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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1915. PLA7TSMOTTTH MI-YTEXKLY J0T7RJTAE. Cedar Creek Department News that will be of Interest in and near Cedar Creek WE HAVE A GOOD STOCK OF PS fjB OK HAND and can make you attractive prices on Monitor and Superior Press DriHs, Heaimey Buggies, ESirdsei Wagons and Wagon Boxes, Steel Wheel Trucks, King and Hamilton Steel Grain Dumps, Empire Cream Separators. Lee Puncture Proof and Firestone Tires and Accessories Studebaker Agents CEDAR CREEK, NEBRASKA rirsi Seciiritv panic CEDAR CREEK, NEBR. Sound, Conservative and Progressive THE BANK OF THE PEOPLE THE BANK BY THE PEOPLE THE BANK FOR THE PEOPLE We are anxious to assist the farmer in feed nig handling his live stock for market and if w V 3 1 f t 5 BV gap nnmm Infi resting Article From a Cass Coun ty I5oy Who is Serving in That Country With U. V. Forces. The adventures of the 4th Retri-iru-nt, U. S. Murine.-? in Santo Domin go. iutludnethe lighting trip to the i:.;i ; i'Ji- of the republic and the armed occupation of Santiago de los Cabal led . : re si t forth in a graphic man ner. The fights they fought and the deaths that some of them died during the grilling battling march from San to Domingo City to Santiago. D. R., the d faculties they met and sur mounted vor. the long trip through hostile country; all this and more u- thrillingly related in the following, of stirring accounts of bravery done by Colore! Pendleton and his men. The fourth regiment has irdeed hud an eventful career since its de parture from San Diego, Calif., but the time at my disposal will permit only a brief resume of its activities during the past time since being in this country. Our journey to New Orleans was wilh.at incident except that Colonel Pendleton was obliged to change from protests to threats in qrder to induce the raihoau-oiiieials to keep the equip ment train at the prescribed distance from the troop train, but material and personal reached our destination, ana several days were passed in loadin the U. S. S. Hancock. During our stay at Xew Orleans an excited police man, who's ignorance of the uniform of hi-? country was equaled only by his ignorance of the part in shooting his pistol at one of the marines, who it appears had engaged in a wordy altercation with him, and while the shot d'd not harm any one,' the oc cuvrance was exaggerated by the press of the city to the proportion of a riot, and such is the poverty of 4 HER DEATH NEAR So Everyone Thought, But Is Nov; Well And Stronger Than Ever, Newton, Mo. "I can certainly Bpeak a good word for Cardui, the woman's- tonic," says Mrs. Jay Rhoades, of this town. "I suffered for 12 years with my right side, and the last three years, I would have a bad spell with it about every three months. I would get so bad off, every one would think I could not live. The first of July, I began taking Cardui, the woman's tonic, and. I haven't had a bad spell since socn after I began taking it. Before taking Cardui, I was so ir regular, and, at times, I could hardly stand on my feet. Now, I can clean house, and do any kind of work with out its hurting me in the least. Cardui will surely do for other women, what it did for me. I am tell ing all my neighbors about it." Cardui is a mild and effective tonic for women, that has been found, by actual use, during more than 50 years, to relieve the ailments to which all women are peculiarly liable. Card-u-i has helped thousands. Why cot you? Try it, ncb I Deposits In This Bank are protected by the Depositors' Guaranty Fund of the State of Nebraska, which lias readied nearly 1, 000,000.00 It is back of us and protects you! OFFICERS:- WM. SCHNEIDER. President W. H. LOHNES, Vice-President T. J. SHANAHAN, Vice-President J. F. FOREMAN, Cashier news in their benighted town that whole pages were devoted to the sub ject. The voyage on the U. S. Ilan cork brought us to Santo Domingo City on the south of the island of the same name where the Colonel was as signed to the command of all the land force:? operating on the island, much of interest centers in this, the oldest settlement in the new world, it having been founded by Columbus in 14i)(, on his second voyage, and tradition has it that a huge tree which overhangs the harbor and whose enormous trunk indicates great age, was a mooring place of his caravels. The cononel's instruction directed him to proceed to the north coast and to occupy the important town of Santiago de los caballeros, eighty five miles inland, in which the rebel leader Dcsiderio Arias, had installed his government, confident that the re notcness of his capital from the sea vould insure him against bombard ment bv a man-of-war. or attack bv a landing force. Disembarking at Monte Cristi, great preparations were made for the march, and as suitable facilities for transportation of stores, water and ammunition were lacking, every animal and vehicle that could be found was purchased or impressed, and at four o'clock on the morning of June 2Gth, 1916, when the column set forth, no stranger array ever moved at the command of one man. The ad vance guard composed of the second battalion was preceded by the mounted scouts, who