The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-19
RITES
FOR Wife OF
Ex-KA|SER
Augusta Given Honors at
Potsdam Burial Denied
Her When Alive.

Potsdam, April 19.-Officials for
merly attached to Potsdam reyi-
ments stood guard last night in the
funeral car which brought the body
of the former German empress to
Potsdam from Doom yesterday.
Shortly after dawn preparations
were made to remove the casket
to Sans Souci park where final ser
vices were to be held. None blt
members Of the immediate family
and former officials of the German
court was to be permitted to attend
the service.
Numerous members of the Hohen-
zollern family and others were
waiting TO receive the funeral
train when it arrived last even
ing.
Among these were the former
Crown Princess Cecile, Prince Eitel
Frederick and Prince August Will
liam, and their wives; the Countess
of Ruppin, wife of Prince Oscar;
Count Eulenburg, former chief Of
household for the ex-empress, and
Countess Won Brockdorff, former
chief lady in waiting. They i'm
mediately entered the funeral COM
partment and laid wreaths on the
ex-empress' coffin.
Wreath of Roses.
A. %bo foot ~ thu rofHv low .
wreath of yellow roses from for
I mer Emperor William and a great
heap of floral tributes which had
been presented at the various sta
tions at which the train stopped
on its way through Germany from
Holland.
Watch over the body during the
night was kept by the Cruissier
regiment and the seth Infantry.
! The removal of the body to Pots
dam this morning was an impress
sive function. The coffin was fol
lowed by a huge procession Of
mourners, both men and women
and numbers of army officers and
privates in uniform, together with
numerous students and deputa'
tions from regiments which hac
formerly acted as body guards te
the ex-empress.
4 In Potsdam the cortege was
awaited by an enormous crowd
All the hotels, lodging houses ans
private houses were filled to over
flowing.
More than half of Potsdam's civ
ilian population extended the hos
pitality of their homes to th'
thousands of visitors who were un
able to procure public lodgings.
Over the simple coffin in tn
mausoleum or antique temple il
the Potsdam palace grounds. wher'
!. the services were held, had beel
raised the familiar yellow STANDARD
of the ex-empress, and at its foo
stood the four sons Of the forme
royal couple who were free to at
tend the services. Lacking was tn
presence of the husband, the for
mer emperor, and of the eldest sol
of the family, former Crown Primo
Frederick William, exiles IN Hol
land.
Led by the clergy and officers o
the ex-empress' own regiments, tn
funeral cortege left Wildpark, tn
Potsdam railway station near whicl
the body had been guarded over
night by faithful mourners, afte
it's arrival by special train fror
Doom. the ex-emperor's presen
home in Holland.
Knights Attend.
Four black steeds from the for
mer royal stables drew the funera
car, which was preceded by tn
former chamberlains of the cour
bearing the royal insignia. Genera
: Won Loewenfeld and Won Lyncke
and former Ministers of State Vo
, De!brueck and Breitenbach, knight
: Of the Black Eagle, held the col
! ners of the purple robe which COY
I cred the funeral car.
Then came the Hohenzoller
princes and princesses, and othe
members of the former Ger1na
: royal family in equipages Of stat
these followed by members of th
ex-emperor's court and distir
e guished army officers, among whol
were Generals Won Hindenbur
Ludendorff, Won Mackensen, an
s Won kluck.
r Wilhelm Ill
Doom. April 19.-(United Press
I-Formor E,nporor Wilho1m sniff o.
ed severe nervous attack la
night.
Members of the household wei
up most OF the night, caring fl
Wilhelm.
The former kaiser has been me
. ancholy since the death of the en-
press.