The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 21, 1905, Page 2

THE SAN.{"R.‘\NCISCO CALL, V INKESDAY, JUNE 21, 1905. WCTOROLS BROWH MEN RALL!I MADE PREMIER BY KING GEORGE. Will. Tahe Place of Delyaniehs 59 Greece —er ADVANCING gt Are Ouiflanked on Both Wings and Tokio Hourly Expecting News a Great Trinmph s | Russians OYAMA NOW DIRECTS { AN ENORMOUS ARMY S s Commander Than Half a Has |, Mil- Japanese More lion Soldiers Confronting of Linevitch the Forces SEECET correspon h at Tokio aese are continuing their victorious advance in Manchurin. The itussians bave been compleiely out- cd on both wings, and ‘mews of | Japanese victories may be expected “The coneiderably men in the operstions May 2 announcements first that the Jap- informed the hat Admiral to crufse in | anese i a have miltion iminary & 1 tends ‘ nd the second that at Hongkong will | ‘ | | [ siwel and begin gun ntung province on s that Cossacks se avy losses near ¢ ne 16, but were con- s ed at Teikaton, and t is expected. In the in & the Russians sreed by three divisions. « ariff commands the ad- | | " d is trying to check the | Jag news | | F = % S— ole ns have constructéed three | | R G. . WHO HAS BEEN URGED BY KING GEORGE g ross the Tumen River. | | UT THE POLICY O 53 . HIS PREDECESSOR, WHO merchant has been | | WAS ASSASSINATED LAST W NS. B 14 fishing concessions | 4o xS Q d. Korea. Another 5 e merchant has granted similar ATHENS, Greece, June 20.—King George has entrusted n island near Sakhalin. A . i will be opened at | M. Ralli with the formation of corre Japunese offensive Lisoyangwopeng | W spondent of tne | the King that the new Premier continue the policy of Delyannis, ho was stabbed to death last week by a gambler. a Cabinet. It is the desire of]| P powertul — , Lieutenant | % s & been pre- | matter, because it had received the!lim to change his opinton. He would | most specific assurances that no such action would be taken. ot MINES WRECK YASHIMA. NGRS OGN i RUSSIANS MUTINOUS. et g | Supposed Detalls of ‘Sinking of Japan- ese Warship Become Public. VICTORIA, B. C., June 20.—Long sup- pressed details were recelved in the} mails from Japan to-day of the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yashima be- | {-fore Port Arthur on May 15. The disaster | took place within five minutes of the lo: of the battleship Hatsuse, from the same | cause, a mine. Jdnpanese Prize Crew on Captured Vessel. B June 20.—The steam- | China y ught exciting experience of crew on board the battieship Orel in from the scene of bat- station. e "Azahi and to-d e fiz‘fi‘,’f;:"‘f?{yf?’;j‘,“ Whén the Yashima struck the mine r " chot.riddled | the Hatsuse and the cruiser Yoshino were " mutinous crew en. | Sinking. Captain Sukamoto of the Yasl.- ring « to obst navi. ma steamed at full speed for @ Japanese base, sixty miles away, but when near- g the base the Yashuna was filling so st that the idea of saving her was | abandoned. The crew was ordered to the | Kasagi and Totsuta, which were con- voying - the crippled battleship, and the Yashima went down in twenty-five fath- | oms. The tops of her masts can still be seen above water. The squadron which | accompanied the Yashima when she was destroyed consisted of the Hatsuse, Yo- shino, Shikishima, ..asagi and Totsuta, three battleships and three cruisers. The Shikishima was also in danger of sinking when going to the assistance of the Yashima, but withdrew to safety be- cause of warning signals from the Yashi- | ma by wireless telegraph. The minis King t 1 2 which sank the three Japanese vessels inking the Orel about to capsize. | ZOER SN L FSuTen of the Bay- cover of darkness a party of - on the night cd to rush the guards, who | 33+ BO¥ & prisoner in Japas, on the nig times into the thick of the crowd, and then used bay- clubbéd-rifles. - The mutiny was beaten do and at daylight the Asama came To act as es- h cowed the mutineers, al- ened by threats of summary if another threatening move the Russian crew was Asahl and Kasuga, but sered the Japa utenant Naka- ordered the Jap- loaded rifles to stand 1l heraed forward, were placed at ard the ship. came a Russian seaman 3 iron pin into the electric dy- cking and causing ail the uished. Great excite- T h some of the Rus- again opened the sea valves and e water flooded in, causing the ship to port. Bome tried to jump into the iny 1 PR LA GREAT BATTLE BEFORE PEACE. ets a ally Asahi” and corts, whic Russia Does Not Expeet Japan to Agree | to an Armistice. ST. PETERSBURG, June 20.