The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1905, Page 4

BOWEN HITS AT HIS LATE UPERIORS Deposed Minister Tssues a Statement Declaring That the “Venezuelan Scandal Is National Disgrace” a CRITICIZES COURSE OF THE PRESIDENT “No Officer, However High, Should Shelter a Wrong- doer” He Says in an Address to the Public NEW YORK, June 21.—Herbert W Bowen, formerly Minister to Venezuela, to-day made public a long statement in reply to President Rooseveit's letter dis- missing him from the diplomatic service, &5 a result of the investigation made b Secretary Taft into the controversy be- tween Bowen and Francis B. Loomis, Fyrst Assistant Secretary of State. owen declares that the '‘Venesuelan utes a najional disgrace.” t “the Loomie scandal” “grew and worse.” Bowen says that short- he called the matter to the at- of the Department of State he re- n Washington of that would remove pervaded Caracas and constantly wors: ¢ promo n Caracas. ," he declared, “that I regard- ed the offer as an attempt to bribe me, veiled under the offer of & higher position I make no doubt and inspired by Loomis. that, in the course of the recent inquiry, en sufficiently piain that I did it has b t that Loomis was an honest at I did not believe his con- ter to Venesuela had been k ys that the recemt depart- should mot prevent “an tearless and thorough to all the facts.” truth will pever estab- “Tolerance of evil No officer, however r a wrongdoer RUMORS RIFE IN CARACAS. When to Venezuela as suc- censor Bowen declares, he found curren ; affect the h is predeces- sor, b a representa- tive United States Government. Bowen says that, feeling a sense of pride in representing the United States, these | Fumors were a so f continual morti- ce of ficatio omizing the rumor: Bowen says nister, was reported on to fill his pri- erests in conces- against the Venez- -ommeonly_thought, )t the Bermudez have made use of his > give color to the be- tion at Caracas nd forwarded by Bowen to the State Department, the latter says: I cannot better express my own feelings in regard to their contents than in the words of the Secretary of Btate, who, In his letter ac- knowledging their receipt, said: *I have been greatly surprised and pained in reading the documents you sent me.’ OFFERED A PROMOTION. Bowen tells of having sent to the State | Department information of the report | current in Caracas “that an incriminat- | ing check to Loomis and a letter from | him to the Governmental custodian of the | ssphalt property, promising that the | United States would not intervene 1in Venmezuels, were In the hands of one of President Castro's friends.” He tinyes: Shortly afterward I recelved a cable from the State mt, oftering to me the position which was intanded to be & stepping sione 0 an Embassadorship. It seemed to me that, under the circumstanoes, my duty to the TUnited States demanded that I should stay, for the present &t least, in Caracas, and I de- clined the offer, personally sdvantagebus as it was to myseir. Currently with the report in Caracas that President Castro had possession of documents éirectly incriminating the First Assistant Sec- relary of Stete, President Castro dispatched & general agent to Washington. Concurrently Wwith my refusal to leave my post at Caracas began to appear from Washington such feles and misleading statements In our papers s “Bowen has asked to be recalled; he wants to sever diplomatic relations with Veneruela: be adyises that e maval demonstration may | be made immediately in Venesuelan waters: he | is at swords' poftts with Castro.” False re- ports of this sort are ordinarily contradicted | by the Department of State. In this instance | Chey were mot Any one at all familiar with | dip de_relations with Veneguela will un- | derstand without further explanation the mani. | fold embarrassments of such a situation. | After referring to the appearance of | the Loomis charges in several papers, | Bowen says: | To say that I instigated these charges is the | product of a heated imagination, | It was right after this thet I was summoned by the State Department to Washington and & | con- Gepartmental inquiry was ade into Mr. Loomis' conduct in Venesuela d I was dis- miseed the diplomatic service. Yet I am | meither responsidle for Mr. Loomis’ unsavory | reputation in Caracas nor for the circulation of scandaious reports about him. He eetab- lished the rep: tion himself while ltvi there &8s Amer! nister from 1897 to April 1001, | and the etatements charging him with -dle- | homest and dichonorable conduct were made | with such detail of