4 * Flying With Shaffer LETTERS FROM A DAUPHIN COUNTY BOY TO HIS MOTHER i 1 THE LAST LETTER The appended letter is the last of the series from Walter Shafer, widely known Dauphin aviator. News was recently received by the parents or the flyer to the effect that he Is missing in action. Escadrille Spad 38. Secteur Postal, 102, G. C.. 22. Sept. 28, 1918. Dear Mother: • Among other things I lost during the last move were a number of snapshots, among them the one of the remodeled barnhouse now owned by Senator Beidleman. It indeed cii" s " ed some regret for It seems quite a palace. As for the picture of the three Shaffer sisters, that was lost in the shuffle during my first move. Truly. I have no luck at all wit J things 1 want to keep. 1 also had some photographs taken whlle l wus the'risk - having AUent The "certificate" of rived, also a letter from the AHentown ztnes W lt° sur n e was°some SwrStfnif SSS. ?u''hand the lady tmu much S r m 8 y he ife n i W s^ e W see It and believe me., i^Iresay 1 re say it some picture. £O-00. t have too big r&SmybSffit; ■ .~'g lady's visit. ,|, r Map .lumping *"® tlflca T o now. True, I have ce „,. any tnore but that don t ma*' o v , om e. "t least, sure of a per"}'®, B ' _ certain, with not much. Nothing ' changing the battle line centln uousiy thp ma p and men Jumping n "cootie. for all the werldlike However, I will try w^e never home by November . escadrille the other American b tn Ug | n comes back. He is o^ embe r. don t America now. But hope a nrt I B (Ton't'wont °o >'" Some Jlny I gi st time Yesterday t flew pariSi and since coming bac^l rea( jy as yet 1 Bince my plane is h was given a lipu Incidentally, lieutenant being Qnd the Bam e this plane Is , Knocked down my plane with which I k' would sort of second Boche. Tha . superstlti knock the wind out of my s r u ous thciry concerning tna'' t ection would it nott It was - egra mission we were ■®nt large Grilles of us lo protect some ten photo planes, we going Being over miles in German ter naturally their lines that far ))0 b alloons bring us over s"" l ®.. , Un on the and there being a a °„ m | n der told lieutenant s plane, mjc balloon thfs I slde°expedition to drop oni a baD iook lng haUoom^than^ "We wore quite a formidable nany however, there being some four- Feen'of us. including the Photo planes. This number did not all reach t lines though, motor trouble causing several to leave us right over our own ••niste" The rest of us, of course, kept on, for orders were to get the picture if only one pla.ne was left. By the time we got eight miles Use McNeil's Pain Extcrmlnator-Ad As Spanish Influenza Is an exaggerated form of Grlp, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets should be taken in larger doses than is prescribed for ordin ary Grip. A good plan Is not to wait until you ate sick, but PRE VENT IT by taking LAXATIV E BROMO QUININE Tablets tn time. After the "Flu" Is Over A Sure Health Builder You require to regain your health and strength. There is nothing equal to Tonall for this purpose. Acting through the stomach every vital or gan in your body is stimulated, as every Hoot, Herb and Bark used In Tonall lias its distinctive curative and recreative qualities. This tonic and medicine is vegeta ble purely—no mineral, no narcotic, no acid substances are contained in Tonall. Tonall is a sure health builder, beisdes being a safe prepa ration. At this particular time persons re covering from the influenza will ap preciate Tonall, as they will any other medicine or tonic. The for mula printed on every label gives the names of every ingredient used In Tonall —in plain terms —no hid den unknown medical names used. Tonall is sold at the Gorgas' Drug Btore, Harrisburg, and at the Her sbey Drug Store, Hershey, and Martz at Steelton. IfHeDriiiks Give Him TESCUM POWDERS Secretly Any mother, wife or sister can stop the Drink Habit, if she wants to do so. Thousands of women are happy today because they gave their husbands, sons or brothers "Tescum Powers." Tho powders are taste * less and harmless and can bo given in either liquid or solid food. You take no risk as Tescum Pow ders are sold under a steel-bound JT.onev-refund guaranteo by J. Nel iaa Ntork and other druggists. 