SIreep And Cattle
War Renewed in
North Colorado
Bitter Feud Resumed Between
Cattle and Sheep Men
Rancher Slain, Sheep
Slaughtered.
By NEIL W. KIMBALL.
Hperlal Corrennonilcnt mt the International
' Service. '
Craig. Colo., ' March 20. One
man is dead, six have been indicted
in connection with sheep killings,
several hundred sheep have been
slaughtered, the torch has been ap
plied to dozens of cattle pens and
cattle and sheepmen have again been
livideJ. into two hostile camps as a
result of the renewal of the sheep
and cat'.le war in northwestern .Colo
rado and eastern Utah.
The armed truce that existed be
tween the two opposing stock rais
ing interests for the last 25 years
followinir the establishment ot a
"dead line" over which neither side
had dared 'step, has broken into open
warfare that county, state and even
federal officials are experiencing
much (Itfhculty in coping with.
Renewal of Bloodshed.
Cattlemen say that the sheep in
terests have been responsible forthc
renewal of bloodshed and conditions
bordering on rural anarchy, while
the sheep raisers blame the cattle
men, charging the latter with taking
advantage of abnormal conditions re
, suiting from the world war to break
the unwritten contract that only
sheep should graze on the Utah side
of the imaginary "dead line."
'During the world war Utah ranch
ers made strenuous efforts to in
crease production, and lack of rail
road facilities kit them with a sur
plus of forage crops. To dispose of
this surplus they made ! contracts
with the cattlemen to feed their stock
in what has been forbidden territory.
The cattlemen have taken advantage
of this; situation to put cattle on the
sheep range, it is claimed.
Utah sheepmen have openly stated
that they would force the cattlemen
to open all the free range in north
western Colorado to stock of all
kinds.
Three times within the past year they
have endeavored to insert an enter
ing wedge by throwing solid bands of
sheep across the boundary line into
Colorado.
On, the first occasion seven masked
men rode into the sheep camp of
Snellen Johnson, or Vernal, between
Skull Creek and Red Wash, in south-
ers bound the sheepherders and
clubbed 350 head of ewes and lambs
to death.
Some time later the sheepmen
again put their stock on the range
in the same vicinity. For a month
they were not molested, but then one
night another masked party opened
fire on the herders from, the dark
ness. John Durncll of Craig, in
charsre of the heep camp, was killed i
by a high-powered rifle bullet. Part
of the sheep were killed and the re
mainder; , were scattered on the
range to become the victims of
predatory animals.
. Sheriff Sam Mosier and Coroner
J. G. Clayton investigated the kill
ing of Durnell. Their attempts to
secure evidence, however, was
blocked. The sheepmen at the scene
of the shooting were apparently re
luctant to have the affair handled by
the authorities. J. E. Price, father-in-law
of the dead herder, testified
that 11 men were in the party that
attacked the camp, but he declined
to identify any of the raiders. It
was openly stated by many residents-
of western Moffat - county
that Price, suppressed the names of
several prominent cattle raisers
through fear.
""' Men Arrested.
The federal grand jury, sitting at
Pueblo, returned indictments against
six well-known Moffat and Rio
jBlanco county cattlemen in con
nection with sheep killings. They
were arrested, but quickly gavje
bond.
In January three men were ar
rested on a charge of Horse stealing
preferred by John W. Spencer of
Willow Creek. They were acquitted
alter r, trial in this city. Charles
Mantle, one of the men acquitted,
who runs cattle close to the Utah
line, charged that the arrest was a
"frame-up" by Jensen, Utah, men
who were trying to "run him ovt
of the country." Mantle declared
that he had been warned that v it
would "be, healthy for him" to leave
the country.
Recently reports came from the
Blue mountain section 'of Moffat
county, where former depredations
have been committed, that sheepmen
on the line and started to push them
onto the cattle range. The sheep
camp was visited by two armed men,
disguised with long white beards, and
the sheepherders ordered back into
.Utah immediately.
Desultory outbreaks between the
warring sheep and cattlemen are oc
curring almost weekly, and authori
ties are making every effort to con
trol the situation before further cas
ualties result
Twenty-five years ago all of north
western Colorado was in a continual
state of warfare over sheep and cat
tle. A score of stockraisers were
killed in pistol and gun duals over
the "rights" of the two animals. At
that time the territory which is now
Moffat county openly favored the
cattlemen. When reported that a
large band of 30 gunmen, hired by
the- sheep interests, were coming
into Moffat county, practically every
able-bodied man in Craig seized a
rifle and1 met the invaders on the
Iron Springs divide.- The attackers
were taken by surprise and surren
dered. A conference was held and
the famous "deadline established.
