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^ Newspaper _Xou A p p e « * “ Morning F . p e r , T H E A D V E R T I S E R - J O U R N A L rT > ^ r D T TvlTITP -Pi A \T T,T71T^^T-.rr, . _ _______ _ ______ _ ^ atf COMPLETE DAY REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Also Means “A u b u m ism ”— I f You’re Loyal to Your Country You’ll Be Loyal to Your City TOM P. ^ w j r 27.—Candidates for f Campaign managers hero of three oMihUcan’ nomination fo r the I leading candidates all claim victory •jaw to18? opened their trial in statements issued last night. The sT c ^ t u r e the ,493 votes that Jwnrr in -the convention w inch .tweone week from n e x t Tues- / w ot the.9S4 delegates who j/m t h e convention were selected when' Vermont Republicans *nd chose eight uninstructed dele- Wood Has 153 Votes ' , •tor General Leonard Wood, pres- X m show, will enter the-con- w, with more instructed votes my other candidate, but 'liis total itt is less than one-third of the ter necessary to win the. nomina- e division of strength among the field of favorite sons practically ndes any possibility of a ’ nomina- on the first ballot. Even tlxe most —istic campaign managers here are claiming victory before the third tot and the more conservative party era predict the break will not come . the fifth or sixth, u'big factor which may upset oaign managers’! predictions is yet Ic dealt with. One hundred and -fire contests have been or w ill be more than one-seventh of all the ts in the convention being at stake. Xational Committee, which meets Monday to decide these contests prepare the temporary roll, may terialiy alter the prospects of sev- candidates. Wood and Lowdcn Contest e principal contests are between rters of General Wood -and Gov- Frank 0. Lowdcn. Senator son and other candidates a r e not tly interested in these contests, nay raise questions regarding pri- contests in South Dakota, New y, Indiana, Michigan, N e b raska other states. ' addition to the 145 contests sur- delegates, with fractional votes, e been chosen from 10 states and Xational Committee’s rules provide t.tieir right to seats shall also be tested. The convention stated that (resize delegations should toe seat- ud no seats have been provided fo r ' Si Texas Split, ator Johnson and Senator How- Sntherland of West V irg in ia the principal gainers in prim a r- ud conventions held in fo u r states g the past week. Senator John- returns indicate, will get n in e of Mi’s ten votes, and Senator •Sutli- 1G from West Virginia. Texas blicans split into two factions, of which elected an uninstructed tion with 23 votes, snres compiled here show the fo i ls division of the convention Wood, 153; Johnson, 100; Low- i»; favorite sons and uninstruct- Wij, fog Heads Favorite Son L is t , tlie favorite son list, Senator tog has 39 votes from O h io ; Sen- Sutherland 1 from W e s t Vir- ; Senator Poindexter is expected ive Washington’s 14; and Ju d g e ard of North Carolina is to get 17 of his state’s Wood and Johnson camps make defin ite prediction as to their first ballot vote, the supporters of Wood claiming 385 votes and those of the senator 230. The Lowdcn forces, while prfessing their conference, are not prepared to quote exact figures. Work on tho convention hall is pro gressing rapidly and Charles R. Hall, superintendent of the Coliseum, has assured the Convention Committee that the more than 13,000 scats will be in place 24 hours before the conven tion is called to order by , Chairman W ill H. Hays, of the National Com mittee. M o re Se a ts Available. Extra balconies are being erected to provide nearly one thousand more seats than were available at any pre vious convention. The speaker’s platform and seats for 2,000 visitors have already been erected. Tn the Coliseum annex, of fices of convention committees and of ficers and the room of the National Committee, where tho contests will be heard mext week, have been in readi ness .for some time. National committeemen began ar riving early this week .and a majority of the 53 members aro expected to be on hand by Monday, Chairman Havs w ill arrive Sunday. A. T. Hert of Louisville, chairm an of the Convention Committee on Arrangements, arrived yesterday. i BRETHREN BAN | VICTROLAS BUT NOT « ♦ DEVIL MACHINES 2 % ----- ^ Logansport. Ind., M ay 27.