8" - Automobile Storage and Repairing Oyr new fireproof garage Is now ready for storage. We have . a few spuces for rent for imme diate occupancy. "A Real Home For Your Car' Make Reservation Now We also have a corps of expert mechanics for General Repairing of A llKirai. ACCESSORY CONNECTION Brenner Motor Co. Third and Hamilton Sta, ■ ITS!^SUPT?LA§§E^NOWI AI4HTB Iff BACHJIEPAHTIEBfT ■ SCHOOL OF COMMERCE I H Harrisburg's Leading and Aaaredited Business College H | TROUP BCRJHffq |5 8. MARKET SQUARE g Bell 485 s-r Day And Nigfot &6heol Pial 4393 Writ a, Phone of Call—Send for palalog MONDAY* EVENING, Germany several more left us. Still we kept on, and learned when we got back that we had been thirty miles the other of the lines, which sure caused a holler from several of my comrades, for the majority of the trip was made with only three of We spads protecting the photograph ers, They wanted to know why all those other pilots left and exactly what kind of motor trouble thev had. Fortunately, no Boches were in the sky, or there might have been a dif ferent story. As for me. I nearly strained my eyesight looking for bal loons, for since there were no Boches around I had nothing to fear, as I have long since grown contemptuous of "archie." But I was out of luck, for not a balloon was up, although I did see several lying on the ground. But I had been strictly forbidden to attack balloons in their beds, as I continued looking. Being at 6,000 meters made picking out such ob jects. highly camouflaged as they are, very different. Right Nenr Rhrlmx We were nearing Itheims on our way back when I thought I saw two balloons quite close together, al though not very high. I did not know how high, but I sure was going down and have a look. With this idea in view, I flew up alongside my com panions, wriggled my wings, made a right about turn and with tho sun at my back dove steeply for those two uct-bellied objects far, far below. Looking behind, to see if my comrade was following, I was pleased to see him right on my trail. j One on the Hun This helped my confidence wonder fuly, for-he is a very good pilot with twelve Boches to his credit, apd with horn to take care of any attacking Boehe I would never need worry. So 1 dove a little steeper, although I had been diving pretty steep before, but 1 Wanted to get down there quick before "archie" discovered me. He must have been having quite a time doing that too, because he had to look right into the sun to see one, something almost impossible. Thus 1 had dropped 3,000 meters before he even knew I wus on my way, and then his snots were miles away.. Golly, I sure was making time. Currying On Everything was whistling, wires especially were playing a tune that instructors had often told inc was close to suicide, but these "chasse" planes were supposed to stand most any strain, and a spad generally does. Therefore. 1 kept on my whistling way. Objects began to acquire a new distinctness, and soon one of the galloons resolved itself into enorm ous barrack. The other was, indeed, a balloon, but it was lying on the ground, and remembering my orders. I did not attack, but pulled out Of the dive and swung back for our lines, still looking for possible Boche tak ing the higher air via a balloon. None greeted my sight, however, and a Boclie plane hovering into view some distance off, I started for home. Seven Miles In Germany I was some seven miles in Germany then, besides my gasoline was nearly all, so it looked as if fighting was foolish, even if we were two to one. Strange to say. the pilot with me did not see this Boche. but the manner in which I signalled him that I was going to attack pleased him mightily, and he Is still telling It to the other pilots with many trimmings. Judging from the motions he is making. WALTER. School Children Are Dismissed to Permit Them to Celebrate Sehooi' children were dismissed im mediately after rollcall this morning, Robert A. Enders, president of the City School Board, and Dr. F. E. Downes, city superintendent, an nouncing that the boys and glrla would be permitted to celebrate the signing of the armistice and the end ing of the war. In some of the rooms short patriotic services were held by tho teachejs. It was the first day that the schools have been opened In five weeks, the buildings having been closed during the recent epi demic. The Mayor's Proclamation "My Fellow Citizens:— "As was to have been expected, the Gorman government lias fie. copied the terms of the armis tice prepared by tlie Allies, The joy and happiness which