The Washington herald., 1914-07-01
ARCHDOKESBODY
ON DREADNOUGHT
Pride of Austria's Navy Is
Hearse Ship for Assas-
sin S Victims.
200 ARE KILLED IN RIOTS
Croats Attack Serbs and Pitched Bat
tie Follows in the Streets of
Mostar. Herzegovina.
200 ARE KILLED IN RIOTS

Vienna. June 3o.-Lying encofhned in
a temporary chapel built on the quarter
deck of the Austrian Dreadnaught viri-
bus Units. the bodies Of the murdered
Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his
consort are being borne on the placid
waters of the Adriatic Sea to Trieste.
The cofins, draped with the archducal
standard and the Austrian naval fas
are surrounded by a guard of marines.
A squadron of sister Dreadnaughts is
escorting the Viribus Units.
The bodies were transported from
Sarajevo to Metkovitch. near the Dali
matian coast where they were en-
barked.
The whole population of Sarajevo
crowded to the station to watch the fu-
neral train depart. Bareheaded and ST.
lent, the crowd pressed forward to catch
a glimpse Of the collins. borne with the
greatest military pomp. while minute
guns doomed.
At Metkovitch sailors bore the coffins
to a dispatch boat, which carried them
down the river to the warship. The
river banks were thronged with kneeling
peasants holding lighted candles.
The Viribus Units is expected at
Trieste early Thursday morning.
Had Heavy Insurance.
The Emperor today received his
nephew's will from Prague and withdrew
into his private chamber to read II alone
1t is reported that the archduke had IN
sured his life for So. 900 and that OF
his wife for half that amount
kilograms from Sarajevo tonight de-
clare that the police are on the trail OF
members OF a widely organized conspir-
acy, inspired by the Servian newspaper
Nard whose editor is said to be among
arragtad
A pathetic account was given today OF
how the news of the murder was broken
to the children of the Archduke and
Duchess, at Chlumetz Castle, Bohemia,
where they are living under the guard
ianship of their aunt. Countess Henrietta
Chotek, sister of the slain duchess
The news reached the castle on Sunday
afternoon, but it was kept from the chill
dren until the evening, when the countess
told the children that their parents had
been taken away from them, and that
they should pray for them
When the orphans returned from the
chapel. their religious instructor told
them the truth concerning the tragedy.
The children broke into convulsive weep
ing and the countess tainted at sight of
them. The orphaned children remained
awake throughout the entire night
crouching close together and endeavoring
10 comfort eacn OtneF.
Budapest, Hungary, June 30-Two hun
dred are reported killed and many wound
ed today in desperate battles in the
streets of Mostar. Herzegovina, where
Mohammedan Croats. infuriated at the
assassination Of the Archduke Francis
Ferdinand at Sarayevo, stormed the Serb
quarter.
Martial law has been declared at Mos
tar, and troops are being rushed into the
field to put down the rioting.
Thousands of Moslem men and boys,
all armed and many bearing banners
inscribed Death to the Murderous
Serbs" marched on the Serb quarter
of the city early today. The Serb
women and children took refuge when
they learned of the mob's approach.
The first battle occurred at the out
skirts of the Serb section. when hun
dreds of young Serbs, armed with
rifles and ammunition obtained in the
Balkan war, offered resistance. Des-
perate hand-to-hand fighting followed.
and, when the Croats seemed about to
began firing from the
housetops. Many of the Croats fell in
the next few minutes.
The fighting grew so fierce that Croat-
ians and Serbs met with saber and bayo-
net on the roofs. The Croatians suffered
most from these hand-to-hand conflicts.
In retaliation the Croats set fire to these
and many Of them were burned
to the ground. The firemen and police
met great difficulty in checking the
flames The authorities confined their ef-
forts to fighting the fire, feeling unable |
10 cope with the frenzied mobs
Later in the day the Croats succeeded
in driving the majority of the Serbs back
to their quarter. Many OF the houses in
that quarter were then fired, while women
and children fed to the outskirts of the |
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