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Show WANTS U. S. TO RULE PANAMA CANAL ZONE PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec.' 11. Addressing Address-ing more than 1000 engineers at the annual an-nual dinner of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania here tonight, Major General George W. Goethals recommended rec-ommended the abrogation of the Taft agreement with the republic of Panama, and the establishment of complete sovereignty sov-ereignty over the canal zone by the United States. He also declared that the canal could he made to pay largely if it was allowed to engage in business other than that directly concerned with the transit "of shipping. |