Colorado was to be cattle territory,
exclusively, it was decided.
For a quarter of a century this
truce had been observed, except for
minor outbreaks, whetj violation ol
the pact resulted in tie burning of
ing of sheep.
In the spring of 1920. however, a
large flock of sheep was turned onto
the range near MayhelL Colo. De
spite the vigorous protests of cattle
men against this so-called "sheep in
vasion." no action was taken at the
time and the outbreak of sheep kill
ing, pen burning and murder fol
lowed .within a few months.
Selling Whisky by
Wireless Is Latest
WrinkU in Chicago
Chlcat Tribune-Omaha rue UmmI Wire.
was a "flash" by wire and wireless,
our now at appears to be a tiask.
Radio fvnerta hecian kearrh (fir a
bootlegger that had been selling
hootch Djr wireless.
An amateur radio operator is re
sponsible for the tip. He picked up
a conversation last night, in which
certain operators were being bawled
out tor not delivering a shipment ot
whisky to Mike Costello.
"If you don't deliver ft by Thurs
day, there'll be no pay," wts the final
warning.
Costello operates a place in May-
wnrtrl and th nmhihitinm ifflriata
have had him under suspicion for
some tune. All the amateur radio
stations in the city are listed and
hereafter an expert operator em
ployed by the government will
"listen in" to catch booze orders by
wireless.
Woman Named
In Stillman Case
Fully Identified
Mother of "Mrs. Leeds'
Acknowledges Daughter
Recovers Old Diary to
Avert Publicity.
(Iiieuro rrlbuni'-Omciha lit Leased W Ire.
New York, March 20. "Mrs.
Florence Leeds," a one time musi
cal show "Chicken" anf "playing
card' girl," whbse name is connected
with James A. Stilman in his divorce
case against Mrs. "Fifi" Stillman,
a year ago nook precautions against
publicity.
She and "Mr. Leeds," now identi
fied as Mr. Stillman, multi-million-air
president of the National City
bank, called o one of herschool
day chums 'in the vicinity of her
tenement home of former days and
got a diary she had written.
The diary,' according to the young
woman, had nothing in it, however;
it was kid talk.
But .all doubt about the identify
of "Mrs. Leeds" as Florence Law
ler was removed this evening. Mrs.
James Lawler, at the tenement home
admitted that Mrs. Leeds is her
daughter.
Ever eince "Mrs, Leeds" and her
babv. Tav Leeds. 30 months old,
were brought into the case by Mrs.
Stilman s counsel m preparing her
defense. Mrs. Lawler, wife of a
plumber ,had denied that she ever
had a daughter on the stage.
Whereabout! Not Known.
Neighbors, trades folk and chauf
feurs for "Mrs. Leeds," however,
contradicted the Lawlers.
"Now. for heavens sake, let me
alone," Mrs. Lawler told reporters.
She refused to discuss her daughter a
life in any way. '
Whereabouts of Mrs. Leeds ana
the baby, Jay, are not yet known
in New York, Last word , came
from Miami, Fla., where it was re
ported she, and he youngster were
living in seclusion.
While Mrs. Stillman's counsel has
received many "tips" similar to the
one linking Mr. Stillman and the
"Mrs. Leeds," another report brings
a stenographer into the case. She
is said to have been employed at the
National City bank, of which Mf.
Stillman is president, and was once
in his offices. Her story, it is said,
has to do, with Mr. Stillman's ac
tivities outside banking hours. She
was with the bank until last fall
and was discharged, it is said, over
the activities of an investigator
working in the interests of Mrs.
Stillman.
Many Developments.
The first stories related only the
details ot Mrs. Stillman's charges.
Mrs. Stillman's alleged romance with
Fred Beauvais, the Canadian guide
at the Stillman summer camp at
Three Rivers, Quebec,, was featured.
Then it developed that Guy Still
man, 28 years old, was codefendant
that Mr. Stillman sought to prove
that Guy was the son of Beauvais
and Mrs. Stillman.
But in the last few days, with
the cloak of secrecy being removed
and Mrs. Stillman s counsel plan
ning an "aggressive defense" pub
licity has centered about "Mrs.
