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!. r PXB1 BIX ' HEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. 3UEDFORP. OHKOOK MONDAY, 'AUOUST 10. 10M n L E T Ceremonies for Mrs. Wilson Brief and Conducted Before Small Com pany Body Taken to Rome, Ga., for Interment Beside Mother Pas tors of Washington and Princeton. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Funeral sen-ices for Mrs. Wood row Wilson ttere hclil in Ihe east room of the vlnto house nt 2 o'clock this after noon, lifter which her body was taken to n special train for Rome, Ga., for Initial beside thoso of her father and mother. Prayers were Raid and n simple brief funeral service was conducted in the presence of a small company to which the committees of confess nnd members of the cabinet were the only ones admitted beside the family. There were flowers from many folks in all walks of life, banked al most to the high ceiling. The Rev. J. It. Taylor, nt whose church the president has attended, opened the services with Scriptural reading and Ihe Rcr. Sylvester Beach of Princeton, N. J., began prayers. There was no music. Small Attendance Chairs were placed before the casket for the president and the family; behind them sat the sena tors; in the' third row the represen tatives and behind them the white house employes. When the benedic tion was said nil the company rose while the president nnd the other mourners withdrew from tho east room. The sen ices had taken about n half hour. Tho members of the cabinet, all of whom were nccomoanied by their wives, with the exception of Secre tary Houston, left first. Mrs. Hous ton was ill and unable to attend. The cabinet officers did not go to the rail way station, and neither did the com mittees of congress, who filed in twos and disbanded outside the white house grounds. Fitnrr! Prnrrssloa The casket was placed in the hearse by the veteran white house policemen, tho president and bis daughters entered closed carriages and the procession to the railway station began. Along the route sil ent crowds lined the streets, men uncovering their heads, many women wiping away tears as the cortege passed on. All the government of fices were closed, although shop keepers did not suspend business. The body was placed aboard the fu neral car nnd the president and his daughters returned to tho white boast to return to the station just before the departure of the train, a little more than an hour later. WASHINGTON, Aue. 10. The nation today is paying its final trib ute to Mrs. Wood row Wilson. ' Arrangements for the funeral ser vices in the eust room of the white house at 2 o'clock this afternoon were marked by simplicity, such as Mrs. Wilson desired. Only members of the Wilson fam ily nnd n very few intimates, mem bers of the cabinet and their wives, committees from the senate nnd the house nnd tho employes from the white house were asked to bo pres ent. Those invited made a group of less than 200 personj. Defalk of Funeral The mahogany casket covered with gray broadcloth was taken from the room in which Mrs. Wilson died to the cast room and there surrounded Mail Tribune War At am hum N M HO WM MUSIC The Mail Tribune will post war and other bulletins on its bulletin board at the Hotel JMcdford in order that the public may keep informed on the European situation. Kueli unautheutie news as that emanating from the local "Western Union Telegraph office, to the effect that the Kaiser had ordered the execution of a large number of Socialists will of course not be posted on the Mail Tribuno's board. The news furnished by the Mail Tribune is that received over its Associated Press leased wire, and is as authentic as war news can bo after passing through tho eonsors on tho European side of the Atlantic. Thorn are just two sources of authentic telegraphic nows in this city tho Associated