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The sun., 1913-11-15
SAYS SKULL 100000
YEARS OLD Is HUMAN
DR.. Williams, American Scien.
tist, Reverscs European The.
DRY Of Piltdown Relic.
ARRIVES HERE WITH C\>r
English Anthropologists In
Error. He Says. in Callin"
It M0n-GOrjua.

Dr j. Leon williams. who rcc.ntl, v,.
elected u member of the Royal Anthrnro.
logical Institute in recognition uf his
contribution to the scientific knowle,lg..
of primitive man, arrived yesterday hv
the Cunarder Mauretania He brought
with him u trunkful OF prehistoric homes
and plaster casts OF som" Of tn" famous
skulls that lately have hccu stirring con.
trovcrsy among the Ddrwinians and other
evolutionary experts of III gland
The most interesting plaster EAST 'ha'
Dr Williams has is that of the recon.
structed piltdown skuii. som. or ,h,
bones of this skull. including onc-half
the lower Jaw with TWO teeth. were found
on gravclled plateau near folkstoup
last December by Charles Dawson. DE-
scribcd by Dr. Williams as "hignlN
trained peologist.' and taken by him To-
pr. Smith " oodward. head of the geoloc
ical department Of the South kensing
ton Museum.
Dr Woodward was delighted with IL,
discovery and went about reconstructing
the skull His conclusion was that the
owner of the skull was a sort Of missing
link" He fitted into the plaster cas- o.
the restored skull teeth typical Of th'
modern gorilla. He called the ancion'
owner of the skull IAN seonthropoid
half man, half ape
The sun., 1913-11-15
SWINGING on THE GOLDEN GATE.
A California Progressive WhOops 10Y.
OilslY 10 q Jersey Prentlamitc.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS--Str' I
have read with considerable amusement
the anlinadversions OF your correspondent
Fred Metcalf IN this mornings Sun com
cernins what he Is pleased to term the
'reactionary progressivism" Of some OF
the Western States.
THE Sun seems to be the favorite de-
pository OF these fossilferous antedilu-
vians, and I am always entertained and
delighted when such fine relic of the
bursts Into song through Its columns. Not
that his opinion In any way affects or re-
tards the progress of events.
Coming from State. California. where
the primary, the referendum and the re-
call OF Judges as well as other officials.
also woman suffrage. have all been tried
out with complete success and are now the
established order. 1t is like a voice from
the dark ages to hear from Metcalf.
Turning from the editorial to the news
columns OF the same SrN IL is reported
that the Governor of this state and
the Legislature. chastened and made fear-
full by the result OF the recent elections.
propose to enact n radical primary law
and workinRman's compensation act.
thus overruling the Court of Appeals de-
cision. II Is also noted that the constitu-
tional amendments were all adopted, and
that even In poor old boss ridden, corrupt
New York the light of political progress
~ beginning To break and that this. the
most backward Of all the states, except
pennsylvania. Is painfully following the
lead Of her more progressive sisVers Of the
West. Even the Republican party is to
he recognized. We are told. with del'-
gates chosen by primary election. and n
progressive candidate for President is
suggested as the only hope of defeating
that other good progressive. Woodrow
Wilson. at the next national election.
Our reactionarv friends should wake mn
Teddy Is not the only progressive The
woods are full OF them and their ideas are
proving 30 popular that they are being
adopted by all parties
Mr. Metcalf's letters read like Huerta's
pronunciamentos to the effect that he is
tho man TO pacify Mexico. and are about
az convincing. CLAY PETERS.
NEW YORK. November ~
The sun., 1913-11-15