Leeds" and "Mr. Leeds" and his
identification by former chauffeurs
and servants as none other than Mr.
Stillman. v 1
A Close friend of Mrs. Stillman
tonight, discussing the disclosures of
"Mrs. Leeds" and the identification
of "Mr. Leeds" as Mr. Stillman, ex
plained the rush of friends and ser
vants to her defense.
"I have read much in the news
paper about the vivacity, charm and
beauty of Mrs. Stillman when she
was -a debutante. She appeared to
be destined for a public career, but,
strange as it may seem, Mrs. Still
man is what is known as a home
woman.
"It is true that the case has
brought in many of the servants in
ie Stillman home who came for
ward on their own accord and . of
fered to testify for her.
"Tin's was due to the fact that
Mrs. Stillman, when any of the ser
vants became ill, took a personal in
terest in the case. , She has sat
through several vigils in hospitals,
where servants had been taken She
really is a simple, unaffected, home
loving woman, and she is a devoted
mother,' whose love for her children
is paramount. She is disregarding
alt of her interests nov If it were
not for the children, she would not
have. contested the action of her hus
band by counter attack. She has
known for long that his affections
have been turned from her.
Woman Jailed, Daughter
Hurt as Train Hits Auto
Pueblo, Colo.. March 20. Mrs.
James Sharpnack of Fowler, Colo
was killed and her daughter. Hazel,
badly injured when their automobile
was hit by a Colorado and Southern
train at a crossing a few miles east
of this city.
The women were on their way to
Clovis, N. M.. in a new car they had
just purchased.
South Side Brevities
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! Criminals Have
Lost Terror of
Electric Chair
Life a Cheap Gainhle With
Odds All in Favor of
Slayer, Says Sing Sing
Warden. '
By THOMAS WRIGLEY.
International N.we Borvice Staff Corres
pondent. Ossining, March 20. -One hun
dred and eighty have gone the way
of "the chair" in Sing Sing prison.
Last year 17 walked, the1 march to
death through the "little green
door." In the first two months of
this year three more have paid the
extreme penalty, and March was
ushered in with another electrocu
tion. With the announcement of these
figures, given in an interview to the
International News service recently,
Warden Lewis E. Lawes stated that
fear of electrocution no longer ex
ists in the criminal mind.
"Electrocution as at present car
ried out does not keep down the
number of murders," he said in dis
cussing the recent crime wave which
has swept the country and has been
attended by many wanton killings.
i he list of murders Has grown ap
pallingly all over the country. Most
of them have been committed, nof
for some great or fancied wrong, but
in connection with hold-ups and ;
petty robberies, the taking of life lit
erally for a song. Warden Lawes
stated that possibly this is due to
an after the war condition. Certain
it. is that life is held cheaply now
and to many of criminal instincts life
is a cheap gamble and the electric
chair is no longer a spectre to deter
them from capital crimes.
Odds With Murder. '
A. nv. i v o 1 1 nun int. .inuivt-
crer in this gamble," said Warden
Lawes. The percentage of those
actually executed is so small com
pared to the number of murders
comjnitted that capital punishment
tails as a deterrent. - .
"Here is another astounding fact.
said Warden Lawes. "The majority
of men who now occupy the death
house have not been previously
confined; in Prison. Life, indeed.
has betome a cheat) sramble.
in tact there now exists a spirit
of bravado such as never before has
been manifest. A typical instance
of this was shown not so long ago
when five condemned men were put
to death at Smg iing in a space of
little over an hour, passing one after
the other into the death chamber.
New Spirit of Bravado.
".Give her the aras turn on the
juice," said one of the men as he
was strapped into the chair.
At sing 5inar where all electrocu
tions for New York state are now
carried out, the toll of lives in ex
acting the extreme penalty is higher
than in any other prison in the coun
try because of the large state popu
lation. But in many of the 30 states
which have, capital punishment the
stout oaken chair with its electrodes
and straps has worked overtime in
recent months. And in all of them
electrocutions are carried out in
practically -the same manner."
No "New Improvements."
Science has made wonderful prog
ress in recent vears in nroloneincr
me,- new scrums ana anti-toxins have
! S - . .. ' .
been discovered and surgery has ad
vanced to a marked degree, but the
method of taking life remains the
same. i
"Electrocution was introduced In
this state nearly 30 years ago," said
Warden Lawes, "but the chair today
is tne same as it has always been.