Press night wire into tho Morning Bun and the day wire into the Mail Tribune, liy watching tho bulletin board and reading the Medford WftrM tho public can keep as woll informed on war and general news as in any largo city, as the telegraphic news xoi'vic? furnished hero is identical with that in Portland, Htm VtMuilwo, or elsewhere, and fourteen hours later, Tb publication of'xyiwwikuml fakc In avoided, SCENES IN NEW YORK CRCNVO OfNTMWNQ IN FRONT OF NnW VOf?K STOCK- EKCMXNOC OUST W-TBft tT C-OSGO The largest hlpmetit of gold on n( Unsle ship lu the liMnry of modem fliuilu-e was ihlprml from New Yerfc to Kurupc on the American line steam-l thlp St. LonK tho A merlon ship being employed lcuue eeu If a general Kuropcin war should break out while (Ik? bullion Is In transit It would lc safe from capture on the xc-wel firing a neutral flap. The shipment wu worth $11.(133.000 The blggc-it kIiIih nent ecr seut liefore was worth ll. coo'ooa The picture In the accomnanjlt e Illustration shows th cold being Jr.in-. fcrred from the .New York Sub-Trots ury to Ihe St. Louis. The other eiie bbows thevmwd lh.it pith 'red lu front of the New York Stock Kit-lunge Jim after It clotted for the flrt lime allure IS73. I by n profusion of beautiful flowers sent from all parts of the country. Lillies of the nlley nnd roses filled Ihe room with their sweet fragrance. Wth the president nnd his daugh ters. Miss Margaret Wilson, Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs. Say re, were Sec retary McAdoo, Francis IX. Snyre nnd Professor Stockton A.xson, Mp. Wil son's brother, who nrnved tcnlay from Oregon. Near the family n place has horn reserved for the members of the cab inet and their wives. The employes of the white house, nil of whom Mr. Wilson had befriended by simple acts of kindness nnd thought fulness, had a special part of the room ns signed to them. Services of Simplest Kind No music was arranged for the senices and the Kev. Ilench of Princetori N. J., the Wilson family jwstor for many years, nnd the ltev. J. II. Taylor of Washington, whose rOmri.1i I tin tirefiiilent li:ix iiliemled sinep nomin,. to Wnshimston. decided on the simplest kind of sen-ice. They selected several verves from the fif teenth chapter of I Corinthians, and the fourteenth chapter of St. John for the Scriptural reading, nud short prayers nnd n benediction completed tho senices. Members of the senate committee, headed by Vice-President Marshall, gathered in the marble room of the capitol to drive to tl.c white hou together. Speaker C!ark nnd the other members of the house commit tee, which included the senior mem bers of each state delegation, also met at the capitol to attend the fun eral in a dboy. Xo Honorary Palllx-arer There were no honorary pallbear ers. A group of white attendant who have been on duty there for many years wcro lioiiouM by being chosen to bear the cuket. Jlolh houses of cogreK were in recess until tomorrow nnd orders had been issued that all government de partments be closed nt 1 o'eloc kto day nnd tomorrow afternoon. All flags in the city on public buildings and private homes nud stores were nt half mast. The trip to Ifome, Ou where Mrs. Wilson will be buried Tuesday after noon beside her mother and father in Myrtle Hill cemetery, will be rnndo on a special train. It was arranged that the president Bulletins the Hotel Medford AFTER CLOSING OF '" ' jm 1 1-- -.- " tra IjsJw ryJIgjahailt.'l IbmW BBpjaUgBjBJjHHHUgn BBBK BBBbRi VMBkH" TIHbBBVH nBBBDBBRBBH h BBgBjflBHBBBPI9MHS2BBBjApp5ypjd JBfi w, "''mPciJk iB) t'Pf ?WIl BiSBb Iv'TvaBBBBf r ' ' ktdEHBBflBflBPPHl s'VH&tTl9EiX31 tK s n3BM: . f . . V uSHBBIBJB'BBTKBbI' 4:"wm mhK f L iSflHsHfli ' EBBBKBBKf8BnCEiTM?Btt? 