The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-26
MAJOR DALRYMPLE
LEAVES IRON RIVER

FIRE EATING PROHIBITION DI.
RECTOR RECALLED TO WASH
INGTON TODAY
CHICAGO.-(By A. P.)-Federal
prohibition Director Dalrymple re-
turned with his aides from Iron
River, Michigan, today. He brought
samples of confiscated wine which
Dalrymple declares will be used in
the prosecution of various Iron coun-
ty persons.
State Officers Call Bluff.
IRON RIVER, Mich, Wednesday
Night Thirty-five federal agents
and members of the Michigan state
constabulary, who arrived here last
night under Maj. A. V. Dalrymple,
prohibition director for the central
states to "clean up" Iron county, to-
night were returning to their homes,
while Major Dalrymple was bound
for Washington to confer with Prohi-
bition Commissioner John Kramer.
Major Dalrymple, who led the
armed expedition with the avowed
purpose of arresting county and vii
1age officers on charges of con-
spiracy to obstruct enforcement of
prohibition, was called off by Mr..
Kramer and ordered to meet the
opposing sides and seek comprom-
ise. without legal action.
The worsting of federal agents in
the first clash with state officers in
enforcing the eighteenth constitu-
tional amendment has given a serious
blow to the enforcement of the dry
law, Major Dalrymple declared be-
fore he left for Washington.
Martin S. McDonough, prosecuting
attorney of Iron County and leAder Of
the county authorities, received a
telegram. today from District Attor-
ney M. H. Walker at Grand Rapids,
advising him to take no action until
the district attorney could come here
to investigate the case.
Mr.. McDonough had obtained a
warrant for the arrest of Major Dali
rymple, charging him with malicious
1ible, and had planned to have it
served when the train bringing the
federal men arrived last night.
A telephone message from Crystal
Falls, fifteen miles away, however,
notified McDonough that Major Dal-
rymple, in anticipation of trouble,
had issued so rounds of ammunition
to each man in his party. The pros
ecutor then advised Iron county clti-
zens to 90 home and avert demon
stration that would provoke open
hostilities.
Today Mr.. McDonough waited up
on Major Dalrymple at the hotel
where the latter was staying, and
warned him that if he carried out his
announced plan and arrested any one
in Iron county without warrant, or
searched any private home for liquor,
the county officers would arrest
every man in your party and put
them in jail
ssReports that / took the IL bar
rels of wine from Leo j. Grove, fed
eral prohibition supervisor for north
ern Michigan, and the state police
and returned it to the Italians from
whom it was taken, are absolutely
false" McDonough declared today
II confiscated this wine when
found it in the possession of Grove.
I placed my own men in charge of it
and put the barrels in safeplace y"
Major Dalrymple found nine bar
rels of the wine in the basement of
the home of the parish priest today
and DESTROYED. the liquor after taking
samples from each barrel for evi-
dence.
McDonough explained that the
basement of the parish house was the
only one in Iron River with secure
lock and therefore was borrowed as
a storage place for the wine.
III @1o5c yiy1r
the liquor, which he needed for evi-
dence, was ridiculous, McDonough
declared. "It gave the major fine
opportunity to pose before the movie
cameras while he knocked in the
barrel heads. But that is the only
thing see he gained by the per-
formance."
Iron River miners worked far into
the night tonight at their usual oc-
cupation. The "ore," however, was
liquor buried two days ago when
word of Major Dalrymple's con-
templated EARNED invasion" reached
here
eve took our supplies out in the
woods and buried them," citizens
admitted today.
Iron River was quiet tonight after
one of the moste hectic days in it's
history. The federal officers left for
Chicago, but few persons were at the
station to see them off.
Major Dalrymple denied that he in |
tended to resign unless the support |
he had asked for was forthcoming.
MOSCOW MAY GET BANKERS
CONVENTION NEXT JUNE