THE CITIZEN, WEDNjESOAY, MAIICII 1G, 1011.
BACON RIDDLE IN
WYE RIVER BED?
Detroit Doctor Digs For Conclu
sive Shakespearean Proot.
FINDS CLEW IN FIRST FOLIO,
"Seek, Sir, For a True Angle at Chep
stow," Is the Anagram He Finds Op
posite Poet's Portrait Duke of Beau
fort Interested, and Early Discover
ies Are Encouraging.
General attention litis once more been
called to the ever green Bacon-Shalse-spearc
controversy by the news that
Dr. Orville Owen of Detroit has begun
extensive digging In the bed of the riv
er Wye, at Chepstow, England.
Dr. Owen is not digging for treas
ures. Besides himself and the Duke
of Beaufort, whom he lias succeeded
In interesting in his search, no one
knows exactly the nature of his mys
terious quest.
Seeks Bacon Proofs.
The doctor has declared, however,
that lie hones to discover nothing less
than indisputable proofs that Francis
ltacon Is the real author of the Shake
spearcan works.
It is asserted by some Uaconians
that Francis ISacou was the son of
Queen Elizabeth and rightful heir to
the throne and that he published
works which lie dared not publish un
der his own name, hiding them by the
means of cipher in his plays, which
were issued under the name of Shake
speare. It Is this cipher which Dr. Owen
journeyed from Detroit to England to
lind. lie has been laying his plans for
over a year and has now succeeded in
obtaining leave to make extensive ex
cavations in the mud of the Wye, the
property of the Duke of lleaufort.
Discoveries Enhance Interest.
The work can be accomplished only
at low tide, and the strenuous efforts
of a dozen diggers have already pro
duced results which the American doc
tor considers justify ills search. A
few logs of oaic and a piece of cement
have been raised from one of the
numerous holes dug in the river bed.
One clow was given him by a line in
the lirst folio edition (10:23) of Shake
speare opposite his portrait, "It was
for gentle Shakespeare cut," which
can be transformed into "Seek, sir,
for a true angle at Chepstow."
According to a Loudon correspond
out, Dr. Owen showed him the source
of Ids information, which enabled him
to loctic the precise spot of the hid
den inanusci Ipts. It is contained in
a long scroll thirty-live feet in length
and a yard wide, which at first glance
appears nothing more than an agglom
eration of printed letters and utterly
meaningless.
As Explorer Reads It.
If, however, the words lie picked
out in elliptical formation they form a
group of sentences, such as "I tilled
up tlie shallow water with mud and
beams," "I cut down all trees and
turned the course of tthe river" and
"Slake a triangle of 123 foot due north
and 33 paces," which become plainly
visible.
After a private conversation with
engineers Dr. Owen, Dr. Prescott and
a representative of the Duke of Ueau
fort decided to begin work on a much
larger scale. A largo cofferdam will
bo constructed, which will embrace
the entire area covered by "the true
angle."
MR. TAFT'S RED, RED TIE.
Even More Gorgeous Than Champ
Clark's It Starts a Fad.
The president may not be conscious
of it, but lie has made red neckties
popular, ltecently Sir. Taft blossomed
out in a crimson tie of the gayest line.
He exhibited a great deal of It across
his ample bosom, and no visitor to the
inner ofllce of the White House es
caped the fine Impression lie made.
Now they are all talking red neck
wear at the White House. The at
taches, the newspaper men and the
oillcial callers are preparing to fall in
line. The haberdashers felt the effect.
It was generally thought in oillcial
circles that Champ Clark, speaker to
be. had a monopoly on red ties, ne
had been famous for years for the
brilliancy of his collection, and he had
been jealous of his unique distinc
tion. Rut the MIssourlan has been
outdone.
CONCRETE HOUSES NOT NEW.
Expedition Finds Some Made of Pour
ed Cement 2,000 Years Ago.
