South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-06
MICHIGAN VOTERS
PUT 225 SALOONS
OUT ON MONDAY
'DryS" Carry at Least Eight
Counties, including Berrien,
Late Returns ShOW-Repub-
IiCanS Win Offices.

DETROIT. Mich. April 6.-Returns
today indicated that the dry forces
won sweeping victories in the local
option contests that marked yester-
days state election. Incomplete re-
turns showed republican majOrities in
the fight over state offices.
Eaton. LenaWee. Genesee and San
lilac counties which were already dry
successfully resisted the efforts of the
vets TO put saloons within their linn
it's. At least eight wet counties were
voted dry. They were Berrien, which
includes Benton Harbor and ST. Jo-
seph; Calhoun, Emmett, Kalamazoo,
Lapeer. Mason. Oakland and Tuscola
Approximately 255 saloons were
put out OF business by the voters
Complete returns from Berrien
county indicate that the prohibition
lists won by q majority Of 512 votes
This was due to the fact that the cities
of Niles, St. Joseph and Benton Har-
Dor. which were expected to return
large wet naiorities, went wet by only
comparatively small number Of
votes.
Niles Went wet by I24, Benton
HarbOr, which was expected 10 poll
500 wet majority, carried by only 2S5.
and st. Joseph. where "a majority OF
$50 was looked for went wet by 36S.
Buchanan returned a majority OF 131
for prohibition, and IS out of the re-
naming 20 precincts went dry by ma
tOrities sufficient TO overcome the wet
votes Of Niles, Benton Harbor, st. Jo-
seph and two of the country precincts
Benton Votes Wet.
Benton, where the House of David
is situated, went wet by AZ votes. due
TO a strenuous campaign conducted
by the followers of King Benjamin.
The vote was the heaviest ever poll
ed, 13, ,5T5 votes being cast throughout
the county. The result was consider
ed to be a great victory for the pro-
hibition movement as Berrien county
returned a vote of ]. 800 against prohi-
bitiOn six years ago. and has been
considered one of the StrOngholds Of
the liquor forces.
The Niles city election was about
evenly divided between the democrats
and republicans. Charles +. White
republican, was elected mayor, de-
feating Fred r. Cook. editor of the
candidate.
Democrat Is Clerk.
Barron Weatherby, democrat, was
elected city clerk and Claude S. Smith
republican. was chosen treasurer
Three republican aldermen were elect
ed, they being w l.. Harrah, Henry
Moore and Clair Gibson. John FOrler
be elected Herman Roebeck, John
Huff and +. - Beall, democratic can
didates for supervisor, were elected,
as was -. +. Remb barger, republican.
At Bent )n Harbor. the new city
charter, which provided for the COM
mission form of government, was de-
feSted by a majority of 500.
Grand Traverse was the only coun-
" in the lower peninsula to vote
against prohibition, according to the
somewhat incomplete reports last
night. Genesee county returned a
majority of 600 for prohibition, the
vote IN the outside precincts over
coming the wet majority returned by
the city of Flint.
Kalamazoo is reported 10 have gone
dry by a majority Of about 700. Re-
turns from Calhoun county with the
exception Of four precincts, indicate
that the county went dry by 600 votes.
Lapeer. TuscOla, Emmett and four
other counties are believed to have
returned dry maJorities ranging from
500 to 1900.