The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-28

II \. GEO
B. q. BUFORD, Manager and So
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duestionnbly timely Il The subject is one
which ROSTERS long and varied tl, e {.
perishce the diplomatic seryl Ice and hts
present post ion, as resde rttof the Ma J.
StonulS Arbi trationj onfctencesS RI admirnb
qualities him lian dlest shools l, pes
gins wit h ~ brief re lcyvo tie sgroWth OF
+ tho sentiment IN favor OF sarblt atlon MS
substitute FORM beginning witt tho y M
4phlctyoriic Council 3 or 4 the Greek States,
and eliminating, though a not q tois4 q ny y,
thing Ike cons terlt and sstea dy.t5 eve
ton In tho Cars
ers to- participate n Whicl
should ''conslders some me ms Q q re- leylng
the nations OF the heavy burden OF q rmtl-
inent u j. and d ovisl n s me 90 ioIl
or e restraining 81 wa +,
present moment h evident 81 to cham lions
or the peace movement ins that It he ruler
of one OF the two bell gore nts no W nc tive
East was ts prime oyer
,smanent Court; \ and \ that tho other ON
bath ut was a party to It's creation. iDe-s5
spite this seernlngl con trad ictory 81 ia
Htion, the author none u the less 4 bel eYes
that we shall 3"nnd in the presen Z state
tion Of encourag enlent y for the cause OF
arbitration.it Sls
THE conference at Tho Fla que was nl.
able, oil account 10 tile rlagnitu de and
of tho subject, \ to tai eIany
|fdehnite step8toward tho linli ton Of ar
|fmaments;$bu they did ucceed 81 \ forr,lu-
Hating a general sen tnlent to the effect
|Bthat tho present heavy litarya estab,5
saet IL seos1a
sof$ the earth to seek to reach an 10 gree
ment Sto$t hat end. The oonf ference, how
over, did accomplls ll u work Of browning
and consurnnate impo It nnce In the crea.G
lstlon OF the Convention for the Peaceful
lsAdjustment Or Internal ional ADiff erences.S
lsrhe an al freren to Sbel covered by tho
I5jurisdlction or this Permanent Court are
lin general Nh Questions of Ia judicial char
the lnterpretaa-
Hes The history oil this court Is as yet
lido BRIEF Il to- enable us to : pass Judgment,
2as to the retll eXten to E q It's FLEA cy5 to-
ward the desired consumm alton; but III Q.
are not yet deprived Of I'LL jus ttticat lon!
|sfor@tlle hope that theFs Peace Court is
dos lined to- figure large In the max Ing
of world history. IL 81 ss3 u
|AloDDR N IND UsTRI Al PRO GREss, BY
#ji C, H. Cocfrane. II Ga q pages s3@net. u
B. Ii pplncott Co., y hiladelp hia. M VI
Mr.. c,ochlane has here VII item a. story
| 8of absorbing Interest which 40 man ca n
tackle without Il thrift OF pleasure. y III
tho course OF his man pa es the thor,
has given q volunlinous# nnd detailed Sac-ss
lcount Of tho astonishing advances. par
ISticularly Iii the field OF echan ical con
Istruction. which Industrial life !tls wit
messed during the past few d cades How
manifold this progress has been Ewill DO
ri
mind by the fact thnt the volume COM
5talns some forty-odd separate Il les, & ac-&
accompanied by more than 400 Illustrations
Amid such a plethora of mltter 1T would
DO impossible to DO lore tn n ITO slig gestS
1.-THE nature OF some OF the subj ccts iJsre$
treated. VI The first two chapters oni.tte 4
general subject of electricity In Its COM I
lnercul application: include, besides me-
counts Of various every day uses. descrl p-
3tlons. Of other Instruments or processes
4 not So familiar like the 4 telectro scope,
1 for reproducing q scene ut o. distance by
electricity the photophone u u yet
scientific toy. automatically lighting
buoys, improved burglar! alarms y ore- find IS
ling instruments, the printing d telegraph
/ KINGDOM OF Iron and Steel furnishes q
Held for tho 3descrlpt OF many aston
sishine machines and improved methods
4 and there ist an interest lng chap er. GO
fp!ously illustrated, on The various q t.
4 tempts III modern times towfI q ~ The Cons
quest OF the Air. In leaving the SUB
ject of aerial 4naylg1 ton. Mr.. Cochrane
though, lie be the first to have classeu
1t as an Industry, lle viii not pc the last
i ~ look tuponfit as a commercial FAC tor.
| IN treating OF .,rhe Evolution In Ve-8
hicles ana Road We are gr =, ~
of the optimistic sugges Ions 4of y flell;
Try Norman IN regard 70 the epmInerclst,
FIXTURE OF tho aut omob lle. q Why Sir Hens
~ asks IN effect, pay for the Sconstruc-
/ ton Of an expensive 70! lWay. when SWIFT
self-propelling electric omnibuaes cnn use
| the common road way, a.ld, by their adj
lSlty to be steered around obstacles. not
Interfere with the rcsti Of the traffle!',
The opinion OF Sylvester Stewart q noten
railway authority, leaving Sir fienry5s
homes in this direction, not 9 leg to stand
on ls also introduced. Tho author strikes
! Tia mean between them, showing that
the automobile Ia likely to figure largely
| In common use, but not an any sense "
| tha detriment OF 1.-The railroads otler
chapters OF exceptional interest are tnoseE
| on tThe Age OF Paper, ne tAEt ttYs
seryatiye Of AL Other Arts (prlnting ana
n Spin prooesses) n ."Thc Wonderful In-i
str,,,nnts OF Science. II '"rhe Making ot
Wawsnaners and Periodicals, etc, TheF
IIst might be continued to |includ every
sIb,diyis,on In this book AS ne Iau-
thor suggests, Dtho work OF the selen}.I
ist of one generation Is often the work Of
some some, Industry In the next,"and mere ars
Ia this day and generation many m pa ths
IN have so lately emerged from 1he
raa,m AZ scientific lore ia that OF conf
m non" things that most Of us have ' very
iiiit Dti practical knoWledgaso OF them, Ihis
iik r, OF the Interesting and WONDER
nie facts involved In a large part Of pres,
emf en . ' Industry which all OF US ousht
70 know and so few Of us 80, NJ. aog,,-
rane's volume will SUPPLY. sloael !, ~ ~
,1lstrlal progress" has appeared 70 us
NE m ost, Interesting hook other than
work al iiotinn that the autusnn 5Rnd Wln.s
ter have SO far produced. and q leaat
one Of the most valuable and necessaty.A