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STOCK PRICES GROW FIRMER, TRADING TODAY | | | | Alcohol Issues Take Lead- ership—Cotton Again Up with Wheat and Rye —An indif- od some-| irmer ground | fership and| Except for a e W not es- NEW YORK, ferent stock what stubbornly today under assorted n soared $3 bale up nearly 2 cents and cents to yesterday's! was rye added 3 spurt Silver at New High Bar silver and silver future reached new highs for the year. The wet stocks reflected further) optimism or peal prospects. Some motors rallied on estimated June production of a total of 100,- 000 more cars than in June of last year. Bonds were irregular. The dollar reacted in the foreign markets. Among the more buoyant stocks were Commercial Alcohol, up 12 points, Auburn up 10 points, West- ern Union up 9 points, Industrial Alcohol up 5 points, National Dis-| tillers up 4 points, International| Silver up 3 points, American Sugar and Refining up 4 points, and| United States Smelting up 3 poian,‘ Other Gainers Gains of 1 to 2 points were made by Case, Columbian Carbon, Con- solidated Gas, New York Central, American Smelting, United States Steel while Union Pacific dropped three points. Most of the other rails were quiet. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 12—Closing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 23, American Can 92%, American Power and Light 17%, ‘Anaconda 20%, Bendix Avi- ation 18%, Armour B 4, Bethlehem Steel 45%, Calumet and Hecla 8%, Ward Baking B 4%, Radio Corpor- ation 11, Fox Films 4%, General| Motors 32%, International Harvest- | er, 43%, Kennecott 23%, Packard Motors 6, Standard Brands 29, United States Steel 64%, Union Pacific 125%, American Cyanide B | 13%, Ulen 4%, United Aircraft| 38%, North American 34%. R TO REJOIN HUSBAND Mrs. Eunice Wilson is a passen- ger aboard the Yukon for Seward to rejoin her husband, mine oper- ator at Nuka Bay. Wash It Up! A Bright Snappy Job ELKS AND VETS CROSS CHANNEL T0 PLAY TODAY Will Fight It Out for First Place in Flag Chase for Second Half The Elks and American Legion clubs move across the Channel to Douglas tonight to fight it out for the leadership in the City League flag chase for the second half. The Vets moved into a tie with the Bills when they swamped the Moose last night. Jimmy Manning probably will pitch for the Warriors as Douglas is Jimmy's home and the home folks want to see him perform. The Bills will send Claud Erskine against him. Both teams will leave for Doug- las at 6:15 p.m. and a good crowd of fans is expected to make the trip with them. A ferry will return to Juneau immediately after the Betty Robinson (right), Chicago miss who won fame in the 1928 New Moderator Is Elected for Alaska, Washington Synod WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 12. —Rev. Duncan Mathewson, of Omak, for 25 years a member of the Washington Synod of the Pres- byterian Church, has been elected CONGERN FELT FOR WELFARE OF PETE GHILBERG & ¥ . 3 Moderator, succeeding the Rev. Old“mer M'SSlng Smce David Waggoner, of Juneau, Al- Saturday — Last Seen |aska. One hundred and twenty min- When Purchased Gun Concern for. the welfare of Pete Chilberg, over:80 years of age, long time resident of Juneau, has caused C: J. Davis, Chief of Police, to organize a party to search for the ATy old pioneer. Mrs. H. C. Perkins, wife of Lieut. asM;;rc:'suT:r:n:‘:; ":‘;:Tb;::"e‘ Commander Perkins, U. S. Coe..stl 4 | Guard, and Mrs. Donald Morrison, isters of Washington and Alaska are in attendance at the Synod. —————— COAST GUARD OFFICERS’ WIVES LEAVE FOR SOUTH TO VISIT FOR 2 MONTHS o'clock on Saturday evening when‘ wife of Lieut. Morrison, U. S. Coast he purchased a .44 Colt x‘evolver‘c‘m"l fett this: marning on the ;Pd s;o ;;‘ i/ : “"mf:s t f;:m ‘};‘hfi‘swamer Northwestern for the south.’ ok, AAE the hyt |'They plan to visit relatives in the gun for a friend who was going Dayton, Wash., during the time the prospecting. p 2 i cutter Tallapoosa is south on its Since early in June, when his ;. . "gyerhaul and target prac- nephew, Arvid Anderson, left -for tice, which will be about two Gypsum, Mr. Chilberg has lived 1ths alone in his large house on Gu—i N s The Tallapoosa is expected to tineau Avenue. His nephew had leave here. Saturday miorning for game is over. ———a—————— Olympic games, has recovered sufficiently from injuries suffered In an | airplane crash many months ago so that she is training for a come- back. Shown running with her are Lois Collor (left) and Annette lived with him until his departure. The entire house has been care- fully searched but nothing had Seattle where the ship will have its annual overhaul and proceed from there to Port Angeles for Rogers. (Associated Press Photo) CHAMBER MEETS TOMORROW NOON ed for Business Men at Weekly Luncheon Although there is little slated for tomorrow's mieeting of the Chamber ! of Commerce at Bailey's Cafe ex-|l to be one of the most interesting meetings of the Summer, accord-| ing to John W. Jones, President. | reading of a short talk made n Seattle by Cassius E. Gates, Presi- dent of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, on the return there of) the recent Good Will Tour which he headed. Some business of importance to the community will be discussed at the meeting, Mr. Jones said. e — MISS ALSTEAD HOSTESS AT BRIDAL SHOWER FOR MISS IONA MESSER TUES. In honor of