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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
THE MURDER OF
VIM. SHAKESPEARE
Or. owen Expects TO Not Only Prove
the Crime But Recover the
Head of the Man.

81
In the whole of the incredible AMI
amazing story of the search that DR..
Orville Owen is making in the mud
OF the River Wye there Is thing so
amazing and incredible as the inyen-
tory of the contents of those boxes
which Dr. Owen declares Bacon
buried two and half centuries ago.
There are sixty-nine boxes in all
supposed to be hidden in the cache.
The contents OF the boxes which
Dr.. Owen declares stand revealed i'll
the CIPHER are;
The original manuscripts in Bs-
cons handwriting of all the Shakes,
peare plays
The original manuscripts of the
works of Marlowe Greene and Peele,
whose names DR.. Ovens cypher de-
clares mask the writings of Bacon.
The manuscripts of Spencer's
Faerie Queene, another of Bacon s
works
The manuscripts of Bacon's works
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
II. Graduates.

Over 100 children will graduate
from the Des Moines schools this
rear Last year the number was 651.
Just think OF il. roo young people are
turned ont, gin Z sensel into the
world from one Iowa city alone Are
they fit What has been done for
their education and advancement
that xii enable them to successfully
compete IL the markets OF the world
Waterloo Reporter.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The above
contains some pertinent questions.
properly answered only if the people
are disposed 70 make the education
% me roung folks OF the most prac-
teal sort
Many hundreds OF young people
VII graduate from Iowa schools this
yea-an acreage year. Most of these
ycung people are going directly into
business Or home life or both 4
Small percentage is going TO attend
college. HoE well is the large per
csn-sge fitted for the everyday bur
6ens q life7 THIS question is called
70 mind By an editorial in The cur
rent issue Of the Ladies Home Jour
nal which quotes a letter written b.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
haym salomen.

Chicago Tribune: Il came here to-
night" said President Taft. mot TO
make speech but 10 second the mo-
ton that a memorial be raised to the
Jew who stood by Robert Morris and
financed the American revolution
Three men took a conspicuous part
in financing the revolution, and each
OF them could say with truth that re
publics are ungrateful, They were the
Frenchman. Beaumarchais: and the
American. Robert Morris; and Haym
Sslomon-the latter by religion a
Jew, The names OF Beauniarchais and
Morris are familiar. while that Of
Solomon is not. but in the times
that tried mems souls the wealth he
had acquired as merchant and bank
er was put al the service of the con.
tinental congress. That was in addr
ton to the services he rendered IL
negotiating the war subsidies obtain
ed in France and Holland
When Haym Solomon died in 17SS
he had not been repaid all he adj
vaneed the government His heirs
have repeatedly periuoned congress,
but have been rebuffed. If it will not
pay q Just debt OF the nation it might
ST least vote monument.
The services Of the Jew banker and
merchant were such as 10 make hin
worthy of a memorial The memorial
would serve another purpose It
would bring home TO many who are
not aware OF II that there were Jews
in this country az the time of the rev
oIution and that they. like men Of
other religions. took an active part
in the struggle for independence.
Some we're in the army. and others,
Ike Harm Solomon. furnished the
sinews of war for the continentals.
Occasionally anti-Semitic sentiment,
malignant or silly. manifests itself in
This country One antidote for 1t
you'd be an official ognition-such
as memorial to Haym Solomon
would b-of what the Jew did %
make this country free. He earned
thereby the right 10 make it the asy-
lun Of oppressed co-religionists OF
other lands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
TIE SILENCE cuaE

Dr.. H-ioo se-z5lz. an Itzliza
nearoLogisr O distinction, zho Las
been studying lie American peo2le
for several yeaEs. ays ths- 1-lsss ~.
adopt : poitcy q ne1tzI rsro.ze.
quiet silence. ~ are zooned 10 ~
come z race o. Iznztics Tie Peoria
Herald TRANSCRIPT co1c=des thzt taere
may be good deal o. uarh II t1e
Italian doctor s-ztsnez-, b1t = s=s
10 reason % believe thz- lis szgg@
ton vii - ADOPTED WHILE ms Ger-
man thinks mae1 md s4gs little z-1
the Eugiisdnsn neither ra1nks 1oT
talks much, thu American azs IL
faculty Of thinking tre-eEdo
amount-and talking c-eueneozz
amount more TIE H--T sc-1-s III.
this may indeed lead u Z r-z 70
national lunacy: bur any e-o-- %
i repress our actiTitY q tozzes ~o-s1
result in mental e1plosioz zeversl
generations sooner We ned -eaoge
nut we need our ssfety vzITe 1so-e
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
A Shrewd Dutchman.

