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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
"UNKNOWN" PASSENGER IS ARRESTED TODAY;
 HOLMES BOUND OVER

George Johnson, alleged to be the unknown" passenger riding in the Olympic taxicab last week when li'l ol' Lady Luck deserted Jack Holmes and landed him in the lookup and his car in chancery, was arrested today on a warrant charging him with pos session of and transporting intoyi- eating liquor. The charge was at first brought under the Alaska Bone Dry Law but was later dismissed and a similar one filed under the Ma tional Prohibition Act.
 Johnson is understood to have been arrested after Holmes divulged his identity. His hearing will take place tomorrow before Judge V. A. Paine in the U. s. Commissioners Court.
 Holmes hearing was held today and he was bound over to the grand jury charged with transportation of liquor. The count charging him with its possession was withdrawn after Johnson's arrest
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
ADMIRAL CHASE VISITS JUNEAU
 ON COAST TOUR
Here on Mine Sweeper Tern Making Exhaustive Study
 Coast for Naval Vessels.

The mine sweeper Tern, Rear Ad- miral J. V. Chase aboard. arrived in Juneau at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon from Sitka, and will remain here. several days before proceed ing south, enroute to Bremerton, thence to it's naval base at San Pe- dro. Cal. As a tender the Tern has accompanied the U. s. s. Guyana, on which ship Rear Admiral Chase has been making an exhaustive study of conditions on the Alaskan coast with particular reference to shelter for naval vessels
 Rear Admiral Chase boarded the Tern at Sitka for the trip to Jul neau, leaving the Guyana at Port Discovery, and will rejoin the ship at Ketchikan August 21. The .Ad- miral has toured along the coast of the Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay and from Anchorage to Juneau.
 Two Davis.Douglas hydroplanes are carried by the Guyana for the pur. pose of making real mosaic map of Alaskan harbors. bays and islands The hydroplanes are used for flying over the surveys made by the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, when photo graphs from the air have been taken
 Rear Admiral Chase called on Gov. Scott c. Bone this morning and plans to spend several days in the vicinity of Juneau.
 The Tern is in command of Capt. T. Macklin and the officer personnel is: Boatswain H. Montgomery, Exc cutive Officer; Chief Machinist John Bolt, Chief Engineer: Boatswain Cole, Watch Officer
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
DAHLQUIST SURVEY PARTY LEAVING
 FOR WESTWARD

Fred Dahlquist. cadastral engineer with the U. s. General Land Office, and his assistants Charles Perelle and Jack Champlain, will leave Ju- neau tomorrow on the Alaska for the westward to spend until early in No vember on survey work. They will make townsite survey at Hope from
 where they will go to Kodiak to sur.
 vey homesteads and make examina- tion of surveys. From Kodiak they will spend some time on the Alaska Peninsula and will cross from Ka- natak to Bristol Bay to spend short time at Ugashik to examine surveys. Returning south they will stop over at Cordova to make several surveys there.
 D The party returned to Juneau last night from Taku Harbor where they spent several days surveying home stead.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
FAMOUS PASTOR
 PASSES AWAY
Rev. Dr. Philip s. Moxom Dies in Massachusetts,
 Was Pastor Emeritus.
tConunuea rrom rage one.

