Show y RAIN COULD NOT DAMPEN patriotism ALONO ALONG CANAL w 14 lu i N q 4 C at 0 t a ga 0 THA 7 ha LS 43 L S skiing 5 P photographs just received from the canal zone show that the fourth of july there though decidedly wet was properly observed when theotime the time came for the beginning of 0 the tha patriotic exercises at cristobal the heavens opened and tho the rain descended descend desce ad but this had bad little or no effect on the crowd of loyal americans americana who had gathered to hear bear col george VV goethals deliver the oration of the day As for the colonel he ha refused the tha protection of an umbrella or rain coat while making his speech as the picture shows colonel goethals who perhaps more than any other man has bags made possible the panama canal during his bis oration of the pie bremen dous influence for peace and prosperity that the canal would exercise on the world at large touched on the difficulties that attended the work and alluded to the gratification that must be felt by every citizen of the united states when reflecting that the undertaking had been brought to a successful stage by americans americana |