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OWEN IS KIGKE OUTJlfflCE (Continued From Flrat Par.) Loomis" (which statement Incidentally Is untrue). Mr- Bowen again says: "Mr. Loo mis collected the Mercado claim from the Venezuelan government, got his share of it for a small sum and never reported the case to the repartment of State." And again ho says: "He dealt with Bu chanan, whom Loomis subsequently got appointed Minister to Panama" (which Is again an untruth. Mr. Loomis had noth ing whatever to do with the appointment of either Mr. Buchanan or Mr. Russell). In Mr. Bowen's statement dated East Orange, Mass., M?ay 10. he says: "I have never preferred charges against Mr. Loomis. Three lines farther down he says that to Ms mind it has been proved conclusively that Mr. Loomis is "a dis honest official," and a few lines farther down savs that he had not "nreferred charges" against Mr. Loomis. and that none were neeaea. th documents them telves were charges, evidence and proofs." The documents, Mr. Bowen explains, were submitted to Mr. Hay in the spring of 1304, and that a year had passed with out further action by Mr. Hay (which, by Implication at least, looks as if Mr. Bowen were accusing Mr. Hay also of misconduct). In this fame communication of May 10. Mr. Bowen goes on to say. "that I was justified in fo doing (that I?, in securing the publication of the attack on Mr. Loomis). I have but to show how Mr. Loomis abrogated the agreement that President Roosevelt and Mr. Hay had authorized me to make with the Vene zuelan government; how he thus ruined our whole case; and how he seemed likely to bring still further disgrace on our Government-" Mr. Bowen then goes on to state that after he received the cable, January 10. from Mr. Hay. one telegram of which he approved, "a protocol arrived by cable from Mr. Loomis," and that this protocol, as he calls It, and of which he complains, he answered by a telerram to Mr. Hay. He adds: "I was. of course, even more astounded than the Venezuelan government was that Mr. Loomis should thus destroy my work and. in fact, override the decision of President Roosevelt and Mr. Hay and derogate from our prestige as a strong and straight Nation." And he ends his letter by the following statement: "If the newspaper .repre sentatives were influenced by me. I wan Justified in trying to Influence them, be cause Mr. Loomis was dishonest while Minister to Caracas and as Assistant Sec retary of State was guilty of abrogating the agreements President Roosevelt and Mr. Hay had authorized me to make with the Venezuelan government: and bo cause he deceived and seemed likely to continue to deceive the government and people of the United ISates." Disproves Attack on Loomis. It is disingenuous for Mr. Bowen re peatedly to use such language and at the same time to insist ho has made "no charges" against Mr. Loomis. Moreover, it Is quite impossible that Mr. Bowen can believe that the telegram signed by Mr. Loomis s acting Secretary of State, which he calls a protocol, really proves that Mr. Loomis was guilty of abrogating the agreements" President Roosevelt and Mr. Hay had authorized him to make with the Venezuelan gov ernment. Mr. Bowen's statment is shown to be absolutely untrue by the statement of the solicitor of the Department of State. Mr. Penfleld. But his 'own state ment bears within Itself its own refuta tion on this point. He shows in this state ment that he answered this cable of Mr. Loomis by a cable to Mr. Hay, who would thus have had his attention speci fically called to the Loomis "protocol," ?ven if ho had not known of it before and even if he had been so neglectful of his duty as not to Inquire what cables had been sent in the matter with which he was dealing. As a matter of fact, the Loomis cable In question was sent by direction of Mr. Hay. with the as sistance of Mr. Penfleld, and was signed by Mr. Loomis simply because on the day that It was sent It happened that Mr. Hay-was confined to his house and rould not get down to the Stato De partment. It is on its face an absurdity to suppose Mr. Hay, -who returned to his duties In the State Department within a day or two and who has repeatedly gone over the wholr-Venezuelan matter, cabling to Mr. Bowen about it and re ceiving cables from him in return, could have been Ignorant of the fact that such a cable had been sent by Mr. Loomis during his (Mr. Hay's) absence. Mr. Bowen's allegation on this point is in reality a charge against Mr. Hay rather than against