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Pope Pius X Died at 1:20 This Morning
Calm Before the War Storm In Belgium
POPE PIUS’ DEATH
CAUSED BY GRIEF
Worry Over Inpending Storm of Battle and
Bloodshed Brings on Attack of Old Trouble
Which Proves Fatal.
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Rome, Aug. 20.—Pope Pius X died
at 1:20 o'clock this morning. He had
tin ii ill for several days, hut alarm
ing symptoms did not develop iinul
Wednesday niornning.
Tliroughout the day Hrs. .Vlarchia
Rha and Amici devoted their utmost
energies to stimulating their patient
and kei ping him a.ive.
The cardinals were notified of * ho
pope's grave condition and some if
them who entered the sick room de
scribe tiie scene as heartrending, e -
pi (daily when the pontiff, rousiug
himself from time to time, spoke.
One lie said, ‘ In ancient times, tit»
pope by a word might have stayed the
slaughter, but now he is impotent.”
Prayers were said by thousands and
church bolls sounded when tile sae'u
incut was exposed upon all th,. altars.
When th' court teamed of the popes
condition there was the deepest con
<«.rn. King Victor Kminanuel per
•onally informed Queen Helena and
|-the news was communicated to the
mi en mother.
Extreme unction was administered
by Monslgnor Sampini. sacristan to
his holiness, amid a touching scene.
The .pope's sisters and iiis niece were
overcome with grief. Cardinal Metrv
Del Val knelt by the side of his bed,
where other cardinals joined him,
members of the household intoning
pra> its.
The dying pope, in a moment i!'
leeidlty, said:
"Now I begin to think as the end is
approaching that (lie Almighty in II
ii i xhaustibie goodness, wishes to
spare up. tlie horrors Europe is under
going."
Uriel over the war in Europe caused
the pope much depression from the
fil l outbreak, and several days a-'o
ynipiums appeared of the old bron
chial affection from which the pontiff
had suffered in times past.
'hi Tuesday Dr. Marehiafava in
nounced that Ilv• ■ pope was suffering
from a simple cold, and that possibly
compute rest for a week would te
ftore him to his usual hexth.
The broncial condition spread, how
ever, and on W ednesday it was an
nounced the pope’s condition was s •
rious.
A bulletin at 3 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon signed by Drs. Marchiafavi
and Amici gave the following explaiia
2 timi:
rite pope’s condition grow worse
dining the night. This was due t>
Du diffusion of the bronchitis to the
lower lobe of the left lung. Symp
toms of heart weakness became w<>
Du i atoning at 10:30 this morning
that n was believed the pontilf’s lir,‘
was endangered. At 1:30 p. m. the
symptoms were slight,y improved but
grave."
The doctor was able to leave Ur.*
Vatican for a time owing to the
snndioMnOn of symptoms. Ho said
Hiat nothing early in the morning ha I
indicated the grave crisis which had
c°me ou raiiidly. Shortly after h ■
I'Tl, Ur. Amici examined the pope.
He explained that the sudden collapse
"ics due to the ponliff’s age and tii"
touty affection which always com
bine to giv,- bronchial catarrh of acute
nature a most serious character.
Hr. Amici further explained that the
pontiff's diminished vitality caused by
old ag(. might render his llllness
fatal. The practice of living in
heated rooms and breathing _the
vitiated atmosphere as the result of
huge assemblages in the papal apart
nients was against him and. he added,
ti'e people wouul now understa id
"hv the ajtending physicians were*
strongly opposed to the resumption
Hi ■ pope of collective audiences.
At times during the day the pooo
had much difficulty in breathing. Ho
81 Hered much from headaches and la
bility to rid himself of the accumu
h'Mona in tlte lungs. Stimulants wr»"
injected and oxygf*n administer'd.
