The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-20

Bronchitis Is Cause; OxY-
gen Is Given in Effort
to Save His Life.

Rome, Jan. 29.-Dr. Baths
TIM, in cOnflr ming Jne
gravity of the POpe'S condition
ard declaring the 0piv y f'n
was in supernatural iBterVen-
uOn, SaId MS nuInos5 u.s.
threatened with suffOcatiOn,
owing to the excessively high
respiration.
DIR. BattiStini said the pneu-
mOnia was localized on the
right side, but that the lungs
did not function because the
catarrh had spread SO greatly
that air could not penetrate
CamphOrated oil, he said, had
been injected I'm the breast. An
analysis of the kidney secre-
tiOns, he said, had gown traces
of albumen.
Washington, 49,. 20.-Mons s-..
Bonzani, papal delegate in WASH
ington, was informed in a cable
gram received at 9;45 O'Clock today
from Cardinal Gasparri, papal sec
retary, that Pope Benedict was
very seriously ill.," Such a mes
sage was regarded as indicating
that the pOntiff was in a most seri-
Gus condition.
Anxious inquiries are being re-
ceiYed by Monsignor Bonzani from
all over the United States. In many
of the dioceses archbisohps and
bishops have ordered prayers for
the recovery of the pOnti6.
Rome, Jan. 20.-The official bull
letin issued this morning on the
condition of His Holiness read:
His Holiness has been i'll four
days with influential bronchitis. 1t
| is ascertained that the inflamma-
tory process has spread to the right
lung. The patient passed an agi-
! tated night and had no sleep. Thus
morning the dyspnoea is intense.
The temperature was 104. the pulse
1O2. and the respiration S."
Shortly after II o'clock, Mon
signor Zampini, the sacTistan OF
the palace, accompanied by the car
dinals, went to the palatine chapel
and took the sacrament to the Pope.
The cortege was preceded by four
of the PaIatine's guards, carrying
lighted candles, four chair bear
ers and four uniformed private
guards, the cardinals following.
Cardinal Gasparri and Monsiguor
Zampini were weeping. The cor
tege proceeded to the papal apart
ment, which was entered only by
the cardinals and few of the palace
prelates.s Those who we're wai-ing
in the antechamber told their beads
as the procession passed to the
pope's bedside, where extreme Unc-
tion was administered 70 his hoL-
ness.
Pope Benedict, retaining the clear
est conscience, followed W-th deep
emotion the reading of the formula
of the profession of faith by Cardi-
nal Giorgi. After receiving the
communion, he said to Cardinal
Zili:
Il beg you to recommend me TO
the Virgin of Pompeii."
Rome, Jan. 20.-(By the AssOci-
ated Press. Pope Benedict's life
hangs in. the balance today, and
fears were expressed at the Vatican
at noon that His Holiness was in
dying condition.
During the early hours Of this
morning, towards o'clock, there
was a sudden change for the worse
and the bronchial affection from
which his Holiness had been suffer
ing for several days, spread TO his
lungs.
Inc pontiff asked for and receiv-
ed the last sacrament, insisting on
this. 'if only TO give a good exam
pie" he said, despite attempts By
his attendants to dissuade him
The pope's physicians were in
consultation at the vatican at an
early hour, and the morning bulle-
tin issued afterward indicated an
extremely serious condition. Dr.
Battistini, however, stated then
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