—The only hope for an armistice pending the meet- | {ing of the peace plenipotentiaries seems | to rest with President Roosevelt, and | even that is considered slender. So. far {as known, the President has not taken | & positive step in this:direction. The im- pression here continues strong t‘:fi: g:nlnn <1 | only with dt reluetance. co; n- TOKIO, June 2.—Discussion of the | anced to forego the advintages of her meeting of the peace plenipotentiaries | strategic position, which, despite the tone continues, through Washington, with in- | of official advices from the front, is re- dications -of an early completion of de- | ed as being altogether favorable for talle. There has been & series of con-l‘!_-'x:fd Marshal Oyama, and asree to a | ferences between the elder statesmen an: suspension of hostilities for at least six the Cabinet to consider the conditions | weeks, during which time thousands of and discuss the selection of plenipoten- | rejnforcements would reach General s It is believed to be possible o | Linevitch, and Vladivostok would be complete the detalls, appoint the pleni-| srengthened with munitions and supplies arles and organize a staff of as- | {; withstand a slege. Indeed, it is sug- n time for them to sail on the | gested that Japan deliberately planned to steamship Empress of India on June %, postpone. the meeting long enough to give from Yokohama for Vancouver, B, C., & | Oyama # chance to administer to the vovage of about two weeks. It is ex- | Russians a fresh defeat on land, in order i that the party will number & |, rob the war party in Russia of its last card and facilitate acquiescence in her terms. Considering the situation, there- fore, President Roosevelt's triumph wil be all the greater if he could now suc- | ceed in crownipg his work with an agree- | ment which would at least prevent an- | other bloody battle pending the show of hahds in Washington. . £ i, FATE TAKES A HAND. Rojestvensky and Togo Disagree With Subordinate Officers. VICTORIA, B. C., June 20.—Survivors of the Russian Baltic squadron tell of | | Admiral Rojestvensky's council to pre- pare to meet the Japanese in interviews given in vernacular in the papers re- ceived by the steamship Empress of China to-day. After “‘the junction be- | tween the squadrons of Rojestvensky and Webogatoff on May 5, a conference was | héld on the Kniaz Souvaroff. Two ad- | mirals wanted the squadron t8 enter the | Pacific and try to force Tsugaru Straits. | A captain protested, saying they should | take Formosa and make a base there. | Rofestvensky called his staff aside and | held a consultation, after :hlch he an- ; n wi 1 Niking of the Steamshlp St Kilda | hoiios ths Sduadror ! e e B PSSR SRR, DETAILS NEARING COMPLETION. Japan’s Plenipotentiaries Sven to Be Way to Washington. continue. Immediate important develop- | ments in various directions are expected. R 426 Wi MISSIONARY FUNDS HELD UP. Are in Russo-Chinese Bank Now ‘im Control of Japanese. CHE June 21.—Local missionaries > had stations previous to the pres- | Russo-Japanese war in Korea and ichurla complain that they are uh- | to secure mission funds for cur- rent accounts from the Port Arthur branch of the Russo-Chifiese Bank. The bank officials in reply say that the Japanese still hold the bank books and papers, thus preéventing any set- tlement of the bank’s business affairs, | They further charge that, notwith- standing a supplementary capitulation agrecment recognizing the Port Arthur Bank as a private institution, the Jap- anese are retaining not onl¥y all books and papers belonging to the bank, but poetal matter as well. L RUSSIA’S PLEDGE BROKEN. | score another victory, heed nothing said against his course and made his dispositions at Tsushima. —_—— NOT GIVING ADVICE TO JAPAN. Great Britain Permits Mer Ally to Choose Her Own Course. LONDON, June -20.