Several times the pope reiived and
seemed much bettcj* He jlien would
speak to those about him and insist
that his desires he executed, tn one
ol these intervals he asked for Mon
signor Rosa, recently appointed see
letary of the eonsistorial congregu
I mil. .Monsignor Rosa had been an
inufnate friend of the pope since the
pontift "as bishop of Treviso. As
soon as he was notified he rushed
the Vatican and was admitted imme
diately to tlie apartment where the
pope was lying Monsignor Rosa ie
mained alone with the pope. Tlie in
cident was considered significant as
owing to his present position Monslg
nor Rosa would be secretary of tlie
conclave on the death of the pope, it
is though that tin* pope confided In
him his lust wishes.
Cardinal Merry Del Val. the papal
secretary, telegraphed to ad the car
dinals notifying them of the grave
condition from which the pope wu -
suffering.
Later the ringing of church bells
announced to the faithful the exposi
tion of the holy sacrament and called
them to prayer for the restoraation
ol the pontiff to health. This gave
rise to rumors of the pope’s death,
which the Vatican denied, owing to
the many inquiries from ail quarters.
Those close to the pope beiieve that
grief over tlie war situation brought
on the final crisis and so overwhelmed
him that hi' was unable in his
eightieth year to witl<\uid still an
other attack of 1)is old enemy, gouty
catarrh.
Ill health lias been the pontiff’s lot
for many years, and intermittently
the attacks have been so serious that
the world has prepared several times
to hear of his passing. During the
summer there had been numerous de
nials from the Vatican that bis indis
position was serious. As late as Au
gust 10 iast, upon the occasion of the
eleventh anniversary of his corona
tion. Pope l’ius granted numerous au
diences.
Two days.later it became known
that In; had canceled virtually all en
gagements. His atteiiV-Uts reported
|i‘j was unable to work and that ho
sat listless and silent for hours, evi
dently brooding over the great clash
of arms in Europe.
His physician ordered his holiness
to bed on August 16, when it was an
nounced that the war and Hie lnteb.se
heat In Home had combined to depress
him.
In bed he continued to dream of the
conflict by night and to discuss it by
day.
”1 shall not cease to implore God to
put a stop to this inhuman butchery.”
hv declared. His physicians had to
deal with lliis mental condition a
well as physical suffering. Arrange
ment:. w'Tc made by which Cardinal
Merry Del Val, the papal secretary
Ot State, would render iiik nomiess a
daily report of the war situation. The
pope desired to see some way in
which he might exert his Influence to
check the bloodshed and lie was the
more affected because any action
seemed useless.
At tlie commencement of the Euro
pean crisis lie had addressed an ex
ortatiou to ad Catholics of the world
he called on the clergy to offer public
asking them to lift their sou's toward
( hrist, who alone was aide to aid, a:i I
prayer.
The break between Austria and
Servia from the first became a source
ot great grief to him, for the Vatican
was most friendly toward both na
tions. He was inexpressibly shocked,
he said, at the assassination of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to
the Austrian throne, who, like all t ho
llapsburgs, was an ardent Cathode,
and was sympathetic toward little
Servia, with which the Vatican but
recently had concluded a friendly con
cordat..
The pope’s vievjs on peace, em
bodied in an allocution delivered at
the consistory at which he created
thirteen new- cardinals last May, con
stituted such a remarkable document
l that the Carnegie peace union founded
SHIPS HELD
AMERICAN SAYS THAT NUMBER
ARE NOW LYING IN CUSTODY
IN HAMBURG HARBOR.
PRAISE FOR THE GERMANS
And Their Generous Treatment of
American Citizens Is Heard From
All Returning Refugees From the
Fatherland.
London. Aug. 19. 11:40 p.m.—E.
Howard Martin of Now York, for
mer y of the United Slates diplomatic
service, arrived here tonight with his
wife and niece from Hamburg. Mr.