must thrill every American's heart at tills moment Is indescribable. It Is true that Harrisburg and the 1 balance ut tho Nation have sor j rowed at the loss of the blood of i our sons and our neighbors' sons, "However, with the fall of ' autocracy, and tho raising of tho ' banner of democracy throughout i Ihe European states, we can find 1 solace In the thought tliat tho achievements .brought by such sacrifice have not been in vain, "There are tears for those who have fallen on the Held of bat tle, hut Honor smiles when she thinks that Pennsylvania valor is now, as It always Ims been, in the front ruitkg, "To our women, I can trotii -1 fully say that, while they had nothing to do villi the beginning or the war, yet they liave served (n It, and shared in much of tho suffering It entails, "They have served In silcneo, working oil catering to the wants or the boys in the service, and i seldom letting anyone know what lliey thought of the wur Their work is not yet done, There is Still plenty of work for tho gal lant women who served so loy j ally with the Hed Cross, "The work of rehabilitation of our wounded soldiers will largely devolve upon them in re-> I onstructlon hospitals, 'And now, that tlte end Is near, let us rejoice in the thought that all that Washington fought fo p , and all that Lincoln died for, has been safeguarded for us and for future generations." (Signed) "DANIEL L, KEISTEH, "Mayor pf Harrisburg," KAISER'S DREAM OF DOMINION BURSTED BY DEFEAT IN WAR Man Who Thought He Ruled by Divine Right Raised the World's Greatest Army to Strike at Civilization A dream of world dominion obsess- I lng the mind of Emperor William plunged the world Into war. Upon him and the tremendous military en gine of destruction of which he was the embodiment, the exponent and tne leader rests the responsibility of de liberately planning and bring about the greatest conflict tho world has ever seen. ~ ' It did not matter to the world j that the Emperor's personal share in; the swift events immediately pre- j ceding the war had been obscured. The world convicted him of organlz-| i n directing and maintaining at the : ISp notch"""efficiency the Ger man military machine. It remember . rd that he signed the order for the Gcrnmn mobilization. " remembered that he stood sponsor for the terror and brigundage which under the auise of warfare, ravished Belgium, fa"d waste the cities of France, de populated and outraged Serbia and sent the Lusitania with her freight of women and children to a grive in the A Mlnlon. Kill Kdlth Cavell Civilization will never forget that It was the minions of the Emperor who officially shot to death Edith Cavell, the English girl who befriend ed the Belgians in Brussels. Against these his cry I did not will theMvar" availed as nothing. Before tho bar of humanity William was ad judged guilty of the greatest crime since the crucifixion. In him human ity saw the last of the autocrats, the Anal Caesar. Assertions that he was at heart peaceful, so persistently cir culated for years as to give them tho stamp of German propaganda, be came branded as certainly false. He who had long proclaimed himself the prince of peace stood revealed as hu manity's scourge, and against him find all that he represented rose the new world of democracy and freedom. Many doubt whether William was entirely sane. He said repeatedly that he possessed a divine mandate to rule, that the Almighty was his "un conditional and avowed ally." It Is not entirely clear whether such out givings were the product of a dtsor uered brain or were due to unbound ed egotism and an effort to Impress his subjects with the Idea of reverent and unquestioning submission. His speeches -to his armies in which he asserted he and they were "Instru ments of divine Judgment upon Ger many's enemies" were regarded by muny outside of Germany as pieces of rhetoric, intended only to deceive his own people. Clnlms Affinity With God William's claim to close uftinlty with God was the burden of dozens] of his speeches long betore" as well as after the beginning of the war. Of these, perhaps, none more clearly defined his claim that his notorious "divine rlghth" speech delivered at Erandenburg in, 1800, in which he said he regarded the German people as a responsibility" conferred upon him by God and that it was "my duty to increase this heritage for which one day I shall be called