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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
GRANT HELPED THEM WIN
John Spencer of Oakland Met General
Grant in Virginia

It was at the battle of the Nine
Crossroads in Virginia in 1865 that
John Spencer, of Oakland, saw Cen
eral Grant.
I'VE had lost the battle the day be-
fore and things we're going badly with
us the next morning when General
Grant arrived from Washington. Rid
ing ahead of us he called out. Fall in
boys, follow me, we will win the day.
and we did.
Grant was in Washington when
the battle started and it was because
we seemed TO be up against it that
he was summoned. Grant and his
horse made the trip in a box car on a
special train and then had to ride
about fifteen miles to reach US The
horse was a coal black. it was as black
as a raven without q hair of another
color, but when Grant rode up to
where we were and told US to fall in
YOU couldn't tell whether the horse
was black or white
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
GEN. GRANT LOVED HIS men
His Fairness Made Men Return Their
Commanders Affection.

'I wish 1 could take a. day off to
think over the things about General
Grant that impressed me most" was
the comment of H. S. Hanock, 1871
Garfield avenue, owner of the cigar
stand in the state house. THE big
gest thing about General Grant to me
was his wonderful love and consid-
Grafton for his men. They not only
loved him, but it was the sort of love
that. made them want to fight and
die for him.
II was with General Grant at Nicks-
burg and during that time saw him
often. It is rather hard to determine
the incident or series of incidents
that impress one most during time
like that. But if you asked the men
about him, they always told you it
was Grants great fairness. He was al
ways approachable. He never failed
to listen to your story. He was SYM
pathetic ana he had a heart that was
for his men. 1t was a whole lot easier
to get to General Grant in the inter-
ests of the men than it was to reach
many of the officers of lower rank"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
EXPERIENCED BIG THRILL
Conrad NaeIe Saw Grant Few Days
Before Battle of Gettysburg


While many soldiers saw General
Grant during the war days, Conrad
Maggie, of Oakland, elevator operator
at the federal building, doubts that
they experienced a greater thrill than
the one that came to him when he
saw the famous general a day or two
prior to the battle of Gettysburg.
Maggie isn't an old soldier because
he wasn't old enough to get into the
scrap, but he is probably one of the
few persons in Topeka who saw Grant
while a. boy. Youngsters of today
may have their excitement, but just
think of a young Tom Sawyer or a
Huck Finn around Gettysburg before
and after that memorable three days
conflict.
Sucn was the case of Nage1. Altho
only six years old at the time, he still
has vivid recollection of the awful
roar and view Of that terrible battle
gained by occupying a point of van
tage at his home six miles away.
Hear it? Well, 1 should say L did
and I didn't only hear it but I saw it.
What do you think a kid living that
close was doing about that time, any
way? I saw what was taking place
on Cemetery Ridge all the time and
the day after the battle was all over
the field. I want supposed to go but
you know what boys will do. At first
I rather SHE'D at the dead bodies,
but pretty soon 1 got used to it and
was stepping over them just like
everybody else was. At places they
were pretty deep"
A few days before the battle. Maggie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
HE SAW GRANT FIVE TIMES
James III. Rcser of Oakland Served
With Army of Cumberland.

James III. Rcser of Oakland Served
With Army of Cumberland.
James H. Reser, of Oakland, saw
General Grant at least five times dur
ing the war. Short and heavy set
the famous general always wore a
beard, Reser says, and nearly always
had cigar in his mouth.
Reser, serving with the Army of
the Cumberland, first saw Grant at
Chattanooga in 1863, and twice again
during the Atlanta campaign in 1864.
Then Reser went away with General
Sherman on the march to the sea and
did not get to see the Union army
leader again until after the war was
over.
ION our return from the sea I saw
both Grant and Lee at Richmond"
said Reser. They were standing to-
gether on the steps of the state house
and the boys cheered for both of them
as we passed by in review. Lee
bowed gracefully time and again. He
was a little taller than Grant but not
so heavy. The next and last time 1
saw Grant was during the grand re-
view at Washington"
While holding high esteem and
memories go back to General Sher-
man. God bless old Bill Sherman"
he said. I'VE thought he was crazy
and we called him crazy Bill when he
made US burn our bridges behind us
when we started on our march to the
sea, but he knew what he was doing
after all. We didn't know what was
up or where we were going but old
Bill Sherman did and he was right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
SELDOM IN DRESS UNIFORM
f. f. Chapman Was Impressed With
Grants Kind Heartedness