Martin has been assisting Henry II
Morgan, American consul general at
Hamburg. The party It ft Hamburg
on a special train provided by the
German government# and a large
crowd of Germans gathered at the sta
tion and cheered the departing Amer
icans. Similar set nes occurred at
all stations at which the train
stopped.
i nave notntng nut praise tor tne
conduct of the Germans toward us,"
said Mr. Martin tonight. He added
that tlie consulate at IHamburg was
besieged by Americans short of
money and flic Germans raised a he
nevoleilt fund to aid all foreigners.
Tlie siweial train carried virtually
all the Americans who were stranded
in Hamburg. Mr. Martin had an in
teresting experience in trying to get
away from the city when war was
declared. He had honked passage on
the Imperator and when the trip was
cancelled lie and 200 others hoarded
the steamer Burg at Cuxhaven, which
had accommodation for only 50, and
proceeded to Kngland The authori
ties ordered tlie Iturg to turn back
as mines had been laid.
Tlie !lurg lay in tlie river three
(lavs and nights, the passengers suf
fering from a shortage of food and
water. They slept on the deck. Fi
nally tlie iturg was ordered to enter
tlie basin near Hamburg, where f>0
British ships seized by tlie Germans
were lying.
Germny Reports Casualties.
Rotterdam, Vug. 20. —American
refugees here declare (here is .no
foundation for stories of abuse b>
Germans. They say tlie best of
treat incut is accorded them every
where.
The casualty list of tlie German
army published in the Cologne Ga
zette gives in detni' German losses up
to August IS. They total about l..r>no
dead and 7,000 wounded. The list
gives the name of each Individual
killed and wounded”
According to another German news
paper. the German fleet not now
blockading Russian ports is at Keii
and Helgoland. About 2,000,000 Ger
mans now are in the field but mo
bili/.ation continues. Railroads west
ward are carrying nothing but sol
diers and supplies. Many Austrian
troops are on their way to France,
according to this newspaper.
Germans Shoot Italians.
Home, Aun. lit, via Haris, ,"i: 15 p.
m.— Notwithstanding the German of
ficial denials, Italian immigrants re
turning here today confirmed the re
in February by Andrew Carnegie with
an endowment of $2,000,000, decid" 1
to begin anion^ the clergy of the
Homan Catholic church its cducati m
a. activities in behalf of disarmament
and arbitration by sending to each of
tile 25,000 priests of the Cnlted States
and Canada a copy of this allocution,
in it the pope referred to "men of dis
tinction and force planning schemes
lor preventing the calamities of revo
lvtion and the slaughter of war.”
“Today,” he said, "peace or war in
society and the state does not depeiyl
so much on the rulers as on tile multi-j
tildes. Deprived of the linlit of truth
revealed by God, unus >d to the dlscip
line of Christ, what wonder if the mul
titude, the prey of blind passions,
rush to the common ruin instigat -.1
by ciever agitators who seek nothing
but their own advantage?”
port that they were deliberately fired
on by German soldiers in Magde
burg.
Tliey declared that about fi.000 Ital
ian's were taken on cattle trucks to
Cologne, being :!S hours without food.
When they appealed for provisions at
limes, near the station, they said
they were refused, the reply being
that Italy having declared her neu
trality they could die of hunger.
Surrounded by soldiers with fixed
bayonets, tlie Italians were taken into
the country and kept for two days and
two nights without shelter in the rain.
Afterward they were transported by
train to Magdeburg, where they were
quartered in the statues of the fort
ress. Potatoes and flour were served
them once a day.
After being held three days the
Italians were notified they might
leave for Italy. Killed with joy uy
the announcement, some of them
cried, “Viva Italy," which excited the
soldiers, who, it is alleged, fired into
the unarmed crowd, killing one and
wounding fifty.
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DEMONSTRATE THE SPIRIT OF
THE DEMOCRACY OF THEIR
COUNTRY WHiLE MAROONED.
ALL ON THE SAME FOOTINb
Rich and Poor Are Given Exactly the
Same Treatment by the Committee
in Charye of the Relief of the
Stranded Tourists.