circumstances that mere denial by me was useless. What wi was mot fheir denial, but their a sdmit that after 1 found. in February, 1904, in the legation archives, the documents that i transmitted the State Department in Wash- ington 1 belleved Mr. Loomis to be a dishonest man 1 admit that after I received no ex- planation of these documents and mo further investigation was made, though I reported the ecandal to be still current in Caracas and most embarrassitg to the interests of the United States, my bellef in Mr. Loomis' dis- honesty was Got diminished ALLEGES ATTEMPT AT BRIBERY. Bowen savs he regards his offer of a promotion as an attempt to bribe him. roof. 1 | He adds: The statement that I attempted to steal or otherwise improperly procure information = unwarranted. 1 made use of confidential agents gnly &nd of our consular officers in Venezuela. The State Department on at least two occa- sions provided me with momey to procure mecret 4 on. With regard to the Mercado claim Bowen gives the text of a letter which Was among the papers he found in the legation archives. This letter fs ad- @ressed to W. W. Russell, and says: In reference to the vortion of Mercado's claim which I bought 1 want #late that the only terms of settlement which T will acceptt other than a full cash pay- ment of about 30,400 bolivars in gold are the following: | 1 vl acoept 20,000 ‘boltvars n gold 10,400 bolivars in «ait bonds at the rate of 82 cent, or 5 per cent uoted marker 00 ver F. B. LOOMIS. Bowen underlines the words “vl:é: I bought” in the letter. He also gives the | routed *“THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURéDAY, JUNE 22, 1905. i | 10 THEL RUSSIANS FALLING BACK NTRENCHMENTS Evacuate Advanced Positions After Sharp Resistance. ST. PETERSBURG, June 22.—The public, which has no idea that negotiations for an armistice are on foot, believes that a great battle in Manchuria is now begin- ning, and officlal dispatches from both sides bear out the idea that the Japan- ese have commenced their main advance, though as yet there have been no heavy collisions. The Japanese, following the checking of the movement to the west, are now pushing forward In force along the rall- road, and the Mandarin and Mailnaikai roads, their front stretching from Sing- lungchuan, fifteen miles north of Chang- tufu, and east through Shuanmiaotzu sta- tion to Yaoma Pass on the Mandarin road. The Russians evacuated the advanced positions after sharp resistance and are evidently retiring to their first line of en- trenchments, which is belleved to cross the rnix{oud at Sipinghal, fourteen miles farther north. They have a number of other fortified positions before reaching their ultimate line of defense at rin and at Changchunfu, eighty miles in the rear. Lieutenant General Linevitch evidently | has imposed an embargo on press mes- sages, indicating that hostilities have en- tered upon a serfous phase. If negotiations for an armistice are on foot, they must bear immediate fruit in order to prevent a battle perhaps greater in its casualties than that of Mukden. A B OYAMA ADVANCING HIS POSITION. Substantial Galde by Columns Moving ou Parallel Lines. TOKIO, June 21.—The following offi- cial dispatch was received here to-day from the headguarters of the Japanesc army in Manchuria: “In the direction of Weiyranpaomen our detachment occupled Lienbuachish on June 18 without encountering re- sistance. It ajso occupled Yangmu- lintzu, twenty miles nortliwest of Wel- yuanpeomen, and drove the enemy back upon his positions on the Kirin road. “Farther north another force on the same day dislodged the enemy from Yuantzu Pass und the vicioities ten miles north of Welyuanpaomen and occupled a line of hills northwest of Shihuiwetzu and those seven miles north of Yangtzu Pass. Our forces also the enemy holding positions north and northwest of the same place. “In the Changtu direction our force advanced along the railroad and dis- lodged the enemy's cavalry and in- tantry; holding an eminence two miles north of the Shahotzu railroad station and took possession of a line of hills south of Suimaotzu and eighteen miles unortheast of Changtu on June 19 The ststion was found to be demolish- casualties were four men ‘The enemy left ten' corpse: including the hody of an officer, and three horses killed. Our force cap- tured one machine gun and one horse. The enemy’s loss must have been heavy. “Our force, advancing on the Feng- hua road after a vigorous fight with infantry and ertilléry from 8 o'clock in the morning of June 19, dislodged the enemy from Pe!fangchengkou. ten miles southeast of Hsilienchian, and occupled at 8:40 o'clock the same morning Liu- tiaokou, sixtcen miles north of Changtu.” wounded RS a2 PRESIDENT TAKES UP !.EW TASK. Endeavoring to Arrange an Armistice Between the Belligerents. ST. PETERSBURG, June 21.