The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-04-10
WOMEN DANISH
$500 SALOONS
First General Municipal Elec-
tiOAS Show Strength.
ONLY FEW LARGE TOWNS WET

In Chicago John NJ. Kimball, Backed
by Professor Merriam Wins Spectac-
uIar Three-Coronered Battle-Com-
prehensive Subway Lost-WiiSon
Loses New Jersey District.
Chicago. April 8.-The fist election
iu Illinois at which women exercised
the right to vote in general munlc4~dl
elections, was made notable by &c
mendous vote cast by that sex. IN
Chicago il is estimated that close 20
$4,000 cast ballots. Outside OF IAi-
cago. it is estimated that many n-"te
voted than in the city. The wei
and dry" contests, in which the L,1t7
of over 5000 saloons was peho4h6
brought out tremendous ATTENDANCE
at the polls. Returns are still lnco III
plete. but it is believed that over 2,2Vo
saloons have been wiped out. IN
MANY nlaces the votes of the WomeL
decided the issue.
"wet" and "Dry" Contests.
Chicago, April 8.-The folloWlns
summary has been sent out OF tnS
wet" and dry vote in the state:
Down state returns show, Springheld
wet" by probably 5000 majority,
Waukegan, wet" 423 majority sew
en- out of % Quincy precincts wet
bv $500. Rockford, dry by 3,43S,
womans vote 5,OO5 dry" majority.
Dwight, Odell, Pontiac and Strawn
townships, Livingston county, dry
ousting 81 saloons. Vernon, Lake
county dry" Minonk, Woodtord
county "dry." Canton, Fulton county
S'dry" by 1000, Pennington and Buck
hart townships dry" making Fulton
county "dry."
Other places in Illinois voted as fol-
lows: BloomingtOn-"Dry l,OOO. SIX
thousand women voted; Elgin-"Dry,
800. With one previnct to hear from
the vote on the local option is: Men,
yes, 2,4O3; no, 1851. Women, yes,
1868; no, 1909. Total, yes, 6,272;
no 5,940.
Freeport- "Dry," So Aurora
wet" by close vote; DeKalk-'Dry,"
1888; Morris-"Wet," 100.
Big Subway Defeated.
In Chicago defeat of the comprehen-
sive subway proposition, backed by
Mayor Harrison and other leaders OF
the Heart-Harrison faction of the
Democratic party, was declared to be
certain as the returns on the little
ballot" vote came in slowly. The sub
way proposition was lost by vote of
about three to two, according to scat
tering returns from all parts of the
city which were declared by political
Observers to indicate about the ratio
of the total vote of the city.
Results from 200 Precincts.
Returns from about 200 precincts
show the following probable results
on important proposition:
Comprehensive subway defeated by
about $4,000.
Home rule for public utilities de-
feated by about 1000.
The county hospital $4,000, 900 bond
issue, backed by the Reconsideration
faction of the Democratic party, which
was fought by County President Nc
COrmick and the Progressive members
of the county board, also was defeated
by a big vote, according to the first
returns.
Merriam Man Wins.
John N. Kimball, flying the nOnpar,
tisan colOrs, rOmped home a winner
in the big Seventh ward fight, the
banner contest of the aldermanic cleo
Republican, who ran second, and Rob
ert P. Bamrick, Democrat, who was
third in the race. This was a hard
fought contest from start to finish,
with the three leading contender>
claiming victory.
Alderman Charles e. Merriam mar
15haled the Kimball nonpartisans ant
the Stewart forces were directed II
Bernard w. Snow, former aldermen
and Republican leader.
Four 20 One CouqhIin.
Incomplete returns from the First
ward indicate that Bath House John"
Coughlin, Democrat, defeated Miss
Drake, progressive, by a vote of 4
to 1.
Democrat Wins 2 to 1.
Boston, April S.-James A. Gallivan.
for the past thirteen years, superin-
tendent of streets here, and a Demo
crat, was elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mayor
James NJ. Curley as congressman
from the Twelfth district Gallivan
received a total of SOS votes, which
is more than the combined vote of his
Republican and Progressive opponents.
O'Byrne Defeated
Paterson. n. J., April S-James J.
O'Byrne, the Democratic candidate for
congress was beaten in the Seventh
district. The vote was Drukker. TO-
sos; O'Byrne, 1929; Gordon Demarest
Socialist, 5,G56; H. c. Whitehead, Bull
NI1nco en0