Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1908 — Page 3

THE VANISHING FLEETS

By ROY NORTON

DLLUSTBATED BY A. WEIL

' The blue figure with Its flapping eoat tails swung back toward the open port with an air of decision, and the Japanese admiral knew that this was no time for the practice of deception and evasion. The man above was not one to be trifled with, and could be depended upon to keep his word unfalteringly, even though It might cost the lives of every prisoner taken. He hastened to relinquish his last hold ■ upon his vessels and men. “Wait a minute, admiral!” he hastened to call. “Toe can at least give me time to ask them their wishes?” S’| ’’You are not to ask them!" was the ' sharp reply from above. “You are to tell them that they can save their lives by giving their parole. There is i no alternative. I’m not asking favors,' but simply giving you a chance.” “But—” "That’s all! My country doesn’t have to beg favors from all nations combined. You have seen damned good evidence of that! It’s no favor to me if you give your parole. You can have 20 minutes!” The port above clanged shut, and ; Kamlgawa, his cup of bitterness filled to the brim, reluctantly signaled the other members of the fleet, who seemed less bent than he upon delay. As the darkness settled more closely found them and joined the blanket of shadows below, there floated from every captive ship the plain white flag betokening complete surrender. The sun banper—the emblem of Japanhad disappeared from the seas. She was no longer a naval power, and her brief encroachment, advancement, and season of truculence was at an end. As the last cloth of white fluttered out, the port above the Ito again opened, and a voice called down: “Thank you," and then continued; ■Tm sorry for you, Kamlgawa, but ft can’t be helped. It’s the fortune of war. Now we are going to bring your cruiser Yakumo alongside you and the Kashlma, and we want you to have all those aboard transfer at once. We can’t carry her any more.” Ho did not explain to the enemy that radioplan- Seventeen, which had been struck by a shell, feared that the heavy burden of transporting the Takumo would prove too much for a higher rate at speed. Steadily and without apparent effort the three radloplane's came together, until the cruiser nibbed sides with the two battleships. Here were no rolling swells and turbulent waves to prevent such a maneuver. In the quietude of that aerial tryst, ruffled only by the breeze of the night, the ponderous masses of steel were brought Into contact as gently as If held by giant hands. . Grouped around them were other dread machines, which suddenly, to facilitate the transfer, threw the brilliant beams of a score of searchlights upon the decks of the doomed Yakumo, their rays Illuminating and overflowing the upper works of • the Ito and the Kashlma, between which she was held motionlessly. The great guns of the tfikee war vessels stared open mouthed at each oth•r?.Their turrets loomed darkly, and cut off the farther rays of light, and In the white glare the faces of tho men standing upon the decks took on a ghastly hue. With muttered conversation and alert obedience to orders the men of the Yakumo stepped from their owe deck to those beside them, dividing' themselves Into equal parts. It was hard to realize In that spot of light, surrounded by the black shadows of the night, where all was still and stationary, that they were three miles above the surface of a tossing sea, and that to step out Into the gloom would be to step out of life. It was a ghostly Interchange in a world of unreality. Reluctantly and sorrowfully they took their places on the battle ships and turned to bld farewell to the beautiful cruiser which had been their home for so many nights. They were all clear now, and not a living thing was left upon her. Once more the dynamos of the radioplanes increased their speed. Slowly they drew apart, the one clasping tho cruiser alone remaining motionless. The searchlights, like steady eyes of tho night, still stared at tho cruiser whoso every gun and every bolt was brought out clear and distinct In tho radlhnce. During tho day her crew had cast off her broken top hamper, which In any ovont would have boon useless, and now, swept clean by tho wind, she seemed Illumined for her death. With tho parting rub of her armored sides against the Ito and tho Kashlma she had bade a last good-by to her sister ships, and now seemed the center of a tragedy of the night, waiting for her execution. From tho deck of every surrendered ship silent aad sorrowing men looked upon her as If fascinated, and something of pity crept Into tho eyes which watched her from the ports of that conquering fleet of tho air. They, too, were sail-

