VOL. LVI.-XO. 17,292.
rOItTLAXl), OREGON, 3IOXDAY, APRIL 24, 191G.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DEFEAT OF BRYAN
NOTED IN CONGRESS
SUFFRAGE UNION
APPEALS TO WEST
KAISER'S LEADERS
READY WITH REPLY
THOUSAND LOST IN
DISASTER IN CHINA
TROOPS STAY UNTIL
ORDER IS RESTORED
CZAR NARROWLY
MISSED BY BOMB
PORTLAND SIDES
WITH AVON'S BARD
N'AIinOW-MIXDEDNESS OF KAST
DECLARED APPALLING.
TROOP TRANSPORT IN COLLI
SION WITH CRUISER.
AUSTRIAN AIRMAN NEARLY SUC
CEEDS IN DEALING DEATH. .
Peerless Leader's Re
ception Is Chilly.
INFLUENCE IS DOWN TO ZERO
Administration Leaders Make
No Secret of Their Joy.
"GERMAN VOTE" WORRIES
Democratic Members of Congress
Awake Suddenly to Find There
Are Elements Hitherto Dis
regarded in Situation.
TTASmNGTON'. April 23. (Special.)
Administration leaders are openly
delighted over the defeat of William J.
Bryan in Nebraska. They see in it a
flat endorsement by the people of the
Wilson policies and a rejection of the
Bryan "peace at any price" doctrine.
While the defeat may not spell the
elimination of Bryan as a political fac
tor, it does fhow, they contend, a great
waning of his power and Mr. Wilson
now has a much freer hand in the dom
ination of the Democratic party and
the control of Congress.
Repudiation In Deeialve.
Mr. Bryan has been the only Demo
cratic leader to leave the Administra
tion and go before the people advocating-
a policy for this country in deal
ing with the foreign situations radi
cally different from that pursued by
the President.
At the first opportunity given the
voters to pass directly on the Bryan
plan, and that in his home state, where
he is supposed to be strongest, the vot
ers turned him down, even refusing to
Bend him as a delegate to the next
National convention where he could
wield his influence in helping to shape
the Democratic platform and to write
the planks outlining a foreign policy.
Difference la See a In Consrreaa.
The effect of this defeat is noticeable
already in Congress When Mr. Bryan
hastened here last week to urge his
friends to oppose the President in his
plan with respect to the German sub
marine controversy, his reception was
chilly and his visitors were few. Find
ing that his influence was gone and
that the President's control of Demo
crats in Congress was complete. Sir.
Uryan left to resume his lecture en
gagements and to make his preach
ments to the people.
The seeming indorsement by Nebras
ka of Henry ford as its choice for the
Republican I'residential candidate, and
the published announcement from the
automobile manufacturer that he is
willing to run for the office, also has
opened a new political situation for the
Administration leaders. It is not con
sidered possible that Ford can get the
Republican nomination at Chicago.
German-American Vote Concerns.
Since President Wilson delivered his
message to Congress last week on the
tierman situation, many members of
Congress have been taking a poll of
the German vote in their respective dis
tricts, with a view to getting a line on
the sentiment among them and the po
litical effect of the action taken by the
President.
Many of them have been surprised at
the poll. For instance. Representative
Rainey. who has a former constitu
ency in Illinois, learned for the first
time that he had a total of 6500 Demo-
rauc Gei man votes in his district. He
had never suspected this vote so strong
and had never felt it necessary in pre
vious campaigns to pay special atten
tion to it. As his normal majority in
his district is something over 9J00, the
loss of the German vote might defeat
him for election to Congress. Many
other Democratic Representatives have
ascertained that they have a somewhat
similar conditio In their own dis
trict. KITeet Not Ascertained.
None, including Mr. Rainey, has bad
time as jet to ascertain the voting ef
fect of the President's message and
position, although nearly all of them
have protects from organizations of
foreign-born citizens protesting against
the ultimatum to Germany, a break in
diplomatic relations and possible war.
It is realized that much, hard work
lies ahead of all Democratic candidates
to placate the Germans and to win their
votes in this I-ail's election.
CITY CLUB BUYS CATTLE
Taconia Ilolarians to Kelp Farmers
Iiiiproc Their Herds.
TACO.M.V. Wash.. April 23. (Special.)
