The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-16
In Terrific Crush in st. Peters.
Many Were Injured and
Women Faint-PaniC Mar
roWIy Averted.
EVENT SlGNALIZES GREAT
CAREER OF P0NTIFF.
Every State in World in Which
Vatican Has Diplomatic Re-
lations Is Represented To-
day.

Rome, Nov. 16.-Seventy thousand
people crammed into St. Peters today
TO celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of the Pope's entrance into the priest
hood. Many women tainted in the
terrible crush and several were injur-
ed and many had their gowns torn.
The extra large force of police sew
eral times lost control of the vast
throng and a panic narrowly was av-
erted. America was we'll represented.
The event signalized the remark
able career of one of the most roman
tic figures in religious history. From
home of dire poverty to the throne
of ST. Peter describes in brief the
amazing rise of he present pontiff
All here know when the cardinal be-
came pope he carried with him into
the splendors of the Vatican his own
simple tastes-tastes born of the days
when, as a simple parocco. or village
priest, he was so poor in this worlds
goods that he actually pawned a ring
to help a needy parishioner. At Ven
ice his two maiden sisters, dressed in
the homely but picturesque garb of
the Vatican contadina, would do their
daily marketing for the patriarchai
household and the traditions of plain
living and high thinking" are jealous
ly maintained by the pontiff.
All Roman Catholic Europe prepar-
ed to participate in the anniversary
and there are special delegations
from every state in the world with
which the Vatican has diplomatic re-
lations
While in one sense the celebration
is strictly religious, yet in another
sense it has semi-political clement
because of the presence at Rome of
the direct representatives of govern
ments who will recognize the civic
sovereignty of the pope
Vatican Fond of Taft.
Some states will not be represented
by diplomatic representatives and the
United States will be one of them.
But to quote from the Observatore Ro-
mano, which is the official organ of
the Vatican: 1T is believed under
the administration of Mr. Taft an inn
portant change will take place in the
relations between the papal hierarchy
and the government of the United
States"
Mr. Taft's handling Of the delicate
questions which arose in the Philip
pines after the war between the Unit
ed States and Spain produced a pro-
foundly favorable impression in Cath
olic circles here and the warmth of
the congratulations sent him by the
pope and prominent cardinals on his
victory last week is a direct result of
the Vatican belief that he will felici-
tate the plans of the Sacred College
for direct representation at Washing
ton.
The early life of Pope Plus was fill
ed with activity. He was born on
June 2, 1895, in the little village OF
Riese. in the venetian province of
Treviso, which. in 1903. gave a pope TO
sini. elected under the title of Bene-
diet XI. The district is one of poverty
only those who have seen il realizing
the struggle for existence that ever
prevails. Little Giuseppe Sarto was
one of family of ten. 10 feed whose
hungary mouths the father could not
earn anything approaching living
wage" This fact suggests what sacri-
fices the household had TO endure to
insure the boy the means of education
finally secured him through the kind
ness of a parish priest
Born of Peasant Parents.
That the pope Is of peasant parent
age is well known and he has been
held up as a shining example of the
fact that the highest posts within the
gift of their fellow men are possible
10 any man possessing the ability and
energy required for great achieve
ments.
Ii seems that Giuseppe Sarto. or
4 Beppo (diminutiye for Guiseppel, as
the other members of the family de-
( lighted to call him, furnished his par
ents with every reason for hoping that
! he would become famous. From the
! time he was able to read and write
/ the future pope impressed every one
with whom he came in contact, with
! his wisdom and knowledge.