Evening star., 1923-03-25

tolian Greek refugees in the refugee camps on
the coast OF Asia Minor is hideouS-smalipox
dreadful toll.
The Patngonian chap-It is reported that
DR.. J. G. Wolf, time attached to the divi-
sion of anthropology of the Canadian geolog-
ica1 survey, and who for the past two years
has been exploring in Patagonia under the
auspices of the La Plata museum has dis
covered in the possession of a white settler
in Patagonia (who picked it up in the pampas
region of Santa Cruz, near the Atlantic coasD
what he declares to be human. skull. the
fossilization of which is of tertiary sandstone
The lower jaw is missing but otherwise. the
skull is almost perfect. including the teeth
sockets Of the upper jaw.
Now the line Of division between tertiary
and post-tertiary is often difficult TO determine
and it is especially difficult in the case Of the
10 decide whether the skull is to be assigned
TO a creature of the pliocene, the most recent
or of the
The most conservative estimate Of the geoiog-
lists places the commencement of the tertiary
at about four million years ago; SO that TO
flxs fiVed very clear notion OF the time ~hen ne
We have only one piece Of widely accepted
the tertiary deposits. Early in 1922 Prof
OF Natural Of Of SeS de
ns bed in a
unknown genus of the human family !hom-
lnldae), which genus Prof. osborn called heS-
peropthecus. Or SO interpret
no Dr. VOLTS patagoniap creature may have
genus of the human family (oniy four genera,
including hesperopitheeqs have been estab-
Der Of collateral family. of degree OF
evolution comparable to that of homo sapiens:
he may have been member of d hitherto
undiscovered species of genus homo; or this
throlopogy. and he may turn out dsappont-
ment. Let US hope for the best. II the ex-
out by investigation, and it is established that
his Patagonian was human tnot merely
period, then this chap takes precedence OF
ns not ns anS 2 e
of her chief claim to glory; next TO cyclones
Il deuce Of commotion among the anthropol-
ogists. The earliest human Patagonian;
now what do you know about that
MIsceIInneous--In my last weeks summary
I made the following statement: American
coke is arriving in France. 1t will, if report
is correct, soon be arriving there in sufficient
quantities to enable the French blast furnaces
which had shut down owing to cessation Of
shipments from the Ruhr to resume operation"
There seems reason to doubt the correctness
the information which the above state
ment based.
The Lithuanians are not hospitable 10 the
idea of allowing the POLES to use the port of
obstacle 70 such use though In acGepting rG' the
ton ther agreed to facilitate such use
The soil Of all that region of Europe. which
should be full Of comestibles' is full or COM
bustihlcS.
Ienin continues I" mend. but complete re-
coyery seems very doubtful. The right hand
and right leg partly paralyzed and speech
Is impaired. 1t seems that the repor, that la
Trotsky suffering from an incurable all
ment was without foundation.
In a decision in the federal court for the
southern district of Kentucky, Judge Walter
Evans. on March II. handed down the i'm
portant ruling that dry agents may not stop
and search automobiles for liquor without
snecific search warrant in each case.