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Entered as Second -Class Matter September 2nd, 1915, at the Poet Office at
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MESSAGE THAT ENDS WAR \
Alaskans not went over the ]
top in the recen war campaigns—'j
hundreds went to the front to fight—
but it remained for an Alaskan to
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actually sent the famous message that
the armistice with Germany had
been signed and all hostilities should
cease. •
-The Alaskan who ended the war
on November 11, 1918, was George
i>. Beaumont, now a.major, who was
prior to the opening of hostilities
with German, assistant superintendent
of telegraph for the Alaskan Engin
eering Commission, with headquart
ers at Anchorage. Major Beaumont is
uow in Seattle where he is located.
The story of the sending of the
great mesfmge, previous and after
history of Major Beaumont, is con-,
tamed in a recent Seattle Times.
Major Beaumont received the verbal
message at the time of receiving the
written message, to “Shoot it, she’s
over!” The Major said he had sent
many messages during his thirty
years at the key but when he sat
down to shoot that special one, he
would not have cared to have had
any other key pounders and see kinu
The copy of the original message is
framed and hangs in Major Beau
mont’s bedroom. at his home, 768
Bellevue avenue, Seattle.
Major Beaumont, at the time of
sending the message ending the war.
was a captain in the capacity of
telegraph officer for the First Army
under command of Lieut. Gen. Hunt
er kigget with headquarters at
Souilly, France, personally dispatched
the fateful message which was
brought to him by messenger from
Gen, Ligget’s office at 7:25 o’clock
on the morning of November 11th,
UU8, and which ended the war for
sotne oOO.OOO American soldiers . of
the historic First Army.
At the same time similar messages I
were being dispatched to the Second
Army in the St. Mthiel sector, to the
chief of the air service, artillery and
staff departments and to all bases
comprising the remainder of 2,000,000
American soldiers in France.
Describes Scene
Major Beaumont describes the
occasion as follows:
*We stayed up all night,” said the
major. “Myself, and the shift on
duty in our portable telegraph of
fice. And by the way, that was the
only portable telegraph office in the
A. E. F, It was an experiment and
it surely was making good. Several
times the fact that it was on wheels
was all that saved it from destruc
tion.
“I took that crew who wei-e with
me at headquarters, away from Maj.
L. W. Moes, another Seattle man in
the telegraph service. He's here in
town now with the Western Union.
They were a fine bunch of boys.
The morning of Nov., 11th. every one
of us was tired out. We had been on
our toes for four days and the strain
was beginning to tell on us. I was
sitting hi a little office I had on the
trailer and had ceased to keep track
of the cigars 1 had smoked. The
boys were out in the instrument
room lighting fresh smokers from the
stumpsoioldones^^T^ever^one
of us the minutes seemed like ages
and the same atmosphere prevailed
everywhere around headquarters.
“At just 7:25 in the morning ' a
messenger from the general’s office
appeared at the outer ' door of the
trailer and handed up a typed mes
sage to one of the boys with the
words “Shoot it— she’s over!” I jump
ed from my chair in time to grab!
the message and glance over it. I
“Fellows,” I told them, “It’s all off.
You can all step back and watch j
the old man send a telegram,” and I!
did. I shot it on a through wire
first to the First Army Corps ' ami
then jumped to another instalment, i
to the Third Army Corps. At the1
same time two of my men, Master
Signal Electrician Moss and Sergeant
Schneiderhaus whom I thought es
pecially worthy of the honor, werei
sending the message to the Fifth j
Army Corps and to the Second Col- j
onial French, respectively. And da
you know that Schniderhaus, one of
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the mpn who informed our troops that i
the Germans were beaten, was a n it-1
uralized American of German birth!
“Later, the same^nessage was s*'nt
to all outfits, first by radio rnd
‘then by phone and then by motor
cycle messenger. But that me.-sage
didn’t actually end it all, it merely
notified the troops that by 11 o’clock |
the last shot must be fired and that!
the bombardment which had been j
kept up continuously for 49 days j
would end in less than four hours.