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Owing to these conditions, there is no way to secure an accurate estimate of Ihe rroP- T1"-' KuroH-nn war will act ns a damper on ncross-the-water ship meats, but home demand is expected lu ne up most of the crop. AUSTRIAN ENVOY STILL IN LONDON LONDON, Aug. in.-The Attstro Hungnnun ambassador was still in London today and the IJritish govern ment seems dinposed to leave the in itiative to Austria-Hungary in the question as to whether war is to he declared between the two countries. The delay of the French government in asking Austriu-Hungary to do clnrc her intentions is understood in London to hae been due to the fuct tfiat the French fleet in the Mediter ranean was engaged in convoying Algerian troops to France, France therefore was not remlv to cope with tho situation in cast- the reply of Austrin-Huugnry proved unsatisfac tory, but, on the completion of the transportation of French troojw yes. terday, the note of iuouiry was ad dressed to the, AiiHtro-llungariiin nm basMidor in Paris. JOHN BULL INSURES BRITISH SHIPS ONLY MANY rows NO AG drink and do soma biting. Tho offi cial muzzlo prohibits this. A largo NEW YOltlv, Aug. 10. Tho Hrit- portion of tho dogof tho city havo ish government will insuro war risks beqn muzzled with tho bailor muzzlo, on Urilisli ships only, according to which the pollen claim is an ovaslou announcement made today nt n meet- of tho city ordinance; ing of tho special coinmitlen on prod- Fho Griffin crcolTpoopla havo gono leriis of war shipments of the chain-to Portland to wek treatment for tho her of commerce, A Hiib'Couimilleehlto of u dog thought to havo been was appointed to deluriiiino hut can bitten by a dog that was afflicted ho done by tho United Htntes govern-, with rabies. They are J. A. Itoso and merit in regnid to war insurance. and his three daughters would follow Mrs, Wilson's body to tho special train and then return to the whlto houio to nwult tho tlnio for departure some two hours later. Joseph It. Wllisoii, tho president's brother, am) George Huvto, tho presi dent's cousin, will remulu meanwhile on Ihe funeral tar. Sluro Airs. Wilson's death ho president or some oilier uwmhur of the family lias been (mutually In (he rouu with bur body, The president Uuk peuonkl charge today of Ihe fluul uritiiiKeimnli tur (he fuueml THE SIOCK tXUNbt LL WASHINGTON, Aug 10, Chargo llueuschcr of tho Swiss legation notl fled the statu department that mar tial law had been declared In Swlt M zcrland. Doth French and German troop are menacing tho Integrity of Swlticrlnnd with their operations In the vicinity of Ilasel, which lies close to Muclhniiscn. reported captured by the French. Tho charge stated that the activities so near tho Swiss bor der havo mado It necessary to pro pare to resist Invasion. Declaration of the itato of slope In Mr. lluebscher's opinion, would not affect tho safety or comfort of Amer icans In Switzerland. AT S.N JOAN, Aug. 10. Tho German cruiser Karliruho took on board t tons of coal hero yesterday nud sailed at night for an unknown des tination. As sho left tho harbor she put on full speed and her lights wero all extinguished. Her captain reported that ho wa In an engagement last Friday night off tho Bahamas, when tho Karliruho was pursued by four Kngllsh and French cruisers. When ho first sighted tho lights tho captain thought It was & schooner until a shot was fired. Ho said he believed ono of tho cruisers was disabled as tho pur suit was abandoned and tho other war vessels appeared to bo assisting hon NO LEATHER MUZZLES PERMITTED ON DOGS Chief of Police Illttso'n put a ban on tho ubo of tho leather or halter type of muzzles for dogs this morn ing, nnd issued a decreo that all dogs must he muzzled, so that tho mouth and teeth are guarded with wire The hulter niuzzlo allows the dogs to wlfu and sou Adrian, and Mr. unl Mrs. John Darby. Tho Koso's wero bitten by a family ptf and tho Dor b'H by their dog, bitten by the Hose dog. In