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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
CEREMONIES ATTENDANT ON
DEATH OF SUPREME PoNTIFF-.
LEGAL VERlFlcATloN OF FACT
CARDINAL GAsPARRl ACTS
FOR LATE POPE.

The obsequies attendant upon the
death of a Pope last nine days. Inn
mediately upon the, death of Pom
tiff, the cardinal camerlengo, admin
istrator of the papal estate, assumes
charge of the papal household, as rep
resentative Of the Sacred college, and
yerifies the death Of the Pontiff by a
judicial act.
In the presence of the household, he
strikes the forehead Of the dead Pope
three times with silver mallet, call
ing him by his baptismal name. The
fisherman's ring and the papal. seals
are then broken. A notary draws up
the act which is the legal evidence
of the Pope's death. This ceremony
was carried out last Sunday morning
by Cardinal Gasparri.
The sacred congregation convened
Sunday morning when the cardinals
were informed of the Pope's death.
With the exception Of Cardinal Gas
parri, the papal secretary of state,
they gathered in the papal private
apartments. The cardinal, in due and
solemn form, escorted by the Swiss
guard in full dress and accompanied
by the prelates and officials Of the
apostolic chamber, entered the apart
ments few minutes later. He will
administer the Holy See during the
interregnum. With him also was
Monsignor Sincere, secretary Of the
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OBSEOUIES OF POPE

Sacred college.
Cardinal Gasparri, surrounded by
the cardinals, then proceeded to veri-
fy the death Of Benedict, extending
over the lifeless form silver wand
and crying out, "Giacomo, Giacomo,
Giacomo."
He opened the certificate Of death
and declared:
"Dominus papa floster .mortuus est"
"The lord our Pope is dead" thus am
nouncing officially the Pope's death.
On leaving the pontifcal chambers,
Cardinal Gasparri, still escorted by
the Swiss, guard, descended to tha
first floor, where the sacred .congrega-
tion convened, beginning its deliber.
ations at 10 o'clock.
Between the death of the Pope and
the election of his successor, the car.
dinal camerlengo is the head of the
Sacred college. He directs the prep
arations for the conclave and takes
charge Of the conclave.
During the obsequies OF the Pope,
and until the election of successor,
all cardinals appear with uncovered
rochets, to show that. the supreme au-
thority is in the hands Of the Sacred
college.
The cardinal camerlengo is assisted
in determining the details Of the OBJ
sequies by the heads OF the cardi-
nalitial orders, the cardinal bishops,
priests and deacons. ALI matters OF
Importance are referred to the gen.
eral congregations. The cardinal
dean, who is always the Bishop of
Ostia, at present Cardinal Vincent
vannutelli. presides over these con-
gregations.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28

throughout the Eternal City.
And more sleep in churches in va
rious parts of Italy, having died away
from their royal seat in exile, victims
of rapacious princes or ambitious anti
Popes. In Florence. Naples, Perugia,
Viterbo, Arezzo, Ferrara, Aquila,
where he of the "Gran Rifiuto" lies
enshrined, and in the great Benedic-
tine monastery of Monte Casino. And
in Avignon, sleep their last sleep the
Popes whom adversity forced to dwell
far from the City of the Martyrs. But,
though we know where the bodies of
the Popes were laid, this does not
mean that we know where lie the ash
es of all. Prosecutions and the pass
age Of twenty centuries have seen to
this.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
PRAY FOR HOLY FATHER
SPECIAL MASS AND PRAYERS OR.
DERED BY ARCHBISHOP
BOWLING

