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i' !nTTCT)170Tm OTTfi TTmnTNTTi. TrRT)FOTtT), OttFlOX, 'WFTjXTWTYAY. TWEMBFR 2, lflff " TOTT! TOTTOT r , r :i p SALON KEEPER RESPOND FOR IE EMPLOYEE'S ACIS Holding Hint ttie fii'ini'iit of In tut In lint mi Ingredient of the crime of 'selling lliiiior lo u minor, the hii preine" court In mi opinion written by jllMllcii llurmitt, has announced It to Im tliu legal doctrine of thin Htnto Hint, where lliiuor In sold by n bar tender to n person under ugo, llm m looti.o'wncr In llablu ami subject to prosecution, Tim decision wim rendered In tlm twit cnnn ot Htato vh, C, (I, llrown, wjio wus Indicted for wiling Jtiloxl cutliiR lliiuor to a minor In Jackson county. Tho Indictment charged tlint tlu sale was made tliroiiKli llrown'H burieiider, and that Drown hud no knowledg" of It, I'urlluT, It al leged that llrown had given Instruc tions io hl bartenders to sell no II quon to minors, and that tho minor. In procuring tho lliiuor, represented lilumelf to lo ovr 21 years of uge. The defense demurred to tho In dlrtiiteitt on tho ground that It did not state facia sufficient to conntltuto n orltnn and on tho riround that Drown was not liable criminally. Circuit Judge Cnlklnn sustained the demurrer, apprnl a taken by Comity Attorney IColly, nml tho mi pri'ino court reverses tho decision. Tln caw will bo tried at tho Feb runry term. Opinion of Omit ''It Is not directly mi stated, but we nuaumn In favor of tho defendant, an tho purlieu evidently Intended, that ho wait conduction n place where In toilcHtliiK llquorn went hold under a rKttlnr license and ojnployed n bur tender In tho prosecution of bin bun Iikm," xald Justice llurnctt, In part. "On this assumption, coupled with thu amended form of tho Indictment net forth, w) find that, apparently, the uutliorltloH urc In a hopeless con flirt as regards thu culpability of tho dofoiidiiut, under such clrciim stauirs. Precedents In lit favor proceed upon tho theory I hut no oim ran com mil crime In tho abmtnro of Intent to do no, Thin In tho keynote. If all utterance", on that subject, no far an our Investigation goes, and there nro many eminent JurlMa who express thin doctrine with Kreut persuasive ness. Declon to tho contrary arn based upon tho doctrine that, ill stautory crimen, union-, tlicre In in corfHiratoil Into tho legislative defi nition tho element ot knowledge on tho part of tho defendant tho Intent with which B" nc wa doiii) la not an Ingredient of tho offense. Thli feature In a differentiating character istic between thu two rlamcs of caiieM, Tito courts of thla otnta aro com inltted o tile latter doctrine. ' l'niH)lyrr lt.onlllo "With tho uuderitandlnK that tho bartender wan an employe of tho do fondant In tho conduct of a licensed business, tho defendant In directly concerned In thu traffic. It In ho who, of all otho.ru, makes It possible for tho bartender to commit tho act for bidden by the statute, llo furnishes tbo Ifquor to veil and tho placo In whlcb If I" sold. Ho employ agents for tbut pur pom who carry on the litiMluctttf for htm. Itcponnblo to tho Mute undor hla license, ho must take tho rsks of tbo business at his perl and sco that bU omployes obey tho luy. If wo would derlvo profit from (ho venture In thu handn of IiIm employe, ho tuiiHt accept tho hurard with tho benefit. "Hero v(m a anln. From whom? To whom? Tho nufcwor Ih plain that It wan from tbo dofondont to tho minor. It Involves tho pnnnlnK of property from tho former to tho lnt tor for a valuable confederation. Tho bartender la not ahown to have any Intercut In tho property, The defend nut derived whatever profit accrued from' tho tranHactlon. IfnvltiR on KUKert himitelf with tho bartender in thp biiHlneiiS, ho Ih liable Uko tho bar tender, and with him for any act done Intho pursuance at tho undertaking ItvaaVn la found in tho fact that tho IJont U not tnndo an oloment ot tho Ntuutory offonne, no that tho defend ant lit llublo Uko tho bnrtendor, and with him for any