The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-26
OFFICERS
 WORSTED IN CLASH
 WITH STATE AGENTS
Dalrymple Warned Every Man in Party Would Be Arrested If He Searched
 Home Without Warrant
By A,.eeI.t.s Frs.

Iron River. Mich, February 25.- Thirty-five federal agents and mem bers of the Michigan state constabu lary who arrived last night under Maj A. V Dalrymple. prohibition commis- sioner for central states. "to clean up Iron county, tonight were en route lack home. while Major Dalrymple was bound for Washington to confer with Prohibition Commissioner John Kra- mer.
 Major Dalrymple. who led the armed expedition to Iron River with the avowed purpose of arresting county and village officers on charges of con spiracy to obstruct enforcement of the prohibition law. was called off by MT, Kramer and ordered to meet the op- posing side and seek. compromise without legal action.
 Worsting of the federal agents
 in the first clash with state offi-
 cers in .the enforcement or the
 eighteenth amendment was scri-
 ous blow to enforcement of the dry
 law. Major Dolrympic declared be-
 fore his departure.
 Martin s. McDonough. prosecuting attorney of Iron county and leaders Of the county authorities, who, Major Dalrymple declared. were in ''open re- volt" against the United States, re- ceived telegram today from District Attorney Walker at Grand Rapids ad~ vising him to take no action until the district attorney could come to inves- tigate.
 WARRANT FOR DALRYMPLE
 MT. McDonough had obtained war rant for the arrest of Major Dalrymple. charging him with malicious intent, :: lad planned to have t served by Chief of Police Sensiba at the railroad sta ton last night
 A telephone message from Crystal Falls fifteen miles away, however, mo- tified McDonough that Major Dalrym- pie, in anticipation of trouble, had is sued fifty rounds of ammunition to each man in his party. The prosecutor then advised Iron River citizens to go rome and avoid any demonstration.
 Today NIT. McDonough warned
 Major DnIrymple that if he carried
 out his plan and arrested any one
 in Iron county without a warrant
 or searched any private homes for
 liquor. the county officers would
 1nrrest every mnn in your party
 and put them in jail"
 The prohibition officer had already received orders from MT. Kramer call ing off the armed invasion" and no arrests were made.
 Reports that took the eleven lar rels of wine from Iee J. 0rovs, fed sral prohibition supervisor fer north ern Michigan, and the state pslfse and returned it to the TtAliGns from whom 1t was taken, arc falsA- McDoD0ugA declared today.
 T oenffscated this wine vhsa I fs~nA 1t fn the possession of Grove. pfAeeA my own men in charge and put the bayrels in a safe place
 Major Dalrymple found nine harreh of the wine in the basement of the home of the partAh priest today and destroyed the liquor after taking sam ples for evidence.
 Iron River was filled with miners and wcdsmen today to watch the ma- neuvering of the federal and county forces Since early morning natives have trickled in over the hills on snow : shoes and skis Only two events broke the monotony of the day for them. One was the >spectcular meeting of the opposing leaders in the crowded lobby of the Iron Inn. and the other vas the equally spectacular destruc- tion of nine barrels of red wine. Surrounded by glum- faced miners, Major Dalrymple, armed with a heavy sledge. knocked the heads from the barrels and allowed the confiscated liquor to gush out Into three-foot snowdrift.
 RECORD DESTRUCTION Prosecutor McDonough. who took the wine away from from the federal and AA1 nl~ ff tA [ k$