—President Roosevelt evidently has teken a new and important step in the negotiations be- tween the belligerents. While there are collateral reasons for believing that it relates to an armistice which will pre- vent the impending battle in Manchuria, this cannot be positively affirmed. Embassador Meyer went suddenly to the St. Petersburg Foreign Office late last night and had an Interview with Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, at which, it is belleved, the Embassador communi- cated an important message from Presi- dent Roosevelt, but neither at the For- eign Office ner at the American Embassy is the slightest light thrown on what transpired. From the extreme secrecy observed the matter, beyond doubt, is one of the greatest delicacy. As the statement is vouchsafed at the Foreign Office that the negotiations are proceed- ing without a hitch, the inference fol- lows that it relates to a new phase, in which the President has again taken the initiative. WASHINGTON, June 21.—The stum- bling block in the way of an armistice appears to be that neither belligerent is willing to take the initiative. The pres- —_— to Veneguela. Bowen's statement then concludes: Mr. Loomis explains that if this contract, which was to give & million and & quarter, had gone through he intended to e conduct of a man who, as American Minister," was willing to participate in such transactions as the foregoing Is considered by his official or as merely “‘Indiscreet’” and he is re- tained In the public service, AT Mo BOWEN’'S BELLICOSITY INHERITED. Beecher-Tilton Scandal Brought Into the Limelight by His Father. BROOKLYN, N. Y, June 21.—Henry | C. Bowen, father of the dismissed dip- lomat,” was known during his lifetime |as one of the bitterest enemies of | Henry Ward Beecher. He was an au- | thor of some note and was identified | with the New York Independent. After- ward, at about the time of the Civil war, he founded the Brooklyn Union, which he managed for some years. Few men had more to do with the bringing into the limelight of the Beecher-Tilton scandal case than Henry | C. Bowen, who was at that time one of | the best known men in Brookiyn.' All | old Brooklynites remember how Henry | Ward Beecher, who was then preaching in Plymouth Church, was brought into court by Theodore Tilton, In 1874, in a sult for damages for the allenation of | his wife's affections. Tilton was editor |of the Union and of the Independent, | under Bowen. ¢ After the Beecher-Tilton case had | for lbel against the Brooklyn' Eagle, growing out of the famous scandal case. |85 covering the round plendid steamer arouhd !:"l m.fll“ml | Francisco been finished, Bowen brought 'a 'suit Armistice May Come Too Late to Prevent Grea t Battle: {ent negotiations, it is understood, con- sist of an effort to sound one or both Gov- | ernmients as to their willingness to agree | to_an armistice. | There will be no official announcement here regarding the probabilities of an | armistice before the Preésident returns, nor is it certaln that even then will there | be anything to be made public. The feel- | ing in official circles here is strongly In favor of a cessation of hostllities, as it {18 believed that a clash before the con- | vening of the peace conference would hamper the work of the plenipotentiaries and might prove a seriois menace ‘o | their efforts for peace. e £ T R REPORT FROM LINEVITCH. —— | Russian General Admits Loss of Ground H on the Mandarin Road. ST. PETERSBURG, {eral Emperor, dated June 19, says: “At 4 o'clock this morning the Jap- anese commenced an offensive on our front west of the rallway. Sinlautch- jouan was occupied by strong detach- | ments of Japanese. “In the viecinity of Liaoyangwopeng the Japanese withdrew along the whole line southward to their old positions.” | Another dispatch from Linevitch, | dated June 20, says: “The Japanese on the road from Mal- makai to Chantufu commenced to re- | treat at midday on June 19. “On the east of the rallway the Jap- anese infantry at 3 o'clock {n the morn- ing of June 19 began to advance in the direction of Banlaschamyne, but their advance was stopped at 9 o'clock. The Japanese on the Mandarin road June 21.