THE MORNING -OR EG OMAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1020 DRY AGENTS QUIETLY njjjo ) qJ olh,Hv VH H IMrWjwiii "LIBERTY COPNRRr "T E Only Resistance Met Is Mildly Curious Crowd. CLEANUP IS TO BE MADE FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS WEEK PORTLAND'S GREATEST FAVORITE Prohibition Birec(or in Telegram to Chief Commissioner Urges Fight to Bitter End." IROX RIVER, Mich., Feb. 24. Major A. V. Dalrymple. prohibition en forcement officer, and hia assistants arrived from Chicago tonight to clear up alleged violations of the prohibi tion law, but took no action. There was no excitement, iocal officers not meeting the federal officers, who went to a hotel while a crowd of curious citizens looked on quietly. About 150 persons were at the sta tion when the Dalrymple party ar rived, mostly members of the Iron River post of the American Legion which met tonight. There were 35 men in the party. The force was joined here by five state troopers from Caspian. Mich., and by three fed eral prohibition officials, sent here from Chicago. When the train carrying the federal officers passed through Crystal Falls. 15 miles from here, rumors were re ceived by Major Dalrymple that a warrant had been sworn out for his arrest at Iron River and that he would be arrested as he stepped from the train. Mild CurlOMlty Is Sbowv. The.se reports failed to materialize. No state officers were at the station and the small crowd that had gathered to fee the federal officers arrive viewed their advent with mild curi osity. Major Dalrymple tonight sent the following telegram to John Kramer, prohibition commissioner at Wash ington: "Decent citizens of northern Michi gan are outraged at the conduct of McDonough and h is cohorts. If we expect to enforce prohibition we must prosecute this case to the bitter end." Leo J. Grove, the prohibition agent who reported the alleged prohibition revolt to Major Dalrymple at Chicago, has search warrants for 10 places in Iron county, and the federal agents are planning a drive to clean up the entire district, one of the most iso lated In the mining section. .No Trouble Anticipated. "I anticipate no trouble in Iron county," Major Dalrymple said. "I expect to arrest the men we want, place them in jail and seize any stills and contraband liquor we can locate, and leave Iron county a clean and law-abiding place. We are taking precautions in case we should meet resistance during our work, but it does not mean that we expect a fight." "The precautions' Major Dalrymple described included the issuing of 06 rounds of ammunition to the federal agents. ARREST WARRANTS DENIED Request for Papers for Iron County Official Is Refused. CHAMPION". Mich.. Feb. 24. Denied f. warrants for the arrest of officials of Iron county, Michigan, whom he charges with conspiracy to obstruct enforcement of the prohibition law. Major A. V. Dalrymple. with a force of 35 men, passed through Champion to night en route to Iron River, with the avowed intention of making the ar rests without warrants. At Negaunee, Mich.. Lieutenant A. H. Downing, commanding the Michi gan state constabulary in the upper peninsula, with a half troop of his men. joined Major Dalrymple and his party of 16 federal officers. Five ad ditional state troops at Caspian, Mich., have orders to proceed to Iron River tonight. Major Dalrymple announced that all prisoners taken in the raid would be taken out by way of Chicago to Grand Rapids, where they would be ar raigned. The men whose arrests he seeks are: Martin McDonough, prosecuting attorney of Iron county: five deputy sheriffs, the chief and captain of po lice of Iron River and three citizens. "We are going to recover the 11 barrels of wine the men took from my agents and the state police," Ma jor Dalrymple declared: "I will search every house in Iron River if necessary to recover it. Neither Major Dalrymple nor Lieu tenant Downing anticipate any re sistance at Iron River. The state troopers left their rifles in barracks and, like the federal agents, are car rying only side arms. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Feb. 24. A flaw in the complaints caused re fusal of warrants for the arrest of Iron county officers, Myron H. Walker, district attorney, .