EVENING EDITION s
EVENING EDITION
WEATHEH REPORT.
Fair tonight with hea
vy frost; Thursday
fair and warmer.
Calling cards, wee
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery ar l
Job printing to ord-
at the East Oregon la:..
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER:
VOL, 24.
PEXDLETOX, OltEGOX, WEDNESDAY, APKIL 12, 1911.
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UNCLE OF CHILD
IS
Will Rogers Confesses to he
Abduction of Nephew, Little
Waldo Rogers
i
i
IMPIJCATED MY CONFESSION j
OFEX-COXVICT WIGGINS j
Inten Excitement I Aroused and
Demonstration In IY-ared Jail Is
Guarded by a LarRc Force f 1T"
utet Kx-Convlet IMvanio Ac
quainted With Modern Through Law
Firm Which Secures Pardons rroin
Ieiilumtinrj- Brother John Ex
onerate!. Las Vegas, N. M., April 12 Im
plicated by the confession of Joe
Wiggins, a former life convict, Will
Rogers, uncle of little Waldo Rogers, I
i,.t niirht iirremed for complicity '
ta-t night pilcS!
KIDNAPER
In the lad's abduction. For his re-j planned, the Commercial club lunch
turn $12,000 ransom was paid, WllH eon this evening wil take place at the
Rogers acting as agent for Mrs. Rog- j Eagles-Woodmen hall. The change
crs- . ,,v.i ... 1 In the arrangements was made In or-
Wlll Rogers has confessed his part
In the abduction. He told were the : er to be sure of accommodating
money was hidden and officers have those who will be in attendance. At
gone in search of the $12,000. In f j preparations were made for a
his statement, Will Rogers does not . th..n ln attend-
tho
kidnapping plot
The latter has not
been arrested, although he
1 ,inil,.p
surveillance.
These disclosures have again arous
ed the city to a degree of excitement
that authorities fear may result In a
demonstration against the accused.
Deputies Guard Jail.
Wiggins and Will Rogers are ln the
county Jail, which Is guarded by a
large force of deputies. Plans have
been made for taking the prisoners , Fcaklng program will be taken nmv -n'!ucte,i on such a compre hen
to the penitentiary at Santa Fe to- 8 sive and bit-lnesslike basis that it is
morrow for safekeeping. 'c. c. chBpmnn, manager of th e ' u-" I'"1". ,hilt TTT
The arrest of Wiggins caino late to-
dal. His confession gave a sensa
tional turn to the mystery that for
more than ten days has surrounded
the kidnapping of little Waldo Rog-
ers, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rogers,
and his safe return upon the payment
of 112,000 ransom. ,
According to the story told by Wig-
gins, he first became acquainted wun
John Rogers through the law firm
by which the latter was employed
and which was Instrumental in get
ting Wiggins pardoned from the pen
itentiary. Wiggins says that while
working in the coal mines at Madrid,
N. M , he received a letter from 'John
Rogers suggesting a scheme for mak
ing J 10,000 easy money. I
Wiggins says he came to Las Ve-1
gas in a few days and later entered
into the plot.
Kidnaped March 20.
Waldo Rogers, the two-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs, A. T. Rogers and the
grandson of H. L. Waldo, a Kansas
City millionaire, was ktdnnpped from
the family residence on the night of
March 29, by two masked men who
at the point of a revolver compelled
Mrs. Rogers to dress the child for a
flight ride and deliver him to them.
They promised that the, child would
be returned unharmed on pnyment
of $12,000 In small blls at a lonely
spot 11 mlleg north of Las Vegas. Tho
payment was made and the child re
covered. Will Rogers, in his confession, de
clared that his brother, John Rogers,
had no knowledge of tho crime. He
confessed to having plnnncd tho ab
ductin nnd snld the actual stealing of
the child was done by Joe Wiggins.
Not until the confession and the re
covery of tho money did A. T. Rogers,
father of tho stolen child, believe his
brother was implicated. Will Rog
ers is being closely guarded as It Is
(eared that he will attempt to com
mit suicide.