As a stitrt to encourage the dairying
industry in Pierce County, the Rotary
Club of Tacoma has purchased twenty
pure-strain cows and has sold them to
farmers at actual cost. The stock,
which are of Jersey. Holstein and
Hereford breeds, were bought in What
foru County, where dairy farmers have
l ad a hard Winter, and because of the
high pri'-e of feed they have been forced
to sacrifice their cows.
The Rotarians will buy more cattle
when they find bargains and also as
sist farmers living in the Puyallup
Valley who are anxious to improve
1 he strain of their herds. While many
dairymen own blooded cows, much of
the Ktock is woefully lacking in the
breeding which produces milk pos
sessed of a high fiuantity of butter fat.
A rotiry committee has been work
ing on tne plan for months.
Machine Politics, Industrial Prob
lems Held liar to Obtaining
Ballot by State Votes.
LOS ANGELES, April 23. Visiting
members of the Congressional Union
for Woman Suffrage participated in a
mass meeting here today at which the
purposes of the tour of the suffragists
were explained.
Miss Helen Todd, member of the
Child Labor Commission of New York
was one of the principal speakers at
the meeting, which was held in the
auditorium of one of the high schools.
She said the members of the Congres
sional Union had come West "to seek
your aid, to ask you to help us within
our rights.
"You people, in California cannot
realize the ignorance, narrow-minded
ness, prejudice and indifference which
we women encounter in the East," she
added. "It is. and always will be, im
possible for the Eastern women to se
cure their referendum through a state
vote. Multiply your old machine poll-
tics a hundredfold and likewise your
industrial problems, opposition to
woman suffrage by the 'conservatives.'
and prejudice encountered, and you
will obtain a faint idea of what we
are facing back in the older states."
Other speakers were Rev. James
Whitcomb Brougher. pastor of Temple
Baptist Church; Miss Lucy Burns, who
is acting as commander-in-chief of the
suffrage special, and Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Bjateh.
AUTOS HIT, WOMEN HURT
Mrs. Sarah Wilder Sent to Hospital
to Recover From Bruises.
Mrs. Farah Wilder. 1895 Thorburn
avenue, was thrown from an automo
bile and cut severely about the head in
a collision with a car driven by Mrs.
C. L Wheeler, of Scappoose, at Nine
teenth and Jloyt streets, at 6 o'clock
last night.
Sire. Wilder was riding with her son,
headed south on Nineteenth street. The
other car was on Hoyt street, and it is
said that the steering gear stuck when
Mrs. Wheeler attempted to turn aside.
The collision threw the Wilder ma
chine against the curbing. Mrs. Wilder
was hurled from her seat. She struck
head first on the pavement. She was
dazed temporarily, and was taken to
the Good Samaritan Hospital in an
ambulance. She has a severe scalp
wound and Is suffering from nervous
shock. She is 5-1 years old.
Mrs. Wheeler, who is a young wom
an, also was badly shaken by the ac
cident, but not hurt seriously.
RIFLE MARKSMAN KILLED
Man Stumbles Against Another With
Cocked Rifle in Hand.
OAKLAND. Cal.. April 23. David Da
vidson, of San Francisco, was acci
dentally killed today on the rifle range
at Shellmound Park, when he stumbled
against E. C. Fleisher and caused the
latter's rifle to explode.
Both men were practising. Fleisher
had cocked his rifle and was prepar
ing to take aim when lie detected what
he thought was something about one
of the sights that needed adjustment.
He stepped out of the shooting booth
to get better light.
As he stepped out Davidson, on his
way it, bumped, into Fleisher. The jar
released the hair trigger of Fieisher's
rifle. .
FLOOD EXPELS GERMANS
N'ewly-Won Trenches Abandoned on
Account of High Waters.
BERLIN, via London, April 23. Ger
man forces were compelled to evacuate
newly-won trenches on the Lange-marck-Ypres
road on account oof high
floods, which made the consolidation
of the position impossible, according
to the official statement issued to
day. A hand grenade attack made by the
English south of St. Eloi was repulsed.
French trenches on the left bank of
the Meuse, southeast of Harcourt and
west of Dead Man's hill were cap
tured. TOTAL MAY BE 225,000
Oregon Registration Figures for
Primaries Being Compiled.
SALEM. Or.. April 23. (Special.)
