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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-06
BROKE HIS PAROLE
George LaRose Must Serve Three
Years.

MiddleLury, Oct. 4.-Geo. LaRose
who was arrested a few days ago by
Deputy Sheriff Edward Higgans for
the breaking of his parole, was before
the side judges of Addison county
today and was ordered back to Wind
sor to serve three years He was ar
rested at first for stealing horses and
was sentenced at that time to serve
five years.
After he had served a portion OF the
sentence he was released in charge of
the probation officer. In February
last he disappeared and had not been
heard of until Higgans arrested him.
He will be taken to Windsor Thurs
day by Sheriff Olin Smith and Deputy
Sheriff N. ]. Sanford.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-06
YALE ENDOWMENT $ts,4s1,444
Increase Of S2,256,356 Reported fol
Year Ended June 80.

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 5.--The an
nual report of the treasurer of Yale
University, made public today, shows
the institution now has an endowment
aggregating $1S,431. .444.64. There was
an increase of $2,256, ,356G9 for the
year ended June 80, 1916.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-06
ANOTHER FLOUR RAISE
Second in Ten Gays Brought Price to
$3.50.

Chicago, Oct. 6.-The price of Min
nesota patents high-grade family
-four advanced 20 cents a barrel to
$3.50 yesterday, the second advance
in ten days. The same grade sold at
$500 year ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-06
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair and cooler tonight and
Saturday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-06
Notice

There will be a special town meet
ing in South Salisbury at Coles hall
October 10, 1916.
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command. Preliminary steps were
taken. even before Congress acted, to
secure suitable vessels. February .,
1884. the Dundee whaler was pur-
chased, the sealing steamer Bear hav-
ing been acquired January 2S at St.
Johns, Newfoundland. The British gov
ernment presented to the United States
for the use of the expedition the steamer
Alert, thoroughly prepared and equipped
for service, and with record of success
Sir George Noyes.
The Bear arrived at New York Feb
ruary Is. while the Thetis made port
March %. The Alert completed the as
sembly when she arrived April -.
Lieut.. w. H. Emory was assigned to
the command of the Bear Commander
George w. Coffin was assigned to the
Alert, which was to be employed as a
reserve vessel Commander Schley,
commanding the expedition, took direct
command of the Thetis.
Repairs deemed imperative were hur-
ried with proper consideration for
thoroughness. The use of anthracite
coal being inexpedient, 1000 tons of
Welsh coal of superior quality was
brought from Cardiff. The British
steamer Loeb Garry was also employed
to bring over an additional 500 tons to
be delivered in northern waters.
Officers and crews were carefully Sc
lected with consideration of physical
and other qualifications for arduous
duty. The Bear, first ready. sailed from
New York April "a. The Thetis fol-
lowed on May / and the Alert on May
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this flag that will give my hands. my
head and my heart to the doing of all
that will make a true American citi-
Zen."'
Then I passed from one to another,
and while still holding on to the flag
/ handed each button which we de-
signed for this purpose. an eagle bear
ing a flag, and said: Now, underneath
this flag I place upon your breast the
emblem of citizenship, and may the
eagle that Is on it never see you do
aught of which the flag will not be
proud AS did that. the crowd shout
ed Joseph Cook is American
citizen""
Some women were initiated also. some
of them in gorgeous, almost Partisan,
gowns. though many wore shawls on
their heads AS her white name was
announced each of these women ap-
plicants came forward and was pre-
bag and purse and briefly told of the
influence the white woman had In the
home and the future of the nation of
which she had now become a part.
A flag was given to each Indian
woman so honored, and responses SINH
lar to those the men were required
to make were repeated, while the lit
tie gold badge of citizenship also was
fastened on her breast, the audience
rising and shouting then that this
woman, too, using her name. was now
an American citizen.
Secretary Lane then gathered the
new citizens in the schoolhouse. and
organized a mutual cooperative as
sociation to protect them in their busi-
ness affairs.
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to which he was subjected at the time.