Ed B. Chapman, of 1858 Van Buren,
street, says that he was impressed by
two great characteristics of Grant
simplicity and kind heartedness.
Grant was seldom seen in full
dress uniform" said Mr.. Chapman
''He usually appeared in a blouse coat
and displayed no style. You might
have taken him for a private. He
showed great simplicity in converse
ton and when he talked he said some
thing.
Grant was often called The Butch
err by his men because he found il
necessary to sacrifice many lives to
win the war. He had q great kind
ness of heart. In one instance the
infantry was marching on a muddy
road in Mississippi. The cavalry
headed by Grant. was in the rear and
found it necessary to pass the infan-
try. The road was narrow and in
passing considerable mud was
splashed on the infantry. One man
began to use profanity. Grant said,
I am General Grant. I have to get
ahead and I can't go around. Please
let US go past"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
WAS INTIMATE WITH GRANT
The Rev. Bernard Kelly Met Gen.
Grant on Mary Occasions.

Acquaintance as intimate as usually
occurs between the officers of an
army and the general commanding it,
with General U. S. Grant, was the
good fortune of the Reverend Ber-
nard Kelly, 1924 Topeka boulevard.
The Reverend Kelly. before the
Civil war, was a pastor in the Gin
cinnati conference of the Methodist
church. AS such, he became ac-
quainted with the father and mother
of Ulysses S. Grant. later to become
the head of all the Union armies.
The father and mother of General
Grant, the Reverend Kelly says, were
outstanding, rugged Christians, who
instilled in their son, the qualities
of integrity, fidelity to country and
obligation to God, which made him
the great man he became.
Later. as captain of Company F,
the 10Srd Illinois regiment, of the
Fifteenth army corps, the Reverend
Kelly met General Grant personally,
on several occasions. He saw Grant
in the latter's dog tent before
Vicksburg, and again after the battle
of Mission Ridge.
In later years, after the war and
when Grant was president, Kelly
again met him at the Centennial EX-
position at Philadelphia, in 1876.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
ANTI FLY CAMPAIGN ON
CITY Dads at Mcpherson Plan To Have
Real Summer Resort

Mcpherson. Kan. April 27.-This
town Of 5000 population which Is
aspiring to be something of sum
l1er resort with its latest plan for
large municipal lake, boating, swim =
ming pool band concerts. and auto
mobile tourists camps, does not lntend
that with all these prospective sum
Iner pleasures. those enjoying them
shall he pestered with flies
Swatting the fly is all very good
hut the city fathers have gone far
rher. Here is the outline of the city
campaign to make Mcpherson a fly
less city. incorporated in an ordinance
recently passed;
Wire ny traps must be placed al
the front and rear of every place OF
business
No person will be allowed to keep
more than one horse. COW or hog
within the city limits.
All barns, stables. chicken houses
and other animal abodes must De
thoroly cleaned three times a week
and the refuse carted outside the city
limits and there burned.
Every home and business house
must have a special receptacle in
which waste material and garbage Is
placed. The city will furnish men
10 collect the garbage every forty
eight hours and remove it to the con-
sumlng plant
Heavy fines are provided for viola
tions OF any provision Of the ordi-
nance.
Several local organizations and the
local Federation of Women's clubs
and Chamber of Commerce are CO.
operating with the city commissioners
in the campaign to drive every fly
from Mcpherson by the process Of
Ssarva ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
ALL Get BETTER
Improvements Scheduled in
Many Kansas Cities This Year.
League of Municipalities Com
piles List of Striking Changes.