querors gave to her a last honor. The port of Seventeen opened, a rope ladder fell from jits metal doorstep, and down it passed a gray-haired man, who had once coinmanded and loved such a cruiser as was she. It was Brockton; The captives on the decks of the captive ships strained forward, wondering what it could mean. The blue-clad figure walked the length of the Yakumo, reached out a hand to a short halyard, and pulled down the flag of surrender. He rolled It Into a bundle and tossed It out Into the wall of darkness, and from beneath his coat Withdrew a bundle which he unfolded and affixed to the loops. Suddenly, as if bestowing a last honor upon the dying, he gave a tug, and the flag of Japan was flung to the breeze. The Yakumo should not pass to death unhonored, and was destined to be the only warrior to go down with colors flying. A wild cheer of short duration burst from the vanquished as the officer remounted his ladder and closed his port. - Then, released and liberated, she fell, the brilliant rays following her to the end.. Down, down, down, falling at first on an even keel, she plunged, her flag fluttering wildly In the descent Gradually she turned bow on as If preparing for the dive to death. With terrific force she returned to the waves of the Pacific, and entered them, throwing up In that mighty impact a tremendous cascade of foaming I waters, which lashed themselves Into the air in mad wraiths of ghostly . white, surged back in angry billows, and resumed their quietude. The Yakumo had gone to the graveyard of the valiant, and the searchlights showed nothing more than the crests of thei depths which had furnished her a shroud. The men of Japan who had wit* nessed her parting had been wrapped in breathless silence. Now It was broken by one great sob as the man who had commanded her turned away from the bridge of the Ito, blinded with tears. Above them the port re- ■ opened, and the fighting admiral ■ again addressed them;;.but in a voice . which told that he, too, was not without sympathy..; ' i>. I “Admiral," he.sald, ‘’order all your men to go below decks. We have ■ been loafing all day, and will have ito speed up now. It will be death to stay exposed." Aroused from their last look at the Yakumo, they were amazed at this Information, but compiled; and before the last man had crowded down the companionways the wind began shrill-' Ing about their ears. Away through the night with sudden velocity shot the radtoplanes at a speed which would bring them to the coast long before darkness had ceased. In all the American fleet there was not a man who did not know that Lake Washington at Seattle was their destination. Its landlocked sides, guarded by towering hills and giant forests, and overlooked by a splendid city, was to be the prison of the enemy’s craft. Its length, its breadth, and its depth Were sufficient to float the combined navies of the world. Their flight was wen timed; for it was still dark when they swam down through the air over the waters which were to reclasp the ships of Japan tn their usual environment. The Norma swooped lower and tower, decreased tho speed of her descent, passed over West Seattle on its little peninsula, the quiet Puget sound with Its long wharves, and then gently settled above the placid lake. Slowly, like a water fowl wearied of flight and seeking Its ease, it approached the surface, and with Infinite cane rested Its burden, until the Ito was again afloat. Norma, at her chosen post of duty, put out a tired hand to a controller, gently moved it a notch, turned off the current which made the radloplane a lodestone of terrific power, threw another switch as the admiral beckoned, and then, with a great sigh of relief, felt the machine lift Itself into the air. It came to a stop, and through a port, by tho side, she watched that procession of dull red lights emulate her example. Ship after ship was released, and Invariably the signal came flashing to the eyes: “Deposited without accident" There was hnbthef quick Interchange of orders; the Norma turned her beak toward the stars of the southeast, gathered headway, and led her followers back through the night in homing flight to the key which had seen their creation.

The admiral gave a great sigh of satisfaction for work well done, and stretched himself out on a settee to rest, looking curiously as he did so at the supple figure In the hood which for nearly 24 hours had steadily led him on to victory. He called to her, and tried to Induce her to accept relief; but she declined with a weary smile, saying: "No, not until wo get home. It will be but a little while now." ’ (To be continued.)

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ADMINISTRATION OF STATE FINANCES

