irVlTKD fcTARH COAST GUARD
OOUPKTmVK EXAMINATION
For Appolntnu«t of Cadets and
Cadet KitKiiuwn. Commend**
April 7th., t«M.
This is an exceptional opportunity
for young men of the right caliber
to complete their education at Gov
ernment expense and to become
Commissioned Officers in the United
States Coast Guard, one of the mili
tary services of the United States,
in which is offered service afloat and
Cadets and Cadet engineers a*-e
trained to become lint officers and
engineer officers, respectively, an 1
4lie age limit for appointment of
Cadets or the line aro 18 to 24 years,
and for appointment of Cadet Engin
eers 18 to 23 years. An applicant
#ho will have passed his twenty
fourth birthday on or prior to date
of appointment will be ineligible for
appointment as a Cadet of the line,
and one who will have passed his
twenty-third birthday on or prior to
date of appointment will be ineligi
ble for appointment for Cadet En
Cadets and Cadet Engineers are
trained and educated *at the Coast
Guard Academy at New t»ondon.
Conn., and each Summer arc tahen
on an extended practice ernise.
Cadets and Cadet Engineers re
ceive the same pay and allowances
as Midshipmen in the Navy ($7 80
per annum and one ration per day).
Upon graduation, after three years
at the Attidefny, a Cadet * commis
sioned an Ensign and a Cadet En
gineer is roromiesiooed an Ensign
(Engineering). Commissioned offi
cers of the Coast Guard rank, with
officers of the Army, Nary and Mar
ine Corps, and receive correspond
ing pay and allowances, grade for
The mental examination for Ca
dets and Cadet Engineers, which wilt
follow the physical, will consume
two or three days. Applicants for
the cadetship of the required moral
character who present satisfactory
certificates that they have completed
the equivalent of a four-year High
School coarse and receive fourteen
credits in subjects prescribed by
headquarters will be required to
take a written examination i-n the fnl
•'ibwing subjects only: Mathematics.
(Algebra or Geometry). History and
English. Those who do not present
certificates showing that they have
the eqnivalent of fourteen credits, as
prescribed by headquarters, will bo
required to take an examination in
the following subjects: Mathemat
ics, I Algebra and Geometry). His
tory. English. Physics or Chemistry,
or General Science, Latin, or German
or French or Spanish, and General
Information. A High School Gradu
ate should be able to pass the exam
ination either for cadet or cadet en
i gineer. Those who have not attend
led High School should, if possible
[present certificates showing what
j courses of study they have pursued
and their extent.
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Applications to ’Ak; examination'; •
should b*» filed at ofiCe in order that j
each candidate may be advised ;
vV-ther or not he wilI be requir* 1 |
to take the qualifying examination.
A mark for general adaptibilitv
will be assigned to all candidates. |
The examination is strictly con - j
petitive and is open to all young men
who jxissess the qualif\cations gov*!
erning age. education and character, i
Examinations will be held at Dos .
ton. New London. New York. Phila
delphia, Washington. Norfolk. Sav
annah. Key West. Galveston, Buffa
lo. Detroit, Chicago. San Francisco
end Seattle, should sufficient appli
cants be designated at these cities to
warrant holding such examination
and such other places as may be des
ignated.
• Those candidates who pass the ex
Iamination and are tendered appoint
ments will be required to report to
the Superintendent of the Coast
j Guard Academy about three weeks
(after the completion of the examina
ft.on and each will bo required to do
■ ’«osit with that officer the sum oT
| $150, to be applied to the purchase
i of uniforms and equipment.
! All candidates will be informed «>f
their status as soon after the exam
ination as practicable. For further
particulars write to the Command
ant. r. S. Coast Guard. Washington
<aiil/>WS WILL C LAIM BOYS
IF RKTHTAi FAILS
But lor, <3*.—Two Georgia school
boys. still in their teens, will moot
death on the gallows here soon tin
The two youths, WilTre Jones. is.
and his 19-year-ohl companion. Cer
vis Blood-worth. have been convicted
of the murder of Howard F. Under
wood, a medicine salesman, whose
body was found on a road near here
a few weeks ago.
The boys were alleged to have rnn
fessed to the crime, although they
enteerd a plea nr not guilty when ar
raigned in court. Attorneys for the
two boys centered their fight on the
hope 'of a life term rather than the
■death setnence. Pleading their case
they stressed the boys’ ages and as
j sorted that they were “unthinkinv
j youths, unduly influenced.”
Found Ciriilty
The Jury, however, after deliber
ating four hours, returned a verdict
of guilty, without recommending to
the mercy of the court. The judco
assessed the supreme penalty and set
the date for the hanging. Defense
attorneys, however. Immediately fil
inp for a n«*w trial was set for Jan-j
The trial drew throngs of people ;
from the surround.dp countryside.