Lawrence, kan, April 27.-Spring is
opening up with an unusually large
list of municipal improvements sched-
uled thruout the state, according to a
report issued by the League of Kansas
municipalities Paving, school houses.
electric light plants. and Transmission
lines. sewers and waterworks are in
cluded-in the list.
The following paving projects are
enumerated in the leagues April re-
port:
presented 10 the council for the grad
ing and crawling of four blocks on
Cleveland avenue
Chapman-The plans and specifica-
tions for paving five blocks thru the
business section of the city and for
grading and guttering twelve blocks
in the residence district have been
accepted by the mayor and council
Emporia-Ten blocks of paving. Will
be laid this spring.
Fowler-Paving improvements are
being planned. the estimated cost Of
which is 100000.
Garfield-Steps are being taken
toward the grading and crawling OF
the streets in the city that are a part
OF the Santa Fe trail.
Kansas City-Contracts for seven
teen street and alley improvement
Jobs were let recently. The contracts
Kiowa-Petitions calling for the
paving with brick of several blocks on
five streets have been presented to
the council.
LaCrosse-A petition calling for the
construction of paving on Main street,
from Sixth to Eleventh streets, VIII
be presented to the city council at the
next meeting.
Madison-The contract for seven
blocks of brick pavement was award
ed at s32O a square yard. recently.
Mankato-Five blocks Of brick paw
ing are being laid and five more
blocks will be laid as soon as this
contract is finished
Sabetha-A petition for the paving
of thirteen blocks on one street has
been presented to the city commits
sioners.
Sedan-The contract for sheet
asphalt paving was awarded at SsO,6f4
recently
Topeka-It is planned to pave the
streets in North Topeka which con-
meet with the Victory Highway along
the Silver Lake road.
WelIington-Five blocks on south
jefferson avenue. from Walnut to Bot
kin streets. will be paved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
vampire Complexion"
Is Natural, She Says

They say Of a certain well known dancer
that she has vampire complexion" it is
so bewitchingly beautiful. Yet to intimate
friends she has confided that she abhors
make-ups and that her mplexion is really
natural. Her secret is-ordinary mercolized
wax. She spreads a thin coat Of the wax
over her face at night, without rubbing it
in and takes it off with warm water upon
arising. This simple application actually
absorbs the dead particles of scarf skin
which daily appear, and a fair. soft, fresh,
girlish skin is always in evidence The
com plexion is kept perpetually young by
preventing the accumulation OF the aging
and lifeiess cuticle-
As mercolized wax is obtainable at any
drug store. and ounce is sufficient to
reiuvenate even the worst complexion. any
one may enjoy the benefits of this remark
able beauty secret. There's nothing more
effective for freck1eS. liver spots. moth
patches. pimples aid unwholesome skins
generally.-Advertisem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
WAS A BORN GENERAL
:. ID. Edwards Remembers Many Dis
cussions During His Service.

S. ID. Edwards. ISL North Kansas
avenue, did not meet General Grant
personally during war, but remembers
wildly the discussions of him which
occurred in the army during the fight
ing. The only criticism 1 ever heard
against General Grant was that he
did not care enough for the lives of
his men," Mr.. Edwards says
But it is certain that a general can
not fight battles. and win them, with
out losing men. When he takes a.
position he must hold it as long as he
can, and he cannot do it without sacri-
fcing his men. We had full conf
dence in him. He was a born gen.
eral, and we knew it." Edwards
served in Company H, Forty-fourth
Wisconsin Volunteers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
SAW HIM IN NASHVILLE
General Grant Went to Tennessee to
Plan Drive to Atlanta.

EIdn Drive 10 Atlanta.
z. Booher. who has lived in Topeka
since the war, says he had the pleas
ure of seeing General Grant at Nash
vile. Tenn, in the spring of 1853
when Grant appeared there with sew
eral other union generals and mapped
out tentative plans for the drive to-
ward Atlanta which eventually ended
in Sherman's famous march to the
sea
Il probably would have had an
other chance to see Grant had I not
been wounded few days later in the
battle of Nashville" said Booher.
Two of my brothers were killed in
that battle and / had a bullet thru
my face and another in nay knee For
three months 1 lay in a hospital I'M
conscious"
Both of Booher's wounds were in
flicted by minnie balls. He still carries
scar on his right cheek of the bullet
which passed thru his face. and the
bullet in his knee was removed seven
years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
HE SAW lee SURRENDERED
Nelson F1inton Was With General
Grant mt the Time.