Oregon's registration for the primaries
this year will total approximately 225.
000. or 5000 less than two years ago,
according to the estimates of the Sec
retary of State's office today.
Reports so far give a total registra
tion of 217.779. of whom 146,000 are
Republicans and 51,251 Democrats.
Progressives number H69; Prohibition
ists, 5134; Socialists 4900. and mis
cellaneous registrations, 6325. The reg
istration shows 67.04 per cent Repub
licans and 24.91 Democrats.
GENERAL'S DEATH MYSTERY
Demise of Von der Goltz Not Due
to Natural Causes.
ATHENS, via Rome. April 23. (Spe
cial.) It is reported hero ' that the
death of Field Marshal von der Goltz
was attended by mysterious circum
stances and was not due to natural
causes.
It Is learned that Von der Goltz ar
rived in Constantinople a week ago and
t the time was in excellent health.
He expected to go to Berlin to confer
with the Kaiser. He died on April J 8.
The news was withheld until an
nounced officially in Berlin last Friday.
Intimation Is Conces
sion Will Be Made.
LARGER PRESTIGE ASSERTED
Existence of Peace Party in
Country Undoubted.
WILSON DEFENSE PRINTED
Incident Regarded as Not Without
Significance; People, However,
Will Back Government If
Break Is Decided On.
BERLIN. April 23. via Copenhagen
to London, April 24. The Imperial
Chancellor. Dr. von Bethmann-Holl-weff.
returned to Berlin today, which
would seem to justify the assumption
that the Emperor's responsible leaders
at great headquarters have finished
consideration of the American note and
reached the decision concerning the
German reply.
What this reply will be is naturally
unknown to any but the highest offi
cials. tttrranrr Seema Significant.
The Chancellor's return, it is under
stood, was not expected until Saturday,
and a decision seems to have been
reached earlier than looked for. There
is no intimation as to when the reply
will be formulated, but there seems to
be much significance in the fact that
the Lokal Anzeiger, which is consist
ently well informed, says that "Ger
many's Btrength and prestige have so
increased in the last 20 months in the
eyes of th whole world that the Ger
man government has, indeed, only to
follow the commandments of wisdom."
The obvious deduction, according to
the view here, is that there is nothing
to prevent Germany from making cer
tain concessions if the leaders feel
that they can properly do so.
Whether they do feel that they can
go thus far i, of course, another ques
tion. Pence Party la Considerable.
There Is unquestionably a consid
erable peace party in Germany. This
includes powerful financial interests
represented by the Bourse organs and
the Frankfurter Zeitung and includ
ing also the Berlin Tageblatt and So
cialist organs. Certain high officials
also would consent to a breach or war
with the United States only most re
luctantly and under pressure of what
seemed to them an unavoidable neces
sity. It may be not without significance
that Maximilian Harden was permitted
to print a remarkable article in his
paper, Zukunft. defending President
Wilson's standpoint in plain words.
F"evr Went re llreach.
With the possible exception of a
handful of extremists, there appears to
be nobody in Germany desirous of a
breach or war with the United States.
(Concluded on Pave .1. Column
GET
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One Foreign Engineer, 2 0 Soldiers
and N-ine Sailors All That Are
Saved In Entire Company.
SHANGHAI, April 23. More than 1000
soldiers and men of the crew of the
steamer Hsln-Yu were lost when the
steamer sank after a collision with the
cruieer Hai-Yung Saturday night south
of the Chusan Islands.
The steamer, acting as a transport,
was taking troops to Foo-Chow. The
collision occurred in a thick fog and
only one foreign engineer. 20 soldiers
and nine sailors out of six foreigners
and more than 1000 soldiers and mem
bers of the crew were saved.
The Hsin-Yu was a vessel of 1629
tons. She was built in 1889 and was
owned by the China Merchants' Steam
Navigation Company, of Shanghai.
WILSON AHEAD IN MONTANA
Cummins Has Good Lead Over
Roosevelt on Republican Side.
HELENA, Mont., April 23. Prac
tically complete returns from all the
cities of Montana, with the entire vote
in four counties and comprehensive
returns from rural districts in 26 other
counties in Montana's first Presidential
preference primary election, show that
the vote given Woodrow Wilson con
tinues to exceed the combined vote of
his opponents.
The count tonight gave Wilson, who
was unopposed, 8558.
