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THE DEEP SEA.
To Fathon, the Oceans Is one of the
Big Problems Of Mankind.

Big Problems OF Mankind.
Toward the middle Of the last century
weI directed attempts to fathom the
Iocean were begun Lieut.. Walsh. OF the
United States schooner Taney. re-
ported a cast with the deep sea lead at
q. sI.ooo--about six miles-feet without bot
tom. ms sounding line was an iron
wire more than eleven miles long. Lieut.
Bergman, Of the United States brig
Dolphin. reported q cast at 5000 feet
mId-ocean and no bottom. Capt. Den
ham. OF the British ship Herald. reported
bottom In the South Atlantic at depth
Of 1900 feet. Afterward Lieut.. J. p.
Parker OF the United States frigate Con-
gress. sounded near the came spot and
saw his line run out $4,000 seet and no
about ten miles.
There are no such depths. All these re-
ports were mistakes. The methods en-
ployed were not reliable. and the results
were worthless. Accuracy came with
Brooke's Invention. his "deep-sea sound
ing appsratus.. which makes the aver
age depth OF ocean water not more than
three or four miles. II may be question
ed II any reliahla. ,soundings have yet
been made In water over five miles deep.
Such Il the statement. at all events. IN
the eighth edition Of Maury's Physical
Geography OF the Sea-" This author re-
ports the greatest depths yet reached to
be In the North Atlantic ocean. between
the parallels Of IS degrees and 70 degrees
north latitude. and Immediately south Of
the Grand Banks OF Newfoundland. Here
the soundinGs gave 5000 feet. or about
four miles and three-quarters.
This is the region in which the IT,
tanic went down and now. reposes in
water two miles deep. A glance at
Maury's map Of this region throws a
flood OF light upon the question Of various
depths within a comparatively small
area Close in to the shore of New
foundland the depth Is less than 5000
feet. Moving toward the south and Just
beyond the limit OF Grand Banks the
depth increases quite suddenly to 1900
feet. Stin further south-a distance OF
only one or two hundred mIlea-the
soundings show 1900 feet Coming down
the Atlantic coast, still due south of
Newfoundland and opposite Philadelphia,
the depth reaches 2l.oo0 feet Finally, at
point opposite the city of Washington
and south OF Newfoundland, the depth
IL In dispute. Casts show the water to
be very deep. but various ships have
made conflicting reports as to the exact
figures.
At the bottom Of the North Atlantic a
remarkable tableland extends from Cape
Race in Newfoundland to Cape Clear
in Ireland. already shown as the tele-
graphic plateau In August. 1855, a table
was laid upon this plateau from Valencia
In Ireland TO Trinity Bay in Newfound-
land. Only few messages had been
passed through II when the cable ceased
to work.
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Constructive pemocrncr.

Frederic C. Howe's new book, 'wis-
consin: An Experiment in Democracy
(scribner's) is a by-prodnct Of a long
study Of constructive democracy in Eu-
rope In 1905 he went to England TO
study the subject Of municipal ownership
for the Department OF Commerce and
Labor at Washington. This was fol-
lowed by a book entitled The British
City," Later be visited Denmark for
the purpose Of studying the wonderful
development Of that country in cooper
ation. in scientific agriculture, and in
other democratic experiments which have
made Denmark an agricultural expert
ment station for the world. He has
spent several summers In the study Of
German legislation and municipal admin
istration, as wen a. IN Switzerland. and
brings TO the examination Of an Ameri-
can State a wide knowledge OF the
achievements OF other countries, a. well
as q practical political experience gained
In Ohio politics. where for ten years he
served In the State senate on the tax
and in the City Council at
Cleveland
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doing. what tSeir aims are. how they
diner from the capitalist reformerE. the
new capitalists. the ccilectivists, and
the several other forces has now CONS
to be a necessary part OF the education
Of any man OF the day and every no
litlcai student TO have the opinions o.
President Taft. ex-President Roosevelt.
Winston Churchill Lord Rosebery. Bis
marck. Andrew carnegie, Dr. Lyman
Abbott. Woodrow Wilson. u. Lloyd
George. President E.llot. John Mitchell.
Samuel Gompers and hundreds OF others
who make the study OF the elevation OF
the masses their main opjecf IN life Is
not only a desirable end. but IN order
to understand the affairs OF the day. q
very necessary thing TO know.
All OF this and more Is given BY So
cialism AS II fs.e in very readable and
interesting way. There Is a very plain
desire on the part OF the writer 70 re-
frain from cramning principles and
ideals down the throats Of his readers;
there Is no fervid attempt at me con-
version OF the reader. but. witnaI,
scholarly treatise bearing an OF the ear
marks Of close study during the twelve
years In which the work has been In
preparation. The relation shown between
ism on the other makes the work a
timely contribution to the vexed prob
lens OF the under 30 per cent" In this
work Of 80 pages. Messrs. Macmillan,
who are Its publishers, present an un-
usually attractive and. meritorious book
upon the subject Of present day politics.
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cireum.tnntinI Evidence.

