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New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
NAN AND THE AYTHRoPoIDS.

The so-caIled "Aurignsc" skeleton Of
paleolithic man. found in France in 1909,
has led German scientist. Professor FL.
Klaatsch. ~ compare its skull. first with
that of the famous Neanderthal man,
and then with the skull of the orang-
outang and the gorilla. with results that
may omen I'D q new chapter in the study
Of the origins of the human race Inc
methods employed by Professor hlaatsch
are too exhaustive and too highly tech
nical to be gone into at length, but the
conclusions he draws from them are OF
the greatest general interest The dif-
ferences between the Aurignac ana the
Neanderthal skulls are so marked that he
considers himself justified in concluding
that they represent Two entireiy diI-
ferent typas Of primitive man. thoush
probably descended from common an
cestor. Furt thermore. the dlvergences De
tween the fwo human skulls correspond
in a striking manner with those between
the skull Of the orang-outang and that ot
the gorilla. Finally. comparison df
the bones of the Aurignac skeleton
which is practically complete, with those
of the anfhropoids, has convinced hlIh
that the affinity between the Aurignac
man and the orang-outang was far
greater than that between him and the
Neanderthal man, and that the latter,
in his turn. must have been more
closely related 10 the gorilla than 10
his naleoIithic fellow human. Professor
KIaatsch's ultimate conclusion is tnat
man in his early development from what
he calls the ''propithecanthroplc stage
divided into an eastern and q western
branch.
In this hypothesis there is no question
of mans descent from the great apes,
hut on the contrary, of the descent 81
orang-outang and gorilla from these two
early human types. The anthropolds
represent. accordingly, failures IN eVo-
luton from our point of view, but, from
rhaf of the apes themselves, suecessful
adantarinn 10 the conditions Of an ufl-
toward environment. Their near reia-
tions Aurignacian and Neanderthal'
! favored BIZ more propitious surround
! incs continued their slow upward prog
reSs. The hypothesis is as yet IN the
tentative stage. and requires further
confirmation By comparative study al
other prehistoric human remains
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
FTpEDITION IN CHINA

It is probably not worth Whlle 10 Dc
surnrised at anything which happens IN
China. Already most OF the absolute
dicta of the infallible authorities CON
corning that strange land have been re-
furad AMI a few more or less really Go
not matter. A generation ago or less
+alk of a representative constituuonal
government in China would have seemed
like the vaporings of visionary. To-day
tho thing is assured aud half effected,
and the only question is whether 1t shall
he completed in one year or nVe. or
nerhaDs in three The original plan OF
the government was TO have it in about
five wears from the present. but that not
unreasonable period has already beeh
practically reduced 10 three years. anu
now we are told that it may be ftrther
reduced 10 one year. or less.
II seemed an excellent thing To aliof
a considerable number of years for the
gradual evolution of cOnsIitutionallsm III
China. much better thing than To pre-
c.frftate the change, as was done IN
Russia and Persia, with embarrassing
results. Nevertheless. times and seasons
were made for man and not man for
times and seasons. and if emma mas
demonstrated her convincing htness Tor
the change in three years instead OF ten
there Is 40 good reason for making hef
wait SO long. So far as 1t is possible to
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
rE-n,,, The -rrfh.rre B1-rsa1,- :

FROM The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Dec. 1.-THE Misses Muir
ray. daughters Of the chief Of artillery and
Mrs. Murray. were hosts AT tea in honor
OF Miss carol N-wberry this afternoon.
and had assisting them Miss Marsery Ale
shire Miss Esther Denny. Miss Evelyn
Chew and Miss Olga Roosevelt Miss New
berry will join her parents in Detroit for
the Christmas holidays, and they will open
their " ashingtun house in January
DR.. and Mrs Duncan McKim entertained
guests al dinner tonight. and among other
social affairs Of the day we're luncheon.
with Miss Gladys HinckIey as hostess and
Miss Louise HELEN as guest of honor; a
debut tea for Miss Dorothy Deeble, and a
dance 10 introduce Miss Dorothy Gordon
Jones. daughter of Mrs \ Gordon Jones.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
EAPnLNG IN VIEW JERSEI