captain KErCHAM OF the Yale football
team refuses To consider the proposal
t. number his players "toothall," he
says. is not being conducted here for
III" newspapers, but for the college,
and the players are not working TO win
recognition by the public. but are play
ing for themselves and the university"
y typical UNDERGRADUATE pronuncia-
mento But If the newspapers did not
devote IA good deal of space to the
game, thus keeping up the interest of
graduates and their friends. football
would make no great stir in tire world.
with the rosul; that receipts would
dwindle To "A sum far below the present
cost Of the sport.
Comparatively few people outside the
college precincts would take special
trains To see "A game. and all the glamour
and much of the toy would hc gone out
Of II. The inevitable result would he a
decline OF interest among tae grad
uates themselves. and 1t would become
difficult IL get together a fighting foot
ball squad in the fall ~ the year.
Ry the way, the public whose reror-
milton Captain KFrcHAM saws tho Yale
players are not working FOR consists
mainly Of the graduates and their fami-
.!eS. At most of the football games
nay have to sit huddlcd together on
rtirh wooden uncovered benches There
Is no sport that does less for its patrons
in the way Of comfort and convenience
than college football /. would h. a
great convenience - them to he able
to tell one player from another 10y
iecihle numbers displayed on the back
II would not he much of a concession
to the public" and doubtless n Will
be extended Icy all the athletic associa-
tions as they realize that tAc agitation
for numbers Is not unreasonable. To
Dartmouth for blazing the way con-
gratulat!ons and thanks will be due.
The sun., 1913-11-15
Dogs and Men.

To THE EnIToR or THE St-S--Str' Tho
old fashioned horse drawn amhulances of
Bellevue are used to remove the injured
To- that hospital. The Society for 'he
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals houses
it's motor drawn ambulanc"s at IN" foot
Of East Twenty fourth street. All these
vehicies are equipped with rubber tires.
resilient springs and other contributing
elements To transport at a minimum OF
discomfort.
IL this case Of civic strahismus
whereby hrutes nre considered before
human beings Tn. value OF dogs and
men is relative New York should not
permit this impression to prevail. a
dog In Twenty-fourth street IS not better
than IA man In Twenty-siXth street
.IotS KENNEDY.
Nrw YnRK NoNcmher Ia
The sun., 1913-11-15
Real Man. says DR.. WiIlia ms.

pr Williams. whose specially Is m,
comparative anatomy of the teeth. after
lopkltS at the skull decided that 1'r
Woodward has made a mistake. that tie
ritdoWu skull belonged to man Nho
had lived certainly half n million year
ago. who WAS distinctly a man Of low
order Of Intelligence. but "A real man.
He thrroupou mad" plaster r"cous'ru"-
ton Of his own. fitting the skull with
human teeth He submitted this to irof
Keith of the Royal College Of Surgeons
At tie =, international medica! cor -r"ss
IN London rrof keith agreed with ts
point OF vioy and advocated the theory
before the congress
Sinc. then Eupland has boon divided
into two CAMPS on tn" theme OF N" PIT
down relic Tie original owner of 'h'
skull. according to- some Of the uSIu'snts
was spec Mess and even if "a. existed
to-day coulG give no information about
himself other scientists declare that
the rtltlowr. man probably had th' power
Of speech and. for a person of his w.
progressive era. which Dr. Williams s.Ns
was tho lat, rlioc.ne or the early il"lsto-
ceic period. bet Ncon 50n.u"o and 6"u.""H
years ago, lie had Consld-rHhle mental
devclopm, Mt.
When the N.anderthal skull was lis
covered more than tiity years ngo IN
tific men gave IL an age vars ns
from -, 600 to more than loo,oor l"trs
SIX years ago. when the Heidelberg Sl>v,.
was uucarthed. German and Brit!sh @u.
thropolocists decided that the ~" 60
man ON this planet should he pat back
few hundred thousand years more. Wa
tn. remnant of th" riltdoWn nlaO cl'u" =.
ligh, ihcr. was almost general lcr''" 10
au.ur- 'hc cNf,.rts nat -rn o"u ,'. .r-
was not too remote "A time to assir 20
the existence OF man in Europe.
The sun., 1913-11-15
A Pickering Beacon.

