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DALRYMPLES EXPEDITION
AGAINST WHISKEY REVOLT
HAS FLICKERED OUT
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State's Attorney McDonough and the Major
Have Lively Clash in Hotel Lobby But End
- Controversy By Posing Before Camera Together,
" (iy The Associated Press.)
" IRON RIVER, Mieh., Feb. 26 The
armed i force of federal agents under
command of Major A. V. Dalrymple,
which came here from Chicago to 'Put
down a liquor rebellion in the upper
Michigan peninsula" today had been
-withdrawn and the "revolt" itself had
flickered out. The only casualties were
nine barrels of home-made wine taken by
revenue agents from a pariah priest's
house, where the state had stored it for
safe-keeping and poured into the snow.
Major Dalrymple 's announced inten
tion to arrest State's Attorney II. S.
McDonough and county and Iron Kiver
officials as "parties to the rebellion"
was abandoned under orders from C. F.
Kramer, national prohibition commis
sioner, directing withdrawal of the in
vaders. H. B. Gaylord, assistant chief of pro
hibition enforcement, was enroute from
Washington to Iron River to make an
investigation, demanded in telegrams
from McDonough, who insisted there was
'HO "revolt" and charged that his con
stituency had been libeled by Dalrymple 's
reports.
McDonough and Dalrymple held a con
ference in the lobby of a hotel here yes
terday. - Mutual accusations of "grand
standing ' ' and ' ' publicity seeking ' ' were
.made and McDonough threatened to ar
rest the major and put him in jail if
he made a move to "start something."
There were many witnesses to the con
ferences, among them the Iron River
ehief of police, who held a warrant for
Dalrymple 's arrest. The warrant, how
ever, was not served. The conference
was carried on in anger, but at its con
clusion McDonough and Dalrymple posed,
aide by side, for the camera men.
' Dalrymple then retired to his room in
the hotel and McDonough to his office.
Later the federal agents boarded a
train for Chicago and the state consta
bulary, detailed to assist the revenue men,
were sent about other duties.
, Major Dalrymple announced he would
go to Washington to "lay all the facts
before Commissioner Kramer." The
State's attorney reiterated he would de
mand a "full and complete investigation
of this affair and of Major Dalrymple 's
part in giving the United States the im
pression that Iron county' is in "re
volt' and. is inhabited by savages. "
'. Lack of support from Washington,
JIajor, Dalrymple said, had caused the
failure of his "expedition," but he de
clared he would not quit his office un
less Commissioner Kramer requested it.
The dialogue between McDonough and
Dalrymple, which was their only con
ference, -took place in the big room of
the hotel which served as its lobby. In
the room were crowded a hundred or
more citixebs who had followed Mc
Donough there and several members of
the federal agent's party.
When Major Dalrymple had emerged
from the dining room at McDonough' s
sequent and the preliminary handshaking
bad been accomplished, the prosecuting
attorney plunged right into the subject
uppermost in the minds of all.
'I have some here to issue a warning
to you, Mr. Dalrymple", he said. "I
have read about the various thinzs you
plan to do to quell the whiskey revolt,
as you call it. What I want to tell you
is this: If you or any of your men at
tempt to arrest me or my aids without
doe process of law, I will take you and
your entire party into custody immediate
ly, and I am prepared to do'. it; Now
get this right r will arrest you and
your men and lock you up and put you
where you belong, Mr, Dalrymple."
, v The major retorted:
"I don't want to get a lecture from
you, and this seems entirely unnecessary.
I have come here for the purpose of en
forcing the law. And I think this is a
highhanded grandstand play."
v "You are a natural-born grandstand
car yourself," McDonough countered.
"Yon have been playing to the public
press and have said things which have
been an outrageous affront to this com
munity. When you declare there has
been a whiskey revolt here, you lie. "
. "Now that you are here, if you have
any arrests to make just start something.
You have not scared nor eowed anyone
here."
,; To that Major Dalrymple replied;
"I do not jtare to discuss the matter
with you. I will continue my course or
action and see it through, I will en
force the law."
-. At thiapoint a motion picture opera
tor interrupted to sayt
'-"Just a moment. Major, stand up a-
little closer to Mr. McDonough and pose
for a picture, please. "
"Of course he will," declared Mc
Donough. "He likes it."
' ' Keep' still, ' ' requested the camera
man .
