The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-22
REPORT OF P0PE'S DEATH
SENT BEFORE IT OCCURS
Claim OF Important News Beat by
United Press Rcfutcd by the
Associated Press.
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS
Alleged Use OF Code Messages Dis
proved by Cable Officials. Who
State They Are Not Allowed Dur
ing War.

/ NEW YORK. Angus, al.-on we'd
nesdaN afternoon about ESQ O'Clock the
United Press Associa tionS sent ont n
rope Ffus y. Tho Associated Press
sent out no such telegram at that hour.
nor Tor several hours thereafter
claim was made that the United
tress mad scored An Important news
beat. This claim was challcnued with
INC statement that at 80 New York
time $3.50 t.. NJ. Roman timcl the popc
was stiil alive, and that he actually
dicd at 20 on tho following morning
To this the United Press made answer
/ that while the Vatican may have oil d.
cially given ITO as the time Of death.
! II actually occurred much earlier and
! that such a practice was not unusunl
II was said that when Leo MIL died
there was long interval between the
actual death and the official announce.
mcnt. While this Is true il is equally
true that 1T no time was the hour of
death OF Pope Leo MIL C4:5t y NJ
ever msstatcd officially or uncnlcially.
Further. 1t was said that the United
Prcss correspondent at Rome In tho
case OF Pope Plus ", had sent two
code messages, one reaching New York
at ::26 L. NJ. New York time and thc
other at % +. NJ. New York Zinc. ana
IT was still maintained that these were
accurate. and that tho Popc's death
actually occurred about that hour.
There have been some new and in
tcrcsting Developments
POPE REPORTED ALIVE
AFTER NEWS or DEATH
Al o'clock Yesterday morning Mon
Sicnor Romano. the pap8l director to
this country. received dispatch from
Cardinal Merry Del Nal. tho papal sec
rotary of state. dated AT Rome at 1o:1s
Wednesday night, which was AIS r. NJ
Two minutes after tho United Press
circulated the announcement OF death
showing that the Pope was still alive
as follows:
Holy Father dangerously i'll since
| this morning. lie may die AZ any mo-
1t is we'll enough to permit tho issue
of rcracity between the Vatican and
tho United Press to stand
Ambassador Page. at Rome tcIc-
Sraphcd the state Department. in
Washington. that tho Pope died about
y NJ yesterday morning
The Agcncc liaVas. OF France in it's
independent service from Rome. gave
the hour Of death as leo ~ NJ rho
Reuter- Telegram Agency of London.
an another Independent message, nXcd
the same hour.
The Central News Agency, Of Lon
don, In another message gave the
hour rs 40 a. NJ.
MESSAGES IN CODE
Nor NOw ALLOWED
AS To the claim that the United
Press message was sent N code ,hc
following correspondence Is illuminat-
ing:
The general manager Of the Aeso-
sociatcd Press son, ia Tho onic.r,
tho only three cahln ro,nnanio..
which ~ di.n.,,ct frn,, ,,l's ~ - ,I
,r n,.m - naspa'ch rom Eone could be
! transmitted a note. AS follows
MY understandings is shat during
this war period news messages cam
rore and tho United Stntes in coGa A.,
int,o a., - -, ~ to"u' Am
.r 49,, " ''""' VIZ oo'lSc'
'h'S were returned the following
mir. stone: Yes for the reason that
messages cannot get 10 tho I.riind
f"SS'''S PtouEh q
'"'S nave PROMPTED couc
tSiEnedD
"GEcItGE tALAPpERTpN.
Traffic Manager Commercial Cabl.
..no,r Nj c,a,o. v
-", '.'ne' '"uF uhucrStahd-
'ns, UNI 'ui,ateiN' is only TO" cor
rect. There IL no route between an!
over which any kind of messages nra
porcd i'm cod, cam no conf
,S.i.ucd, - =, wi ,.,.,.r
- - ILL i.l''
thlon Telegraph Company
Dear Mr.. stone: You are quite right
All codes outside Of government mos
saoce mo ,robihi..1
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""i.aScI rle"ch tdple company
WITH UNITED PRESS
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