There was considerable chill in the air
and Smiley did not know whether IT
would be wise TO begin a conversation
with Mrs. Smiley or not. Finally. how
ever. the silence became too arctic for
comfort, and he decided TO risk 1t.
Beautiful morning, my dear" he OBJ
served. as he lathered his chin.
Don't you talk to me. Mr.. Smiley, Z"
retorted the lady. Il am disgusted with
you. You needn't fool yourself into
thinking I don't know in what condi-
ton you and Mr.. Bagley came home last
night 1 overheard your conversation"
Conversation said Smiley. What
did say?''
You said you didn't know when Mr..
Bagley asked you which leyhole was the
right one, and there's only one on the
doorr' said Mrs. Smiley.
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.swhy the world Laurhs.,

When Charles johnson. in his admira-
Bile treatise on the humor Of the world.
tells us the things that the world has
laughed at before and since the days Of
Confucius and the. Queen Of Sheba. and
illustrates the points with a fine lot OF
examples; he does not take all Of the
pleasure Of the joke or the witticism
away by tedious post-mortem analysis
of It. The jokes are good. and they
easily survive the mild but effective
philosophical analysis. to which they Rre
subjected In order to carry out the au-
thor's plan.
The writer has gone far afeid IN get
ting up his history Of the worlds humor
and wit, which Is IN reality what the
book is. and Harper's have supported
him by giving US an attractively made
world has that saving grace-a sense OF
humor. without which life would be
far greater tragedy than It Is to many.
That race which Is able to see the ludi-
crous even when accompanying a set
back or a disappointment may be safely
trusted to make its way through the
maze OF life. And that Individual who
can see things to laugh at. even in his
own misfortunes, will come up to meet
the vicissitudes with a smiling face and
the assurance Of winning out In the
end
The subject Is approached with the
right spirit. The author does not decline
to laugh at our present-day jokes, as
so many do simply because they o. their
very close kin served to entertain our
remote ancestors. He does not approach
the subject from that blase side. Every
joke is a joke the FIRST time one hears IT,
no matter how great service II may have
done tired. weary world before II came
to US. 1t Is q good. refreshing book to
pick up and TO taste Of on the blue
dava
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.eMystery of the second shot"

Here is a good detective story. told
by Rufus Gilmore %. Appleton & Coz
in an animated way and not In the nrst
person which gives 1t go" and life.
The plot is original and ingenious The
man of the story puts himself In a situ-
alton IN which he must be killed that
he may not come under the prohibitive
clause that applies to the suicide when
his life insurance is to be collected. The
characters are mostly newspaper men,
The hero is a reporter, and the stu
alton in which he hnds himself, or In
which he places himself, are plausible
and reasonable The construction Of the
story Is worked out with care. The de-
layed evidence keeps up the interest.
There is some reflection upon court
methods which we would like to think are
not to be found even in Massachusetts.
The author gives his reader a busy time
of 1t, and the absence OF waits" be-
tween acts Is satisfying.
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ssThe Rnntnn.,I

This is a school story. told by Mr..
Brewer Coreoran Harper's), in which
the adventures Of a plucky little boy are
recounted. There is plenty Of good fun
and humor in 1t. The school at which
all the events happen is organized on
the English plan. The sports are chiefly
those favored at English schools, and
the interest ceriters on rowing and foot
ball The school is an exclusive one. to
which admission is of itself a sort OF
distinction While from the boys point
Of view It may be all right not to say
much about lessons and study. 1t might
please parents better and give them q
more favorable impression OF this type
OF school IL there were less suggestions
that study Is OF minor Importance in It
The boys which the story tells US about
are Of a good. manly type, however. and
to those who have to send their boys
away from home to be educated char
acter certainly counts the most The
fun, fights, and feeds described Win
certainly appeal to the boy who reads it.
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From orIxinnI so,rre,.