-mid tonight. Skolny Clothes for Young Men WHAT is style? In my opinion it is something more than' the little additions flap, slit, belt, notch, shape of lapel and cuff that enhance Suit or Overcoat. The style that marks SKOLNY CLOTHES is the com-' bined result of artistic designing and practical tailoring. The creation of the style begins with the fining, and ex presses itself through to the surface. Pliancy, flexibility are the effects striven for and se cured. Not a trace of the usual ready-made about Skolny Suit or Coat. ' Sold in Portland Only at My Store. MorrisanStreet at tbur&XZS NORMA TALMADGE As Jennie, daughter of a divekeeper and associate of crooks, who flees her sordid surroundings and finds a new and finer world and the love of a fine, clean man, M i ss Tal madge presents the most splendid work of her re markable career. "ADAUGHTER OF TWO WORLDS" ' jP w i tTm ALSO pickfordF'! ryw p FW I , . A "A Reverie of the ! ' JJVX. I ' V South" .': ! j jj rl- -- - - . - - - ' -' 'fi mii i miii n ROTARY CLUB CELEBRATES FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF BODY OBSERVED.. assume the duties of the city office also. A process has been invented in Europe for cutting thin plates of marbles for diffusing: electric lights more effectively than fronted glass. Dr. V. V. Youngson Gives History of Organization and Purposes and Work Accomplished. In celebration of the 15th anniver sary of the founding of the organiza tion, members of the Portland Rotary club yesterday heard a concise enun ciation of the principles of rotary by hir fellow member, ur. w. v Youngson. coupled with an entertain ine history of its growth. He told how its beginning was had in the inneliness of one man in a great city and the desire to make friends and enlarge circle of acquaintance led to reirular meetings of a group or tour, who rotated their gatherings between the places of business of the mem bers, thereby establishing the name and through the fact that each repre sented a different line of business, fixed the principle of having the clubs composed of a single representative of each industry or profession. Faul P. Harris, an attorney of Chicago, was the originator of the idea and is still a member of the Chicago ciud. The national association was formed at a convention of delegates held in 1910 at Chicago, when there were clubs established in 14 cities, one of which was Portland. The second con rention was held in Portland In 1911, when the slogan, "He profits most who serves best," was adopted. CADET C0RPS REVIEWED Colonel Ralph Lister Compliments Students on Co-operation. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Feb. 24. (Special.) Colonel Ralph B. Lister, district Inspector of the re serve officers' training1 corps, spent Monday in Eusrene inspecting the corps. After witnessing a review and seeinsr the organizations drill. Colonei Lister said he noted improvement over the work displayed at his pre vious visit last fall. The colonel com plimented the cadets on the atmos phere of co-operation in their work. Colonel Lister expects soon to transfer his headquarters from Spo kane to San Francisco, due - to con solidation g f the eleventh and twelfth districts. Colonel Lister spent eighteen months in France as general at the headquarters division of the first army. In the early part of the 19th cen tury more than 200 offenses were punishable with death in England. SERGEANT MAKES EXPERT Instructor at University One oi First to Qualify. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON". Eugene. Feb. 24. (Sneclal.) Sergeant R. M. Afartin instructor in musketry of the reserve officers' training camp staff here, holds the distinction of being one of the first men to qualify as an exDert rifleman under the new system of handling a service rifle, which was used by the American forces with such good results during the war. Sergeant Martin was a first sergeant of company F, 2d battalion, 14th infantry, in 1914, under Colonel MacNab, who first developed the new system as an experiment. Martin was one of the men to take highest honors. The system was adopted by the done by men trained under the prol'er I army the following year and Sergeant Martin is using it in his instruction of the Oregon cadets. He considers "the high scores made by the cadets on the gallery range here as evidence of the superior work which can be regulations. Horse racing In England is said lei have been first established at Chester I In 11 One Health Officer Eliminated. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Feb. 24. (Spe cial) Dr. Jesse Edgington, city health officer for many years, has ten dered his resignation, effective March 1. The council has appointed ur. v. R. Anderson, county health officer, to Dresses Specially Priced Our new spring dresses of Taffeta, Satin, Tricotine, Serge and Jersey materials are indeed very pretty, and fortunate is the lady who takes ad vantage of the special price we are placing on them. We have a large display of this new garment, which we have reduced, for this week, 4o 350 Morrison Street Between Broadway and Park j NOTHING Bul' f THEOTITH ft I I Ever try to tell the absolute truth for, say, an hour the ,j '. jj I II naked (whoa, censor, cut that "naked"!) well, then, S? j if I 11 the whole, honest-to-goodness truth for one little hour? jlv- l WM, don't! This chap tried it for a week and what hap- j3r M, pened makes the big, glad comedy of the season! . Ml LAUGHS! BIG, LITTLE, HIGH, WIDE AND VL HANDSOME LAUGHS! Ml COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA Ml V. C Knowles Director Jj ORCHESTRA MATINEE 2 to 4 P.M. ff SMILESI LAUGH Now Playing MABEL NCRMAND IN VlfTft AND IN 'IT'S A CIRCUS!! Adults 20c Kiddies 10c