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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
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wait until you ate sick, but PRE
VENT IT by taking LAXATIV E
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After the "Flu" Is Over
A Sure Health Builder
You require to regain your health
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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" -
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Repairing
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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,