I’ve been told that some of them
made good use of those last four
hours of actual warfare and also
that some were killed after they
had learned that the war was over.”
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
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IN PROBATE COURT FOR KENAI
PRECINCT, THIRD JUDICIAL
DIVISION,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
In the Matter of the EtyUe of
VICTOR GUIMBARD,
Deceased.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:—
That the undersigned is the duly ap
pointed, qualified and acting admin
istrator of the estate of VICTOR
GUIMBARD, Deceased; and, in ac
cordance with an order duly made
therefore, notice is hereby given to j
the creditors of and to all persons hav- j
ing claims against' the said deceased,
to exhibit such claims, with the nec
essary vouchers, within six months4
after and from the date of this notice,
to the said administrator at the store
of D. C. Mathison, Seward, Alaska,
which place the undersigned selects!
as his place of business in all matters !
connected with the estate of the said
VICTOR GUIMBARD, Deceased.
Dated at Sewajd, Alaska, December
13th., 1920. > '
J. A. Baughman, .
Administrator of the Estate of
Vioior Guimbard, Deceased.
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PERT PARAGRAPTHS OF SENSE
AND NONSENSE FOREIGN AND
LOCAL, CAUGHT ON THE
FLY BY “THE HUMAN
TOOTHPICK ”
The fourth day of the Chi
nook. Old Marathon moun
tain’s white coat is commenc
ing to show signs of wear
from the continual washing
of the rain. The streets are
fast losing their covering of
snow and ice and the side
walks on the main street are
practically clean. Bob Guest,
Seward’s efficient Fire
Chief has been helping old
Mother Nature along in her
work by flushing the cul
verts and loosening the ice
that obstructs the passage of
the water. He was out early
this morning with hose and
shovel. Across the glacier
stream the board walk that
runs far out into the suburbs
of the town is commencing
to peak through. One has to
be an acrobat of the highest
class to be able to navigate
on this board walk. Peaks,
ridges, canyons and glaciers
strew the path way. Another
week of this weather and the
farmers will be able to plow.
Only four more days left
to do your Christmas- shop
ping. *
Old Santa Claus paid an
early visit to the Borgen
store yesterday and during
the time he was there he did
some nifty decorating. The
good things to eat for Christ
mas and New Years become
more tempting in their new
surroundings. The Christ
mas Tree in Ellsworth’s
store looms up big during
the night hours. In Smithy’s
Bakery shop is a gigantic
Christmas cake and pounds
and pounds of wonderful
fruit cake fill the drawers
behind the counter. A Christ
mas tree decorates each of
the supports in front of
Brown and Hawkins’ Store.
Christmas will be with us in
a few days and shortly after
the New Year.
On New Year’s eve the A..
B. Hall will be crowded with
merry makers. Fantastic
and gorgeous costumes will
be seen. The masquerade ball
to be given by the Seward
Fire Department will be in
full swing. If you, like to
dance to the merry strains
of a fox trot or the more
soothing music of a waltz,
you can do so to your hearts
content on New Year’s eve.
This will be a gala occasion.
Do not miss it Mingle with
the merry makers on that
night and let the get-to
gether- spirit which will pre
vail be one of jour New
Years’ resolutions.
WATER COU>R ENLARGEMENTS
OF ALASKA VIEWS AT SILVIA'S
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Lots of people coughing
these days. Jjust an irritat
ing little cough that helps
make life miserable. Give the
cough the proper attention
and you will soon chase4it
out of your system.
Remember that it isn’t the
'cough that carries you off
but the coffin they carry
you off in.
The S. S. Victoria which is
due in Seward within the
next few days is carrying
hundreds of tons of freight
and many sacks of mail for
Seward. Evidently the ex
plosion which occurred on
the Victoria a few days prior
to her sailing from Seattle
did not damage her enough
to prevent her coming north.