II makes us sad and gloomy to oh
serve lapse In the high moral tone
Of our serious contemporary Hdrpcr's
Weekly. The shock Is almost as pain
ful as II would be We're we to learn
that MIR. ANTHONY COMsTOCK had sud-
denly become jocose and gross. 1t IL
TO brief hut exceedingly insldious
article that we take exception, entitled :
"Puritans and Greeks"
Naturally we prepared ourselves for
elevation and improvement. when. may
heaven forgive these wayward eyes
we read as Il marked contrast to our
virtuous Puritan fathers these awful
lines about the Greeks:
What a different thing was tho atti-
tude toward life Of the most gifted people
in history. The Greeks In their great
period had nothing OF what we call
sepse Of SIM"
How! What IL this? Tho most
gifted people In their great period
without knowledge Of uplift? Can 1t
ne that there was no BRANpEIs In
Sparta to expose the Invisible gov
ernmcnt"? No HAPGOOD at Athens to
pray for eugenics and purge the white
slavers? This heresy that a period
can be great without what we call
sense Of ain" is as shocking az the
recent information concerning the most
ancient school books In the world. The
Nippur tablets were found to contain
lessons In geography. grammar and
arithmetic, but not one word about
sex hygiene!
The world has been without light,
and now that the new beacon In Frank
LIN Square = already throwing out
The sun., 1913-11-15
The Post Office Department at Wash =

The Post Office Department at Wash
ington has ruled that certain lectures
on sex hygiene which have been de-
livered I'm high schools cannot he trans
ported by Uncle SAM because they vio-
late the law against sending obscene
matter through the mail. The question
then arises whether the rejected Of
Uncle SAMUEL IL suitable mental pabu-
lum for his young nephews and nieces
of both sexes. Either he Ia altogether
too prudish In deciding what kind Of
literature may he admitted to his mail
bags or NE Is altogether too lax in de-
terminlng what manner OF instruction
shall be given to the pupils in his
schools.
The sun., 1913-11-15

Tardly hut sternly the valves Of com
pa ssion in the Hon. jim HAM LEwIs's
mighty heart have shut against one OF
the beirayers of his confidence and in
vcrisimilitudinouS imitators ~ his lit
erary style. Mr.. Lrwis's secretary has
sworn out in Philadelphia warrant
for the arrest as n forger Of n dis
charged Stcnographer whom the Illinois
senator accuses of creating the letters
which for moment seemed To hang
Ike a veil between Peoria and st. Pc
terSburg. We don't know what reason
there is To assume that the guilty mar
diplomat Is trying tn screen his sin In
a capital Of peace or for the secreN,ry'S
blithe Il think We will get him the
uttercr of the alleged fraudulent Jim
hammeries soon
Until he Is got the tour OF the
postponed. For an envoy guaranteed
by Mr.. BRYAN must not only be but
seem pure from the first moment Of his
occurrence to the appointing power.
Resides, the commissioning Of even a
man Of Mr. PrNprLI's "cxccptionabe
abilities" as an Amba Ssador on the in
stalmeEt plan may give rise to muir
murtngs In the Senate
But the production. the examination.
even the confession Of the Jimhamminn
forger or centO maker will not he
enough. Justice. the Senate and good
literature will not be satisfied until
certain Of his the alleged forger'sl
confederates' and arcomplices are laid
by the heels. These are the persons Of
whom Senator LEWIS said in his state
ment made on November IL:
These shaped the letters and sought
to dispose of the same as being from
mo to Mr.. PINDELI.--the stenographer
having memory that letters OF some kind
on the subjects referred to had been die
tated ny me 10 Mr.. PINpEIL. However,
the language used and the phraseology
In the invented letters were so foreign to
anything ever used by me that for three
weeks throughout the country he had
been unsuccessful"
Moreover. the prison must ope its
ponderous Jaws to include that "enemy
OF Mr.. PINDEILs Tin Illinois. l am in
formed" by whose underwriting or
otherwise anti-Pindellic wiles the so
phsticatN letters were Impose Id
upon reputable newspapers" Lug the
traitor out. Bring on the Serpent that
sought to sting the paragon OF Peoria!
Here has been wllful forgery and back
biting committed Will MIR. LEWIS
compound the felony and lese-Pin-
dellsm?"
TO he sure. Mr.. LEWIS AYERS that the
phraseology of the sophisticated letters
is foreign to anything ever used by
me-" AZ airectlonate students of that
manner, as long baskprs In that pink
auroral radiance, We may he permitted
to say that they are not unworthy Of
him, that only in their greater continu.
ity and intelligibIlity Is the hand of
the inventor or decorator to be sus-
pected or detected.
Aside from questions of language
and phraseOlogy such rs will naturally
interest Senator LODGE as u member of
the National Academy--Or IL 1t Insti-
tute?-of Arts and Letters, those pro-
ductfons are memorable for their devil
fsh and picturesque pIausibility. De-
voting to darkness their maleficent max
ers, let us read once more ns admirers
of ingenuity this classical passage:
'TAers Will bs NO treaties 70 adjudicats
The sun., 1913-11-15
GLYNN To PISH THRTT INNS
wants Clear Field In December tor
Important Lcxislation,

