Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1909 — UNCLE SAM AFTER PANAMA [ARTICLE]

UNCLE SAM AFTER PANAMA

Wants Reparation For Physical Damages to United States Citizens. Washington. July 27. —Panama’s attitude in failing to take proper notice of the maltreatment of American citizens within her borders has irritated the United States government to the point of insisting upon the prompt settlement of these cases. Charles Rand, petty officer in tho navy, was killed, and Joseph Ciesllk, a sailor, both of the cruiser Buffalo was Injured as the result of a fight with the Panama police. Several American officers of the cruiser Columbia, in uniform, were arrested in Colon without sufficient cause, it is alleged. They were roughly handled and clubbed and then thrown Into iaii.