"That's what they do up here," pun
ned the major.
"More of your city ways," fenced Mc
Donough. "This picture taking I'm
not osed to it . "
You're a better actor than I," re
plied Dalrymplle.
"Yes," agreed the attorney, "and
you'll find I am a bad actor. As for
you, you are naturally a movie poser.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Dalrymple, I
don 't believe you have quite as much
guts as when you got off the train last
night. Press reports quoted you as say
ing in a telegram to superior officers that
this community was in rebellion against
the government. If you did say it, it's
a lie. "
And about five hundred more words of
similar' conversation accompanied the
click of the movie camera and then the
two officers parted one to return to hie
office followed by" a huge knot of citi
zens; and the other back to his interrupt
ed meal, accompanied by a dozen mem
bers of his official party.
WILL PUBLISH TEXTS
OF ADRIATIC NOTES
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Final de
rision to publish the exchanges between
tlie American government and the entente
premiers on the Adriatic question was
reached today. Seven notes in all will be
made public late today at the state de
partment. Officials estimated that the to
tal text would run close to 12,000 words.
READY FOR CONSIDERATION.
LONDON. Feb. 26. President Wil
son's note to the supreme allied council
relative to the Adriatic settlement was
ready for consideration when the council
opened its session this morning. Al
though officials have made no statement re
lative to the contents of the note, it is
under stood not to contain the menace of
American withdrawal from European af
fair, but insists upon the adoption of the
Adriatic plan agreed upon December 9,
last.
j- "Conciliatory in form, but firm in sub
stance and distinctly more moderate than
its predecessor, ' ' is the description which
The Daily Mail understands is appliable
to Mr. Wilson 's note.
The newspaper adds the communication
will be answered by Oreat Britain and
Trance as Italy takes the attitude the
rote does not apply to her in view of tae
t-tanding engfgement that failing a com
promise on the Adriatic question the pact
of London will be put Into force.
PEACE TIME ARMY
OF 299,000 MEN
(By The Associated Press) '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Its provi
sion for universal military training eli
minated, the house army re-organization
bill laying flown the general principles on
which the nation's military establish
ment would be based, was ready for pre
sentation today.
The maximum peace-time army under
the bill would be 299,000 enlisted men,
and 17,700 officers, including Phillippme
scouts and unassigned recruits. Aviation
as a new factor in national defense is rec
ognized, the bill making that service an
arm co-ordinate with the infantry, cavalry
and artillery. Other new services brought
forth by the war either are abandoned or
consolidated in the four arms.
Liberal provisions are made for the na
tional guard and reserve officers ' training
corps and citizens' reserve. -
Universal training, which was eliminat
ed at the request of republican leaders
who decided to provide for it in separate
legislation, is expected, however, to come
up on the house floor during consideration
of the army bill.
POSTftrriCE BLOWN.
(By The Associated Press)
PORTSMOUTH, Va,, Feb. 26 The
postoffiee safe at Boykins, Va., was
blown open this morning and $300 in
cash, together , -with liberty bonds, war
saving .stamps and postage stamps to an
amount as yet undetermined, were stolen.
ARMED GUARDS -
PATROL OIL FIELDS
(By The Associated Press.)
CASPER, WYO., Feb. 28. -- Armed
guards last night patrolled the oil fields
of the bait Creek field, said to be the
richest oil region in the Rocky mountain
states, to prevent claim jumping on tiie
first night after release of the lands un
der the national oil land leasing bill,
signed by the president yesterday.
A raw wind sweeping across the frozen
country did not deter claimants of the
lands. Automobile headlights were turn
ed into search lights and mounted men
rode the country following every sus
picious movement of unidentified persons.
A considerable part of the landhas been
partly developed and claimants were anxi
ous to prevent other persons erecting der
ricks during the night and thereby caus
ing long litigation.
GERMANY MAY HAVE
TO PAY FOR SHIP
(By The Associated Press.)
BUENOS AIRES, Wednesday, Feb. 25.
James W. R. Mackleay, British minis
ter to Argentina, has informed this gov
ernment that Great Britain has no ob
jections to the sailing of the steamship
Bahia Blanca for New York under the
Argentine flag. It is learned, however,
that England reserves its rights as a mem
ber of the allied reparations commission
to have a voice in the determination of
that body as to the disposition of this
ship, which was purchased by Argentina
from Germany during the war.
