The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-23
Burial 10 Take Place at 5 O'Clock
This Afternoon; Endless Line
worshIpers View Body; pIsnI-
tarIes Pay Tribute.
MUCH OF CEREMONY IS
ABANDONED, SAYS WORD
In Accordance With Pope's Last Re.
quest; Leaves Personal Property
to Nephew; Elect New Pope
on February Second.

Rome, Jan. 2i.-Thouaanda today
paid homage to the pope. whose body
lay In the sacrament chapel OF St
Peters. The burial of the pope was
TO take place this afternoon at {
o'clock.
An endless line 4 worHhlpper
passed by the grlllad door Of the
chapel. viewing the body. Al .
o'clock this morning the body wa
removed to the sacrament chapel
from the throne room Of the vati
car. where II laid In state. In tn
throne room. the body had beer
visited by special dignitarles OF the
church and government since Its re
moval from the bed chamber whor,
he died at o'clock Sunday morn
ing.
Much of the agc.old caremcn,
connected with the supreme pontif
of the church. had to be abandoned
in accordance with the pope's last
wishes. The pope's body was moi
emhalmed and the ceremonies
lying In state had to be considerably
Curtailed.
The period Of two days mourning
with flags throughout Italy at hal.
mast and all amusement place
closed, was ordered for the frs;
time In the history OF tie federated
Italian government. The period be
gan today.
The nine days OF official mourning
for the pope begins today and the
conclave of cardinals which will
elect his successor has been sum
moned for February 2.
In the pope's will, Benedict deslg.
mated his nephew, Marquis Della
Chiesa, as the sole heir of his per
sonal property.
While the popes body lay in
state, it reposed on single brass
bed with candles burning at the
four corners. Benedict wore hi
papal robes and in his hands wa
a rosary.
Two noble guards in full dress uni
forms of striking red with their
cleaning gold belts and high Romau
helmets stood at rigid attention al
the foot of the bed With swords
drawn they appeared like statues
At the foot of the bed there are
several prie-dieux, where visitors
kneel and offer prayers for the soul
Of the departed pontiffs.
The chairs in the room are up
holstered in plain damask Along
side the wall during the day pre-
lates recited the rosary Ere
quently one of them would go to, the
bedside of the pontff, kneel and
play, and then, rising, bending over
the pontiff's body and kiss his
hands, feet and head.
On the walls of the modestly fur
nished apartment hang four oil
Beside the bed stood
small table. On the side of the bed
from which the windows overlook
st. Peters square, there stood
throughout the day group Of pre-
lates and papal attendants.
The entire papal court Sunday
was in full dress. The guards who
already are dressed in medieval gar
ments of yellow and blue with their
helmets surmounted by plume,
have added a white ruff to their
collars. Their uniform is in striking
contrast to that of the noble guard,
which is of dazzling red and gold.
Pope Benedict breathed his last
at $3.50 o'clock Sunday morning.
The news was hurriedly commune
Gated from the papel bed chamber
to the principal ante-chamber and
was announced by Monsignor Piz-
zardo, deputy papal secretary of
state, just as the ponderous bells
of st. Peters overlooking the vati-
can tolling the hour of six. Then
one by one the bells in Rome's 400
churches joined in the havologia
symphony that marked the passing
of the head of the Roman Catholic
church.
The end came after long night
of intense agony and suffering the
pontiff now and then lapsing into
delirium throughout the long,
anxious night.