scoured the cactus-ridden country to the right and left of the line of march, and the colonel and his struT mounted, followed. Then came the main body with the ponderous ar tillery train, it's four guns hauled by huge motor trucks in the lead, and the first battalion and signal company completing this division. A long wake of trucks, Fords, mule carts, pack burros and the caterpiller tractor formed the column, which although we were but eight hundred and fifty strong, was from head to rear more than two miles long. The road lead ing to the almost unknown interior of the island was excellent, but the country through which it passed was a waterless desert producing nothing but the thorns and thistles of prophecy which explains the necessiy of our enormous supply train. Our course parrelled the Yaqua river, but at a. distance of live miles through impassable cactus growth, and at the close of the first day, after a march of sixteen miles, we made camp, and a large motor truck which t -Jii:tJ-liy was sent to the river for water, was attacked by the enemy, and was obliged to return with one man of its guard wounded. Next morning the enemy was discovered about two hun dred and fifty strong, well entrenched in a position which commanded the road ror a distance or nitcen nunurca vards along which our approach must be made. The trenches seemed to offer an opportunity for the favorable v.se of the artillery, and the battery was hauled in place by hand and the bombardment began. Forty rounds o smoke through which the flashes of rifles constantly stabbed like light ning through a cloud. Suddenly the edge of the basque blazed with a long line of bajor.ets gleaming in the morning sifn. with a wild cheer the ger. Disregarding the advice cf his chief -of-staff to remain at his proper station with the artillery he had ad vanced to the firing line with the auto matics, and now with men falling all around him, lie calmly surveyed the first battalion swept up the slope so j position of the enemy, and imperturb f sharpnel were fired while the first battalion supported by the second ad vanced slowly through the swamp (the first water we had seen) and then the artillery fire was suspended owing to the near approach of our infantry to the objective. Meanwhile the enemy, ignoring the artillery which was work ing some havoc among them, concen trated a heavy fire on the advancing ranks which were still invisible in the jungle, and presently the whole hill side was surrounded in a pall of closely followed by the second that the men of both commands were inter mingled as they entered the enemv's works. Thus ended the engagement of Las Trincheras, with a loss of one man killed (Private John J. Awkcr man. 27th company) and five men wounded. The jungle was litered wi;h the enemy's dead, many of them killed by the machine guns' fire which searched the undergrowth as they lied The march next day was somewhat delayed by burnt bridges, which the retreating enemy had destroyed to impede our progress, and by small parties of concealed snipers who would make no stand, but kept the advanced guard on the qui vive during the day. Our train contained nearly everything necessary for bridge con struction, and the ingenuity and pro verbial resourses of the marines sup plied what was lacking, and one revir.e where a two hundred foot bridge had been demolished was passed on an improvised trestle, constructed in three hours' time, over which the heavy guns and trucks were moved in per fect safety. Four days' march brought us to a beautiful savanna, hundreds of acres in extent, and stretching along the bank of the Yaqui river, with the grass five feet high in the fields, and every evidence of fertility and pro ductiveness. As. men and animals had undergone much distress, though ro real suffering, through the scarcity o: water, the Colonel, in spite of his anxiety to push on, insisted on a two days' halt, during which the men had every opportunity to rest and bathe. And the horses and mules to feed and drink, as they had not done since the march began. A couple of abortive night attacks in which one man was wounded, and a sharp skirmish, where Private Klen Milles was killed, were the only incidents since the engage ment at Las Trincheras. This same day the 34th company was sent out from the main body on a scouting party (alone), with expectations of coming in contact with the main body of the column in one half hour's march. We went for at least one hour and never even as much as sighted the main body. After a shcrt halt to rest the men we "were attacked by the enemy, hav ing an engagement with them for at least an hour, at a place called San Antoru'a or Ilautillo. The main body heard the firing and came to our as sistance, but were too late, as the 31th had gained control of the enemy, making them retreat. Approaching the yilcige of Guay-aec-nes, destired to be commerntcd in the annals of the marine corps, the advance guard encountered the or.