The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
NEW CARDINALS
 TO BE CREATED Are Now "A Vacancies. Emmanuel Flys in
 Airship

Ronle. September so.-(special)-It is sefni-officlally announced that the pope has yielded to pressure and at consis- tory to be held not later than March next will create at least dozen new cardi- nais, at least one of whom will be an l American
 The number of cardinals now is small er than 1t has been within. the memory
 of any living churchman. There have
 than three vacancies caused by the death
 of cardinals, Moran of Australia, Cruscha of Vienna and Puzyna of Cracow.
 This makes "A vacancies, and those pre-
 iates who feel that they have a claim to | elevation to the highest office in the church under the papacy itself have con- yineed his holiness that at least some of the vacancies should be filled. Of the new cardinals 1t is understood that one will go 10 England, one to Amer lea and perhaps one to Canada. In con- nection with the American cardinals the name most generally mentioned is that of Archbishop Riordan-of San Fran cisco.
 Rink Victor Emmanuel is the first mon
 arch to make an ascent in a government airship and on government business. While at Casale Monferrato, his mai esty, went with an army aviator in an army airship passing over the castle of Pomaro making observations. While in the air the king remarked upon the safe- ty of airships and the facility with which the position of armies and all localities could be discerned.
 Signor Calissano, Italian minister for posta and telegraphs, accompanied by the delegates of the telegraphsts who es- sembled at Como from all parts of the world, went to Camnago to pay a visit to the grave of Alessandro Volta, the in yentor of the electric battery which bears his name. The minister and the delegates placed wreaths on the tomb, and Signor Calissano, M. Fuels, director of the Bel
 gian telegraphs, and Signor Pietro Volta, a nephew of the inventor, made speeches which were much applauded. The party then witnessed the inauguration of a me-
 morial stone bearing an inscription re- oording the esteem in which Volta is held by telegraphists all over the world. The mayor afterwards entertained the delegates and ministers at luncheon at his villa, and they then left for Como, where wreaths were also placed on the Volta monument.
 The complete recreation of the famous Campanile of Venice, which collapsed on
 July 14 1902. has been promised for April
 25. Emmanel will open the new tower. In aNwretched garret in the Trastevere
 quarter of Rome a pathetic wedding was recently celebrated between a handcuffed convict and a young woman in the last stages of consumption. The convict was sentenced eight years ago to twelve years Imprisonment in Sardinian penitentary for killing man in 8 street fight. On learning of his sweetheart's serious state of health he presented a petition to the
 minister of justice to be allowed to marry her. 7 The petition was granted, and after the wedding the convict husband took pas- sionate farewell of his bride and was driven off to prison. Great interest has been taken in the case by the public,
 and several newspapers started subscrip- tions to enable the wife to spend her last days in a sanatorium. Queen Helene also interested herself in the case and has in duced the king to sign a pardon.