Nelson FIinton of the Tenth Yer
mont Regulars, First Brigade and
Third Division, who served in the war
for three years. was with Grant when
Lee surrendered at Appomatox court
house.
Here's the story FIinton tells of the
surrender as he saw it. 1T was on
April that we had the rebels sur
rounded. They all lay in a large
square of green grass They had
hoisted the white flag and pretty soon
Gen. Lee in his best uniform, looking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
AUDUBON SOCIETY AGAIN?
Plans to ReOrganize Club of Orni-
biologists Are Begun.

wichita. Kan. April 27.-The Au-
dubon society of Kansas. dormant for
many years. may be reOrganized. ac-
cording to local ornithologists.
The society. which is for the study
and protection of birds. was organized
in 1908 thru the influence of a group
OF wichita men and women. Shortly
afterwards it was made statewide in
scope.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
HE SAW GEN. GRANT IN 1859
jerry Shaw Was Firing an Engine on
c, & A. at the Time.

THE first time saw General Grant
was in 1852" said Jerry Shaw, ISL
Grand avenue, veteran locomotive en-
gineer and now state house elevator
operator. He came into East St.
Louis with load of wood that time.
I can see him just as plain as tho it
were esterday-sitting up there on a
wagon with an old clay pipe stuck in
his mouth. He wore a hickory shirt
and his trousers were stuck in his
boots and he was about the hardest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27

SAYS he saw General Grant ride along
the highway near his home. He also
saw General Lee, of the Confederate
army in the same vicinity but at a
different time. The latter was. tar
and slender compared with Grant, he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
A Simple, Easy Method

FIRST, put two or three teaspoonfuls
Il of Mulsifed in a cup or glass with
little warm water. Then wet the hair
and scalp with clear warm water. Pour
the Mulsihed evenly over the hair and
rub it thoroughly all over the scalp and
throughout the entire length, down to
the ends of the hair.
Two or three teaspoonfuls will make
an abundance of rich, creamy lather.
This should be rubbed in thoroughly and
brisl1ly with the finger tips, so as to loosen
the dandruff and small particles of dusk
and dirt that stick to the scalp.
After rubbing in the rich, creamy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-21
The Mistakes of the Kaiser
BY RENE VIVIANI
Premier of France When the War Broke Out
Copyright ls22 The Mcclure NewgpapeL syndicate


On the 23rd of September, 1862,
King William appointed Bismarck to
the presidency of the council At that
time the Prussian government was in
open conflict with the Landtag regard
ing the question of military laws. The
king, as became q worthy scion Of the
Hohenzollerns, had undertaken to in
crease the army; he wanted 100000
men on a peace footing, 100000 on a
war footing, likewise an increase of the
firstline forces to double their existing
strength for which purpose universal
three years military service, as out
lined in the military law of 1914, was
to be strictly enforced. These reor-
ganiZation schemes were not to the
liking of the Chamber of Deputies, but
nevertheless, in order to allow a re-
stricted enforcement of the royal pro-
grams, provisional credits were voted,
by means of which the king formed
military units of a permanent char
acter. The Chamber, displeased at
this, and irritated particularly by the
tone adopted by the Minister of War
General Won Room, who denied it the
right of discussing the demands made
by him, refused, on Sept. %, 1862, ev-
cry penny of the credits necessary for
carrying out the projected changes.
Bismarck Advised Dictatorship.
On the preceding evening Bismarck
had a long interview at Babelsberg
with the king, who, wearied by his ef-
forts, talked of abdicating. Brushing
aside such thoughts, Bismarck advised
him to resist; only on condition that
the king should follow this advice,
added Bismarck, would he accept the
post of president of the council.
"Direct parliamentary government"
he said, ais to be avoided at any price,
even at the price of a Dictatorship -
: Prussia was destined, during four
years, to be under the dictatorship of
Bismarck.
Bismarck's past vouched for the en-
ergy which he would display in the
coming struggle. Born of old Branden-
. burg noble stock, Baron Otto Won Bis
marck had distinguished himself since
1S47 by his hatred for the parliamen.
tary form of government; in 1849 he
was one of those who advised the king
not to accept the imperial crown. and,
on the occasion of the granting of the
Prussian constitution, he protested
against the introduction into Prussia
of parliamentary institutions and
most especially, against the voting OF
the budget by the Landtag.
From the moment of his accession to
power he rose superior to the opposi-
ton of the chamber. Unable to secure
a vte of appropriations, he invoked the
Z principle Of the constitutional gap
and, indeed, it was true that the con-
stitution had not made provision for a
case where one of the three govern.
ing organs-king, House Of Lords and
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Chamber of Deputies-was not in ae-
cord with the others. In naughty tones
he told the chamber that, unless there
was compromise, che who has the pow
er in his hands is the one who Will go
forward in his chosen direction" This
maxim of government, expressed in
the briefer form of might comes be-
fore right" was to remain the igno-
minious brand of German policy at the
end of the nineteenth century and in
1914.
Cult of "5Iood and Iron" Preached
So Bismarck no longer submitted
the budget to the Landtag, which was
either adjourned or dissolved. With
an unconstitutional budget, voted only
by the House of Lords, he bent all his
efforts to the reorganization of the
army, which, thanks to the military
genius of Moltke, was to become the
powerful instrument of Bismarck's S
policy.
By means of force and violence Bis
marck was now aiming to realize his
one ambition-German unity. Shortly
after his assumption of power he thus
expressed this object of his to the
budget commission of the Landtag:
German unity will not be achieved by
| speeches nor by the decisions of the
majority, but by blood and iron" The
cult of force, preference for violent
means, voluntary violation of faith
belief in all these things was inspired
in Bismarck, particularly by the life
and actions of Frederick II, whom he
was to hold up later as a model for
the future William II.
In Bismarek's eyes, Prussia, since
| the death of the great Frederick, had
not shown real national tendencies; in
fact, her destiny, as he saw it, was not
so much to grow constantly as to as
sure herself of predominance in Ger
many; she must not forget that it was
war to the death between herself and
Austria, that one of those two must
vanish from the German stage.
Plans Against Austria.
Prussia s. duty became clear to Bis
marck in the course of his long mis-
sion as plenipotentiary representative
of his country at the Diet of Frank
fort, and he expressed concisely, in q
memorial addressed to the king o1
Prussia in 1858, his ideas as to the
necessity of launching a Prussian-In
dependent-German policy. Austria, he
pointed out, was seeking to obtain the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-21