Some comment has been provoked by
rho -eeenf remark Of a prominent citizen
of New Jersey 10 the effect that III lhal
state or at least in his part OF II, Farms
are in the main good only 70 amuse
..soma rich New York man VINO mas
..made his money at something eise.
The mart of the state in which Inal
sneaker belongs is its very cholcest ag-
ric1,i+1IraI region. and therefore the I'M
nIied reproach upon the practical value
of New Jersey farms is logically eN-
tended 10 the whole state For II the
best agricultural lands III the state are
not profitable. il is not sIpposapie Lhat
the poorer are. The correctness OF lhe
quoted charge is. however, vigorously
challenged, with. as il seems 70 Us,
gratifying measure of success
There are. according TO official sta
tistics about $1,000 farms in New Jer-
soy. = small number. considering the
erpa Of The state. and suggestive OF the
fact that there are more than q million
acres still unimproved. most OF when
is Susceptible of profitable cultivation.
The estimated value Of these farms, III
cIudinr buildings. machinery, tools AND
Iizestock is S219. 100000 That Is more
than 81. 80 each. Now. the gross earn
mos from these farms IN 1903. the latest
wear for which statistics are avaliab bic
were S57.74S. 153 That is more than
o7 2 Der cent of the total value. " nal
the EXPENSES Of operation and conse-
onan+Iv the net profits We're are moi
stated But we must certainly regard
an industry which pays gross earnings
yearly of more than 21.3 per cent OF the
total investment in plant as far from
,1nnrof1tahle and as containing the
..nromisa and potency Of very satisfac-
tory net dividends.
II Is highly probable that such Is the
case. and that thousands Of New Jersey
farmers who are not rich New 1orKers
who have made their money elsewhere
are getting satisfactory profits IRON
their land every year Reports to the
State Board of Agriculture are To the
effect that average good farms are al
most invaria ply profitable. And we
NAV believe that this is 50 not only IL
New Jersey. but also in other states II
this mart of the country The notion
that only Oh the vast expanseS OF the
West is farming profitable is serious
error There are many fancy farms.
-un for the pleasure Of rich propTletors
7,,,+ +bere are also within q hundred
r,ilas o4 New York thousands of prac
tical farms which are paying gooc
nrofits. One man in New Jersey has
10000 apple trees, 5000 pear trees, 400
neacb trees and 80 acres Of vineyard
Another has 12S acres in pears. l2O IL
peaches. ITO in apples and 90 in chest
nuts. Such plantations are not con
duoTed inst for fun or for pleasure, bu'
for profit; and then numbers IN thls par
OF the country may be almost lnoen
njfeIv multiplied.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Bureau

fFrom The Tribune Bureau
washington, Dec. 1o--The fTesIoeii' ANs
under consideration for the S0iiiliisiSe
Court the names OF Commissioners A-l'-s'
Knapp and Prouty.
Representative Mann spent some 'ii'i-
x-fth the President discussing the tolis 20
be charged when the Panama CaisA -
opened Mr. Mann said that 81 ton On
all merchant vessels would pay tor tns
maintenance Of the canal. but "oila ho'
meet the interest on the canal bonds Inc
President and Mr. Mann viii have furtner
conferences On this subject
Ex-vfce-President Fairbanks arrived az
the executive offices about the time Inc
President was leaving his Office for lunch
con. Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Fairbanks went to
the White House together and were joined
by Governor Sloane OF Arizona
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11

Nevertheless it is to he believed that
the ends of Justice and also of confidence
and good viii between the nations would
be substantially promoted by making It
reciprocal The fact that Italians have
far more frequently offended the law
and peace Of America than Americans
have of Italy is u consideration which
may he applied in either of two ways,
but its most appropriate and equitable
application would certainly seem to be
toward emphasizing the prc@ri2tS and
the need of Italy's asserting 10 the ex-
tradition of her criminals on the same
terms as those on which we surrender
ours. And the act of our State Depart
naent in deciding 10 surrender Charlton
should me the final and conclusive per
suader of Italy 10 that end
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
THE GROWTH OF THE CoUNTRY

THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY
The population Of the United States
IN 1910. announced by the Census
Bureau. shows IN unexpectedly nigh
rate Of gain for the last decade. As the
unoccupied territory west of the Missis-
sippi River has been settled and as the
tctal population of the country has been
rlagnifed the decennial percentage OF
Increase has naturally declined. From
1870 10 1880 IL was 30.1 and from 1880
70 1890 249 For the decade from 1890
to 1900 il was only 2o.7 1t was only
logical 10 expect a gain between 1900
and 1910 Of less than 30 per cent. But
the increase in the last ten years has
been 21 per cent showing that the
check in the growth of the former from
tier states has been overcome by more
rapid development in the older states Of
the Atlantic and Pacific seahoards.
The most noteworthy feature of the
enumeration of 1910 has been the dis
closure Of new possibilities of growth in
the Eastern and Middle states. where
manufacturing has made large demands
for additional labor. New York. Penn
sylvania. New Jersey and Connecticut
lave all made greater progress relative
Is than has the country AZ large New
,Tersev's increase-was 34.7 per cent, New
Works 254. Connecticuts Do and Penn
Svlvauia's 2I6 Massa chusetts gained
( 20 per cent, one point below the average
for the country. On the other hand. no
state in the Middle West has kept up
with the national average. The gain Of
Illinois was 16.9, Of Minnesota 1S.3, Of
Michigan 16.1. Of Ohio a.. Of Indiana
1.3. OF Wisconsin 12.T. Of Kansas II and
OF Nebraska lis Iowa lost .03 per cent
in population. The Middle West as a
whole showed a marked slackening in
growth compared with its growth from
/ 1890 10 1900. while the big Eastern
states all did better than they did in the
preceding decad De. Nassac achuserts ex-
cepted.
The South has also had ? smaller rela-
tive growth than between 1890 and
1900 The only Southern states to ex-
cead the average gain for the country 81
! large are Florida. with 42.1 per cent
! Texas. with 27.S per cent. and Oklahoma,
with fOar per cent Arkansas almost
held its own. with 20 per cent West
Virginia. classified more properly with
the Middle States than with the South
gained 27.4 per cent The others ranged
from 1919 per cent for Louisiana 10 ct
for Kentucky and for Missouri.
The Pacific Coast states made as a
whole the greatest pToportionate advance
In population. California : gain was 60-l
Der cent. Oreeon'S CO. per cent and
Washington'S 1904 per cent. The small
mountain states also kept well above
the average. doing much better thar
they did in the preceding decade.
Under the next apportionment, there
fore. the added votes in Congress and
10 the Electoral College viii be diSJrlh
ured chiefly among New York. PennSyi
vania. New Jersey. Massachusetts. Cali
fornia. Oregon. Washington. West Nir
cinia. Oklahoma. Texas. North Dakots
and South Dakota. The South's : gaif
viii be slight and the Middle West, fol
the first time since its organization fnt'
states. will fail 10 strengthen its pres
tige in national politics as the result o.
y federal census
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
BRITISH ELECTION RETURNS.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: I write to thank The Tribune for its
full and interesting reports of the British
elections So far as 1 have observed, II Is
the only paper which gives the returns from
the various constituencies. To any one VINO
keeps track OF British affairs, the names
of many members of Parliament become Ia
nliar and he cannot fail 10 be Interested
in the results as 10 these, which can De
found only in The Tribune
Thoughtful Americans are, of course, more
interested in British political matters than
ever before, partly on account Of the irish
question but more because of the tact that
there is an issue, not always clearly de-
fined between special privilege and human
rights The contest against hereditary rule
and against the large landheldeTs Is likely
to be waged for some time TO come, and not
likely 20 be settled until IL is settled right
For these reasons all studious citizens OF
our own country cannot fail 70 be Interested
in The Tribune reports Of what Is going
on In the mother country.
GEORGE WALLACE
Jamaica. n. Y. December 6, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
AMERICANS AT scHEVENlNGEN

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Among the American papers Vlo7e
uublicity has helped us great deal IN IN
craa sing the number Of American visitors,
am pleased to say The Tribune deserves
a special mention.
Nav I venture to ask your widespread
rawspaper to aequaint the American people
with our intention to demonstrate our graf
itude for their patronage by holding an
artistic musical fete at SchevenIngen IN
honor of the American Day OF lndepen-
,Ienre. July next, with the assistance OF
our Philharmonic Orchestra? The assistance
NJ American singers and instrumental art
lists would be welcome as an addition to the
programme and I will be glad TO hear from
auv such to this end.
We hope 70 have the pleasure Of weicon-
ing the American Minister at The Hague
and his staff as we'll as the American con-
sI,ie from Rotterdam and Amsterdam at
the festival.
BID. GOLDBECK, General Manager
c.ba,.e,ingen. The Hague, Holland, Nov
20 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
TIE NEWS THIS WORNING