There is a well founded impression hers
that it is probable when the matter of
deposition of German ships is taken up
by the reparation commission that body
will call on Germany to produce the Ba
hia Blanca, and that when Germany in
forms the commission the vessel is in
the possession of Argentina, a demand
will be made that Germany refund to
the allies the price for which the Bahia
Blanca was sold, thus upholding the prin
ciple of reparation.
The delay encountered in the ship's
sailing and the expense incurred while
she has been tied up has been ysed a
political capital by opponents of the ad
ministration in connection with the com
ing congressional electign.
GIVES BIRTH TO FIFTH
SET OF TWINS
(By Associated Press..'
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Feb. 26. Mrs.
Richard Doherty, wife of Judge Doherty
of the court of common pleas in Jersey
City, today gave birth to twins for the
fifth time in" their married life of ten
years. The youngsters and the mother
are doing well. The family now includes
six girls and two boys, two children hav
ing died.
"BIG SIX" ORGANIZATIONS
MAKE PROTEST
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. While the
railroad bill is in the department of jus
tice, being scanned with reference to its
validity, President Wilson is receiving
v porous representations for and against
his approval of the measure.
The latest was submitted last night by
the "big six" organizations of farmers,
tie National Farmers' Union, Interna
tional Farm Congress, American Farm
Bureau Federation, National Milk Pro
ducers' Federation, and Farmers' Nation
al Congress, reiterating the stand of sev
eral million agriculturists against govern
ment ownership or operation of the rail
roads and ii'fing that President Wilson
r'gn the bill as a piece of constructive
legislation.
On the otiiT hand, the Farmers' Na
tional Coun?il sent a protest against the
bill, asking fir an appointment with tne
President to present reasons why the or
ganization ad', ocates a veto Union labor
also is uralterably opposed to the measure
and is drafting a memorial urging that
the president return i to congress.
SENATOR REED DENOUNCED.
(-rnoij pojttjaoMV eqx 3)
JOPLIN, MO., Feb. 26. Jasper conn
ty democrats in convention at Webb City
last night unanimously adopted a resolu
tion denouncing Senator James A. Reed
as a "disorganizer of the democratic
party." The county's delegation to the
state convention was instructed to vote
against him for delegate to the national
convention n San Francisco.
SOVIET RUSSIA
IS OFFERING PEACE.
LONDON. Feb. 26. The soviet com
missary of foreign affairs has dispatched
notes to the United J3tates, Japan and
Rumania, offering them peace with soviet
Russia, according to a wireless despatch
from Moscow, received here today.
ROTARY CLUB ELECTS
NEW MEMBERS
Subjects of special interest to the mem
bership were discussed at the regular semi
monthly luncheon of the Gastonia Rotary
Club held at the Armington Hotel yes
terday James H. Kennedy acted as
chairman, his associates of the program
committee for the day being W. L. Bal
this and W. P. Grier. Following the in
vocation by James H. Henderlite and the
singing of "America", Mr. Kennedy
read a short selection from the Rotary
Magazine on "What a Rotary Club Owes
Its Members". " Rotary 's. Ten Com
mandments" were next presented by
James H. Henderlite who was followed
by Fred M. Allen on "Rotary Ethics".
P. W. Garland gave a selection on "Can
ned Goods" and was followed by George
Cocker in "As You Like It", which
pro.vcd to be a catchy comic song. Hugh
Wray talked on "Store Service Salesman
ship ' ' and, Christ Leventis on ' ' Store tier
vice Politeness".
New members were elected as follows:
John L. Beal, builders supjJies; Hugh E.
White, architect; J. White Ware, real
estate; W. J. Alexander, city manager;
Ralph Falls, dentist; Roland Clinton, phy
sician. In addition to the members there were
present the following as guests W. M.
McCucker, J. William Baker, George R.
Gillespie and Ed C. Adams.
"CHAPEL CARS" FOR
TRAVELING REVIVALISTS
(By The Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 26. Chapel cars,
equipped with living quarters for a minis
ter and his family and with seating ac
commodations for ninety persons, will be
built for every railroad out of Chicago
"as money is available", according to
an announcement today by the Northern
Baptist Church.