Mr. Loomis. Gave Charges for Publication. Mr. Bowen furnished his charges against Mr. Loomis, and some of the documents In reference thereto, to representatives of a New York newspaper. The names of the representatives of the newspaper to whom he furnished this Information were John Grant Dater and Nicholas Biddle. Mr. Dater testifies as follows: "Secretary Taft: That you subsequently saw Mr. Bowen. and that. In the course of the conversation. Mr. Bowen, possibly without your Invitation, confirmed the statement that you had heretofore heard rumors with respect to Mr. Loomis and his relation to the Asphalt Company. "Mr. Dater Yes. sir. and other matters. "Secretary Taft That Mr. Bowen was very full of the subject. "Mr. Dater Absolutely. "Secretary Taft And talked about It with a great deal of earnestness. "Mr. Dater He certainly did. "Secretary Taft And he expressed th hope that some day his side of the story would be printed? "Mr. IMter Yes, sir. "Sec.-etary Taft Mr. Bowen showed you no letters? "Mr. Dater No, sir; he showed me no letters. "Secretary Taft Did he show you a copy or the letter which he sent to me? "Mr. Dater He did not. I did not know that h had communicated with you. 1 understand it was with Secretary Hay. "Secretary Taft Or any of the docu ments upon which he bases bis proof Of Mr. Loomis guilt? "Mr. Dater I do not think I could an swer that directly. I would rather not answer." The testimony of Mr. Biddle Is as fol lows: "Secretary Taft In one . of those ar ticles you wrote appeared a statement concerning a letter written by Mr. Loomis asserting en Interest in the Mercado claim, which was published in the Herald. "Mr. Biddl. Yes: sir. "Secretary Taft Did you get that from Mr. Bowen? "Mr. BIddlf I did. "Secretary Taft You requested It from him. or did he hand it to you in tho course of a casual conversation? "Mr. Biddle I spoke to Mr. Bowen about the clKirges in a general way and h told me he would give such Information as he had and set me right on the en tire thing, and he would show me certain letters that he had forwarded to th State Department. "Secretary Taft And did they include the Mercado letter the letter of Mayers to Loomis? "Mr. Biddle Yes. sir. "Secretary Taft I suppose you saw the same letters that Bowen gave me one was the Mercado claim: second the Mayers letter and the third has slipped my mind. There was a letter to Mr. Hay written by Bowen. "Mr. Biddle I saw that at different times. "Secretary Taft Just run your eve over these letters. (Letter of Mr. Bowen to Secretary Taft dated April 2, 1S05. inclos ing copies of papers which hod been in Mr. Hay's hands, as follows: Telegram to Mr. Hay from Mr. Bowen dated February 30. 1903; telegram to Mr. Bowen from Mr. Hay dated February 2. 1903: telegram to Mr. Hay from Mr. Bowen. lated February 23. 1905; letter to Mr. Hay from Mr. Bowen. dated Feb rim rv ja. 1905: letter to Mr. W". w. Russell from F B. Loomis. dated August 25. 1900; letter in Mr. Loomis from Mr. Mayors dated July 19. 1900.) "Mr. Biddle I have seen all of these iSd it seem to me there were some ad- ! ilfipnal letters. "Secretary Taft Did Mr. Bowen know you were a correspondent? "Mr. Biddle Yes. sir. L first met Mr. Bowen at the time of the blockade in Venezuela and I obtained Information rom him at that time. He knew who I was. or course, and I went to him as the Herald man. I told him what I had heard, and he was frank about giving me further information. "Secretary Taft Did he express a desire sne way or tho other, to have the truth mown? "Mr. Biddle He told me a great many Mmcs that lie thought he was in a very unfortunate position: "being the United Elates Minister, he could not so forward i Iand be quoted when anything occurred, so as to set himself right He thought the instructions that he was receiving from the Department were very unior tunate and that he was getting the blami for the entire thing. "Secretary Taft And therefore he would like to have his own side stated some time? "Mr. Biddle He told me a great many times that he could not be quoted, but would like it If bis side could be stated. I think that he was most anxious to have certain facts come out." Mr. Bowen himeelf admits that he showed these letters and made . state ments to the representatives of the news papers in question. I have already quoted his remark in this statement of May 20: "If the newspaper representatives were influenced by me. I was justified In trying to Influence them, because Mr. Loomis was dishonest while