It was the most spectacular case ;
conducted tn this section for many I
years. The boys' school chums, pray j
haired fathers and mothers and busy .
farmers dropped their routi-ne work !
and flocked ioto the little courtroom !
as the trial proceeded.
Occupying the same seat at every j
session of the trial was nioodworLh's j
aged mother. Draped in a black j
costume and with a dark veil hang- i
ing over her face, she would occas- •
, tonally mote her lips as if offering a j
;silent prayer for her son's release, j
Every day since the boys were }
tound guilty she has visited the lit- j
it:*; county jail, carrying a basket fill- j
«-d with fruit and other pood things,
to ►•at. a-nd with a message of love i
and hope to the boy who has been ;
j'-ut off from her.
Youths Sei/,«tl
i .lust prior to the trial the two
j youths were baptized into the Meth-j
|• riist Church. The baptismal cere-,
[monies were most spectacular. Sit-;
hing on one side of the altar were;
j tlie inmates of a prison, who for sev
i'-al days had been the prison asao
iMates of the two young criminals:
J mi the other side of the altar sat the
j M-hool chums of the two boys who
had been their boyhood playmates;
{and near the altar sat Mrs. Blood
worth. whose face was wreathed in
' smdes for the first time since the
! crime was committed.
"We have put our trust in God.”
('ervis nioodworth told his mother
i.-s he attempted to quell one of her
i frequent weeping spells. "Never
| mind. mother. God will help us
| II the new trial is not granted and
, the two hoys are forced to meet
death on the gallows, it probably
will mean the death sentence of
j three instead of two. For Blood
I worth's little mother continues t<>
I cry.
I1 ‘'If my boy must go, I. too, must
go—life win qot be worth living
| Votic** is frereby given, that the
• I Nil I Hooks an1 now open in Pity
{clerk’s Office, for the Kegi strut ion of
jail legally qualified voters of the
I City of Nome, for the .Municipal and
j Seined Iloanl "Election to 1m- held
j April 1st., 15*2-1.
j K. GUI>IM.
ALASKA
NEWSY
ITEMS
The first snow of the season in
Dawson fel’ during tho « ^* iy morr
tng hours of September 28.
The Dominion Government’s new
radio telegraph station at Mayo is
now in operation.
Herds of migrating caribou were
crossing the Richardson trail as far
South an Poplar Grove, eighty .seven
miles from Chitna recently, accord
ing to advices received from that
Hviler IghKi No. 20. Pion«»ers of
Alaska, in preparing to inaugurate a
membership campaign to be earned
on during the winter.
On all shipments of Tanana Valley
flour made to Anchorage before Jan
1st.. Colonel Landis, Manager of the
Alaska Railroad, made a special rate
of $1 per ton. for the purpose of en
abling the Tanan.t producers to in
troduce the flour in Anchorage. The
regular freight rate Is $14 per ton.
The farmers of the Matanuska
Valley met at the U. S. Agricultural
Experiment Station at Matanuska.
recently and organized an Agricul
tural Association. A committee was
appointed to wait on the railway offi
cials and ask for rates that will en
able the farmers to ship milk and
cream to the markets.
Senator E. E. Chamberlain, of
Seward, was seriously injured re
cently at his home, bv a fall. Mr.
Chamberlain started for town for
treatment and fainted on the way.
He was found by a passerby and Dr.
Baughman was called and found the
injured man had dislocated hi*
[Shoulder and was badly bruised.
Preparations are being made at
tion to distribute seeds over the Ter
ritory where requests are made, ac
cording to M. I). Snodgrass, who is
tt mporarilv in charge of the station.
Harding Memorial Association
The Honorable Judge G. J. Lumen
us chairman of the National Associ
ation for the Second Division has ap
pointed a committee to arrange for
and receive subscriptions of which
Mr. a. Polet is Secretary
All contributions purely voluntary.
No solicitations will he made of
tio'n that there were many Ameri
cans who would like to fool that they
had an opportunity of tangibly
showing their respect to our late
President and appreciation of liis
memory by contributing to such a
Memorial? so this method was tak^n
or permitting them to do so. Con
tributions can be made to Mr. Polet
who will transmit the names of all
donors so that certificates of mem
bership in the Association can be
mailed to them.
The Harding Memorial Association
ir incorporated under the laws of
Ohio. The incorporators are twenty
six in number, and at the present
time, constitute the Association.
The Association was incorporated
for the purpose of erecting a mem
orial to Warren Gamaliel Harding.
Twenty-ninth President of the Unit
ed States.
incovpot
.'iitliority to:
(A) Erect and maintain in per
leum wherein to place the remains of
tie* late President Harding and of
Florence Kling Harding, his widow,
when she shall have passed away;
and hold it in perpetuity, by deed,
gift or purchase the necessary real
estate on which lay out roads,
ways, places and parks for its proper
improvement and beautification:
(ID Acquire the homo of the late
Warren Gamaliel Harding, on Mt.