Seven such cars are already operating a
cross the continent, the announcement said
and 19,000 men and women have professed
conversion in them and 8,4.57 were bap
tized. STRIKE OF NEGRO WORKERS
IS ON THE WANE
(By The Associated Press.)
PANAMA, Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Ranks of the striking negro maintenance
of way employes of the Panama canal ad
ministration were swelled to 15,000 today
by sympathizers. The crisis is expected
tomorrow when Governor Harding's ulti
matum depriving strikers of their posi
tions and privileges will become effective.
The authorities believe a break in the
strike is imminent, but official announce
ment was made tonight that laborers
would be imported to carry on canal opera
tions if the men refuse to return to their
posts.
WOULD NATIONALIZE
FRENCH RAILWAYS
(By Associated Fj
PARIS, Feb. 26 Syndicalism threat
ens to appear in the French railway
strike situation, which is very grave to
day. Demands that all railways be na
tionalized are being made by strike lead
ers who continue their efforts to stam
pede all railroad workers in the coun
try into the strike, which began with
the walkout of the employes of the Paris
Lyon and Mediterranean system. In the
provinces the movement is looked upon
as revolutionary instead of profession
al by the authorities, according to the
Echo de Paris.
All arrangements to insure the delivery
of food supplies to this city have been
made by the government and municipal
officials have taken similar steps. The
question of placing the railroads under
military control as Premier Brian d did
in 1910 is being considered, but such
a grave decision, the newspapers says, is
impossible in the absence of Premier
Millerand.
The strike was caused by the refusal
of the road to reinstate in its service
men who were discharged, it is alleged,
because they absented themselves from
duty to attend a union meeting.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
LONDON, Feb. 25. An attempt has
been made to assassinate Prince Regent
Alexander of Serbia and Premier Protitch,
according to a despatch from Triest to
The Giornale D 'Italia, forwarded by the
Central News Rome correspondent.
Both the prince regent and the premier
were wounded, the report declares.
IRISH HOME RULE
BILL PRESENTED.
LONDON, Feb. 25. The govern
ment's bill for Irish borne rule was pre
sented in the bouse of commons today.
The measure at once received its first read
ing.
PREMIER ASQUITH'S -
COME
IN BRITISH POLITICS
t
Triumphant Return to Parliament of England's
Former Premier Eclipses All Current News In
England Considered Repudiation of Coali
tion Government.
PROHIBITION MAY FIGURE
' IN N. Y. PLATFORM
(By The Associated Presi.)
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 26 Demo
crats of New York state held an un
official convention today to select dele-gates-at-large
and alternates to the na
tional convention and adopt a platform.
It was expected the "big four" would
go uninstructed and that they would be
Governor Smith, William Church Os
born, of Putnam, Mrs. Elizabeth V. Col
bert, of Albany, and Miss Elizabeth Mar
bury, of New York, i
A plank providing for reconsideration
of the legislature's action in ratifying
the federal prohibition amendment and
for submission of the question to the
voters was considered by the committee
on resolutions." fiome leaders expressed
the belief that no good could be accom
plished by placing the party on record
against the amendment.
FAMOUS PIANIST OFF '
STAGE FOR GOOD
(By The Associated Press.)
LONDON, Feb. 26. Ignaee Jan Pa-
derewski, former Polish premier, will
never again appear on the concert plat
form, nor is he likely to re-enter politics,
according to The Vevey, Switzerland, cor
respondent of The Daily Mail. During
an interview with M. Paderewski, the cor
respondent asked him if it was true he
would accept the nomination as president
of Poland. '
"I don't think I shall be invited to he-
come president," the great pianist re
plied. "I hope to devote the rest of my
life to composing music. I am convinced
av "ra of peace and prosperity for I'o.
land is begun and feel my political mis
sion is finished. ' '
Ignace Jan Paderewski, former Polish
premier, who arrived recently in Switzer
land, has gone to London for the pur
pose of laying before the supreme allied
council Polish views concerning peace
negotiations with the Russian soviet gov
ernment .
KOSCIUSKO'S ASHES
60 BACK TO POLAND
(By The Associated Press.)
