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conscious he prayed incessantly. When the doctors gave him liquid Rouriabmont he would shake his head ia mute protest. It was plain that he realised that he was very ill, but it wae also plain to those about him that the melancholia induced by the war was having @ more depressing effect on him than was his actual {llness. And it was also certain that the canse of death would be a broken heart. The spirit that had animated the ilnesses which had attacked him members of the household were prepared for the end. GQtuseppe Meichiorre Sarto, knows to the world as Pope Pius X., was elected to the tificate on Aug. 4, 1903, and during his occupancy of bis exalted office as head of the Roman tholi¢ Church he Was confronted with some of the most heeoimal ta Problems, religious and governinental, Rin which the Moly See has had to deal in modern times. Pope Pius was born on June 3, 1835, at Riese, in the Venetian provinces, the first child of Gian-Battista sarto, tman, and his wife, Margherita. ‘early career was influenced ‘Village priest, who took @ Itk- for the boy, taught him to read write and drummed into his ful head t the rudimonts of Latin, At the age of eloven years he entered ‘the seminary of Castelfranco, not far from bis birthplace, and for four yeere day he tramped to the school barefvoted, until be reach “ he with the condemned doctrines Patriarch’ of Ven. _ Ne he we not leave Mantua un- year later, between the Ital ite was cut short by ritume also noe fs Rooaev: to Rome lod ) | cancellation “Ot his visit to the Vat- foan. San Marco, the candidate of Lao XITr. muccessor, but he so little the future that when he in yd 908, for the con e bor im e Bsc) of Aus- veto was sup. aren to represent the vine aot fee pe turned to Cardinal Sart agers but was afterward in gs unanimous); nae fine git of: sc) ae a Rome and of Christ Buccessoi Prince of the Apoaties; Bu. Pontite of the Universal Patriarch of the West, Laid ets ek Rome ‘Province ered and fa of the Foaperel Dominiqns Poniideate oi t Pope Pi of Pope Pius X. hard ed by that spirit of mbde orders for his pri r his private apart ay geewrel and [pe Be ur irged ier. Fy a Mi be provWecretsry of Stat . Vai Borgia f chose ged sul hi nt of the Pontite, which under , ad been occupied by his: je secretary, Mar. Angeli, FF WAS STRONG IN His CHURCH RULE. .X. aid not intend ‘to change substance of the policy which his leceasors had followed toward Hie protests against the loss the'temporal power, however, lost Vehemence which formerly char them, - ‘The strongest of his protests on this was when President Loubet, ger the prohitt to all le of tates Italy in capital, was the first, with’ the Garant ion of Prince Ferdinand of Bul. pence 1870 to go as Buest to tho hile the markabi: o gee ready begun under France found imitators in Spal passed i Parliament iit congregatlo! the clergy, leading to ort the merpenieh Ambassador accredited oly See; and in Port the republic proclaimed ‘on Get 940, brought about a complete paration between Church and Rta expulsion of the religious cons faad the confiscation of their war the most re- Pontificate, © attributed © auch serious crises were tak- ed gered and were called Modernists. Ri |The His Holiness in his past battles with was absent this time. So to-day the ing in the outside form the usual character of hostility were in sub- stance much more cord religious char: initiated by Pius X. One of his un- dertakings will leave an important mark in the history of the Papacy— the codification of ecclesiastical law. He intr trious « parri, on whom he con- forred the Ted Hat in December, bal Another epoch-making task was tha’ of the revision of t! » whieh 4) ia lish Benedictine Congregation, #0 well known as a learned historian, Pius X. was det ined to teatore | strict discipline among the clergy, and this Jed to an ui rcomtyr cam paign against that section of e siastics who professed ‘unorthodox | encyclical promulgated on Sept. &, 1907, condemned the Moderniste and their doctrines. Following