London, Aug. !!>.—8:J5 p. m.—Thou
sands of Americans gather daily at
lire Savoy hotel, where the great ball
room and a score of tea rooms and
private dining rooms have been
turned over to American citizens and
American residents’ committees,
which are providing for residents of I
the United States stranded in Lump's, j
Every morning when the doors of
the relief headquarters open an army
uf American tourists rushes to the
various information booths in searen
i f information concerning sailings of
steamers. Ten bankers and their
c.erks arc kept constantly at wck
providing money for travelers with
letters of credit, while committees of
representative men and women inves
tigate credentials of persons who have
exhausted their funds but hold tickets
on steamship lines which have dis
continued sailings.
A large postoffice handles mail for
the Americans. All letters and cab.e
grams sent in care of the American
embassy are turned over to th(. relief
committee.
Men and women of all ages, mil
lionaires, workmen, school teachers
and society leaders, dressed in elabor
ate Parisian gowns, move shoulder to
shoulder in the crowd seeking assis:..
fence irom the relief workers. The
war has levelled all social barriers
and put ail travelers on one level.
Americans who straggle into Ism
don from Copenhagen, Rotterdam an-i
Cherbourg arc equally helpless. Most
ol them are provided with travelers’
checks or letters of credit, wlticn
were of little use to them in Hcrliti,
Geneva and (Rome. From AustrU,
Switzerland, Germany and France.
Americans have made their way to
England as best they could. Few
could get sleeping ear accommoda
tions and nearly all have lost their
baggage. Many travelers who were
touring on the continent in automo
biles lost their cars and thankfully
received such humble accommoda
tions us they could get on the trip to
London. The transportation commit
tee headed by Joseph H. Lay is the
center of greatest altraction in the
ballroom at the Savoy.
This committee gets the first Infor
mation concerning additional sailing-,
o^ steamships and supplies berths to
Americans as rapidly as they are al
lotted by the steamship companies.
With the announ
lish lines that
I CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
ONE MORE DECLARATION OF
WAR, FROM JAPAN. SEEMS TO
GIVE LITTLE WORRY.
ONLY UNIMPORTANT ‘MATTER
According to the Published Statement
of the Cologne IVzctte—No Reply
Has Yet Been Made to the Japanese
Ultimatum.
Copenhagen, Aug. 1!>, via London,
Aug. 20.—2 a. in.- A dispatch lroni
Uer.in says:
"The Japanese ambassador's de
parture from Berlin is approaching
The police are guarding the embassy.
The Japanese club is empty. All Jap
anese students in German university
have left.
"The Vossische Zeitung says, com
menting on Japan's ultimatum to Ger
many :
“ 'One mor(. declaration of war can
not frighten Germany, and Japan's
action is without importance.’”
Japs Leave Germany.
London, Aug. 19.—11:15 p. m.—
Eighty Japanese stuiiauts who arrived
in England today from Germany say
some of their compatriots were ar
rested, charged with espionage. Those
arrivin- here declared they experi
enced considerable discomfort and ail
lost their baggage.
Before Great Britain declared war
on Germany, the students say, the
idea prevail' d in Germany that Japan
would attack Russia and the Japanese
were wed treated; but when it be
came clear that Japan as Great Brit
ain’s ally would not do so, the attitude
of the people toward the Japanese
underwent a marked change.
Germany’s Reply Awaited.
Washington, Aug. 19.—Germany’s
•eply to Japan’s ultimatum is awaited
•ith anxiety in diplomatic quarters as
ikeiy to open hostilities in the far
?ast. The reply possibly may pass
hrough American channels of com
munication as that was one of the
means of forwarding Japan’s note,
»wiiig to the difficulties of cable com
munication.
if Germany withdrew from Kino
"how for the present while her en
ergies were centered in Europe, Kiao
"how naturally would revert to China.
No information of Germany’s pur
poses has yet come through, though
mob Intimation as officials receive in
dicate that Germany will reject the
demand to withdraw and resist a
liege.
Caaillaux Goes to War.