Howard A. Burrell in Washington
Press: Petres Cor Peter Chosen ar
rived here from Rotterdam, May 3.
the guest of Mr.. S. Brewer After a
years enforced. conscripted service in
Queen Wilhelmina's army. he desert
ed He is twenty-five years old. RE
had been q sailor. and that made 1t
easy for him to slip onto ship; the
police would suspect nothing, as they
knew he had been a seaman. Only
his mother and grandmother knew he
meant to slope. Under the idiotic
army regulations. he must serve till
he was thirty-five years old. Think of
it, from twenty-one to thirty-five not
his own boss. And what would you
think he got9 Four cents week.
Measure the altitude of that Alpine
fact How could he spend all that
money? Peter is a son of Brewers
cousin, who has been here some time,
working on a farm.
Think of the idiocy of military
establishment. Holland is tuppeny
kingdom. vest pocket queendom, and
must have an army. So must Belgium
alongside. In Antwerp l was told the
garrison numbered $4,000 men. Crazy
about soldiers and guns and cannon.
Taxes, to support that folly7 should
say so Must shell out enormous taxes
to pay even four cents week OF all
the absurdities in this enlightened
age. war and war-footing are tho cap
sheaf of idiocy
Peter went to work. Monday, to
learn American farming and language,
and his wage Is SIS a month and
found. Beats four cents week bit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
MUSIC TAUGHT
BY PHONOGRAPHS
Innovation in Public Schools Will be
Tried to Cultivate Tastes OF
Children.
[special to The Gate Sits.

Special to The Gate City.]
HOUSTON, Texas, May 23.-An in.
noyation in the installation OF phone.
graphs in the public schools of Hous.
ton is being tried to cultivate the
tastes of the children for the higher
classics instead of gutter ragtime
melodies as well as for the training
of the young minds in grasping prin-
ciples Of harmony, tune and time.
The monographs were installed BIZ
Miss Winifred Subway, director of
music. and SO popular have the ma
chimes become that pupils seek to re.
main after school and hear again some
OF the old masters or classic pro
auctions in the great opera houses OF
today No ragtime records are al
lowed nor the late songs of vaude.
vile. Only the best is produced for
the training of the young mind and
the results are apparent. Recently a
visitor at the Dew school was aston
ished when little girl just In her
teens stepped to the piano and played
the Soldiers Chorus" from Gounod's
Faust" as the march for the pupils
to march from the building by. Casey
JONES' Steamboat Bill" or II Love
Ny Wife But Oh You Kid might
have been just as. effective in pro.
ducing the march time but they are
strictly tabooed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

@rLL TAKE THIS WORLD FOR
NINE"
THE open cars are out again,
The parks are filling up.
And all mankind are drinking
From an overflowing cup.
The air is tempered just to suit,
The color scheme is fine
Others may sight for heavenly worlds
I'll take this world for mine.
The birds are singing merrily,
The songs they sang of yore,
When you and l were romping boys
In Gods great out-of-door.
The dear old earth. the green old
earth.
She's mighty hard to beat
You get a thorn with every rose
But oh, that rose is sweet.
j. H Rockwell in Springfield
HIll) Register.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
RAT KILLING IN NOLAN

Gibson county, Ind, clans 70 -
the first county in the L-nlted stztes
70 observe a rat-kiIAng dr. TIE
annual slaughter of rats IN Gs5son
county Is TO take place on June : ar
y Is hoped 10 make some new reco-1
IN rat killing. Last year one u ~
SAVING teams put 200 rodents on ia
mortality list and THEREBY set hzn
marx Tor the rest OF the COUNT. r.
IS no mean distinction that attaebe=
70 -, 1ioson county on this account
- Inc determination of such a NUMBER
~ Ia's IN a single locality means The
aemoVai OF heavy tax from corn
tbs ps wheat bins and smokehouses
lne rat is destructive animal a,d
IN recent years it has developed tb nat
he Is disease carrier. The loss .I a.
farms as result of his ravagas ~ :.
tremendous in the aggregsta -. :
cities and rural communities an ahe
| might probably engage in an am. al,k'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
which he published under his own