Vernon Avenue, in the city of Mar
ion. Ohio, and such other property
a* is deemed necessary for conver
sion into a shrine wTierem all per
sonal effects, books, speeches, me
mentos and belongings of the late
President of the United States may
be preserved in affectionate memory
and understanding, and to which all
people may go for inspiration;
(C) Endow a Warren Gamaliel
Harding Cha'r of Diplomacy and
Functions of Government in con-nce
tion with some existing University; j
(D) Hold property, real and per
sonal, for the purpose of perpetuat
ing said places mentioned above
Pill out the blank below and mail to
.....ALASKA, . .19 2
ANTONIO FOLET,
Secretary Harding Memorial Association
Nome, Alaska.
I herewith Kemit $..
to the Harding Memorial Association.
as a subscription
Signed
icany requests for grain seeds. as
th»ro waj pl.-nty of after the
harvest, of the full grain crops last
The new motion picture company
recently organized at Fairbanks by
Norman I)wan. the well known pro
ducer. under the natn*- of Norman
Dwan Alaska Production (’ompany,
elected the following officers at a re
cent meeting: T. A. Marquam. presi
dent; E. H. Mack, vice-president;
John H. Kelley, secretary; Tom
Youle, treasurer; Norman Dwan, di
Work ori th*- Whit** Piss datn ac
ross L*-wes River a! a. point about
seven mil** b**lo-w the outlet of
Marsh Lake is* now in full swing,
about fifty men being employed in
th** work, and an effort will b** made
to complete it. this season. The dam
n 364 feet !**ng between the face of
the abutments aDd will give a stor
age of seven and one half feet in
Marsh Lake, six feet at TagLsh Lake
and about five and a half feet at
Lake Bennett, and will be sufficient
flow* of water i-n the river at White
horse from the first of May until the
natural flow takes care of the navi
gation question.
.1. P. Hanson has been elected sec
retary of the Seward Chamber of
Commerce, to fill the unexpired term
of A. E. Rucker, who has left on a
trip to San Francisco.
| Lieutenant Commander A. F. Pat
terson. chief engineer officer of the
Coast Guard Cutter I’nalga. has
been transferred to the Manning at
| Norfolk and will be succeeded by
j Lieutenant Commander Lucit-u Kerr.
Two additional boats for the Al
planned by the Canadian Pacific, ac
cording to a report in the Prince Ru
Work on the erectlo-n of th*- new
50.000 gallon water tank for the city
of Petersburg was expected to begin
The Salt Chuck Mine at the head
of Kasaan Bay. near Ketchikan, ex
pects to have the mill building re
j modeled and the bunk houses coin
pjlet.-d soon.
A Musical Conkedy. The Beauty
Shop, including a cast uf fifty people
was put on at Ketchikan recently by
th*- Ketchikan Elks.
A deer weighing 173 pounds,
dressed, was recently killed by Joe
Krause of Ketchikan. It is the big
gest deer killed in that section .’ is*
"The Rule of Alaska." is th*- name
of a new march written by Dir. cloy
(’liarby* Bender of th*- l\ S. Navy,
and dedicated to Governor Bon1 of
Albert Peterson. 32. and Tom
Benson, 31*. were killed by a rock
slide that caught their tent at Ford
Arm. near Chi- hagof. Southeastern
September rainfall at Juneau was
heavier than any month since puts,
according to Observer Mize, wnh six
teen inches for th** month.
C. W. Purinton. former A'ask.-.n
mining engineer, was killed in Yoko
hama during the earthquake, with
his two children, but Mrs. purinton
WII1TK STRAW UK I! It IKS
I'v heard of Luther Burbank since
And. when T talk of great men. I pet
him in the lead
He pives us seedless oranpes adn
plums from lands afar.
But I wish he’d leave the straw’er
ries the color »hat they are.
I know they’d still be sound a. d
sweet if he could bleach them
But they’d !<">k just like potato
sprouts that prow away from
[)r prass beneath *he fallen beams
where houses used to stand.
Dr sickly blooms of Indian-pipc? that
blacken in your hand.
Dim pray will do for shadows, ml
white will do for snow.
Hut red’s the finest color for a b. rry
that I know.
t’s like the maple-buds in spring,
the morning skv above.
Dr tlv blush- > of a pretty girl tha\
thinks she is in love,
wouldn't mind blue rose3 alonr our
orchard wall.
Vi d I’d want a spineless cactus, if T
raised th--- thing at all:
luf I hope he 11 leave the strawber
ries the color that they are.
Deep red. with little glitna of gold,
like splinters of a star.
Claribei Weeks Averv.