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VOL. 13 No. PANAMA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1924 SAD CASE DECREE OF DROWNING ISSUED Leeward and Virgin Islands Swept by Great Hurricane President Coolidge Hurl Deſi at Pertinent Kluxer THE DECREE Coolidge, New sequent a letter, return Reported From New For Governing New Providence.
Hospital.
Three Hundred Persons Met Death On Friday the 5th inst. a sad The following Decree, translat. Who Tried to Block Colored Man occurrence took plare at New ed, which we believe will be of Thousands of Houses Destroyed. Providence. Two little boys, both special interest our readers, Being Nominated To Congress vizand new Santo Augustin Ruesse, aged 6 years Hospital and directing that all The following cable despatch relating the destructive respectively, got into a cayuca the employees and staff of the The following exerpt taken from the CHICAGO storm which passed over the Leeward Virgin Islands, which was tied along side the jetty institution shall be Panamans, DEFENDER should not be without interest to our numerous used by passengers to and from except technical experts who can readers; app ared in the GLEANER: Mr. Nathl. Wickham motor boat not be obtained locally, has been St. Thomas. September At least eignty per and let loose, somehow or other, signed by President Porras last Colored race a more general recog. There is especially due to the could not possibly be permitted, sons are known to have been killed and many others the former boy was thrown into Monday Our Constitution guarantees nition of their Constitutional equal rights to all our citizens, injured, numerous houses destroyed and other material the water and was drowned, just rights. Surely they hold the without discrimination on account damage done as a result of a hurricane which struck the how it happened no one can say Considering: that the new double title of citizenship, by birth, of race or color. have taken Islands in this vicinity on the night of August 28th and for the boy, Augustin, connot Santo Tomas Hospital has been by conquest, to be relieved from all ontb to support that Constitution.
my nessed. The body state that on the Island of Montserrat, forty persons were was not recuvered until about service since the first day of the position, to be defended from It is the source of your rights and lynching and to be freely granted my rights. proposo to regard it equal opportunities. Calvin and administer it, as the source of killed and many injured; the Island of Tortola is said to o clock on Sunday morning currentino th. That it is therefore necessary to the rights of all the people, whathave been devastated twenty eight persons being killed and though many divers went down upon convenient measures. Washington, Aug. 15. In a ever their belief or race, one hundred injured, while most of the houses were des and diligent search was made all decide the time for the administration of the letter to Charles Gardner, Fort Colored man is precisely as troyed: on the Island of Nevis four persons are reported The deceased came from Colon, Hospital and, Hamliton. who had written much entitled to submit his candikilled and three hundred houses destroyed; at St. John and was here for only two week: That it being a State institu. him protesting that a man of our (Antigua) deaths are reported and a hundred others previous to his death, he was tou Panamans should be preferred Race had been named as a Re dacy in a party primary as is any publican candidate for congress in be made by the constituents to other citizen. The decision must throughout various other islands The homeless are being spending time with Mr. over foreigners in its staff. It is decreed: Morris, the Inspector, tu whom York, President Coolidge whom he offers himself and by sheltered in churches and police stations. The cotton lines and the mother of the deceased we issued what has been termed the and other crops are declared to have been destroyed or tender our heartfelt sympathy. Article The supreme direction of the Santo Tomas Hospitai most pertinent statement on the nobody else.
The Government here are sending The hoy, Augustin, is a son of seriously damaged.
situation that has come from You have suggested building materials and doctors to the stricken districts, the Policeman who is now station au puble ohin be filosofia ha codes there a public (Meial within the last 12 some fashion sheetodla tharing influence to bear to prevent the many of the injted having aiready been brought hered here. The funeral took place at the Executive Power, through the years. o clock Sunday morning.
Gardner called upon the president possibility of a Colored man being for treatment.
Department of Public Works.
to use his influence to stop the nominated for Congress. lo reply AMERICAN RED CROSS SOCIETY HELPS.
Panama Boy Scouts Article The general ad. New York Republicans fron using quote my great predecessor.
mnistration of all hospitals of the their discretion in selecting their Theodore Roosevelt: Washington, Sept. The American Red Cross Return.
the Superintendent of the Santo with klannish bigotry, declared to te ke the position that the door of Rupublic shall be in the hands of candidates. His letter, teeming cannot consent to Society has sent funds to Virgin Islands to alleviate suffering there resulting from the effects of the recent hurricane.