Minister at Caracas." In the same statement he says that Mr. Loomis' friends asserted "that I insti gated the publication of the scandal with which his name is associated. That charge may be true. Whether it is or not, the newspaper correspondents who were in Caracas alone know. As the scandal was generally known throughout the whole community, I talked with them about It. I certainly never attempted to keep them silent. On the contrary. J urged them to tell the truth, the wholc'truth and noth ing but the truth." Objected to Being Quoted. In his letter to me of June S, he iys: "I had several private interviews with Mr. Dater and Mr. Biddle In regard to Information they were sending to tho Herald. In order to make my side of the case perfectly clear. 1 explained to them confidentially how Mr. Looml' record in Caracas and the Influence to which he must consequently bend balked me In my work. I felt that I could safely trust them. In all governmental and dip lomatic circles. It is customary to trust and use the press. In no other way can information be placed before the public that the public should possess, what I wanted our people to know wa not the Loomis scandal alone, but the whole situation in Venezuela. I diet not bellee for a moment that either Mr. Dater of Mr. Biddle would quote .me, or attempt to reproduce from memory any papers I showed them, and I sup posed, of course, that they would present the whole case to our people, and not merely the Loomis scandal. In fact, they assured me that the Interviews would be regarded by them as entirely con fidential. . . If my name Is associated with the scandal. It Is only because there was a breach of faith somewhere." A tain In his letter of June 14 he cays: Talked with the Herald men because they Jd they would not betray ray confident. They did betrar me. and one of them even L tried to produce from memory tho Mercado T'clalm. which I ehowed to him confidentially." In short, it appears from Mr. Bowen's own statement, as well as from the statement of Messrs. Dater and Biddle. and tho letter from Mr. Wright, that Mr. Bowen. while Mlnleter at Caracas, Instigated and requested and ac tually eecured the publication of attacks on the Assistant Secretary of Stato and fur niched to the press copies of document be lieved to reflect upon the Assistant Secretary of Stato for Investigation. Mr. Bowen's ex cuse for this conduct. o far as It can be made out, eems to be that he expected the newspaper men to keep his connection with the charges f-cret. In other words, he ap parently regards his case as improved that he secured this attack upon his official chief In a furtive and underhand manner, and that he did not intend that his connection with the attack should be divulged. Of course, such conduct Is inexcusable and, shows Mr. Bowen's entire unfitness to remain in the diplomatic service without regard to whether the charges he has made against Mr. Loomis are true or false. Even If Mr. Loomis had been guilt)'. Mr. Bowen's conduct would be unpardonable. Inasmuch as Secretary Taft's careful Investigation of the charge shows them to be falee. his attitude appears In an even worse light. But it must be kept In mind that his unfitness for the eervlce Is clearly established by his own conduct, with out any reference to the question of Mr. Loomis action. The Department of State had explicitly forbidden just such conduct la a general circular issued over three years ago. He Instigated Stealing. It appears from the testimony that Caracas Is seething with scandal and that all kinds of accusations are rife, not merely against Mr. Loomis and Mr. Bowen, but against practi cally every other diplomatic representative now residing or who has recently resided there. There is no excuse whatever for re peating the injurious and malicious gossip cir culated about these various men. Mr. Bowen hlmuelf, however, has not only furnished and brought forward a great deal of 'such gossip about Mr. Loomis, but has evidently been one of the main sources from which It orig inated. He tried to tamper with the cable operator through our Consul at Guayra, Mr. Goldschmldt, in order to secure what he hoped would be Incriminating telegrams against Mr. Loomis. Mr. Goldsehmldt's reply was: "It would be dishonorable to do what you ask of me." Mr. Goldsshmldt, In his letter of May 3, 1005, eao: "Mr. Bowen never lost an opportunity to belittle Mr. Loomis' character, ability, eta. when he spoke to me of him, and seemed to bear an extraordinary animus