The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-14
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III terry OF Evolution" an article BY
Ill j Julius Chambers appeared in the
Sunday Post-Inteiligencer of Oc-
fober Z, that is probably intended TO be
taken seriously, and " so should not be
passed by without comment The allega-
tion Is made that Prof. Baeckel. OF the
University OF Jena, has recently declared
his belief that the pithecanthropus. or
ape-iike ancestral man, Is sim living
reality In the jungies of Northeastern
Java.
II IL also alleged that the distinguished
head Of that renowned center Of scien-
tinc research has announced his inten-
ton ito set out in quest or this only link
yet missing 70 complete the wonderful
chain in the theory OF mans descent. be-
ginning with the monera, or organisms
without organs; advancing to the amaebs,
thence by seven stages to the skuil-iess
vertebrates."
Now. to forestail this intention on the
part Of Prof Haeckel. the world is In
formed that millionaire George w. Van
derbiit n dcfrayinE the expenses Of send
ing one David J. Walters. young Yale
college student. into the Java jungles
in search Of the pithecanthropus and.
incidentally. 70 let II be known that the
money class Ii mot wholly Indifferent
to the advancement Of science, or idly
tolerant regarding the great problems az
ner Mr. Chambers tells us mat II is hoped
TO render The projected voyage Of Prof.
Haeckel unnecessary, and that mfr. VAN
derbih expects to End that hitherto elu-
sive pithecanthropus" at once, II he be
where Or. Haeckei believes him.
With a good deal more Of this kind Of
talk Mr.. Chambers. who has evidently
been employed to write up this great
enterprise. and who also kindly furnishes
5ituef r. t{oua ~ tn, sreciuneus ~ tho NTH
ecanfhropi so we may see Just what the
brilliant Yale student" expects to corral
this evident amateur In scientific writing
relating TO the intentions OF amateurs,
closes as follows:
1T is a splendid dream for a man Of
wealth. and. II successful. must put the
mint mark or the brand of base metal
upon Darwinism forever
In the body Of the treatise under con-
sideration there are numerous iilustra-
lions of this sort OF 'science," some Of
which WIN he noticed in this review
What must impress the really scientific
mind II the Rlaring grotesaueness Of this
mission inspired by George w Wander
hilt. 1t II not proposed to send veteran
observer on this pithecanthropuscian
search. but q fresh student who presuma-
bly, still knows the world ana science
alike. only as they appeal 20 him IN books.
If mere student. thus equipped, had
been sent into the KlondIke region 10 hunt
for the yellow metal prior 20 1895, would
the chances have been in favor of n sue
cessful quest1
II IL news 70 the writer that the en-
inent Haeckei should have expressed his
heller that 'this souliess. voIceless five
fingered. tsiliess creature Is stiil extant
amid the tlinsles and tangled forests Of
Northeastern Java" and certainly. the Mt
teviy unscientihc phrasing 81 this promo
sitson cannot be traced 10 the door Of
the University Of Jena. III the eyo,,,-
fion 81 man he fact. II must he A fac.
from the innate and Inherent sequence %
natural law. and car nowiss Re depsnden.
on whether Mr., walters succeeds or
fans N nndirg creature which. n we
are 20 Judge from the accompanying fllus-
frations. certainly never existed ON the
earth. ''S
II Mr. Chambers had studied mr.
Miteheii's Evolution az Life" which NAV
be found IN tho Seattle public library ana
presumably in other iihrsrIes he rntyht
have saved himself much later mortin-
cation. " he he sensible 70 such q feeIlnr.
and II ros mere'v a hired scrihhier on any
'"p'e ffat ne rrav or NAV not under
r'an1. ~ 's IN the rrmistatshfe pafvats
~ the nevisiate--in the r~wnes- =, 49,
IGNITION Of 'he tvro-~thst this rentt.m.,
T'ves h's-seN awnv y - true, the, n,
Mitehe'f has not contributed anvthin~ re,v
~ sensational 10 the rrea, chain ~ ,ac,.
mat nnsnfs ~ man s~ the p~o5uc, ~ 49,
'@'nnarv dev~ionrcnt. Vii, No has r,aar,,.
md eorcise'v c~nia'red how ana v,sv
'snse efsnees came that evolyeA .he
nr@Tenr o. one age beyond iss ancestry
n fnrrner
Mr. chamh~rs fesaes this ues-rh ,c- ~.
nne-f'se man - iesslng ~ the .olp,tn,
- fhe rios' imn0rtart nrotienr tha, 80
sanfennas the h'olnr,ats ~ the var,a
~aneiv. Does Tho actual soec,es =, 40.
rive r~a that the lnrir OF h,orerv
fenrtef esi nv rr-narrk y,a,,.in ~
ley Ar ffseckeD seniorstrste. 81 ha,n
"Nea ~ rer'n'e period ~ the ear,h,s
hi@forv ssiiii eyfs.,
Theee ear~af ~ \ uhss,,v 81, 49,.
~hv shls ~~aliv mri-snarsant mates sh,,,,a
sen'aonN me holariss The -,er,t,,
Heu'ar tsht Il No, the real ~irh,
"orsN ns vel ~ \ man. may zee a GRAZ.
- boulder ivinv on an fnsiana raa,,,r.
ef Nn' ne sisht tha, car see h trace
"'%feFr - - siratidsd formation ana
r"a-euwent TRANSPORTATION ~ ea,~
alien environment mus, 80 the n,ssa.
mental sight n the orser ana nraeesern
- nature h~ understood. ana that nvasr
ami nroc~fNr~ disclose, Nv ,he evidence ~
anaiFst~ snA analogy thss mar ara no, y,
oAce present himself fuli.asaret either
physically or mentally mt that fns,s,a
With the Enthusiastically prolonged apf
gradual geological changes IN the evo',-
tien ~ the earth. his primal ancestry has
nise - thus change and sevefnr-ts thfs
- 'hr fact must We. need We deter our
verdict % await the rrsnit Of some young
seilcEian's hun, Tor the presence q aigh-