-' emy's outposts, and in the exchange of shots, one of our men was wounded. The enemy retreated through 'the town disputing our advance until they reached their defense works on the ! farther side, where they made a stub born stand, in a position so well con cealed that we were long in locating it, and then were unable to bring the But before we had fairly made camp at Xavarrete, an automobile bearing a body of representative citizens of Santiago, entered our lines, seeking an interview with the American com mander. They assured the colonel the desire for war was all gone, that their mission was to arrange peace terms ar.d they asked what they could ex pect at the hands of the invaders. The colonel informed them that his orders were to occupy Santiago, which he intended to do at any cost, and that his treatment of the inhabitants would be governed by their own con duct towards us. With much silent speculation as to our numbers, and j with many a dubious glance at our ar tillery, the peace commission assured! us of an unopposed entry and de-j parted, wondering no doubt that the cor.auerer of their city could find noj mere imposing throne, from which to ; dictate terms to them, than an up-j turned bucket under a spreading mango tree. At eight o'clock the next morning as the sun was breaking through the mists of the hills, our advar.ee topped a rise in the roadway, ar.d with white walls of Santiago with its cathedral towers and ancient fort ress burst cn cur view. A wire lead ing into the citv was tapped to which Captain Ramsey attached a field tele phone and an astonished man indeed was the governor of Santiago at find ing himself summoned to meet the in vaders in this bizarre manner. At three o'clock in the afternoon of July Oth, li10, exactly one month after our departure from San Diego, Cal., and ten days after commencing our march from Monte Cristi, we entered Santiago, and never before had the wondering denizens looked on such display of horse, foot, artillery and impediments, as the host wound their way through their streets, and occupied the fort and castle upon whose site the eyes of Columbus and his brother had rested more than four centuries ago. A strong undercurrent of opposition to our presence exists, and the colonel lias found it advisable u'fly issued instructions tor an en veloping movement, as he saw that thy front of the defenses was impregnable to a direct attack. Companies from the first and second battalion worked their passage through the almost im penetrable jungle on our right and left and presently attained a position from which they were able to dislodge the enemy. Hero the rebel gereral, to supress one or two inflamatory news Maximo Gabreul. a prominent Domin ican leader, was killed. An automatic gun in our center, where the action was the thickest, bo- papers, and no one leaves his quarters unarmed. What the future has in store for us no one knows but the Fourth Regiment me jammed and three men were 1 has borne itself well and has added shot in turn as they attempted to re pair it, meanwhile the din of the bat tle had become terrific all the auto matics were barking in the center, the infantry poured in a heuy lire from the flanks and the cremy no longer able to withstand a" Vain of bullets, which in places had mowed the ram parts of the redoubt to a level, sud- ! mother page of glory to the history of the Marine Corps. Ar.d now many an anxious heart in our ranks looks lor.gh.gly towards the setting sun and wonders when the colors of the Fourth Regiment will again float in the pur ple shadows of the Good Old U. S. A. Yours truly, RALPH R. MILLER, denly gave ground and bearing their; 31 Co. 4th Reg.. U. S. Marine Corps, wounded to automobiles which werejSanio Lomingo. waiting in the rear of the filing lines, abandoned the field, on which veiv i'ourd twenty-seven of their dead. Corporal George F razee, of the 2Sth company, who was shot early in the engagement, died shortly after its close, and was buried on the battle field. Chaplain Taylor performed the j last service for the dead, and the men stood with bared heads while the fun eral rites were offered over a gallant soldier, who had given his life for his Hag. Loading our fourteen wounded into the wagon train, the column was again put in motion, and in two days wo reached Navarrete, where a junc tion was effected with Major Beares who, under Colonel Pendleton's orders, had proceeded from Puertu Plata, a town about eighty miles east of Monte Cristi. our own starting point. This route was much shorter than our own but was over a destroyed railroad track, which would have been im passable for our great supply train. As Major Bearcss had but 200 men, he effected thi journey with some fighting, and putting the rail road into operation as he advanced, was ready to unite witn us lor the final stage of the campaign, the cap ture of Santiago now but eighteen miles away. The people are wise who buy sta tionery at the Journal. Farm Loans, Insurance and Cstate. See J. F. Foreman. Real First Security bank pays 3 per cent on time deposits. bills done quickly at the Journal. Don't forget S. J. Reames when you are in need of paper napkins, paper plates, ice cream dishes and all kinds of crepe paper. Read the Evening Journal. Only 10 rents a week. First Security bank pays 5 per cent cn time deposits. For good, fresh Candy, Fruit and NTuts, see S. J. Reames. When you want some good reading don't forget Reames, Library. Remember that S. J. Reames sells the latest books published. Harold Bell Wright's latest works. Parmele Theatre! one performance only TUESDAY NIGHT, mm 3 p Rowland-CIifford-Gatts (Inc.) Presents An Entire fsw PrG&jciian of llm Ornrl Oil American Play m ll'tek Iszla If! Eg (The Thoroughbred Queen i fcsess Win the Derby. 