LOCAL SADDLERS
T
IT MEANS MUCH TO HORSE
What Is declared by riders of horses
to bo tho most important Invention
ln connection with saddle manufac
turing made In many years has Just
been perfected by Frederick J. Mc
Monles and Lester Hamley of the
Hamley Harness company of this city.
It consists of a new rigging which
does away with the cinch rings and
leather fastenings and substitutes for
them a small wire cable, covered with
rawhide nnd capable of withstanding
a strain of 2000 pounds.
The cablo Is snld to be much strong
er and more durable than rings, makes
the saddle less cumbersome and eas
ier on horse and rldr alike. Coming
underneath the stirrup leathers, tho
cablo rigging altows free space for
cinching the saddle and docs not wear
on ths leathers, causing them to
break eventually as Is generally the
PHILIPPINE SOLDIER. IX
HAD AT SAN FRANCISCO
San FrancUco, April 12. With two
bullets In his body, his head beaten
by a revolver butt, and so crazed
from drink that he cannot answer
r ly questions, Captain Fred Cook of
the 12th Cavalry, U. S. A., Is in a
hospital here today with a small
chance of his recovery. Cook arriv
ed last night from the Philippine Is
lands. ' Early today he broke Into
Spreckels1 meat market on Market
street, and attacked the watchman,
J. J. Hayes, who shot the officer, be
mood, a friend called to tell him a
COMMERCIAL CLUB
EATS THIS EVENING
WILL MK HEM) AT THE
EAGLES-WOODMEN HAM,
Increased Interest Causes 'Committee
to Secure larger Quarters for Af
fair Fulled Orchestra ,to Play
C. C. Chiipmun, tlie Principal
(next.
Instead of being hold at the Odd
b hal1' as ('riBlnnl
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""ce i i"e mi montui) uoiuim-i ui
"lcvciopincnis yesieruay ieu iae eii-
; tcrtainment committee to change
Its
plans.
The luncheon will be served at 6:15
In the banquet room of the Eagles
Woodmen hall and the affair will be
open to all Commercial club mem
bers and to non-members who in ty
desire to unito with the association.
Music will be furnished by the Unit
ed Orchestra and following the lunch-
Portland Commercial club, will be the
chief guest of honor and will ad
dress the gathering upon the' subject
if promotion work. A number of
,1M.h, ,,PO,,e wm as jje called upon
- , , f taiks mong the talks will
bo remurks by some of the committee
chairmen
T))(, (l.oy!i,n f securing a better!
club home will ulso b
the meeting. U this time the special
committee r.nied to investigate va
rious propositions regarding new
quarters Is s'.ill at work. The com
mittee therefore will not be able to
submit a final report this evening
but this fact will probably not bar
an interesting discussion of the sub
ject. PRESIDENT TAFT
PITCHES FIRST BALL
Washington, April 12. Deserting
the tangled affairs of state to formal
ly inaugurate the 1911 basebaH sea
son of the national game, President
Taft today fhsscd the first bull here,
opening the contest between the Sen
ators and the Boston Red Sox. A
long line of senators, congressmen
und cabinet members were with the
president on the grounds. All cheer
ed when Taft put the first ball over
the plate. A big crowd attended in
spite of the cold, cloudy weather.
CARRIE NATION NOT DEAD
AS REPORTED YESTERDAY
Leavenworth, Kas., April 11. The
report that Carrie Nation was dead
yesterday Is untrue. She suffered a
relapse but death Is considered im
probable for possibly a week.
MAKE INVENTION
case where rings are used.
One well known local rider who
tried the saddle out today says it
makes tho easiest riding saddle he ev
er used and commented especlnlly on
the free swing of the stirrup leath
ers. There has been almost a steady
string of cowboys to the Hamley shop
since tho saddle with the new rig
ging was placed on exhibit and all
have agreed that It was a remarkable
Improvement and wondered why .It
rMtd not been thought of before.
