The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-22

inRebort
of Death
Mistakened Report
Sent Around the
World Today
Report Officially Denied
Late Saturday Night
at Vatican

LONDON. Jan. 21-iBy Interna
tioaal News Service. One Of the
most amazing conflicts in news re
ports in the history OF journalism to-
night kept the SioIe world in doubt
as to the fate Of Pope Benedict. XIV
who lay dying in the Vatican at Rome
Through four different sources the
information vas received here that
the sovereign pontif of the Church OF
Rome had died late today. They
were
THE Reuter- News Agency.
The London Daily Express
The Central News Agency
cardinal Bourne. Archbishop of
Westminster.
All were accepted as absolutely
+, true The bells Of the Roman Catho
| lie churches tolleh a requiem Great
aud reverent crowds filled the cathe
drals and churches offerin. up prayers
for the repose of the pope's soul The
early editions nf the London Sunday
papers carried dispatches from ROME
announcing definitely that tho pope
was dead
| Not alone London but all the cap
,tals Of continental Europe, accepted
az true the news that the pontir had
succumbed In Rome the newspaper
Epoca announced the popes death In
Paris. i.Intransigeant printed Rome
despatch saying that Pope Benedict
XIV. had died late in the afternoon
in Berlin. President Loeb Of the
Reichstag addressed a pienary ses
sion Of that Legislative body and ex
pressed Geimany's admiration for ths
pontiff who had passed away II
Rome
In addition to the press daspat,hes
The committee from ireland attcndini
the Irish world convention in Paris
received word privately that the pope
was dead As the delegates arc prsc
I .ically all COMMITMENTS Of the Ru
nan Catholic church and some have
lose connection with Rome. this in
. formation was given much eredence
Adyiccs received in London late Il
The afternoon seemed 10 confirm al
, previous reports of the pope's dealt
or they SAID that the Italian roya
family had been notified Of the pope
leath b, Vatican officials
About & O'clock THIS evening, Cal
linal bourne announced that he ma
received ofEie ial word, direct from tn
Vatican. that Pope Benedict had diet
rhe hell of WeStminster tathedr,
Il Mas tolled that the information wa
given ont that tn" cardinal voul
! leaye for Home Sunday 10 attend IA
Q funeral
-Four hours late: dental was 4
mod throt..h Nonsignor Jack Man
f. # the cardinal encourage He gay
II ant a Statement "reerettine that
If distressing mistake had been mac
Shlch cast gloom over every on" IN
e All atifstl hell
!, lie dis, Ia med that ans ofii' ,al info
: nation had been received from Ron
!. that the pentin was dead
:. During the morning . fnu,or u,
:, been received IN Berlin from some u
named source that the pope vas dea
At /, O'Clock J. M the t.se hanse "
eerarh ireniated 4 despatch savii
- tina, tn. morning report ~ tho pope
~ death had arisen from the fact IN
= he was sleeping
- al . etiuek IA the pope "
"a resting t,anqullis and the fumnr
ne has death vas cfhciallH dsni"d "a
~ the Fxchsng@ Telegraph
ne At II e',io, i tonight the tsc ban
hs Telegram circulated = despatch fte
IA PARIS saving mat the pope was
~ conscious and WAS believed 10
II dead The telegram vas sent out
y s n m. New Norh time
q The Reuter- .gencf. It ~
ne sent out faSh from Rome $
ING that the pope was dead u
M 10 % y m before the same aser
pa circulated a telegram 81 ing that
oH pope was alive at IL o'clock fLnne
a. time, or { y ~ ~ York time
'es The Milan Gorrire Della .sa'ia.
IN 7 80 O'Clock tonight iltaiian tirn"i
ths ceived word that the pope was all
tel At : 20 o'clock paris timeb word
re been received in Paris from re
lie. that the poutiff died at = IN ~
time. Almost simultaneously {
OF patch was received in London II
pc Paris saving that the information
ue- heen received there that the y
died at I T. y IN Rome t'n.i
III. following tel. gram eas ftc