CONGRESS The Senate WAS not in
session == House: The river anc har-
Tor appropriation bin carrying nearly
So .6ss) coo was Passed
FOREIGN. - The Tribunes CORE
spondent iR London says the Liberals
VIII interpret their return 10 power as q
mandate 10 pass the veto bill restricting
the powers Of the House OF Lords. ==
The officers Of TWO divisions Of the Amer
ican feet We're guests Of the British gov
eminent 8t the House Of Commons N
LONDON In q dispatch from the
T-ibune's s correspondent IN Paris IL is an
nounce0 that France may send puni-
tive expedition against the slave trading
tribes Gf West Africa -= Chancellor
Nen BeIhnann- Il ollweS. speaking IN the
Reichstag eraveiv warned the more rad
ical Of the eSponen1s of Socialism that
they would % iaeld 10 account for sX
cesSss resulting from their teachings
The Chamber of Deputies n Tur-
Fev by 2 vote II % to CO. affirmed its
confidence in the government == The
public trial ~ Twentv-S1Z persons at-
crsed Of plotting against the life OF the
Emperor was begun al Toxic =-- SeY-
eral persons Were killed and many in
jured n q religious TOT at Calcutta
HEAVY foods were reported from
various parts Of Italy. and a landslide
caused bv them nearly buried a village
PCMESTIC-The Census Bureau an
uounce6 the population of Continental
United states SIS 31.9t-.@d6. including N
euiar possessions, the total will exceed
10l .0o90 000. = Three men We're hurt,
enc probably fatally. IN an explosion on
the submarine boat GTaTnpUs at Core
nad1. Cal --- NtDetE-fTFe per cent OF
1he engineers on al railways west north
and south 0f Chicago have voted TO
strike unless th.ir demands are granted.
8-rerciinS 70 an official announcement al
chicago. il was announced 1t
Saratoga Springs. x. Y. that Mrs open-
seer TTas'- nae gwen the village S-f,sHH'
and Bethesda Episcopal church there
S7.-G0. her share % the money paid by
rhc New York Central Railroad COM
l-snv for the death ot her husband -=
The telegraph operator IT the High
f.nd station ap the West Shore Rail
raa5 was held up ny a lone bandit VINO
t1az, cash and tickets. TWO vii
n.-sses ~ the murder trial Of Hattie Le-
blanc 81 Cambridge. Mass said that
rhcy saw q woman near the scene of the
Glover murder on the night when il took
place rhev denied that she was Mss
Leblanc.
CITY Stocks were strong == Gov
e-no--1lecf DIX arrived for q week = stay
IN this city. and conferred with Gaynor
nd AIu-nnE = Purriui'S Girl Of the
Golden West was sung a. the Metro
po7iran Opera House Tor rhe first time on
any stage - Because Of the trouble
EESeQ 10Y EDfCkDttkSb- q Est alN1A StyA {
called an tbs police Tor assistance --
fsove-no--elert Dix Al q dinner OF the
Merchants Democratic ASSoc1a LlCn-
- ilzed on human sympathy in the in
d1lStrlal life cf the state == William
T Pitrman one Of the Americans who
figured IN rhe fighting in Nicaragua, ar
rived from -f1ar Co11nt try One Of
the striking express drivers gave the
District Attorneys Office the name ~ the
rlan who killed John Q Warner == A
rnoz e-nerr has been started 70 transform
7eSfcfester County into d city
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
A ait OF NATURAL HISTORY.


To the Editor of The Tribune.
sly. Referring 10 the article III your
newspaper last week about City Attorney
eri of St Louis refusing to prosecute a
man for tort1ring fish, taking the ground
that +hav were not animals and saying.
furthermore. that there was no mention or
4sb being in the Ark. we beg 10 inform
Mr. Levi that he will find in the Second
Book of the Gernara- or Babylonian Tai
mud and also in the Koran and Zend'
Avest that the water of the deIuge was
boiling hot destroying all marine life ex-
cepl a pair Of flying fish. which few into
the Ark. This story has recently been con-
firned by the finding by Professor Nichol-
son at Nfppur. near Babylon, of q baked
CLAW tablet on which was depicted the Ark.
with two flying fish alighting on the prom
enade deck lust abaft the wheeIhouse. No
doubt from this pair, in the process of evo-
luton. all the different kinds OF fish have
been developed
We have further evidence from the
Arabian historian Yusef Imam, who re-
cords that when the fish landed on the ship
the seals barked with joy, while the whales
blubbered with grief, the fish being hered-
itary enemies, having the habit of lighting
on them and extracting their milk, greatly
TO the detriment of their Young.
In this connection We may say that In
antediluvian times whales and seals were
land animals. having well developed legs
with webhed feet, which have gradually
changed 70 f1ippers So, no DOUBT, they
walked up the gangplank into the Ark
like other animals. and in confirmation, OF
this there may to-day be seen in the
kaiser's Museum at Berlin q we'll pre-
served specimen recovered from the tun-
dra at the mouth of the Obi River IN
Siberia by the eminent German ichthyolo-
gist, Professor klamath Eberlein.
New York, Dec. 8, 1910. FITz NICEr.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

