The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-22
HIS RESISTANCE
TO GRIM REAPER
ASTOUNDS WORLD

'DtrfNtED FROM PAUE ONE
came 10 the bedside early in the
morning. tho pontiff tcproached him
fOr his imprudcncc and begged him
to return Immediately to bed
when Cardinal Gasparrl was un-
able 20 put his hand on tho pont!-
flri,lat viii In a drawer of the desk.
~ popo called TO him;
90 Your eyes are bad Bring me the
drawer. ! viii look myself"
Thus. through hours Of agony.
there foll from his mouth for each
who approached him. word and u
smile. thank you" or some WORD
of encouragement Even when his
condition became worse and he was
no longer able 20 take oxygen, he
/ desired the Archbishop ~ bologna
I TO recount every detail of the fctey
ana receptions held at the recent On
thruucmcut ~ Monsiguor Rocca o.
archbishop. A. another moment ne
/ desired Z" know the names uf Ihr
I diplomatic corps present In the Ante
chamber
More than once during the past
| fow DAYS if has bocu remarked that
Benedict preserved ON his sick bod
/ the same zeal tho same lucldlty. the
snmo spirit which hc showed In hia
I daily audiences, II might even BE-
raid 90 greater degree.
LONDON. Jan. 2t.-Au London
went 10 bed tonight In tho belief that
the pope had died In the afternoon.
Tho report appears To have been clr-
culnttd throughout Europe and was
accepted by /church and civil Of
ilDinls as trF' The German reich
stag suspended proceedings, while
/ President Ipcbo delivered a cuolugy
un tho pope
Press Reports Him Dead.
All the London evening new g
papers published extra editions an
uuuu'ing The death of thc poniiff
and the c-first editions Of the sunday
/ papers sent to the provinces con-
| taincd that report.
/ Tho report Of the pupc's death
/ cmauated here from = Cardinal
/ Bourno's residence. Westminster
/ cathedral. shortly before o'clock
/ In tho evening. \ member Of the
/ cardinals staff notified all the Eng
lsh press agencies that the cardinal
had received official news Of the
/ popc's death aud confirmed this to
nll who made special inquiries. The
bells were tolled at Westminster
and the Southwark Catholic cathc-
was made from tho pulpit OF the
latter church followed by a requiem
. mass.
Late at might tho cardinals chief
secretary Informed the news agencies
that the Information communicates i
to them, that the cardinal had re
ceived an official report Of the
popc's death, was Incorrect, II was
impossible to obtain an explanation
of the mistake.
Tho news was circulated through
out ireland. and Cardinal Loguc.
prlmatc OF an ireland. expressed
deep sorrow. Cardinal bourne an
nounScd that he was starting for
Rome tomorrow.
Tho Illness Of Popo benedict
lasted only few days The FIRST
signs Of his malady appeared slight
~ more than a week ago. but only
early this week was his condition
considered sufficiently serious for
The public to be Informed of It,
ON Thursday Of last week. while
hls holiness was Celebating mass IN
the Matildc chapel. In the prcsenc,
uf the college Of the propaganda
he complained of fccNhg chills aud
was seized with a spell of coughing
Despite the urging Of his attending
cardinals, however. the pontiff fin
ished the ceremony aud afterwar
walked back TO the vatican vlsibly
fatigucd
The pope refused TO take to his
bed and kept on attending to his
papRl duties until Wednesday OF thi.
week. when his physicians, insisted
that he must no longer 20 about.
Doctor Battislini, the vatican
physician, was called and later Doe
tor Marhlafa and other noted
medical authorities were consulted
They diagnosed the disease as In
fluenlal bronchitis. His condition
was not at first considered serious
/ but early Friday morning ther,
came a sudden turn for the worse
the congestion In the bronchia
/ cavity spreading to the lungs.
As soon as II was realized thai
r his holiness was suffering from
pneumonia, Consultations of physl
clans were called and every attempt
known to medical science was mad,
To combat the disease.
Fears for the worst. however
worr entertained. for although tn,
, pontiff's temperature was not high
or his pulse ultrarapid, he expert
euccd great difficulty In breathing
! the respiration rate being excessive
, ly high and reaching 60 to the min
e. ute lHto IN the dnN Friday.
There were apprehcnsions tha
the pope might not survive Frida'
hight and In fact, there were mo
e meuts I'm the early hours Of Satur
dav when to those about him q ap
, pcared he was expiring. lie rallie,
from this sinking spell and durini
Saturday forenoon fell into a sleel
~ which lasted nearly an hour an
] also took some nourishment,
y Little, n any announcement
( however. was derived from the an
d parent Improvement In the pontiff'
g condition and he shortly becam
worse again, although still fighting
- off the end with what the physician
4" described at his wonderful power
q OF resistance.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2t.--Bene
diCt NN, from the very beginning o
i! his pontiflcate showed that H.
would above all be. "A political pope
u following the policy of his carl
friend and cbinscllor. Cardina
Rampolla and ~ Loo XIII. Plus ;
y died OF grief for not having hcel
q lablo N prevent the world war an,
. BenCdict XIV expended such encrg
= In trying to stop or mitigate the con
flict that many people, includin