— The <S> use of or presence in homes of <S> its members of a l l talking ma- <S> • chinos is forbidden by the annual conference of the Old Order <S> B r a n c h of the Brethren Church, <£ w h ich came to a close last night <S> a f t e r a five days’ session on a <3> fa r m twelve miles east of here. <S> A resolution perm itting use of (lie \S* <s> machines was voted dowi> by a <s> v narrow margin, <J> ( Some of tho more conservative <*> members sought to obtain from <S> ^ the Council action forbidding the <?> ^ use of the automobile, calling it a <5\ ^ de v il machine, but tho opposition <> j w a s greatly in the minority <?> G> <$>'$>•§■ <z> •$••$>•?> <3> <J> <j><S><S><4>’<S><J><;><3> DIAZ JOINS KOLCHAK LIGHTS CIGARETTE UN FACES DEATH Victoria, B. C., M ay 27.—Admiral Kolchak, former head of the all-Rus- sian government, died smoking a cig arette, according to Captain Wallace I. Webb,- provost - m arshal with the British forces and head of the Inter national m ilitary police in Siberia, who arrived from Vladivostok today. I-Ie was in Irkutsk a t tho time. “Give me a cigarette,” Kolchak calmly asked, according to Captain Webb. Then w ith a steady hand he lighted it and faced the squad, await ing the end. O il E x h ib it io n in Cage. Vancouver, B. C., May 27.—Admiral Kolchak, former head of the all-Rus sian government, after his'capture by revolutionists, was placed in a cage at Irkutsk and exhibited, according to N. Deberg, form e r member of tlie ad m iral’s staff, who arrived yesterday from the Orient on tlie steamer Manila Maru. Crowds surrounded the cage, according to Deberg, heaping epithets upon Kolchak and jeering at him. HEAD CALLED BEFORE FEDERAL JUDGE N e w York, M ay 27.— W illiam M. W o o d , president of the American W o o len Company, w ill be arraigned before Federal Judge H a n d on indict ments charging profiteering in woolen cloth. A Federal G r a n d Jury yester day indicted Mr. Wood, tho American W o o len Company of Xew York, and the American W oolen Company of Massachusetts on 14 counts. Herbert C. Sm y th, special U n ited States attor ney, declared, Mr. W o o d was receiving enormous salaries in addition to com m issions, which in 1910, amounted to $515,4S2. M r . Smyth asserted the company was receiving 35 per cent, profit above cost, a n d said the companies this year increased their profits more than 300 per cent, over last year. M r . Wood has engaged Charles E. H u g h e s as • counsel. Vera Cruz, May 27.— (By the Asso ciated Tress).— Rebel forces command ed by Felix Diaz and operating along tho coast of the State of Vera Cruz near Nautla are combining w ith other rebels and the troops still rem a ining loyal to the Carranza government, ac cording to advices received here. As yet there is no official confirmation of this report. Diaz announced some tim e ago be 1 S °vern“ cnt ownership of railroads, en- had abandoned his opposition to the ’ dorsomout of federal control of manu- Carranza government and that he ; f ftcture ancl distribution of “necessary PRICE THREE CENTS 5 PACKERS ARE SAYS PALMER Attorney General Replies to Ques tionnaire of Farmers — Says Packers Are No Longer Menace to Food Tables—Also Favors Right of Free Speech Washington, May 27—Opposition to wished to leave tho country. So far MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED III RISH RAIDS MD ARSENAL fere’oif°duhr 27‘\~G u a r d s ' of a hnmK ^ t<ylQy as tbe re kitchen of t h W Sl°n in the cel‘ 1 last night 'ifnf A?mory an d ecticnt «ipitol a n d the t0 East Hart- pt u“der guard u n t il day- ^ b brassm; t ° fa f l£te e n iave h « ? i ^ ends The examrn >. Pegged w ith was u.4d t o T elieved th a t an J t0 a^ompiish detona- 6 to”a j mcl0^ lt.tered k it c h e n ha4 boon plared.m Whicb the FOOD PRICES AREJDUCED <New York, M ay 27.— A chain of food stores on Long Island announced to day a sweeping reduction in prices would be made tomorrow. According to tho 'announcement, fresh eggs will be sold at 40 cents a dozen, best coffee at 37 cents a pounds, best butter at 59 ccints a pound, and .white granu lated sugar at 20 cents a poiind. The announcement followed a con ference with federal officials. sils J ^ S W EA T H E R f o r e c a s t . Wa*iifcton, May York; C°0lCr tonS« ht P®rtron; cooler Friday; southwest to west 27.— W e s t- F a ir to n ig h t Fix Maximum Clothes Prices in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa., May 27.—An agree ment has been reached between tlie Federal F a ir Price Committee of Al legheny County and the Retail Jler chants Association of Pittsburgh whereby m a x im u m prices have bcen fixed for wearing apparel of men, women aud children, and reductions made in certain other cases, it was an nounced here today by the chairman of the Fair Price Committee. Those who wish to purchase staple and serviceable articles of wearing ap parel may do so w ith ‘‘full confidence that no unreasonable or unjustified prices are being charged by retailers, the announcement said. Because of the \unusually heavy burden placed upon the average per- D u b lin , May 27.