Ip James KL Watson’s keynote speech at Fort Wayne he completely an -ewers Democratic charges of Republican extravagance in our state expend! tures. On this subject he said: . . ■ f , .. i In what respect has the Republican party of Indiana, during the past twelvs years, failed to' meet the demands made upon it by the people? Governor Mount’s administration was business-like and sensible; Governor Durbin’s practical, econt.mical and forceful; Governor Han y's able, fearless, and purand under them all our state has grown and prospered In all the essentials of greatness. Standing in the midst of its achievements for this period, and under their leadership, it can safely challenge comparison with any like period of our history as a state, for along all lines, its policies have proved eminently successful. Whenever the Democratic party has been in power It has Increased the public debt. Whenever the Republican p-'ty has been In power it has decreased that debt. The Democratic party is a debt-creating and a bond-issuing party and the Republican party is always compelled to shoulder the burdens imposed upon it by Democracy. In 1861 our pqrty Inherited a debt of $10,179,000; it controlled ten years; it left a debt of $4,167,000, and this in the midst of the stress, turmoil and expense of war. The next ten years were’under Democratic leadership. The invariable thing happened. The debt was Increased $830,000. In 1881 and 1882 Ge Republican party controlled, and dur-. Ing that time reduced the state debt $121,000. From that time to 1890, while' all the states In the Union but five were decreasing their indebtedness, the Democratic party in Indiana added $4,000,000 to our public debt and left it at $7,520,000, which was the amount our state owed when Governor Mount assumed the executive function. Since that time It has been the policy of the party to pay that debt, and today it stands at $805,000, the lowest figure in a half century of the state’s history. Every dollar of It has been paid that can be paid, because no more is due until 1910. It is worthy of note that In the meantime the annual interest charge has decreased from $243,725 to less than $50,000, and there is no doubt but that, should the next administration be Republican it will see the total payment of the debt laid upon us by an incompetent Democracy. Thus it will be seen that the state debt has been reduced more than $6,500,.000 In eleven years of Republican control, and at the same time it is true that the total state tax levied averaged 15 per cent less during the present period of Republican control than during the last period of Democratic control, and yet the annual payments 6n the state debt from the general fund have been nearly three times larger than during the Democratic period. Fails to Read Reports. ~ (n . “1 #lll be pardoned, ’ said Mr. Marshall, “if In my ignorance I Inquire how ft comes that the total expenditures for the fiscal year ending Oct sl, 1894,. being the last statement published under the administration of Governor Matthews, shows an expenditure in round numbers of $6,458,000, while the expenditures as shown fpr the fiscal years, ending Oct. 31, 1906, being the last published report in the acts under the administration of Governor Hanly, shows a disbursement of $9,099,000. Where has the money gone? Who has gotten it? More than $2,600,000 was expended in the state of Indiana from 1905 to 1906 than there was from 1893 to 1894.” It may be first remarked that Governor Matthews did not go out of office tn 1895, but in 1897, so that the report covering the fiscal year ending Oct 31, 1896, and not that for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1894, was the last covering the period of his administration.

But what is more remarkable in view of the exhaustive statements of receipts and expenditures made in 1894, Is the fact that Mr. Marshall erroneously included in his aggregate of expenditures for that year sums amounting to more than one million dollars. In that amount are several items which even a casual examination of the report for the fiscal year ending Oct sl, 1894, will show are not expenditures of the state and should not be so treated. 1 Among such Items is one of $662,319.54 that was merely transferred from the benevolent institution fund to the general fund, but was not paid out by the state in that item, and to Include it in the expenditures would duplicate them to that amount. There is also an amount of $221,525 that was erroneously included In the statement of expenditures by my opponent. That Item covered the state revenues advanced by the counties, and was a repayment of those advancements. ' ‘

This practice is generally understood, but may be briefly explained here. Under the law the state may call for advancements from the counties before the settlement periods, and when received they are charged to the general fund. When counties make settlement with the state, such amounts as have been advanced are returned by state warrants to the county treasurers, in order that they may pay In at one time the full amounts owing the state as shown by their settlement sheets and in order that such amount may be distributed to the several funds where they rightly belong. As will be readily seen these repayments of advancements of the counties are made for the convenience of bookkeeping and are in no sense state expenditures. Marshall's Erroneous Statements Are Shown.

Mr. Marshall erroneously includes as expenditures $23,015 which was a loan made from the college fund, and $104,250 aggregating loans made from the permanent endowment fund of Indiana University. .An amount of $2,213.36 was treated as an expenditure by the Democratic candidate for governor which represented the total disbursements from unclaimed estates, In which transactions the state acts merely as an agent; $5,000 was transferred from the university and college lands funds to the college fund and is counted an expenditure of the state. In the report Is an amount of $10,002.29, which it is stated in the report covers funds undisturbed during the year, and this Is regarded an expenditure by Mr. Marshall. Among the items disbursed was school revenue of $2,610,297.30, which was merely reapportioned to the counties and, therefore, not an expenditure of the state.