In a letter to the clergy of the
archdiocese of st. Paul, Most Rever-
end Archbishop Bowling reminds all
Catholics of the great obligation to
pray for the repose of the soul of the
late Pontiff He also urges prayers
that, under the guidance of the Holy
Spirit Pontiff worthy of the sublime
Office of Vicar Of Christ upon earth be
granted to the Church
1t was ordered that a Solemn Re-
QUEEN Mass, with fitting eulogy, be Of
fered in every church of the diocese
having resident pastor, Friday. jan
uary 27, unless another date had al
ready, been arranged. The Mass "F'or
the Election of a Supreme Pontiff,' is
ordered to be said in all churches or
the first day of the Conclave. The
special Collect in that Mass is to be
said at all Masses until the election
of a successor to the late Pontiff is
announced .-
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side of the Pope, while prayers as
cended from thousands of persons in
every church and convent in the city.
Constant vigil was kept at the sick
bed until the end came peacefully.
Placed in st. Peters.
Shortly after death the body of the
late Pope was placed in the throne
room of the Vatican. From early Mon
Gay morning to Wednesday, the re-
mains lay in state in ST. Peters basil
lea. A constant stream of humanity
flowed through the historic edifice to
pay their last respects to the earthly
form Of the venerable Pontiff. Pre-.
lates of low and high degree, foreign
diplomats and Roman nobility mingl-
ed with the people, and all met on a
common plane in their expressions of
regret.
On Tuesday, the legal notice of
death was filed with the Mayor of
Rome. The official cause states
'"The undersigned physician hereby
states that at 6 A. NJ, January %, His
Holiness Pope Benedict XIV, Giacomo
della Chiesa, expired following an at
tack of bronchi-pneumonia brought on
by influenza. DIR. Raffaele Battistini.' y
At the time of our going to press,
funeral arrangements had, tentatively,
been set for Thursday.
AT meeting of the Sacred Col
lege on Monday, Cardinal Gasparrl
presiding, it was definitely decided to
hold the Conclave for the election
of a new Pope on Thursday, Febru
ary 2.
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DEATH OF POPE BENEDICT XV

lie Church was summoned hence by
his Creator.
Friday, morning the last Sacra-
ments were administered to the Pope
at his own request. In solemn process
sion, cardinals, relatives and many
prelates wended their way towards
the papal chamber. The Vatican Sac
ristan, Monsignor Zampini, bore the
Blessed Sacrament which the Holy
Father received with every sign of
humble fervor. Immediately the bells
of all the churches in Rome sum-
moned the people to prayer, and the
sacred edifices were soon crowded
with pious worshippers who poured
forth fervent petitions to heaven that
the life of the Pope might be spared
or his passage from earth eased and
softened.
Several cardinals entered the sick
room during the ceremonies while the
rest of those in the procession re-
mained outside praying for the re-
vered sufferer
Approach of Death
Prayers for the dying were begun
by Cardinal Giorgi, assisted by other
prelates. The Cardinal then gave the
Pontfff absolution, after reading the
solemn profession of faith. The vari.
Gus superiors general of the religious
orders entered the sick room and each
impaired to the Holy Father the in.
dulgences which each order has the
privilege to confer.
At the end of these rites the domes
tic prelates remained about the bed
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
LATE PoNTIFF OF ARIsTocRATlc
LINEAGE - BORN IN GENOA,
ITALY, IN fs54-EARLY MADE
CHOICE OF cHURcH-ELEcTED
TO SUCCEED Plus x IN 1914
HIS EFFORTS TO RESTORE
PEACE TO A WARNING WORLD.

Cardinal Giacomo della Chiesa, who
on Septemer 3, 1914, was elected to
succeed the venerable and sanity
Plus x, was born on November Fl,
1854, at Pegli, town not far from the
ancient seaport of Genoa. Of aristo-
cratic birth, being the second son of
Giuseppe, ii Marquese della Chiesa, he
possessed the ample opportunities
which, coupled with conscientious as
siduity and marked intellectual ability,
made possible thorough grounding
in liberal education according to the
best traditions of the Italian school.
His early studies were prosecuted in
the gymnasia of Genoa, in the uni
versity of which city he was subse-
quently honored with the doctors de-
gree in Jurisprudence. From Genoa
he went to Rome to study theology at
the College Capranica; after the com
pletion of his studies in the Acca-
demia del Nobili Ecclesiastical, he was
ordained to the priesthood on Decem-
ber 21, 1878.
"SSNo val ldIuROttds
It was in this latter place that he
first made the acquaintance of Car
dinal Rampolla, and there began that
intimate friendship which lasted
throughout the life of the great Car
dinal. When in 1887 Rampolla was
made Secretary of State, he appointed
Father Chiesa to the office of Under,
Secretary.
In 1907, Mgr. della Chiesa was Great
ed Archbishop of Bologna. On the
twenty-ffth of May, 1914, he was rails
ed to the Cardinalate, receiving as his
titular church that of the Quatuor
Coronati.
The Cardinals who, at the summons
of the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman
Catholic Church, had gathered in
Rome for the election of a successor
to Piux x, were conscious, as at per-
haps no other time in the history of
the Church. of the very grave respon-
sibility that rested upon them. In the
midst of a world war, and with the
knowledge that the new Pope was
likely to play an important part in its
conduct and final settlement, they
realized the necessity of choosing a
man of exceptional merit. Toward
noon of the morning of September 8,
came the glad tidings that Cardinal
della Chiesa was chosen to the chair
of st. Peter and had assumed the
name of Benedict XIV. The solemn
coronation of the newly elected Pope
took place on September 6 in the
Sistine Chapel, with splendor and
magnificence of ceremony that is to
be witnessed nowhere else in the
world.
Pope and the War.
1t was but natural that the thoughts
of the new Pontiff should first be di,
rected to the grave conditions, the
religio depopulata, that soon were
brought about by the great war. We
have evidence of the fact itself in his
exhortation to the Universal Church,
Ubi Primum, dated September s, 1914,
in which he says: "Since, following
the example of Our Lord, we must be
ready even to lay down our life for
the salvation of the flock of Christ,
it is our avowed intention to leave
nothing undone, in as far as in us
lies, to bring the present calamity to
speedy termination." And for the
whole term Of his pontifcate the Holy
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
TRIBUTE TO POPE BENEDICT xv
BY HIS HONOR THE MAYOR
Of ST. PAUL