— Destruction of property in Ireland by fires is con tinuing. Kilbritain castle, near Bran don, County Cork, one of Ireland's ancient landmarks, has been destroyed. It is estimated that tlie damage was 100,000 pounds. D a m a g e estimated a t 40,000 pounds wag caused by fire on) tbe farm of M a jor Pollock at Gaveen, Ballinasloe. Several valuable horses were burned. An attem p t was made to burn the Court House at W a terville, County Kerry. The Court House at Cloyne, County Cork, was burned. One liund,red men attacked the po lice barracks at Longs Gorge, Galway, but w e re beaten off. The members of a coroner’s jury who s a t in an inquest on two police men w h o were killed have received a notice informing them that they have been trie d and found guilty of “trea son” a n d must hear the consequences. 1 commodities ” and elimination of ex' as known ho had not departed, and re- i coss Profits tnxes in favor of higher ports state he has taken advantage of i tnxes 011 incomcs from Investment, the fact he has not been pursued and <*nnicterized the reply of Attorney has reconsicj-red his resolution to quit Gonernl Palm e r, made public today, to Mexico. I the recent questionnaire submitted to An escort for Diaz is said to be in 'Presidential candidates and others by the process of formation a t M isantln the national board of farm organiza- _______ . tions. Fugitive D idn’t Sliavc Beard. ! Regarding the recent Federal Court Laredo, Texas, May 27. __ Copies of cl<^creo' entered after long negotiations E l Universal, published in Mexico witl* tlle packers and tlie government, City, reached Laredo today, containing iJIr- P almer said: full page pictures of scenes at the Car- > N o thing Cut Butchers, ranza funeral. Among the pictures is ' T1 cl° not w a n t to appear brutal in a full view of the body of the lat\ lls*nS the term, but this decree makes president, prepared for burial and butchers o f these five great packers, heaped about with flowers. The lace an(* n°thius else. They nre no longer and beard are the same as in life, dis- i a nlenailce to the food tnble of America proving reports that the fugitive’ had control of substitutes for meat.\ shaved suers. his beard to evade his x^nr- WILSON VETOES PEACE TREATY Washington, M a 27.—President W il son’s message vetoing the Republican peace Resolution wil ibe sent today to Congress but it was intimated a t the White House today that before send ing the message to Congress ho m ight talk it over at length with -Secretary Colby. The contents were not forecast but it generally is expected that the mes sage will define more clearly the polit ical issue which has gitown out of the president’s disagreement -with Con gress on the treaty of Versailles and the effort to establish peace by resolu tion. Tho right of free speech, Mr. P a l mer said, must bo “carefully guarded and preserved.” “I would have men preach as radi cal doctrine as they will ” he con tinued, “so K>ng as they strive to make that doctrine effective by peaceful methods.*’ As to “divert dealing between pro ducer and consumer,” he snid : “I believe that the time has come when, in the interests of the producer on the farm and the consumer in the centers of population, there should be government regulation of the exchange dealing in foodstuffs and in securities of corporations whose business has to do with commodities which aro known as necessities. The profits of specula tion on those exchanges add to the price of foodstuffs where directly trad ed iu, and in the use of shares of stock are ultim a tely borne by the com modities.” London, May 26.— The refusal of the D u b lin railway m e n and dockers to h a n d le munitions for English troops in Ire la n d continues absolute. A t H a rcourt Station, Dublin, a con signm e nt of munitions in an ordinary train fo r transit to Arklcnv was held up, th e railway men refusing to make the tr i p if the m u n itions wore put aboard. The consignment was then taken back to the m ilita r y depot and the tra in proceeded. The only conces sion th e railway men w ill make is to allow food supplies to be conveyed to tho troops. Won’t Unload Cargo The munitions tangle has led to a complete stoppage of the cargo service on the London and Northwestern Rail- wa between England anrl Ireland. Tlie company’s dockers quit work after re fusing to unload tw o steamers be cause the cargo of one contained a small consignment of revolvers for the Dublin police. The stoppage of the cargo boats will seriously affect Irish industry, large quantities of dairy produce, fish and cattle being held up a t Dublin. POLES RETREAT DEAD Wise Phinney Takes Good Care of Wet Goods Sacramento, Calif., M a y 27.