i. Pi. r : 2-A Pope Benedict Strove to Bring Peace to World Used Influence in Efforts to Stop World War-Was 259th Successor of St. Peter as Supreme Head of Catholic Church-Noted for Generosity. Top Kfiicdict XV, Uie 259th mc " ienr tf $t 1'etcr mpreme li4 I of (he Reman Catholic churrh. Lf un tm pontificate on Sriirmlr 6. 1 VI 4. toon iltrr r urope. c nicred upon td lour yrari tl r. Iikmi nun creation during the war he rndnv i crttl to bring the utiUtcttiH nation ' to ace agreement and.lhtu, to maintain the title which haJ been affectionately bettowed upon him by a b'mh dignitary rf hii communion . '. a mcrngrr OoJ tent to bring pear." ',, Great Sorrow. '' The' war between Italy and Au fii. in both of which t"lei of the . vawioiiu rcnuicn predominate, wa particularly a great sorrow to the tope. J hone near to him laid he i',; Wrprecaled the Gernun violation of Jicigium. VVen the LUkitama was ' Mink he telegraphed to the then lint' . peror illiam lit abhorrence of ;lced which had allocked the worhL , The successor cf I'iui X wa laid ' ' to have combined the atatetmanihip .'.of Pope Leo XIII with the grace , of his immediate predecessor. He .. . endeavored, it is laid, to carry out the idcali and policies of those two great -. cmircnmen. nut tne worut war, which brcke the heart of iius X maddened the first four years of his lontihcate and urevcuted the fulfill went of some of hi aspirations. Une of the incidents of Ins pontili . cal career was the visit which President Wilson paid to him on I January 4, 1919, when the president . went to Kome prior to the opening ' cf the peace conference at Tartu. . Social and treaty questions were discussed, it is said, during the . private audience at the conclusion of which Tope Benedict presented to l is guest a handsome mosaic repro- cueing Guido Keni s famous picture of fcamt Peter, valued at $4U,UW. Small Man Physically. , 1 : One of the smallest men physically ; ever elected to the chair of St. Peter, the former Cardinal della Chiesa V never expected to be thus honored .' Ly the Sacred college and is said to j, have wept when apprised ot his elec j tion. He would have preferred, he .' said, to remain a simple priest or. at T ir.ost, cardinal and archbishop of Bologna. On the day of his election he spoke V of the burden of responsibility thrust upon "one frail brain," and expressed his horror of the world . conflict then bring waged "and his . hope that it would quickly end. One ? veek after his coronation, when the -' Fisherman's ring was placed upon his ;: finger, he issued au encyclical to the z episcopacy of the world in which rulers were exhorted to put aside dissensions and to "enter into a coun ,V cil of peace with all speed." The ap " peal fell on, stony ground, however i and later, on December 12, 1914, the Vatican authorities announced the I pope's plan for a Christmas truce ' was failing "because of the opposi Jion of a certain power." Reports ji-vvere that Russia and Turkey had re-fused to acquiesce. Along a thousand , r.';.i"iles of battle front, the following V Christmas day, thousands of cannon thundered an answer to Benedict's t appeal to "lay down your arms." Issues Appeal Again on January 18, 1915, Pope 'L Benedict took up the task of bring j: tng peace to a war-torn world, de f i creeing that on February 7 priests F; and laity of the Catholic church ;t throughout the world should unite in f" services and prayers for the restora ej, tion of universal amity and good will. ,;; The next occasion Benedict exercised J' his humane prerogative was on Jujy ; 28, 1915, the first anniversary of the v.'ft:ar urh.M1 h. ICGPrl an QnnAQI tn oil rulers, declaring that "blessed be he who first extends the olive branch i and tenders his hand to the enemy Jli.in offering his reasonable conditions peace." 3 :!':' In March, 1916, the pope again re j: iterated his prayer for the dawn of W;'Jfr new and better day. "Each bel li!' ligerent should clearly state his de- sires," he said, "but should be ready !;t.to make the necessary sacrifices of jjjjipride and particular interests." Pre fc1 Viously Benedict had written to the J;' late Emperor Francis Joseph of Au &j stria asking him to "shorten the t;;war," and likewise sounded the then emperor of Germany as to the terms Jy upon which he would lay down the ;r: gage of battle. Approves Peace Note. In May, 1916, Monsignor Bonzano, apapal delegate to Washington, deliv- 1 cred to President Wilson a message !,,from the pope in which he intimated fS'ciliate the European belligerents. jV The note came at a time when the h-United States and Germany were in fe'the midst