this leaders of the Mod- ernist movement cated in Italy, Engl Pope displayed bie y on Nov. the necessity fe batting by every possible m the spirit of rebellion, and ord the Bishops to watch and If neces- to dismiss the professor infect- rman Reformation in particu- on the occasion of the centennial of St. Charles Borromeo. Anoth important reform due to Pius that of thé Roman Curia, Sixtus V. of January, 1588. With this he reformed the Offices, the Ec aatical C Canada, Ne ain, Holland and Luxembourg from the jurisdiction of Propaganda Fi removing them therefore from am: ee ge Crore meal Arcee ne em, ther w: @ Catholic world, under the Conaietorial Congre- gation. To Americans Pius X. was ¢s- pecially interesting. His great frjend- ship for this country, his frequent au- diences to Americ th Catholic and non-Catholic, and his interest in American affaira kept him in closer touch with this side of the Atlantic than Porhape. any Pontiff at had irer.of The immediate surviving mombers of ead Pius’ family are as follows lo Barto, born March 26, 18 ried to Eleanora Silipran: postmast Their two di now married, are flare Mart Tere born Jan. 2! to B. ‘B. Parolin, who a8 a monalgnore the Catholic Churc! Myer “born in 1842, and who for the past twenty years has lived with or al|/near her brother in order to attend his: wants. Anna, born April 4, Kye who me lived the twenty years w her ste later, in February, 1918, devoting erty entire lives to their brothe: Antonia, born Jan. 36, 1844, wife of dei Bel 26, 1846, wife of lilage sacristan. pat te NO WORD RECEIVED AT THE CATHEDRAL. At St. Patrick's Cathedral here no official word as to the death of Pope Plus had been received at 3.10 this afternoon. The United Preas des- tch brought the first news from ome to the church dignitaries there. It was stated that official confirma- Uon was expected momentarily, ——- MADAME DE THEBES PREDICTED THE DEATH THIS YEAR OF POPE. PARIS, Aug. 19.—The death of Pope Pius durinc the ourrent year was predicted by Mme. de Thebes, the famous Parisian prophetess, early in November of last year. “With the election of the new Pope,” she prophesied, “there will be great changes. Between the modified Vatican and the renewed Quirinal there will be continued a common labor that will occupy Itself not only with the temporal but with spiritual affairs,” ————— POPE PIUS SAID BONES OF DOGES MUST THRILL AT SOUNDS OF BATTLE, » Aum. 18 (Via 1a, ADs _ ‘ope Was much moved ‘upon ‘pata told thut Venice had heard eohoes of onade in the Adriatic, merhe bones of the Dowes must thrilt gopulchres at the familiar sound recalling the heroic days of ota “he said. a BRYAN’ IS NOW URGED TO AID CARDINAL IN GETTING BACK HOME. 'ASHINGTON, Aug of Bi 19.—Becretary tate Bryan was asked this afternoon between the Vati the Latin in countries, wee toy aes, tke to ald Cardinal Farley of New York, Bow im Switzerland, to get home as coeoyceane rae ate "bette Pl = FIRST SHIP GOING AFTER STRANDED AMERICANS LEAVES HERE TO-MORROW. The steamship Creole, flagship of the Southern Pacific fleet, tered by private from this port to- relief ship to bring back ‘ranted American fourlité in Europe. She will “| be + Vices in charge, of Leon Coilver, teats |tlch of the Austro-American liner Ida, President of the Raymond Whitcom! oe, > a peeriet agency with offices haven pale 188 Mo.ooorton with a ca- ore than four hundred pas- ton her return trip accom- lor many in that number. She will clear Liverpool on her trip back on Sept. 6, The Creole will sail’ from Plier No.’ 48; North River, at 11 o'clock. pel Bost CUNARDER LACONIA, DISGUISED IN PAINT, GOES OUT WITH GRAIN. The Cunard line steamship Laconia sailed from her pier at the foot of Thirteenth street for Liverpool this af- more ternoon With 100,000 bushels of grain in her hold and. only forty-one passengers in her first cal She was san Mominted to epete a Scandinavian liner, as she had been when she evaded hypothetically Ger- man cruisers on her recent dash across; but the letters of her name on the bow are twenty-elght inches high and could hardly boar out her disguise in the eyes of @ watchful German. eet ee PRAISING BELGIAN POLICY IN THE CONGO, BISHOP ASKS FUND FOR WOUNDED. JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 19.