— When burglars ransacked the cellar at the A. Van Phinney home, in an exclusive residential section here and stole a quantity of liquor, a barrel of whis- son’s income because of the high cost key w a s not included in tho loot, the (Waft ^ ip e r a t u r e s . j^ & e p t . Thermometer.) .............. 73 73 ns« t o in J L ’ sets 7:30 ‘■onwrrow 4;34 of living,” the announcement contin-1 police announced today. Phinney had ued, the retailers consented to sell be- placed it in his bedroom for safe low their customary price several ar- keeping, they added, tides designated by the Fair Price Committee. Latest Census Figures. Washington, M ay 27.— Bradford, Pa„ 15,525, increase, 9S1 or 6.7 per cent: Decatur, 111., 43,S I S ; increase, 12,078 or 40.7 per cent; Florence, Ala., 10,- 520, increase 3.S40, or 57.4 per cent. S trang e Egg Now Henhawk. Rome, N. Y , May 27.— I n a setting of eggs which Mrs. M a rgaret W ard of Vernon placed under a hen three weeks ago, was an unidentified egg which lia d been found afield The strange egg is now a henhaw k and the hen is mothering it. Lond,on, May 27— The Town of Borisov, on the Beresina River a t its junction with the Mlnslc-Smolensk Railway line, has been captured by the Bolsheviki in their drive against the Poles, according to a Soviet official statement received by wireless from Moscow today. “Borisov was captured on M ay 25. In tho direction of Minsk fierce fight ing continues. Our troops retired to night to new positions six miles west of the River Bergian (Beresina?). “Other enemy attempts to cross to the left bank have been stopped by our fire. Reds Break Pole Resistence. “In the direction of Molodechno, (west of Borisov,) near the railw ay, our troops after three days of fierce fighting with new enemy reinforce ments broke their resistance and oc cupied Butslav Village, northeast of Molodechno, and also a number of vil lages along the Butslav-Dunilovitchy Road. “Along the upper reaches of the Beresina we occupied a series of vil lages. 14 miles southwest of Dokchitcha and 10 miles south of Schlants. F u r th er south, overcoming the enemy’s fierce resistance, we are continuing to advance towards Zembin Village, 14 miles northwest of Borisov. D u r ing his retreat the enemy abandoned many killed and wounded.” Body of Auartore Exhumed. New York, May 27.—The body of Joseph Auditore, “millionaire steve dore,” who died on May 0 in a woman’s apartment in Manhattan, was exhumed today in Brooklyn to deter mine if death was due to n a tural causes. Aucldnntd Scene of Tournament. Wellington, May 27 —Auckland has been chosen as the scene of the D a v is cup tennis tournament by the Xew Zealand Lawn Tennis Association which recommends that the tournament be hold December 20 to December 24. Fur Workers Strike. New York, May 27.— Fur workers In the metropolitan district went on strike today for a forty hour week in order to prevent laying off of workers during the slack season. The union declared 10,000 were out. Stampede at Sugar Sale. Anderson, Ind., May 27.— Several thousand persons impeded traffic for blocks here today in an effort to pur chase sugar advertised at 17 1-2 cents a pound b a local merchant Sugar has becm bringing around 30 cents a pound ARMENIA WANTS PEACE WITH REDS Paris, M a y 27.—The Armenians have accepted an invitation from the Russian Bolsheyiki to send delegates to Moscow, according to information received by the French foreign office. A Tiflis dispatch to the foreign of fice sas the Georgians lmve already reached an agreement with Moscow under which the TifliSs government un dertakes to prevent Georgian territory being used as a base for attacks against the Bolsheviki, The reported willingness of the A r menians to negotiate with the Bolshe vik! is explained in official circles here by the fact that they are exposed to attacks by tbe Turkish Nationalists on the one side and by the Bolsheviki on other and probably have in view an arrangement assuring them tranquil ity on their northern boundary. COMMITTEE WON’T APPROVE MANDATE Washington, May 27. —President Wilson’s proposal for an American mandate over Armenia was disap proved tod/iy by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Only four Democrats opposed adverse action on the president’s request. By a vote of eleven to four the com mittee reported a resolution declaring that Congress respectfully declines to grant to the executive the power to ac cept a mandate over Armenia Washington, May 27.—Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler’s candidacy for the Re publican presidential nomination has been financed to the extent of $40,550, Judge John R. Davies of New York City, testified today befare the Seuate Committee of inquiry. The entire fund was spent on gener- a1 publicity, tho witness testified. Judge Davies Questioned Judge Davies was questioned as to tho possibility of laws limiting ex penditures for candidates before na tional conventions. “I don’t see how you can do it,” he said. \ I f you go into state primaries you have got to organize, and the ex penses all over the country will then bo tremendous.\ “Suppose you gave one man $500,000 to expend in your campaign would you call that idealistic?\ asked Senator I’omerone (Democrat) Ohio. This was the expression used yester day by Colonel W illiam Cooper Proc ter, General Wood's campaign m a n ager. “I would distinguish between practi cal and idealistic there, ” Judge Davies replied. “Doctor Butler would not ac cept such a contribution. It was un derstood at the start.” The witness agreed with Senator Edge (Republican) New Jersey, that it would cost $1,250,000 to give nation al circulation to a single platform pamphlet for n candidate. Investigate McAdco Tlie Committee then went into the question of tho campaign' for W , G. McAdoo (Democrat) calling Dr. B u r ris Jenkins', publisher of the Kansas City Post. Jenkins admitted to Chair man Kenyon that he had been asked to nominate McAdoo by Jouett Shouse, assistant secretary of the treasury. He said he conferred last night with Shouse, Daniel C. Roper, former col lector of internal revenue, Commis sioner Robert Woolcy of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Frank Wilson, former director of Liberty loan publicity. “Know of any funds being raised for the McAdoo candidacy?” Chairman Kenyon asked Jenkins. “No, sir; on the contrary, those gentlemen last night said they had no funds.” A total of $113,100 has heen raised for the campaign of Senator Harding (Republican) of Ohio, aud $107,704 spent, tho committee was told, by H a r r y M. Daugherty, representing the senator. .T. S. Darst, West Virginia state auditor and chairman of the commit tee in that state for General Wood's campaign, testified that $4,43S had been spent in the campaign in that state and that bills m ight amount to $2,000 more. He received $6,500 from national headquarters. “W h y we consider this a small am o u n t to spend on a sheriff's cam paign in one of our smaller counties,” declared thq witness. “Why, $100,000 is a small amount to spend for a sen ator’s campaign. I t would have cost $55,000 just to organize the state de cently for General W ood.” Used Airplanes Too. D a rst said the opposition \took whole pages in the newspapers, and used'airplanes.’’ “W h a t did Senator Sutherland^ campaign cost?” asked Senator Pom- erene. “I only know w h a t Ills manager told me in January,\ was the reply. “That was $S,000.” D a r s t added that Sutherland had not a chance, and th a t after a com plimentary vote for the senator, West V irginia delegates w o u ld vote for Wood. The witness expressed the opinion “that .unless .there Is corruption you are entitled to spend $100,000 a statu on publicity for a good man.” TURK NATIONALIST ASSAILS PEACE PACT Angora, Asia-Minor, May 27.— (By the Associated Press)— Unalterable opposition to tho treaty of peace tlie Allies have submitted to Turkoy was expressed hero today by Mustapha Kemal Pasha, leader of Turkish Na tionalist forces. 1-Ie was asked by the correspondent for a statement rela tive to the treaty and replied he “wel comed' an opportunity to speak ou tho situation.\ “The Allied powers, led by Great Britain, condemned Turkey to death,” ho declared, \nnd began to apply their decision by the very direct material manifestation know'll to the world. The Turkish nation naturally has do dined to accept such a sentence. Our Caliph and Sultan, tho Turkish Parlia ment and the Turkish government, the members of w h ich were legal repre sentatives of tlie Tnrklsh nation, were unable to resist such verdict and fell Into tho hands, of the British by the sudden occupation of Stamboul. “The Turkish nation, loft without head or government in such a mortal crisis, took the responsibility for its own life into its own hands and creat ed a people’s government composed of its own representatives in Angora calling it the great National Assembly and endowing it with legal executive powers. Nationalists W ill Fight Campaign f,260 Railway Workers Strike London. M ay 27.