to be the head of the Catholic church and the successor of St. Peter. He BRITISH INFANTRY CROSSING A PONTOON BRIDGE POPE PIUS X DIES GRIEVING OVER WAR loved the simple life ammitg his friends. There was a great difference of opinion as to the qualifications of Pope Pius X. for his office His election. a I compromise, was particularly pleasing European Conflict Hastens Collapse of the Aged Pon- to Austria, Germany and France, and In these countries, with the exception tiff at Vatican in Rome—Sisters and Officials of of France in recent years, he was highly commended for wisdom and Church at Bedside at End—Had Reigned strength. S.S•Saafs Brought Church end State Together. Eleven Years. As to Italy, he increased the cordial

understanding between church and 0. state, which was not thought wise by Rome, Aug. 20.—Pope Pius X is the Cathedral of Treviso. This pro- Italian churchmen. However, his ac- dead. motion was supplemented by bestowal tion resulted in an uplifting of the Already suffering from bronchitis of the deanery on Father Sarto and church in Italy. and a weak heart, the worry occas- his appointment as Episcopal chancel- Before Pope Pius had been on the ioned by the war involving all Europe lor. To him also was confided the del- throne three years he evidenced that brought on bronchial pneumonia, and icate and important charge of spiritual young men who dreamed of the career he is a war victim as truly as if he director of the Seminary of Treviso, of a courtier in Rome were going to had been struck down on the field of In which college he was likewise be disappointed. The pope wanted battle. He was ill four days. given a professor's chair and an ex- bishops for the different sees, and the Death came shortly after 2 o'clock in aminership. way for young diplomats to promotion, Nor did his activities end here, for it was soon apparent, was through the the morning after a night spent in States was not likely to intervene fruitless effort by his physicians, who he was chosen as a judge in the tiresome but wholesome office of gov- day we reached Delme on one side and In any way . bad kept him alive for many hours Capitular Ecclesiastical court. and fin- erning bishop. GERMANS ON BOTH Morhange on the other." ally was appointed vicar-general of Austria Promises Much. Japan's Action Limited. with oxygen and hypodermic heart Opposed to Woman's Suffrage. the docese. BANKS OF MEUSE; Dispatches to Rome from Vienna The British official Press bureau gave , stimulants. Compared with the policies of his out the following statement: His holiness had lain unconscious After such an apprenticeship it was state that Austria has promised Rou- predecessors of recent times, the lean- "Great Britain and Japan, most of the afternoon, but rallied in not surprising that when the im- mania that in return for her assist- having. ing of Pope Pius X. have been held OFFICIAL REPORT been in communication with each the evening, became conscious for a portant see of Mantuc became vacant, ance the dual monarchy will cede to oth- to be ultra-orthodox in purely ecclesi- er, are of the opinion that time, and gave the physicians hope in 1884, Leo XIII chose Giuseppe Sar- Roumania all the Servian border terri- it Ia neces- astical principles and ultra-conserva- sary that each shall take action that he might recover But his to to fill the place- It was no easy tory. It is also said that Austria has to pro- tive In temporal relations. tect its general interests in strength was gone, be soon relapsed task to which he had been called, for Belgians Admit Inability Longer offered Bulgaria the restitution of the far An instance of his well-known un- east as contemplated by the into coma and gradually grew weaker his predecessor had allowed discipline Macedonia in return for her aid. Anglo- compromising attitude against ad- to Hold Back the Armies Japanese alliance, keeping especially until the end. He died while sleeping to slack. His persuasive powers and Makes Final Plea to Italy. administrative gifts were tested to vanced tendencies was afforded in his in view the independence and integ- peacefully. of the Kaiser. In a final effort to swing Italy into , the utmost, but he was fully equal to opposition to woman suffrage as voiced line to oppose the allies, Germany has rity of China as provided for in the Pope Suffers a Relapse. the ungrateful task. by the pope upon the occasion of his sent a military and diplomatic mission agreement. In the afternoon he suffered a re- Two years later Pope Leo recognized eeception of a delegation of Italian BIG BATTLES LOCKED FOR to Rome. It is traveling by automo- "It is understood that the action of lapse, and he received the last sacra- Bishop