~—Bishop W. L. Lambath of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, has issued an appeal to Southern Methodists for a fund of at least $1,000 to be sent to the Queen of the Belgians for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers, Bishop Lambuth says it was the pres- ent King of Belgium who reversed the “ved rubber" policy in the Congo, and that the Queen, out of her own purse, sent wives of many Belgian officers to the Congo that they might help advance civilization, —e BRITISH GENERAL HURT IN AUTO AT FRONT; TWO AIRMEN KILLED, LONDON, Aug. %.—The official War Press Bureau to-night, issued a state- ment regarding the casualties in the British expeditionary forces on foreign soll. In addition to Lieut.-General Grierson, who died of heart disease in France en route to the front, Major Onslow also {a dead. but no cause of dea Lieut, Perry of the flyin Me- chanic ere killed In an accident to_their "Bhort and Col, Edge were badly injured in motor accidents, but are now sald to be doing well, passener aad BRITISH CORRESPONDENT SAYS GERMAN SOLDIERS GO HUNGRY IN BELGIUM LONDON, Aug. 1 ‘There ap; to be very little exaggeration tn counts of the bad commiasart: ments in the German army, Brussels coirespondent of Thi “Prisoners brought in by the Bri yesterday had beet root and carrota tn thelr knapsacks, They had been living | ¢, on these for several days. On the other pegs the commissiariat ts ° yf, RMORED muse Sone ARI KRUPP GU wer emake CAPTAIN AND FAMILY LOST WHEN AUSTRIAN SHIP WAS BLOWN UP. A message telling of the blowing up of the Austrian Lioyd steamship Baron Gautech and the loss of all on board, it |including the wife and three children of the captain, was recciyed to-day at the Austro-Hungarian Consulste, No, 4 State street, from Capt. Anton Martino- which was seized last week in Montreal, whore it. Martinolich 4 now held: Apparently the information which he forwarded to the offices of his line here was contained in @ private message to the Ida's captain. News of the steamship's sinking had been rumored here before, and Capt. Martinolich’s message seems to confirm it. Ho stated that the Baron Gautsch was blown up at Luminpiccola, midway between Trieste and Catarro, the Mon- tenegrin seaport, on Monday. The Baron Gautsch was a ship of 2,069 tone and had frequently been in this port, oo RED CROSS PREPARES TO FIT OUT SHIP HERE FOR RELIEF OF AUSTRIANS. ‘The Austro-Hungarian Consulate an- nounced to-day that except for the actual charter of the vessel itself, all plans have been completed for fitting out @ hospital ship under the auspices of the Red Cross and sending it with doctors and nurses to Trieste, Austria. ‘The Austrian branch of tho Red Cross has raised 960,00 for this purpose and more money will be available, Tt is the hope of the projectors to be able to charter at a nominal rate e big steamships of the Aus! American line, how Inactive in this port. An eminent New York physician Whowe name is withheld for the present, will be charge of th >, and Dr Block, of No. 248 Broadwa fans George of N iL Weat Fifteenth street and Dr, L. Post Maralog of the Commonwealth Hotel, Boston, will be his chief aasistants, About two hundred nurses will accom: any the ship, which will be made over For” howpital”’ purposes as rapidly’ as porsible, a BELGIAN COMMANDER'S SON IS ARRESTED IN HOLLAND FOR VIOLATING NEUTRALITY. THE HAGUD, Aur. 19.—Lileut. De- seller de Moranville, son of the Com- “Chief of the Belgian army, aptured on the Dutch side of ‘onuer, disarmed and made & pris- reat Alkmaar, the Dutch military eademy. ‘The Dutch border patrol also rrested 160 Gormans who had crossed into Holland. All were disarmed and held at Alkmaa aeaieenics BILL TO PROHIBIT PURCHASE OF BONDS OF COUNTRY AT WAR. WASHINGTON, Aug. —19.