GENEVA, Feb. 26. The embalmed
heart of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the Polish
patriot and aide of George Washington
in the American revolution, which has
reposed in a bronze urn in the little chapel
of Chateau Rapperswil, near Zurich, since
1887, is to be returned to Poland. Ar
rangements have been made to transfer
the relic to Lemberg and then to War
saw in the near future, according to ad
vices. When Kosciuszko died at Zugwil in the
Swiss canton of Soiothurn in 1817, his
lit-art was removed and retained there
when the patriot's body was taken to
Cracow for burial. The heart remained
at Zugwil until 1887, when it was taken
to Rapperswil, where it was given a speci
al place of honor in the Polish museum,
ft ha,s been the shrine of countless Polish
pilgrims since that time.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Feb. 26.
Mike Prendergast, pitcher recently pur
chased from the Philadelphia Nationals,
has sent the Salt Lake City club word
that he will not play professional base
ball this season, it was announced.
A West Virginia' chemist is the inven
tor pf a hydraulic press to squeeze the
life from disease germs in liquid foods
Ly subjecting the latter to a pressure of
from 20,000 to 100,000 pounds to the
square inch.
For starting the engines of heavy mo
tor tracks in cold weather an Englishman
has invented a device that uses hot wa
ter to heat a small amount of gasoline,
which is fed into the intake manifold in
a fine spray.
English experts are carrying on ex
tensive tests of the value of coal gas fpr
annealing, tempering, hardening and
melting metaals.
BACK" BIG EVENT
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 26 All political
questions are for the moment completely
eclipsed by former Premer Asquith's
triumphant return to parliament by a
majority, the size of which astonished
everybody, including his own support
er!) The result is universally recogni
zed as a notable personal achievement
even for a statesman with Mr. Asquith's
long record, while the restoration of his
presence and influence in the council of
parliament is held to be an event des
tined to have important consequences in
the politics of Great Britain and prob
ably the world.
The Times, which heads its editorial
comment "A Turning Point", inter
prets the election as repudiation of 'the
coalitiou government, hostility to which,
it says, has been "driving electors to
ward labor, because the people thought
they saw therein the only alternative."
The newspaper welcomes the return of
Mr. Asquith as a "greater parliamen
tarian tnan any man now in commons,"
and is convinced he will "breathe fresh
life and vigor into that lethargic as
sembly . ' '
Mr. Asquith's most conspicuous sup
port of the London press, The Daily
News, predicts he will detach a certain
number of coalition liberals from the gov
ernment and expresses the last generaj
election on the coalition ticket has bce:i
fought.
The daily Mail also foresees a defec
tion of liberals from the coalition or
ganization and thinks Premier Lloyd
George will "move toward liberal opin
ion in an effort 'to retain the allegiance
of that party. "
It is safe to assume that next week
will produce vastly interesting happen
view of Mr. Asquith's opinion that the
nigs in British politics, especially in
time for coalition is over and thatfor a
return to party politics is overdue.
PEACE TREATY WILL
HAVE RIGHT OF WAY
(By The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. C The peaee
treaty came back to the floor of the sen
ate today to be given the right of way
until disposed of.
Despite the demand of the pact's ir
reconcilable opponents for ample discus
sion, debate will not be allowed to drag
along interminably. On that point both
majority and minority alike are agreed.
It is believed that not more than three
weeks will be consumed in disposing of
amendments to the reservations adopted
at the last session of congress and a final
vote reached. After that vote, whatever
the outcome, the treaty will be seen aw
more on the calendar, according to lien
ate leaders, who will await the verdict
on the question at the polls in November.
The reservation on article 10 was she
first proposition for action when the
treaty came up again, but as it presents
me largest Darner to ratification, it w
planned to put it over for the present.
DEATHS
J. F. ADAMS.
Gastonia loses another one of hex
staunch business men in the death Mff
morning at one o'clock of Mr. J. F.
Adams. Mr. Adams was born in Char
lotte in 1872 and lived there until five
years ago when he came to Gastonia, tak
ing the position of superintendent of the"
Cocker Machineand Foundry Co., which
he held until the time of his death, is,..
eral services will be held at the home.
a. inestnut St, Friday morning at
9:30, Rev. A. L. Stanford officiating. Im
mediately followiug the body will be
taken by automobile to Charlotte and in
terment made in Elmwood cemetery in the
iamuy ourying plot. The pallbearers
will be among his fellow ...
the foundry. Mr. Adams was quiet, an-
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loved by every one, and will be greatly
missed. He is survived by his wifeand
w oromer-in-iaw of Mr. W. Y. War
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