ALBANY, Nov. 1.-THE Gnv''''' sri
the legislative leaders ul, ~
AGAINST III" Introduction of loca, 80
tion AT the l'"crmhrr session. w..
wants fi.e road for his rri',.t
measure. his proposed dIrr~t pr
nmlishlug the party stat" curN'.
his workmcn's compensation hU
There are som" who hold tht' '.' '.
th"s" bills VIII be passed hv ~ i.'t.
turc. \ majority Of the Demot'N' 80 '1"'
hrrs of each house and almost as rn'
the Republicans oppose pr ~, '"
which would do away with i'F
convention. There Is no irdul. !
aNr,rmcu' even Upor IA >,
direct pr,ma,, biu. IN, 90, made
this known to-day.
The sun., 1913-11-15

IL may cost moro TO he able to go
around the corner for a few apples when
you happen to crave them. hut YOU would
much rather pay the price than find your
farmer. anticipate your wants. and set up
u system of storage.--EreninO Post
Find your farmer cinc stopping
the farmers wife IN her limousine and
asking: How much are apples?" And
whoever heard of cold storage apples.
anyway?
The sun., 1913-11-15

To THK EDITOR or THE sun .Sir. agree
with much that your correspondent Fred Mrtca IL
says. but cannot agree with the way IN which
he says II.
For instance. In his letter published In THE SrN
OF November l3 there occurs one sentence con e
tanning 1875 words,
The mind is weared by trying 10 hold or"
un III the end OF such a sentence Is reached
Tell Fred Mctcalf 10 follow DE Quincy as
stylst and not Kant W II. B.
BALTIMORE. Md. November H.
The sun., 1913-11-15

Our corpulent contemporary the Rich
mond Times Despatch serves itself this
light hygienic luncheon:
Hot hominy, hot sausage, cracklin
bread. sweet potatoes and liver pudding"
With the addition of Chatham rab-
bit and a golden buck. this would almost
make n North Carolina breakfast.
The sun., 1913-11-15

There has been IN diplomacy too much
consideration for monsters hastily be-
decked In lace and tinse impudently pa
rading themselves as rulers Of men,
The World
Monsters in diplomacy bedecked in
lace and tinsel? Monsters parading
themselves? Isn't this a misprint for
yoders?
The sun., 1913-11-15

D.. Williams told YESTERDAY w he
f-.t aux. sur. tha. the P.,tjOwN 0it" rs
a real man and not half gorilla, aiI 3"
pr. Woodward was mistaken or'y -.
teeth We're found with the frlgu'.' .
;ha lower jaw. In the ease of the lI".l.'.
berg man. whose skull resembles 'N'' = ,
AZ p.l;dnwu. being only tr''e ,l~g'r. a .
the teeth We're intact. These teeth N'~.
distinctly human. The close 'f.ress ~
development OF the men WAS much ."e
same.
"Duuhtl. l.ss." pr Williams sad "'s.
Pltdown man was u being In IN" line o.
human descent. The man OF htlf NJ
ton years ago would have teeth reseWp'r.
the human teeth of to-day. as closely a.,
the gorilla teeth OF to-day wou.i r.
scnh'- tn. gorilla teeth of the rerno''
past. II is my belief. and think -
In a measure Corroboratei by s'!aui =
researches. that the marlike ape and ma
Mere or. gnaly on parent stem AID ~
in past uncon jec;urably distant the m
became branch OF that stem and 49,.
an'hropod another branch. The man 10
his development became constantly mo-,
nanlIke and the gorilla became NOR,
gorillalike The gorilla never encrse
from his ape condition. eventually Neoo0l
ing man. he continued TO he a mar'ik
ape"
pr Williams will address the Acad~m
of Medicine her. on his theory ard ".
illus'rate his remarks by exhibiting =
plaster restoration Of the Pi,dpwn sku..
and the real remains OF other me1 o.
England before there was any England
He hts In ALL fifteen skulls and casts ~
skulls, which shortly will he on -yh'h'-
ton al the academy.
The sun., 1913-11-15

