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...General told the grocers, President Wilson, preparing for war with Mexico, sent him to ascertain the garrison strength of Mexico City. General Butler was with the fleet at Vera Cruz. "So one night I went over the side and rowed ashore. After various experiences I landed in Mexico City as an American capitalist seeking to invest money in some substantial Mexican properties. After inspecting all the water works, electric light plants, transit lines and gas works, I noticed two forts overlooking the city. . . . I chased a butterfly and managed to look it all over before the soldiers ordered...
...floor and there was old Huerta drunk in bed. I became so intimate that I sat on the edge of the bed and emerged with an order to inspect all the garrisons of the capital. After looking over the 23 garrisons . . . I decided that I had better head for Vera Cruz and the fleet, because, if they learned I was an American Marine officer I would have been shot...
...train entered the outskirts of Vera Cruz, I saw two Mexican secret service men across the aisle watching my bunk. . . . I headed for the rear in my underwear as though I was going to wash. Then I slipped from the train and dressed under a box car. When I reached the American consulate I left my maps and went out to cable Mrs. Butler I was safe. . . . I learned later that they had spent two weeks dragging the bay as they felt sure I had fallen overboard. But I was restored to the Navy list and that ended that little...
...worth of medical supplies last week for Rev. K. N. Tvedt; but Mongolian bandits let Rev. Allie Godfrey Lindholm of the Scandinavian Alliance Mission go cheap for $600. Murdered recently by discharged Chinese servants at Yunnanfu were two Seventh Day Adventlst missionary-wives, Mrs. Victoria Marion Miller & Mrs. Vera Mosebar White...
...Matanzas, bombs shattered furniture in the homes of Senators Horacio Diaz Pardo and Manuel Vera Vedura. Six conspirators were arrested...