On the Republican side United States
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, had 4640
and Theodore Roosevelt 1664.
GREEK CRISIS IS PENDING
Venizelos, However, Not Necessarily
Slated to Return.
ROME, April 23. (Special.) News
received here from Greece indicates
that a ministerial crisis is imminent
there, owing to the impending resigna
tion of the Cabinet.
If the Cabinet resigns it does not.
however, follow, according to Athens
report, that ex-Premier Venizelos will
return to power, as an attempt will be
made to create a "transition Cabinet."
INCINERATOR BLOWN UP
Three IalaHy,, , . J-'otw . Pinfu"y,
Burned at Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES. April. 23. Three
workmen were probably fatally Injured
and four painfully burned in an explo
sion and fire which damaged the op
erating plant of the municipal refuse
incinerator here early tonight.
Another workman, is reported miss
ing. The cause of the explosion has
not been determined.
PREMIER GIVES MILLION
M. Skouloudis Supplies Greece With
Enough to Pay Soldiers.
ATHENS, via Paris, April 23. Pre
mier Skouloudis, who is wealthy, has
given 1. 000, 000 to the state.
This is approximately the sum due
the families of the mobilized troops
and unpaid on account of the empty
treasury.
ABOARD AND GO AFTER THE BIG
Carranza ' Ohow
.Tto Rule.
AREA WILL BE POLICED
Plan of Redisposing Rescue
Forces Approved.
PURSUIT AT STANDSTILL
Funston Free, However, to Secure
Position of Americans by Group
ing: Them in Posts That
Can Resist Attack.
WASHINGTON, April 23. Behind the
formal announcement today that Presi
dent Wilson had approved a plan for
redisposition or the American troops in
Mexico, there was a plain intimation
tonight that the Washington Govern
ment had determined to maintain a
military status quo beyond the border
until the Mexican de facto government
has demonstrated Its ability to capture
or crush Villa and his adherents and
prevent repetitions of the Columbus
raid..
Troops to Do Police Duty.
In the interim it is understood the
American troops will be so placed as
to safeguard the border towns by vir
tually policing the area south of the
line where General Carranza has been
unable to check bandit operations.
Secretary Baker announced the ap
proval of the re-disposition plan after
consulting with the President today
over a Joint report submitted by Major
General Funston and Major-General
Scott, chief of staff, in conference on
the border. The plan was proposed by
General Funston and concurred in by
General Scott.
Forces Are Newly Disposed.
The Secretary, announced the Admin
istration's decision as follows:
'"General F'ifnston'lias recommended
a re-disposition of the forces in Mex
ico for the purpose of recuperation and
pending opportunities for further co
operation with the forces of the de
facto government in Mexico. The rec
ommendation has been approved and
its execution left to his discretion."
Later the Secretary dictated the fol
lowing: "The statement I have made indi
cates nothing whatever on the subject
of when the American troops will be
withdrawn from Mexico. The whole
subject of withdrawal of the forces
is under arrangement and negotiations
by the State Department." "
Pursuit Is at Standstill.
He said positively that no regiments
had been ordered to the border and
that no such order was in contempla
tion. The Secretary made it clear also that
military officers of the Government
were "not considering the question of
withdrawal from Mexico, that matter
(Concluded on 1'are 3. Column 2.)
ONES.
X
Monarch Said to Have Lost Self
Possession Entirely and Two
Generals Bitterly Blamed.
BERLIN. April 23. (By Wireless to
Sayville, New York.) A narrow es
cape for Emperor Nicholas of Russia
from death or serious injury by bombs
dropped by an Austrian airman dur
ing a visit of the Emperor to a South
ern sector of the Russian line, is re
ported in Stockholm advices received
by the Overseas News Agency.
"The Emperor was reviewing the
troops iu company with General Brus
siloff (commander of the Russian
forces on the Southwestern front),
when an Austro-Hungarian flier ap
peared and dropped numerous bombs,
which landed among the troops, who
fled in wild disorder," according to
the news agency statement. v
"The Emperor," according to the re
port, "was hurt and had a narrow es
cape, the incident causing him to lose
his self-possession entirely. In conse
quence. General Brussiloff was bitter
ly reproached and General Ivanoff
was recalled to the southwestern front
headquarters."
