Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1914 — Vera Cruz Consul Has Jasper County Relatives. [ARTICLE]

Vera Cruz Consul Has Jasper County Relatives.

The Indianapolis Star of last Saturday contained a picture of William W. Canada, U. S. consul at Vera Cruz, meeting the American Vice Consul John R. Silliman, as he reached Vera Cruz after his release from the Mexican prison at Saltillo. Mr. Canada ds a cousin of Mrs. H. E. Parison and Austin O. Moore, of this county. He is a native of Randolph county and was educated at the Indiana State Normal School. He practiced law for some years at Winchester. He has been a leader in republican politics of his home county and the state for many years. He was appointed consul at Vera Cruz in 1887. At that time Vena Cruz was not a desirable place to live, owing to the fact that (there were epidemics of yellow fever there. But of late years the sanitary conditions have been improved and other civic improvements inaugurated. Consul Canada has been called upon to take a prominent part in many of the international situations arising from the turbulent conditions in Mexico and it was his duty to look after the hundreds of refugees who were fleeing from Mexico through the /port of Vera Cruz. He seems to have been thoroughly qualified to handle the diversified requirements of his office.