He was born of English parents at Markham. Ont. on August 10, 1s4S, his father being soldier in the British army who came to Cana da and later entered the ministry. The family moved to Illinois and the boy, Philip, went into the Civil War as an attendant to a captain in the 5Sth Illinois Infantry. He enlisted in the 17th Illinois cavalry when 15 years old and served for the rest. of the war.
 Ordained In 1871 After the war he studied at Kala- mazoo, Mich, College. Shurtleff Col- Theological Seminary. Meanwhile he taught school one winter and studied law for time He was or dained to the ministry in 1871. Brown University gave him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1892
 Dr. Moxom was university preach CT at Harvard from 1S9f to 1897 and later was preacher at Yale, Cornell, vassar and several other colleges.
 He was a delegate to several inter national peace congresses. In 1914, he was member of the Ecumenical Council in Baden which was broken up by the beginning of the World War On his return to America, he was vigorous in his denunciation of Emperor William.
 Former kajser Pirate "If Emperor William says that he France before the outbreak of the war, he lies," Dr. Moxom declared shortly after landing in Boston. q was at Constance before the first de claration of war was made. For a week before hostilities started the Germans were preparing for the in vasion of France. am convinced | that the Kaiser is carrying out well
 matured plans and deliberately in
 vaded Belgium and France for pur poses which can be called nothing other than piracy"
 l Dr. Moxom was twice married His first wife was Isabel Elliott of Battle 1 Creek, Mich. She died some years ago and in June, 1920, when he was 72 years old. he was married tc Mrs. Jessie B. Daggett, of La Grange
 Ind, whom he had known for 4 years.
 l He was always active in civic af
 fairs. His interest in outdoor life
 was shown by his life membership
 in the Appalachian Mountain Club o Boston, of which" ke was presiden for two years. He was enthusiastic
 over poetry, particularly that O
 Browning, and after being president
 of the Boston Browning Society fol
 three years was made an honorar,
 vice-president for life. He was also
 a member of the National Arts Clul l of New York and the Arts Club O l Washington
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
MIR. AND MRS. BEHRENDS
 MAKE INTERIOR TRIP

To be absent about three weeks visiting most of the larger towns to the westward and interior, Mir and Mrs. B. NJ. Behrends will leave to- morrow on the steamer Alaska. They visit Cordova and Valdez enroute and leaving the Alaska at Seward pro ceed to Fairbanks over the Alaska Railroad.
 This is the first time either Mir. or Mrs Behrends have made this trip. They will spend several days in Fairbanks and Anchorage and re- turn to the coast by the railroad.
 We have many friends in the in terior and westward districts and the bank has business connections there also. We are going in to get a personal view of the country and spend short vacation in Alaska, said Mir. Behrends. They expect tc return on the next Alameda south bound after the Alaska's return.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
GRAND OPENING LEADER STORE
 HELD TOMORROW
Leader Department Store and New Quality Store Occupy
 New Home Front Street.

The grand opening of the Leader Department Store and the Quality Store in their new home on Front St. and Ferry Way, will be held to- morrow from 9 o'clock in the morn ing until 10 o'clock Tn the evening"
 The Quality Store, which has taken
 over the shoe department of the Leader store with the addition of a grocery department. is owned by George Bros, while the Leader store remains under the ownership and
 management of M George.
 The new store building which was formerly the Brunswick building. is one of the most attractive in the city.
 An arcade front with island show case 20 feet long and five feet deep is feature of the main entrance. The entire front is 46 feet long, with five window display cases. The build ing is 80 feet deep with an entire floor space of 3,6S0 square feet. It is divided in the center, the Leader Department store being on the east side and the Quality Store on the
 west. The interior of the building is
 finished in pearl gray and the fix lures in both stores are of mahogany. An entrance to each store leads from the front and there is an entrance to the Leader Store at the rear where there is also a large display window. A complete new stock for each department of the two stores arrived this past week and a new Dodge de- livery truck, 1924 model, came in on the freighter Cordova, for the gro cery department.
 M. George, who has been in busi-
 ness in Juneau for the past six years, being at Douglas for num-
 Der of years previous to moving to this city, will continue as owner and
 manager of the Leader Store while his three sons, Tom, Joe and Gus, who own the Quality Store, will man.
 age the Quality store. G. Paul has
 been employed as clerk in the gro-
 cery department of the Quality Store.
 The Leader Department Store
 building has been undergoing reno
 vations the past two months, the
 work being done by the Morris Con-
 struction Company. W
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
CURRENCY IS
 COMING BACK
 FOR RUSSIANS
Paper Money Is Being Dis. placed-Dual Monetary
 System Being Changed
tContinuea From -sss ons.,

money which will replace the present ruble paper as fractions of the state bank notes.
 American, English. French, Dutch and other currency are now in free and general circulation in Moscow, but gradually find their way back into the state bank which whenever possible to persuade clients to do so, pays out the "cherovonetsa' in order to accustom the people to their use. They are well made notes on ex- cellent paper. slightly larger than American currency.
 Russia today is very short of money. the circulation ''in chero- vouetsa" and paper rabies being only slightly more than the value of two gold rubles head of population. It is hoped to increase this gradually, but to issue very little more paper unless there is actual value, or an ticipated revenues, behind it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
SALMON BANNERS PUTTING UP BIG PACK, SAYS CORE
Season Total Far Above Average ackers Di-
 vide on Closing Period

