Arizona republican., 1920-02-26
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IRON RIVER, Mich, Feb. 25. - Major Dalrymple, who led the armed expedition to Iron River in the heart of the upper peninsula iron belt, with the avowed purpose of arresteing county and village officers on charges of con spiracy to obstruct the enforcement of the prohibition law, was called off by MT. Kremer and ordered to meet the opposing sides and seek a compromise without legal action
 Consular Defeat Serious Blow
 The worSting of federal agents in the first clash with state officers iu the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment to the constitution has given a serious blow to the enforce ment of the dry law, Major Dadrymple declared before he left for Washington.
 Martin $. McDonough, prOscuting att torney for Iron county and leader of the county authorities, who Major Dal- rymple declared were in '.open revolt' against the United States, received a telegram today from District Attorney M. H. Walker at Grand Rapids, adN5s- ing him to take no action until the dis trict attorney could come here to in vestigate the case.
 MT. McDonough had obtained q war rant for the arrest of Major Dalrymple charging him with malicious libel, and had planned to have II served when the train bringing the federal men arrived last night.
 Planned "ArmeG InterVention'
 A telephone message from Crystal Falls, 15 miles away, however, notified McDonough that Major Dalrymple. ln anticipation of trouble, had issued 50 rounds of ammunition to each man su his party, The prosecutor then advised Iron River citizens 70 go home and avoid any demonstration tnaC might provoke open hostilities.
 Today MT. McDonough waited upon Major Dalrymple at the hotel, whcSl the latter was staying and warned him that if he carried out his announced plan and arrested anyone in Iron any private home for liquor, the county officers would arrest every man m your party and put them in iaii-'
 The prohibition director already had received orders from Kramer at Wash ington, calling off the armed interveu- ton" and as a result no arrests wera made.
 Reports that I took the II barrels of wine from Leo J. Grove. federal prohibition director for northern AIicIli- gan, and the state police and returned it to the Italians from who it was taken, are absolutely false" NcDon- ough declared today. T confiscateI this wine when I found it in the pose session of Grove I placed my own men in charge. of it and put the bar rels in a safe place.
 Major Dalrypmle found nine barrels of the wine in the basement of the home of the parish priest today. and destroyed the liquor, after taking sam ples from each barrel for evidence. McDonough explained that the base ment of the parish house was the only one in Iron River with secure lock, and therefore was borrowed as storage place for the wine
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 ''DaIrymple's action in destroying the liquor which he needed for evi- dence was ridiculous" McDonough declared. Tt gave the major fine opportunity to pose before the movie cameras swhile he knocked in the barrel heads. Est that is the only thing I see he gained by the per- formance.'
 Major Dalrynple, in a statement tonight, declared he was enforcing the law in accordance with the direc- tions of his chief and of Attorney General Palmer, and that failure of Washington officials to back him uD was a serious blow to the prohibition agents in his district. .'Prompt and vigorous measures were necessary to show these men that the law must be obeyed,'' he said. 'I failed to receive the cooperation I had a right to ex- pect from the district attorney at Grand Rapids
 Miners "Ore" Much Liquor.
 Iron River miners worked far into the night at their usual occupation. The "oreT they brought to the surface. however, was liquor buried two days ago, when word of Major Dalrymple's contemplated armed invasion first reached the community We took our supplies out in the woods and buried them" citizens laughingly ad- mitted today. and tonight aft.