Gen. Grant is now conceded as not far
wrong, and had his annexation treaty
been ratified by the Senate the United
States would have been saved a vast
amount OF trouble. and Santo Domingo
instead of being about as it was when
Columbus discovered the country.
would be peaceful and prosperous. with
the bulk of its population enjoying the
benefits of good government and reap
ing the fruits Of their own industry.
This chapter from the past does not
improve the present situation. 1t only
shows that the people of Latin Ameri-
can countries have longer memories
than the people of the United States.
for most Americans have forgotten all
about the proposed annexation of Santo
Domingo, while the Dominicans re-
member 1t and cite it to our disadvan-
tage. The sentiment of sovereignty
is strong one. and it is fair to credit
the Dominican politicians with SINGER
ity in their frequent appeals to it.
while not overlooking the selfishness
Yet there is a situation in Santo Do
mingo that is leading up to what
amounts TO American sovereignty.
since the presence of the marines and
the acts of the American minister and
the naval commander involve a GER
tain degree of sovereignty The Do
minicans undoubtedly dread It, In
spite of the better local government
WHICH II lnSuTeS ana the prosperity OF
material kind, they do not want to
come under the wing of the United
States.
The question which bothers the poll
ticians of Santo Domingo is. in reality.
that of the neighboring country of
Haiti They fear the example which
Haiti has set of accepting a complete
United States protectorate. The moral
influence of the United States was re-
inforced by the navy in persuading
Haiti to negotiate the treaty which pro-
vides for the protectorate. but that
does not in any way affect its merits.
The Haitian treaty meets the def
cheney which experience showed was in
the Dominican convention. 1t provides
not only for the collection of the
Haitian revenues under American SUI
pervision, but also for their disburse-
ment. 1t also specifically provides for
the maintenance of good order under
American authority.
By means of this arrangement the
great mass of the Haitian people are
certain to be benefited. Their reve-
nues will no longer be squandered, and
no group Of ambitious politicians will
be able to start a revolution when out
of power. Some Of the members of the
Haitian senate, it is true, have re-
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and bananas are the chief products.
There are also forest reserves
Santo Domingo Is among the least de-
veloped of the Caribbean countries. An
some years ago and made heavy invest
ments declared that it was about as
Columbus found it. In other words,
that 1t was four centuries behind the
times. He thought that the Dominicans
were right in their claim that the true
remains of Columbus are with them
rather than with Havana, and he ad-
mired the Columbus mausoleum But
he also thought that he would be doing
a real service to the people by turn
ing their minds to the natural resources
of the country rather than encourage
them to dwell on the controversy with
Havana regarding the veritable re-
mains Of the great discoverer.
American interests in Santo Domingo
are now considerable. The financial
rivalry was ended by the withdrawal
of one banking interest American
money Is in the sugar plantations. fruit
business, timber reserves and railway
construction. 1t Is all legitimate in
vestment and Is within the proper
province Of dollar diplomacy as accepted
by the present national administration.
All the Dominican groups are nomi-
nally friendly to these American in
give assurance that they are welcome,
but at the same time they want as
surances that the American invest
ments do not mean the invasion of
Santo Domingos sovereignty.
Since the time when President Grant
saw the importance of Samana bay and
proposed the annexation of Santo Do
mingo. it has been easy for any group
of Dominican politicians to spread the
cry that the Yankee nation was going
to grab them" In spite of the abuse
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Root Santo Domingo made a satisfac-
tory arrangement for gradually paying
off the debt. The collection of the Gus
toms was placed in charge Of expert
enced American officials. who had
served in the Philippines. The receipts
under this arrangement have been am
Pile. both for the payment of interest
and the reduction of principal. so am
pie, in truth, that regret has been ex-
pressed that the debts should be paid
off so rapidly. because after that there
might be no ground for the supervision
OF the United States.