The salmon pack or Southeastern Alaska is far above the average and canneries are running at capacity putting up more fish, according 10 l.. O, Gore, Assist. L. s. Attorney. who returned to his headquarters here yesterday after two weeks trip over the district between here and Ketchikan. There is a big run of salmon on in the lower end of the district and all of the packers are getting plenty of fish. he said
 Mir. Gore left here two weeks age on the Fisheries Boat Widgeon tc investigate reports oT Illegal fish. ing, being accompanied by NJ. E. Ball, Asst. l. s. Fisheries Agent. Six arrests were made al Tenakee and those involved who were fishing for Killisnoo herring plant, were bound over to the grand jury. They are alleged to have been fishing in the mouth of a salmon spawning stream.
 Considerable interest is being shown at Ketchikan in the Terri. torial law establishing closed sea. sons on salmon fishing. said Mir Gore. While many of the packers having made their preparations tt pack uninterrupedly. will not oh serve the law this season, others will clcse down. he said. Among those to close, he added, will be Fidalgo Island Packing Co.,. Beegle Packing Co.,, owned by Slothan and Paup, the Red Salmon Packing As sociation, a floating cannery. There is sentiment at Ketchikan. it was said, in favor of either the Terri tory or the Federal authorities forcing all canners to close by in- junction prceedings.
 Although all the canneries are well supplied with fish. at only two points. Ketchikan Creek and Olive Cove, were any salmon seen ascend ing to spawning beds. Low water in the smaller streams is said to be the reason for this condition. At Wrangell the water shortage was acute, both the sawInill and laundry
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
B. M. Behrends Co.,, Inc.

being forced to shutdown and the eannery compelled to haul it's fresh water in order to continue opera tions. Petersburg was slighly bet ter off but was very short of fresh water The season has been the dry est en record. The present rainfall is expected to relieve the situation. Rain began to fall in Ketchikan Saturday just before the Admiral Rogers sailed north and was en- eountered all the way north from there, said MT. Gore.
 Mr. Ball, who left here with MT. Gore and accompanied him to Ket- ehikan, went from there to Sitka to meet the Unalga and Commissioner 0'Malley, and will probably return with that party.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
COLE UNDERGOING MEDICAL
 TREATMENT AT SEATTLE

Cash Cole, proprietor of the Cole Transfer, who left Juneau several weeks ago for Seattle for medical treatment. is now undergoing treat ment for chronic stomach trouble by the Abrams Method, at Jason s Jason, M. D., at Seattle, according to word received in the last mail by Mrs. Cole. He expects to be able to re- turn to Juneau in about eight weeks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
FOUR ARRESTED IN RAID
 ON HOTEL AT KETCHIKAN

Four persons were arrested Sat urday in a raid by Federal prohibi- tion agents on the St. Francis Hotel at Ketehikan, according to advices received today by U. s. Attorney A. G. Shoup. A quantity of whis- key and beer is reported to have been seized in the raid. Those ar rested were: H. R. Raffelson, Otto Howes, Harry Godfrey and Rose Burke.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
FUNERAL sERvicEs FOR
 NICK ZUkoFf TOMORROW

The funeral services for Nick Zu- koff. who was killed in the Alaska Ju- neau mine Friday last, will be held tomorrow afternoon at ? o'clock at the Russian Church. Father A. P.
 Kashevarof will conduct the cere. mony. lnterment will be in Ever. green Cemetery. sll 's''
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
ENTERTAIN AT DINNER.

