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THE SUNDAY OREGON IAN, POKTLAXD, AUGUST 10. 1919. MECKEL GERMAN EVOLUTlDNiST DEAD Leading Apostle of Material Philosophy 85 Years Old. LIFE DEVOTED TO SCIENCE tssential Unity of Organic and In organic Claimed 3500 Acw' Species Named. JKXA, Germany, Aug. 9. Professor Ernst Heinrich Haeckel. professor of zoology at the University of Jena and famous throughout the world for his research work supporting the theory of evolution, died here today. Haeckel was the leading: exponent of evolution upon the continent of Europe, a.n d he- carried his usarches far beyond those begun by either Darwin or "Wallace. Some Index to the influ ence which he had on the scientific world is furnished by the fact that' his literary output amounted to some 50 scientific works, including nearly 20,000 printed pages, and that the principal editions have been translated from the original German into 15 different lan guages. When a boy of only 12 years, descended from a family in which law had been the dominant predilection, Haeckel indicated his choice of science as his life work by making an exten sive collection and classification of flowers. He was born at Potsdam on February 16. 1834. "During his high fcchool years he prepared a botanical work for publication. But at his father's wish he undertook medicine, and after study under some of the most distinguished professors of the time at the University of Berlin and elsewhere he started to practice in Berlin. Continually tempted from his (Practice by the lure of scientfic re search, he finally found the path clear for him at the University of Jena, where a special chair of zoology and a museum was created for him. This chair he clung to with tenacious af tection from the early '60a until his retirement in 1909. Courage Shown In Field Work. He spent all his life at Jena with the exception of numerous times that he left to seek a zoological harvest abroad. As a knight-errant of science. Professor Haeckel wandered over prac tically all of Europe, Asia and Africa, and aside from his purely scientific work, wrote engaging books of his traVels. As one instance of the cour ageous way in w-hich he pursued his hunt for forms of life then unknown, he tells of his swimming at consider able depths in the sea to study marine life, and of receiving stings and bites from various aquatic enemies that laid him up for some time with wounds. A number of Professor Haeckel's books have been declared epoch-making, including one of his first works, "General Morphology," written when he was 32 years old and which he later enlarged upon in a work called "The Natural History of Creation." Dar win's theories on the origin of the species had been given to the world in 1859, almost coincident with the be ginning of Haeckel's scientific career, and these had such an influence over "him that he became the chief apostle of Darwinism in Germany. Darwin him self paid tribute to Haeckel's work by declaring, in his preface to the "De scent of Man." that Haeckel possesssed on many points fuller knowledge of the "doctrine of evolution than he. Disbeliever In 1'reatlon. Haeckel held that there was no crea tion other than casual, efficient, inev itable correlation. Psychology he re garded as merely a branch of physi ology, and held that every living cell had psychic properties, with the psychic life of multicellular organisms representing the sum total of the psychic function of the cells of which they are composed. Moreover, just as the highest animals had been evolved from the simplest forms of life, so the highest faculty of the human mind had been evolved from the soul of the brute beast. As a consequence of these views Haeckel was led to deny the Immor tality of the eoul. the freedom of the will and the existence of a personal God. His religion was "Monism," a term he invented to cover his belief in the essential unity of organic and in organic matter. Some of his views along this line he expounded in "The Riddle of the Universe." He found that the simpler organisms or microbes represented a primitive condition of life not only below the distinction of sex, but also below the distinction of animal and vegetable life. Professor Haeckel was the first to draw a genealogical tree exhibiting the relationship between the various or ders of animals with regard both to one another and their common origin. In a notable paper before the Interna tional Zoological congress, in 1898, he traced the human race back to simple structureless masses of protoplasm. 