upon to give account. Those who try to interfere with my task I shall crush.' In all this the world saw before the war not a menace but a comedy. It laughed with the then Captain Joseph B. Coghlan of the United States Navy when, returning from the war with Spain and telling of the clash with the commander of the Ger man squadron at Manila Bay, the captain recited the famous poem, "Hoch Der Kaiser." In this the con cluding refrain was. in the supposi tious words of the Emperor: "Gott puils mit me —and I mit him— - MKINSEEF—Und Gott." Few statesmen realized then that the deluded Emperor In his "shining armor," manoeuverlng his armies and his fleets, building up the German military system, cementing the Cen tral Empires and Turkey, and foster ing the preaching of the supremacy of autocracy was erecting a machine that one day would make war upon all civilization. World Had Deed Warned Yet the world was warned by some far-sighted men that the Emperor would one day bring catastrophe upon the nations. These men saw in him then and see him now as a mad in ventor given in his youth the most dangerous of all toys his army and navy. They were his playthings. He developed them throughout the yeara to tiie point where he had to put them to a test. Like a orazed inventor, he feared the end of his reign would find his Inventions untried: ao grasp ed the first opportunity to wage a world war. Meantime the German war party grew witli William as its head, and the scheme of world dominion await ed the hour to begin its attainment. It came with the assassination of the Austrian Archduke, Francis Ferdin and, and his Wife at Sarajevo, ltecalled from a yaohtlng trip. Wil liam presided at a conference at Potsdam of representatives of the German and Austrian armies, navies and commercial interests. There, ac cording to the best Information ob tainable, the decision was reached to make the assassination of the Arch duke a pretense for the world war for which Germany had long pre pared. In the dlplomatlo exchanges be tween Germany and Austria on one side and Great Brltalm France and Russia on the other w 111 lam posed as one wishing for peace but driven to 'war. He signed the order for the mobilization of the German army and from.that moment war was inevitable. Thereafter he drove on his armies relentlessly in the mad campaigns for victory, enoouraging them with every device and sometimes appearing on the front to be proclaimed as personal: commander in a great offensive. _] Publication of the WiUy-Ntcky! correspondence in 1917, placed the German Emperor In the light of an unscrupulous plotter. The telegrams disclosed that Emperor William had induced Empeor Nicholas of Russia to sign a secret agreement to which he was to force the adherence of I France in tho perfeclon of an offen s've and defensive alliance against England, The treaty was discovered and repudiated by a Russian minis-1 tor " Falls I* Lure England Failing in his attempt, the German lEmperor set upon himself, the task of drawing England to his side against France and Russia, How weli he though he had succeeded in this may be gathered from at letter he wrote to President Wilson in 1914 in which he aaid King George had promised Prince Henry of Prussia, on July 29, 1914 that England would remain neutral In a war Involving the Central Powers with France and Russia, j Perhaps the most direct and au-. thoritative of the accusations against the German Emperor and the Pan- Germans are contained in the'pub lished secret memorandum of Prince Charles Max Lichnowsky, who was Gorman Ambassador at London at the outbreak of hostilities, The Prince unequivocally placed the blame for the war on Germany, and for his frankness was Imprisoned in a gilesian chateau, permanently expelled from the Prussian House of Lotfs, which action was sanctioned by*the Emperor, and, gnally, wag lottiled to Switzerland, , i 1 i Hesse-Darmstadt Declares Itself Socialist Republic Copenhagen, Nov, 11, .47 A, M, — Hesse, Darmstadt has declared It self a free Socialist, republic, until a German republic la established, ac cording tQ a Wolff Bureau dispatch from Berlin. It is reported that the garrison at Dresden is in the hands of a provisional soldiers and work men'* council. . _ iTXimiSBTTRG tiSijJfflX TfXEGKXPU ' Eiffperor William's domination over German statesmen, diplomats ana the high command of the German army was