In honor of his uncle Col w. M. Breckinridge of Tucson, Ariz.. and Judge J. Newman, of San Fran cisco, Major and Mrs. George D. Beaumont will entertain at din- ner at their home this evening. In addition to- the guests of honor, other invited guests are; Gov. Scott c. Bone, Surveyor General Karl Theile, Judge T. M Reed, U. s. Attorney A. G. Shoup. J. c. Nc Bride. Collector of Customs, Judge V A. Paine, A. c. Means. H. l.. Faulkner and Walter DeLong.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13

Fred K Lerned, pioneer of the Anchorage district. who arrived here on the Alameda. left on the Admiral Rogers for Sitka where he will enter the Pioueeers' Home,
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13

w. s. Pekovich, president of the Alaska Admiralty Gold Mining Com pany. arrived in Juneau after spend ing several weeks in the states on 8 pleasure trip. ii'A' 1sii 'i.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13

Mrs. R. E. Gault and her two chiL dren, Katherine and Edwin. and Berdie Selmer of Skagway, and Miss Dorothy Olsen, left on the Admiral Rogers for Skagway. Miss Olsen will spend short time there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13

Mrs. Edith Sheelor left on the Ad- miral Rogers for Skagway enroute to the Atlin country where she will spend the next month.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13

Major Herbert Struble. son of Mrs Henry Roden. arrived in Juneau on the Admiral Rogers to visit with Mir and Mrs. Roden.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-13
MEMS DRESS SHIRTS

Durably made in generous size ol very fine silk. Plain white and colored stripes.
 $9.50.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-04-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of County Commissioners
of Benton county up to ] O'clock p. m.
Monday, April l6, 1923 at the office
of the county auditor in the court
house in Prosser, Wash, for the re-
pairing of Benton County Bridge No.
g, Called Prosser Sixth Street bridge
and for doing such other work as may
be necessary in connection Herewith,
all in accordance with the plans and
specifications therefor prepared by
the county engineer and filed in the
office of the county auditor.
Each bid must be accompanied by
cash or a certified check in an amount
equal to five 1917 per cent of the
bid. No bid will be considered unless
accompanied by such deposit which is
to be forfeited to the county of Ben
ton in the event that the successful
bidder shall fail or refuse, within five
days of notice of award, to enter into
a contract with Benton county for the
making and constructing of the afore-
said improvement, and furnish the
bond required by law.
All bids or proposals shall be in
writing on the forms as prepared for
the same now in tn coffee of the
county auditor and filed with the coun-
ty auditor on or before the day and
hour above mentioned. The regiht TO
reject any and all bids is reserved.
Dated this 9th day of March, 1928.
e. o. Keene, County Auditor and
ex-officio clerk of the Board Of Com
missioners, of Benton County, Wash.
3:29-4:l2
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NOTICE is hereby given that pur.

