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Show POPULATION ON I THE CANAL ZONE M Washington. Sept. 16. Tho popula- l H t'on qfPanama's chief cltles Panama .'H ahdjoT5n.'.for"tho. first- time- enuraera L H ted with" any dosffee ' of 'accuracy In H connection with tho national census pll now being completed, discloses the sH nation's capital, Panama,, to bo IH slightly larger than the American ilH cities of Knoxvllle, Tenn., Lexington, IfH Ky.. Springfield, Mo., or Taunton, Ill Mass. Colon, the Atlantic coast met- ropolis of the republic, is a little 11 larger than Boise, Idaho, or Freeport, H Statistics of the two cities which H have just been received here show 'H Panama to have 35.3GS inhabitants, .H of whom 10,237 are mestizos, 10,963 ' negroes, 7,006 white and 1,160 amaril- iH los or yellows. There arc 1S.213 lH malos and 17,155 females. Hl |