Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-02-25
WARNS u. S. OFFICERS TO
REFRAIN FROM RAIDS
IN IRON COUNTY
C0NF|SCATE WINES
NINE BARRELS or ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE TAKEN FROM BASE
MENT OF PRIESTS HOUSE.
STATES ATTORNEY TO USE 100
PICKED MEN AGAINST DIAL
RYMPLE AIDS.
By the Associated Press }

Iron River Mich. Feb 25.-W Warn
ing that he was prepared 10 arree'
every United States prohibition agen'
in the county was issued today bT
States Attorney McUonoueh in the
Iron County prohibition dispute H.
told newspaper men he had arranged
Tor 100 picked men to carry our hlD
orders and that warrant had been
issued for Major Dalrymple. federal
prohibition director. VINO arrived he."
last night 10 press the raid.
McDonough called on Dalrymplp to
tell him that if any attempt was made
10 arrest anyone in thu county or rad
private houses the arrests would b"
made Immediately Earlier in the dat
The wine taken from the federal au-
ihorilies last week was found and de
stroyed. Nine barrels We're found in
1he cellar OF a priests house, where il
was taken for safe keeping. The bar
fels were rolled into the streets b.
federal agents and the contents emf
Tied in the cutters
Washington Feb. 25.--A complete
investigation OF the prohibition con.
troversy in Iron county, Michigan.
will he made by the bureau Of inter
nal revenue. Commissioner Roper AN
nounced today. Deputy commission
erS will leave tonight for the scene to
take up the matter with the author
tiles there.
MIR. Roper said that the importance
of this visit should not be eXaggcrat-
sible to get the conflicting authorities
together and iron ont the tangle with
out serious consequences.
To Cooperate With United States.
Lansing Mich. Feb. % AltEaugh
state officials here today continued to
minimize the seriousness OF affairs in
Iron County, Michigan. where federal
agents charge couny officials Win
obStructing enforcement of the p.ohi
bitiOn law, the various state depart
ments were prepared to co.operat
with federal officers
Acting Governor Luren y. DiCkin-
son declared he was ready to taxi
whatever legal action was necessar,.
upon recelp. Of proper complaint
and Major Roy e. NandercoOk, com
mander OF the state constdbulury. h2
placed the entire upper Michigan fore"
at the service of the prohibition Of
ficers, but with the reservation that
the operations shall be entirely Il. tloI
discretion of Lieut.. A. A. Down. com.
mander of the upper peninsula troop.
erS.
Louisville. Ky, Feb 2J.--New rec
ordS for rapidity in procedure in the
United States court here were created
yesterday when the Kentucky Distil-
leries and Warehouse Company laia
before Judge Walter Evans "a petition
alleging the eighteenth amendment TO
the constitution was unconstitutional
had the petition dismissed and an an
peal certified to the Supreme Court Of
the United States, all within fifteen
minutes
The suit will be docketei immc
diately in the Supreme Cour and
motion made TO advance il so that It
may be argued at the time similar
suit instituted in Rhode Island isI
heard
Brewers Still Fighting.
Atlantic City, y. j., Feb. 25.--Brew
ers of the United States will use
every legal and constitutional mean
to keep that liberty and that property
that is guar an eed TO us by tn consti- !
tuition Christian w. FcigenSpan dc. |
Clared today at the United state |
brewers conference of which he l.
president.
Counting the nonrattying states, |
those which have not voted for s.ate
prohibition and those which have
voted against federal or state consti. |
tutiOnal prohibition in recent years,
he said, we have twenty-five. or more |
than majority of the whole number. f,
There are tWenty-one referendum |
states, fifteen of which are not in |
clnded in the foregoing. In thes"
states the people have reserved to
themselves the power to approve or
reject at the polls any act of the leg. |
1slature. They must. therefore, ba |
counted as states which have not rat |
iiied
Adding these states 10 the twenty !
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