The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-18
CONSTITUTIONAL STRENGTH OF
& THE, PATIENT. is DOING.
GOOD. WORK NOW.
He FEELS MUCH BETTER
Great Concern. Shown, by Royalty Of
Italy and Request Is Made for Ex-
Physicians Say Ii He Receivers
He Will Be Precarious.

Rome, April 17.-Medical skill and
| strong vitality have combined to bring
| about a change for the better in the
condition of Pope Plus. The official
bulletins issued today relieved present
!! anxiety, but there are some who are
| skeptcal and fear third relapse oW-
| ing to the general weakness Of the
| pontiff and because he is. inclined tc
disobey the orders Of the attending
! physicians. The bulletin issued al
s o'clock tonight read:
His holiness passed a good day
without fever. This evening his tenn
| perature is SO degrees. The i'm
! continues
The pope declared early today that
| he felt better than at any time since
his first relapse. The sun pouring
into the chamber impelled him to leave
his bed which he did without assist
ance. On such occasions it is the
pope's custom to order his attendants
out of the room and they reluctantly
obey him, but they watch, unobserved,
| through the half-open door, fearing
an accident.
Cardinal Merry del Val. the papa1
secretary of state, visited the pope
tonight and first having obtained per-
mission from the doctors, submitted
for his signature several DEGREES on
important questions Of an urgent
character. Pope Plus signed them
and his handwriting was firm and
clear and showed no change from his
writing before his illness.
The deep concern of the Italian gov
ernm ent in the illness of the pope was
manifested today when a request was
made to those in charge of the case
for statement regarding the prog
nosis. This was met with the declar-
alton that it was impossible to say
whether the pontiff would recover, but
that if he did, his condition hereafter
might be considered precarious.
Princess Belmonte, lady-in-W waiting to
the Dowager Queen lMarghuerita, went
to the vatican this afternoon, where
she requested from Monsignor Bressan
detailed information of the progress
of the. pope, in the name of the queen
mother, whose most earnest wishes for
his recovery she brought Relations
between the mem bers of the house of
Savoy and Cardinal Sarto before. he
was elected pontiff, always were of
the most cordial nature. When King
Humbert and Queen Marghuerita vis-
tied Venice in 1895, Patriarch Sarto
applied to Rome for instructions
Cardinal Rampolli, then papal secre-
tary of state, answered suggesting
that he leave Venice, but left the de-
cision to the patriarch.
Cardinal Sarto visited the sovereign
and invited them to dine at the pa
triachate where he sat between them
After a moment, the king smilinglv
asked: What would Rome say il
Rome could see us?"
In answer the patriarch handed him
Rampolli's letter to read. Then he
added: "But in Venice I am mas
ter
Others Call.
Many cardinals, high prelates, mem
bers of the arstocracy and the grand
master of the Knights of Malta also
called at the vatican to make Inquiries
and showed great relief at the favor
able reports.
In spite of the official reports, there
are reports emanating from other
sources that the pope is suffering
from arterio- sclerosis and a variety
of other diseases, but doctors EN-.
phatically deny this and declare that
these reports are comparable with
great stories in circulation that Cardi-
nal Oreglia, dean of the sacred COL
lege, has claimed the privilege enjoyed
since the. middle ages by the cardi-
nails of assisting the pontiff in his
bedroom when seriously Ill and that
Cardinal Wives y. Tuto had visited
Pope Plus and compiled his religious
will. No such privileges have been
claimed as Cardinal Oreglia is confined
to his apartment by gout and Cardinal
Wives Tuto Is severely affected by
cerebral anaemia.
Many remedies have been received
at the vatican and the pope has been
especially touched by the thoughtful
ness of Venetian pharmacist, who
attended to the needs of Patriarch
Sarto in Venice. He sent a prepara-
alton of his own manufacture which
Professor Marchiafava, after analysis,
approved and prescribed