Sarto's merits by raising him Catholic ladies. Japan will not extend to the Pacific• ment. His sisters lighted the candles IN IMMEDIATE FUTURE bile. to the Sacred College, with the title "Woman can never be man's equal," Germany and Kiaochow. ocean beyond the China sea, except as- before the miraculous images of St. of San Bernardo alle Temme, at a he told his fair visitors, "and cannot, The Japanese ambassador is leaving it may be necessary to protect the• Joseph and remained prostrate, pray- consisiory held June 15, 1893. therefore, enjoy equal rights. Few Japanese lines in the Pacific, French Troops Reported to Be Within Berlin, according to advices received nor in ing for his recovery. At the same time he was chosen women would ever desire to legislate, Asiatic waters, to the westward of the Fifteen Miles of Metz—Copenhagen at Copenhagen. The ringing of the church bells noti- out of all the Venetian prelates to fill and those who did would be classed China sea, nor on foreign territory ex- fied the people of the exposition of Hears That Japanese Ambassador An official dispatch to Rotterdam the patriarchate of Venice. as eccentrics. Scripture, and espe- from Berlin states that Germany will cept territory in German occupation the boll, sacrament and called them Is Leaving Berlin—Germany Hesi- Won Support of the Radicals. daily the three Epistles of St. Paul, not consent to evacuate Kiaochow or on the continent of eastern Asia," to Myer. In his nine years' residence in the emphasize woman's dependence on tates to Comply With Demands The president was asked whether 'Cardinal Merry del Val, who was comply with the other demands of r "seagirt" city the pope of the gondo- man." Made by the Japanese Government. the assurance of Japan that she would called in, left after a few minutes and Japan. The officials in Berlin take the liers was beloved and a familiar figure One great reform Pope Pius accom- eventually restore Kiaochow to China issued a summons for the cardinals position that taking Kikochow affects A dispatch from Brussels received in case that territory was obtained hirse left the city for their va- the issue of the war no more than tak- at Paris Friday morning says it is ing Togoland, and that the ultimatum from Germany was regarded as satis- cations. practically impossible to get news must be rejected. factory in Washington. Mr. Wilson Before the relapse the pope ad- away from Brussels. However, it is The Japanese government, anticipat- replied that he saw no reason to ques- dressed the whole world on the sub- certain the tremendous battle is in tion Japan's good faith in this con- ject of the war. When he was told ing the kaiser's refusal to surrender progress. Kiaochow as demanded in the mikado's nection. that the roar of cannon in the Adri- Admit Advance of Germans. Secretary Tumulty, at the direction atic could be heard in Venice he ex- ultimatum, has prepared to fire the A Haves dispatch from Brussels says first gun in bombardment of the forti- fo the president, issued the following claimed: that the Belgian government makes statement: "The president feels it "The bones of the doges must thrill fications immediately at the expiration admission officially that the Germans of the time limit. incumbent on himself, as the head of in their sepulchers at the familiar have, at the cost of much blood and a neutral nation, to express no opin- sound of battle, recalling the heroic Wiison's Plea for Neutrality. treasure, gained on both banks of the ions whatsoever on the attitude of days of old!" President Wilson, in a public ap- Meuse river, ground which brings them peal addressed to the American peo- Japan or any other country." Has Reigned Eleven Years. into contact with the army of the al- ple, asked that citizens of the United Secretary. Bryan firmly declined to The pontiff, for whom the world is lies. States refrain from "taking sides" in discuss Japan's move, but it is known. mourning, passed away in his seventy- "The Germans have taken a number the general European war, pointing that the Japanese government, under ninth year, in the eleventh year of his of our positions," the government ad- out that all should be neutral in the Root-Takahira agreement of 1908, reign. Although his rule was brief, mits, "but have wasted 16 days, which thought as well as in word. This, he sounded the United States before de- The bis lovable personality made him is greatly to the honor of our army. says, is the most certain way of pre- claring its position to Germany. one of the most illustrious occupants "But these matters are secondary in serving American peace. The presi- State department, in order to main- forced to of the throne of