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Show TOURISTS VISIT PANAMA CANAL Washington, Aug. 23. A record number of tourists visited the Panama Pana-ma canal zone during the first six months of the present year and reports re-ports received at the isthmian steamship steam-ship offices indicate that the number of visitors during the coming dry Eeason will establish still another i record. From January until July, 18.-i 18.-i 972 visitors Inspected the great j work, which is nearly as many as the entire number of sightseers viewing I the canal In 1912 In the last four j years 68,024 tourists have landed in I Colon on the Atlantic side, while ; only a few hundred arrived In Pan-18 Pan-18 ma city, at the Pacific entrance. |