—Gen- also commenced an offensive at 8 o'clock in the morning. Toward § o'clock our advance posts retired slightly. The Japanese artillery opened jat 10 o'clock and our advance pos tired further, and at noon the Jap oceupled the village of Siaocheouschi, near Yaomaline.” e 25 S NELIDOFF A PLENIPOTENTIARY. Embassador to Paris Named as One of the Czar’'s Representatives. ST. PETERSBURG, June 21.—M. Nelidoft, Russian F.mbassador to Paris, has been definitcly appointed one of the Russian peace plenipotentiaries. M. Nelidoft is a skilled Russian diplo- mat, who, as Embassador at Constanti- nople for a number of years, handled some of the most delicate problems connected with Russia's Near Eastern policy. He and Sir Phillp Currie, the British Embassudor to Turkey, {n 1898 had some :historical tilts on the field of sdiptomaeyi und -it ;was reported at thié time that 8ir Philip charged his Russian coHeague with double dealing. transferred to Parl oussoff, who was Russian Embassador | to France, succeeded M. Nelidoff at Con- stantinople. ———e General Stoessel Exonerated. LONDON, June 21.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from St. Petersburg says the commission ap- pointed to investigate the capitulation of Port Arthur finds that the surrender of the fortress was justifiable. SENSHTIONL CHARCES MADE B DIRECTORS They Accuse Manager of Loan Association of Betraying Trust. Special ‘Dispatch to The Call, —— LOS ANGELES, June 21.—Charges of a sensational nature have been made in connection with the affairs of the Provident Building and Loan Associa- tion and of the Fidelity Savings and Loan Assoclation, which have joint of- fices at 135 South Broadway. George H. Wadleigh, one of the or- ganizers and for ten years secretary and manager of the Provident, who has filled the same offices with the Fidelity for several years, has been removed from office. and his successor has been appointed. A Pinkerton detective has been in- stalled in the office of the associations and the new secretary, a man named Cook, from San Francisco, is engaged in experting the books, O. B. Carter, attorney for both assoclations, has been removed and Hahn & Hahn of Pasadena have been appointed to succeed him. The State Board of Buflding and Loan Commissioners has been notified of the ditficulties that exist ‘and Secretary Field of that body 18 expected in Los Angeles to-morrow to make an investigation. The majority of the board of directors of the two assoclations, practically the same In each case, adopted resolutions to the effect that Secretary and Manager ‘Wadleigh had been profiting at the ex- pense of the assoclations, and recom- mended that necessary steps be taken to secure the return of any funds that may be found to have been used in the manner charged. Wadleigh was ordered removed summarily. Wadleigh declares that the charges againet him are unfounded and that a thoroukh Investigation will clear his name completely. It is declared that the stockholders are..protected completely. ———— | i Linevitch, in a dispatch to the | CLOSING PORT ARTHUR'S DOOR hort Shrift Is Given Foreign Mercantile Firms by the Tokio Government FORTY DAYY NOTICE Goods Must Be Shipped on Japanese Vessels When the Transfer Is Made —_—— CHEFU. June 21.—Reliable information States that previous to the naval battle in the Japan Sea the Japanese command- ant at Port Arthur notifled the manager | for Kunst & Albers, the most promi- nent mercantile house in Port Arthur, that in case the Japanese won the ex- pected naval engagement, he must be prepared to close up the business and leave Port Arthur. As soon as the result of the battle became known all foreign- ers at Port Arthur were officlally in- formed to prepare to depart and to re- move their merchandise within forty days. The Japanese officials gave no ex- planation of this action. Kunst & Albers applied to their head office in Hamburg to intercede for an ex- tension of time. Failing to obtain this, the manager prepared to depart for Shanghal to make arrangements for the shipment of his goods. He notified the Japanese authorities that he would soon return, but was informed that he could not return, as foreigners would not be allowed to enter Port Arthur. The man- ager had to leave an attorney to repre- sent him, and then departed to arrange transportation. The manager of Sietas, Block & Co., Wwho have large interests in Port Arthur, says that he will not comply with the order to remove his merchandise. He says the Japanese informed him that only Japanese steamships would be al- lowed to transfer property affected by the order. Bletas, Block & Co. have large vested interests in Port Arthur. The order affects four German houses, Clarkson & Co., an American house, and several French and Greek firms. The Japanese, since the surrender of Port Arthur, have ‘purchased but little from the firms mentioned, and all have large stocks of goods still in their ware- houses. BEATTLE, June 21.