A series of cities hits been uucovered
by Uio Ilnnnrd exploration expedition
in Guatemala showing the remarkably
advanced state of the vanished Maya
civilization. Terraced pyramids were
houses of worship, and some of these
indlcato Hint they were "poured" con
crete, antedating Edison's plan some
twenty centuries.
Several cities had been discovered
previously, and the HarvnrC men
found four more, with new facts as
to the grado of civilization reached by
the extinct race of men.
England's First Skyscraper,
"Englaud'ii first skyscraper'' is the
name that lias been applied to an In
tmrancc company's building that is be
ing erected at Liverpool that is to Ik:
Bfiil feet high.
Head of University of Minnesota
Mad Chicago University Training
K. GEORGE EDGAH VINCENT, the new president of the University
of Minnesota, has had nearly twenty years' experience in the Univer
sity of Chicago, where lie began as a fellow of sociology In 1802 nnd
rose by successive steps until lie was dean of the faculties of arts.
literature and science when called to the head of the institution at Minne
npolU President Vincent was born Mnrch 21 18G4. He is the son of Bishop
Vincent, for many years a commanding figure in the Methodist Episcopal
church. The son was graduated at Yale in 18SB nnd for two years did news
paper work, after which he spent a year in foreign travel. Then he became
editor of the Chautauqua Press, his father having been the founder of the
Chautauqua Institution. During most of the time he lias been with the Chi
cago university Dr. Vincent has been connected witli the Chautauqua insti
tution, a part of the time as principal of instruction and in recent years as
president. Dr. Vincent has a wide field in his new position, as the University
of Minnesota is the richest of state universities. The legislature In the early
days set aside large tracts of land for the school, nnd this land has been found
to be rich in iron ore. Within fifty years the university will have n fund of
$250,000,000. 4
KRUPP'S GREAT' FACTORY.
The Largest Single Industrial Plant In
the World. ;
A recent census of the great Krupp I
works of Germany proves conclusively I
that it is the lnrgest single industrial 1
plant in the world, employing 08,720,
workers. The number includes offi
cials, clerks, skilled workmen nnd la
borers. These workers, with their
families, would make a fairly respect
able city even in these times of large
cities. On the basis of three persons
to each worker the total would be
more than 200,000, not to count the
grocers, butchers, dry goods and cloth
ing merchants nnd other business men
who would be supported by the Krupp
tollers nnd their families in addition.
The total number directly dependent
upon the Krupp works Is in the neigh
borhood of a quarter of a million per
sonsa city as largo as St. rnul.
Of the workers, 37,701 are employed
In the steel foundry nnd gun testing
grounds. Coal and coke amounting to
2,401,400 tons were consumed in the j
year from July 1, 1900, to July 1, 1010.
The steam engines number 500, de
veloping 80,430 horsepower. In addi
tion to having its own plant for the
production of electricity, the firm pos
sesses its own gas producing plant,
which turned out 18,487,300 cubic me
ters (nearly 00.000,000 cubic feet) of
gas. One of the important features of
the works is the railway system, con
sisting of eighty-seven miles of track,
fifty-three locomotives and 2,300 cars
or "wagons." Chicago Tribune.
Lannuaae Question In Belgium.
rTn lotiminnn rmnatlnn In TtnlrHlim '
uuibi.ut.b .1...J..v... ... --n-
has been settled in favor of French so
fnr as Brussels Is concerned. The
Belgian parliament decided some time
ago that the choice between instruc
tion in French or in Flemish in the
public schools of tho capital should be
left to the pupils' parents. A canvass
of three of the largest schools resulted
in an overwhelming vote for the
French language. Of tho parents of
pupils in the first school 201 out of a
total of 204 selected French, in tho sec
ond 339 out of 340 made the same
choice, while in tho case of tho third
school, situated in an overwhelmingly
Flemish quarter, 450 parents out of
470 decided for tho same language, the
total being therefore: French, 1,074;
Flemish. 18. London Globe.