My opponent has fallen into similar mistakes in his discussion of expenditures for the year 1906, and it is evident that he has wholly failed to make comparisons upon a proper basis for an intelligent understanding of state disbursements for the two years mentioned by him. A better understanding may be bad by an examination of the items of expenditures included in the general fund, for the two years under consideration, as the economy or extravagance of state administration is disclosed in the items composing the general fund disbursements.

The reports show the total disbursements from the general fund for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1894, as $2,787,267.25, from which there should be deducted $221,525, which was a repayment of advancements from counties, thus leaving $2,565,742.25 as the net expenditures from that fund. For the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1906, there were disbursements from the general fund aggregating $5,045,537.91, from which there should V® deducted $1,245,500 repayment of advancements from counties, also a loan from the deaf and dumb fund of $50,508.32 and an amount of $32,016.96 transferred from the general fund to the special school fund, which were in fio sense expenditures, leaving $3,717,512.62. Thus it appears that the expenditures from the general fund were $1,151,770.37 greater forthe yeaf'l9o6 ffian lor 1194.

In the language of Mr. Marshall “Where has the money gone?” “Who has gotten it?” An examination of the report clearly answers, those questiens. During the year 1906 there were many needed Improvements, additions and new buildings constructed that have increased the capacity and efficiency of our state institutions, educational, correctional and benevolent. Among these were an engineering building at Purdue, $40,000; a library building at Indiana University, $50,000; an addition to the Southeastern Insane Asylum, $52,000; new cottages at the Northern Hospital for the Insane, $40,000; for the Institution for Deaf and Dumb, $30,000; a custodial building for boys at School for Feeble Minded, $25,000; the purchase of lands for the Epileptic Hospital, $134,000; a heating plant and a widows’ home at the State Soldiers’ Home, $60,000; extensions and additions at the State Prison, $130,000; an earnings trade sohool at Reformatory, $28,000; for the Industrial School for Girls, $155,000; whioh, together with other expenditures at the various state institutions make a total of $997,003.96 for construction and permanent improvements for 1906. Expenditure* Necessary but Never Extravagant. Does my opponent contend these expenditures were unnecessary, or If necessary, extravagant? Is he so familiar witfi conditions and needs of the several state institutions as to justify his criticism of the recommendations of the various superintendents and boards of trwtees of those institutions? His statement with particularity on these matters may be of service to the citizens of our state. ;

In 1894 there were expenditures for construction and permanent Improvements of $143,882.49. Thus it will be seen that the expenditure for 1894 for items other than new state buildings and permanent additions to the property of the state out of the general fond, aggregated $2,421,859.76, and for 1906 them was expended for the same items $2,720,508.66, or $298,648.90 more HF-1906 than In 1894. The increase of expenditures for 1906 was only 12ft per cent over that of 1894, while the population of our state for that period Increased nearly 20 per cent. In other words, the cost per capita in 1894 under Democratic economy was $1.07, while Republican extravagance cost each individual In our state less than $1 in 1906. It is important and Interesting in this connection to inquire the sources of income from which the state secured the money so expended and to determine if we may the amount collected by taxation from the people of our state. nl 1894 under Democratic law the state officials retained large amounts from fees collected and these it should be remembered are not inotuded in the expenditures of the state, although they should be so regarded. Under Republican legislation the fee system has been abolished for state officials and now the state o Ices, departments and state institutions contribute tees, charges and earnings In largely Increased amounts to the state treasury

Notice of Ditch Petition and Docketing. ‘ County of" Benton, State of Indiana, ss: To October Term, A. D. 1908. In the Benton Circuit Court. In the matter of the petition of William Stitz et. al. for a public .ditch and drain in Gilboa and Union Townships, Benton County, Indiana', and Carpenter Township, Jasper '■ County, Indiana. Notice of Ditch Petition. To Edward L. Meyers. You and each of you, are hereby notified that on the 4th day of September, A. D. 1908, one William Stitz et. al. filed their verified petition in duplicate in the office of the Clerk of the Benton Circuit Court, at Fowle Indiana, praying for the location and establishment of a certain public ti’e drain in Gilboa and Union townships, Benton county, Ind., and In Carpenter township, Jasper county, Indiana, together with two laterals to the same, the general route of said drain and the laterals thereto, being described In said above petition as follows: A public tile drain made of large tile, fflom the .source to terminus, commencing at a point about 8 rods