each cusu (he bllu conslslnl of u nip, Just sufficient to draw blood, CANADIANS WORRY OVER SILENCE OF RAINI0W OTTAWA, Oiil., AUK- J0.fliiiiinl. inn imwil ofi'li'inl were uneasy odny beeuiuii the runner llnlnbow lias not been Jieiud tram kliieu IVttVliig Hun Friuicjwoo last Fjduy, The bout h t"pi)JU'i Willi UjleleNlf Mild lisrelo. fun liuii liepi iu oui4 w)lb (tauetiau wlulm llioj,g m HtUkU C'WmlU, MARTfA SWITZERLAND BRITISH SQZE MAN IR AS WAR PRIZE North. German Lloyd Steamer Kron Prliu Wilhelm, One of Lamest Liners Afloat, Reported Caught hy British Cruiser Essex nntl Taken to Bermuda. NEW YOHK. Aug. 10. From two sources todny came a report In New York Hint the North (lenniui Lloyd steamer Kron Prlne Wilhelm had been captured by the llritish cruNer Essex and taken to Itenuuda as u prize. The liner Nurrngansell re Krlcd lmvlng heard a wireless mes sage to this effect, and the manager of the Koyal Mail Steam Packet, whoso ships run to ltcnnuda, said ho had heard n similar report. The report was given some cred ence hero in iow of the announce ment by the Canadian government, made nt Ottawa last night, that the Essex hnd advised the Hermuda stn tion that sho was bringing in a prize. The name of tho captured Ncssct was not disclosed in the government's an- iioiincrmeut. Mince the beginning of tho war the Essex has been cruitiug between Hermuda and Halifax. The messngo which the Nnrngansrtl is said to have intercepted rend as fol lows : "Hriuging in Erou Priiu Wilhelm as n prize." The malinger of the Itnynl Mail Steam Packet said he had eery rea son to believe the report wns true. He would not sav where he bad heard it, hut it was believed that the Hrit. isb consul was his authority. Itigoroim censorship is being en forced in Ilennuda and no confirma tion of the reifort could be obtained nt Hamilton. Tho Kron Prinz Wilhelm, named hi honor of tho heir to tho German throne, wni launched in May, III 02. She is (UK) feet long, of (III fret beam. 121,:i00 tons displacement nnd .10,000 horsepower. She has u speed of 'S. knots nnd nt the time of her launch ing wns one of the fatest nnd larg est vessels nflont. She has accom modations, for 1715 passengers nud a crew of r5'2. A dispatch from San Juan, Porta Itico, last night, said the (Iiinuai cruiser Knrlsntho had nrrived thert Sunday, taken on enoiiuh cnnl to per mit her steaming to Hamburg, nnd would leave todny. Tho Karlsruhe is belioted to be one of tho German cruisers which have been harrying French nnd Hritish vessels Icinitig New York for Euro pean ports. PRESS CENSORSHIP LONDON, Aug. 10.-T. P. O'Con nor, the Irish nationalist, today in the house of commons again opened fire on the press censorship opened by the Ilrilihh government. He said Ihut hundreds of dollars spent by Ameri can nowspnjiers had been wasted ns n result of the censorship, nud be suggested that trained newspapermen should be udded to the stuff of the censorship bureau. The Itight Hon. Hobshouse, speaking in behalf of the Hritish postofiico authorities, dis claimed any responsibility for the censorship over which ho said tho wnr office exercised full nnd sole con trol. He said if there was any de lay in forwarding messages nfter they hnd pusscd tho censor he wns ready to do what he could in the unit ler. INE WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Tho battleship Maine, carrying midship men, is being hold at Gibraltar for possible rescuo work among Ameri cans In Europe. Tho armorod cruiser Tennessee, with its cargo of gold, Is duo In Northern Kuropeun waters by next Huturduy and tho cruiser North Carolina probably will urrlve about tho same time, Tho Malpo limy be used lu distributing gold to the refu gees, EUROPEAN POWERS ACKNOWLEDGE OFFER WAHIIINOTON, Aug. II), Heire. lory Ilrymi niiiioiuiccil loduy Unit lie had ici'clved Ufkllfwltrlgiiii'iit lit President