hegemony in the German confedera-
tion by invoking the constitution; it
was necessary, therefore, to destroy
the confederation; victorious war
against Austria had become an un-
avoidable necessity.
For this war the Prussian army was
quite ready; but, in addition, the sup
port or neutrality of the Great Powers
had to be secured. Bismarck, who, in
the course of his diplomatic missions
to Vienna, st. Petersburg and Paris,
had had the opportunity of studying
monarchs and statesmen and dlyinlng
the tendencies of governments, was
now about to manoeuvre in such way
as to isolate Austria by means OF
promises made to Russia, Italy and
France.
The method of striking violent
blows, adopted and several times de-
fined by him, was 70 be applied three
times in succession first, in 1864,
against Denmark; then, in 1866,
against Austria; finally, in 1870,
against France.
Increasing Prussian Dominance.
In 1864, under the prete&t of acting,
in place of the Diet, against Denmark,
which had annexed Slesvig, Prussia
and Austria invaded the latter land,
and, after a short campaign, peace was
signed and the Duchies renounced
King Christian. Bismarck had occas-
| ion, from actual observation of Prus-
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sian soldiers in action, to gauge the
superiority of his army over the Aus
trian and having set up an Aus
trian-Prussian joint control over Sles-
Wig and Holstein by means of the
Treaty of Gastein, he hoped to find
therein some pretext for war against
Austria. Prussia naturally derived
profit from the transaction, for she an
nexed Lauenburg, and, moreover, the
three Duchies entered the German
Zollverein (Customs Union).
Bismarck's trust in himself increas-
ed. Believing, after his interview with
Napoleon III, that he could count on
French neutrality. and having conclud-
ed an alliance with Italy, he brought
the Austrian crisis to a head Hol-
stein, which was under the administra-
tioD of Austria, was invaded. and a
project for the reorganization of the
German confederation. providing for
the exclusion of Austria. was brought
before the Diet. Austria countered
this move by causing the said Diet tc
issue a decree of mobilization against
Prussia.
! Austrians Defeated.
! The Prussian army, however, By
means of crushing offensive, got pos
session of Saxony, Hanover and Hesse
and, forcing its way into the Bohemian