St. Peter, and even regard to the object assigned our dent deplores what he calls "hyphen- tain its peace policy, was the followers of the Socialist Mayor troops in the general dispositions. This ated Americanism," maintaining that acquiesce. Nathan of Rome, by their presence aim cannot be revealed, and the most the name "American" should not be Suez Canal Closed to Germany. before the Vatican, showed their de- The London Chronicle's correspond- penetrating mind cannot discover it." coupled with that of any other na- sire to pay homage to the Catholic ent sends the following dispatch from News Sifts Through Censors. tionality. pontiff. Milan: On no day since the war began has Britain Makes Firm Protest. Pius X. Was Born June 2, 1835. the censorship been so strict as now, "A cable here from Port Said says Pope Pius X. was a native of the Great Britain has notified the United an unprecedented state of affairs has both as to the operations in Belgium States government that she will toler- little village of Riese, in the Venitian and Alsace-Lorraine. Yet there are been created through traffic in the province of Trevisco, which in 1303, ate no subterfuge to get the idle liners Suez canal having practically ceased. broad hints in the most heavily cen- of the Hamburg-American and North gave to the church a pontiff in Nic- sored dispatches that events of the The port is crammed with ships. There cola Boccasini, who assumed the German Lloyd companies out of New is a colossal fleet of German merchant- greatest importance are occurring. York harbor. This notification, while triple crown under the name of Bene- One significant portion of the news men under seizure. The whole of dict XI. unofficial and coming in a roundabout Germany's sea-borne commerce with is that a battle was fought in North way, is regarded as no less final and Born June 2, 1835, to a poor and Limburg, which is the Belgian depart- Australasia, Asia and East Africa is bumble family of the name of Sarto, definite than if it had come through absolutely paralyzed. , ment north of Liege and extending to the regular diplomatic channels. Pius X. was christened Giuseppe (Jo- the frontier of Hollvd. There are "The only vessels passing through seph) and known throughout life by While at the British consulate at also reliable statements that a great the canal are those flying the Italian the dialect equivalent of Giuseppe, New York it was said that no "official French force advanced in this general flag. All public services are miller "Beppu." word" had been received from Lon- direction across the line from Louvain military control and all banks ire The early life of Pope Hue was don on the subject of the purchase to Huy. This is said to be evidence closed. The German residents item filled with activity. The district of and operation of the beleaguered that the German advance upon the Al- Cairo to Alexandria are subject to a Treviso is one of poverty, only those liners by' the American government triple censorship." who have seen it realizing the strug- lies' center has failed and that the or by American capitalists, a corre- Germans have been pushed east and Thousands of troops are daily being gle for existence that ever prevails. spondent was informed from inside by northeast in the direction of the Neth- poured into France and Belgium From an early age Giuseppe, bred sources that Great Britain had taken allied li erlands border. England to bolster up the I to sturdy outdoor life, displayed a a determined stand and intended to nevereasing-c - Germans Battling Three Armies. now combatting the bent for the priesthood. The educa- capture any one of the liners, whether little to a Somewhere to the east and south of rushes of the Germans. The tional resources of his birthplace were it flew the stars and stripes or not, of Plymouth, on the channel, present soon exhausted, and the lad's studious POPE PIUS X Brussels 400,000 of the kaiser's best and no matter where or on what mis- re4M- men, backed up by a reserve of 350,000 ed a busy scene when heavy learnings demanded a wider field for sion it was bound. through the more, have struck the main line of the forcements were rushed their development. He was sent to a His firm, dignified, yet genial rule, plIshed, and it promises to be ever re- Location of German Fleet. there, mobil- allied Belgian, French and British temporary military base college at Castel, France, and from quickly made him a force to be reck- membered in history. He proved that The London Daily Mail's correspond- izing in preparation for embarking. oned with. troops, and it is believed that the there was transferred to the Central diplomacy in church matters is a ent at Copenhagen