Wihu'ii'rt leu d "T uf good pfi'ict'N from Allkllhi'llilliKHjy, (JreHf Ujilblu, ftmw and HmHi , FEDERAL RESERVE AD HERS IAKE OFFICE OATH WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Tho fire tuombor of tho federal reserve board which will control tho now fed eral bunking system took tho onth of office today nnd Immediately begun completing tho steps preliminary to tho actual opening of the new s)s torn to business. Charles S. Hamlin, F. A. Delano, W. V. G. Harding, Paul M. Warburg and Adolph C. Miller received their commissions, signed hy President Wilson from Secretary McAdoo In his office where tho ceremony took place. Mr. Hamlin Is governor nnd Mr, Do. lano Is vice governor. Tho first for mal meeting will bo held next Thurs. day. The taking of offlro by the board was the last step In tho preliminary stone of laiituitliiK a completely new banking system for this country Ihe subject of consideration In connre for many years. Official expect the transitions to be accompllnhed smoothly and It Is probable that the 13 rcserro banks, authorized by law, will ho open for business within a few weeks. NORTH SEA AGAIN CLOSED TO FISHING LONDON, Aug. 10. Thi Norl.1 Sea was acaln closed to tho fishing fleets today. Tho harbor master at Scarborough received a message from the ndmlralty Instructing him to tell the masters of fishing vessels not to ko out until further notice. ii.utTMrrr pimhh wantko Mr. Perry of the Itoguo Klver Co oporattro Fruit Growers association, Vis made a favorablo contract with a California cannery for Itarttett lnrs for canning purposes, and ran handlo them cither orcnurd run or second grade. If Interested come lu and talk It over. Legal blanks tot Ml at th Mall Trlhun offlra if PAGEIheatre WEDNESDAY NIGHT AUGUST 19th WILLIAM ROCK ANI) MAUDE FULTON With un All Star Cnst and Chorus of FIFTY in DIRECT FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES Biggest and Fastest Musical Comedy Ever Produced Beauty;Fun;Melody Prices 50g7 7501.00 ait7$7,GQ7Mill orders Feclilved now! Mako checks payable t M'k (1, I'm, Kylar m omicd sale, MonJuy, August 17 th CANADIAN ORIS ORDERED CLOSED OTTAWA, Out , Aug. in. It was learned todny that tho military au thorities aie rushing big guns to 0o lieu with all possible speed. , QUIJIIKC, Aug. 10 -The port of Quohca Is now closed under orders from Dm federal authorities, No ship will be allowed to leave. Tho following ships that left Hutu--dny or Sunday nte held nt Father Peint: Donaldson I. liter Lulltln; Allan Liner Sicilian, Canadian Purlfle Steamship Tyrollii; Cu'iinnl Liner .Manilla and tho Drnyhead of the Head l.lii". MONTUI-:.NL, Qim., Aug. 10,Tlui port ot Montreal was ordered closed today hy the mlulnter of marine. Only twu small grain carriers am now In port. SAN ERANCISCO GRAIN EXCHANGE IS CLOSED HAN FUANCIHCO, Cal., Aug. 10. For the first time, since the war threw It Into unrest the San Fruit iico uralu exchange suspended Its si-unions this afternoon. The var iance between prices asked and bid was so wide that It was prartlrall) Impossible to do business. An etfoit will lie madn to resume tomorrow. Portland Livestock Market POItTLANI), Or., Aug. lO.-fnltle Receipts HUH; market easy, Prime light, 7.'j;iir'7.:i:i; prime heavy, 7fjrt T.'JOj goo.. rtUIOtn"; heifers, :flifii ll.r.ll; cows, prime, .f (J.U.'ifii'tl.lill ; bulls, fRie-LTfi ; prime enl iiilvrH,-r7.2fifjii Hogs-Reoeinls H'.7; market 'Joe higher. Pn light, itlOfH.'J.I; me dium, .fH.Ofiot II i smooth heavy, rt.'JTi (itan.'i; ronuh heavy, iSf.nS.'jr.. Sheep- Receipts Mil 17; market stendi. Soring laiiibt, f.lwofifll; wethers, tl.'J.'pi I.Trtj ewet, $:i.h"i(n l.;i,"i; yearlings, f I.7fi0i'.i. GERMANS ARRESTED AS SPIES IN HALIFAX HALIFAX, N S., Aug. 10. Two (lemmas were taken prisoners near Custer, u fhort distance from hete, on the elm run of Itetiisr spies. nMiSiiiiiimwr' f'-