Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-02-27
MICHIGAN HAS
WHISKY REVOLT
Thousand Stills Are Running;
Government May Send Fed
eraI Troops.
COUNTY IN OPEN REBELLION
Major DaIrympIe, Prohibition Director
for Central West, Says States At
torney Defies United States
Officers.

Chicago, Feb. 23.-Attorney General
Palmer conferred with Maj. A. L. Dali
rymple, federal prohibition director
for the central states here last night
over the ACCESSIBILITY of sending fed
eral troops into the peninsular country
of northern Michigan to enforce pro-
hibition
Earlier in the afternoon the prohibit
tion director had asked Washington
over the long distance telephone for
the arrest of the states attorney of
Iron county, two police officials, five
deputy sheriffs and three other men.
In his plea Major Dalrymple stated
the county to be in "open revolt
against federal authority. Upon. is
suance of the warrants an armed ex-
petition of dry agents will invade the
peninsular country, and should this
force prove insufficient to carry out
the laws it was understood call may
be made for troops.
1000 Stills Are Reported.
Leo J. Grove, supervising prohibit
ton agent for northern Michigan,
came to Chicago with the following
story:
There had been much bootlegging
in Iron county. More than 1000 stills
are said to be operating unmolested by
officials in the district
On February 10 last he, assisted by
Lieut.. r. G. Strope and Troopers Mas
tiers and Kind of the state constabu-
larry. seized II barrels of homemade
wine of an alcoholic content of from
10 to IA per cent.
They also took into custody the
makers Of the wine, three brothers,
John, Peter and Steven Scolcucci,
wealthy residents of Virgil Location, a
mining property near Iron River.
Take Liquor From U. S. Men.
Il am told" said Major Dalrymple,
that the wine and large quantity
of raisin mash was in the possession
of federal officials and in the process
of transportation when the states at
torney, with two police officials and
five deputy sheriffs, came and forcibly
took it away and removed it.
1.-THE penalty for this act is from
two to ten years in the federal peni-
tertiary, as this was in the hands Of
the federal officials and evidence for a
criminal case
"This states attorney, Martin Nc
DonOugh of Iron River, further In
structed the Italians that If the agents
ne tho fodorol r-oyorupoav,% ,,v1dor+colz
to recover the wine that they, the de-
PENDANTS, should open fire on them and
that he would be responsible
"McDOnough on numerous occasions
has stated that the making of wine
and beer of from Az to 5 per cent
alcoholic content is not violation Of
federal laws.
U. S. Warrants Held Up.
HE has further said that violators
need not fear because the district at
torney at Grand Rapids would not
prosecute nor issue warrants.
ut is a fact that the district attor-
ney at Grand Rapids had issued an or
der that no United States commission
er in his district shall issue warrant
until facts are submitted to him and
he passes on them.
ut requires from five to fifteen days
to get communications from northern
Michigan to Grand Rapids and return.
This order in effect means no criminal
could be brought to justice if he cared
to escape or destroy his evidence.
IAN attempt on the part of the dis
trict attorney at Grand Rapids to force
us to try our cases in the state courts
of northern Michigan means we will
never be able to secure convictions"