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Show VICTORY FOR THE I "DRYSCLAIMED 1 Eleven Towns Swept Into Pro. hibition Territory Eighty Saloons Put Out of Business. Chicago. April 21 Results of local option elections in 26 towns and vil- I lages in Illinois yesterday were I claimed as a victory by anti-saloon I leaders todav. f Eleven towns were swept into the dry column, abolishing about eighty I saioons and all previously dry terri- I i torv was retained according to late I ! reports. The "wets" retained twelve I towns and villages. I i The votes of women proved to be I the COntrbllins factor at several places. I ln Litchfield fifteen saloons were wiped out by women. in Ottawa, I where the issue was bitterly contest- I ed, the women furnished 171 votes to- ward- the wet majority of 1.240. For- I t -.-1 li i saloons were retained I Figures provided by F. Scott M Bride, state superintendent of the " i tl-Saloon league, showed that there are now 55 entirely dry counties m the state. 4fi parlially dry. and one. M Monroe entirely wet Seventy com t- ty seats are dry while thirty-two re K main wet. n ' I |