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...Miguel Fleta, of Spanish and South American fame, was the important addition to the list of singers. As Cavaradossi in Tosca, he was received with an applause which Caruso might have envied. To Mme. Jeritza's hat and fine feathers he was a courteous if not impassioned lover...
...President Obregon and General de la Huerta became bitter enemies after 16 years of personal friendship. Then came upon the scene General Calles, another conspirant for the Presidency, a fact which necessitated Presidential steps for the enforcement of law and order. On top of all this Señor Miguel Aiesio Robles, Minister of Commerce, tendered his resignation to the President. Señor Robles was a particularly warm friend of President Obregon and it was he who hid Obregon in his own house during the last days of the Carranza régime...
...only light east on the wreck is that possibly there was an unusual coastal current and that wireless communication was " jammed" on account of attempts to send aid to the Pacific Mail liner Cuba, wrecked a few hours earlier on San Miguel Island, 35 miles away. Arguello Point extends out into the Pacific at the place where the wreck occurred, and it is possible that Commander E. H. Watson, in charge of the destroyer squadron, believed that this Point had been rounded...
...this for Spain. The country has been ruined by politicians, and we hope to put it back in the grand place Spain occupied in the past. I took a desperate chance, but life and country were at stake." These were the words of Marquis de Estella, Lieutenant General Bon Miguel Primo Rivera, Captain General f of Catalonia, Spanish Mussolini...
...capital from Satander on the Bay of Biscay, where he had just won two races with his yacht Giralda IV in the annual Royal Regatta), to obtain power to put down the revolution. The Ministry then resigned, and the King recognized the revolution by royal decree, appointing General Don Miguel Primo Rivera virtual Dictator?" President of the National Directorate...