Except for the amount of current
used and the length of the contact,
there has ben no change. In former
years 1,500 volts were used. To
day 2,000 volts are used and better
results are obtained." .
Asked as to whether he did not
think that in time science will bring
torth some radically new and differ
ent method of carrying out the man
date of capital punishment. Warden
Lawes replied that he did not be
lieve any change would be made. "If
capital punishment is necessary, he
said, electrocution is both effective
and humane as to method. .
"All prisons using practically the
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same methods. From the time the
contact is given until pronounced
dead by the physician, the average is
eight minutes. The first contact is
for a period of one minute and IS
seconds. The second is usually for
five seconds. From the time the first
contact is applied the man is entirely
unconscious. Care is taken to pre
vent burning and defacement, else
the execution could be accomplished
more quickly.
"Let me say, however," said War
den Lawes, "that to those in charge
of carrying out the mandate of cap
ital punishment it is indeed a most
disagreeable duty. To those who
must enforce the law it is one topic
usually avoided. (
"I believe that in time capital pun
ishment will be abolished." v
Consumption of Meat
Shows Drop for 1920
Washington, March 20. Ameri
cans ate 10 pounds less meat per
capita last year than during" 1918,
but 11 pounds more than during the
first war year, according to figures
made public by the department of
agriculture. The consumption . of
meat and lard combined last year
was 154.3 pounds per capita.
Less meat was produced, less ex
ported and less consumed in 1920
than in either of the two preceding
years, the announcement said. Beef
consumption has fallen from 78
pounds 10 years ago to not quite
56 1-2 pounds per head of population
last year. Veal was said to be gain
ing steadily in favor, and calves mar
keted last year were more than
double that of six years previous.
Secretary Fall Approves
Colorado Irrigation Plan
'Washington. March 20. Secretary
Fall approved the Orchard Mesa
irrigation project in Colorado to
irrigate 10,000 acres, mostly in
Iruit trees,, as a unit of the $5,000,000
grand valley project. .
The
Britisli M. P. Says
He Cannot Live
On His Salary
Members of Parliament Get
$1,600 a YearOne De
clares He Has to Get
Along on $14 a Week.
London, March 20. Interesting
evidence on how inadequate the av
erage member of Parliament's salary
is if he is without a private income
was put before the select committee
set up to inquire' into members' ex
penses by Mr. Dan Irving, M, P., for
Burnley.
"I reckon," said Mr. Irving, "that
on an average I spend in London,
after allowing for the time that 1
am away, $14 a week, which includes
postage, street car fares, food in the
house and a single room in which to
live.
Mr, Irving said the $1,600 salary is
now his only regular v income. He
had to give up his regular occupa
tion when he became an M. P.
Out of this he pays $420 a year for
his third class railroad fare.
Keeps Two Houses.,
He has to keep two homes, one in
Burnley, 'where his family live, and
the other in Loudon, where he him
self resides. . '
"To keep up these two homes," he
said, "with my railroad fare brings
my expenses up to $1,400 not a cent
for clothing, either for myself or my
wife. One does not really live on
the $1,600 a year; I cannot do it.
"The only possible way that I
could do it at all would be to aban
don going home, except at the end
of the session, and to give up my
railroad pass.
"I have to devote time, attention
and study to other methods of in
V
This is the
Today. March 21st, is the first day of
Spring the day that everybody has agreed
upon as the time when "business will open
up." Business is here. It starts from now.
It should be greater every day.
Industry is awjJcenirig. On all sides you
see the evidences of this. In jevery news
paper you read of resumption jof work.
Back to normal! It is a cheering thought
Employer, employee, dealer and customer are
glad of it I
Out in the country the crops are being
put in as of old. Mother Nature never takes
a vacation. She is swinging into her spring,
work, making the seeds sprout and the crops
grow. The food of the world is going to be
produced. The foundation of all prosperity
exists as it always did
Business is here. It is ready at your hand.
It is not something to be waited for, not
something to be wished for. It is.
The first day of spring is a splendid start
ing point Winter, with all its handicaps
and disappointments, is behind, and can be
forgotten. Ahead of us all are days that grow
better and better, days when work will
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creasing my income; otherwise I
could not possibly live.
; Feels Humiliation.