The death of Pope Benedict XIV
has properly called forth the SYM
pathy and tribute of whole world,
without regard to creed; for the
passing of a great soul bereaves
not alone those who were of the
same household, but all those who
in high seriousness and sincerity
strive for the worlds betterment.s
During his brief pontificate, he had
impressed himself upon the thought
of the world, not alone as the head
of a church, but as well because
of his piety, humanity and ability.
He served the needs of his church,
and the needs of mankind nobly in
a troubled era which shook the
foundations Of the world. Amidst
that crash he stood SteadfaSt,
pointing the only true solution
the spiritual regeneration of man
kind-the healing power of the
gospel of, Jesus Christ. No voice
was raised more poWerfu1Iy. or
more sanely, than his for the pre-
cepts of an abiding peace; and
for the recognition of spiritual and
moral values as the basis Of an en-
during world. He pleaded for /,
peace, not as a fanatic, but as a
statesman and as a lover of man
kind. He voiced eternal ideals at
a time when millions were forget
ting them, and his words will, per
haps more in the future than at
present, stir noble impulses in the
enterprises of men.
His sympathy for the suffering,
his successful activities on behalf
Of the stricken of the war, his in.
sistence on the prohibition of bru-
talities in war as far as this was
possible, marked him as a lover
and a servant of mankind. His
spirit was spirit of humility, be-
nightly, gentleness; his utterances
were free from bitterness. His
vision was the vision of eternal
things; his idealism was the sani-
ty of the great Believer whose
faith and reverence can see Gods
Truth amidst the confusions of
mortality.
Benedict was a strong, as we'll
as a gentle, character. If he did
not have quite the intellectual Wig
or of the last Leo, and if he did
not have quite the spiritual sim
plicity of the last Plus, he had, as
few Popes have had, wonderful
combination of the two qualities,
and was in the best sense States.
man and a Priest, a Seer and
Lover; his mind and soul SO blend
ed together in action that his think
ing was human and his affections
sane and wise.
At a time when the world was
full of violence and hysteria and
bitterness, he spoke no word that
would embitter, estrange or make
suspicious. The universal voice of
tribute from the non-C Catholic world
is appropriate and just. Long aft
er. his time, the world with glad
remembrance will honor him as
one of its builders and servants.
Whatever else may be forgotten,
the world will not lose from its
memory the quiet, radiant and ma
jestic figure of Benedict stretching
white hands of love and peace
across war-stricken earth to re-
call wandering men to their eternal
affairs and eternal destinies under
the law of God.
L. C. HODGSON.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28

On Sunday, January %, the def
mite news was received in America
that Pope Benedict XIV had breathed
his last. While the twenty-four hours
previous had prepared the world for
the sad announcement, the actuality
itself sent tremor of sadness
throughout the Catholic body in every
country. The illness which proved
fatal had begun in an apparent trifle.
Hence, the sudden demise of the Holy
Father added surprise to shock.
vi on Wednesday.
On Wednesday of last week, it was
reported from Rome that the Pope
was suffering from a slight cold con-
tracted on Sunday while celebrating
Mass. The following day conveyed
the information that The fever was
rising, while on Friday the alarming
news was sent broadcast that little
hope was held out for the illustrious
patient A slight rally for several
hours on Saturday was followed i'm
mediately by series of sinking spells
which terminated early on Sunday
when the supreme head of the Catho-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28