—Senator Hitehcoc of the Foreign Relations Committee to-day introduced a bill pro- hibiting the purchase by any person, firm or Sorporanon in the United States of any bonds of any country at war. He declared he was unwilling to leave so Important @ question to the discretion of the President, ——. POLISH MINERS IN FRANCE ARE ALL EAGER TO FIGHT TO WIN COUNTRY’S FREEDOM, PARIS, Aug. 19.—An_ official’ atate- nent Insued by the War Office says that many Polos engaged in the mi in factories are volunteering e in the ‘Wrench army, ‘The statement adds that the Poles asked. pi to be permitted to fight again: many, their native country having been been wed hi Ne ‘th vf a 1CRUPP GUN MOUNTED on GERMAN ARMY AUTOMOBILE »- The German army is now using autos for artillery and general field work. In the operations in front of Liege the auto guns were used with telling effect. COST OF THE WAR $22,000,000 A DAY. Military experts estimate that there are at present 8,- 500,000 men under arms. Taking the Balkan war asa basis, when the cost of each man in active service was $2.50 a day, the daily cost of the war is $22,000,000. GERMAN Coan Ore se, melt Russian Warship Reported Sunk by Mine in Black Sea LONDON, Aug, 19 [Associated Press].—It is reported from St. Petérsburgithat a, Rugsiaa; warship foundered in docks are on fire. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 19 [United Press].—The War Office announces that the invasion of the Austrian provinces of Galicia and Bukovina is well in progress. It is stated that several divisions, totaling more than 70,000 men, chiefly infantry and artillery, are moving into Austria by several routes, the location of which are withheld. The General the Black Sea after striking a mine, and that the. Odessa Staff announces that the capture of Czernowitz, the capital of Bukovina, may soon be looked for. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 19 [Central News Cable].—It is reported here that the German forces have occupied the small Dutch village of Canne, a few miles to the south of Mae- stricht. Several inhabitants who sought to oppose the ine vaders were killed by the Germans. The rest of the population fled to Maestricht. 80,000 Austrians Lose Battle With Servians LONDON, Aug. 19 (Associated Press).—An official com- munication received here fron Paris confirms previous reports of a Servian victory at Shabats over 80,000 Austrians, Shabats is in Servia, forty miles west of Belgrade. The Austrians suffered a severe defeat, with very heavy losses in men and munitions. According to advices from Rome, their casualties amounted to 3,000 men killed and 5,000 wounded, French Make Holiday of Scotch Troops’ Arrival LONDON, Aug. 19.—To the Daily Telegraph comes a story from Bou- logne of the experience of the British soldiers there, “The people of this city,” says the despatch, “have given over their ordinary occupations in order to show their hospitality to the men of the British army who are on their way to the front, A Scottish battalion, which was first to leave for the battle line, was greeted everywhere with vast en-| thusiasm, All the townspeople bave learned to use the English works | “Good luck” and “Goodby.” “As the Kilties swing down the hill toward the train the crowd presses forward to shake the hands of each soldier and express delight at the Scotchmen once more fighting for France. ——_—e+. German Cruiser Is Routed _ By Gunboats in North Sea Aug. 19.—“A_ certain) ing in the North Bea about 100 miles parent in the southern | off Harwich, area of the North Sea,” says the Brit-| ‘The statement of the correspondent ish official press bureau, is not confirmed by the official bureau, | It announces some desultory figt-| The Amsterdam correspondent of | ing occurred Tuesday between the|the Post saya a telegram has been British patrolling squadrons and| received there from Texel Island re- flotilias and German cruisers, which | porting beavy gur Are Tuesday morn- were reconnoitring, No losses are reported or claimed. A despatch to the Central News from Harwich gays @ naval engage- ment occurred early Tuesday morn- ing in @ western direction, Texel Island is in the North