Men's Clothes.
Since 1825 the clothing of men has
grown simpler and simpler, and if the
course of, evolutlou has taken away
from the plcturesqueness of the crowd
it bus added to the dignity of the man
Men's Wear.
Unreasonable.
"I say, old man. you've never re
turned that umbrella I lent you last
week."
"Hang it all. old man, be reasonable.
It's been raining ever since." Loudon
J
WILL HONOR CARL
SCHURZ.
University of Wisconsin to Celebrate
New Professorship.
The establishment of the memorial
professorship at the University of Wis
consin In honor of Carl Scliurz will bo
celebrated soon. The Carl Schurz1
Memorial association is now engaged
in raising the money necessary to be
turned over to the regents of the uni
versity so that an Income of an en
dowment fund of $30,000 will be avail
able for the professorship.
The exercises will Include addresses
by the two German exchange profes-i
sors now in this country, Ernest Dae
neel, the German historian, this year
Kaiser Wllhelm professor at Columbia,1
nnd Dr. Max Frledlunder, German pro
fessor of the history of music at Har
vard this year.
The Income from the ?30,000 will be
sufficient to provide for securing a pro
fessor from German universities once
in two years to lecture for one se
mester at the University of Wiscon
sin. The association also plans to in
crease this fund as soon as possible
to S(0,000 so that a Gennnn professor
may be secured for one semester ev
ery year. Besides lecturing in the uni
versity the Carl Schurz memorial ex
change professor will deliver lectures
before German American and similar
organizations of Wisconsin.
SUBSTITUTE FOR RADIUM.
Berlin Professor Finds It In Byprod
uct of Gas Mantles.
With much satisfaction the Berlin
press nnnounces the end of the
'radium famine" from which Ger
man research, with its comparative
modest pecuniary resources, lias had
to suffer. Professor Otto Ilnhn of the
Berlin university has succeeded in ob
taining an effective substitute for the
costly substance, nnd in a few months'
time tho Academy of Science there
will bo In possession of no less than
250 milligrams of it, which it will
lend to Investigators.
The new radio-active matter is n by
product of the manufacture of thorium
gas mantles and lias been named by
its discoverer "mesothorlum." In com
bination with bromlum it is a white
salt with the same radlo-nctlve prop
erties as tho corresponding salt of
radium, though tho latter costs threo
times us much.
It is stated that Germany alone can
produce ten grnms of mesothorlum
salt In a year, or as much ns Hie pres
ent entire world's supply of radium
unit.
A Royal Proxy.
Prince Arthur of Counaught used of
ten to tnke tho place of King Edwnrd
on ceremonial occasions, and now ho
carries tho proxy of King George even
moro frequently. "They ought to print
n lino on my vlslUng card, 'monnrchs
understudied on shortest notice,' " onco
mi crested thft nrtnen.
Woman's World
Wiea of Persian and Brazil-
lllan Ministers Interesting Women.
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"1.9 ' ,i;T
0 1911, by American Press Association.
MM It. Alil EUAN AND MME. U. DIS LIMA
n BtLVA.
Mine. All Khan, wife of the Persian
charge d'affaires in Washington, is a
picturesque woman aud, though a Bos
tonese. has adopted the customs of her
husband's couutry even In raiment
Her robes are the ceremonial flowing
garments of Iran and are symbolic of
her rank. She recently has received
the highest decoration the shah be
stows on an alien. With that bit of
gold aud the broad sash on which It is
fitted was sent u complete wardrobe
even to the gold embroidered slippers
which are esteemed as necessary to
this ceremonial costume as the slippers
and gloves of a Roman Catholic or
Greek archbishop. Mme. All Khan
has learned Persian since her marriage
ten years ago and frequently gives lec
tures in the undent tongue of the fire
worshipers.