—Clarkson & Co., reported to have been ordered to leave Port Arthur, have not been in business there for more than a year., Clarkson himself is a former resident of Portland, Or., and his firm prior to the outbreak of the war was the heaviest importer of flour In Port Arthur. The company was the representative of the Boston Steam- ship Company of Seattle, and did most of the business at Viadivestok and Port Arthur for the flour mills of Seattle. Clarkson & Co., before and since the war began, have been selling supplies to the Russian army. About the time the siege of Port Arthur began, Clarkson removed to Viadivostok and has been there for more then a year. His Port Arthur house, in the meantime, has been closed. GIRL KILLS CINNAMON BEAR WITH “22” RIFLE First Shot Enters the Ani-| mal’s Ear and Pene- trates the Brain. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. LARAMIE, Wyo., June SL—Myer N. F. Spicer, who has returned from North Park, Colo., gives the detalls of two ex- traordinary occurrences there. Miss Maude Riggles, an 18-year-old girl, daughter of a ranchman, killed a large cinnamon bear with a 22-caliber rifie. The girl discovered the bear, which weighed several hundred pounds, in the act of throwing a calf in her father's corral. Without hesitation she took de- liberate alm at the bear, which was turn- ing to attack her, and fired one shot, which hit the bear in the ear, penetrated the brain and caused instant death. The girl alded in skinning the animal. Charles Murphy, a stockman, performed the unusual feat of roping a black bear which he discovered among his cattle. The animal, with the rope around one ot its hind legs, ran through a barbed wire fence, where it becme entanged. Before it could be captured or killed (Murphy having no gun) it chewed the rope in two and escaped. —_——— { 1ELD, 21.—Johann Hoch, the comvigted. wife. miurderer and AL Digaimigt will be reprieved for one week, and possibly longer. It was announced authoritatively this afternoon that the Governor intends to take such action in_order to permit carrying the case before the Supreme Court. In. November, 1903, M. Nelidoff was | CHICAGO, June 21.—At to-day’s session of the National Interstate Telephone Conventlon ames R. Hoge of Cleveland was elected presi- dent and John Van Liew, Los Angeles, Cal., E If you need printing, order before the strike. Edward Knowles Co., 24 Second street, - —_— HIS ACTIONS NOT RATIONAL. —_—— Continued From Page 8, Column 7. of clothes from me last night,” said Bmith, when shown a photograph of Lobb. “He came In here about 6 o'clock in the even- ing and asked for a suit. As we carry no ready-made clothing, I told him' the, only suit I had in the store was one uncalled MITCHELL - FIRST POINT IN A BITTER FIGHT ——ee i REVIEWS WORK OF ASSOCIATION President of the National‘, Good Roads Convention, Addresses the I)elegates‘ PORTLAND, June 21.—The fifth an- nual convention of the National Good Roads Association, the first of the gath- erings of national Importance to meet in Portland this year, began its first session in Festival Hall at the Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds this aft- ernoon. Promptly on the hour President W. H. Moore of the association ascended the speaker’s platform and took his place with the important personages in the good roads movement, Oregon's principal officials and Portland’s prom- Inent business men surrounding him. ‘When the opening selection of the ad- ministration band had concluded Colo- nel Moore formally called the organi- zation to order. This act was hardly accomplished when the proceedings were interrupted by the arrival of D. B. Huss, dust be- grimed from travel, who had just reached the Lewis and Clark grounds in an automobile from New York, bearing a letter from Melville E. Stone, general | manager of the Assoclated Press, to the president of the Lewis and Clark Expo- sition. A. M. Crawford, Attorney General of Oregon, in the absence of Governor Chamberlain, fittingly welcomed the visitors to Oregon, as did Colonel James Jackson, U. S. A, retired, on behalf of the commercial interests of Portland. ‘William D. Wheelwright for the Cham- ber of Commerce, of which he is presi- dent, welcomed the visiting delegates and eulogized the great work to be accom- plished by them. The felicitations were concluded by President G. W. Allen of the Board of Trade and R. J. Holmes, president of the Manufacturers’ Association of the Pacific Northwest. 