act done In (lie PUrnuanco of tho undortaklnK. Ilpu von In found In tho fact that tho In ten( la not uiado an element of the Htutulory offonne, no that the defend ant l liable In like mniuior aH la hi uncut, omployed to conduct the html ncmi," I ' OF PERE MARQUETTE DKTHOIT, TH. tf. Fm llivr rf. T6rib o twice Die i)Ihionoii nf mlU Ijoiih of iIoIIuim loi't'lvt'il iv llio I'me elHI'jIlfltU Hlll1)H frOIH tliu Nltlll (if jinuil4 Win lolie imjilii lOilnv nl lilt lifuilHK lii'l'me CoiiimUhloiH'r II, (', litlll l( III" lnlt'lnllllH I'OIHMWI' I'lMII Wtl"H, vi(i U III llulM'll I'PMilui'lliiK NH fUVtiullMMllon Mr (Sill Hl'tf fiflllll (u ewwJlillHi, HIGHER PRICES HR 1 BRITISH MARKET GERMAN CLAIM CA STRONG FRENZIED '.. DcrnilM & Koiih' l.iiiiiliiii cliciilni', dated Noemlier HI, nuys: During (lie paHl week (iniwiln line been Koinewhut lighter nml we are jilenKed to lepoil an imiroU'ineiit in the mnrket all touml, In consequence, On harrelli'il Htocl(M, IkiIIi nppIi'H nml peniN, priccH are hllier, which Htnto nf III iik e me hoping will continue from notv mi. Tlni htockn of K'eiffer iienrw hero nl jireseiit will nfil sulitify lite detnnnil nl niliiiK' priccH, ami we nulleipnlu Dint IIichu pricoH will maliitnln themielvi'H for the time helnic until lienvier Hhiji inentii auiu come foruanl. (iifml, hnnl HtockH of best nuality fs tilt nro hndly wnnler nml would renliro 'JU or U.'Ih per barrel for Wcntrni Now York Ktnto Keifferw, nmWabout 17k fld for IIutKon liver ICclffrrN, nml thein have in fact been a few piiieeW Hold on thin market dtirinj; Hie pinil few ilayH at IhoHo priceM. I'iwiitj In mmanit Tor best peart Hnolt an Cornier, il'Aujou, etc,, there in a nxl ilemnud, but prices are only inoderalo for Win ler Nells jh-uin, there li'in; mill large nrrivaH of thene by each hnnl. Them' rntiKcil from lb to l.'U, the hulk real I'iiitf 10h to 'dii per box. Ah rcanU hnrrelleil npplcH, the (rent bulk of tho arrival arc Kova HcotianH, of uliirli he n, h. North Point brought some 18,000 ImrrelH, which luiiileil in good condition in npile of a Nomewhnt t olonftl oy aio. These met with an improved market at pricH raiifnnt; from 1!U (Id lo llti fur Kiup nml KlenheimH, 12 to i;t (Id for liibslonH. Those prices1 u'ii urn lumttiir l,i m,i tint inf ri Srti.,1. na !'" t )iomeKiown led vnricties- nro at an end, and lhono Hoicks will fill the re quireiurnlH of that trade. Some pwxl Maine llal(luin or Virginia York Im poijnlH wp nro convinced would tenl Uo snliAfactoiv price. Theio is also an impiovemriit l be reeoiiled on boxed apples, California New towns hrinu n-brik tnnlo at Tm lid for tho four tiers nml fW ltd to fn lid for four uud one. hall' tier fruit, with u risinj; tendency. ' l,lciiHMl Murkrt In I,lverKiol alito wu have to report nn improvement nil round, both as le pinls huirolU'il nppleN ami pent. Keif fern ore a eood trade anil have realized from -Mm to 'S.U er bun cl for (noil haul Western New York htouk, nml other handled ooars havoj nlno done vel at the pncei. reported ovor.leaf. Cnlifoniia New low its are a little better tinilu nml four tiers aie wanted at Tis (Id. Tho four and onchalf tier sire is not ho well received in I.ivor-. mmi, arid aro hlmv nt fs. The pro Hrtiou of small-Hired fruit seem rnther larwcr IliU season (linn usunl. FRENCH P HON CHLDREN 'S PLAY mm PD ATTRACTSATTENTION CAUSES ID 10 IlKIlhiK. Dec '-', by wiiclesK. The (Icniinii official statement iHSiicd to day claims tho captuic of n t.tiiMij; Freiieh Kisitioii in the Aruonne for cHt hy Ktnpcior WJIIinms' own ref-i-incut. The text of llio cominiiiiicalioti rendu: "In the wesleni Ihealer of llio war I he enemy mnilo insiiificant ud vnnooH which were cheeked. "In tho forest of A'kiiiiiic stronn point of mipport of tho enemy was taken hy llio Wiifitlcinbcrir iiifuntry rcciment No. 