THE Religion Of Modern Syria and
Palestine has a peculiar value in that
the author. DR.. Frederick J. Bliss. gath
cred his material rs nearly as possible
ct first hand His sources were the
priests ana elders OF the five Christian
churches that exist in modern Syria and
Palestine, and OF the Mohammedan
Church, whom he interviewed at first
hand. DR.. Bliss was appointed to de-
liver the Bross lectures At Lake Forest
University, Lake Forest, IIA In Iso2
He instantly went to Syria, which, by
the way, was his birthplace. to gather
material He knew the Arabic language
thoroughly, was able to converse with
the leaders of the various sects OF the
country, and the following December de-
hvered q series OF lectures In which no
body could recognize an idea or illustra-
ton they recalled reading in any book.
Il had interviews" says Dr.. Bliss. with
the orthodox patriarchs of Antioch, Je-
rusalem-Greek, Catholic. Syrian. and
Maronite-who impaired valuable infor-
nation Missionaries, Roman Catholic
and Protestant. gave OF their knowledge
and experience Moslems OF all classes
spoke freely Of their religion.
While many books have been con-
suited. Il Is In human documents that
the richest material has been found.
The Greek liturgies have been studied.
but the manual acts Of the mass were
explained to me in the sitting room of
kindly parish priest. whose wife had
baked the communion loaf which he rev.
erently used in Illustration.
Learned books on the dervishes have
been consulted. but II was through the
quaint tales Of a gentle-eyed sheIk In
Jerusalem, who left his humble task OF
securing pots and kettles to make me q
visit, that learned. past all forgetting.
that. in spite o. the Wild demonstrations
which travellers witness for a fee In
Constantinople and Cairo. the controlling
motive Of the dervish life is the hunger
and thirst after Righteousness"
DR.. Frederick J. Bliss Is dean OF the
University Of Rochester.
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The Appreeiation of Architeeture.


In his book, How to 1--we on Twenty
four Hours a Day" Arnold Bennett. the
English novelist. suggests as one Of the
books that would be found valuable In
a systematic study Of the utilization
Of time Mr. Russell Sturgis' The Appre-
ciation of Architecture" now published
In this country by Doubleday, Page 4
Co Mr.. Bennett refers 20 the volume
under its old title Of How to Judge
Architecture" by which It is only slight
iy known in this country. It Is interest
ing to note that Mr.. Bennett recommends
to the person who would widen his appre-
citation OF a mart or a craft. a concen-
trated reading Of such popularly written
books as are published on the subject
The Appreciation Series published by
Doubleday. Page & Co. are prepared for
this very style Of reading. Among the
titles are The Appreciation Of Pictures"
"The Appreciation Of Sculpture" and "A
History Of Architecture" by Russell
Sturgis; The Appreciation Of the
Drama" by Charles H. Caffin; THE Ap-
probation Of Literature" /" by George 7.
Woodberry. and ''The Appreciation of
Music. by Daniel Gregory Mason.
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His Unerring Nose.

James Francis Dwyer. whose book,
'-The White waterfall" win shortly be
published by Doubleday. Page & Co. IS
an extensive traveller. and he maintains
that every city In the world has an odor
distinctly its own. In proof OF this he
tells q story Of an experience In Bris-
bane. Australia. Dwyer shared the
cabin OF the captain Of q tramp steamer
who knew every route from Hull 10
Hobsons Fay. and who could snlR
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Of nv life. To love your country under
standIngly you should know what I have
been and what I have become. In. the
book OF my life Il written the measure
Of your country's growth and an answer
10 your doubts"
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.swide courses.n

Mr.. James B. Connolly writes mostly
Of the sea. and does it well, as his many
readers may testify, but in his collection
of eight short stories. wide Courses
Charles Scribner's Sons), he departs
into new and curious paths-with more
or less success. There are several sea
tape of the navy, being most amusing.
he poles good-natured fun at the red
taps Of the navy. being most amusing,
but there are also adventures of various
sorts on dry land. All entertaining,
though some are better than others. The
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Thought Hubby Was Meant.