against his pre decessor." Mr. Bowen asked one of the men he him eelf produced as a witness, Senor Pastor, to enter into the employ of a certain company for the purpose of obtaining tin plain words of stealing) documents which he hoped might incriminate Mr. Loomis. He has evidently for many months. Indeed, for the two last years, devoted himself to hunting up every piece of scandal or gossip of which he heard affecting Mr. Loomis, until It has seemingly become a monomania with him and has caused him to show complete disloyalty to the service to which he belongs, and therefore to the country which he has represented. It was his duty to make known to his su perior officers any facts reflecting on the honey of Mr. Loomis or any other officials, but It was a breach of his duty to make locwe and reckless charges, and especially to give these charges public currency after their sub mission tor Investigation by the department. Mr. Bowen's conduct is especially repre hensible because of the damage it has un doubtedly done to the interest of this coun try. We bold a peculiar position toward our sister republics lying south of us In all our dealings with these republics we should endeavor not merely t act Courteously, just ly and generously, but to make It evident that we are thus acting. Any corrupt deal ing, any misconduct by one of our represen tatives to these countries calls for the stern est punishment; and save only corrupt drai ning, the worst and most flagrant misconduct of which one of thejo representatives can be guilty is to give currency to. or secure the publication of, scandalous attacks upon the service of which he Is a member or upon one of his superiors, a responsible head of that service; for such attacks are certain to be circulated to the discredit of our govern ment and our people, not oaly In the newspa pers of our own country, but la the news papers of the various Latin -American repub lics. No matter how baseless they are, no matter hew complete the refutation of the charge?, they do a damage that cannot be wholly repaired. Dismissal Is Ordered. Mr. Bowen has been a Jong time in ihe Consular and diplomatic service. During much of that time he has done good werk. and un til recently I had hoped to promote him: If I could condone hts misconduct In this case. I would gladly do x, but his usofulnesa In the diplomatic service is at aa end. I 4o not desire to punish hlro; save for the risk to the service which would be involved In his retention, would be willing to let hts conduct go unpunished save by a severe ad monition, but I feel that It Is Impossible to retain him without exposing the Interests of the Government to a risk st great that It can not Justifiably be Incurred. Accordingly. I would direct that his resignation be request ed were It not for the statements made on his behalf In your presence and mine today that he would consider a resignation an adralrslen t misconduct: accordingly I direct that be be dismissed from the service. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. AT TlfE HOTELS. Hi Portland V 1 c n T- -l J. E. Enqulst, Medford. Or.; R. D. Chapin! Connor. TV T ri-n-ll n....-- t v Yalnes. New To'rk; G. C. 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BeUlsgham; W. P. Ken nedy. Detroit; Emma. Curtis. Xell! Stew art. Susie Faith. Marahelltswn; T. W. 'Win ders. Vancouver-. S. H Martinson. Olyeipla; Dr. Lou la Birth and wife. Grand Rapids; Fred S. C-awford Cleveland: Fred Shield. San Francisco. S. D. Xelsen, Chicago; Oscar Rosenberger. Detroit: H. S. TV e Her. Omaha; C. "S. Stone. Seattle: W. Cv Chapman. Ta coma; W. A He be. Minneapolis; W T Soloman. Xew York; W. It HareU. Seattle: J- E. Dixon. "Ellessbarr-; J. IL McMillan. Buffalo: W. M. Oyler. Tacoma; J. Ward Hnse and wife: H. R. Burg. H. H. Xell. Alracoo. Mont.: B. D. Maban. Alameda Mrs. B- D. Mahaa. Alameda; C D. Plank. Denver; J. M. Manning. Rmo. Xer. . Xaeesa Hotel. Tacoma. j American plan. Rates. 8 and up. Ketel Deawellr. Taeosaa, First-class rettuirast In connectlas. 