The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-06
CRr the Associated Preas.l

(By the Associated Press)
| Rome, Feb. 6.-Cardinal Achille
Ratti, archbishop of Milan. was pro-
claimed elected pope in succession to
the late Benedict XIV this morning.
He has taken the name of Plus XI.
The thousands waiting in front of
| st. Peters for the wisp of smoke
which would tell of the election of a
new pope or the failure of the sacred
| college to reach a decision gave a
mighty shout at 1888 o'clock when
| thin VGisp of smoke came from the
! chimney leading from the Sistine
4 chapel and 1t was known that the
| Catholic church had once more a duty
elected pope.
| Formally Accepts Throne.
! AS soon as the two-thirds vote for
Cardinal Ratti had been verified Car
| dinaI Vannuteli, as dean of the sa-
| cred college, arose and proceeded to
the throne of the chosen one, accom-
panied on either side by Cardinals
| Logue and Bisleti, respectively deans
of the cardinal priests and the cardi-
nal deacons. He was asked in Latin
| by Cardinal Vannutelli. in accordance
with custom, if he accepted the cleo
tion to be supreme pontiff and the
new pope answered with the formal:
''Since it is the will of God, L must
obey
Then the purple canopies of the
| thrones of the cardinals were let
down. one by one. until only that over
| the new pontiff remained. This was
done to show that the whole sacred
| college rendered obeisance to the new
| head of the church. Dean Vannutelli
thereupon asked the new incumbent
/ what name he chose to take during his
pontificate, and upon his reply Plus
XII" Monsignor Sincere, secretary Of
| the conclave, verified his election to
the papal chair
| Dons Pspal Garments.
| The new pope then was escorted to
the anteroom within the Sistine
! chapel, where he discarded his cardi-
naPs robes, assisted by the conclavists
and the papal vestments, which had
| been held in readiness since the OPEN
| ing of the conclave, were placed upon
him. These included the white cas-
| sock. white sash, white stockings, red
| slippers, a. red and gold mozzetta and
finally the stole of red worked with
gold.
The pontiff fully vested with the
papal garb. and accompanied by his
cardinals. thereupon returned to the
throne he had occupied in the Sistine
| chapel.
There the cardinals according to
their rank, and headed by Vannuteli,
: made their first act of alteration to
| his holiness, kissing first his feet and
Inen his nanuS. winch the pope
received them in embrace and bestow-
ed upon them his first apostolic bene-
diction.
THE Fisherman's ring" was placed
| on his finger and he left the chapel
| the whole assembly vending its way
thru the Sala Ducale and the Sala
Regia along the loggias to the Sala
| Clementina, the pope's official resi-
dence. All along the way he received
the homage of the attaches who
served during the conclave.
Election Formally Announced.
| Meanwhile the dean of the cardinal
! deacons. Bisleti, followed by several
| cardinals. repaired to the central bal
cony of St Peters from which the
| elections of scores of popes have been
| officially proclaimed to the world and
solemnly announced to the great
crowd awaiting eXpectantly below:
'T announce to your great joy the
| election of the pontiff.'
| This confirmed to the throngs in st.
| Peters square the election which had
been indicated by the thin. stream of
white smoke which came from the
metal stove pipe projecting from the
roof of the Sistine chapel when the
voting papers to the final ballot were
burned.
/ Meanwhile Pope Plus XI, after
waiting for some moments in the
Clementine hall, had left for St Pc
! ter's. accompanied by the members of
! the sacred college. Arriving at the
1 balcony at the entrance inside the ca
thedral. he raised his hands and be-
| slowed his first public benediction.
! He then returned to the vatican
where, altho reigning. the popes have
remained virtual prisoners until their
| deaths.
/ Reports were current last night that
! a new pope had been chosen. but that
/ out of Difference for America, the an
lnouncement would be deferred until
the arrival of Cardinal O'Connell of
| Boston this morning.
Wanted American Present
Cardinals with whom the Associated
Press correspondent spoke before the
conclave began, unanimously expressed
a desire that an American m member OF
the cardinate should reach the vatican
in time to participate in the solemni-
tiles at the announcement of the cleo
tion of the new pontiff
/ This. they said. arose partly from
! the wish that the United States should
! be represented. also from a desire to
compensate Cardinal O'ConneH per-
| sonally for his disappointme in 1914
when he reached Rome a few hours
after Benedict was elected. Prelates
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