Show ILLINOIS IS FIGHTING BATTLE TODAY ON ONI I LOCAL OPTION Nine Wet Cities Cities W Would ou d Go GoDry GoDry GoDry Dry Six O Others hers Would Resume Sale CHICAGO April 4 One One hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred and sixty-five sixty townships in Illinois in which there are cities villages and settlements are voting voting- on local option today I In more than eighty of ot these townships the Issue was brought before the voters on petitions filed by the drys In others that have been dry the last few years the wets filed flied the petitions Of Or the larger wet cit cities s voting today there are nine nine Aurora Aurora Dixon Moline Waukegan Lincoln Alton Galena 1 Rock ock planet iland and Savanna avanna Among the dry cities In which the issue has been raised are Bloomington Freeport BelvIdere Kewanee Elgin EIgin and Decatur Women Play Big Part Women voters are expected to play playa a big part In the elections the drys placing most of their hopes of ot victory in the various communities upon the women Chicago aldermanic election ope today with bitter factional fights on both Loth the Democratic and Republican an sides The Republicans have ha 35 members members mem mem- bers hers In in the present council the Demo- Demo crots 29 and the Progressives Socialists Socialists Social Social- I and Independents each has two The bitterest fight is in the Republican Republican lican ranks where Mayor William Hale Thompson and opponents of ot the administration are struggling for control control con con- of the council Women voters have been active Inthe in inthe inthe the closing days day of the campaign and their vote It is said will exert a strong influence on the results of the elec lec- tion I Republicans at War MILWAUKEE WIs April 4 G. G G. G A. A Bading non partisan seeking reelection reelection elec re tion was opposed by Daniel A. A Hoan city attorney In today's municipal election Hoan is the candidate of the Social In the state two sets of delegates to the Republican national convention are being chosen One faction Is led by Senator La Fol- Fol lette and the other by y Governor Ph Philip Philli Local option elections are in progress at Superior second city In Wisconsin and at Ashland There are saloons in Superior DETROIT April 4 Late Late returns return from the thirteen counties which voted on the local option n issue yesterday made certain that prohibition forces increased the area of ot dry territory in Michigan by two counties The prohibitionists prohibitionists pro pro- retained their four foul counties where the question was before the people peo pee pIe and seven counties retained their saloons |