of a diplomatic crisis, and ! Mr. Wilson, in his reply, did not . respond to the pontiff's suggestions i for bringing about peace. The next communication from the Vatican to j, the White House came on January 16, 1917, and contained the approval ; ly Benedict of the president's peace E . note. Three months later the United f;;-States itself had resorted to the ar- titrament of arms and entered the I" struggle on the side of the allies., j... ; On August 8, 1917, still hopeful of : saving the world from a veritable ?: cataclysm, Pope Benedict issued in ' his own handwriting his famous ap i' peal to the nations, exhorting the "J belligerent rulers to end the war for t, the sake of humanity, j Warning to Germans, j-:. One passage read: "As to the - damages "to be repaired and as to ,; the war expenses, we see no other j ; means of solving the question than by submitting the question as a general principle complete and re : ciprocal .condonation, which would i be justified, moreover, by 'the im . mense benefit to be derived from disarmament, so much so that no LJ,one will understand the continua ha tion of a similar carnage, solely for P reasons of an economic order." The . pope, however, recommended the i -evacuation of Belgium by the Ger "j.; mans, self-determination and free- dom of small nations. Earlier in :.':thtt year (1917) he had warned the if ;- KAIB'S ninDE BEAFTT Is txnutht to ll(ht WUA. Ooldn Glint Soupoo. Adjertlieiaent. German and Autriq rulrri that "ruihlni" submarine iKilky would alienate the i)nipathy ol alt neutrals, wtieii tirrlin put out one of it in numerable rete .-(ttkrt." Henf diet, in reply, incited Germany mut iton hi deportation of Bel B'an civilians and repatriate ill rxiltt. In September, 1918, the ataan finally announced it woul take steps toward brinuinz abou peace only when invited to do to by do i it groups 01 belligerents. Pained by the shelling of Tarls by the German long-range gun in the pring of 1918, Pope Hcnedict sent a protest to Emperor tharlej of Austria and to the Berlin govern ment agamtt what be characterised as "a canton massacre. Gratified at CaDture. The pone's gratification ever the capture of Jerusalem by the allies under (he British General Allenbv caused bitter comment in the Ger man preis. According to tht Rome Mestagrro on December 18. 1917. a tew days alter the tall of the holy city, he warned Christian rtates against aiding the Turks in recap luring it. Pope Benedicts attitude towanl mc peace conference ot iyiy was said to have been one of fatherly solicitude, r.arly the previous De cember, in a letter to President Wif son, he pleaded for aid on behalf of oppressed nationalities and later committed the church of which h was the head to "do all in its power 10 support tne decisions ot the dele gales at Versailles." In all of his messages and addresses he expressed the hope that peace would be based upon Christian principles. wiuic the peoples of cverv land were suffering in some form the rigors of war. the Done personally observed all the rules for food con servation formulated by the Italian authorities and with his own hand ordered the Vatican on food card rations which continued until the end of the conflict Simplicity at Table. Always abstemious in eatincr and drinking, Benedict XV observed even greater simplicity at the table dur ing the troublous days of his pontiff cate. Visitors have said that he lived as plainly as the poorest con tributors of Peter's pence. Giacoma della Chiesa, the spiritual head of 300,000,000 Catholics, was born of noble line at Pegli, Italy, on November 21, 1854. His father was the Marchesc della Chiesa ("pro nounced Keeaza). He received his education at the Capronican college and later attended the Academy of Ecclesiastics. Ordained to the priesthood in 1878 he soon attracted the attention of Cardinal Rampolla, who under Pope Leo XIII was the papal secretary of state. He accom panied Kampclla to Madrid in 1H8J when his patron was nuncio, re maining there until 1887, when he re turned to Rome upon the elevation of Rampolla to the cardinalatc. In 1901, after having served four years as secretary of the nunciature in Spain he was appointed secretary of the cypher. This position gave its incumbent considerable authority and the same year Mgr. della Chiesa was named as consultor of the holy office. Notable Promotion. A notable promotion came to him on December 16, 1907. when Pope Fius X appointed della Chiesa as aichbishop of the important see of Bologna to succeed the late Cardinal Svamoa. His administration of this office for seven years was character ized, it