Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
Heart Action Kept Up by Slim
uIants-Vatican Officials
Called to Bed.
PILGRIMS PRAY IN STORM
DeIiriOus PreIate Calls for Be-
loved Sister Who Died Re-
Gently and Whom He Mourns.

ROME, April 80 p, M-Pope
Plus y had a fainting At this after
noon which lasted two hours 1t was
rumored that he was sinking rapidly
but the Vatican physicians denied
this, saying that the Pontiff was not
materially worse and thai there was
no cause for immediate anxiety They
said that the fainting fit did not indi-
cate that the maladies affecting til,
Pope had made any marked progress.
Notwithstanding bulletins to effect
that the Pope's symptoms OF neph-
ritis increased. accompanied by rising
temperature, the Vatican newspaper
Osservatore Romano in its evening
edition declares that the Pontiff
shows constant and notable improve
ment."
ROME. April "a p. M.-Symp-
toms Of asthma have developed in
Pope Plus \, who is gravely in at
the Vatican
All doubt that the Pope is suffer
ing from Brightg disease was re-
moved this afternoon by pronounced
marks OF that malady. His Holiness
is having great trouble in breathing.
symptoms OF nephritis shown by
Pope Plus are more marked His
heart is more feeble and his temper
allure has risen to 1904. Al : p. IN.
the Pontin asked permission Of the
doctors TO confess himself.
once to-day the Pope Vas reported
to be dying
HIS Holiness showed slight i'm
provement before noon, but the relief
was declared by the attending physi-
clans to be only temporary. Imme-
diately afterward all the Roman
Catholic Cardinals and Papal Ambas-
sailors in Rome were summoned 10
the sick room. a proceeding which
gave rise to the report that the Pom
tiff was dying.
The extreme age of the sick man
initiates against hope of recovery
Pope Plus Y. or Giuseppe Sarto (the
latter being his family nance, was
born on June ., 1885.
Pilgrims Pray for Pontiff.
During the morning 1900 pilgrims
from Trouviso gathered in the Vati-
can grounds beneath tine windows OF
the sick room and prayed for the de-
liverance Of the Pontiff. These were
the pilgrims whom Pope Plus was to
have received yesterday. Inability to
extend his welcome and blessing to
the pilgrims worried the Pope and
added to the pains which he wa al
ready suffering.
While hundreds Of pilgrims knelt
in the Piazza Di San PietrO and
prayed for the recovery Of the Pom
tiff, a sudden rain and hailstorm blew
up. Men and women knelt with I'M
covered heads and did not cease their
devotion.
The Pontiff was disturbed by severe
thunder peals which accompanied
the squat.
Merry Del Val, PapaI Secretary Of
State, has been kept busy for "a
hours answering the kilograms Of in
quiry and sympathy which have come
from all parts Of the world
Hourly injections Of cocaine and
strophanthus We're necessary during
part OF the night to sustain the heart
The Pontinf IS said to be- in a way
partly responsible for his present
sickness owing 10 his great zeal for
the Church and his consequent re-
fusal 20 obey completely the orders
Of his physicians. Instead Of giving
ND all the aTs ir~ OF the Church and
foregoing audiences, The Pontif in
sisted upon overtaxiug his strength.
THE result was a complete break
down
Asks for Dead Sister.