sopra Minerva, in S. Croce of the Cis-
tericians, on the heights of the Capt.
tol, in S. Maria in Aracoeli of the Fri
.ars Minor; in S. Clemente of the Irish
Dominicans, the Title of His Emi
nence Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop
of Boston; in S. Maria in Trastevere,
the Title" of the late Cardinal Glib
bons, in the Church of the Twelve
Apostles, tended by the Conventuals,
and other edifices here and there
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28

ginning with the first Pontiff who died
on a cross in A. d. 67, on the slope of
the Vatican Mount, down to him who
died few rods from this spot in
A. d, 1s1d--Pope Plus x. Many lie
in Christendom's cathedral Pc
ter's, others in San Giovanni Latera-
no-the Pope's own cathedral, more
sleep in S. Maria Maggiore, in S. An
drea della Valle of the Theatines, in
s. Marcello on the Corso, in S. Maria
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Cilicia-5O,000.
Cvria9E nm

Cilicia-50,
Syria-25,00
Northern France-200,000
Venetia and the Trentina-265, 900.
Catholic Committee of Hospitality
in Switzerland-464,13 ,130.
The "Save the Child" Fund for Gen
eral Expenses-75,0O 600. N
The Save the Child" Fund Accord
ing to the instructions of the Holy
Father--669,3OO.
Since that time, Benedict XIV con-
tinued to dispense millions Of lire to
the distressed of all lands.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
T0ABs OF POPEs
MANY BURIED IN ST. PETERS AND
OTHER CHURCHES OF ROME
OTHERS LIE ELSEWliE ERE.

The Church knows with precision
the locality Of nearly all the burial
places of. the long line of Popes, be-.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28

SLIGHT COLD CONTRACTED FEW
DAYS BEFORE LEADS TO UN-
TIMELY END-DEATH CAM E
EARLY ON SUNDAY-SACRA-
MENTs ADMINISTERED WHILE
PoNTIFF WAS CONSCIOUS
WHOLE WORLD MoURNS AT
BIER OF cHRIST's VICAR.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
HOW POAT|FF HELPED
RESULTS OF THE PoPE'S cCLLEc-
TIoN FOR THE STARVING
CHILDREN.

An official statement of the results
of the collection made in 1919, at the
instance of the Holy Father, for the
starving children of Central Europe
was published by the Osservatore Ro-
mano. The total amount was 1850,
900 lire, which we're distributed as
follows:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-20
WOMEN WORKERS
ACHIEVE VICTORY
Voted Option of Active or As
sociate Membership III
Banking Institute.
MRS. BOWMAN LED FIGHT
Assails Conditions Which ere.
fuse Women Equal Rights
With Men,
MRS. BOWMAN LED FIGHT

While jazz orchestra PLAYED
lively dance arias in tho Jefferson
Hotel ballroom. Richmond's women
bank employees. In tho Flemish room
adjoining, were making winning
night for equality with men. under
the leadership OF Mrs. j. X Bowman
president of the Virginia Fedora
ton OF Business and Professional
Women's Clubs. despite stern, com
pelling opposition by male bank Of
fcialsI and employees.
The issue involved the right and
privilege Of local women hank en-
ployes to active membership In
Richmond Chapter. American Insti-
tute OF Banking After heated,
and oftimes humorous, discussion,
lasting fully TWO hours. a ballot fl :
nally was requested and, upon the
vote following. tho women won the
option of either active or associate
membership in the institute, by
25-13.
Mrs. Bowman. VINO cspoused and
championcd the women's cause, and
Lucien B. Thomas. who led the male
forces In their rally against intru-
sion OF the opposite sex into active
membership. arc 10th employees mt
tho Merchants National Bank. Mrs.
Bowman is manager OF the women's
bureau. and MIR. Thomas assistant
cashier at the institution.
TnIinnn stresses Growth,
Judge Charles y. rcidelson. editor
of The Evening Dispatch. who was
scheduled to speak. was unable to be
present. y brief talk was made by
Carter Il. Talman. OF the American
National Bank. and vice president Of
the American Institute OF Banking.
who stressed the great growth and
other interesting features appertain-
ing to the institute,
Mrs. Rowman. in her argument.
wasted no time. nor did she mince
words. She declared, You can be
college graduate and want to give
the best effort you possess: you may
CONTINUED on rage I. Col. 6.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-20
ENGLAND, HOLLAND AND
FRANCE TO BE PRESENT
Announcement of Conference
Made in Genoa by Former
Premier DeIacroix.
GERMANY SEEKS
Delegates Fail to Find Comprom,se
without Sacrificing Russian
Treaty.
tBy Associated Prcss.1

