Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-21
POPE REPORTED DEAD.
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POPE REPORTED DEAD.
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was agitatsd and slcepleas. The pneu-
monia has progressed"
his side and fell asleep Immediately.
Tho physicians werc surprisd at this
turn In tho case, and thought there
might be some hope for His Holiness
II no were able to sleep three or four
hours.
Doses For ~ Hoar.
The Pope dosed from until
o'clock, when . cordial was admins
tered TO him. Today being tho fete
day OF ST. Agnes. patron OF Capranica
College, In which no was a youthful
student. tho Pope asked to he shown
. small statue OF tho saint, with which
tho students Of tho college had pre-
sented him. Tho statue WAS placed
on the altar OF tho chapel where
number OF masses were Naid.
Tho worst period for the Pope dur
Ing tho night occurred just before
daybreak. He was extremely low at
this time, sasping for breath and mp
parently suffering intonse agony.
Shortly after 7.30 o'clock the sun be-
gan TO peep through the mists on the
Alban hills, shedding a roseate glow
through the clouds. The attendants
and prelates who were present won.
to the window. one Of them remark
Ing now 1t is dawn; II brings hope"
Slightly Better After Dawn.
Shortly after o'clock tho ply
sicians gave out their bulletin an
nounclng that the Pope was worse.
Thcn came the slight Improvement to-
wards 8 o'clock, when It was stated
his Holiness was resting easier. The
cardinals then began to appear to
make their visits.
Among tho FIRST were noted Cardinal
Merry Del Val. Cardinal I,aurentia
and Cardinal vannutclli. The foreign
ambassadors. anxious for news. alsc
. began to send In requests for infor.
nation on the pontin's condition.
Crowd ReassembIes At st. Peters Gate
Since early this morning a crowd
which was AZ fret largely composed
OF newspaper had been gatherins
before st. Peters Carriages and auto
/, mobiles bearing Cardinals and dipio
mats soon began 70 arrive and q strio
watch was being kept on the Vatical
doors, Few were permitted 10 ap
proach the Pope's apartment beside
the cardinals and certain other dig
!. nitar!es. Two newspapermen--th
representatives of the stefani Agenc
is1l 10 ,l
mitted into the ante chamber.
Tho Pope's nephew. the Marqui
Della Chiesa. who arose from his sicL
bed yesterday to visit his uncle. re
turned 10 the sick chamber at Ga
O'Clock. and Cardinal Gasparri, pap,
secretary OF state. arrived ten minute
later. Within fve minutes after the
arrival the announcement was give
out that the pontiff was dying
PontIn Hears Mass Today.
Monsignor Migone celebrated MAJ
n the chapel adjoining the Pope's roo
at lis o'clock, his Holiness listenin
8. through the open door while the cell
brant administered communion.
Cardinal Giorgi. who in the event
The Pope's death VIII conduct II
special ceremonies over his body, pas
ed the night In the Vatican.
= According TO the newspaper Me
saGero. the Pope waA still fully luc
at 2.30 o'clock this morning, when
said sfectionately TO Doctor Batti
tini who was attending him: "Wh
ore you doing here at this hour? Z,
are old; go and sleep"
y Moro Oxygen Administered.
The newspaper Tempo says that {
:, last clearly intellisible words OF {
- pontin were in the form OF reque
: for a drink OF water OF which he TO
= but a few swallows.
20 After $40 o'clock no began 20 MI
,Ne ,e ter unintelligibly and two more b
~ ties OF oxygen were taken to the si
= chamber. Professor Lorenzo Cherub
found the pneumonia had attacked {
left lung, leaving very little hope (
:, life.
o In his slight delirium during I
l. noon hour the pontifI resisted the
forts OF the physicians TO listen to
heart action and expressed des
TO rise and perform his usual duti
Belief that the pontifi's life mil
- be prolonged until the late sfternc
was expressed at noon by the
tending doctors.
Is. All hope for the recovery of Pc
Benedict has been abandoned, Car
40 nal Gasparri, the papal secretary
state, declared during the noon n,
today.
Prince Chigi-Albani entered
- Pope's apartment at 1890 o'clock.
is his DUTY TO take possession of
apartment IN case OF death OF
pontin and TO act as marshal OF
conclave.
Professor Battist.ni examined
'es Pope again at 1890 p. m. and on lei
Ing the room declared the situat
,e- tie ,sravest, the pontifYs conditi
w. he said, being hopeless.
W Prayers Only Hope.
The only hope remaining. said NJ
signor Pizzaro, under secretary
state IN the presence OF a comp:
Of prelates and dipiomatists, lay
40, the prayers that We and all
-, faithful throughout the world O
bv for the recovery of pontifr.
.t "As TO human science" he added.
,th has exhausted its resources"
About IL o'clock. Pope Benedict.
seeing Monsignor Nasalli Rccca, }
new archbishop OF Bologna, where
Pope formerly was archbishop, ente
lin n.to conversation with him and
lay with Bishop Menzan. the Bishop
his Plaisance, speaking just as IL giy
,wd q regular audience.
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the CA sketch of the life Of Pope 81
the dict XIV Is printed on page 100
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