Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-26
POPE Plus DIES.
Worry Over European Conflict
Thought to Have Hastened
Death of Pope Plus X.

Pope Plus X. died at 1920 o'clocl
Thursday morning. He had been il
for several days, but alarming symp
toms did not develop until w ednes
day morning.
Grief over the war caused the pop,
much depression from it's outbreak
and several days after symptoms ap
peared of the old bronchial affection
from which the pontiff had suffered
in times past.
The Pope addressed the following
exhortation to the world as his last
official act:
AT this moment, when nearly th'
whole of Europe is being dragged in
70 the vortex of a most terrible war
with its present dangers ana miser
les, and the consequences to follow
the very thought of which must
strike every one with grief and hor
ror, we whose care is the life anC
welfare of so many citizens and peo
pies cannot but be deeply moved AM
our heart wrung with the bitteres
sorrow.
And in the midst of this univer
sal confusion ana peril We feel ant
know that both fatherly love ant
apostolic ministry demand of US tha
we should with all earhestness turr
the thoughts of Christendom thither
whence cometh help'-to Christ, the
Prince of Peace and the most power
full mediator between God and man
"We charge, therefore, the Catho
lies of the whole world to approach
the throne of grace and mercy, each
and all of them, and more especially
the clergy, whose duty, furthermore
it will be to make in every parish
as their bishops shall direct, public
supplication, so that the merciful
God may, as it were, be wearied with
the prayers OF His children and
speedily remove the evil causes ot
war, giving to them who rule to
think the thoughts of peace and not
of affliction.
From the palace of the Vatican
the second day of August, 1914"
Plus X. Pontifex May'1us,'
Pope Plus X. was the spiritual rul
er of S00,000,000 souls. In round
numbers there are 1,500 Roman
Catholic bishops in the world, ,050
ruling dioceses and 450 with episco-
pal titles" at the head or v1cari-
ates, acting as conductors, auXiliar-
les and representatives of tue Holy
See. n q
In the pontifate OF Pins X there
were created thirty-eish5 bishoprics,
ten apostolic vicarlates from alrea-
dy existing perfectures, eight other
apostolic vicariatese land fourteen
apostolic prefectures. Four abDacies
were erected and ten dioceses were
raised to the dignity of archbishop
ries.
Plus X. raised the United States,
Ireland, England and Scotland from
what are known as missionary
lands" being under the jurisdiction
of the congregation of the propagan-
Ga, and put them under the COM
mon law of the church on full equal
ity with countries where Roman
Catholicity has been the religion of
the greater part of the population for
centuries.
Pope Plus Life In Brief.
June ., 1S35-Born at Riese, in the
diocese of Treviso.
December IS, 1S5S-Ordained priest.
10, 1SS4-Consecrated
bishop of Mantua.
June Is, 1S93-Created and pro-
claimed cardinal and patriarch OF
Venice.
August 4, 1903-Elected pope.
August 8, 1903-Crowned at st.
Peters in Rome.
August 20, 1914-Died
The conclave of cardinals which
will elect the new pope will meet in
the Vatican nine days after the death
of Pope Plus X. The conclave gets
its name from the fact that the car
dinals are locked up in ''conclave'' in
a room in the Vatican, shut off from
all communication with the outside
world.
The meat speculator ran up
against the meat eater who announc-