'M, IiIh jnajesty, tin knisoHH own rcKiiii'nt. On Ibis no riiHlou two ofticcrH and about .'lOfi nl (lie enemy'H troojw weio mtido pris ononi. ' "There in no iiowh from vnsleni I'riiHsla, "In northern Poland bnttles me takiiiK Iholr nonnnl course, "In Houthcru Poland the enein's uttnt'lsN were repulsed. "Tho nport circulated in tin for elrn press that the 'ja.000 priHonors taken at Kutno nro included in the 10,000 lltiHsinii priHonerH rvMiiteil b tm previotiHly, Ih untrue. "In llio hattloii nt Wloclawek, Kut no, I.01U nnd Lowioz, tho eastern nrmy has taken bctwren the 11th of Novfiiihrr and tho lit of December over 80,000 unwounded Ihissinn pris oner." OF DRAMA LEAGUE ATTEMPT ID E TAX LEVY RAISE BY PROHIBITION CIHANTS PASS. Doc 2 I'rohlbl tlon bow canned an Increnso of four inllld In tho city levy, denplto the ut mom prunliiK and economy, and CrautH 1'itHK will pay Juki double in taxea tho amount paid tho prcrent. In mnkiur; up Itn budKei upon which the l,vy wan baiscd, tho coun cil, ut Its meeting Monday nlht, wuh obllKed to Inchido a upeclal levy of four mllli to coTcr the Intercut on the railroad bond Issue, till levy be ing provided for In thu ordlnanccN covering the Inane. Another four mill levy was also mnde ncieniiury Iwcauho of the Iota of tho revenue heretofore derived from tho saloon licenses. Having voted to dl-peiibo with tho aoloon In Grant Pan It wan up to tho council to meet thin loss of revenue by direct taxation.. hence another four mllU added to the levy, maltlni; tho total levy for city pur potion, general and Mpeclal, 10 mlllH, eight mill, geuernl and eight mills Bpeclnl. v A Ilerkoloy dlpatrh to San 1'ran cIhco pa pern dated Nor. 28 contains the following pathetic account of tho attempt nt milcldo by the eleven year old dnughtrr of U. II Mnrrl. former ly of .Medford. Taunt, of reboot mates cauHcd the child to hw allow polnon, Tho account rcad: "I'lve," writhes Sir Jameii Ilarrlo In IiIh utory of "Wendy nnd Potor Pan," Ix "nlwnyn tho beginning of tho end," when children lenrn that they have to grow up. Hut It was a little later than that for (lertrude Harris, whose mother makes pastrlen In her homo at 2H7 Ward ntrect, Ilerkoloy, which Gertrude wlln to the nolghborn and to strangers as far away as North Oakland, and whose father lies helpless in a Panama hos pital, his mind clouded by Jungle fev er and exposure In the swamp region of the Isthmus. Gertrude is tho unhapplcst girl In her hcIiooI, she believes. Arc of IHkIIIilsIoii "I don't bcllevo In fairies," she says In solemn disillusionment, now, "Pm 11." And If emotional cxfierlenco Is what really counts and not years, Gertrudo Is sagur and sadder and older than even her teachers. She Is the same little girl who a few days ngo bought ant polfon and ate of It In unhapplnesx, and who fell lalnting on a street car In a strange man's arms, llor life was saved, and she is repentant, but she Is no hap pier. J It was said nt the time that Ger jtrudc sought to die because she was I penitent. That Is true, she says, and her mother says tho same thing. Hut It wasn't because she was hun- 'grj, her mother works too hard to We need clothm- for women and'et her know the pangs of hunger, .children, tho latter e-peemlh ; nl-o Shu '' "- c gravely tells us, nninu innie n mo nionov wnien was paid for the pastries her mother had made. In order to taste of confections, and then buy the poison In sudden re- innd for their contnhuions. Those! Penionce. iiio real -moMvo, as me who can give employment to men (,r!r', would call it. was something mic urninn league is areativ inter-1 ested in (he u-i promising Swedish entertainment which the Ifnoscwlt school bus been conscientiously pie imring' for sonic nine. Woik of this iintuie im just what the lengue is try ing1 to promote nml encourage. Its educational ilcpuituicnt consider ilrumalio interpretations- tho most natural ami effectual means of tin folding the child mind lo n point where in later cais hu will have ae ipiiied imaginative conception, which nlonc can ennble him to grusp and npirehend coiicepls presented to him in dramatic forms nml lenim. Thin work cannot begin too curly in the ehild'H development, and he in turn m e(Uipird oven in babyhood