which he published under his own
name
Diaries containing the history Of
the court of France to which Bacon
was attached.
The original death warrant Of
Mary, queen of Scots.
Important masonic documents, the
full nature of which cannot be pub.
lished.
The great seal which Bacon had
made for himself as king OF England.
bearing the words, "Franciscus Del
Gratia Angliae, Fran lac, Hiberniae
Rex. Fidel Defensor.'
The proof that Bacon was all that
he claimed to be. namely, the right
| full heir to the throne.
The proof of the marriage between
Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Lei
cester. which the title pages of many
books of the period hint at in en-
blems.
The head OF William Shakespeare.
! The veil had been lifted from the
great secrets that are held in that
agreement between the duke and Dr..
Owen-but the most shuddering thing
behind it is the head of William
| Shakespeare.
| Dr. Owen stands firmly against the
! storm of ridicule and contempt which
such story as he tells is bound 10
! bring down on him. 1t is no new
theory with him, though it is new to
England, that Shakespeare was kill
ed by Bacon
! The actual murder is believed to be
found in Macbeth, where the frag-
ment of the murder of Banquo forms
the kernel of this particular story hid
den in the plays.
This is DR.. Owens story of how Ba-
con killed Shakespeare:
William Shakespeare, who could
neither read nor write. was one of
| the figureheads whom Bacon used to
hide his true work. 1t happened that
Bacon wrote letter to his publish
ers about the plays which were then
being published in quarto form. He
gave this letter to Shakespeare to
take to the publishers, but Shake
speare instead took the letter to a
| friend who read it to him.
/ with this letter in his possession
Shakespeare began systematic
blackmail of Bacon. Time passed, and
Bacon was made peer and launched
OF the way to prosperity, and all the
time Shakespeare was importuning
| him.
! In 1915, according to DR.. Owen,
Shakespeares' demands became SO
great that Bacon and his friend Ben
Jonson went to Straford-on-Avon
There was, gather. meeting
/ that was stormy. You must imagine
the scene if you can They probably
met in some quiet lane unobserve
and cloaked Shakespeare stood to his
i ground and threatened to send the
damaging letter to King James. the
puritanical king. You must imagine
the taunts and threats
''If the king knew that Bacon had
1 written plays at that period he woulI
4 have stood about as much chance OF
/ promotion as an icicle in the fur
mace or tallow-legged dog CHASING
/ an asbestos cat through Hades.
/ The quarrel broke. Shakespeare
drew his dagger and struck at Bacon
1t caught in his cloak and Bacon
whipping out his sword from its scab
bard. ran it through Shakespeare
heart.
Ben Jonson and Bacon removed th5
head of Shakespeare and carried il
away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM.

CnlcaSo patriots are planning s Ms
{ tioIral contest, With prize OF $500
eo0 hung UP for the winner. Each
school child in the country is 10 he
asked 10 give a cent toward this prize
When it has been awarded congress
is to be asked 10 make the winning
song official instead of The Star
Spangled Banner" II is urged that
the latter is stolen air and one that
the multitude cannot possibly sing be
cause of its great range. II is pro
posed 10 buy perfectly good and
serviceable national song that doesnNt
go above E or below middle G. But
will money buy such a songs The
Columbus tO.} Citizen says as 10 this:
We dare aver that il will not. We
dare say that all the treasure of the
Rand and the Yukon will not avail 10
buy us truly national song before
the time is ripe for it We believe
that when the time is ripe the singer
will appear and the blazing song will
be sung-and that the s.ager won I
charge us 100000 for it
The Chicago Record-Herald admits
that we have no song worthy of being
classed, as regards words or music,
with the old world national songs
This fact must be admitted by even
the most boastful OF Fourth or July
patriots. The same paper comedies
that the chances of getting anything
worth while through prize competi-
tion arc NOT brilliant.
Great national songs are born OF
great events, as rule. Yet the IN
expected may happen. and if some
genius should be inspired by this offer
to the creation of musical reflection
of the best spirit of the nation he will
become the pcssessor OF more land
than many great poets and musicians
ever owned. and along with the iot he
may get the $4,000 which the public
school pupils are 10 be allowed 10
raise"
We all know that Isle wrote the
"Marseillaise" as tribute TO lay on
liberty's altar, that the Greek athletes
and singers stroye for glory and not
for gain. that money. pure and simple,
has never yet given the world any
thing really worth vhile-nothing like
the Marseillaise" or the lyrics Of
Sappho or the Winged Victory OF
Samothrace-ye there are folks who
think we're surely going TO get the
real national anthem now-hecause
the prize is s5oo.o0 The Louisville
Herald does not share this expecta-
ton. hut the New York Sun Is more
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