THREE MILLS WILL START
Operators Hold to 10-Hour Day to
Prevent Overproduction.
CENTRALIA, Wash., April 23. (Spe
cial.) The lumber output of Southwest
Washington will be materially in
creased during the next two weeks by
the starting of operations of three new
sawmills. The Onalaska Lumber Com
pany's new plant, with a daily ca
pacity of 200,000 feet, will start tomor
row, and the new Veness mill, at Win
lock, which has a similar capacity, will
start May I. The new Stillwater mill,
at Yader, with a daily capacity of 120,
000 feet, will also etart May 1.
Practically all mills of this section
are operating on a 10-hour day. It
is believed that by this plan the pres
ent favorable mill conditionswill con
tinue at least until the end of the year.
MRS. 'HUNTINGTON IS DEAD
Divorced AVife of Railroad Stagnate
Succumbs to Long Illness.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 23. Mrs.
Mary A. Huntington, former wife of
Henry - E. Huntington, railroad ' mag
nate of Los Angeles, died at her home
here today after a long illness. She
was 64 years old.
Mrs. Huntington is survived by' her
son, Howard Huntington, and three
daughters. Miss Marion Huntington,
Mrs. John B. Metcalf. of Berkeley,
Cal., and Mrs. Gilbert B. Perkins, of
Tarrytown, N. Y. The Huntingtons
were divorced in 1907 and Mrs. Hunt
ington had made her home here ever
since.
RUSSIANS SUFFER SETBACK
Defeats at liillis and Kast of Mush
Are Recorded.
uu.xsTAiv J iAUi'Lii April li, via
London, April 23. The Russians have
met with a check in their operations
in Southern Armenia, according to the
official statement by the Turkish War
Office, issued today.
The Russians were defeated in a battle
south of Bitlis and driven back after
an engagement to the east of Mush
losing heavily in both clashes with the
Turks.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
degrees: minimum temperature. -4-'. 4.
TODAY'S Showers and cooler; winds mostly
southerly.
&ubmariue Crisis.
Germans dreply impressed by publication of
American note. Page 1.
German leaders have decided on reply to
Washington; nature kept secret, i'age 1.
War.
India staunchly loyal to Britain. Page 3.
Airman's bomb nearly kills Czar. Paso 1.
National.
Houston convert to forest service idea as to
land gran. Page
Troops will stay In Mexico until Carranza
gives proof he can control situation.
Page 1.
Iometic.
Wheat traders scared out by pending politi
cal and international affairs. I'age
Howard Elliott's second daughter to be
married. Payo 4.
Administration forces frankly pleased by
Bryan's eradication from politics by hie
on state. Page 1.
Colonel says he, four sone and perhaps two
sons-in-law aro ready to go to war,
Page 4.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland
Salt Lake 4; Oakland Vernon --7;
San Francisco 8-4, Los Angeles 1-3.
Page li).
Cards beat Reds. 2-1, in 12th. Page 10.
"Moose Johnson returns to Portland from
Hockey trip. I'age 10.
Inter-City League results: Gresham 11. Brad
fords S; MontaviDa 4, St. Helens 1!; Kirk
patricks t). Woodland 4; Beavers 8, Wood
burn 5. Page 11.
Races in majors begin to tighten up. Page 10.
Marine.
Olympic duo today for lumber cargo.
I'age 11.
Theater.
Fritzi Scheff wins all hearts. Page 14.
Strand audiences enjoy good laugh. Page 7.
Lyric burlesque "well v received. Page J.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portlanders rise to defense of Bard of Avon.
I'age 1.
Stung bunco man Informs on companions.
I'age 14.
F. C. Knapp advocates establishment of new
industries. Page 0,
St. Mary's Easter service thronged. Page 8.
Great congregation worships at St. Stephen's
Pro-Cathedral. Page 8,
Easter millinery display is gorgeous. Page S.
Clean-up plans well under way. Page 5.-
fiusines men's Yakima excursion leaves to
night. Page 9,
Knights Templar parade to Easter services
at While Tempic. Page o.
Proposed tax limit measure to oe taken up
tonight. Pago -L
Baconian Jurist Is Re
garded as Ghoul.
EMPHATIC VIEWS EXPRESSED
Censor Modifies F.V. Holman's
Defense of Shakespeare.