—While undoubtedly the people of England would like to see | a general battle in Manchuria before an armistice s declared, since it is felt certain that Field Marshal Oyama would the British Gov- ernment has not given Japan any advice as to what course to pursue. In fact, the Government has done nothing beyond supporting President Roosevelt's efforts to secure the earliest meeting of the peace plenipotentiaries and the submis- sion by Japan of terms likely to be ac- ceptable to Russia. With overwhelming forces at his command, it is felt in mili- tary circles that Oyama is in a position to deliver a crushing defeat to General Linevitch. The recent movements of British cruis- ers in the Far East are taken to mean that the Admiralty has again und ken to notify the Russian cruisers of Foreign Minister Lamsdorff’s instructions that there is to be no further sinking of neu- tral ships. At any rate, ship owners are much relieved. — Pence Mcéeting Set for August 1. ST. PETERSBURG, June 20.—Russia finds no objection to August 1, as sug- gested by Japan, as the date for the meeting of the plenipotentiaries and in- structions will be ggnt to Embassador Cassini to accept it. NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE INJURED Pile of Barrels Too Close to Track Cause of Seri- ous Aecident. Special Dispatch to The Call. S8ANTA CRUZ, June 20.~While coming home from a baseball game between Fres- no and Safita Cruz Business College nines last night several young persons were se- riously injured. The electric car ‘on which' they ‘were riding was so crowded that a number were compelled to stand on the steps. On Pacific avenue a number of barrels were piled so close to the track that the passengers-on the steps were struck and knocked off. Edward Fassett was badly bruised and skinned and the knees of Bruce Sharpe and Charles Wilber were slightly injured. Miss Edith Hughes of Fresno fainted m fright, but was soon restored to con- sciousness. —————— CHINESE CREW WILE NOT MAN THE DISTILLER SHIP IRIS News Recelved at Mare Island Sets st Rest the Fears of Labor Unions. VALLEJO, . June 20.~Dispatches re- celved at the Mare Island Navy Yard to- day state that a Chinese crew. of the transport Zafiro, which arrived at the Bremerton Navy Yard a few days ago from the Asiatic station to go out of commission, will not be landed in this country. Neither will it be used to man the distiller ship Iris, as was at first an- nounced. The labor unions in San Francisco and in this city were very much exercised over the announcement that the crew of the Zafiro would Be transferred to ths Iris when the last named ship goes into commission at Mare Island within a few days and were preparing to protest to the Navy Department. 2 The 'Chinese will be brought to this city by the collier Saturn, now en route Torth, and the Iris will carry the Chinese \‘ The jury was chosen this afternoon f Stirs the British Government. LONDON, June 20.—Premier Balfour, replying to & question in the House of Commons to-day, sald correspondenge with the Russian Government was pro- ceeding in regard to the sinking of the Eritish_ship St. Kilda. The Govern- went took & very serious view of the glo\lowcd the announcement and many back to the Otient. PARIS.—The banquet given by. Presi- dent Loubet at Paris to Ki Spain was one of the most in many years, - 1 toasts were drunk in champagne. — It seems the Japanese admirals were also divided in their opinion as to the place to meet the Russians, but Togo remained obdurate in his calculation that Rojestvensky must pass through Tsu- shima Straits and nothing would induce | Mumm & Gn ‘e IWSORS K" NETS 52500000 / —— Protest Against Meager| Pay for His Share in the | Amalgamated Deal Is Heeded by *Rockefeller MORE REVELATIONS IN FRENZIED FINANCE Bogus Stock Subscriptions| Totaling Nearly Four| Hundred Millions Made by Members of “System” Epecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 20.—The indiffer- ence with which the Standard Oil of- ficlals regard milllons is brought out in this month’s installment of Thomas W. Lawson's story of “Frenzled Finance.” Therein is set forth the manrier in which Lawson was offered $2,500,000 as his share in the big Amalgamated deal, his emphatic pro- test and the immediate concession of another $2,500,000 without further par- { ley. | Lawson shows how he secured the | actual list of subscriptions, amounting | to about $120,000,000, ot the same day | that the ofiicers of the company pub- | lished to the world the announcement that $412,000,000 had béen subscribed. | The difference between $120,000,000 and $412,000,000 was the amount of the bogus subscription of the officers of “the system.” Out of all this jugglery, Lawson was to have drawn down $9,000,000, he states, with aninterest in the “second section’ to be organized and floated later. He | was offered §2,500,000 and succeeded in get- ting practically $5,000,000. All this, he says, was later sunk in his effort to hold the market. Lawson, in describing the incident that marked his settlement with H. H. Rog- ers, says he asked for his share >f the profits of the deal. Rogers had passed to him a slip of paper on which were scribbled several items and the total, $2,500,000. Lawson adds: “In an instant nothing in the world | mattered; all the dams burst asunder; I | sprang to my feet, kicked over the chair and, with an exclamation which was hulf{ yelled, half imprecation, I stuck the | paper under Mr. Rogers’ eyes. On the balance line I beat a tattoo with my trembling forefinger. Then I caught my volce. Heaven knows what 1 said, for all barriers were down, and a flbod tide of rage, overwhelming, terrific, swept my being. “Chere was no chance for Mr. Rogers to answer or to interrupt me, Sud- denly I became conscious that I was saying: ‘Am I to.understand that this is final? TIs this what I 'get for' my cursed work? My voice, as I heard it, was strange—a hoarse hiss—and the words fell on my ear like a death sen- tence. ‘No, by—No.” I sprang between him and the door. “‘Lawson, in the name of God! Stop for a second, there is some mistake. I see there is some mistake, some terrible blunder that they have made upstalrs. Don’t utter another word. Give me | that paper and I'll take it to Mr. Rocke- feller.” “I handed Rogers the paper without a word. He was out of the room in- stanter.” This occurred in 26 Broadway, the headquarters of the “Standard Oil" Rogers went upstairs, and, returning in | a few minutes, handed to Lawson the | same slip of paper. No change had been made except in the total, which read just a fraction under $5,000,000. MILLIONAIRE'S WILL IS TO BE CONTESTED LOS ANGELES, June 20.—Rumor has it that the will ofrthe late Willlam Ziegler, the well-known New York financier and in recent years the foremost backer of Arctic exploration, who dled at his pala- tial summer residence in Great Island, Noroton, Conh., May 24 last, will be sub- Jected to a severe legal contest in the courts of Los Angeles County. The will makes no provision for Mrs. Henry K. Shields of this city, who is a sister of the deceased millionaire, and it is said she has already placed her case in the hands of one of the leading attor- | neys at the local bar. The last will of the “Baking Powder King"” leaves the residuary estate, con- servatively valued at $30,000,000, to Zieg- ler’s adopted son, Willlam Ziegler. It is said that some of the deceased million- aire’s relatives are not altogether satis- fied with the provisions contained in the will, and If suit in support of a contest is filed in the courts of Los Angeles County it 1s quite likely that similar suits will be filed In the courts of other Ameri- can citfes. Mrs. Shields, who, it is reported, will institute the will contest is at present in Portland, Or., with her family. FATE OF MITCHELL IN FARMERS’ HANDS PORTLAND, June 20.—The trial of Senator John H. Mitchell in the United States Court began to-day. It was lacking in anything sensational, but it ‘was not devoid of interest. It resulted. in the selection of a jury, after nearly eight hours of emrort, that will ‘decide upon the guilt or innocence of the de- fendant. . ter an effort lasting from 2 ocloek until half-past 5, wnen court adjourned until to-morrow fhorning at 10 o'clock. at which time the charge will be made to the jury by Attorney Hesdey, the case of the defense will be outlined by éither Judge Bennett or Senator Thurston, and the introduction of evi- dence will begin. el It i1s a farmers’ jury, all, with the ex- ception of two, being men who follow the plow. The two exceptions are men of high standing in their respective communities. | truth known?' OF 'ENDIN DIPLOMAT IS BITTERLY REBUKED President Declares That Herbert “’. Bowen Is Unfit for the United States Service. Colflhnu;d From Page 1, Column 5. -~ names of the representdtives of the one newspaper to. whom- he furnished this information were John Grant Dater and Nicholas Biddle. Mr. Dater testified as follows: 7 ‘* 'Testimony of Mr. Dater: Secretary Taft—That you subsequently saw Mr. Bowen and that in the course of the con- versation Mr. Bowen, possibly without your invitation, confirmed the statements that you had heretofore heard rumored with respect to Mr. Loomis’and his rela- tion to the asphalt company? ‘‘ ‘Mr. Dater—Yes, sir, and other mat- ters." ** ‘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 hé expressed the | hope that some day his side of the story | would be printed? “‘Mr. Dater—Yes, sir.’ “ ‘Secretary Taft—Mr. you no letters?” | Bowen showed | out regard to whether the charges hé has the Mercado claim, which was shown to him confidentially.’ UNFIT FOR SERVICE. “In shert, it appears from Mr. Bowen's own statement, as well as from the state- ment of Messrs. Dater and Biddle-and the | letter from Mr. Wright, that Mr. Bowen, while Minister at Caracas, instigated and | requested and actually secured the pub- | lication of attacks on the A ant Sec- ' retary of State and furnished to the press copies of documents, believed to reflact upon the Assistant Seerctary of State, for investigation. “Mr, Bowen's excuse for this conduct, %0 far as it can be made out, seems to be that he expected the mewspaper men to kecp his counection with the charges H secret. In other words, ke apparently | regards his case as improved In that he secured this attack upon his official chief in a furtive and underhand man- ner, and that ke did not intend that his conmection with the attack should be divalged. “‘Of course, such conduct is inexcusable and shdws Mr. Bowen's entire unfitness ; to remain in the diplomatic service, with- made against Mr. Loomis are iréie or false. - Even if Mr. Loomis had “been do a damage that cannot be wholly re- paired. “Mr. Bowen has been a leng time in the consular and diplomatic service. Dur- ing much of that time he has done good work, and until recently I had hoped to promote him: if I conld ¢ondone his miis- conduct in this case [ would gladly do so, but his usefulness in the diplomatie service is at an end. I do not desire to punish him; but for the great risk to the service which would be involved in his re- tention I weuld be willing to let his conduct go unpunished save by a severe admenition, but I feel that it is Impos- sible "t retaln him without exposing the interests of the Government to a risk so great that it cannot justifiably be In- curred. Accordingly., 1 would direct that his resignation be requested were it not for the staternents made on his behalf in your presence and mine to-day that he would consider a resignation an admis- sion of misconduct; accordingly I direct that he be dismissed from the service. “THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” —_————— ER IS BURIED UNDER AN AVALANCHE OF ROCKS Meets Death While at Work in anm + ‘Mr. Dater—No, sir; he showed me 10 | guilty, Mr. Bowen's conduct would be un- 0ld Tunmel on Irom Moun- letters. { pardonable. Inasmuch as Secretary Taft's > tain. ‘Secretary Taft—DId he show you & carcful investigation of the charges shows ; REDDING, June 20.—A miner named copy of the letter which he sent to me? | them to be false, his attitude appears in ( Blas was crushed to death at Irom *“ ‘Mr. Dater—He did.not. T did notan even worse light. But it must be kept | Mountain Tuesday -afternoon by a know that he had cemmunicated with you. 1 understood it was with Secretary Hay." “ ‘Secretary Taft—Or any of the docu- | ments upon which he based his proof of | Mr. Loomis’ guilt?’ “ ‘Mr. Dater—I do not think I could an- swer that directly. I would rather not answer.’ TESTIMONY OF BIDDLE. “The testimony of Mr. Biddle is as| follows: | * ‘Secretary Taft—In one of those ar- ticles you wrote \appeared a statement concerning a letter written by Mr. Loomis | asserting an interest in the Mercado claim which was published in the Her- | ald?" Mr. Biddle—Yes, sir." “ Tecretary Taft—Did you get that from Mr. Bowen?" * ‘Mr. Biddle—I did." * ‘Secretary . Taft—You requested it from him, or did he hand it to you in the coursé of a casual conversation?" - “ ‘Mr. Biddle—I. spoke to Mr. Bowen about the charges in a general way and he told me he would give such informa- tion as he had and set me right on the entire thing and he would show me cer- | tain letters that he had forwarded to the State Department.’ ““ ‘Secretary/ Taft—And they included | the Mercado letter? The tetter of May- | ers to Loomis? “ ‘Mr. Biddle—Yes, sir.” ‘ ‘Secretary ‘Taft—1 suppose you saw the same letters that Bowen gave me— one was the Mercado claim: the second, | the Mavers letter, and the third has| slipped my ‘mind. 