Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-16
Says DR.. MazzOni Con-
Cerning Pope's
Chances.
GENERAL CONDITION
August Sufferer Has
Sleep That Is Not
Natural.

Rome, July 16, 1925 p. ma bulle-
tin has just been issued. 1t says:
''IIis holiness condition continues the
same as this morning. During the
day he had some hours of rest Pulse,
IS; respiration, Sc; temperature,
500, centigrade."
Rome, July 16, 10 a. m.-The follow
ing medical bulletin was issued today:
The night was rather unquiet and
sleepless. The general condition of
his holiness presents no other modi-
ficatiOn except greater frequency of
breathing due 10 the augmentation
of the pleuric fluid Pulse, IS; tenn
perature, 36.3, centigrade; respira-
ton, So
Difficulty InIBreathinE.
At 1928 Monsignore Angeli. private
secretary, left the sick room much
preoccupied. He said: Il have left
the holy father in sleep which is so
deep it resembles the lethargy of
DEATH
Rome, July 16.-At , p. m. the pope's
Prostration was increasing. The diff
ticulty he experiences in breathing
has grown more serious and is ac-
companied by severe bronchial wheez-
ing.
Rome, July 10, midnight.-At this
hour 1t is announced that there has
been no change in the pope's condi-
tiOn since the issue of the last medi-
cal bulletin Everything is quiet at
the Vatican.
Rome, July 16. 1:1O a. m.-The pope
has slept during the last hour, but
his sleep is too profound to be quite
natural
Rome, July 16, 3:O5 a. m.-The be-
ginning of the second part of the night
was somewhat restless, and DR.. Lap
poni tried to assist the patient with
stimulants and nourishment.
Smile Is Gone.
Rome, July 16.-One of the doctors
in attendance on the pontiff gave the
Associated Press correspondent a
graphic word picture of Pope Leo as
he appears today. That smile which
lighted up the pOntiff's face, even in
extreme age, has disappeared, proba-
bly, forever. The skin is drawn tight
Iy over the bony framework of his
face, leaving the once bright eyes star
ing dimly from the deeply sunken
sockets. y grayish pallor overspreads
his countenance, but the most notice
able ravage wrought by his present
disease is the dropping of the lower
jaw. which has made the pope's fea-
lures take on the fixed 1igidity of
death.
Kept I'm Almost Absolute SecIusiOn.
Throughout the day the precincts of
the Vatican were comparatively quiet,
and the immediate vicinity of the sick
room showed none of the evidences of
agitation and alarm so apparent Tues
day. In marked contrast to previous
DAYS the patient was kept in almost
absolute seclusion, only one person be-
sides the physicians in immediate at
tendance gaining admission. This one
was Monsignor Pifferi, the pope's con-
fessor. Others came to the ante-cham-
Der. including Cardinals SatOlli and
Serafno Vannutelli, but they did not
press for admission to the sick room,
being aware of the doctors earnest
wish to afford the august patient ev-
cry opportunity of avoiding exertion
and mental effort.
Quite Restless I'm the Morning.
During the day the pope took a
slight amountof nourishment. Through
the morning he was quite restless,
shifting uneasily on his bed and COM
planning of being unable to secure an
easy position. Later he became drowsy,
and during the afternoon had some
sleep.
DOPE Has NOT GIVEN UP HOPE