JUDGE M'GINN IN LINE, TOO
Dr. W. II. tialvanl Braves Public
Opinion by Declaring That Will
iam of Hallowed Memory Was
but Drunken Sot and Usurer.
BY DEAN COLLIN'S.
"Ghoul" la the epithet that should be
applied to Richard S. Tuthill. of the
Circuit Court of Chicago, the Baconian
jurist who has laid hands upon the
plumage of the Bard of Avon. Or bo
one must imply who takes testimony
in Portland, if ho interprets it in the
light of William Shakespeare's epitaph.
Portland people seem to be, for the
most part, believers that Shakespeare
did write the plays and poems attrib
uted to him, and they have scant pa
tience with the judge who starts ter
centennial exhumation proceedings in
the grave of the immortal Bard.
Despite the modest protest, voiced in
the epitaph, against the tardy post
mortem. Judge Tuthill, "sicked" on by
the Baconians, has gravely disinterred
the Bard of Avon and renders the deci
sion that, beneath the disguise of faded
swan's feathers, ho has found Bacon.
lltlsiness Interest Intimated.
A mad, mad decision this, the lovers
of Shakespeare here declare, and char
acteristic of a judge who dwells in a
city, tho heart and soul of whose in
dustrial and spiritual life is found upon
the business that produces bacon.
"It is arrant nonsense," declared F.
V. Holman yesterday, who besides be
ing an astute lawyer 13 also a profound
reader.
(The quotation is verbatim, with the
exception of the adjective, which was
substituted by the censor for a shorter
and more expressive one employed by
Mr. Holman.)
"Personally, I don't care whether the
work was that of Shakesieare or Ba
con. The genius is there, no matter
who wrote it. Both Bacon and Shake
speare are dead,' the honors one way or
another count for nothing with them.
The genius of the work is the only
thing that really matters.
Judge Is Criticised.
"I don't believe that Bacon wrote
Shakespeare's works however.
"So far as Judge Tuthill's decision
goes, it just holds him up to tho world
as a consummate ass. It is an ex
parte decision. Shakespeare was not
cited to defend himself. Tho judge
handed down his opinion on what ap
peared to him to be the facts, without
taking any actual testimony. As a ju
dicial decision it is absurd."
Cometh now Judge Henry E. McGinn,
who is probably one of the most thor
ough Shakespearean scholars in tho city,
and clinches ail tho nails with which
Mr. Holman has just tinished crucifying
the Daniel come to judgment in Chi
cago. "There never was any doubt in my
mind that Shakespeare was the writer
of those plays, and I think that there
can be no doubt in tho mind of anyone
who has taken the trouble to look into
the facts of the case," he says.
Delia Held to Blame.
"The Baconian claim, by which I
mean the statement that Francis Bacon
was the author of Shakespeare's plays,
dates from Delia Bacon, and if anyone
wants her history they can find it in
the third volume of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica, 11th edition, page 153.
"You will find there what Nathaniel
Hawthorne has to say about poor
Delia."
Making hasto to look up the refer
ence to Delia Bacon, one finds that she
was an Ohio schoolma'm of half a
century ago, who is principally famous
for her work on "The Philosophy of
Shakespeare's Plays Unveiled."
Delia went further than most of tho
superficial Baconians go in theso mod
ern days it seems, and divides the melon
of Shakespearean fame among three
men: Francis Bacon, who was one of
her, ancestors; Sir Walter Raleigh and
Edmund Spenser.
'Theory Oiven as Kxplaitaliun.
Her theory was that ihey used the
Shakespearean plays to inculcate a sys
tem of philosophy for which they could,
not themselves assume tho responsi
bility. What Nathaniel Hawthorne said
about poor Delia, whom he assisted in
her researches, by the way, and which
is referred to by Judge McGinn, was
that "her devotion to this one ida had
thrown her off her balance." While in
England pursuing her researches in the
Baconian theory she lost her mind en.
tircly.
Returning to Judge McGinn's opin
ion: "There never has been a doubt
in the rational mind, as to tho author
ship of the plays. John Heminge and
Henry Condell. publishers of the first
folio of Shakespeare in 3 673, by their
testimony alone put the question o;.1 1
side the field of controversy.
"Nobody else could have written tho
plays. John FUske in in the At
lantic Monthly contributed an article
vC-nciuUvd ur. 1-;, Colun.u 4.;