1, .jy toned SML TOLEDO IS TIED UP Steamer's Run to Gray's Har bor Is Abandoned. TOO SLOW FOR SCHEDULE Believed That a Better Equlppc Vessel .Would Find Plenty of Business Around Towns of Aberdeen and Hoqulnm. The steamer Toledo has been laid off the Gray's Harbor run indefinitely. Lack of business Is the reason given. The Toledo was scheduled to leave down last night at 6 o'clock, and freight was bfelng received up to 5 o'clock, when Man ager A. Fay decided to lay oft the vessel. What was left of the crew had already quit the steamer or been discharged. Captain Lelghton will also leave. Includ ing the captain, there were 12 men on board. The two tlremen left the steamer as soon as possible after she arrived at her wharf Monday night. She was IS hours coming up from Astoria and the firemen wanted a faster boat. The To ledo Is owned by Fay Bros., of Eureka. It Is tho general opinion among ship ping men that a steamer able to run within sight of her schedule could be profitably operated between Portland and the three Gray's Harbor points at which the Toledo has been calling. Westport. Hoqulam and Aberdeen. The Toledo is so slow that she has not run on the bi weekly schedule announced, and has suf fered a number of mishaps In the six weeks she has been running- out of this port. Once she strayed from the channel and brought up against a slough bank, and at another time she collided with the tug Samson. The Toledo's tonnage is but 73 tons, yet she Is able to carry a fair amount of freight and passengers. AliD TjATJXCHES ARE KEPT OFF But Independents Jjand Passcagcrs to Oaks Oatside the Grounds. "So launches at all can land at the Oaks tonight. was the order circulated among the launch men yesterday after- soon. Tnls order from the Oregon water Power tc Railway Company brought a "An event that is attTactingwidespread attention. great store is illustrat ing its vast resources and displaying the rarest and most beautiful pianos in the world. Chickering pianos, the Weber, the Kimball, the Steck, Hazelton, Lester, Hobart M. Cable, Crown, Storj' & Clark, Schumann, an exhibit worthy the attention of the artist and the musician. The object of this exposition is twofold: To demonstrate the ability of this store to meet the demands of the most exacting and to make prices which silence competition. Everyone contemplating the purchase of a piano, either now or at some future time, should visit our store. This "Fair Exhibit" of ours is exceptionally com plete. It embraces all our leading makes, "in specially selected art styles, pro vided expressly for Fair purchasers. Also, an exceptionally varied line of Grand Pianos, including the Chickering Concert Grand, Infant Grand and the famous Quarter Grand of this same make. Other Grands are the famous Steck, Hazelton and Lester. Especially interesting is the display of "Weber Grands, and Uprights, includ ing the latest "Weber creation the Style AA a very dainty, shapelv, beautiful- Grand. Other "Weber Pianos which will y to music-lovers who cannot play the ordinary Piano, are those to music-lovers who cannot play the ordinary Piano, are those having Metrostyle Pianola mechanism built into them, enabling anyone to play them. Metrostyle Pianolas, Aerioles and Orchestrelles of. every de scription are also a distinguishing feature of this display. Prices range irom i?ioo xo jlouu. STORE: 351 Washington, Cor. Park (8th) Street VISITORS' truce In the launch war, at any rate, and last night there were no clubbed heads. The- ruling was compiled with by the Favorite boathouse, which had been given the exclusive right to land at the float. No Favorite launches took passengers to the Oaks, but the Independents who "butted In" Sunday and Monday found a landing on the bank ten feet outside the boundary of the company's property and took up a number of loads, the passen gers entering the grounds through a gate a short distance away. It Is the intention of the launch men to work up the traffic to the river en trance of the Exposition, to make amends for the up-river trade they have lost since the launch war began. It Is also probable that a landing will be built Just outside the company's grounds. TAKES LUMBER TO 3IAXILA Schooner Cllse Departs at Last With Full Cargo. The schooner J. W. Cllse left down at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, bound for Manila with a load of Government lumber, shipped at the Portland and InmanrPoulsen mills, and amounting to 923,574 feet As originally Intended by the Quar termaster's office, the schooner was to take only 728.000 feet, but Captain Haley refused to sign the bill of lading- until a full load was obtained and a board of surveyors declared the ves sel unseaworthy with a partial deck cargo. After lying- Idle for over two weeks, additional lumber was purchased for her by the Government- The demur rage chars.es have not been settled. The Cllse has been here since April 25. Ship Reported Chartered. It was reported yesterday that the ship