2 President Moore then: addressed the convention as its offictal head. He re- viewed the work of the association dur- ing the time of his officlal connection with it and dwelt upon the amount of work accomplished. He pictured the crusade of the good roads train on its pilgrimage across the continent and told of the good ‘work that had been done in that way. He advocated support of the Brownslow- Latimer bill now before the national House of Representatives, which will provide a fund of $24,000,000 for the devel- opment of good roads, predicting that nothing can arise to curb its ultimate triumph as an industrial necessity. Moore was followed by A. 8. Mann of Florida, vice president of the association. Following Mann’s speech Colonel R. W. Richardson, secretary of the association, submitted his annual report. YA S cl)nlom‘m CLUB WILL BANQUET AT GARDEN OITY - Friends of One of the Leading Ctvie Or- &anizations of Santa Ciara County to Be Enutertained. SAN' JOSE, June 21.—The Common- ‘wealth Club of Santa Clara County will have a meeting and banquet next Sat- urday evening. This club is one of the leading civic organizations of the coun- ty, and was formerly the Unitarian Club. It will meet in the Chamber of «Commerce rooms, and the banquet will bo held at the Lamolle Grill. Dr. A. BE. ‘Osborne of Santa Clara is the presl- dent of the club and B. Grant Taylor 18 secretary. John McNaught, manager of the San Francisco Call, and Edwin Adams of the San Francisco Chronicle are to be the maln speakers of the evening. W. P. Lyon will be toast- master. —ee SAN JOSE WOMAN’S CLUB TO GIVE A GRAND FESTIVAL o WY Proceeds of the Entertalnment Will Be Turned Into the Building Fund of ‘the Association. SAN JOSE, June 21.—The San Jose Woman’s . Club will nola its annual June festival next Saturday at Agri- cultural Park. There will be an all- day and night performance. The pro- ceeds of the festival will go to the butlding fund of the woman's club. —_———— SONORA NEWSPAPER PLANT IS DAMAGED BY FLAMES Building Owned by the Tuolumne Inde- pendent Is Gutted by Fire, Caus- ing Big Loss to Publishers. SONORA, June 21.—The Tuolumne In- dependent building was partly destroy- ed by fire this morning. Many forms and cases of type were ‘“pled,” and the printing plant is wreck aside from the presses. The fire originated in a bi- f"" and shoe shop in the same build- ng. ——— Knights of Columbus Give VALLEJO, June 21.—Vallejo Counefl No. 874, Knights of Columbus, to-night tendered a reception and gave an ex- hibition of the degree work of the or- der to J. B. Frisbie, who has been ap- pointed territorfal Jdeputy of the Knights for the republic of Mexico. for and I did not know whether it would fit him. My salesman led him to a dress- ing room to try it on. In his back pock- ets Lobb carried-two large revolvers. Once when McCrosson touched him on the shoulder, he jumped in the air and warned him to never touch him again. “He sald he would purchase the suit and gave me $1260 for it. I asked him his name so as to make out a bill for him and he refused to give it. He then asked me to sell him a hat. I told him the only hats in the store were those ‘which belong to myself and employes. He sald he must have one and then offered to purchase McCrosson's. He said he would give him $ for it. McCrosson thought it was 2 good bargain, as his hat was old, and agreed to make the sale. “Another thing which aroused my sus- picious was that he picked up a small pair of scissors which were lying on the counter and went over to the mirror and cut his mustache off. I did riot know ‘what to make out of his queer actions. I suspected that he had g&?mu was trying to disguise The Carpenters’ Union has fihn charge of Lobb's body and will attend to the funeral arrangements. ’ » Personally conducted excursion to “Qld Mexico” and the “Grand on” v, 10, T906. »tlf' nt:'q. ;:cm service. The summ mate o¢ b arasts the Grand n and the hunflntmtlnb”mg farket st 3o worl . The ni e oo hould be made and: Elcket“‘).fl: GII“ i Frisbie, who is the eldest son of Gen- eral J.' B. Frisble, one of the pioneer residents of this city, has made, his home in Mexico for the last twenty-five years. —— e Vallejo Medical Soclety Organizes. VALLEJO, Jure 21.