With Christmas Just a fortnight of. the
coming week viii be devoted by society
mainly To shopping, but dancing and fes-
tivities customary at Inis season OF the
year viii also be IN order. Nor will the
poor be forgotten. for much work is being
done by the fashionable world for tho pUr
pose of bringing happiness 10 homes that
without this assistance would remain cheer
less and sornhre at Yuletide Indeed there
is probably no city of its size in the world
where so much is done by the welI-JO-do
for their less af'iuent fellow citizens, ana
especially FOR the Iatter's children, a. right
here in New York
All the stores display in their windows
by means of Christmas decorations re-
minders 10 the passershy that the holiday
season Is at hand and that the days are
fast approaching when il is customary to
distribute gifts of every conceivable nature
The shops are crowded from morning 70
late at night with purchasers, and at every
step one meets well known persons bound
on present buying expeditions and fmhued
with intentions CT giving pleasure. Indeed.
there seems TO be a spirit of kindIineSs and
good nature in the very air.
Among the most notable dances Of the
week is that which Mrs H Van Renss--
Iaer Kennedy is giving on Friday night AT
Sherry's for her second daughter Miss
Marian Kennedy. VINO is one of the debu-
tantes of the season Several dinners take
place in connection with the affair. the vari-
Gus hostesses afterward bringing on their
guests 10 the dance. Miss kennedy is n
granddaughter of Mrs George X Robbins
and it Is understood that the latter will
have a dinner dance for her later in the
season.
On Wednesday many of the debutantes
and likewise a large contingent of the
young married set win cross the Hudson.
bound for Hoboken. where Mrs. Richard
Stevens gives a large dinner dance at
Castle Point In spite OF the distance and
of the difficulty IF getting there. Mrs
Stevens's dances at Castle Point are al
ways popular the old house having an
almost national reputation for its hospl-
taiity. Next Wednesdays entertainment
promises TO be as successful as any of its
predecessors
Thursday night has been pre-enpted by
Mrs. James ToluIan Pyle for a dance at
Sherrys for Miss Sara Pyle. and on the
same evening Mrs. Robert r. Livingston
and Mrs. Howland Davis will give at the
Colony Club the first OF series OF dances
for debutantes which they have organized
for this winter. The other dances will be
given on January L and February and Is.
also at the Colony Club
Then on Saturday night the first Of the
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
A CLOSE CENSUS ESTIMATE

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Based on Bradstreet's prices pun
iished in June, 1900. and June 1910. esti-
mate the population of the United STATES
10 be so. 306.
shall be pleased TO see comparison u
this with the announcement 10 De 1hade oS
the Census Bureau A Nj f1ofEr'-
New York Dec. 9, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11

it the part of wisdom and of patriotism
to seek through conferences and conces-
sions some compromise or modUs Uiuendi
which will give the nation rest from
violent agitation and opportunity for
calm reflection and self-education- lead
ing TO an amicable adjustment of CON
uoversial issues. rather than TO continue
a conflict which would probably compel
another dissolution and another election
within q wear
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
1-5sr:E 1s33121s,
SUNDAY. DECEMBER II. 1910.

This newspaper iS o1C7ed and pub
Tiehe6 bU The Tribune association, q
Ner York corporation: ofice and prira-
Sipa7 pidcc Of business, Tribune Build
sgg, 70 ia Nassau street. Neir York
Ordefa Hills president OGdeR Il. Reid
seGetGrV- James II. Barrett. treasurer.
The address Of the officers IS fhe offce
AZ fhiS newspaper
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
The only proper seal for letter at this
season is a Red Cross stamp.

According TO the Hon. James Smiths
idea of it the advisory senatorial pri-
mary in New Jersey provided the kind OF
advice which is received with tolerance
from an ofFcious friend and is then en-
phaticaiIy and enthusiastically disre-
garded.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11

Justice Blanchard gave scathing lect-
ure 10 the scoundrel Yeandle. the bribe
taking juror, in sentencing him TO
prison, but every word of it was amply
deserved. felon of that type is one
of the most serious rnenaces that there
can he 10 the administration Of justicA-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
The British campaign has afforded al

The British campaign has afforded an
other occasion for complaint Of the need
of an equalization OF constituencies. so
that members of Parliament shall rep
resent approximately the same numbers
of voters and voters shall have about
the same voting power. Under the ex-
listing apportionment, il is pointed out,
six members for Middlesex represent
80 SOS voters while twenty-nine mem
hers for Ireland represent 150,SS3- II
all ireland were represented on the same
basis as Middlesex. she would nave only
tver1tv-seven member instead of 1o3.
as at present This is evidently one OF
the things which need setting 70 rights.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
THAT'S RUBBING 1T IN

From The Syracuse Post-Standard
Troy accepted with resignation the census
report that YOnkers exceeds il in p,,nrI.
ton, but the Trojans feel chasrinsd thsr
the State of Nevada should also have
paSEed them -AA z