The contingent of West India Tomas Hospital, and its organiza the president that repeated iguor. report from the Governor of the Island of Saint Boy Scouts who went from Pan tou shall be regulated by a subling o the race problem does not hope the door of opportunity is excuse us for allowing encroach to be shut upon any man, no matThomas states that the tropical storm swept over the ama to the Imperial Jamboree at ter how worthy; purely upon the Wembley, England, returned on Article The medical per ments.
grounds of race or color.
Virgin Islands on the night of August 28th, and adds that Wednesday. They arrived at sonnel, nursing staff, midwives, Coolidge answer, crisp vigorous the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, were the chief Colon on the steamship Orcoma and employees of the Santo Toma, and to the point, follows in part: The action of the president in Provincial sufferers and that the heavy rains which have been con and came over to Panama on the stating his position in no uncertain Leaving out of consideration terms, in spite of the fact that he tinuing since the storm passed on its way are aggravating 45 train.
hospitals of the Republic will be the menifest impropriety of the knew that he was bound to arouse They were met at the railroad appointed by the Executive power president intruding himself in a the ire of a certain class of Amer.
the condition of the homeless who are suffering from It is estimated that one thousand houses were station by Asst. County Com from recommendations presented local contest for nomination. am ican 100 per centers, proves clearexposure.
wrecked in St. Thomas while St. John has been completely and therebca Harris, members bombe Superintendent of Santo amazed to receive much time of Local. Tomas Hospital.
ly that he is swayed only by his devastated, it being impossible to estimate the damage Ladies Committee. great tution in the personnel will also During the war 300, 000 Colored convictions and can be depended ovation was done in that island.
accorded the men and boys were called up under upon to do the right thing when furn. decreed by the Executive Power.
the draft, not one of whom sought he is convinced as to what it immense crowd 19.
Appeals to the Red Cross for clothing for five hundred ing boys by the. Article The personnel men to evade it. They took that gathered at the stalion.
men, five hundred boys and five hundred girls as well as tioned in the preceding paragraph, places wherever assigned in defence have been hit by the government for two hundred hospital gowns have been received.
The contingent immediately left as well as all subaltern employees of the nation of which they are in removing a large number of and marched to Delessaps Park, necessary, shall be entirely Pan just as truly citizens as are any workers from different departments by the fife and drum amans, with the exception of others. The suggestion of denying of the service may well take hope corps, where Mr. Tait intro experts who cannot be obtained any measure of their full political and be convinced that with such a BIG SLIDE AT SOSA HILL. duced Commissioner Harris to in the country.
rights to such a great group of our leader at the helm of the nation our deliver the address of welco ne Article All former Decrees populution as the Colored people Race has a champioa who will not This was a hort but masterful nad laws pertaining the is one which, however it may be tolerate injustices that he can As a result of the continuation of the heavy downpour address in weich Commissioner direction, construction, adminis received in some other quarters, remedy. Chicago Defender. of rain on this side of the Isthmus, the earth in these parts Harris said that the sending of the tration and management of the is becoming thoroughly soaked; which indicates that if the West Indian Scouts the Mother Santo Tomas Hospital. are weather continues on the same scale for another week or country was a splendid achieve hereby bullified and amended. PANAMA PAST CHIEF BOY OF UNBALANCED two the result in slides may be alarming.
ment, one that would be remem insofar as they conflict with the RANGERS COURT.
MIND bered by the boys themselves and present order, Day before yesterday Sosa Hill, where one of the to British subjects in Canal Zone signal stations is located, was minus over Panama, for it was chiefly the Inagurates Officially Sun Attacks Mother With 25, 000 cubic feet of its makeup At about o clock in the assistance of Britishers that made Machette.
GETS day, September 21st.
afternoon of that day an avalanche of water soaked earth it possible for the contingent to go HARRY WILLS and rock parted from the hill and in quick time made its hat what they have seen a to England. Hs said he hoped DECISION Finding himself in an unbalanced way down the western slope and rested about ten feet deep heard in the Motherland will The Officers and Members of the state of mind. Nicanor Tunon, from the foot of the hill over across the road leading into impress them with the greatness of Over Luis Firpo in Twelve been working tirelessly for the past with a machette last Wednesday above named Court who have 18 year olde boy armed himself La Boca and extending to the scrap heap of the moulding the Empire; that they left the Isthmus plant of the Balboa Shops, burying at the same time parts they had raturned 100 per cent as Britishers but hoped Round Bout.