350O lew Species Named. Skillful with oils and water colors. Professor Haeckel produced a great number of original plates with which his works were illustrated In color In his studies of "radiolaria," his In itiative in nomenclature is seen where he described and gave names to more than 3500 new species. His two large volumes on "Calcareous Sponges," pub lished in 1S72, constituted one of his greatest scientific works. Among others that were of such importance as to find their way into foreign languages were his "Pedigree of Man," "Freedom in Science and Teaching," "Life in the Deep Seas," "The Origin and Develop ment of Tissues of Animals," the "Con fession of Kaith of a Man of Science." "The Wonders of Life," and "Dast Words on eJOvolution," the last named appearing as recently as 1906. immediate steps to limit and control wheat shipments and credits bo as to facilitate the purchase of wheat with a view to lowering the price of flour to sell surplus government stocks of food and clothing and to force withdrawal of foodstuffs from storage. War Department Ltata friers. Coincident with the president's ap pearance before congress, the war de partment announced the prices at which Its surplus food stocks would be sold. Price lists are to be sent to postmasters throughout the country, through which the consumers may place iheir orders beginning August 18. Under the department's price list, the ci.nsumer will be able to buy bacon for 25 cents a pound, baked beans for S cents a pound, flour at J6 per 100 pounds and other commodities at cor respondingly low prices. Domestic problems now facing the country may bo taken up directly with the people by President Wilson during his forthcoming trip in the Interest of the peace treaty. This was indicated today at the White House. -where It also was said that plans for the presi dent's tour were going forward. Municipalities of New York state were granted permission by the war department today to purchase surplus aimy food stocks immediately, await ing for distribution for the food through the parcels post allotment 6 stem. MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 9. Flour milled from the new 1919 wheat crop was quoted here today at $1.25 per barrel lower'than that of the old crop. In 98 pound cotton sacks flour sold at 1 11. 60 a barrel, with freight from Minneapolis to be added. TACOMA. Aug. 9. Following reports from his special investigations of the dairy business here. Prosecutor Wil liam D. Askren today declared he has evidence pointing to profiteering. Court proceedings against 15 dairies mat have raised prices In the past week from 12 to 15 cents a quart were promised by Mr. Askren. "My reports show that no producer is getting more than 30 cents a gallon for milk," he said, "and many receive but 25 cents. However, the dairy dis tributors sell it .for 60 cents a gallon. The recent rasie in milk was said to be based on higher prices paid by the con denserles. 1 find that the condenserics raised two cents a gallon and at once the distributors advanced their prices 10 cents a gallon." PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 9. Charges that shoe retailers are profiteers, as made in a report of the federal trade commission, were denied today in a statement r-y A. H. Oeuting, president of the National Shoe Retailers associa tion. The bulk of next fall's shoes will be sold at from $8 to $12 a pair instead of higher prices, he said. WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. Under an ar rangement with the war department, worked out today, the entire allotment of surplus army food stores for New York state probably will be taken up by the sixty or more municipalities of that state for distribution and there will be no parcel pot sales by other federal agencies In the state. NINE FLYERS TO TRY 1 -COAST-TO-COAST HOP Pathfinding Squads of Planes Will Start West Wednesday. PORTLAND ON ITINERARY Purpose Is Recruiting, Education and Military Information. Distance "4 18 Miles. MINEOLA. N. Y., Aug. 9. Nine bi planes, known as the "All America Pathfinders," will start on a flight from Hazelhurst field to San Francisco j next Wednesday under the auspices of j the war department and the air service, it-was announced today. The itinerary embraces stops at 171 cities in 15 states and covers 418S miles. The object of the flight Includes an educational campaign designed to ehow the people the actual workings of an aero squadron; recruiting for every branch of the military; information for the air service; advantage of establish ing radio stations along the route; test ing aerial radio phones and obtafnlng information on which to base recom mendations for the placing of steel hangars. Base stops are scheduled for the fol lowing cities along the itinerary: Phil adelphia, Harrlsburg. - Pittsburg, Co lumbus. Indianapolis. St. Louis, Ran toul. 111.; Chicago, Milwaukee, Minne apolis. St. Paul, Fargo Jamestown, N. D. ; Bismarck, Milee City. Great Falls and Helena, Mont.; Wallace. Idaho; Spokane, Seattle. Tacoma, Wash.; Port land, Salem. Eugene and Jacksonville. Or.; Redding. Sacramento and San Francisco, Cat The equadron will fly directly from here to Columbus, at which city it is expected on August 18. The biplanes are equipped with high powered aeronautical motors designed to facilitate pathfinding and research. A convoy, consisting of motor trucks, observation andtouring cars and mo torcycles, will follow the route taken by the air equadron and transport equipment. Communication between the airplanes and the cities at which stops are to be made will be established by means of radio telephones and wireless reporte of the flight will be sent to Washing ton. The unit, including the aviators. will consist Of 22 officers and 80 en listed men. PARLIAMENT TO SEE TEST Wireless Telephony and Telegraphy Will Be Tried Out Monday. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by arrangement.) LONDON, Aug. . (Special Cable.) To p'rove recent progress in wireless telephony and telegraphy, demonstra tions for the benefit of the members cf both houses of parliament will be held Monday at Westminster. A wireless telephone station is in stalled in one of the committee rooms and the members will be able to listen to gramophone tunes and speech trans mitted by wireless telephone from the royal air station about 20 miles from London. They will be able to select the tunes they wish to hear and to give instructions to the transmitting station by wireless telephony. Machines will fly within five or six miles of London at a high altitude so the members may converse wtih the aerial observers. , COUNTY EMPLOYES RAISED Workers at Spokane to Get $15 More, Effective at Once. SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 9 (Special.) All county employes except those re ceiving board at the county poor farm and Edge Cliff sanitariiim, will receive a $15-a-month increase in salary, be ginning August 1. On account of an emergency shown to exist because of the high cost of living, the increase was made effective this month. Heads of county depart ments stated at the meeting their depu. ties were paid legs than city employes for simLlar work and it was only fair to equalize the wages of county and city clerks. The rise does not effect the salaries for elective offices. WAR MADE ON HIGH PRiCES (Continued From First Pane.) YAKIMA TO EMPLOY 1000 Average Wage In Pear Warehouses to Be $30 a Week, i YAKIMA. Wash.. Aug. 9. (Special.) Yakima fruit men have estimated that 1000 persons will be employed in the warehouses along Yakima's produce row next week, when the pear harvest will be In full swing. The employes' earnings will total ap proximately $30,000. . It is estimated that the average wage paid in ths fruit warehouses this season will be $30 a week. GERMANS ARM BOLSHEVIKI Territories Awarded Poland Denud ed ,of Crops, Says Report. PARIS. .Aug- A dispatch to the Havas agency from Warsaw says; "In addition to exporting everything belonging to the government from the territories awarded Poland, contrary to the peace treaty terms, the Germans have made preparations to export into Germany this year's crops. Arms and munitions are being sent wholesale to bolshevik! Russia by the Germans. Toey also are sending in structions for the red army and move ments of troops have been effected with the object of strengthening the anti-Polish bolshevik frontier." Eagles to fraternize. Members of Portland aerie No. 4. Fraternal Order of Eagles, have been invited to meet with the Columbia aerie of Vancouver, Wash., on Thursday evening, and are planning , to take a large delegation on this fraternal call. The session In Vaucouver will be held at the Old Soldiers' hall. Spokane Calls Baltimore Professor. SPOKANE, Wash., "Aug. 9. Appoint ment of Dr. Thomas Moss of Baltimore to be professor of music at Whltworth collesre here was announced today. German Mark Hits Low -Point. BERLIN. Aug. 8. (By the Associated Press.) German marks, the value of which has been steadily falling recently in neutral countries surrounding Ger many, reached their lowest point In history in Switzerland yesterday, being quoted at 83 centimes instead of the peace price of 125 centimes. announcd that on Monday he would appoint a special subcommittee which would be empowered to frame tenta tive bills covering such recommenda tions of the president as might be ap proved. The senate committee's work on rail road legislation. Senator Cummins ated, has advanced to such a stage hat he had drafted a tentative bill out lining his views for the subcommittee's consideration and enactment. It was understood to embody suggestions from a score of plans submitted to the committee. Federal Mrrnu Opposed. Suggestion byvthe president for fed eral licensing of all corporations en gaged in interstate commerce and for extension of the food control law met with the greatest opposition in con gressional circles. Many of the op ponents of the league of nations In the senate criticised the stress laid by the president on early ratification of the peace treaty, some of them declaring there was no connection between rati fication and the cost of living. New steps by the executive depart ments of the government to reduce the cost of living were expected today to be started at once along lines laid dawn by the president who promised "NOW" Never before was that word more important to lovers of fine Prices have largely ad vanced in the Orient and most people are buying now before the increases are felt here Our expert will gladly care for your storing, re pairing and cleaning.' 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