wires: "Part of The recruiting service has been Elected as Compromise Candidate. thing of little importance compared day of preliminary skirmishing is Seminary at Padua, the world-renown- the German fleet is in the Baltic off swamped by the onrush of volunteers. with the direct teaching and preach- past. ed seat of Italian learning. Pius X. was as befitted a democrat- the Swedish island of Gothiand. Twen- Fully 40,000 were enrolled during the ic ing of the gospel to the poor. In Paris it was rumored that the On September 18, 1858, the young pope, different in many respects ty ships have been located. A flotilla last week, 7,000 being enlisted in a from his illustrious predecessor. Like Belgian army had retired from Lou- seminarist received his priest's orders His now famous Apostolic consti- of German torpedo boat destroyers is period of 12 hours. in the Cathedral of Castel-France. the fisherman whose place be heid, he tution was considered as embodying vain ad Brusselp to Antwerp, which in the Cattegatt, between Sweden and Jews to Be Given Rights. That year was a memorable one for found his recreation fishing in the Vat- the most sweeping reform ever at- is highly fortified. Denmark. Another is near Kiel. The A decree granting civil and political Italy. The question of Italian libera- ican ponds rather than in writing tempted by a Roman pontiff since the From German sources came a re- rest of the German fleet is understood rights to all Jews in Russia will be tion had been forced to the front by Latin verses. To his saintliness of celebrated council of Trent. In the port that the Belgian chamber of com- to be in sight of Heligoland." issued by the czar without delay. This the attempt of Orsini to assassinate character and moral worth, indepen- years from 1646 to 1563, in that it it merce of deputies had yielded to the German Protest Dpnied. act is of great importance to America Napoleon III. dently of all lesser and worldly con- dismissed the elire congregation of German demand, and that German Secretary Bryan said on Wednesday followed by The diplomats of nations assembled, sideration, memory doubtless will pay the council, a committee of cardinals troops have occupied Brusels. and will, it is believed, be that there is no truth in the reports a new era of cordial relations between but the youngest priest was not con- homage. charged with the interpretation of Capture Russian Guns. that the kaiser had protested to Am- Russia and the United States. cerned in the movement. He turned When balloting began to choose a the council Trent and placed all affairs The Marconi wireless bureau at Lon- bassador Gerard on the subject of Capital Moved to Antwerp. his back on the world and took up his successor to Pope Leo XIII., the name in the hands of separate tribunals and don has received a dispatch from Ber- American hostility to Germany's cause. The Belgian capital was hurriedly duties as curate in the village of Tom- of Giuseppe Sarto was hardly consid- courts of appeal. lin stating that a division of the Ger- , There was a discussion, he said, on moved from Brussels to Antwerp, at belo. He soon was loved by his par- ered at first. As balloting continued, By virtue of one of his documents, man first army corps defeated a Rus- the subject of wireless communication. the approach of German cavalry al- ishoners, to whom he endeared him- however, the roll of votes In his fa- known as the "Sapient, Consillio," the sian force on August 17 in a battle Japanese Deeply Impressed. most to the gates of the city. The self by his unselfishness, his self-sac- vor increased. He was then regarded congregations composing the Roman in the vicinity of Stallupohnen, east Publication of the text of the ulti- defenses of Brussels were strength- rifice, and his tireless labor. as a compromise candidate, and, Curia of the Catholic church have Prussia. One thousand prisoners and matum created a deep impression, de- ened to resist the attack of the p- Became Parish Priest in 1867. finally, on the sixtieth ballot be was been reformed and the American hie- six machine guns were captured. Many spite the fact that it had been pre- to Wavre. He was promoted as parish priest of elected August 4, 1903, and five days rarchy has been accorded a recog- heavy guns which could not be taken lans, who have penetrated dicted • that Japan no longer would only 15 miles southeast of Brussels. Saizano in 1867, only. a year after the later he was crowned in St. Peter's nized voice in the government of the by the victors were destroyed. cession of Venezia (Venice) to Italy, cathedral, Rome, with all the mag- church. In fact all Catholics outside attempt to evade entering actively into