It is to be cnlled tho "Never-break"
rigging, as that s one of the first at
tributes that every rider who has seen
It has applied to the contrivance.
A patent on the Invention is pend
ing and the Hamley compnny is ful
ly protected and stands to make a neat
little sum of money by reason of the
genius of two of its members.
MEN
MAJOR
OPEN TODAYi
Season of 1911 Bids Fair to be
the Most Prosperous Year
in History
NEW VOItK GIANTS A HE
PICKED AS WINNERS
Philadelphia is Touted to Win in tin;
American IxuiKiie The Chicago1
Cubs Once Favorites Are on the Ic- ;
dine Cincinnati and Philadelphia j
Will Show the -Most CIiuiikc or uny i
- of the Leading Teams Iluglicy
Jennings Says Detroit Is Going tot
Curry Off the Flag In the National
Like the t ubs Did Uist Year.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOD'V.
National League. r
Brooklyn at Boston.
Philadelphia at New V
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
St. Louis at Chicago.
American Ixmgue.
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at Washington. '
Chicago at Detroit. .
Cleveland at St. Louis.
New York, April 12. Six months
of undiluted Joy for the baseball fan,
in other words the 1911 baseball sea
son, opened today in both of the big
Icllgllt s.
Today begins what bids fair to be
the most propitious year the national
game has ever known. Baseball has
1 grown so tremendously big and Is
now conducted on such a comprehen-
fun will be a little better on the whole
than the preceding year. Knowledge
of this fact prompts President Lynch
of the National and President John
son of the American, to predict that
11)11 will set a new record in ut'nid
ancc. York u Favorite.
A symposium of views of thirty
It l.n...... ...li.KQ 1. UT
discussed ati."'" """ , "'""7 .. .
lengue low us jounti pinning tneir
faith t New York and only three in
Chicago. Of the three who picked
Chicago, two were Chicago scribe-.
Three also, touted Pittsburg for the
flag. In the American-league 29 of
these writers selected the Philadel
phia Athletics to repeat, while one
lone dopester looked to Detroit for
the winner.
It is easy enough to see why the
Athletics should be such a unanimous i
choice, for the team showed last sea
son that it is still coming, but It is
difficult to see why the Cubs should
run such a bad second to New Y'ork.
It is probably because the Giants !
madu such a strong finish and the(
Cubs went down to such inglorious
defeat before the Athletics ln the
world's title games.
The failure of the Cubs to repeat, 1
however, may be predicted as only i
one basis a fall-down on the on the
part of several of the old stars. The !
Chicago team that takes the field, to- I
day is practically the same team that I
won four of the last National league
flags. Manager Chance's combina
tion has proved unbeatable In the !
national league, so that the only way
It Is likely to lose this year will be j
for the hither airtight machine to
"blow" or for other teams to exhibit
unexpected strength. . .
Those who are pessimistic regard
ing Chicago, put the proposition this
way: There is more likelihood of
Chance's veteran team becoming
creaky than that the Giants, the Pi
rates or the Cincinnati Reds will not
strike a swift and deadly gait and
maintain it to the end.
Practically the same situation ob
tains in the amp of the Cubs. Man
ager Chance has added Pitchers
Toney and Grlffen and Outfielders
Doyle and Shean. but they will prob
ably be for emergencies and fall of
regular berths. Toney looks to be the
real goods and Chance is certain he
has uncovered another wonder like
"King" Cole. If Toney and Grlffen
make good, the oft-repeated cry that
Chance's pitching staff was cracking
mav be found unfounded. One thing
in the Cubs' favor Is the Improved
form this year of Big Red Reulliach,
who was out of the game the first
half of last year from an attack of
diphtheria. Reulbach Is now hurling
In his oldtlme form and Chance says
he expects to use him ln at least fifty
games, counting the pieces, this year.
Mathcwson Good A9 Ever.
