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Show PLAN TO GIVE EACH I JACK TAR A BIBLE American Society to Establlnh a Distributing Dis-tributing Station on Oana Zone Where Sailors Will Be Supplied. NFW YORK Dec 28 Every sailor pass ng: throug ti Panama canal wl I be given a Bl e was announced to Ight by James Wood president of the ne eu B b c e y Co onel Geo ge W Goetha s governor of t e canal tone has se ectcd a p uce at Balboa, on the Pacific, for the tab shment of a Bible dls r b t ng s a on M Wood said W en Co ore Goe ha s returns to Panama ne mnn 1 f om Washington Mr Wood ll accomp ny him auid ex a n ne the s la According to tho p ans half a dozen men with no or au ches will distribute the books wl I h w be printed in many a gt ageB Of course some of the sailors will toss tie books o erboard said Mr Wood but a fe v wi 1 ho d pn to them aud that Is Jus what we want The rea s n we are Id ng on the Pacific and ot ho At ante sTde Is because more a pn w I sir i there to take on provl slons 1 Brat shipment of Bibles we expe t w 1 numbor 50 000 |