Prom Judee.
Society dame-oh. doctor, I'm so sore
ly troubled with ennuiI
Doctor-Hm, Why don't you interest
yourself IN finding out how the other
half lives?
Society dame-5racioEs! Why I'm
not looking for a divorce:
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NOTES FROM THE LITERARY WORLD

cutcheon. The writer works up this IA
miliar fgure Of speech in literal way
that q at once hriGht and funny.
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aThe historic jesus" by Charles
stanley Lestsr.-

stanley Lctter.-
THE Historic Jesus" BY Charles STAN
ley Lester. which the Putnams win pub
Ish early in May. Is the result Of long
period OF study devoted 70 the works Of
the best OF the higher critics. with spe-
cial references to the synoptic Gospels
It Is not an attempt 70 air personal opin-
ions. but an honest effort to get at the
underlying historical facts back Of the
mislnterpretation OF them In the Cos
pels. The author has been stimulated
In his work by q remark of Pheid-
erer's .'If Scholars Do Not Tell People
the Truth, Charletanism VIII Lead Them
Astray.n While, therefore. the book will
naturally shock people who know moth
ing OF the progress OF thought and OF
knowledge. and while II leaves none OF
the traditicpal dogmas intact, its pur-
pose Il mot destructive but reconstructive
Its normal result would be the restora-
ton Of the real Jesus and bis teaching
In place OF the mixture OF pagan and
Jewish notions which. from very early
days. supplanted them.
The book is unique In that Il presentH
for the people who are not special stu
dents OF the subject, the results Of the
higher criticisms In a form which they
can understand.
The author was for thirty years en-
Gagged in the ministry OF the Episcopal
Church. during TWENTY-FIVE Of which
years he was rector Of ST. Paurs Church.
Milwaukee.
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"Her Weight I'm Cold"
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mud bank twenty miles away. In the
early morniag the captain woke up,
turned over In hiE berth. shifted yig-
orounly At the atrnoaphere, then lifted
himself on his elbow.
Il must have been dreaming" he
drawled. II woke up with the notion
that was IN Bombay"
The difference between nose and brain
50 disturbed the captain that he walked
70 the porthcis and discovered that a
British-Indla steamer with q Laucar
crew had come In through the night and
had tied up alongside. Hence the false
impression conveyed by the slripper's .
nose.
II knew my nose wouldn't fool me for
fun. remarked the captain. 1T said
Bombay the Moment I opened my eyes.
and II was mighty near II"
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

Continued on Fifteenth Page3
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WILL FORMALLY
ACCEPT CHARTER
FOR GOOD ROADS
Signers to Meet in Presidents
Office To-Morrow-Sub-
scribe $1,000.

4 meeting will be held tomorrow
afternoon at A o'clock In tho offices
of President II. w. Anderson by the
agners OF the charter OF the Rich
mond Washington Highway Associa-
ton, when the charter recently granted
by the State Corporation Commission
will be formally accepted. Those who
will be at the meeting are II. W. And
erson. president, ]. T. Palmatory, Pres
ton Belvin, John Stewart Bryan. p. st.
Julien Wilson, Samuel Cohen and r. B,
Airport
According to an announcement made
yesterday. $1,000 Will be subscribed
to the fund at the meeting Another
meeting OF the several business organ
izations In Richmond Interested In the
project will be laid either next Mon
day or Tuesday In the Jefferson Hotel.
when the work of getting the $4,000
subscribed will be turned over to these
organizations. The Business Mems
Club, the Adventures Club. the Unit
ed Commercial Travellers. the Travel
ers' Protective Association. the Rich
mond Automobile Club. the South
Richmond Business Mems Associa- :
ton, the Chamber OF Commerce and
the Retail Business Mems Association.
will be represented.
The project has now been fairly
launched upon sound business basis,
and from now until the roadway,
which will be OF such vast Importance
to the State, is completed. there Will
he no letup The people all along the
route are aroused. the people of Wash
inrton are aroused, and the people OF
Richmond have awakened to the cry
| ing need for this great highway. II
| Is believed that the stock Will be
oversubscribed within g few days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
VIII l. BE, BASEBALL,
CENTRE DURING THIS SEASON.
Griffin Will Send Verbout to
Mound in Opening Game
Thursday.
BY Gus MALBERT.

