Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
POPE Plus BETTER,
OFFICIAL VATICAN
REPORTS DECLARE
Many However, Believe There
Is No Great Improvement in
Pontiff's Condition.
DROP IN TEMPERATURE
GIVES HOPE TO DOCTORS
Prof. Marchiafava, Chief Physi-
clan, States That Danger of
Pneumonia Is Past.

| ROME April l4.-While the bulletin
issued by the Pope's physicians this
morning is optimistic ii leaves many
ineredulous that the patient Is really
| on the road to recovery.
Undoubtedly. however there was
noticeable amelioration in the Popes
condition during the night
The improvement is considered
most encouraging. Last night was
the seventh since the first relapse
suffered by the Pope, and the gravest
anxiety had been caused by his in
creasing weakness and malnutrition.
1t now appears that the attack of
coughing suffered by the Pope last
night greatly relieved His Holiness
and enabled him to obtain a long and
restful sleep. Rome had been thrown
| into deep depression over this attack
and it was feared that the Pope had
reached the last extremity until Car
| dinal Merry Del Val reassured them.
During the night the Pope's tenn
perature decreased until 1t went down
to SO degrees.
Professor Ettore Marchiafava again
submitted the pontiff to a long and
minute examination. He gave special
attention to the condition of the heart
and the aorta. He was satisfied that
the bronchial Inflammation on the
left side had not increased. The dis
appearance of fever he interpreted as
| a sign that there Is no more fear of
! pneumonia.
| Professor Marchiafava, on leaving
| the Pope's apartment said.
Doctor Is Hopeful
81 now trust that the Pope's illness
will have a favorable solution IL It is
possible to induce the patient to
| take proper care of himself
Although the pontiff rested quietly
during the forenoon, the physicians
were somewhat concerned about his
increasing weakness. His heart. how
| ever. showed no symptoms Of valvu-
lar lesion this morning.
! DR.. Amici visited the Pope twice
after the departure of Professor
Marchiafava this morning. Accord
| ing to an understanding between the
| two physicians he did not call Pro-
| fessor Marchiafava again, as he con-
sidered the Pope's condition station
airy. Professor Marchiafava is to see
the Pope again tonight.
| In the middle of the day the Pope
had short sleep almost uninterrupt-
ed by coughing. His temperature was
| slightly above 9S degrees; his pulse
SO and his respiration 26.
| Rome is taking the Pope's illness
with outward tranquility. There Is a
widespread conviction that if the
end Is approaching. it will not come
| for some days at least.
| The churches are not unusually
crowded, but all who visit them pray
fervently for the head of the church
The weather is rainy most of the
time.
! Ordinary tourists are still allowed
| to visit some of the galleries of the
Vatican. Carriages drive up frequent
ly conveying cardinals, ambassadors
and high prelates to inquire about the
Pope's condition, and to read the lat
est bulletins, and If possible to catch
word with one of the doctors.
| Physicians Nom CommittaI.
The physicians have become very
clever in eluding would-be interview
|
door and some times by another and
there is an infinite number of en-
frances to choose from. If they should
happen to oe caught by anyone they
are utterly non-committal.
Inside the Vatican all Is tranquil
and business seems to be proceeding
as usual This offers a marked con-
! trast to the time when Leo XIII. was
on his sick bed, when everything was
at a standstill and great confusion
regned, even before his death ar
| rangements for the conclave of car
| dinals being pushed forward
1t is believed in Rome that if any
conclusion is to be drawn from the
present quietness, it must be that
those around the Pope do not expect
him to die.
The sisters of Pope Plus have re-
gained the calm which was shaken
by their brothers sudden relapse
The persistent cold weather aug
ments the difficulty of treating the
Pope satisfactorily. He dislikes the
use of the heating apparatus, but
Professor Marchiafava considers 1t
indispensable to keep the temperature
of the bedroom at 65 degrees
The Pope today inquired about the
Venetian pilgrims, and when he
heard that they had left Rome, ex-
pressed disappointment that he was
unable to receive them.