The Giants are still another team
that takes the field Just as they left
It last year, with the bore possibility
that Becker may find a place In the
outfield at the last moment, in place
of Snodgrnss. The Giants got a mis
erable start last year, to which fact
Manager MeGraw attributes the loss
of the pennnnt. This year he counts
on a better beginning and has fortl-
(Continued on page eight)
SENDS LETTERS
TO SHEEPMEN
Secretary SmytheUrges Wool
growers to Protest Against
Change in Schtduh K
SAYS TARIFF REDUCTION
WILL It FIN THE INDUSTRY I
i
Frffe That Sheepmen Ik.. Prepared j
When the Tariff Commission Call
I K)ii Them to Finnish Data on Ex
act ExM-nse of Running: Their
Sliei-j) Should He Able .to Show
That Only a lair Profit is Made
Under Present Conditions One,
Thousand Ix-tters are to be Sent To
gether With Night Letter Blanks.
Dan P. Pmythe of this city secre- ;
tary of the Oregon Woolgrowers as
iatioii, is today sending letters land
. .;iit blanks to one thousand sheep-'
r.i' i 'hroughout the northwest, urg-
; in to telegraph Immediately to;
........ors Bourne and Chamberlain i
pi-testing against any change in tariff
.-cheduie K and asking that the ques-
tion of revising the wool tariff not be
considered until at least after the
tr.riff commission reports. He insists
that western woolgrowers appreciate
their r sponsibillty and are awake to
the realisation that any reduction In
this tariff will mean the utter ruin
the industry.
He urgi-s also that V.iv sheepmen
be prepared when the tariff commis
sion calls upon them within the next
few weeks to furnish data on the ex
act expense of running their sheep,
the amount of proceeds they receive
from the sale of sheep and wool,
showing t! at only a fair profit 's
made under present conditions.
Tlie Letter.
Following is a copy of the letter
which Is being sent broadcast:
Pendleton, Ore., April 7, 1911.
Dear Sir:4-The best authority from
Washington, D. C, including leaders
or. both sides of congress; concede
that no in wer on earth can prevent
the tleiiidi ratic house from reducing
!ae lanit in wool about 6c a pound.
1 in tin re i-. thank fortune, a general
'.' ellr.g that tlie I. S. senate Is not
hkvly to pnsj any lari;:' hill. The
taiii'f situation, however, seems to b?
!' Vic hands of live or six western
Insurgent senators. The western
sheepmen do not seem to have reallz- :
J that this tariff reduction will mean ;
the utter ruin of the industry. Very j
few letters have come in from west- i
em sheepmen and nothing seems to'
make them realize their responsible !
ny.
I am, therefore, enclosing you a ',
night letter blank and most urgently ,
request. that you wire to either Sen-:
ator Chamberlain or Bourne, or both
if you can, a vigorous protest against
any change ln Tariff Schedule K, and
that the question of revising the wool
tariff not be considered until at least
after the tariff commission reports. I
think we can safely take chances on
the tariff commission as we should
not fear the exact facts.
The cost of sending this night letter'
will be very small and you will ac-1
compllsh great good for the wool in- i
dustry and probably be the means of!
saving it from ruin. This telegram!
should be sent within the next two j
or three days or It will not do much i
good, as Schedule K will be the first
thing congress will consider; I urge
you again to give this your Immediate
attention und not put it in your pock- I
et or lay it to one side and forget
about it. This means that everyone
should do this and not a few, nnd you
by all means should send ln this tele
gram.
Please have your banks, commer
cial clubs, merchants and business
men write letters, to Senators Cham
berlain and Bourne, protesting against
any change in the wool tariff.
