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Show STEAL COCOANUTS; TROUBLE FOLLOWS Washington. Aug 11 Fourteen r hungry cocoanut sailors on the Amer K icau steamship Hannibal came near to l causing a diplomatic incident, accord-K accord-K ing to advices reaching the state de- partment today, and it was only through th" good i.:fiics of Comnian S der George N. Hayward, in charge of I the vessel, which i6 surveying the ' lantic approaches to the Panama -a-;l nal. that a misunderstanding with the I republic of Panama was averted In I conjunction v.irli the charge d'affaires at Panama and Governor Arcia of Colon, the naval officer explained the raid of his men on the cocoanut grove of the Panamalan "The explained incident and the courteous waj In which the commander comman-der handled the matter." said the re-. re-. jort today from the legation at Pan-am?, Pan-am?, "caused the complaint to be w ithdrawn " The complainant, Senor Aguilar w; I thoroughly indignant because oj the action of some of the men of the Hannibal, who were on shore leave. They coveted and took several of the planters beet specimens of fruit "Caramba," the planter ejaculated Swhen he discovered his loss. "I will demand satisfaction!" When Commander Hayward, accompanied ac-companied by Governor Arcia and th. resident American diplomat, had ex JJ plained In quiet terniB the dereliction of his men, Senor Aguilar iueisted that the men of the Hannibal come 10 his plantation again "to eat as many II cocoanuts as they desired" 00 |