General Gordon had been chart ered to load at Antwerp for Portland, but by whom was not known. The Gor don formerly flew the British flag-, but was recently sold to Norwegians. She registers 1551 tons, and Is now at St- Nazal re. If the report is' confirmed the Gordon will be the 20t:x of the fleet which will arrive here in time to load wheat. Captain Bosworth In the City. Captain F. S.'Bosworth. formerly ma rine surveyor for the San IJrancisco Board of Underwriters and the Bureau "Veritas and now a resident of Port land. M&, arrived here Monday and has been renewing- old acquaintances along the docks and In the -shipping offices. He expects to remain here for a month or so. Dakota at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO June 20. The bigr Pacific liner Dakota sister ship of the Minnesota, arrived here today. After her cargo of steel rails and general freight be of great interest, especially WELCOME Is unloaded, she will go on the dry dock for a general overhaulnlg after her trip from the Eastern Coast. She will then proceed to . Puget Sound and begin her regular runs across tho Pacific In connec tion with the Great Northern Railroad. Marlife Xotes. Having sold the Elder. Captain Archi bald MacFarlane. special agent of the London Salvage Association, left for San Francisco last night. The steamer St- Paul left down last night, carrying all the passengers she could hold, besides a big consignment of flour and some bran. The steamer Northland is loading lum ber at the Inman-Poulsen mllL She ar rived yesterday morning. Domestic and Foreign; Porta. ASTOI1IA. June 20. Condition of the bar at S P. 21.. smooth; wind northwest; weather cloudy. No shipping. Saa Francisco, June 20. Arrived Steamer .City of. Puebla. Xrora Victoria; ateamer San Pedro, from Gray's Harbor; ateamer Aber deen, from Gray" Harbor; steamer Atlas, from Astoria. Sailed Steamer A. J. Fulton, for Port Townsend; schooner Charles R. Wilson, for Gray's Harbor; schooner Annie Laxsn. for "Victoria; steamer Breakwater, for Coos Bay. Defense In Twenty Thousand Suit. C. J. Cook, as a defense to the $20,000 damage suit of Mrs. Mary Sanborn tes tified that his automobile did not cause Mrs. Sanborn's horse to run away, and he denied that she turned around and shouted to Iim to atop the automobile. Ho said he was traveling about ten miles an hour, and when within 300 yards of Mrs. Sanborn, slowel down and sounded his horn. She was driving- slow, but became fright ened and drove the horse Into a fence and the wagon collided with a picket causing the horse to run away. He and M. Ainsley. who Is associated with him In business, assisted her after the acci Mr. Theodore Kruse begs to announce to those contemplating a visit to the coast this summer that the GEARHART HOTEL, located at Gear hart Park, Clatsop Beach, Oregon, Is now owned itaben. Kruse's Beach Hotel Early Application for Rates. Is Suggested Fourth and Stark Sis. - - - a I '. - '. i j! ', ; i i m m r if " - n , ! Ij iyt; 1 dent. The evidence of Mr. Ainsley wa corroborative to that given by Mr. 'Cook. Dr. C. H. "Wheeler testified that h did not believe pains in the head now complained of by Mrs. Sanborn wer was also testimony that Mr. Cannon, the father of the plaintiff stated Immediately after the accident that she was nervous and sick and should not have been out alone. TAKE TRIP ON DESTROYER Admiral Goodrich Entertains Prom lnent Citizens That Way. Officials of the Exposition, as guests of Rear-xdmiral Goodrich, were taken up the Columbia River yesterday after noon on the torpedo-boat "destroyer Perry. The party left Portland at 1:15 o'clock, and after a speedy trip as far as La Camas, returned at 5:30. There were about 30 in the party, which included the various officiate and members of the directorate, and their families, together with a few; state and city officials. The little war vessel was a source of considerable in terest to most of the passengers, who had never before traveled on such a craft at high speed. A speed of about 25 knots was attained on the Columbia, which stirred up' great waves In th big stream, and aroused considerable excitement among the spectators on the banks. Beaten and Cursed by Husband. Because her husband, Henry Marco, cursed and beat her various times. Sophia Marco began suit against him in the Stata Circuit Court yesterday for a divorce. She states that they have no children, and there are no property interests Involved. They were married in Portland in 1SS5. Announcement Phone Main 625