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Show IPBLIGE 10 WE HI 01 SQ-GALLETJ CLUBS Open Season for Organizations Formed to Evade Law Is About Over. 1 Chief of Police Samuel 2d. Barlow J will wage war upon the cheap, so-called so-called clubs. The decision to do this followed a conference by Chief Harlow with several councilnien Thursday evening, even-ing, who instructed him to go after these clubs and put them out of business. busi-ness. There aro four or live old organizations, or-ganizations, commonly referred to as "legitimate'' clubs that will not be molested, but Ihc other "clubs" will have to go. j The so-called clubs upon which the chief of police will wage war aro thoso organized siuce tho now liquor ordinance, ordi-nance, requiring tho saloons to close at. midnight, went, into olFccL Sinco then scores of these clubs have been organized or-ganized aud several havo incorporated, always with no capital, for tho somewhat some-what broad and uueertnia purpose of promoting "friendship, sociability, good fellowship. " mutual entertainment," entertain-ment," and tho like. In fact this has boon flic open season for clubs. These "clubs," it is alleged, are not formed for legifimato purposes, but; to cvado (ho now liquor ordinance. It is expected that some of tho places will resist the chief of police, and if they do he is instructed to proceed to make test cases out of all tho clubs resisting closing up. Tho grounds on which the clubs aro likely to resist being put, out of business busi-ness will be that a man's club is in effect his home. These clubs upon which I ho chief of police will make raids, howevor, are not bona fide clubs, if is claimed, and their contention therefore will not hold. |