"I feel," went on Mr. Irving,
"sometimes a little sense of humilia
tion in mixing with my fellows, when
I have to scan every item which I
am called upon to spend when in
company with other men of reason
able means, a sense of humiliation,
because I appear to be mean when
other men are. I do not say ex
travagant, but able to act different
ly." All throughout the war he had
been sitting on public bodies "rais
ing everyone's wages except my
own," he complained, "and . T no
sooner escape from that and come
here than I am faced with the same
situation myself."
After some deliberation the com
mittee recommended: '
No change in M. P.'s salaries, but
that no income tax sluuld be charged
on the salary. 1
That . M. P.'s should have free
first-class railroad passes between
London and their constituencies
but not their homes.
Free postage on parliamentary let
ters. National Balloon Race
To Go to Birmingham
New York, March 20. The Aero
Club of America announced that
it had awarded the 1921 National
balloon race to Birmingham. Ala..
and that the start ould be maie
May 21. Trophies will be announced
later.
From the winners will be selected
a team to go to Belgium to compete
ior me uoraon uenneti international
Balloon cup.
1 Amonar the nrosneelive entr-nitf
are Lieut Louis A. Kloor, pilot of
the American naval balloon which
made its spectacular flight into Hud
son Bay territory last winter; Bern
ard Von Hoffman, H. E. Honeywell,
J. S. McKibben and Tohn Berry of
St. Louis; Roy Donaldson, Spring
field, 111., and Ralph Upson, New
York. In addition, three United
States army and navy teams will bs
entered.'
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First Day of Spring
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SHVERTOWN CORD AND FABRIC , FOR PASSENGER CARS
DE LUXE SOLID AND CORD FOR MOTOR TRUCKS
FABRIC AND CORD FOR MOTORCYCLES AND BICYCLES
U. S. Must Raise
$17,000,000,000
Within 3 Years
Huge Sum Must Be Provided
To Meet Running Expenses
. And Refunding Opera
tions, Weeks Says.
Pittsburgh, March 20. Something
like $17,000,000,000 must be provided
by the federal government within
30 months to meet its running ex
peases and refunding operations,
Secretary Week declared.
"This," he said, "is a greater task
than was ever undertaken by any
nation in time of peace and there is
no one who docs not view thepros-
pect with more or less alarm. .
i lie secretary di.scussea economy
in government operations, recogni
tion of federal activities in Wash
ington, txation and the tariff. He
urged repeal of the excess profits
tax, declaring that with falling prices
it was not an effective tax. He said
there were innumerable instances
where concerns which made large
profits in 1919, paying a tax on these
profits, lost so much during 1920,
that on January 1, 1921, their re
sources were less than January 1,
1919. i
Mr. Weeks said that the country
had reached a point where it must
make a radical change in its tariff
system. New problems associated
with rates of exchange, made the
tariff a more complicated question,
he said, adding that it would seem
to him that the amount of revenue
which should be produced from im
portations would be between $500,
000,000 and $600,000,000.
In a French factory turbines are
driven by water from a reservoir on
a mountain 600 feet above it.
a IMi .mjii, .ViHHiial'l li. . s i . 1
count more and more, when mutual under
standing and helpfulness will bring their
lasting benefits. The roads are getting better,
the shops are showing the new things,
people are putting money into circulation.
Your dollar, paid out for a necessity, does
not stop working. It keeps going on and on
increasing the volume of business.
"Good times" are coming back with the -sunshine
and the flowers, with the hum
ming of machinery and the song of the
whistles. The hour for moping and com- ,
plaining has gone; the time for hustling and
prospering is with us.
In the automotive industry the news is
encouraging. Passenger car and truck manu
facturers are welcoming the first day of
spring with increased activities to satisfy
the coming demand. . . ,
And here in the Goodrich plant the open
ing of spring finds us ready to serve our old
and new customers through the Goodrich ;
dealers in the efficient manner that has char
acterized our organization for fifty years.
It is the first day of spring the dawn ,
of the good business era for us alL
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Omaha' Saturday.
Two companies under Battalioil
Chief Cogan, answering an F.asl
Omaha alarm, found prairie grass-on
Fast Locust street Mating , merrily:
The nearest hydrant was 2,200 t'etl
way, '
The only damage done vas to tn
up the East Omaha street car line
for a short period, as hose was laid
across the track. The fire was a
short distance east of the point where
the Carter Lake car line, which runs
east on Locust, turns toward the
north. .
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