Funeral to honor Esau Frohlichstein with naval escort
Mobile will host a public funeral with full military honors for Esau H Frohlichstein. A naval escort from the Winona will provide pallbearers and a firing squad. The body will arrive from the Brooklyn navy yard midweek and lie in state at Mobile City Hall before a 4 p.m. service. Ministers from all denominations and civic officials will take part.
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Mayor Lyons
Esau H. Frohlichstein
Mobile
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Council Chamber
Lyons
Ben Schwarz
E. J. Rove
Harry Pillans
Laz Schwarz
J. J. Powers
E. A. Carolyn
Grand Army of the Republic
Winonaill
Naval Serui
Klichstein
Vera Cruz
Winona
Fleet Regiment
United States
Caisson
Fort Morgan
United States Army
McCaskey
State National Guard
Lyons SI
Frohlichstein
Ism
He Calls On His Seven Friends To Vote
A brief notice reports a figure asking seven friends to cast votes. The item emphasizes social outreach and civic participation in an informal voting appeal.
Huerta Envoys Granted Full Powers for Conference
Emilio Rabasa Augustin Rodriguez and Luis Esguerra, Huerta's peace commissioners, sail for Havana en route to Key West with full powers to sign any agreement. The Mexican senate approved their mandate though many doubt its real scope. News from Vera Cruz notes schools reopening, removal of gambling, Red Cross cleanup, restored electric lamps, and optimism under General Funston. Rumors of a Tampico rebel attack circulate as British ships depart, with officials withholding details.
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Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Mex
Emilio Rabasa
Augustin Rodriguez
Luis Esguerra
Huerta
Niagara Falls
Havana
Key West
Mexican Senate
Mexico City
United States
War Department
General Funston
Red Cross
Tampico
Essex
Mexico
Monterey
Silent Funeral of Vera Cruz Heroes Draws Big City Tribute
New York observes a silent tribute to the Vera Cruz dead with a four mile procession led by President Wilson to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The service honored seventeen coffins and all who died in Mexico, with Wilson calling for service over sneers and noting efforts to aid Mexico. Thousands watch, heat and hush fill the crowd as prayer and music mark the ceremony.
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New York
Vera Cruz
Battery Plaza
Lower Manhattan
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Lower
Broadway
Daniels
Montana
Clarence Harshberger
Henry Pulliam
Wilson
Mexico
Secret Service
Tumulty
Cary Grayson
Mitchel
Glynn
Wyoming
Cassard
Sevels
Three Merchant Ships Get Ready for Galveston
NEW YORK May 11 200 mechanics will sail aboard the liner City of Macon chartered by the war department to Galveston to finish preparations for use as a transport ship. The City of Memphis is also mentioned in the dispatch continued on page four.
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New York
City of Macon
War Department
Galveston
Memphis
Draymen Protest Tax Tolls in Mobile Case
The Register reports a public outcry over state and county tax appraisals on draymen in Mobile for 1909. George B. Hall paid 4.54 and G A Hall Jr 5.50 for horse drawn vehicles, with no prior notice before tax attachments by Constable.
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Comer
F. W. Hermann
George B. Hall
G. A. Hall, Jr
Court Crowded as 200 Witnesses Testify in Brown Trial
The third trial of William J. Brown for the July 16 1912 killing of longshoreman Alfred Percy fills the city court with about two hundred summoned witnesses. Judge O J Semmes presides as jury selection proceeds slowly and a ruling on bailiff influence is noted. trial may push to Tuesday.
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William J. Brown
Alfred Percy
O. J. Semmes
W. Tompkins
Harry Groom
N. R. Clark
Alex Howard
Tompkins
John H. Lee
Brannan
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy conditions prevail tonight into Tuesday with moderate southeast and south winds.
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Mobile
Comer to Sign Prohibition Bill if Elected Governor
Birmingham reports B B Comer will sign a prohibition bill based on the Fuller and Carmichael laws if re elected governor. The plan includes a search and seizure clause and ties with Brooks Lawrence and prohibition leaders for support. Charles Henderson says he will not sign a prohibition measure, supporting local option for each county.
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Birmingham
B. B. Comer
Fuller
Retired Army Officer Arrested at Vera Cruz
Lieutenant Charles M Maigne U S A retired who went through Mexican lines at Vera Cruz as a Washington newspaper correspondent was arrested today on returning to Vera Cruz Advice of his arrest came to the War Department from General Funston.
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Associated Press
Washington
tFirs
Charles M. Maigne
Vera Cruz
War Department
Martinez hanged in Pecos for schoolteacher murder
Leon Carde nas Martinez, a Mexican youth, was hanged at noon in Pecos for the murder of Miss Emma Brown, a teacher, three years ago. The Mexican government appealed to the U S supreme court in a vain effort to save him.
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Pecos
Tex
Leon Cardenas Martinez
Emma Brown
United States Supreme Court
Martinez
Ways and Means Luncheon Meeting Set for Monday
An important meeting of the Ways and Means committee of the Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Trellig room at the Battle House Monday night at 7 o clock. Luncheon will be served at 50 cents per plate and election returns will be announced. Every member is urged to attend.
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Ways and Means Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Trellig Room
Battle House
American consul in Harbin commits suicide in hospital
Southard P. Warner, United States consul at Harbin since 1912, died by his own hand today in a Harbin hospital where he was receiving treatment. Born in Washington D C in 1881, he was 30? years old.
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Associated Press
Harbin
Manchuria
Southard P. Warner
United States
Washington, D. C
Henderson Poised to Carry Mobile County in Gubernatorial Race
Early vote returns in Mobile show Henderson leading four to one, with city wards reporting strong turnout and county forecasts predicting a win by over two thousand votes. Campaign representatives deny collusion claims as voters flock to polls amid light U.S. Senate contest turnout and separate primary ballots.
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Henderson
Mobile
Frank
White
United States
Register
Joseph Espalla, Jr
Mobile County
Joseph Espalla
Mr. Espalla
Ninth Ward
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