is said, by prudence and lplomacy. His consecration as an rchbishoo was performed by Pius himself in the Sistine Chapel, an honor so unusual that it attracted world-wide attention. Archbishop ella Chiesa was made a Cardinal 'n May 1914, less than six months be fore mounting the throne of St. Peters. He took his ecclesiastical title from Pope Benedict XIV, one of the ab est pontiffs of the church, who was born irt Bologna on March 31, 1657, and died on May 3, 1758. Benedict XV's personal appearance has been described as follows: "A man physically ill-favored but gifted with great intelligence; short of stature, ascetically thin, with the right shoulder raised above the left, and giving one the impression ot ex treme nervousness and weakess. But when he raised his head the visitors instinctively felt that they were in the presence of a man equipped with exceptional intellectual powers and energy. He reminded one of the noted poet, Leopardi. With an ample row, surrounded by coal black hair, black eyes, lively and penetrating, a large mouth with thin lips full of expression, the pope conveyed the mipression of a man of few freind ships but these most sincere, devoted and lasting." Noted for Generosity. Always "a friend in need" as a prelate of his church once said of mi, Pope Benedict demonstrated his readiness to avert hardship to poor people by advancing $1,000,000 to save a financial institution ot Rome from bankruptcy in the spring of 1918. This was in keeping with his reputation from the time he was ordained a priest in 1878 to the day of his death. When he was made a DIVIDENDS Assets - Reserve Fund - - - - We Solicit Your Inquiries. Occidental Building & Loan Ass'n 18th and Harney Su. Organized 1889 John F. Flack, President R. A. McEachron, Vice Pres. J ohn T. Brownlee, Asst. Sec. cardinal it w.t with difficulty tlul l was able to mret the fipentet necffiary to one in such a Ih.H of fice, and thi ws becau.e up to that time ht had given hi runic in come to iiupoven.hed tonfiIW, An iiiitance of hi genrromy wis cited in connection with a ban he once put upon "tango" dances, which eie such a vogue several year ago, Frauds of a poor dancing matter in tfllngtta, bo was ruined by the edict of the archbishop, appealed to Veil Cliusa in hi behalf. I he arch Li.hop heard their story with the greatctt sympathy, but refu.ej to yield. Then he banded them 40 as nil donation lo a tuhtcription for le oancutg matter to tide him over until lie could find other employ etent. Tope Benedict"! efforts toar (rate were thus summed up by cardinal Logue. Straight As an Arrow. During the late war every effot was made to induce the pope to Me titn one belligerent or another, hut he went straight as an arrow. He nade jiiKttec and right triumph over tppresioii. There was not one of President Wilson's 4 points that was not included in the pontiff's ptace condition. ' The pope was deeply grieved by tne cotillut which resulted from el torts to obtain Ireland' freedom. He was appealed to to intervene in be half of the Irish republican move' n.ent, but Arclibibhop Hayes on re. turning from the Vatican in 19JI. laid be was following the policy ot neutrality and impartiality. He con- cnincd crime 111 Ireland by either side and repeatedly expressed the hope 'that violence there would end; in a letter to Cardinal Locue the pope appealed to both English and Irish to abandon violence and pro posed (hat the Irish question be lettled by a body selected by the whole Irish nation. When the Anglo-Irish agreement linally was "ached he expressed creat satisfac tion nad sent a message to the Dai! I.'rcann rejoicing over tle peace agreement which made Ireland a free state. Issues Decree. rope Benedict declined in Mav. 1919. to authorize the Catholic church to participate in a world con- terence of religions which had been proposed to him bv a croim of bishops of the Protestant Etiisconal church in the United States. Cardi nal Gasparn told the bishops. "Rather thin a reunion of the Christian churches, the holy see aims as the unity of the church, which in the opinion of Rome can onlv occur by all returning to the Catho lic church. , In . December. 