Did you ever eat an egg without the
usual condiment OF pepper and salt p
Concordid HANSON.
Aristocrat, go' In these parts folks
are lucky II they can sprinkle salt and
pepper on the eidolon Of a simulacrum
OF mental picture Of sublimlnal
"Reminiscences Of the aura Of the shadow
Of The ghost Of the egg
The sun., 1913-11-15

london ONCE. Ef,ngham House. I Arundel
street. Strand.
Paris once. Rue de Ia Michodierc. of Rue du
Quatrc Septembrc.
Washington Once. Hlbbs building
Brooklyn Office, IOS Livingston street
The sun., 1913-11-15

To THE fpIToR or THE sun Str.
In Twenty-ninth street that rhyme for "oran &c
May be found on the sign OF Gates 4 Morange,
NEW YORK. November H. C. II
The sun., 1913-11-15

The bard of Bengal hoary.
Rabindranath TaGore,
by famous song and story
Wins Nobel prize with glory
Rabindranath Tagors
Has made "a splendid score
Above the lOftiest tor
His pegasus will soar.
He's worthy Of all fame,
So feel much tn blame
In owning 10 my shame
cant pronounce his name,
0Do0QD y. hoAs,
The sun., 1913-11-15
The Return Trip.

Three strands Of thread for anchorage.
A pin stuck here and there.
A loose tied knot. a festoon fraii,
A skirt not meant for wear.
with GranEulation at the heels
90 nimsy built appareln
Milady tries 10 catch n car.
And walks home In a barrell
h, =. HAAxIAs.
The sun., 1913-11-15

. our trends rho rdroy as rtsh r,anuscytpfs and
4ndrdiions for publication u1sh n hare rejected
f'1c'e' tenrncd nev must IN al cases send STAMPS
ar that purpose
The sun., 1913-11-15

Published daily. including Sunday, by the Sun
Printing and Publishing Assoca tion ai 10 Nassau
street. In the Borough OF Manhattan. New York
President ard Treasurer. william e. Reick. 40
Nassau street: Vicc-Presidcnt. Edward y. Mitchell.
10 Nassau street. Secretary. {. T.. Luxton. 10
Nassau street.
The sun., 1913-11-15

waverlng and unsteady rays we know
not which way to turn. All Is dark
II n sense Of sin be not a gift
The sun., 1913-11-15
Subscriptions by Mail. Postpaid.

PoeH &c to foreign coun tries added
All checks money orders. &c. 10 be made pay =
able to THE Sun
The sun., 1913-11-15

IL MIR. M.LLEN a socialist Hartford
Times
No. just a mellen IN oliac.
The sun., 1913-11-15
Explains Ills Theory.

was not too remote "A time to ass
ihn exlstance OF man in ElronC.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-28
Is FAST TURNING The
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There is nothing Of the Gypsy about
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-28
New Idea is Me-
mace to College
( Continued from page one5


Der Of the prison board first brought
up the charges against Dick which fin
ally resulted ip an investigation. The
only other member Of the board is
Coy. cruce, who heretofore has had
sole control over the appointment or
removal Of the prison warden.
The Redwine bill takes the control
Of the prison warden away from the
governor aud gives it to a majority Of
the board of prison control. 1t also
strikes at Warden Dick in another di-
rection by cutting his salary from
$4,000 to s2500 per annum.
For Special Session.
The farmers caucus Of the house
went on record Thursday as fayoring
a special session of the legislature
The caucus is composed ofabout thirty
house members, all Of whom are farm
ers, and their action in asking for a
special session was practically unan.
imous.
The caucus was called when It was
Indicated that the governor would like
to have an expression from that body
on how it stood toward the special ses-
sion proposition. It was represented
to the caucus by those assuming to
represent the governor that an exeeu-
tive call for an extraordinary session
Of the legislature will be made If the
congressional redistricting and capital
legislation now pending is disposed Of
by both houses.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-28
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