The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-08
Consul Canada, 64 Today, Hoosier Hero of Vera Cruz.

It is the business of the newspaper editor, according to one distinguished authority, to 'skllow where hell will break loose next and have a man on the spot He might have added, and to have man in the Dornini on to look after the Canadian end of the story.'' While Canada has no active volcanoes of her oHn she usually manages to get into the glare of the volcanic eruptions of other countries The first news of the discovery of the North Pole came from Canada; the Titanic tragedy gave rise to much news bearing Canadian date lines: Harry ThaW with due regard for precedent, He'd to Canada, and so did a notorious English murderer few years ago. Look for the woman say the French-and the woman is often Miss Canada, Shrinking from public ity.s butA bearing up bravely under the ordeal
 In a matter of such importance as .tEne unpIeasantness between the Uni ted States and Mexico, Miss Canada couldn't permit herself to be over looked, and it was in the natural or der of events that the t-A.sB. C." med iation conference should be held on Canadian soil. But the fair Lady of the Shows couldn't be satisfied with such miserable publicity as could be gained from two or three columns daily on the front pages of all the
 
 happened that many of the most im- portant dispatches from Vera Cruz during the early days of the Ameri- can occupation were signed Cana da~" The unofficial press agent of the Dominion at Vera Cruz is William Wesley Canada, who is the United States consul at the principal Mexi- can port ss-
 The Hoosier he4o of Vera Cruz, who. in the troubled days before and after the American occupatior was cast for the. role of tstne right man in the right place. and played it admirably was born in Indiana six ty-four years ago today, June g. 1850. A farm house in Stony Creek town ship Randolph County, was his first home. He was educated in the high and State normal schools of his na- tive state, and at twenty four was admitted to the bar and began the. practice of law. Like most Hoosiers, he early became interested in the great game of politics. but, other than acting as chairman of the Randolph county Republican central committee, he held no public office prior to his appointment to the consular service of Uncle Sam.
 It was in Jules 1897, seventeen years ago this month, that MT Can lad shook the dust of his. native coun- ty from his feet and set out for Mex ice. William Mckinley then occu- pied the White Hcuse, while that more or less benevolent despot. Por- f1rio Diaz, ruled Mexico. The man from Stony Creek township proved himself fully competent to look after Uncle Sam ss commercial interests in the Mexican seaport city, but it was not until Mexico was plunged into revolution that Mr. Canada became a l world figure. Although his mill : tary experience was limited to acting as major general commanding the Patriarchs Militant of the odd Eel 1 lows of Indiana, Mir. Canad showed great skill as a strategist in looking after American and other foreign i'm terests and people. during the recent fighting in Vera. Cruz He had had previous experience, for when Gen. Felix Diaz started his revolution in the seaport city in October, 1912, and 1 the FederaIs threatened to bombard l the town MT. Canada established . a neutral zone where 500 foreigners and l 10000 Mexicans assembled under the protection of the Stars and Stripes. l The Consul was presented a medal in appreciation of his services in safe i guarding lives and property during I that battle, and in the opinion of many refugees, he deserves a whole string of medals as a, reward for the able manner in which he handled such phases of the recent situation as l came under his authority.