Paris. Aug. 19.- 5:(t« p. in.—Joseph
Caillaux, the former premier and m.n
istor of finance, who had the rank .if
sergeant in the reserves, has be mi
promoted to subaltern (lieutenant. Hm
is serving in the financial inspection
department of the army.
U. S. Cruiser at Cherbourg.
Paris, Aug. 19.—5:45 p. in.—1TVs
I'nited States cruiser North Carolina
arrived at Cherbourg today. Major
Charles Redekin, who is to direct toe
relief in France, and several other
Americans who will assist him, are
due to reach Paris early tomorrow
with the gold for the relief of com
patriots on the continent.
The French government has placed
a special train at their service.
Garabaldi on Deck.
London, Aug. yO.—2:20 a. m.—The
exchange Telegraph’s Paris corres
pondent says:
‘‘(’apt. Iticiotti Garabaldi arrived ;n
Paris today (Wednesday) and his
brother, Gen. Giuseppi Garabmdi, is
expected tomorrow. They are in
ctmiuand of a thousand Italian volun
teers fully armed from America. If
the French government does not ue
et pt their services they will try to
join the English or the Belgian
forces.”
GERMAN ARMY IS
FACING THE ALUES
Maneuvering and Skirmishing Seems to be End*
ed and Stage is Now (Set For the Battle Be
tween a Force of Millions.
l.ondon, Aug. 20.—12:2w a. in.—A
Havas di patch from Brussels gives
an olficial communication concerning
the present stale of field operations
in Belgium:
"After having lost much tini,, and a
g'eat, number of men anil besides war
material,” the communication says,
"Tile Prussian right wing lias gained
on both banks of the Meuse the
ground to bring them into contact
with the allies’ armies
"The Herman troops on the nortli
bank of the Meuse comprise sections
of different army corps, whose efforts
have been directed toward the cap
ture of Liege and who now ar(. dis 'll
gaged. There also are bodies of cav
alry, thanks to which the Hermans
have been able to make considerable
disturbance, and* to extend themselves
north and south.
wii me suuin me amen iteigiau ami
French armies liavo repulsed them,
but on the north they iiave had a froo
Held ami could penetrate in small
bodies far into the country.
‘‘In a word, the Dormans have
taken a number of our positions, but
have wasted 15 days in arriving r.t
liiis result, which is greatly to the
honor of our army. It is not a ques
tion of single battle evolutions or
captures of Certain forts of the coun
try or of towns. These matters am
secondary in regard to the object as-'
signed our (roups in the general die!
positions. This aim cannot be re 1
vealed, and the most penetrating
minds wilt be unable to discover H,
owing to (lie vague prospects fur
nished concerning the operations.
"Fighting is proceeding on the
whole front, extending from lias d,
Switzerland, to (dost, Helgium, and i
on these numerous contacts the morel
opposing armies approach each other!
and the nearer comes the deciding
battles, the more one must expect to
tiear of advantage on this side and of i
yielding on that.
“In operations so vast and with
those engaged usinv modern army,
too great attention must not be paid
to tlie operations in our immediate
vicinity. An evolution ordered in a
previously determined aim is not nec
essarily a retreat. Engagements of
the last few days have rendered our
adversaries very circumspect. The
delay of the enemy's advance had !he
greatest advantage for our general
p,an of operation.
I here in no need tor us to peiv
into the hands of the Germans. That
is the motive of the movement now
being carried out. Far from being
btaten, w,' are making arrangements
for beating the enemy under the b^st
possible conditions. The public
should In this matter place full con
fidence in the commander of the army
and remain cairn and trustful of the
outcome. Meanwhile, tie- newspapers
should abstain from mentioning the
movements of troops. Secrecy is es
sential to the success of our opera
tions.”
Brussels is Excited.
London, Aug. lit.— Midnight.—An
American military expert reviewing
tlie situation in Belgium said tonight:
“I left Brussels today. There was
a good deal of agitation there as the
people thought the Germans very near
and there had been fighting at Tirl
inont. A good many refugees had
come in from Tlrlmont and Louvain.