5? A The famous silver band of inimitable darkies. Large Company of Excellent Ability! Don't FHiss the Big Street Parado Seats on sale at Weyrich 6c Hadraba's Saturday 1 0 a. in. Prices 25c, 35c, 50c 75c and $1.00 A GREAT BIO SHOW COMING 'In Old Kentucky" the Attraction Tuesday Night, November 14, at Parmele Theater. e.-t and excitement of the great horse race, on which the hero's fortunes (le per:. 1, with its pnduock, and t i i re sistible comely of the race it:-elf as it is watched by the colonel up a tree, and Aunt Alathr-u dancing in frantic excitement be fee a convenient knot hole in the fence. All the pa?:-ion.-, hate, love, jealousy, revenge, are con sistently L'hown in the development of the plot and all are woven toother in a logical .and harmless conclu-i"n that sends the audience hone with that thoroughly sati.- i'ied fccTin.T udven by so few plays of the modern stave. There is also another feature not less important. The managers of "In Old Kentucky,'' recognizing its per ennial qualities, have wisely kept up the standard of pioduction, so that thfc; beautiful picture of southern life is never marred by a faulty presenta tion, but is given with the same care and attention to detail that mark-.! its first presentation years ago. The consequence is that "In Old Kentucky" I is1 today, and will doubtless long r i .... mam, tne most cnduringly popular play of the American stage. The company and jirodu-jtion sched uled for. appcaranre hejo is the same big organization that closed a phe- FOUR STATES VOTED FOB PROHIBITION THIS YEAR The ordinary play is regarded as highly successful if it has to its credit two or three prosperous seasons, or, at the most, five or six. "In Old Ken tucky" was first produced in 1898, and during all the years since then, it has never been shelved for a single season, but has gone on season after season, delighting audiences and packing theaters to the doors from the At lantic to the Pacific. So far from showing any signs of decrcptitude, it seems to wax lustier and stronger, as the years roll by, until it has come to be regarded as the most popular drama in America. What is the secret of this perennial popularity? What elements have en trenched it so firmly in the affections F F fc ... 1 nomenally success f id engagement at agam ana uBam a u thc 5ostcn theater la-t Mav. same pleasure and ueiigrit : inese elements are necessarily subtle and complex, yet perhaps moie easy to define than to duplicate. In the first place, the atmosphere of one of the most romantic and in teresting states of the Union has been reproduced with absolute fidelity. The characters, drawn from life by the author, are necessarily human beings, into who.se thoughts and emotions one enters with the same understanding and interest that is felt for friends with whom one has spent his life. Then there is the deep sympathy aroused by the little mountain girl, handicapped by poverty and ignorance, but with a heart so true and brave that she knows no fear, regards no danger when love leads the way. There is that dear delightful old Aunt Alathea, and the gallant Ken tucky colonel; torn by two conflicting passions, his love for Alathea and his passionate devotion to the race track. Then, there is that wonderful re production of the barnyard life of the plantation, the cute little piccannies with their dances, their frolics and their marvelous playing on musical instruments as the Wangdoodle Brass band. There is also the tremendous inter- Chicago, 111., Nov. 8. Oliver W. Stewart, national prohibition ceun pi.ign manager, expressed gratifica tion over the remit of wet ar.d dry fights in states today. "Returns indicate that the drys have added four stales Michigan.. South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana to the dry column." said Mr. Stew art. "We saved Arkansas to the array of nineteen dry states with which ve entered the campaign. The election of Pambcrger, as governor of Utah, a democrat favoring prohibition, I think means prohibition by statute cut there. We are planning to have a Junior' woman suffrage in South Dakota, for that means the election of official ; who will make the prohibition law." thore visiting in Omaha today, return ing home on No. 21 this afternoon, while in the metropolis she was visit ing at the home of he r son, Chailes Kirschenblatt! artillery to bear. It consisted of a trench on each side of the road on commanding ground, inaccessible ex cept from the front which the growth had been cleaied away to aiFord a clear field of lire. The automatic ma chine guns were brought into action up to a point of five hundred yards from the trenches, but the fire was so hot that in ten minutes' time ten men were shot down at their guns. At this juncture Colonel Pendleton displayed a fine example of indifference to dan- . .. .. . One of the Scenes "In Old Kentucky" at the Parmele Theatre, Tuesday, November 14 IF 17