The convention with Santo Domingo,
which is now in force. has one weak
ness. While 1t provides for the collec-
ton of the customs revenues and the
application of a part of them to the
payment of the national debt. it makes
no provision for the disbursement of
the remainder. This remainder itself
has been large enough to cause consid-
erable rivalry among the political
groups which have wanted to control
1t. There has been extravaganza and
waste and possibly grating in these
disbursements. and many internal i'm
provements have been neglected.
Mr.. Bryan. when he signalized his
entry into the field of foreign affairs
by his conversion to dollar diplomacy,
became very complete convert. In
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Santo Domingo are not at bottom diff
ferent from the causes in other Latin
American countries. These are the am
bitions of rival politicians to control
the revenues and the offices and their
indifference to the welfare of the mass
of the population. Some of them. when
in office. give fairly good administra-
ton. and a patriotic one, for atime. but
this does not last. Then the discomfort
grows and the rival group. which is out
of power. finds little difficulty in stir
ring up trouble.
Sometimes the trouble is limited to
single district; sometimes it spreads
over the greater part of the country
and Is revolution. and then come the
inevitable American marines.
Under this thin1y disguised American
Intervention Santo Domingo, in spite of
genuine progress. The period of prog
ress began when Secretary Hay nego-
tiated an agreement with the faction
which happened to be in power at the
time in Santo Domingo. 1t rather should
pc said that the agreement was nego-
tiated by the American minister. who
was then T. c. Dawson. and the Ameri
can naval commander. They were
charged with exceeding their powers
and the Senate was greatly offended
because its prerogatives had been in
vaded. This agreement, therefore,
never was embodied into a treaty. yet it
served a good purpose and was the
under which the menace of European
Intervention in Santo Domingo was re-
moved.
With the guiding hand of Secretary
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The prospect is that Haiti viii en-
period of peace and prosperity. and
that at the end of ten years. which
is the duration of the treaty, the re-
public will be able to stand alone and
will not need to continue the protec-
torate or else will be quite ready to
renew il.
This American protectorate ia not an
invasion of Haitian sovereignty. be-
cause 1t is accepted by the bulk OF the
Haitian population. Complete sover-
eighty is simply placed in abeyance
while the United States exercises po-
lice powers in maintaining order, pro-
tects Haiti from foreign aggression
and sees that the revenues are honestly
collected and disbursed.
With the United States accepting and
exercising all these responsibilities
there IS no danger of clash between
Haiti and Santo Domingo over the long
continued boundary dispute. That may
be settled by arbitration or through the
direct good offices of the United States.
1t is certain that the customs guard
on the frontier between the two coun-
tries Will have much less trouble in
preventing smuggling than formerly
This Haitian example is an object
lesson to the people of Santo Domingo
from which they will be able to
that the United States cherishes no
. land grabbing designs against either
country. lhey VIII also De apie 10 ap-
preciate the advantages of continuous
American supervision, instead of oc-
casional Amer can control. such as they
have when the marines are landed.
1t Is undoubtedly true that all the
groups of Dominican politicians
apt to settle their differences tempo
rarily and unite against what they call
the Interference of the United States
whenever the presence of the marines
becomes irksome, and the control of the
island affairs under the American min
lister and the American admiral inter
feres too seriously with their own
plans. Yet it is situation which they
must recognize.
Santo Domingo cannot be ignored in
the Caribbean policy of the United
States any more than Haiti. and the
Haitian protectorate is working out so
much more satisfactorily than the
Santo Domingo limited treaty that
Haiti Is likely to prove a very forceful
example.
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of the pride you feel that you come
from the first of all Americana
He retired into the tepee and at
once removed his Indian clothes. signi-
life to that of the white man, and
came out in ordinary dress. I led him
then to a plow. which was standing on
the grass in front of me. and l said
again using the ritual phrasing. Take
in your hand this plow. This act
means that you have chosen to live the
life of the white man-and the white
man lives by work From the earth
we all must get our living, and the
earth will not yield unless man pours
upon it the sweat of his brow. Only
by work do we gain right to the land
or to the enjoyment of life
He did this very solemnly. There
was not a smile on the face of one
Indian in the gathering. in fact. then
gave Joseph Cook a purse and repeated
the words: I give you purse. This
purse will always say to you that the
money you gain from your labor must
be wisely kept. The wise man saves
his money SO that when the sun does
not smile and the grass does not grow
he will not starve'
Then we had a flag. and this was
held by a pretty Indian girl. under a
tree. She came forward with the
Stars and Stripes and 1 said to Joseph
Cook: I give into your hands the nag
of your country. This is the only flag
you have ever had or ever will have.