The wife of Senor It. de Lima e Sllva,
the Brazilian minister, has been n
popular figure In Washington for
some time, her husband having been
the counselor and charge d'affaires
before he was elevated to his present
position. Naturally she is a good deal
of a diplomat herself, and her tact and
graclousness have done much to aid
her husband's advancement
Concerning Women.
Leather portieres are among the
beautiful things which' Sirs. John Hay
has added to her historic homo In
Lafayette square, in Washington.
These curtains resemble those in many
cathedrals In Europe, but they are Il
luminated and give an air of privacy
to the homo. They hang between the
second drnwing room aud the sitting
room where Secretary Hay received
his intimates.
Sirs. Flora Ames of London, wife
of a former attache of the British
embassy at Washington, is in America
on a visit and will deliver several lec
tures on the subject of divorce. She
says America is too lax and England
too severe In Its divorce laws. She
suggests as remedies a public registra
tion of names at least three weeks be
fore marriage, communication with
parents If either party seems too
young, that a man should bavo suf
ficient means to supbort a wife prop
erly and a more strict desertion law.
The wife of the French 'ambassador,
M. Jusserand, is one of t'te 'most af
fable and successful hostesses In the
diplomatic corps in Washington. Her
maiden name was Ellso Itichards. nnd
she is the daughter of a Boston banker
She believes, she says, in wearing
harmonies rather than contrasts, aud
her toilets match in hue from the tip
of her toquo to her boots. This win
ter she wore n costume in golden
brown which was one of the richest
seen in Washington. It wns a walkiug
ciress of velvet, trimmed with a lighter
shade of silk embroidery. Her hat was
oi! the same material as the gown,
with a bird of paradise on the right
s'de. Her furs of sable were the iden
tii al shade as tho velvet, and her boots
of suede bad velvet uppers.
Thinks Our Spirits Go to Mars.
Lillian Whiting, one of tho foremost
women writers and thinkers In Boston,
believes that after death wo go to an
otl er planet, where wo enjoy life ai
most the same as on this earth eating,
walking and seeing. She says the spirit
leaves the body and travels through
ether, but there Is something material
after all. "Great thluUers," she argues,
"have pointed out that the physical
body is merely the outer covering of
the spiritual body. If that be true our
forn. will be the same in heaven. We
will have ears, eyes, bands and feet
nil that the body has now. Why should
we not walk and talk and work and
pursue our aims there as we do here?
1 think we shall eat The spiritual
body will need food Just as the physl
cal body needs it, although, of course.
It will bo of n different kind." She
thinks that perhaps the spirit goes to
Mars r to some other planet after
leaving here. For that reason she is
eager to communicate with that planet.
1 'J ' -JF,
SKELETON OF MAN 170,000
YEARS OLD IS DISCOVERED
Most Ancient on Record, English Sci
entist Declares.
The skeleton of n man recently found
In the Thames bed at Galley Hill, near
Northfleet, is declared by Professor
Arthur Keith of London to be 170,000
years old.
Delivering a lecture before the Hoy-
al college surgeons on the antiquity of
man, Keith said he arrived at his es
timate of ngc by the work done by the
Thames since tho time when the level
of the river wns 1)0 to 100 feet hlghei
than today. Measured at the lowest
estimate the Thames bed had been
lowered and raised at least 170 feet
since the upper terrace of gravel was
laid down in the postglacial times.
"Seeing how little the level and as
pect of the valley has been altered
since tho Human period and that there
Is no reason to presume the changes
n the level or climate occurred at a
faster rate In past times Hum in the
present, one mny safely allow," said
Professor Keith, "100 years for every
foot which yie river has worn away
or laid doyi-ii. On this basis of com
putation the antiquity of the Galley
Hill remains may be estimated at 170.
000 years."
Consideration of parts of tills skele
ton shows how old the modern type
of man Is. The Galley Hill man, al
though differing In several features. Is
essentially modern in type and is the
only representative known of the thou
sands of generations of Englishmen
which span the vast period of human
life In that country from the glacial to
tho neolithic times.
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