for a full and enger response both in under standing nml mimiciy to the art which interprets life us no other art can. Therefore, in the light of this knowledge and conviction, the Drama league fully recogniies and realizes the over hinted jmnsiljilities in this brunch of its work nnd makes every effort to .supK)rt nny undertaking which makes for this development in the child. Accordingly, each member of our center is oaniestlv urged lo support by his nttendnnce this very good en tcrlninment, which is to be given nt , the Page theater Friday afternoon at .'I o'clock. NEEDED miserable. She hnd bean teased, and nho had become morose. She had re fleeted also on a white "fib" alio told her mother, and trended to go home. Ho slm went over to tho store and bought tho nnt poison. Tho rest has been told before. "Sim doesnt look like n starving child, docs shoT" naked her mother, unxlously "Of course, she Is poor, for her father lias boon nwu and sick for a year, btr I havo kept food for tho four children I have to work at homo, because tho others nro younger than Gertrudo nnd neei. con, slant caro. And the girl never took a cent In her life that didn't belong to her, not until sho bought the nut I poison." All of this Gertrude assents to. So will not do tho thing again, she says. The coming' IcMnturo bIiouIi! imhn l resolutions limiting tho number oC I lulls to he introduced hy each soim , tor or representative to live, nnd no more CHARITY Owing to the lower r5ce of lumber tnd the added induce, nv-nl of kee-nog our men employed during tl1 winter month, We mle the following icmailutle teducTiont la doeri: No.2. $1.10 5-Pnnel Door (for Painting) Qn Reduced to 7lC No.l.JlJJO 6-Panel Door rU"d $1.10 Quality Juft as Good as Ever Our cuflomcti ie lwjr ulnd-tL We own nd opeftle the Urjea cLr3.lo.conijrapr Still, Door and Mill Wcxk facloiy in Noithweit. You will find here tlie tjrl value in inteiiof bim. We tell anTone; ihip anywhere. Ak for Catalog No. 33 '!B po-r . ,- 5 1 ri.uyw.-j TI10 School of Modem .Methods. MEDFORD fi. II. IJAUMAN It. T. VANOILDKH r it. ' S xzz 1&; College ntillCIng, 21 North Grapo St. Day and Night School New Pupils May Enter at nny Tlmo Huklucss, Shorthand and English Courses Night School K'K-S $5.00 Writ tot Colltf Journal ' shoes for children. Food and vege- ' tables alwiiVh iicceptnblc. Wo are j grateful to those who have thus fur so generously helped Us in our work women, oven for a dav or two each week, will ohlii'c hv Icttim us know Wo make direful investlfiitiniw be- harder to bear tlian hunger. Sorrow of Childhood Her nrldo was hurt. She know I fort? bel.iinir lKtv thnt "npVlv lo us ! bitterest 'adversity of'chlldhood. , and find conditions worth- of our consideration. I'ovcrtv is not as common ns in towns of this sir.o in the east, nud.this Her clothes wcrn different from those of the other small girls in her school, and the luncheon she sometimes car ried was not so neatly and daintily siH'itks well for Medford. We should ! n,adc- An- for l,,wo s,6ns " pover .all aim' to make this ni-gnuizntinn n )cnunnent institution. Tho nun of 'the orgnniration should bo not onlv ' to holit the tuior and uredv. hut to I prevent conditions renuirip help. Of JK'P wa8n' truc- Tho" cw 1-fico Holland buililinir. In,h0 th!U bcr ",othcr tol,od ,n, ut 1 - itilcht ntut nil dav. and this fact bnrroil ty her playmates, childlike, tnunted her until tho tears welled into her eye?. Then they learned that her father was far away, and .they heard TO THE PUBLIC We arc pleased to announce that wo havo opened up a new busi ness nt tho corner of South Rhcrsldo and 8th St., with up-to-date machinery for the manufacture of automobile bodies, auto wheels and fore doors, all kinds ot wagon and carriage repairing; also rub ber tiring. BILLINGS' WAGON, CARRIAGE AND AUTO WORKS J Why Not Oct tho best smoke, Gov. Johnson, and also patronize homo. (iertrudo form tho gatherings which tho others enjoyed. 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