1920. the Vatican issued a 'decree requesting the Catholic bishops to pay vigilant at tention to such societies as the Young Men's Christian association, on the ground that they corrupted the faith of Catholic youth. The pope urged the Knights of Columbus to combat propaganda agamst the Catholic faith. Denounces Immodesty. The pope took occasion on numer ous occasions to express his views thoroughly on some political and social questions. Early in 1920 he sent a letter to an Italian bishop urg ing the Catholic priests to work in telligently and energetically against what the pope characterized as "the dangerous doctrine of the tocial- ists." He'repeatedly denounced im modesty in women's dress and what he termed the indecency of fashion. On another occasion a circular -was issued, by his direction, to diplomats accredited to the holy see asking them to add to the invitations to of ficial receptions a note requesting women to avoid excessively decollete gowns. The pope declared in an address to the sacred college that the world was afflicted with five great plagues, which he enumerated as the negation of authority, hatred among brothers, thirst for pleasure, disgust for work and forgetfulness of the supernautral objects of life. These evils, he as- erted, could be overocme only by the aid of the gospel. Attributed to Diplomacy. In a secret consistory in Decem ber, he declared that the Catholic hurch would never abolish nor mitigate the law imposing celibacy on the clergy nor introduce demo- ratic forms which had been asked by priests in Czecho-Slovakia, where secession movement had been based upon that appeal. The resumption of diplomatic re lations between the Vatican and France and Germany was attributed to the diplomacy of Pope Benedict. The healing of the breach between the Vatican and France which re sulted from the separation of the church and state in that country was crowned by the canonization of Joan of Arc as a saint. .In comment on these new rela tions it was pointed out in many quarters that during the years when Benedict XV had directed the policy of the church there had been an in creasing influence by the Vatican on public opinion of the world. Approved Arms Meet. His voice was raised in approval of the aims of the Washington con ference on the limitation of arma ment and in a letter to President Harding the pope commended his initiative in calling it. His efforts on behalf of war prisoners was unre mitting and he personally appealed to the prelates of the church to promote amity among the nations and deplored the unrest in Europe which had followed the war. He is sued numerous appeals for the poor children of central Europe and for the famine sufferers of Russia, and through his efforts a huge fund was collected and distributed to the chil dren of Germany, Austria, Poland, Paid on All Deposits Up to $5,000.00 Every 3 Months - - $9,378,663.00 - - 401,375.00 George C. Flack, Treasurer E. N. Bovell, Secretary r Robert Dempster, Director THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. JANUARY 22. 1922. Hungary aud Czecho slovakia. He aUa uuJe Urge contribution! funds for the relief of Nuttians and Chinese and to th International ed Cross. Ambon Delia China. Cic4 Decern- l ti- Mn una rmnnrtmA in 1 0!1 as lW ' J'J vetaej gj'u t having lutlcred two attack cf rheu- mttisiu. (.'it January is, iv-. it was announced lit had an attack ot bronchial catarrh and )iiiptnis of influenza which were nt at first re warded as lerioui but a he wai then yeari ou, compncationi were fvared. Residence of Popes. The Vatican palace, only residene? of the popes since JK70, is situated on the right bank of the liuer in Home, It is the Urgest palace in the vorld, having, according to ISaedcker, 11,1)00 rooms, halts, salons, chupds and apartments and 'U courts. It is laid to have been founded m the year J00 by Pone Symniachus and to have once been the residence cf Charlamagne. It fell into decay several times and was restored and added to by various popes. It contains the Sistine chapel, the walls and ceiling of which were deco rated with paintings by Michael Angclo. Pope Still Lives, Say Officials at Vatican (Coa Untied from Fui Oh.) had expressed a desire to rest he turned on his side and fell asleep im mediately. Dozes lor Hour. The pope dozed from 8 until 9 o'clock, when a cordial was adminis tered to him. Today being the fete day of St. Agnes, patron of Caprani ra college, in which he was a vouth ful student, the pope asked to be shown a small statue of the saint with which the students of the col lege had presented him. The statue was placed on the altar of the chapel, where a number of masses were said. The worst period for the pone during the night occurred jusb be fore daybreak. lie was extremely low at this time, gasping for breath, and apparently suffering intense agony. 