In a few weeks a tariff commission
will probably call on you for data on
the exact expense of running sheep
in the state of Oregon. It is request
ed that you be prepared to furnish
them with accurate data on cost of
running your sheep and the amount of
proceeds you receive from the sale
of sheep and wool, showing that only
at least a small profit Is made, under
present conditions. Please be care
ful nnd give the exact facts because
if the case is over-stated It will do
more harm than good. The sheep
men are entitled to a fair profit nnd
I Is not expected that they should
run nt n less. I believe we have noth
ing to fear ln presenting the true
facts of cur case, so be prepared to
give accurate data as to cost of pro
ducing kool and mutton. This Is the
most critical time ever known to the
industry nnd your support and action
is badly needed.
Verv truly yours.
DAN P. SMYTHE, Secretary.
Onn Drunk In Court.
J. Maybrny was tho only man to
come before Judge Fitz Gerald to
day. Tie pleaded guilty to the charge
of being drunk and was given a Jail
sentence of three nys.
LINDSEY SAYS "MAHY
BUREAU" A GOOD THING
Tacoma, April 12. Discussing Rep
resentative Barnhart's congressional
bill for a "baby bureau" In the de
partment of commerce and labor to
aid the upgrowth of children, Judge
Llndsey of Denver said today he
thought It a good thing. He said such
a bureau properly conducted could
do much good in seeing a race of
sturdy beings developed and much
abuse of children could be eradi
cated. TO ATTACK JUAREZ
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
FLEE TO AMERICAN SOIL
Banks and Custom Houses at Juarez
Have Transferred All Their Coin to
El Paso Mudcro Controls Rail
road. El Paso, April 12. Expecting an
attack of 2000 rebels under Madero,
the women and children are fleeing
from Juarez to the American soil. Last
night the banks and custom houses
transferred all the coin to El Paso,
while Navarro's force of 750 were
busily engaged in entrenching. Ma
dero Is at Casas Grandes. He con
trols the railroad and can take his
time to prepare an attack.
Madero Golnjy to Juarez.
El Paso, Texas.,. April 12. Furth
er indication that Francisco I. Madero
and his army of insurrectos are head
ed for Juarez,' or at least are com
ing north, is had in the fact that traf
fic on the Mexico Northwestern rail
road has been interrupted. Officials
of the railroad in Juarez decline to
slate whether th? insurectos have
merely stopped traffic or destroyed
brldees. They admit, however,- that
yesterday's northbound passenger
train, due here at 5:35 p. m., had not
left . Pearson, the southern terminus
of the line, and that no more freight
would be received for delivery a,t
points south of Juarez.
Dr. Newby, an American, was cap
tured by inurrecto.a in southwestern
Durango, according to a report from
Cplican and held for days, being
forced to treat the wounded men. al
though he had no instruments; then
vhrn some of them died from gan
rrcne ns a result of operations with
.' !' knives, he was threatened
with death on the charge of poison
ing the men. He was finally forced
to go t i Culincan to cash checks
which insurrectos had extorted from I
citizens, his wife being held as host
age until his return. He complained
to the governor of Sinaloa, according
to the statements from Culiacan but
got no assistance.
It is expected an attack will begin
at sundown.
TWENTY ONE DEAD
IN IROQUOIS WRECK
Vancouver, B. C, April 12. Twenty-one
are known to be dead as the
result of the Iroquois wreck. Three
more bodies were recovered last night.
Word from Ottawa today says that a
strict investigation will be held by
the government.
The Vancouver board of trade to
day forwarded a telegraphic demand
to the minister of marine at Ottawa
demanding that an investigation of
the marine laws and heir enforcement
on the Pacific oast as a result of the
Iroquois wreck.
IT
Harry Hart, catcher of unlicensed
dogs, today thinks the goddess For
tuna has dealt most unkindly with him
for he has lost almost nil of the fruits
of his labor by reason of certain
holes In the Fair pavlllion walls.
Entering tho city unannounced yes
terday he swooped down upon the rov
ing canines nnd by noon had corraled
thirty three of those animals in the
above mentioned pavilion. Yesterday
afternoon one of tlie imprisoned dogs
succeeded In finding a break ln the
walls nnd, signaling to his mates, led
tip5 way to freedom, and it was a
motely array of dogflesh that dash
ed down the street.
