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Show JAPAN MOURrJS OVER DEATH OF PREMIER KATO J Veteran Statesman Diet ' Following . Illness From jr Cancer and Complica-' Complica-' tions Weakening Heart HAD BIG PART IN K NAVAL CONFERENCE Irilliant- Leader Lired to See Culmination of Arms Reduction Plan Which Started at Washington TOrtO. Aug. 14 (By A. ?.) Premier Tomoaaburo Kato died thl afternoon, apparently from a complication com-plication of maladlea which weakened weak-ened hi heart beyond repair. Admiral Baron Kato waa born In 1161 and had a distinguished career ca-reer In th naval, administrative aad diplomatic eervloee before he asaa elevated ta tha premiership last S-aar. . ,'. . Whlla th report was current Marly thla afternoon that Japan's premier had died at 1:20 p. m.. official of-ficial confirmation was withheld until shortly before S o'clock. Tha xact causa of death waa not announced, an-nounced, but th Japanese preee. .with some ahow of authority, haa been ststlng that Baron Kato waa suffering from cancer. The attending at-tending phyelclana. however, reported re-ported eiomaca trouble and hemorrhoids, hem-orrhoids, and lesued reassuring bulletins to tha laat, even that of noon today reporting almply that hts condition had grown worse since J night, with some eigne of ex-stlon. ex-stlon. It was added, though, i little Improvement had been n sine midnight, and the pat's pa-t's heart waa caualng anxiety. vmdMNET NOTIFIED. Later, th cabinet, which waa ' ronalderlng Britiah proposal for . a new railway guard la China, received re-ceived an urgent sneaeage, it was aald :that axygen kad been administered, admin-istered, but that tha premier wa ln a omaioae state and death, was cxpeoted momentarily, a. It la understood that Foreign Minister Uchlda will act as pre-. pre-. anler until after the funsral. The entire cabinet then will resign and a new one will ba chosen under whoever la appointed premier. Among those mentioned prominently prominent-ly for the premiership ar Count Gombel Yamamoto. an ea-premler and retired admiral; Governor Den of Formosa. Governor Salto of Korea, Ko-rea, and Baron Noouakl Maklno, a member of tha houee et peers, who haa held cabinet portfolio and diplomatic post. . Premier Kato'a Illness waa of long duration, but until recently It waa not regarded as eerlous. It was said officially that hia health would not aacessltate hia retirement. But a few daya ago It waa learned authoritatively au-thoritatively that hia condition waa auch ha could not continue In office of-fice long. . Until today, however, it wae not generally believed that bla life waa In danger. INTERESTED IN TREATY. 'One culmination of tha pretater'e long career of public service was recorded formally, but a few daya before bla death, when the five power ubscrlbing to the treaty for tha reduction of naval arma-ments arma-ments exchanged ratifications in Washington. Tha naval treaty wa a -consummation -in which Baron Kato ' waa deeply Interested and he had said repeatedly that he regarded re-garded It aa establishing a new era of peace. Aa a delegate to the Washington arms conference he had tttn one of tha foremost advocates Sof Ihe pact. Z Premier Kato first cam Into prominence In the Russo-Japanese war. which ha entered aa a captain cap-tain in tha navy and from which he emerged a rear admiral. In 111 he became minister of the navy and in th same year was mad a full admiral. He waa raised to the peerage In 120. During hia ministry as head of the navy he aa known aa an advocate of tha Advancement of friendly relatione between Japan and tha United States. He was confirmed aa premier pre-mier n June 12, X. Formal announcement of , tha death today of Premier Kato Is expected ex-pected tomorrow. The emperor has sent the premier the traditional farewell present of wlna . Man With Neighbot Family Arretted BONNER SPRINGS. Kan.. Aug. 14 (By U. P.Joeph Blye waa arrested here today, charged with violating tha tenth commandment command-ment Authorftlee declared Bly not only coveted ! neighbor'a wife. Mrs. Lula Bernard, but aleo hia entire family of four children, ranging from eighteen month to six year, aa well aa the modem beast of burden, bur-den, which haa superseded tba- asa of antiquity, a Ford auto. The part r waa arrested. n rout to New Mexico. a complaint of I BarauufjL . . |