emphasized by Dr. Wilhelin Muehlon, a former director of the Krupp works, the great German mu nitions factory, in his book on "The Devastation of Europe." In this he not only laid blame upon Germany .for bad faith and criticised the Ger man army for its brutality but as serted that in the German Foreign i Office "only he who did the Emperor's bidding was allowed to remain. They could not do better." he declared, "because of the character, the power, the vacillation of and continued in terference by the Kaiser." It was Dr. Muehlon who asserted the au thenticity of the statement that Emperor William stated at a meeting of German army officers that he had plenty of prisoners and that he hop ed the officers would see that no more prisoners were taken. Maximilian Harden, a German lib eral leader, declared the German ruler brought on the war because of his desire "for something like world rule." William often proclaimed his Inno cence. and endeavored to put the onus of the war on the shoulders of the entente Allies. In his speech from the throne after the war began he said: "In pursuing Its Interests the Rus sian Empire stepped in the way of Austria-Hungary. Our duty as an ally called UB to the side of Aus tria-Hunfeary. The situation arose not from temporary conflicts of in terests or diplomatic combinations but is the result of ill-will existing for years ngainst the strength and prosperity of the German Empire." The Einperor. despite his previous expressions of good will for America gave vent to his anger against the United States when it became evident no official action would be taken to stop the shipment of munitions and supplies to the entente Allies by de claring to the American Ambassador, James W. Gerard. "I shall stand no nonsense from America after the war." William's designs to spread German dominion in Asia found expression In his -famous visits to Constantinople when he was proclaimed as protec tor of the Moslems. In this the world snw a cunning step toward achieve ment of the German ambition of German dominion from Berlin to Bag dad. I Became Emperor In 1888 • Frledrich Wilhelm Victor Albrt ! was born January 27. 1859. and be- | came Emperor William II on the, death of his farther, Fredertck 111, June 15, 1888. He > ime out of the. University of Bonn fully prepared to enter the school of statecraft. Sct ; to work in the government bureaus, ihe was early taught the routine of' i official business under the tutelage of the great Blsmark. At the death of his father, the Im perial throne developed upon William II who was then but twenty-nine years of age. Bismark continued as Chancellor hut not for long. Though ! the great statesman had made every effort to Instil his young pupil with his own ideas of government and diplomatic policies, the new Emperor soon found that he disagreed with I his grundfather's former close adviser in many Important respectß. In 1 1890 the disagreement of the two men reached a crista, a rupture came and Bismark went. The relations' between the two men remained strained for several years, but be fore Bismark died peace was made be tween them. With the passing of Bismark the Emperor's real reign began. As a military man he was a stickler for efficiency, discipline and the observ ance of etiquette to the last detail. And of the details of all these com ponents of army life and training he was familiar to the smallest point. It Is related that during military re views ho was able to .detect the slightest Imperfection In the equip ment or training of a regiment or squadron and called attention to the dereliction sharply. With the Prin ciples of tactics and maneuvers, too, he was thoroughly acquainted. ; Besides being well versed In army matters, the Emperor was thorough ly famlWr with naval aiTaira, hav ing a technical mastery of the details that go to make up the efficiency of a fleet. Study of naval problems was one of his pet occupations. His In fluence was potent in fostering the development of German commerce, art and sscionce. His Interference In these afTairs ag well as in statecraft often embarrassed German leaders and evoked from them admonitions to leave diplomacy to his chancellors. Has Been Hard Worker In everything he was described as thorough and. withal, one of the hardest workers in the emptre. His rising hour was six o'clock sharp and a long day's hard work, which frequently extended