15 months, have decided to open and attempted to shorten the life of up this Court officially to the pub his mother, had she not fled from of the Pauama Railroad switching track and pushing a box Britishers and with greater lave lico Sunday September 21 by bis presence at their house on the Harrv Wills, the American Negro the holding of impressive Sabanas road and, fortunately, car over against the scrap heap.
heavyweight. won the newsLedicatory Service, when alia spied police Asst.
a narrow escape, having passed the now inun dated area Williams also gave a short Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight, musicians both vacal and instru. with him returned to her house.
but a few sesonds before the big slide.
address of welcome in which he in their twelve round brut last mental will take part. In addition Seeing his mother returned, asked for the cooperation fathers, mothers and guardians S. A, according to of Thursday night in New Jersey, City to the foregoing, the reputable protected, Nicanor changed his to cable des Wesleyan Methodist Church Choir plans and decided he would try CHEF OF NATIONAL TELE MARCUS GEROY ARRESTED in the good work.
pacches which reached bere the under the direction of Messrs. the dangerous weapon on his two Scoutmaster Butcher gave GRAPH CFFICE night of the fight. Wills out fought Harris and DeDier, sisters who were still in the house; For Sending Threatening their association with English men who weighed in at 224 and a half tively, will review of the trip to England and and out pointed the Argentine Choirmaster and Organist respec and would have carried out his contribute special threat had he not been quickly Drowns in Attempting to Cross Letter to Prince of Wales.
An official reception has been pounds against Wills 217 pounds. selections, solos etc. for this grand subdued by the Police officer and his mother.
Swollen Chiriqui River.
arranged for the boys, at the lls scored the only knock down occasion.
Nicanor was arrested and taken news dispatch from Williams. International Club this evening in the fight, when he floored Firpo Besides there will be a number to the police station and is held town, reaching here Invitations are issued for this in the second round for a count of of inf uential ladies and gentlenen there in a cell pending his transfer two, Julio Benavides, Chief of the during the week, stated that the affair.
in the community who have been to an hospital for examination as National Telegraph Office of Police at that place have arrested Monday evening next the public Firpo, it is reported, did not asked to attend. An exquisite to his mental status, David, Chiriqui, is reported one Marcus Geroy who is charged will have an opportunity to hear show the vicious atteck, he dis Banquet for which this Court is a drowned to beinet wwashed boway with heading. ce threatening letter at the secoute te sperience abroad: er det man his fight with Jack thyer word. followa noon Saturday. together with subordi. to of Wales The a concert to be at the Dempsey last year.
night the 27th. amongst other Youthful Slayers Sentenced bate employee was tryin to cross Prince is at present in the United Wesleyan school room.
Wills won seven rounds of the ful Orchestra on hand to enliven attractions there will be a power to Life Imprisonment.
the Paso Baules ferd of the States.
twelve; the other five being fairly swollen Chiriqui river. Both men Geroy was later taken to a bos Regular Meeting even. He punished Firpo, with the Evening proceedings. Ad.
who were riding, were swept from pital on suspicion of insanity.
mission to both thes functions will The youthful slayers. Nathan F: hervy body attacks, tied him be strictly by ticket, which are Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, their mounts by the raging, torrents, but Mr. Renavidas compati ployee of the Department and 18 will hold on meetings and Paraiso evaded Firpo famous right, being beins rapidly issued by League of the of their equally youthful comion, being a strong swimmer, suc survived by a wife and Secretary panion, Robert Fraoks, were two on Wednesday the i7th, and in shaken only twice.
ceeded in reaching ebore.
children to whom much Sympathy this City on Saturday the 60, 000 person, including Jack big time is in store for those sentenced to life imprisonment by Mr. Benavides was an old em is extended.
20 inst.
Dempsey, saw the bout. who may be privileged to attend. Continued on Page 8)
headed Credit for their country.
No one has been reported hurt although one man had Ause. District Commissioner paper we used to severo muke Angel Beveren over det noen wand entferntea oficer, whose sidehem enlisted and on