dlslodged by the keepers and dragged
back 60 its cage.
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WAVING A RED FLAG.

chester, whore she was questioned by
Chief Of Police Donovan. Tho chief
says she told him that her name was
Eva Bellows, her age eighteen aud
that her home was I'm Pennsylvania.
Letters were found on her which con-
hrmed her statement as 20 her name.
The girl is dark complexloned and OF
medium build and wore neat suit or
dark material Chief Donovan said
that. judging from her appearance, ho
thought she had been dlssipatlng.
Tho girl became hysterical In the
station house aud was treated by DIR.
g. j. Stafford, the police surgeon. Sub
sequonty she was taken before Mag
istrnto Wakefield, who committed her
TO the county jail for thirty days so
that Inquiries may bc made concerning
her.
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cIubbea Robbers va Roonter.

Warren Edwards, n Cincinnati con.
ductor, was on his way home and was
carrying n rooster which was to grace
the Edwards table. The death OF the
fowl came sooner than was expected,
for when two highwaymen told Ed.
wards 70 throw up his hands lac hit
one OF them so hard in the mouth with
the rooster that tie would be robber
slipped and fell Edwards then struck
the other man over the head with the
rooster. The fowl gave n prolonged
squawk and sied. aud the hlghwaymon
ded.