1t 10 the flag of freedom. the nag Of
free men. the nag of a hundred million
free men and women. of whom you
are now one
Then 1 passed 1t over to him and
the others who had gathered round.
and they all took hold Of the flag. and
said: The nag has request to make
of you. that you repeat these words:
said that am worthy to be a citizen
of the limited Staten I naW nronniae To
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practice he showed how little founda-
ton his denunciations of previous ad-
ministration had had. He also saw the
weakness of the Dominican arrange
ment in its failure to provide for the
supervision of the disbursements of the
funds other than those applied to the
debt payments. He sought to estab-
lish a general oversight over all f1nan-
cial matters, and named a financial ad-
wiser.
The Dominicans objected that this
was an affair of their own and that the
State Department had no right to force
on them such an official. But Mr. Bryan
was stubborn In this. He made mis-
take in looking upon Santo Domingo as
place in which positions could be
found for deserving party friends. but
he was right in recognizing that the
cause of much of the trouble was the
lack of complete financial supervision
This is still the situation under which
the United States is endeavoring to pro-
vide a fairly decent government and
encourage the development of the re-
sources of the island. Sugar, tobacco
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more to some of you than you have
there are some among you who should
no longer be controlled bv the bureau
OF Indian affairs. but should be given
their patents in fee and thus become
free American citizens.
1T is his decision that this shall
be done. and that those so honored by
the people OF the United States shall
have the meaning Of this new and
great privilege pointed out by symbol
and word, SO that no man or woman
shall not know its meaning. The
President has sent me papers naming
those men and women and I shall call
out their names one by one, and they
will come before me-
Then I read the list of names, and
those Indians came out of the crowd
and sat in front of me. The last
named was Joseph Cook, who had been
a sergeant in the United States Army.
tall. splendid looking fellow. AS 1
pronounced his name he and two of
his fellows. Eagle Dog and Hollow
Horn. came out Of the tepee in full
Indian regalia- with Sioux war bon
nets and feathers
Joseph Cook stepped to the front
and the three Of them sang. in the
Sioux language. a song they had com
posed themselves, to the words of one
Of their Sioux poems. the refrain of
which was. o great white father,
make US to live and to sec like the
white man"
Then i called Joseph Cook by his
Indian name. which is Blackstone. and
l gave him a bow and arrow and l
said. You are now to take up the life
of the white man. You have shot your
last arrow. That means you are no
longer to live the life of an Indian.
You are from this day forward to
live the life of the white man. But
you may keep that arrow: IL will be to
you a symbol of your noble race and
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service, seemed too high to be prac-
ticable. Owing to her poor condition
she was Withdrawn from Alaskan
waters in 1913. Before her sale she
was stripped of her 2-kw. radio set and
her armament of three rapid fire three
Founders.
The exploit of the Greedy relief ex-
pedition was heroic tale of the north
ern seas that thrilled the world at the
time. Newspapers carried columns of
the story. The rescued survivors and
their rescuers were honored, feted and
glorifed in song. verse and romance.
The Lady Franklin bay expedition,
composed of officers and men of the
United States army and scientists, un-
der Lieut.. Greedy, had been lost to the
world for months and months. not a
word or sign coming through from
them from the far north. By order of
the President. December II, 1888. a
board composed of army and navy Of
fcers was constituted to consider an
expedition for the relief of Lieut.
Greedy and his party" This board met
December 20, gathered testimony, con-
suited those experienced in arctic ex-
peditions and suggested a plan that
was laid before Congress January %.