'There was a letter to | Bowen | be dishonorable to do what you ask of ! May 3, 1905, says:,‘Mr. Bowen never lost in mind that his unfitness for the service | is clearly cstablished by his own conduct, | without any reference to the question of | Mr. Loomis’ actions. The Department of | State had explicitly forbidden just such | conduct in a general circular issued over | three years ago. | “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 practically every other diplomatic representative now re- siding, or who has recently resided, there. There is no excuse whatever for repeat- ing the injuricos and maliclous gossip circulated about these various men. Mr. himself, however, has not only furnished and brought forward a great deal of such gossip about Mr. Loomis, but has evidently beén one of the main sources from which it originated. HIRED TO “TAP” THE CABLE. “He tried to tamper with the cable operator, through our Consul at La Guaira, Mr. Goldschmidt, in order té se- cure what he hoped would be incrimi- Dating telegrams against Mr. Loomis. Mr. Goldschmidt's reply was: ‘It would me.” Mr. Goldschmidt, in his letter of an opportunity to belittle Mr. Loomis’ character, ability, étc., when he spoke to me of him, and seemed to bear an ex- traordinary animus against his predé- cessor.” “Mr. Bowen asked one of the men he himself produced as a witness (Senor Pastor) to enter into the employ of a certain company for the purpose of ob- cave-in at the mine, which precipitated thousands of pounds of rock upon him. Blas and five other miners were work- ing in an old tunnel at the time. One of the other miner's legs caught in the falling rocks, but was not injured. The rest escaped unharmed. Blas had no family or relatives her Skin Diseases - are cured by Hydrozon¢ Glycozone Endorsed by the Medical Profession. By destroying germs, they as- i ish a cure. Send thirty-five cents to pay ex- pressage on Free Trial Bottles. Sold by Leading Druggisis. Mot genuine unless label bears my signature : Gy 610 Prince Street, N. Y. ite for fr formation ahout GLYCOIONE. Mr. Hay, written by Bowen." taining (in plain words, stealin “e , g) docu- i Mr. Biddie—I saw that at different | menes which he hoped might incriminate “PT" nE “nEn mes. * ‘Secretary Taft—Just run your eye over these letters. (Letter of Mr. Bowen to Secretary Taft, dated April 2, 1905, in- closing coples of ‘papers which had been in Mr. Hay's hands, as follows: Tele- gram to Mr. Hay from Mr. Bowen, dated February 20, 1905; telegram to Bowen | from Hay, dated Feébruary 24, 1905; tele- gram to Mr. Hay from Mr. Bowen, dated February 25, 1905; letter to Mr. Hay from Bowen, dated February 18 1905; letter to W. W. Russell from F. B. Loomis, dated August 25, 1900; letter to Mr. Loomis from Mayers, ‘dated July 19, 1900.) WAS SHOWN OFFICIAL LETTERS. “ ‘Mr. Biddle—I have seen all of these and it seems to me there were some ad- ditional letters.’ ** ‘Sceretary Taft—Did Mr. Bowen know you were a correspondent? ‘* ‘Mr. Biddle—Yes, sir. 1 first met Mr. Bowen at the time of the hlockade in Venezuela and I obtained information from him at that time. He knew who I was, of 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 de- sire, one way or the other, to have the ** *Mr. Biddle—He told me a great many times that he thought he was in a very unfortunate position; that, being the | United States Minister, he ¢ould not go forward ‘and be quoted when anything occurred, so as to set nimself aright. He thought the instructions that he was recerving from the department were very unfortunate and that he was getting the blame for the entire “thing.’ ‘‘Secretary Taft—And, therefore, that he would like to have his own side stated some time?’ “ ‘Mr. Blddle—He told ms a great many imes that he could not be quoted, but would like it if his sida could be stated. 1 think that he was most anxious to have certain facts come out.’ BOWEN’S WEAK DEFENSE. “Mr. Bowen himself admits that he showed these letters and made these statements to the representatives of news- papers in question. ‘I have already quoted his remark in his statement of May 20: ‘If the newspaper representatives were influenced by me I was justified In trying to influencé them, because Mr. Loomis was dishonest while Minister at Caracas.’ In the same statement he says that Mr. Loomis’ friends asserted: ‘That I instigated 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 are in Caracas alone know. As the scan- dal was generally known throughout the whole community, I talked with them about it. I certainly never attempted to keep them silent. On the contrary, I urged them to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” “In his leter to me of June 8 he says: ‘I had several private interviews with Mr. Dater and Mr. Biddle in regard to in- formaticnt they were sending to the Her- ald. I ought to make my side of the case perfectly clear. I explained to them con- fidentially: how Mr.: Loomis’ record in Caracas and the ihfluence to which he 'must eonsequently bend balked me in my work. I felt that I could safely trust them. In all governmental and diplo- matic circles it is customary to trust and use the préss. In no other way can in- formation be placed before the public that the public should posséss. What I want- ed our people to know was not the Loomis scandal alone, but the whole situation In Venezuela. I did not belleve for a mo- WILL TEST VALUE OF BURBANK’S WALNUT SANTA ROSA, June 20.—A. E, Seaton, a wealthy resident of Prescott, Ariz.,” who recently purchased considerable property here, including 300 acres of the celebrated Vrooman ranch, intends to embark in a new venture. He will set out forty at in the d-growing P i common walnut. Seaton will test | value of fi:n trees mn'wj%m atanduvolnt and from'that of & grower. ment that either Mr. Dater or Mr. Bid- dle would quote me or attempt to repro- duee from any papers I showed to them, and 1 mto.:u.h:!“'curut,omt they would present W] case to our not merely scandal. i Mr. Loomis. He has evidently for many months—indeed, for the last two years— devoted himself to hunting up every plece of scandal or gossip of which he heard affecting Mr. Loomis, until it has seemingly bedome a monomania with him and has caused him to show complete disloyalty to the service to which he be- longs, and therefore to the . country which he has revresented. “It was his duty to make known to his superior cofficers any facts reflecting on the honesty of Mr. Loomis or any other officials, but it was a breach of his duty to make loose and reckless charges and especlaily to give these charges publie currency after their submission for inves- tigation by the department. “Mr. Bowen’s conduct is especially rep- rehensible because of the damage it has undoubtedly done to the interest of this country. We hold a peculiar position to- ward our sister republics lying south of us. In all our dealings with these repub- lics we should endeavor not merely to act courteously, justly and generously, but to make it evident that we are thus acting. AMERICAN PRESTIGE DAMAGED. “Any corrupt dealing, any misconduct by one of our representives to these coun- tries calls for the sternest punishment; and, save only corrupt dealings, the worst and most flagrant misconduct of which one of these representatives can be guilty is to give currency to or secure the publi~ cation 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 suech attacks are Certain’ to be circulated to the discredit of our Government and our people, not only in the newspapers of our own country, but in the newspapers of the various Latin American republics. baseless they are, no matter how com- plete the refutation of the charges, they ————sy HunyadiJanos Taken on arising (half a glass), 1 the Bowels oughly, but gently— relleves Constipation and cleanses the sys- tem. The saperiority of «HUNYADI JANOS» over other Laxative Waters is acknowl- edged, as it was awarded the Grasd Prize at the St. Louls Jixposition. o Take the best cure FOR CONSTIPATION “FRISCO” Is a nourishment and a stimulant. » It invigorates and pu- rifies the blood. - The use of FRISCO is No matter how |] At Home Or. Mayer's New Homs Treatmant Permanently farss: Bopture Without Pain or Surgical Opecation, and Enables Patients fo Diseard Trusses Foraver. Dr Ignatz Mayer, the famous Detroit Rupture Ruthority (originator of the patnless and nom-sur- " gical Pibro Plastie method of treat prurc) has devi 2 new Home Treat ment for the beneft of those who are usable to take personai treate ment at bis office This Home Treatment is absoluteiy certain to cure in a without fully feduced membranes and permavently healed and made so strong that the cure is com- plete and trusses and. supporte's_na. nceded. The cost Simply write to D& ‘about your case and be ition 30 liberal that as en- a guarantee of long § i B