due east of the public highway running on the west side of section 10, township 26 north of range 7 west, Ifi Gilboa township, Benton county, Indiana, and about 25 rods southeast of the northwest corner of said section 10, and running thence in a general northeasterly direction to the public highway on the north side of said section 10, thence following the line of an old natural watercourse through the west one-half (%) of the southwest one-quarter of section 3, township and range aforesaid to the public highway on the west side of said section 3, thence running across said public highway into section 4, township and range aforesaid, Into Union township, Benton county, Indiana, and following the line of said natural watercourse for a distance of about 25 rods, thence following the line of said natural watercourse in a general northeasterly direction for a distance of about 80 rods to the northeast corner of the southeast one-quarter (%) of said section 4; thence following the line of said natural watercourse along and upon the public highway between sections 3 and 4 aforesaid, for a distance of about 80 rods, thence east into said section 3 for a distance of about 4 rods, thence almost due north and following the line of said natural watercourse through said section 3 for a distance of about 80 rods to the

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NOTICE OF LETTING CONTRACT. No. 8479. Notice is hereby given that on Monday, October sth, 1908, the Board of Commissioners of JaspqjLCQunty, Ins. diana, will until 12 o’clock noon, receive sealed proposals for the construction of a steel bridge 50x16, in Union township, across the Iroquois Ditch, near sw corner section 14-30-7. Bald bridge to be built according to plans and specifications on file In the Auditor’s office. All blds to be accompanied by bond and affidavit as provided by law. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all blds. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN, s.ll-18 Auditor Jasper County.

NOTICE OF LETTING CONTRACT. No. 8336. Notice is hereby given that on Manday, October 6th, 1908, the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County, Indiana, will until 12 o’clock noon, receive sealed proposals for the construction of a steel bridge 50x16, in Keener township, across the Ola Ditch, between sections 7 and 18, in 31-7. Said brige to bo built according to plans and specifications on file in the Auditor’s office. AU blds to be accompanied by bond and affidavit as provided by law. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all blds. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County. ; JAMES N. LEATHERMAN, s.ll-18 Auditor Jasper Qounty.

county line road between Benton and Jasper counties, Indiana, thence due north and following the line of said natural watercourse for a distance of about 30 rods Into the southwest one-quarter (%) of section 84, township 27 north, of range 7 west fa Carpenter township, Jasper county, Indiana, thence following the line o£ said natural watercourse in a general northeasterly direction for a distance of about 160 rods across said southwest one-quarter (%) of said section 34 where the same ends and terminates in a public ditch and drain, known as the “Clymer Ditch," and said laterals to said above drain being described as follows: A lateral joining said main line of drain by and near the point where said main ditch crosses the said highway on the west side of section 3, in township 26 north, of range 7 west, In Benton county, Indiana, and running thence almost due southwest for a distance of about 110 rods, and a second lateral joining said main line of drain at a point where the said main line of drain turns and runs In a general northeasterly direction In the south-west-quarter (%) of section 34, township 27 north, of range 7 west, In Jasper county, Indiana, and running thence northwest for a distance of about 15 or 20 rods to the public highway on the west side of said section 34. That the location and establishment oOWdrafoandlaterals thereto will effect your lands and real estate in Carpenter township, Jasper county, Indiana. You are further notified that said ’petition in duplicate is now on file In the office of the Clerk of the Benton Circuit Court of Benton county, Indiana, and that the same Is now pending before the said Benton Circuit Court, at the court house at Fowler, Indiana, and that the time set for the docketing of said petition and cause of action In said Court is Monday, the 19th day of October, A. D., 1908, the same being the 13th Judicial day of the October term, 1908, of said Court and that said petition will be heard and the same will come on for hearing before said Benton Circuit, Court at said date so set for the docketing of the same. Witness my hand and the seal of the Benton Circuit Court at Fowler, Indiana, this sth day of September, A. D., 1908. JAMES R. TURNER, Clerk of Benton Circuit Court. William Stitz et al, petitioners. I certify that the above Is a true and exact copy of the original notice in this cause. WILLIAM STITZ, Petitioner. E. Barce, Atty. s.ll-18

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