Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-05-13
FUNERAL TRAIN
OFF FOR P0TSDAM
Ex-kaiser Stays at Doom as
Body Of Former kaiserin Is
taken to Germany.
SONS ACCOMPANY REMAINS
rsr.>A- usperor and Members Of HIs
Family vressed In Full Uniform
Services Conducted by Former
Court Chamber Chaplain.

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the tram uepar'' out reina'neu u. VIC
mousse OF Doorh' III company WIN n''
oro'ner' rr'nce ,ien.y vi uI',a
rrihcess Loh'se' "aus"'er vi '.e ,a'o
empress anu "en' 'on "o"'a,u' ."o,
of the house"o'u' WERE 'he op'' V"e'
present 10 see the Iunera' cur 'eaVe'
ex-emperor In Fun Uniform.
Never was contrast between former
glory and present state OF humiliation
more accentuated thah when Wihem.
the former German emperor. ionoweu
the oouy Oh MS wire Ausus'a ',c'or'a
10 the STATION at Niaam, "here ne en-
trusted the ialthru' coHpahion vi Ms
grandeur ana MS sorrows 10 MS sons
ana rriehus 10 Jake oacR 10 the ra'her-
iaho'
The emperor tnat was ana the ex.
crown prince and other sons present
were oil attired IN fuii UNIFORM OF the
RUSSIAN guard their helmets crepe
covered.
The funeral procession arrived al
the little station at Mann In DARK
ness only broken by the ight from
a few lamps on the railway embank-
ment. First came q huge car COW
cred with flowers, followed by ser
geants, who loaded the wreaths Into
the railway carriage. About ten min
utes later the hearse arrived, flashing
powerful searchlights. 1t was draped
with black cloth with white cross Dor
der.
Kaiser and Daughter Follow.
From the next automobile Chaplain
Dryander alighted. wearing black
robes. Immediately behind came an
automobile carrying the former EN-.
peror and his daughter, Princess Vic.
toria Louise. which drove on until Il
reached a shelter of shrubs hiding Il
from view.
Frederick william, the ex-crown
prince and Prince Adelbert. IN long
gray nantes walked briskly forward.
Other members of the family alighted
from their cars-Prince Oscar. the
duke of Brunswick. Prince Fuersten-
berg, Gen. Won Gontard. chief Of the
household; Countess Won Keller and
Countess Won Rantzau, the stanchest
friends OF the late empress and ladies'
In waiting In the oid days. ana the
court chamberlain baron Won spitsem-
oerg'
hepresehta'ives Oh queen Will
he'iniha Oh ho',ano' 'ne dowaser
queen anu 'he prince consort' togeth-
er WIN Representatives Oh tne KING OK
spain anu Tue A,ns oi o"eueh ana
NUMBER oi Du'ch oinciais closed the
p'oeeSs'on.
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eo"u VI. sou,' '"sp'an, or D'y
anue'' ",s 'o,eo ',o,a.'ns VIZ" emu
ion, ue''e,eu oisi ors''oh. INC
eonn w"S .".n p' ,',,, ~ inc ian~ay
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nu '.na'neu iol lew "olnen's'
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FOR Drief period Wilheim became
dimiy visible 10 those VINO had gain
ereo 10 "a'ch the ceremony MS hg'
ure that OF man broken Dy sorrow
rr'ncess Louise entered the automo.
piie WIN her iather' the door closed
ana the car g'ided on carrying the ex-
ne oaek 10 cohhhemeht nj Doorn' 10
race MS iate witnout the devoted wire
VINO until now had shared MS hu-
The last farewell visit to the fu-
neral car was paid In the morning,
before II proceeded to Potsdam.
Those who remained OH the train to
accompany the body included Prince
Adelbert and his wife, Prince Oscar
r kss c"erss.Oers Countess Countess won won