We predict a wonderfully
busy time for Post master
Root when she does arrive,
cause the Christmas pack
ages will probably fill the
Post Office.
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The greatest holiday of the year
drawing near, Rv. Duane Earl Carter,
took for his theme Sunday everting
“The Foregleam of Christmas.” There
may have been in the ages past
thoughts and words and acts among
widely diversified peoples that had in
them the unrecognized prophecy of
Christmas, but the first record of such
a foregleam that has come down to
ns is found in the book of Genesis
where God is represented as saying to
;he tempter of Adam and Eve: “Thou
art cursed above all cattle and above
every heast of the field; and I will put
enmity between thee and the woman,
it shall bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel.” k
This statement is taken to mean
that sometime in the course of the
ages there should be one born into the
world who in himself would embody
ho enmity, the force that is opposed i
to evil. Little by little as the centur- j
ies passed belief in the ‘coming of one r
who should oppose and overthrow" the J
evil which was everywhere evident1
among men took form in the expects-!
tion of a messenger from God. The j
very atmosphere was tense with this;
expectation when the shepherds keep-j
ing watch by night over their flocks
hcifrd a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying,
“Glory to God in the highest,
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And on earth peace among men in
whom he is well pleased."
Long were the ages that came and'
went ere the full light indicated by the
remote forgleam burst into full efful
gence in the perfect manhood of Jes- .
it:- niri8t vdio should save his people
from their sins. Ages yet will pass
before the-prophecy of that distant
foregleara will come to full fruition
in the hearts and lives of men, “Yet
1 doubt not thro’the ages one increas
ing purpose runs, and the thoughts
of men are widen’d with the process
of the sums."
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GEORGE PHELPS I
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers |
STEAMER SPOKANE.Dec. 20 Dec. 29
. DUE SEWARD DEC, 27th
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GOES TO SELDOV1A AND HALIBUT COVE.
Company reserves right to change schedule without notice
Office in Admiral Building.
Wayne Blue, Agent • • .Se ward Alaska. 1
ALASKA COMPANY^ *g5fu
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» SAILING SCHEDUL E
Sailing from Seattle Leave Seward
Northwestern Dec., 5th via Inside Passage Dec. 11th.
Victoria Dec., 17th via Outside Passage Dec., 22nd.
! Northwestern Dec 30th via Inside Passage Jan., 4th.
| Victoria Jan., 10th via Outside Passage Jan., 15th.
| NOTE— The S. S. Victoria sailing of the 17th will be
| the Xmas Trip. She does not go the Inside Passage.
| A. H. McDONALD, Agent.
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CHRISTMAS PACKAGES
MAKE AN IDEAL GIFT.
FACE POWDERS
TOILET WATERS
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We have made a special ■
study of the minds of wo* :
men. Our selection of gifts !
for men is appropriate. We i
invite you to inspect the as* \
sorlment we have m stock. ;
Razors, Fountain pens, :
Eversharp Pencils, Flash* ■
lights, Pipes and Cigars. :
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PRESENT
DeLUXE
Many, many years ago candy and stationery
assumed the lead on the list of holiday gifts.
A drug store HAS ALWAYS been the logical
place to procure these acceptable gifts and the
Seward Drug Company HAS ALWAYS sup
. plied the Seward people with the best grades
of this merchandise. This season is no excep
tion. We have the freshest packages of candy
and the most artistic and latest stationery in
Seward at prices consistent with the quality
of these articles.
1921 REXALL CALENDARS ARE HERE
WE WILL GLADLY FURNISH ONE ON
REQUEST.
CANDY
OUR PRICES
lib. 1£0
Jib. 3.00
31b.4J2&
4 lb. 5.50
SPECIAL
ASSORTMENT
of CHRISTMAS
PACKAGES.
SB WARD DRUG CO,
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