NOTICE is hereby given that pur-
suant to petition of the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of Finley
Drainage District No. of Benton
county, and a Resolution of the Board
of County Commissioners of said Ben
ton county, an election will be held
at the Grange hall at Finley, in said
District in Benton. county, Washing
ton, on Monday, the 7th day of May,
1873, from the hour of nine o'clock
a. nl.,, until seven o'clock d. M, to de-
termine whether said Finley Drain
district No. of Benton county shall
be reorganized as Drainage I'M
provement District. If said reorgan-
lzation is effected the said Drainage
District will thereafter be governed
by Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1913
and acts amendatory thereof and sup
elemental thereto, instead of Chap
ter 115 of the Laws of 1895 adm acts
amendatory thereof, as at present.
At said election the electors of said
Drainage District will cast ballots
containing the words Reorganization
Yes" or "Reorganization-No." and
decide the said question.
Dated this 3rd day of April, 1928.
e. O. KEENE, County auditor
and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners of Benton
County, Wash. 4:5-5:3
.(Official SeaD
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-04-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received
by the board of commissioners of
Benton county up to 10 o'clock a. m,
Monday, April Is, 1928 at the office
of the county auditor in the Court
House in Prosser, Wash, for the con-
struction of Benton County permanent
highway ga, the location of said
highway being described as follows:
beginning at the southeast corner
of Section 5, township Is, N. Range
%, E. w. M, called Grants corner
and known and designated as station
263- 1853, thence northwesterly along
the C. M. & Puget Sound r. r. to
Federal Avenue of White Bluffs,
thence following said Federal Avenue
northeasterly to the northeast corner
of section 81, township Ia N, range
81, E. w. M, known and designated
as station 402-l-S4.9S and there end
ing, being total length of 2.644 mi.
and doing all other work that may
be necessary In connection Herewith,
all in accordance with plans and spec
ifications therefor prepared by the
County Engineer and on file in the
office of the county auditor
The successful bidder will be re-
quired to furnish a corporate surety
bond in the full amount Of the con-
tract, conditioned that the party
thereto will perform the work upon
the terms, within the time, and in
accordance with the contact, profiles,
maps, plans and specifications and
that such party will indemnify the
county against any direct or indi-
rect damages to persons or property
during the construction and improve
ment of such highway and until the
same is accepted.
Each bid shall be accompanied by
cash or a certified check in a sum
equal to one-tenth of the amount of
such bid, payable to the county, which
shall be forfeited to the county upon
the failure of the party, for period
of twenty days after such contract
is awarded, to enter into a proper
contract and furnish the above re-
quired bond.
All proposals shall be in writing
and on the form prepared for the
same now in the office Of the county
auditor and must be filed with the
county auditor on or before the day
and hour above mentioned.
The board of county commissioners
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-04-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO
FILE CLAIMS
No TAI


In the Superior Court of the State
OF Washington, for Benton County, in
probate.
In the matter of the estate of Jennie
Walker, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the estate of Jennie
Walker, deceased, were granted to the
undersigned on the 30th day of March,
1923, by the said Superior court.
All persons having claims against
said estate, are required to serve them
with the necessary vouchers upon me
at the offices of Moulton & Jeffrey,
in Kennewick, Washington within six
months after the date of the first
publication of this notice. to-wit, with
in six months after the 9Th day of
April, 1923, and file the same with the
clerk of this court together with proof
of such service, or they shall be for
ever barred.
Dated at Kennewick, Wash, this 9Th
day of April, 1928.
j. A. WALKER, Executor.
Moulton & Jeffrey,
Attorneys for Executor,
Kennewick, Wash. 4:5-19
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-04-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS


In the Superior Court Of the State
of Washington in and for the County
of Benton.
In the matter of the Estate of
Thomas Anthony Warnock, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned, Mary Alice Warnock, who
has been appointed, and who has quail
flied as executrix of the estate Of
Thomas Anthony Warnock, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the deceased to
serve the same on the said executrix
or her attorney Of record, and file
with the clerk of court, together with
proof of said service, within six
months (6), after the date of the first
publication of this notice, or same will
be forever barred.
The address of said executrix, for
he purpose aforesaid, will be the same
as that of her attorney, as below set
out.
MARY ALICE WARNOCK, Ex-
ecutrix of the Estate of Thomas An
thony Warnock.
Phil G. Warnock, Kennewick,
Washington, Attorney for executrix.
First publication March 15, 1928.
3:15-4:5
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-04-05
HEDGES NEWS
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The high school play had to be post
joined last week owing to so much
sickness among the pupils.
Mrs. VIM. Howard, section fore
mans wife, has undergone an opera
ton in Kennewick. She is improving
rapidly.
Mr.. Hooker's mother, Mrs. Mcclure,
left Friday for her home in Vancou-
yer, where she will look ate her ranch
during the summer.
The usual business meeting Of the
grange will be held Saturday, April
Id. The program for that evening is
left to tn eyoung people with Frank
Stops in charge.
The Easter services were well at
tended last Sunday and the children
did fine in their exercises. Great Gre
dit is due to the ladies who assisted
in the program.
Those who took advantage of the
old time concert last Friday surely
had a good time. There was q good
attendance and the program was ap-
preciated by everyone.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morris, of Eu-
reka, Montana, spent last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Hooker. They left Fri
day with Mrs. Mcclure for Vancou-