Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-02
SMOKE FROM VATICAN
TO TELL OF ELECTION
card'nals Open corclavs to
Select Successor to Pope
Benedict XIV.

nv Associated t'r~ss to Ev~~v Evening.
Rome. Fob. a.--The conclsve Of tho
sacred College. which II Ia choose =
sueccs~or 10 Pope BENEDICT Nv. began
iss sittinws to-day. The 81 cardinals
who arr IN Rome. went Into seclusion
lnst nght. and when the great oak
barrier at tho entrance OF the court
ynM cf AZ. Drmnso was closed. they
were cut on from communication with
IN. outside world until their sacred
task was done
There are now living about 40
cardinals, including SIX cardinal
bishops; siN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and the
others cardinel.pricsts
Cardinal Vincent Nannuteln is dean
~ tho Sacred College,. Italians COM
pose about onchalf of tho membership
W the college with spain next I'm order
with seven members. England and
the rnitod States have two each
with one IN Canada and ono In South
America. The American bishops are
William Cardinal o'Connel,. Arch
bishop ~ Boston. and Dennis Cardinal
noushcrty, Archbishop OF rhiladel-
phsN.
Tho college, is required 10 meet on
the tenth day after the death OF a
Pope a two-thirds vote Ia necessary
Tor AN election. While there A@ no
Inv axsins, tho election OF a laynan.
" hss become tradition To elect the
new Pope from the membership OF the
College, Of Cardinals. and IL Ia traai-
tlunal also that the Pope should be
eho~on from tho Italian cardinals. 1,
is stated that this tradition has not
boon departed rom IN nearly zoe
yeNts.
The cardinals VIII, meet for the open
ina ~ tho concisvc in tho Sstins
chapel. where mass for tho Holy
nhca, was said by tho cardina
dean. They then proceeded witt
their officer, and assistants to thai
part of tho Vatican set apart for tn,
election. This Will form SECLUDED
rrcc,nct where they will DO guarde,
hy tho marshal of the conciavc. Their
sccluaion viii Do strict Communica
,.on with the outside world during IN,
s~ssions of the college is possible onl,
through small window equipped with
something like n revolving door use,
In office huildnsa IN tho United States
Tho usc Of this In restricted TO tn,
sanding out of laundry and receivin,
VI i''"S Nfu iiifN'hin"
Each cai,iinal-hishop has thre
ru,m- and each carilnsl-pries; an,
cardinal deacon two rooms. Teic
phones have beer installed In tn
apartment ~ each 81 the cardinals -
they will be able 90 communicate witt
each other. but this telephone eN
shsnsr In not connected with the cit,
~arhanue and there can be no tele
! rhon. communication with the ou,sio,
world
Tho cardinals VIII be wallsi in with
m the large hall OF THO Vatican. which
| n divided 90 ss 10 provide these small
counuar,insnts Al prescribed hours
twice "a day, tho cardinals will COM
tssa"th~s e. vote. the actual bnllotin,
taking place in the Sistine Chapc
This must continue until a candidsi
Receives moro than two~thirds of IN
vote. The ballots are burned afte
sAeh indeciaive vote 10 taken. Lars
oeo~rds gather daily IN tho Square {
~ Peter to watch tho smoke OF tn
burning ballots Issue from the chin,
rey. f'Aibure 70 go N. rnoks at N
usual time scew~s a. a signal to n
crowd that = new PoniiN has bee
chosen and the throns PUSHES insic
the Nasciica To await the appearans
vi the new head OF tho Church 20 nj
tseaf on "a balcony and heetow his firi
apostolic hlosviua When the ne
Pope In chosen he IL requested 10 n
In, the nalne 10y which he IN 90
known thereafter.