Miss Iona Messer,| whose marriage to Henning Berg- gren will take place on August 2, Miss Evelyn Alstead entertained| with a miscellaneous shower at her| home last evening. “ The evening was spent playing cards and Miss Messer was award- led the prize for pinochle and Miss | Esther Jackson won the first prize |at whist. | Guests in addition to Miss Mes- Makes the Old Bus Look Like New! Keeps tl;:]aglew that $1.00 CONNORS Motor Co., INC. FRONT STREET April Showers Toiletries Talcum Talc-in-Glass Dusting Powder..75¢ Perfume By CHERAMY ser were Misses Rosellen Monagle, Mabel Ritter, Mary Nordness, Lena Jackson, Esther Jackson, Mrs. Elsie| Thompson, Mrs. Mary Monagle,| ,Mrs. Dency Creed, Mrs. J. Messer, | Mrs. Olaf Larson and Mrs. John { Alstead. | | | Many beautiful and useful gifts | were given to the bride-to-be. | | ———— | | Daily Empire Want Ads Pay | Cont J ack resident of Juneau, has been grant- ed a license to operate the Salmon |ing and dark green key papers. Creek roadhouse. that the grand opening will take|is tapered to give it a balance so place next Saturday night. ———.————— MRS. J. H. GUFFEY AND ‘ Z Violin ADMISSION, 65 CENTS FORMER FISCAL AGENT WITH FOREST SERVICE the south for about a month be- DIES IN WASHINGTON}MM returning to June‘al Louis King, formerly district fis- received here this he U. 8. Forest Service in Wash- ngton at the time of his death. cept routine business, it is expected He was a member of the Scottish Rite Heisel, Secretary, of that organiza- in Juncau, and Walter B. ion, was today notified of his de- One of the features will be the mise. TONY REESE IS TO OPERATE ROADHOUSE! wellknown oldtime 1 Tony Reese, It is probable| MRS. VANDERLEEST LEAVE FOR SOUTH THIS A. M Mrs, J. H. Guffey, who has been visiting Mrs. W. B. Kirk and Mrs. H. R. VanderLeest for several weeks, left this morning on the steamer Northwestern for her RAINCOATS $4.95 Up For Men or Women | ELLEN REEP Leader Department Store home in- Langley, Washington, with Mrs. VanderLeest, who will visit in 'NEW TYPEWRITERS Interesting Session Herald-cal agent with the V. s. Forest| spp NSPI AYED AT Service office here, died yesterday | in Washington, D. C., according to | information morning. Mr. King was in the office of’ BURFORD’S STORE Every piavucas, veastructive sug- gestion made by managers, sales- men and dealers for increasing ef- ficiency and reducing sales resis- tance has been embodied in the new model of L. C. Smith type-| writers released on June 1 andj now on display at J. B. Burford and Co. Among the high spots of the new model are, tapered balanced type bars, marked improvement in the writing, large back space key, full eleven inch carriage, lower stream line frame, large rubber cushion feet, new style desk mount- In the new model each type-bar that it strikes the platen with a quick, sharp blow. The ribbon |shift is far enough away ‘from the' [keyboard to obviate mistakes in |shifting and the red, white and ;b]uu markings definitely indicate the ribbon’s po: n. | Everything possible to make the |new model pleasing to the typist has been incorporated in these @t- tractive new machines. 1 ralto Ross m - - Concert TONIGHT At 8:00 o’Clock PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHILDREN, 25 CENTS Including Tax ; Auspiceg Littherafu Ladies Aid n been found up to this afternoon to throw any light on the apparent disapparance. Neighbors report that they have not seen Chilberg since Saturday. —— ‘The members of the Douglas SCANDINAVIAN DANCE |60 munity Sunday School will hold Albert Peterson’s Orchestra. Moose 5 picnic tomorrow, weather per- Hall. Saturday night. —adv. mitting, on the Treadwell beach. The picnic will start at 11:30 Daily Empire Want Ads Pay o'clock tomorrow forenoon. FREE FREE FREE Buy 2 packages Silver Dust Laundry Soap Powder and get FREE a 25-cent Dish Towel ALL FOR 40 CENTS At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 target practice, returning to Ju- neau in September. ! i, 1 PICNIC TOMORROW INSANE MAN RUNS AMUCK; SHOT,KILLED State, County and City Po- lice Engaged in All- Night Battle ALBANY, Oregon, July 12—A night-long battle between a mad man and State, county and city police ended in the death of Frank Stankiewiecz. and his bullet-riddled body is today in the county morgue. Stankiewiecz escaped from the | Oregon State Hospital for the In- sane at Salem last Monday. The mad man was arrested near here and when taken to jail, grab- bed the sheriff's pistol, bolted up- stdirs and barricaded himself in the sheriff's apartment. Bombs, pistols, rifles and machine guns were brought into play be- fore the mad man was killed. A bystander, Harry Anderson, was wounded in the right knee. e e o o DOUGLAS FISHERIES MAKES SECOND SHIPMENT The Northwestern was an early visitor at the city wharf this morn- ing to take on a load of salmon from the Douglas cannery. A total of 2168 cases made up the ship- ment, which was the second one so far this season, and a little more than double the first one. Old papers at The Emplre. GEORGE BROTHERS The FREE TRIAL .. PERFUMED Now on Display New L. C. SMITH 11-Inch TYPEWRITER COME Liberal allowance on your old machine fora NEW L. C. SMITH SHEAFFER’S ' .MUCILAGE and PASTE _in jars and tubes with self spreaders | J. B. Burford & Co. _ “Our door step is worn by satisfied customers” IN Just received a new stock of the new v | ‘f | T e T — R -