1884. Congress authorized and appro-
priated for the relief expedition. Feb
ruary Is.
The control of the expedition was
committed to the Navy Department and
Commander Schley designated for the
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

F1HE American marine habit in
Santo Domingo on the part of
the United States is getting to
be as confirmed as the revolu-
tionary habit on the part of the ma
tives. Actually it is a case of cause
and effect. The cause of the frequent
landing of the marines is simply the
persistence of the revolutionary fac
tions in trying to upset whatever gov
ernment may be set up. The effect is
to give a period of temporary tram
quillity
All this is American intervention
but the Latin mind, with it's peculiar
workings, only describes it as a threat
of intervention. And the Washington
mind. without using the word threat,
has got into the practice of using the
term in the same way. Whenever the
marines are landed there are official
outgivings that if Santo Domingo does
not behave herself better it may be
necessary for the United States to in
tervene.
The present turmoil grows out of
the fact that a president had to be
chosen. This was not because the con-
stitutional term of the president in Of
fee was up. but because President jim
inez was impeached by the Dominican
congress. The Impeachment was nomi
nally on account of the scandals grow
ing out of his budget.
President Jiminez did not accept the
verdict of the congress. He removed
the capital from the City of Santo Do
mingo to San Geronimo. He issued a
statement defying both the chamber of
deputies and the senate. and prepared
to fight. but after some sharp state
ments from the American minister he
resigned. it was said, in order to avoid
American intervention in the affairs
of the republic.
Jiminez's troubles had been accu-
mulating. Gen. Arias. his former min
lister of war. had become the leader
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THE Marine Habit About Confirmed HtThe
Present the Fact President
Chief
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Grim Efficiency.

&C. RIM times" said Barret Wendell
VI at a Cambridge tea.
I'VE are living in grim times" he re-
peated. I'm the past 1t cost $4,000 to
kill a man In battle. but efficient Ger
many. with her poison gas and vitroil
sprays. has Topped so per cent from
this figure"
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ning0 and Intervention by United States

of the opposition, and sought to give
this leadership moral influence by
leading an armed force against him.
There were riots and several men were
killed.
1t was after this rioting that Minis
ter Russell notified all the factions that
the marines would be landed in order
to prevent civil war. Gen. Arias in the
meantime had gained control of the
city. but he withdrew from it on the
official notice of the American minis
ter that the American marines would
put him out if he stayed.
Arias had expected. under the moral
suasion of his troops, to have the con-
gress elect him president to fill the
vacancy caused by JimineZs enforced
resignation. But the State Department
in Washington caused him to be noti-
fed that he must eliminate himself Is
a candidate. To insure that this warn
ing should not be disregarded the
American marines were actually land
ed and occupied all the principal
streets of Santo Domingo. while the
warships in the harbor were reinforced
by new arrivals. Then Rear Admiral
Caperton. commanding the cruiser
squadron in Dominican waters. report
ed that quiet had been restored.
1t was further given out semi-ofhcial-
ly that the warships would remain in
the harbor and the marines would stay
on land in order that the congress
might not be molested in the election Of
a provisional president to succeed Jimi-
nez. later dispatch was to the eff
feet that Federico Henrique Carvajal
had been chosen by one branch of the
congress without molestation, but the
American minister and the American
naval commander have been in no
hurry to confirm the election.
The United States has supervised sew
era1 preyious electjonS in Santo 10.
mingo, when the choice was made at
the polls by the free and independent
electors. 1t also, at different times. has
arranged for compromise candidates.
one of these was the archbishop of the
diocese. He was a man of peace, but
he soon found that the presidency of
the Dominican Republic was no place
for a man of peace, even with the gov
ernment of the United States back of
him, and consequently he resigned.
The causes of the chronic unrest in
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belled against the treaty. but the
American Intervention has become very
visible to them in the promptness with
which they were squelched by the ma
rines.
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The control of the expedition was
committed to the Navy Department and
Commander Schley designated for the