well into . the night, followed. Stated hours w*re devoted to the taak of Informing him self on the progress of events at home and abroad through reading of the principal German and foreign "*Be&'re er the war Emperor Wtlltam often professed friendliness for America. He encouraged the foun dation of exchange professorshtps by which prominent German educators visited this country and lectured In the colleges here while American college professors similarly tilled chairs In German institutions of learning. ' He was an enthustastto yachtsman and despite his withered arm was able to take personal command of his racing yachts, and sail them with considerable success. He spent much time at his palatial hunting lodges and Is reputed to have been the cham pion hunter In the world In the point of game killed. It was stated that the Emperor had killed <1,730 pieces of game, more than 1,000 of which ii were stage. | He was a great reader his private I library in the Imperial palace at Berlin before the war was becoming one of the most Interesting collections of, books In the world. He posed as a dictator In music, painting, poetry and acting. Musical Eittrt Futile 'I At one time it waa announced that : hfe had composed the libretto of a bal let to be given In celebration of his birthday, A private performance of I one of his musical efforts is said to have been given In the Fotsdam pal ace without notable effect upon the : musical world. Physically unimpressive —• he was | short and inclined to stoutness —. William was fond of being photo , graphed while striking a military . posture, though taking good care to [ veil the deformity of his left arm, , a disfigurement with which he was born, and of which he was extreme [ ly sensitive. He blamed his English • mother for living a life of self-in \ dulgcnce and cursed her repeatedly as being responsible for his deformity. I No description of the Emperor's • personal appearance will be complete 1 without mention of his full, bristling mustache. His photographs, which • he distributed with a lavish hand, ' showed it with ends twirled up at • belligerant angles. 1 He married Augusta Victoria, oldest ' daughter of Grand Duke Frederick [ of Bchleswig i Holstein - Bondcrburg i Augustenburg on February 27, 1881. ' They had six sons and one datighter . of whom the Crown Prince Frederick Is the eldest. With the Crown J Prince, his father clashed frequently ' and on one occasion virtually exiled (young Frederick to Dantzig but soon n rocalled him and restored him to favo\ No Sympathy From Kalirc I Qerman mother's who wrote to the Emperor of the deaths of their sons ■killed In battle elicited from him no ;Word of sympathy. He regarded their (deaths as "glorious." Yet his own -,slx sons, though holding high com .,mands were so protected that the im fierial family stood practically alone n all Germany in warding off the _ clutches of death. i jPVBUC I.(BRAKY CLOSED TO-DAY , The" Public Library was closed at noon for the remainder of the day, ' the force joining the peaece pelebra; I Let everybody be thankful and rejoice. ■ America helped in the greatest cause the world 1 has ever experienced—and WON. 1 YOU have helped; every American has done i his share. i American men, American women, American i boys, American girls, give thanks and praise N I to the Almighty. | i Civilization will go FORWARD; future gene- 1 I rations will look back upon these times with | reverence. | I TODAY IS THE GREATEST DAY IN I THE WORLD'S HISTORY | | The benefits of this war will be million-fold to | | humanity. | I All men will live as brothers henceforth, i There is no place on this earth for the tyrant. W | America has fought and bled for a principle; - 1 S America has always fought for a principle i . and that PRINCIPLE is LIBERTY. 1 | Let every AMERICAN live henceforth to up- jj| 0 hold that principle. I 1 Every NATION in both hemispheres reveres i I America. I | AMERICANS in the service will not be back || 1 immediate!. ;the Seven War Work Organi | zations need your help so that they will be I able to CARE FOR OUR BOYS. 1 | You have so much to be thankful for that you |j will GIVE generously to the UNITED WAR 1 WORK FUND. " 1 1 Be a million per cent American NOW. Give I THANKS TO GOD and give to the War I | Work Fund in seven-fold measure. 1 | | - NOVEMBER If, 1913,
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