Show BOWEN IS BOUNCED BY THE PRESIDENT secretary loom s is found guiltless of graft hg in venezuela and the former min ster roundly scored washington the dismissal of her bert W bowen for some years united states minister to venezuela and the exoneration of assistant secretary of state francis loomis of the allega alons brought against him by mr bowen are the outcome of the loom is bowen controversy which has at wide attention for many months past this disposition of the case is made by president roosevelt in a letter addressed to secretary tatt made public tuesday night ap proving mr tafts report on his find ings and conclusions in the case the president scathingly arraigns minister bowen declaring that his conduct is especially reprehensible that mr bowen ed one of his witnesses to enter the employ of a certain corn pany tor the purpose in plain words of stealing documents which might incriminate mr and that mr bowen has evidently for many months indeed for the last two years devoted himself to hunting up scan daland gossip until it became a monomania and caused him to show complete disloyalty country he represented j the president says hoped to promote mr bowen as during much of his servi cehe had done good work but that his usefulness in the diplomatic service is now at an end |