with trumPets blowing, bands
playing, fans yelling ana the popu-
lace a unit doing homage to the
premier sport of this or any other age
the Virginia League OF Professional
Baseball Clubs. Will, on Thursday ar
ternoon at 1880 o'clock start the
championship season. which will end
after many disnppointmcnts, compen-
Joys. have named a winner in the i've
months baseball Ma-athon-if, 1t
doesn't rain.
However though the opening may
be deterred--prayerfuly let's hope
MOTT Will only be sidestepping tins.
for the baseball public will have ita
own. even though 4, be a day late.
Whether April is. or the day fol-
lowing or the DAY following that.
happens to have the honor OF being
tho day inaugura,ing the season. the
Passions and the appe'''es OF the
crowd will be all the greater because
of the delay The gonfzlon is In
sight. though one views It at this dis
tance through the wrong end OF the
telescope.
Days OF preparation are over. The
race is about to begin. The start is
at hand. They must all go the dis
lance before the winner Is dctormin-
Cd. Naturally every local manager In
each OF the eight cities OF the league
is hopeful-hopeful that his work and
his talents have been properly direct
ed. and that out OF the grab-bag OF
baseball material he has drawn the
prizes.
Some are more optimistic than 9th.
ere. but generally, reports from the
several cities indicate that few of tht
men at the helm are willing to make
predictions, Ali feel that they will bC
In tho thick OF the battle. but none Ii
willing to go further than that.
Saeve Griffin is rather proud OF his
Continued on Fifteenth Page.l
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Manager Grim Will Open Sea-
son With Monster Autono-
bile Procession.

"cwpfft News, Va. April l3.-Thpush
TINS city did not get into the Virginia
League nntii February, present ndca-
ions arc that the Snipotiildcrs VIII be
a StrcnS aggregation from tn: start,
anu Manager Grim is promising the
ldhS That he will give them q winning
team and will finish the season one,
TWO, three. And those who know
Grim's record fell confident that ne
VIII do thai very thing.
me probabilities are that either Nor
rissey u Mckenzie will start for the
locals on opening day.
When it comes to ball plants. thera
will be none in the state that will
have anything on the local park The
held covers two full city blocks. and
tharc is seating capacity for $500
people. loo in the grandstand. which.
by the by. is of the latest and most
approved style. and 1900 in the bleach
ers along the right field and left field
lines.
the entire field has becn levcled and
rolled and is IN almost perfect condi-
non. But workmcn arc still busy with
H. and Manager Grim proposes TO
make il the best playing field in the
state.
Great preparations are being made
the FIRST ball across the pan.
for opening day. Some of the stores
will close that day. so that all of the
the employees may go out and see the
game The festivities will open with a
big nutomobn- parade. with the rival
teams. the city officials and other in
vitcd guests. Mayor Jones will throw
Continued on Sixteenth PageA
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CASTOR Sets Fast Pace for His
Men and Expects
Victory.
DANyILLE

Danvillc. Va, April i5.-The Dam
Vile Tohacconists Will go to Newport
News next Thursday in tiptop shape
to wallop the team at the latter place
Manager Dave CASTOR has lined up his
men in way that means something,
and the results arc going to be graft
Tying to the fans of this city. Presi-
dent Gwynn is well pleased with the
outlooi; for the local club. The team
VIII present II strong infcld, both as
Il batting and fielding aggregation.
John Cooper has sold himself out
OF the club, and paid good price to
the local management This was sat-
isfactory on all sides. since he did not
wish to play here. and coercion was
deemed inadvisahlc. In the outheld
Wallace. Chunk and man to be Sc
cured from the Southern League will
make up n fast trio OF gardeners and a
bevy OF men who arc handy with the
bat. All the members OF the local
club Will not have reported In time for
tho opening games, but tho aggrega-
tion as made up Will not he disappont-
ing. Manager Castor is very fast on
the bases. and is setting the pace for
his men and making them cut loose
and take some chances.