—Twelve thousand workers on the Great Indian Penin sula Railw a y have struck, demanding increased wages, says a Bombay dis patch of the Exchange Telegraph Company. Yesterday afternoon the men adopted a threatening attitude and disorganized traffic in Bombay, the dispatch says. Trains were boarded by tho strikers, who smashed windows. Insulted pas sengers and held up traffic for an hour M ilitary detachments were called oat but the strikers had dis persed before the troops arrived. FOL S T R IK E Suw ouDs W ant Legislation to End Strikes. Paris, May 27.— Parliament and the government w ill be asked by the Union of French Peasants to .pass legislation intended to assure freedom of w o rk ers and, put an end to strikes. Resolu tions to this effect were passed here yesterday at a general meeting of the union, delegates representing a mem bership of 42,380 farmers in attend ance. Lipton Yacht Most Ready for Speed Try-outs New York, M n y 27.— Workmen on Sir Thomas L iplo n ’s cup challenger ■Shamrock IV, launched last night, were busy today preparing to step her hollow wooden mast. This spar is said to be much heavier a,nd stronger than tho Resolute’s, which snapped in a race last week. One. of tho novelties of the Sham rock is a Swedish speedometer made in the form of a tube running through the hull of the craft to the wnter where the pressure of the water at the end of the tube registers the s|>eed This will enable her to have her try outs for speed before the arrival of her trial mate, 23 metro ShainmrU GIFT 0F~$10 000 TO , RETIRING PRESIDENT Assertions were made by Mustapha Kem a l that the B r itish were attempt ing to discredit the T u rks and repre- sebt them as “mere savages and fa- n a tics'.” He asserted, however, that tbe new Nationalist government here would use all itc resources to combat this campaign. “The people nre capable of prompt and united action in such an over whelming misfortune,” he continued. \The Nationalist government Is not only an admirable organism for life and resistance; It Is also worthy the sympathy of all Democratic nations, esjwelally America, w h ich created it self under similar conditions in protest to B r itish tyranny. Such a national organization does not prcseht itself as an easy prey to the B r itish policy of extermination. “The British arc quick to realize this,” he continued, “and are using definite and different means to break down this organization internally, to ereato general public opinion against tho Turks and obtain m ilitary assist ance from the British Parliament. The B r itish policy in Turkey 4s to create civil war and anarchy. For this pur pose they are using intrigue, money and the sacred power of the caliph.” JAPAN AND CHINA CONFER Cleveland. Ohio. May 2 7 —A gift of $10,000 to the retiring International president, Charles C. Shay of W w York, was= made by members of the International Alliance of Thealriral Stage Employes and Motion Picture Operators of the United States anil Canada at the closing session of the annual convention yesterday In recognition of his services ns president 14 years. Mr Shay was elected president emeritus. James Lemke of Troy, N. Y , wn-s elected president. Tokio. May 25.— (B y the Associated Press.) — China's reply rejecting Jap a n ’s offer iu open negotiations relative to tho future status of Sham- tnng has been received at the foreign office here. It says China is ready to supply guards for the railroad to dis place Japanese engaged, in that service and declares tbat <>ouinry considers the railroad a distinct and separate question from that of the province. Japanese officials point out the withdraw al of Japanese guards was offered conditional upon China's open ing general conversations relative to Shantung It is considered the reply is n refusal of the Japanese offer and. therefore, it is probable the status quo will lie permitted to continue. Ja p Cruiser in U. S. Celebration. Tokio. May 27— (By tbe Associated Press.) — The Japanese cruiser Kasuga will sail on May 20 for Portland, Maine, to participate iu the celebra tion marking tbe 100th anniversary of the establishment of a state govern ment there She will pass through the Panama Canal and w ill be the first Japanese war vessel to use that water way.