Massachusetts proposes to put the
screws on promoters who use false
advertisements regarding the values
Of stocks or enterprises. Heretofore
the only crime laid against this class
has been that Of obtaining money
under false pretenses but it has beer
very difficult to convict them on thi:
charge. Now that state has just beer
given law by it's legislature to make
the publishing of false statement o.
advertising penal offense. This vii
deprive this class of most valuable
way OF reaching the public, and it i
hoped the measure will prove effect
I've There should be similar legisla
ton In Iowa and every other state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

One afternoon down at the store
Jed Hall and Dock Bates took the
floor,
And when We gave each one the reins,
He argued which man had more
brains
The one who had beard to comb,
Or he who had shiny dome.
And while those two men argufied
We laughed until We nearly died
Jed Hall declared an intellect
Like his commanded much respect.
Said he: Now, Dock Bates wears a
beard
That's full of germs and should be
sheared
No man with any sense would wear
4 wagon load of crimson hair.
Dock merely keeps his beard in place
So he won't need to wash his face.
Then old Dock Bates got up and call
ed
Jed Hall name. Said he: you bald
Potato. you might have some hair
On that bald dome of yours, up there,
If any hair restorer could
Grow hair upon a block of wood
Dock bought razor then. and Jed \
Bought tonic to rub on his head.
Pasadena News.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

anti-rat crusade, II Is no essssers-
ton to say that millions OF dollars
worth OF products in the United
States are damaged and DESTROYED
by rats in the course OF $ wears dspre-
dations, The farmer who boards =
colony of rats ST his barn or stable
is paying dearly 10 maintain an un,
miugated nuisance and menace 10
life and health as well,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

a third year high school girl to her
grandmother. The letter was a fear
ful and won6erfa mess OF spelling.
She had failed to master the begin
ming of practical education. Nor is
she an exception, She is the repre-
sentative of great class of students,
who are not educated to the extent
where they are able to successfully
compete in markets of the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

June IL to II, the International VIZ
man Suffrage alliance is TO hold its
congress in Stockholm with many
American delegates and the presi-
dent. an American woman from New
York City Since 1894 1T has held con
ventions in Copenhagen, Amsterdam
and London, with delegates from ev-
cry affiliated society The transaction
of business is combined with public
meetings for propaganda.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

The regular monthly classified
statement of the gross earnings Of
United States roads shows that ths
total, which includes returns from al.
most two-thirds of the country's mile
age, aggregates only s167 ,04O.334, as
compared with s174,55O,S94 for the
corresponding period year ago, o,
decrease of as per cent OF tn,
nine classes into which the statemen
is divided, only two show any in,
provement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
To the Electors of the City:
l. go d &C e taat certaln quene

La the fact that quenes being made through the
newspapers propositions be voted this City and
We have desire than frankly discuss all objections that
Affecting the welfare Of the City, hereby
having mind objection that he considers
y2 seriously sound and conclusion the
merits sid measures No. IS North Fifth
Street On an Moday Wednesday Friday night O'Clock will
BE- gid 70 discuss and explain fully all of said the end that
my Ill a toau for the Chs best Before endorsing these
neasges carefully the Cy best and endorse
them only regard them the step yet proposed
looktog TIE uo5,addng Of the Greater Keokuk
KEOKUK INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

It Is said that 10 per cent OF the
American people are without churca
affiliation. Whether the churches or
the people are to blame for this state
of affairs IS a good subject for the
country debating societies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

It developes that nobody really ex-
pected or wanted to see Standard OIL
annihilated-except a few ultra-in-
surgents who will be satisfied with
nothing short of the wreck OF matter
and the crash of worlds
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

