Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1917 — More Illinois Towns Go Dry—Danville Turns. [ARTICLE]

More Illinois Towns Go Dry —Danville Turns.

The Illinois anti-saloon forces yron another signal victory in the local op tion elections held Tuesday in a number of cities and villages. According to returns received up to midnight the drys had captuerd nine wet towns and had lost only one dry town. Six towns which had been wet voted to retain their saloons. The chief victory for the drys was the turning of Danville, the county seat of Vermilion county, to their column. As a result sixty-eight saloohs will close there on <May 1: The results of the elections are shown as fololws: Dry—Auburn, Johnston City,* Fairfield, Whiteash, Henry, • Danville, Lacon* Efflingham, Wamac, Andalusia, •Morris. Wet—Amboy, Galena, Maple Park, Tamms, Nauvoo, Havana, Gardner.