Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-23
CAIN IA
PLACES IN STATE
VETS. However, Retain Hold on
90 Cities and Villages
in Illinois.
WOMEN WIN VICTORIES
p.,rits Their Votes. oanViIIe Defeats
ProposzI 70 Put Saloons Out
Of Business.
uow ILLINOIS CITIES AND VII
Lagos VOTED ON LIQUOR.

LOW ILLINOIS CITIES AND VII
Lagos VOTED ON LIQUOR.
We. Cities and Villages Voting Dry
Efaneham. Chebense. Herscher
a-s.sviIIe. Pocahoutas. West Frank
so-t Deerfeld. NauJeno. Momence
Wo-dea. KampsvilIe. Irvington, Alta
zout. Wanna
w,, Cities and Villages Remaining
Wet.
DauviIle. Mendoza. Edwardsville.
CHESTER. Athens. Divernon. Cary. Al
rcseuin. sears. Carlyle Huntley. Rich
,oud. Wauconda. Antioch. Mound
CITY. Crete. Harvel, Witt, SandOval.
Hlsy.
Dry Cities Remaining Dry
De Sota. Johnston City. Atkinson.
wilaz. Cheuoa, Pecatonica. Redd!ck
Women voters were responsible for
dry victories Tuesday in i down
state cities azd villages. Saloons
which we're voted out total 20.
In practically every instance where
the drys gained new territory they
would have been defeated IL only
mems votes had been counted
The vets won N most of the larger
cities. although in many OF them by
narrow margs1s. The vets failed TO
win in any city or village heretofore
without saloons
Results OF the elections may be
tzbulated as follows:
Saloons involved in elections go. ESQ
Wet cities and villages voting dry Il
Dry cities remaining dry ....
Wet cities victims wet ....-.. 20
Salocns vo:ed cut in township
elections two weeks ago. 1910
DauviHe. the largest city which
voted or the vet and dry proposition
yesterday. remained wet by tie small
majority OF Isl votes
The dTys consider their showing IN
usually good. inasmuch as the 20 sa-
looms in DznvilIe were strongly in
trsached The vets had predicted that
they would win b. 1000 majority.
Danviue People Excited.
Excitement was intense in Danville |
throughout the day Official figures
On the results may show an even \
smaller majority for the vets and /
cause the drys 10 file "A contest.
The vets rolled up their largest !
plurality in Edwardsville. a German F..
vitE % saloons. That .
,ity was next in importance to Dan
rille among those voting on the prop
5sition- The wet majority was sI6.
In the city next in Importance.
Mendoza with i saloons. the vets
Eon b. majority OF 80 The small
~ majority OF the vets was in Huey.
rhere they voted 10 retain one sd
Don BY margin Of one vote.
Many Saloons ousted.
The largest number Of saloons
oted out by the crys in any city was (
. West Frankfort. Franklin county.
here u liquor cispensaries were
anishec- Twelve saloons were voted
u in Bingham. seven In Chebanse.
* In Altamont. six in MantenO. FIVE
Momence. four in WOfden. four I'm
'amac. four in Pocahontas. two in Z
2mpsville. tao in Herscher and one
IrvinE.on.
Erington and AltamOnt are in
bingham county Nantelo. Herscher
% Momence IN Kankakee county, {
nebanse in Iroquois county. Arens-
lie In Cass county. POcahOntas in
ond county. DeerfeId IN Lake county. !
orden In Madison county, Ramps a
lie IN Calhoun county. Wamac IN a
srion county and Irvington in Wash b
Etoa county.
The drys failed 20 gain any new en- 3
ely dry counties 10 add 10 the 50.
llch now are without saloons. Only
e ;aloon remains in Bond county.
'canontas with four saloons. which e
AZ dry IS part OF Burgess township. 4
iieh has been the only wet unit in a
county Millersburg. with one sa- {