Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Dabayaaqadii Abriil 1914, oo uu hoggaaminayo Lieutenant Allen B. Reed, "Iris" oo ay weheliyaan shan doomood oo torpedo ah oo ka tirsan Pacific Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, ayaa lagu amray inay tagaan Gacanka California, oo sidoo kale loo yaqaan Badda Cortez kadib Tampico Affair. Waxay kormeereen agagaarka La Paz iyo Mazatlan, Mexico, inta lagu guda jiray socodka
dagaalo sokeeye oo halkaas ka dhacay. Intii lagu jiray Maajo iyo Juun 1914, "Iris" waxay ka daadgureysay qaxooti muwaadiniin Mareykan ah oo ka yimid Mazatlan iyo Acapulco, oo ay ku jiraan qunsulka Mareykanka, Hon. Clement S. Edwards. 19-kii Juun, "Iris" waxay ka tagtay Mazatlan kuna sii jeeday La Paz, Mexico. "Iris" waxay ka baxday La Paz kuna sii jeeday San Diego 28kii Ogosto. Kadib markii ay dib ugu soo laabatay San Diego, "Iris" waxay ku qaadatay dhowrkii bilood ee xigay howlo joogto ah oo ay la socoto maraakiibta torpedo ee kooxdeeda, oo inta badan ka hawlgasha xeebta California inta u dhaxaysa San Pedro iyo San Diego.