Do You Have the Right Kind Of Help?
Foley Kidney Pills furnish you the
right kind OF help to ne tralize and
remove the poisons that cause back
ache, headache, nervousness. and
other kidney and bladder ailments.
Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

In the view OF the Kewsnee Star
Courier, hall the battle OF business
consists in setting customers &c
come and try You osst, and most OF
the other half consists in so treating
them when they do come that ther
viii feel inclined TO come hack sgain>
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

Oklahoma boasts girl of twelve
who can spell best There are any
number of youngsters in Iowa of
only half that age who can spell the
same word without difficulty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

It has been suggested as possible
that Diaz proposes to turn Mexico
over to Madero just to get even with
him. There is no question that the
latter's troubles are just beginning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

Automobiles are now being adve--
tised at $3.50 apiece But it is as true
of automobiles as of other things that
you get no more than you par for.
And sometimes not as much.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
Bonds.

A bond is certificate of obligation
to pay money secured by mortgage or
otherwise. A bond issued by cor
poration Cor by municipality or gov
ernmenD is an Understanding debt
certificate.
AZ srl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

An expert has been aptly defined
as a man who knows all about it UP
to the time another expert is put on
the case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

The Cedar Rapids city council hes
passed a curfew ordinance 10 keep
all Youngsters under sixteen years Of
age off the streets after . o'clock at
night during the summer and after =
o'clock in the winter, Those who dis.
obey the rule are subject to fine ot
S. for esch offense,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

The Cedar Rapids Republican con
tends that as long as the people OF
American cities spend so much mon.
ey on amusements. they can not be
called hard up nor can they lay claim
TO inability 70 support worthy institu.
tions or inability to lend financial en-
couragement TO city boosting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

The country breathes free once
more. The Illinois legislature has ad
dourned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

Now that Walter Brookins has been
divorced. he will probably fly higher
than ever.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

Many people wonder why a man
should want to take a nap when there
is a baseball game in his vicinity
Sioux City Tribune
More people wonder HOW man
can take nap under such conditions
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
Silence is an argument to which
the other fellow can find no answer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
The Debate.

60. wad some power the giftie gle
US TO see oursers as ithers see u.s.
Robert Burns.)
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
and covers every section q the coaa,

THE California climate may bring
more roses than iowa's, says the
Cherokee Times, shut we will wager
that they DO not produce more
grateful fragrance than the Mid plum
blossoms with which every Iowa
breeze IS frsishtei,N
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30

as saleslady at the Orred & Ander-
son store last Saturday.
Sam Anderson was busy the past
week building a coal shed for the
bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Feise who have
spent the greater part of the sum
mer at Green Lake, returned to their
home at Minneapolis the latter part
Of last week.
News reached here recently that
Mr.. and Mrs. Casper johnson of But
terfield have become the happy par
ents Of a baby girl. Mrs. johnson
was formerly Miss Anna Kloster.
Miss Della Horne left last week
for Kalispell, Mont, where she has
been engaged to teach school the
coming year.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Kloster anc
daughter Ruby, were guests of Mrs
Lena Hanson at the McCrimmo1
home last Sunday.
Clarence Ranseen who has beer
spending some time at the Edenwoot
farm left for his home at St. James
Monday.
N. Negaard came over from Kerk.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-30

| " g7 ( = = .
Mr.. David Stanley Of Minneapolis
arrived here Sunday morning for an
over Sunday visit with his folks, Ole
Soderholm's.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Abramson were
the nicely entertained guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Olof Railson in Lake An
drew Saturday. .l
Mesdames Aug. Norman and r. N.
Anderson made a short afternoon
visit with Mesdames Ridden and
Johnson Monday.
Mr.. Peter johnson of Milaca was
the guest of his relatives j. 0. Hag-
mans Sunday.
Mr.. Dave E. Rodman went up to
Minot, N. D., on Friday to register
for a claim on Fort Berthold Indian
Reservation.
Rev. Nath. Franklin could not con-
duct services last Sunday owing to
illness. 3D.. ~.
Mr.. liver Reigstad and sister were
Wilmar visitors Thursday.
Mrs. Emma Walton from Eveleth,
Mimi, is visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Olson Of Pennock.