—One of the re- sults of the recent meeting of the Northern California District Medical Soctety was the formation last evening ' of the Vallejo Medical Soctety, which has upon its rolls the name of every physician In this city. The officers are: President, Dr. H. O. Miller; first vice president, Dr. Fred T. Bond; second vice president, Dr. Bernard J. Klotz; sec- retary, Dr. J. J. Hogan; treasurer, Dr., C. E. Arnold. —_——— Fruit Packer Suddenly Disappears. BAN JOLE, June 21.—Louis Layton, ‘who has been engaged in packing and shipping cherries, has mysteriously disappeared. He came into town last Saturday and cashed a check for $50 at the Farmers’ Unfon. No reason can be advanced for his disappearance. He has considerable money coming to him from the sale of fruit and was al- ways steady. —————————— NEW Y . - 21.—Governor. has Botiied Ponice Commintionor Mesdor Syis atnta tn vioiavion of the Taw e - CHICAGO, June 2.—In a fight early sate and | fatally wounded, and . B to have béen cracks- ] in May, ! the Senator had promised to do LOSES Continued From Page 1, Column 3. time he had discussed the matter with | the defendant. He had had no personal agreement with Mitchell as to the fees, but had arranged that part of the busi-‘ ness with Tanner. | Besides Governor Piilsbury, Kribs tes- tified that €. A. Smith, C. J. Johnson and other Minneapolis lumbermen were finan- cially interested with him in securing timber lands. On Mr. Kribs being ex- cused Judge Tanner was called. All that_vou need do is t b your films of me; my films ars hest on the market. Here age a fe prices: 20c; 2iax44 %, 33, 4x5 per If you want Judge Tanner said that he had en- tered into partnership with Mitchell in 1891, which partnership had continued | until the recent trouble, and that | throughout that Gime the relations had | been cordial between them. The first partnership agreement had been made 1891. There was another | agreement of March 5, 1903, upon | which he identified the signature of himself- and ‘Mitchell. It had- been | Wwritten in Portland and sent to Wash- | ington for the.signature of the Sena- tor, who had then returned it to him. The witness had known Kribs since October, 1901, when he had done tim- ber land business with him. Kribs had come to the office and he had agreed to help in the expedition of | his claims for $1000, half down and | the remainder upon the completion of | the work. Tanner testified that Senator Mitchell had been in the clty and he (Tanner) had introduced Kribs to him at the | office, when Kribs had asked him to get the status of the claims and use his influence In passing them, which | and which he did. | The witness identified the day book of the firm, showing the entry relat- | ing to the Kribs agreement and writ- ten in the handwriting of Harry C. | Robertson (Mitchell’s private secre- | tary), which had noted that the pay- ment was to be $500 down and $500 after service had been completed. He then {dentified the check for $500 paid as a retainer, previously identified by | Kribs. After Judge Tanner had ex- plained the manner of handling the firm finances by which he had depos- ited the half of the net proceeds to | the account of Senator Mitchell as | trustee, the court adjourned until to- morrow. 1 —_——— Alumnl Association Elects Officers. SAN JOSE, June 21.—The Alumni Assoclation of the San Jose State Nor- | mal School held an Interesting meeting to-day, The following officers were elected for the following year: Presi- dent, Robert Leonard; first vice presi- | dent, Miss Johanna Johnson; second | vice president, Miss Lottie Hudson; | third vice president, Miss Eleanor Lowe: secretary, Miss Bessie Wil- liams; corresponding Secretary, Miss Alerta Ives; executive committee— Misses Helen Mignon, Anna Nicholson, Maud Marchant and Elmer Emerson. The alumni association meetings closed this evening with a reception at the Normal School. ———— CHICAGO, June 21.—The property of the gx;::;uutl:gal l;u:k!ng Company has been or sold under foreclosure procee satisfy claims of $3,977,000. bt R BITTERS The Bitters has proven so conglusively the many claims made for it that many prominent physicians prescribe it to their patrons in cases of Poor Appetite, Sleeplessness, Headache, Bloating, Belching, Costiveness, Indigestion, Dy spepsia or Female Complaints. Their example is a good one to follow. WHY WE ARE SUCCESSFUL ‘We advertise no fakes. We best matarial that money can by e ,Bive you honest dental we scientifically . Our prices are cne-! as much as other dentists would charge. 75 new = W Spedialty Set. of Teeth....... $3.00 ‘Bridge Work ...... $2.50 Gold Crowns... -50¢ Fillings. NOTICEi—We extract testh ‘absolutely without pain or no-pay. Wi Wi a protective guarantee for 15 years with all our work. 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