'Shortly after 7:30 o'clock the sun began to peep through the mists on the Alban Hills, shedding a roseate glow through the clouds. The attendants and prelates who were present went to the window, one of them remarking "now it is dawn; it brings hope." Cardinals Appear. Shortly after 8 o'clock the physi cians gave out their bulletin announc ing the pope was worse. Then came the slight improvement toward 9 o'clock when it was stated his holi- Charlotte Lpvell's life was a drama of hidden motherhood. A member of one of America's mo$t distinguished and fashionable families, she locked in her heart all memory of her great ad venture in love. To those about her, she was simply "THE OLD MAID." And it is under that title, ironically dramatic when the facts are known, that her life story has been written by America's most distinguished novelist -EDITH WHARTON. In none of her earlier works either in 'The House of Mirth," "Ethan Frome,"or in "The Age of Inno cence," for which she was awarded the Joseph Pulitzer Prize for the greatest novel written by an American during, the year has Mrs. Wharton revealed the nooks and corners, the sun and shadow, of a woman's heart as she has done in "THE OLD MAID" in the February issue of The Red Book Magazine. It is a work that critics and the general reader alike will proclaim to be the outstanding story of 1922. ' Also in this issue: Rupert Hughee E. Phillip Oppenheim Gerald Beaumont Albert Paysen Terhune Jack Boyle . Courtney Ryley Cooper Hal C Evarts Thomas L. Mauon The Red Book Magazine February issue on salo everywhere 25 cent ' uet was retting easier. The cardi nal then begati to appear to nuke their Ioils. Among the first were noted Catdiual Merry Del Val. Car dinal Laurent! and Cardinal van nutelli. The foreign ambassador!. auxious'for news, lo began to tend in requeti for information on the pontul s condition. Cardinal iiatparrt. who bad been with the pope from 6:30 o'clock until 9 45 met iu the ante-chamber ihortly after that hour all the diplomats in Rome who called personally for news. Referring to the pope's dot lug tpcll. which the physician in terpreted favorably, the cardinal said the situation unfui :uiiatcly remained extremely grave. Almost Absolute Silence. Throughout the niubt there was l tuott absolute silence at the Vatican, with only a few guards pacing up and down, and here and there va rious attendants performing their tasks. The top floor, where the pope's apartments are, was almost deserted save for one guard, who was on duty near the entrance V) the pontiff a chambers. Pope Benedict was reported by Prof. Raffaele Battistini at 5:15 o'clock this morning to be dying. lie said the pontift was 'passing away quietly." His heart action was commencing to become irregular and his pulse remittent. Cardinal Ciorgl, grand plcncipotrn tiary. and other prelates entered the sick chamber at 6 o'clock. Cardinal Giorgi chanted prayers for the dying pope, who was nuking rapidly at that hour. In Pope'a Chamber. ' Cardinal Giorgi, together with Mousignor ZampinL had passed much of the night in the pope's chamber, while Prince Aldebrandini, commander of the noble guard, and Major Marchesc Pellegrini watched iu an adjoining room. At 7 o clock it was announced at the Vatican that the pope was dying and telegrams were sent to the papal nuncios to that eticct. "The condition of the holy father became worse during the night, vhich was agitated and sleepless. The pneumonia has progressed. Icmperature Jo.4 centigrade (roughly 101 fahrenheit); pulse, 122; tcspiration, 60." Celebrates Mass. 1 Monsignor Migone. celebrated mass in the chapel adjoining the pope's room at 1.15. the pope listen ing through the open door while the celebrant administered communion. Cardinal Giorgi, who in the event of the pope's death will conduct the specal ceremonies over his body, passed the night in the Vatican. According to the newspaper Mes- saggero, the pope s mind was still clear at 2:30 o'clock this morning when he said affectionately to Dr. Battistini, who was attending him Walt Mason : Maa George Clbba Bruce Barton mnd other "What au you doing tier at this hour, jou are old; go to sleep," The newspaper Tempo says that the hut clearly iuteltiglUle words of the pontiff weie a request (or a drink of water, of hlch he took but lew swallows. Alter J:20 o'clock he be gan to mutter unintelligible wordi and two more bottlei of oxygen were taken to the sick chamber. Prot Chrruhini found that the pneumonia had attacked the left lung, leaving very little hope for life. After receiving communion, the Last Week of the January Sale of Furs --Including a New Purchase Vl t0 Vz Regular Prices Beautiful sample furs pur- chased by our buyer in New York City after the repeal of the luxury tax, January first. 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