“The people kept quiet, though they
were filled with suspense owing to
rumors. The impression was that Hi1
Germans, after making reconnais
ances in force and scouting the coun
try to the north of Brussels with cav
alry, were about to advance In force
on Brussels. Tlie population had been
told by the burgomaster that, if the
Germans came, they should remain
indoors and go on as far as possible
with their usual vocations.
“Brussels is an undefended city,
but within the last three or four days
every important street leading out of
lue town has been, barricaded.
Trenches have hern dug in the out
skirts with liar bed wire entanglv
nietils in front of them. These de
fenses, however, are intended only for
j lit election against a cavalry raid.
They would bo futile against any at
tack in force.”'
Any battle for (he actual posses
sions of Brussels will lie fought out
side in the direction of -Havre and Lsju
' ain. If 111” Germans take Bruss ds
it does not mean a military setback,
lor the allies beyond its sentimental
effect, and opinion in Brussels was
i t11 at owing to French successes in
Alsace and check tlie German right,
wing has suffered in Belgium, some
thing inusi ^ done which wnmd hav,.
at least the torni of success.
■'Brussels apparently is not unduly
scared. The shops are open; the
street cars ami taxicabs are running.
"The Belgian officials are wartil lg
tlie people not to attempt reprisals
hi cun so that would bring reprisals m
them. You can hear any kind of
rumor in Brussels and if the Germans
are determined to attack in force
Brussels will be taken unless the
allies decide to resist.
“The Germans have been using
their cavalry with great audacity and
sometimes with more audacity than
success. They have sent their cav
alry as scouts in all directions and
some reported battles have been no
more than reeonnaisances in force.
They either were a.ming to cover
their flank by these continuous
threat: or else were a (ertaining the
Be .iaii positions with a view to an
attack In force.
"The honors are witli the Belgians
i> these combats. Their bicycle
corps have responded instantly to
the alarms. The country is wholly
uiisultcd to reeonnaisances, as it is
cut with hedges and sunken roals.
There is rarely a field of ten acres
which would permit of a charge.
“Using telephones, which with auto
mobiles hav become such an impor
tant adjunct of war. the Belgians am
able to give thf> a arm instantly the
Germans appeared. Then the bicycle
corps, directed to the point and lyinj
i1 concealment, catches the Germans
with deadly fire, frequently at close
quarters.”
Germans Advance Steadily.
liondon, Aug. 2*b—3 a. in.—The ad
vance of German troops around and
above Brussels and even into what
virtually are the suburbs of Antwerp,
Is indicated in Keuter dispatches from
Antwerp, which report that the Ger
man cavalry have been encountered
near Ilerenthals, la miles east of Ant
werp, and also near «Turnhout, 24
miles northeast of Antwerp, and close
to the Dutch frontier.
Diest is Bombarded.
'London, Aug. 20. -2:08 a. m.—A
Mru.ssois dispatch to the Havas
agency says the Germans again at
tacked Diest Wednesday afternoon.
They appeared to have come hack ill
force and bombarded the town, whose
inhabitants fled in terror. The Ger
man artillery also is reported to hava
bombarded Tirlmont.
Another Hava.-, dispatch from Brus
sels sent in vague form, leads to the
belief that the Germans made a sur
prise advance close to the Belgian
positions defending Brussels. They
encamped for the night, but a Belgian
aviator discovered their position and
revealed it to headquarters in time.
Cavairy was hurried forward and
after some marching and counter
marching the Germans retired
Brought Down Monoplane.
Brussels, via 1’arais, Aug. 19 -3
p. m.—A German monoplane was
brought down by riflemen at Sterre
beek, only a few milos to the east of
tirussels. The pilot, an officer, had
in ids possession three revolvers,
bombs and interesting military notes.
His legs were broken by the tali, hut
notwithstanding his injuries he en- j
deuvored to discharge his weapons,
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