Threat to Force Dardanelles. French Close to Metz. so that the future pope lived, for the nificence and brilliance of ceremonies Italy have been granted a new po- the war. Meetings of merchants, mem- Russia mobilized her Black sea Meet first thrity-two years of his life, under that distinguishes the coronation of litical standing by the order here The following official statement was bers of parliament and others were and has notified Turkey that she in- Austrian regime in his native prov- each successor to the apostolic throne. under 200 bishops, 26,000 priests and given out at Paris Friday: "Latest addressed by Premier Okuma and the tends to send the fleet through the ince. From the post of spiritual head of 30,000,000 Catholic laymen In the Eng- advices are to the effect that the foreign minister, who counseled calm- Dardanelles whether the porte grants The able discharge of his office rec- gondoliers and peasants, a work that lish speaking countries will have their French army has reached Morhange ness and declared that Japan had no permission or not. Turkey proclaimed ommended the pastor of Salzano to he loved, to the throne iu the Vatican affairs examined and passed upon ac- (Morchingen), in Lorraine, 19 miles ambition to acquire more territory. the neutrality of the Dardanelles at the notice of Monsignor EineIII, at was the career of Giuseppe Sarto, carding to the general law of the southeast of Metz. Our advance was Foreign Minister Kato denied that the outbreak of the war but Russia that time the bishop of the diocese, Pope Pius X. church and by ten different congre- very rapid in the afternoon beyond the the United States had interfered in became dissatisfied with the action of who nominated him to a canonry in And he never had been ambitious gation, instead of one, as heretofore. River Seille, especially the central any way in the situation. He said he the Ottoman government affecting part of our line. At the end of the was of the opinion that the United Germany. CAUSES OF MINE EXPLOSIONS certain conditions may become so duce the sparks necessary to ignite highly charged as to give off sparks. the explosive dust and cause the 'ter- AUSTRIA IS A WEAK ALLY serve. The regular army, which is communications. English Scientist Has Been Experi- Almost any dust will cause this, but rible catastrophes that result from this but eight per cent of the population of The general belief is that Germany menting to Ascertain Effect the sign of the resulting electric cause. However, Mr. Rudge has found Army of Dual Monarchy Barely Suffi- the dual monarchy, begins the war at has a weak reed to lean upon in her of Various Dusts. charge on the wire varies with the that the presence of other dust, that cient to Check Servians, Is an unfortunate time for it was just ally, whose army would be of little character of the dust cloud. Tests produces electrification of opposite Military Opinion. in process of a reorganization largely avail against Russia should Italy de- W. A. Douglas Rudge of Cambridge made with coal dust blown through sign, conteracts the tendency, and pre- increasing its numbers, which change clare war against her quondam allies. (England, has recently made an im- a tube (in the laboratory) charged vents any appreciable electrification of The strength of the active Austrian cannot now be carried out. It is re- The German press speaks handsome- portant contribution to the etiology of the latter so that sparks a centimeter exposed metallic conductors. For ex- army is set forth by the latest Ger- ported to be well armed, particularly ly of the Servian troops, estimating explosions in coal mines. He in length were obtained. . ample, when he mixed flue dust with man newspapers as comprising 34,000 as to artillery, but comprises a con- that Austria would need 450,000 men aideaide that if a cloud of dust is blown The bearing of this on coal dust ex- officers and 380,000 men The Berlin coal dust and passed the mixture siderable number of organizations it at least to conquer that mountainous lainst an insulated conductor (a plosions in mines Is obvious. Clouds Tageblatt's military writer, Major would not be safe to use against the country.—New York Post_ through the tube, the latter could not for instance), the wire becomes of coal dust blown against insulated Moraht, asserts that this force can Servians, because of racial entangle- be charged so as to give off sparks. ed with electricity, and under metallic conductors may very well pro- speedily be raised to 2,000,000 with- ments. These could, however, be em- Fruit canning is being extelish' out the Landstrum, or the final re- ployed agaiust Russia or to guard undertaken in South Africa.