GENOA, April 1s.-Former Premier
Dclacroix informed the Associated
Press tonight that ]. PIerpont Nor.
san has accepted the invitation to
be one Of the four bankers who will
meet in Europe to study the question
OF arranging an international loar
for Germany. The object of the loan
Will be to help the reconstruction oil
Germany. to improve her exchange
and to assist her In paying the war
reparations.
NJ. Dclacroix will be president of
the commission.
The reparatIons commission de-
cided fortnight ago TO organize
commission OF four bankers to
study means for mobilizing the
German debt. Besides Mr.. Morgan
the members OF the commission are
Sir Robert Kindersley. OF England;
Charles Sergent. OF France, and DR.
G. Vissering, OF Holland.
The presence of an American
banker on the committee has ere.
ated an excelrt feeling as a hope.
ful sign for the regeneration OF
European finance. 1t is admitted tina,
IL n concrete plan is worked out 1,
VIII be great step toward the ar
rangement Of the problem OF rep.
arations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-20
BABIES GET MIXED
UP IN HOSPITAL
tBy Associated Prcss1

MoNIREAL, April ia couple
OK I-year-old babies who got mixed
up In hospital four months aro
ana who have since been living in
the wrong households. without either
rn.,,". el realizing IT. were properly
redistributed today.
e oaDes, Pansy Dyke and Mrytle
a,,ie't' both web-footed. were given
20 Inc wrong mothers upon their re.
covery from diphtherIa. Pansy Is
!air m ano Myrtle Is dark. and, while
the parents now say they had their
uouots all along. 1t was not until ,
tnila mother began an investigator
At .he hospital that the mistake wa,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-20
WILSON IS MEMBER
OF Y. R. { P. BOARD
Richmond Man Elected at An.
nual Meeting Here of
Stockholders.
SEVEN FROM THIS CITY
Dividend Passed in Conform
ity With Recommends
ton Of Wheelwrighi.

With the election OF John T. Will
son. OF Richmond. rnIs city now has
seven members on the board OF di.
rectors OF the Virginia Railway and
Power Company. Mr. Wilson was
elected yesterday at the annual
meeting OF the stockholders. who
also named Daniel Stafford, OF New
York, to the board. the vacancies be
Ing caused by the resignation OF c.
B. Buchanan and Finley ]. Shepard
Eppn Hunton Presidcs.
The annual meeting was held in
the company Offices in the Virginia
Railway and Power building. with
Eppa Hunton. JI., presiding. I'm.
med!ateiy after the stockholders met
the board OF directors went into ses
sion and reelected all officers. to.
tai OF 1886 out of total OF 20?..
600 shares was represented at the
stockholders meeting.
No matters Of Importance other
than the election OF the directors
was transacted. In conformity with
the recommendation OF President
Thomas S. Wheelwright. the dividend
was passed. the purpose being to use
the accumulated surplus of approxi.
matcly sl,soo.o0o for capital improve
ments.
The directors reelected were:
Frank Jay Gould, George II. Tay-
lor. Nathaniel a. Campbell. Walter
s.. Walker. Of New York; p. NJ
Chandler. of Philadelphia: Thomas S
Wheelwright, F. Sitterding, e. Ran
dolph Williams. Coleman Wortham
Herbert W. Jackson and w. ]. Par.
rish. of Richmond: Hugh c. Davis, OF
Norfolk, and Walter NJ. Wells, OF
Trenton, N. j.
Officers for Year Elected.
The following officers were elect
ed for the current year: chairman
OF the board. Frank Jay Gould; pres.
ident. Thomas S. Wheelwright; vice
president. f. Sitterding; vice-presi.
dent. F.. Randolph Williams; secre.
tary and treasurer. G. B. williams;
general counsel. e. Randolph VIII.
liams; assistant secretary and ss.
sistant treasurer, George Fl. Taylor;
assistant secretary, a. L. Dickson, OF
Norfolk, and assistant treasurer, w
j. kehl. OF Richmond.
The executive committee elected
by the stockholders to serve with
the chairman OF the board. es oficio,
Is composed OF Hugh c. Davis,
George II. Taylor, Walter b. Walker,
F. sitterding, e. Randolph williams,
Walter M. Wells and Herbert w
Jackson.