Sea and is the southwesternmost of the Frisian Islands, forming part «: the province of North Holland, <8 nap abides SELGIANS TO MAKE THEIR LAST STAND AT ANTWERP | AUTOS USED BY GERMANS FOR QUICK-FIRING GUNS ~ NILES AND GERMANS FIGHT 20 MILES FROM BRUSSELS (Continued from First Page.) nouncement this morning says the retirement of Belgian troops toward Antwerp is rumored, but not confirmed. Commenting on this report, it is officially explained that even were it true it -would be neither a grave sympto n nor unexpected. The defensive organization of Belgiu 1 as conceived sy Gen. Brialmont and presented in technical works provides that Antwerp be considered as a last defense. It has been fortified with care, and is to-day a vast en- trenched camp upon the flank of the enemy. A despatch to the Paris Midi from Brussels, dated to-day, says cannonading was heard in Brussels at 6 o’clock this morning. The correspondent adds that a German army is now marching upon Brussels by way of Huy and Jodoigne. ‘y Details of the fighting at Dinant between theFrench and German troops show that the carnage was terrible. The first French company, although decimated, held a position until another company came up with artillery, which destroyed abridge. The French cavalry then advanced and pushed the. German attackers back@nto the Meuse. BRUSSELS, Aug. 19 [Central Jews Cable].—An engage= ment between German troops and Belgians began yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Tirlemont, in the Belgian province of Brabant. The Germans kept up an incessant artillery fire, drop= ping shells in the nearby villages, but were unable to nake any headway, owing to the stubborn defence put up by the Belgians, who ultimately charged the German position at the point of the bayonet, repulsing the enemy with heavy loss. ; BRUSSELS, (via Paris), Aug. 19 [Associated Press|—The British expeditionary force complete has been landed. The soldiers received an enthusiastic reception from the popue lation as they marched to their alloted positions. The harness of the cavalry was decked with flowers by village maidens. ’ [The above despatch may refer to the landing of the British troops in France or to the landing of an expedition in Belgium not yet announced by the British War Information Bureau.] French Continue Their Advance on Strassburg LONDON,. Aug. 19 [Central News Cable).—An official statement, issued by the French Embassy this morning, an- nounces that the French army has taken Saarburg, a glove manufactuting town in the south part of Lorraine, about twenty-five miles northwest of Strassburg. The French now occupy the entire region as far as Fene= strange. The statement adds that the retreating Germans burned eighty-four houses before evacuating their position. © The official document states that none of the Liege forts have as yet fallen into the enemy's hands. The German resistance is characterized as stubborn, but the official claims insist that the German losses far oute number the French and that hundreds of prisoners are being taken. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 19.—It is officially announced © at the War Office that Austrian and Russian forces fought for more than five hours along the line from Gorodok-Kus= min line on Monday and that the Austrians were defeated with heavy loss and driven back on the frontier. [Gorodok is twenty miles north northwest of Vitebsk in the government of Vitebsk.] BERLIN (via Amsterdam and London), Aug. 19 [As- sociated Press].—German troops to-day occupied the town of Mlawa, in Russian Poland, close:to the German frontier on the Warsaw railroad. ROTTERDAM, Aug. 19.—Authoritative reports received- here to-day declare the Kaiser has thwarted Japan and will evade the issue raised by the Eastern Empire in its detere mination to war upon Germany. The Kaiser is now negotiating with China for ve return of Kiao-chau, and plans to cede the province back to the republic. Japan‘s ultimatum aroused the greatest indig- nation in Berlin. 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