When Fart went back to his tem
porary pound late in tho afternoon,
he found but four of his fourlegged
prisoners remaining. Immediately he
set out upon the trail of the Jail
brenkers nnd by eight o'clock had
recaptured eight of them. Thereup
on he retired to bed but was awaken
ed about 9:30 by n series of Joyous
barks and yelps and, hurriedly dress
ing himself, he rushed to the pound
MANY
HOUSE EillS
RECIPROCITY
Democratic Members Decide
to Rush Consideration o
Canad'an Act
RIG MAJORITY FAVOR
PRESIDENT'S PLAX
In Caucus 120 Favors Measure With
2!) Voting Against It Caucus Will
Be Held Soon to Determine the At
titude; of .Majority on Revision of
Wool. Direct Election of Senatow
and Admission to Statehood of New
Mexico ami Arizona Underwood
Introduces Rill Emliodylng the Ca
nadian Reciprocity Today.
Washington, April 12. The deci
sion by the house democrats to rush
the consideration of the Canadian
reciprocity was announced today fol
lowing the caucus in which 129 voted
to favor Taft's plan, with 29 against
it. Following the reciprocity comes
the preparation of the blanket free
list which will generally embrace the
necessaries "of life. Another caucus
will be held soon to determine the at
titude of the majority on the revi
sion of the wool and cotton sched
ules, the direct election of senators
and the admission to statehood of
New Mexico and Arizona.
Rills Are Introduced.
Representative Underwood of Ala
bama, chairman of the ways and
means committee, toaay Introduced
bills embodying the Canadian deci
proeity and the arrangements and
free listing of the necessities of life.
The bills were refered to the way3
and means committee and they will
probably report for consideration
Friday.
Under the lumber paragraph on
the free list all kinds of lumber,
plain and finished, is included.
The democrats in the house also
decided that bills for the direct elec
tion of senators and the joint ratifi
cation of resolutions for the admission
of New Mexico and Arizona shall be
lushed into the house tomorrow and
pushed through.
Rebels Burn Bridges.
Negaies, Ariz., April 12. Thre
bridges on the Nace branch of the
Cananea Yaqui River Pacific railroad
were burned last night by rebel scout
ing parties according to today's ad
vices. The bridges are located be
tween Del Rio and the Junction with
the Cananea line just over the border.
BFSII TO BE PRESIDENT
OF MJSSOFRI PACIFIC
New York, April 12. B. F. Bush,
president of the Western Maryland
railroad, it is learned from an offi
cial source, Is to be elected president
of the Missouri Pacific next week to
succeed George Gould. The election
will occur at a special meeting of
the executive committee.
Indignation at San Diego.
San Diego, April 12. Much Indig
nation was caused here today by the
fact that nothing but much corres
pondence has been done toward the
release of American women and chil
dren held by the Insurrectos at Almo
since the capture of the town a few
weeks ago. Mexican authorities
won't attack the town and are using
the starvation system to compel the
insurrectos to leave. This policy is
also starving the Americans.
only to discover there had been an
other wholesale delivery.
Sadly he returned to bed but was
up early this morning and soon had
nine more untagged brutes in the
toils. By noon two of these had gain
ed their liberty and the redoubtable
dog catcher was almost in despair.
"I have caught half a hundred dogs"
he said, "and have only 14 left. It's
a cose of 'to have and to hold." Many
of those which escaped I shall never
see again for they have owners who
will keep them carefully concealed
until I leave the city. But I'll get ti
few of 'em yet."
Hart is exhibiting a badly scratch
ed face and hand this morning ns a
result of an encounter with another
little Spitz. Also he reports recelvln
another "cussing" tills morning from
a woman, after he had received the
consent of the man of the house to
take the dog away. He says the lady
had not been up long and was very
scantily attired, and that he Judged
from the nature of her 'remarks that
she had got up on the wrong side of
the bed.
T