Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-16
LICENSE FIGHT IN
TOWNS IN STATE
Anti Saloon Forces Win Victory
in Several Communities
Where Test Is Made.
WET WIN SOME PLACES
Progressives Elect Aldermen In Mum.
Der contests-Democrats Lose
at Joliet.

ana towns or ILLINOIS, IN which local /
option" was an issue OF the elections
Among the cities and towns car
ried by the no license element were: /
Ashley, Champaign, Altamont Bluffs. .
Cherry Valley, Efingham, Pesorum. r.
McLeansboro. Winnebago, GreenvilIe, I
Rockford, Winchester.
The ''wets" carried Pocahontas !
Pecatonica. MiIlersburg and several
other towns which already had saloons. /
Aurora reelected a mayor for the
first time in its history.
In several towns and cities alder
men were elected by the progressives.
In Canton the socialist ticket was
badly beaten. The socialist candidate
for mayor in Pawnee won by the toss
of a coin.
In Joliet the democrats we're GUST
ed, the citizens ticket, headed by H.
Z. Wood for mayor, being successful.
CITIES THE DRYS WON.
| Ashley-This town, the only one
/ IN Washington county which voted on
local option, voted to remain in anti
/ Dr. S. G. Berry was elected mayor
| Champaign-Drys won in yester-
days municipal election. o. B. Dob
bins was elected mayor of CHAMPAIGN
on nonpartisan law enforcement tick
ct by a plurality Of 500 votes over
Mayor William Coughlin, democrat,
and Dr. E. A. Kratz. republican.
Cherry Valley-William Slater was
elected president Of the board and
the village remained dry" by by II
majority.
Efingham-John Shea, democrat,
was elected mayor of Effingham and
c. Z. Shumaker, republican, mayor
OF Altamont, on dry platforms, Diet
rich remain wet. Montrose changed
from wet to dry. SUBWAY remains
wet.
GreenviIle-With opposition the an
ti-saloon ticket was elected as fol.
lows: Mayor, A. NJ. Keith; city clerk,
g. NJ. Harnetiaux; treasurer, Lee
Wait; city attorney. ]. H. Ally. The
only two wet spots in Bond county
are Millersburg and Pocohontas, where
Marengo-J. H. Patterson. banker,
was elected mayor with no opposition
The town went dry after a year
Of saloons
McLeansboro-The no license party
elected A. E. Wilson mayor, ]. R.
Cross city attorney, Jesse w. Cocker
city treasurer, Fred Appel city clerk,
VI no r;Sfr
Pesotum-This village remained
anti-saloon territory by vote of SO
to 81
Rockford - William w. Bennett,
Rockford's dry mayor, was reflect
ed by a plurality of 40 over Charles
J. Lunberg. The vote stood Bennett
Qccal option, 3,1O4; Lunberg, Cinde-
pendent), 1854; Oscar Ogren. (social-
ist), 2,255; Swan o. WideIl, Qicense),
1923.
Urbana-O. L. Browder was elected
mayor on a peoples ticket with a law
enforcement platform.
Winchester-Dr. H. H. Fletcher was
elected mayor. There were no local
j issues. At Bluffs the anti-license tick,
ct was elected, the town remaining
dry for two more years.
nnebago--Emmett Cross was re
elected president of the board. The
town is dry and the license question
did not appear.
CITIES VOTING FOR SALOONS.
Carmi-Carmi remains wet John
] c. Stokes, republican, was elected
mayor.
Observation-Disclosures city remains
wet by a vote of 81 after a spirited
election. Saloons remain in that sec
ton Of the city situated in Soutf
Litchfeld North Litchfeld township
embracing a large part Of the city, /:
, dry territory.
: Pawnee-Pawnee elected a wet
q ticket. headed by ]. X. Harris for chair
man of the village board. The town
q ship voted wet" two weeks ago, af
ter having been dry" eight years
q The vets" had a majority of 81.
\ Pecatonica-This city reelected
s Mayor William Merritt and a licens,
council by 40 plurality.
q Rockford-The new city council
8 will stand eight for license, FIVE 70
no license, two socialists. a gain o
4 one for license. Rockford township il
q dry and the local option question viii
. not be voted on until next year. tn,
proposition to permit motion pictur
4 theatres to open on Sunday carries
q by 500 majority. The proposition Il
s. establish & tuberculosis sanitariun
4 carried by a large majority.
s. Saloons were voted in a
! Rushville by a majority of votes
81 David H. Glass was elected mayor
Tay,orville-The village of Paine
5 voted on the wet and dry issue. Tn
former carried by 20 majority. StOr
ington voted dry. Morrisonyille II
mains wet.
UNDER COMMISSION FORM
Cairo-Owing TO many people bein
81 out of the city light vote was pole
81 At the city election, which was III
81 first held In Cairo under the new con
81 mission form. Mayor Walter H. WooC
Il Commissioners o. H. Hurd, NJ