The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-01-23
BELLS HERALDED
POPE'S DEATH
Tidjngs Sounded From Forty
Churches in Rome.
LAST NIGHT ONE OF AGONY
only Half Hour Before He Died Hely
Father Wanted to Arise and Dress.
italian Government Pays Tribute.

EOln1. Jan. -.b.-I ti)t beIlcuiCt
breaihed his last at l.1y o'clock yes
terday morning.
The news MAS hurriedly communi.
Gated from the papal bedchamber to
the principal ante-chanber, and WAS
announced by MonsigHor PizZardo
deputy rapal secretary CT state, just
as the p0nderouS bells of ST. Peter 5
overlooking the Vatican courtyard, be
gan tclling the hour OF sin Then ole
by one the beds in Home's HOO church.
eS joined in the horologic symphony
that marked the passing OF the head oi
the Roman Catholic church.
The end came after Il long night Of
intense agony and suffering, the pom,
tiff now and again lapsing into deliri-
um throughout the long, anxious night
Shortly before midnight he took lit
tie nourishment which seemed momen.
tarily to revive his spirits, but within
an hour afterwards he began to sink
rapidly. At 10 O'Clock DR.. BATHS.
TIM, emerging from the pOntiticaI
chamber into the anterOom. told the
correspondents the end was approach
ing, that already his hands and nose
felt cold.
He will live only three or -four
hours at the maximum. said the ply
stefan.
From that period on The pope near
ed the end of his life Breathing be
cuIne tragic, agonizing task, as the
Il N,
severe lung and throat congestion. was
now finally 100 weak TO overcome the
Overwhelming attack any longer.
His eyes were half closed as he
lapsed into unconSciouSneSs, while the
terrible mastery which pneumonia had
won vel the Holy Fathers dogged
rCSistdnce-a resistance which stag
@e"ed the members of the poutitical
household and made them marvel al
the pope's nerve stamina-nOW began
lis rapid, ineXorabie extinction of his
slender hold on life.
His heart rapidly weakened. and at
} O'Clock in the morning it was GER
tain that the end was Il matter of mo-
mentS. Accordingly. Cardinals Gas
parri. Sampler and PiZZardo, and all
the pOntitical he uSe!0ld, were notified
that the end was rapidly approaching.
Cardinal GaSparri entered the bed
chamber at $50 o'clock, passing
through the antc-chamber, wearing
deep burrows on the brow of his bow
ed head and walking with short rapid
steps TO the bedside of the dying pom
tiff. He had been there but nine min
uteS before the pope breathed his last.
Cardinal Giorgi, grand penitentiary,
attended the pope throughout the
whole night, saying first mass for his
holiness shortly after midnight. He
was assisted by Monsignor Respighe,
project of ceremonies. and by Mon
signori Testoni, Piermotto and Mag
namenti.
Only half an lour before he died,
his holiness tried to lift himself up
and wanted to dreSs himself, but he
was so weak he san6 back on his pill
low His hands and feet already were
numb, and it was plainly seen that
deaths cold grip had begun its un-
l.
II was at this moment that it was de
cided to call the pontifical family TO
his bedside. The royal guards were
sent out in due sOlemnity TO notify the
papal secretary of state of the pOpe's
hopeless condition.
After midnight the crowd which haG
waited many long hours around the
mCnsignori and attaches to the ponti-
Zeal court. The vatican was now en-
veloped in deep silence and forboding
darkness, with the p0ndeTOuS dome of
St Peters dominating the pervading
gloom None was allowed to enter the
vatican, and the spacious halls became
almost deserted, with only an Occa-
Sional guard quietly pacing the CORR
doris and staircaseS.
Swiss Guards were stationed at the
outer door to the pOntifical apartment
on the top floor and on the inside of
papal gendarmes. Then at the en-
trance of the large ante-chamher, al
the other end OF short corridor, was
stationed a corporal of the Swiss
guard dressed in the ancient quaint
Ra},haelian garb, who permitted No
one to pass unless he furnished the
proper credentials. Beyond this ante
chamber is the papal dining room and
one other small reception room. just
At the entrance of the pGoal bedcham-
be-
From midnight until O'clock in the
morning there was practically no
movement through these apartments
lrf corridors. save an occasional visit
by D.. Battartini
The formal announcement of the
aope's passing was the occasion for a
scene of deep emotion. All those pres
mt in the ante-chamber wept, and the
9rc!ates knolt in fervent prayer. Short
ly afterT6rd Cardinal GaSpari pro-
"rcded with the formal taking over
If temporary charge of the affairs of
The church. He will be the nominal
head of the church until i new pope
IS elected.
Throughout the night snail groups
including newspaper correspondents
from several countries, clustered i'll
st. Peters Square. Everyone leaving
the vatican was anXiOusly questioned
by those who kept constant vigil. To
wards 80 o'clock it vas known that
the end was near and a few minutes
after the Swiss guards inside the
vatican could be seen Through the
palace door They were kneeling. A
few minutes later the door was Shut,
and thus the pope's death was an
nOurced to those who saw.
Tie royal guards then cleared a
space before the gate of the vatican,
allowing only those connected with the
papal household to pass. Although it
was still dark, the crowds began to
grow in size, and auto mobiles and car
riages began arriving in ever-increas-
ing numbers. Towards Z o'clock the
bells of st. Peters tolled slowly the
signal that the pOntiff had passed
away. Masses were celebrated at vari-
Gus affairs in the vatican, for now